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the Scripture-knowledge prize✦︎

Also Scripture Knowledge prize, prize for Scripture Knowledge, a Scripture Knowledge prize, Scripture-knowledge trophy, a prize for Scripture Knowledge

The prize won by G. G. Simmons at Market Snodsbury, and by Bertie at his prep school.

In each book 7 books
  • In Right Ho, Jeeves
    The prize won by G. G. Simmons at Market Snodsbury, and by Bertie at his prep school.
  • In The Mating Season
    The prize for Scripture Knowledge Bertie once won at his private school.
  • In Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit
    The prize for Scripture Knowledge Bertie won at school.
  • In Jeeves in the Offing
    The prize for Scripture Knowledge Bertie won at school.
  • In Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
    The prize Bertie won at school, source of his biblical knowledge.
  • In Much Obliged, Jeeves
    The Scripture Knowledge prize Bertie won at private school.
  • In Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
    The prize Bertie won at his private school.

Connections

dealings

Scenes it is in

  1. A tight Gussie heckles the headmaster, makes a rambling speech about a beautiful world, ridicules Uncle Tom and Bertie, and hands out prizes until he accuses G. G. Simmons of cheating and Bertie flees.Chapter 17, the Great Hall, as Scripture-knowledge prize

Talked about, but not there

Right Ho, Jeeves 3 scenes
  1. Bertie drives back and dozes, then Jeeves tells him how the prize-giving ended in the national anthem and that Madeline has broken off her engagement to Gussie, just as Tuppy barges in.Chapters 17–19, Bertie's room at Brinkley, as Scripture-knowledge prize
  2. Bertie finds Angela in the summerhouse and rebukes her for getting engaged to Gussie only to score off Tuppy, but she refuses to back down and tells him to go and boil his head.Chapter 19, the summer-house, as Scripture-knowledge prize
  3. Over the cold salmon a jubilant Aunt Dahlia praises Gussie's speech and announces that Anatole has withdrawn his notice, until Seppings reports that Gussie is making faces at Anatole through his skylight.Chapters 19–20, the Brinkley dining-room, as Scripture-knowledge prize
The Mating Season 1 scene
  1. After seeing Thos off to school, Bertie comes home to find Corky and her dog Sam Goldwyn, hears of her break with Esmond Haddock and her feud with Constable Dobbs, and then a hung-over Catsmeat reveals that Gussie waded in the Trafalgar Square fountain and got fourteen days.Chapters 3–4, Bertie's flat, as a prize for Scripture Knowledge
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 1 scene
  1. Bertie arrives at Brinkley and hands Aunt Dahlia her necklace; she explains she bought the Morehead serial to salt the mine for Trotter, won't say how she got the money from Uncle Tom, blames Ma Trotter for Trotter's stalling, throws her Agatha Christie at Bertie for singing, and introduces him to a reproachful Percy before sending him out to cheer Percy up.Chapter 9, Aunt Dahlia's den, as prize for Scripture Knowledge
Jeeves in the Offing 1 scene
  1. Jeeves has pinched Upjohn's speech while packing, and after Bertie fumbles the telephone call Bobbie seizes the receiver and forces Upjohn to drop his libel suit against Kipper in writing.Chapters 19–20, Aunt Dahlia's den, as prize for Scripture Knowledge
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 1 scene
  1. On the telephone Aunt Dahlia, delighted that Emerald has taken over as cook while Anatole is ill, asks Bertie to buy Pop Bassett's black amber statuette for Uncle Tom with her legacy.Chapter 17, Totleigh Towers, as Scripture Knowledge prize
Much Obliged, Jeeves 4 scenes
  1. Bertie and Jeeves set out to canvass River Row for Ginger, debating whether a canvasser needs preliminaries, and split up at Numbers One and Two.Chapter 8, River Row, as that Scripture Knowledge prize
  2. Uneasy at Bingley's confident tip, Bertie walks home and finds Aunt Dahlia doing the Observer crossword.Chapters 8–10, Brinkley Court, as Scripture Knowledge prize
  3. Bertie calls on Bingley at 5 Ormond Crescent to ask for the club book, but Bingley patronizes him, boasts of how he stole it to protect his bets on McCorkadale, and Bertie leaves having achieved nothing.Chapter 11, the library, as Scripture Knowledge prize
  4. Aunt Dahlia hurls a Rex Stout at Bertie for failing, is herself turned away by Bastable, and then Jeeves arrives to reveal he slipped Bingley a Mickey Finn and took back the club book, whereupon she sets off to tackle L. P. Runkle.Chapters 11–12, the Brinkley drawing-room, as Scripture Knowledge prize
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen 4 scenes
  1. Vanessa accuses Bertie of following her, plans to use him as a postbox for Orlo's letters, and on learning Orlo is in the village sends Bertie to the Goose and Grasshopper to fix a meeting at his cottage.Chapter 7, Wee Nooke, as a Scripture Knowledge prize
  2. Bertie asks Graham to take the cat back; Graham refuses, citing Angelica and his bet on Potato Chip, until Bertie haggles him up to thirty-five pounds.Chapters 12–13, Wee Nooke, as that Scripture Knowledge prize
  3. Creeping up to Cook's stables with the cat, Bertie falls in foul mud and loses the cat, and the barking of a friendly dog gets him caught by two stable men who take him for a horse-nobbler.Chapter 17, the stables, as the Scripture Knowledge prize
  4. Orlo leaves Bertie a letter for Cook announcing the elopement; Bertie decides to post it, but Cook bursts in with Major Plank.Chapters 18–19, Wee Nooke, as that Scripture Knowledge prize