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501 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Nerve fibres called axons conduct impulses away from each neuron. What name meaning
treelike or branching, is given to the filaments that receive impulses from other neurons?
2. Which Swedish industrial designer, created the first Saab in 1945, and the Hasselblat camera
in 1949?
3. What were Adelaide and Victoria, who were pets belonging to the Bronte sisters?
4. Which British composer wrote the 1949 opera, "The Olympians"?
5.
What is the term for any substance such as the proteins on the surface of bacteria, that causes
the production of antibodies, by the body’s immune system?
6. What was the name of the Roman goddess associated with justice who is said to have been the
last deity to leave the earth? Her name, which means starry maiden, was later used as an
epithet for Elizabeth I.
7.
Which music hall song was written by William Hargreaves, for his wife Ella Shields, who used
it as her theme song, and also recorded it on several occasions?
8. Which cathedral in Wales bears on its organ loft, a sculpture by Epstein entitled, "Christ In
Majesty"?
9. What is the name of Leonora’s husband in the Beethoven opera, "Fidelio"?
10. Which Italian noble family had members including the popes, Celestine III, Nicholas III and
Benedict XIII, together with 34 Cardinals and numerous condottieri?
11. "What is a city, but the people" is a line from which Shakespeare play?
12. After an English lawyer born in 1899, the Radcliffe Line demarcates the boundary between
which two countries, which became independent in August 1947?
13. Which British physicist, (1851-1940), was the pioneer of radiotelegraphy?
14. Which fibrous protein forms the contractile filaments of muscle cells?
15. Which Scottish cathedral was destroyed in 1390, by the Wolf of Badenoch?
16. In the Indian sub continent, what name is given to the armed revolutionary group which
advocate Maoist communism?
17. What name is given in botany, to the waxy water repellent coating of a leaf?
18. The tallest fountain in Britain, the Emperor Fountain at Chatsworth, was built by Sir Joseph
Paxton, to celebrate what occasion?
19. Which of the Shetland islands is furthest away from the mainland of Scotland?
20. Which French composer wrote, "Variations on a Theme By Rameau", in 1902?
501 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
DENDRITES
2. SIXTEN SASON (1912-1967) HE ALSO DESIGNED HUSQVARNA MOTORCYCLES AND
ELECTROLUX DOMESTIC PRODUCTS
3. GEESE
4. SIR ARTHUR BLISS
5.
ANTIGENS
6. ASTRAEA
7.
"BURLINGTON BERTIE FROM BOW", WHICH WAS A PARODY OF VESTA TILLEY'S "I'M
BURLINGTON BERTIE"
8. LLANDAFF
9. FLORESTAN
10. THE ORSINI FAMILY
11. CORIOLANUS
12. INDIA AND PAKISTAN
13. OLIVER LODGE. HE DEVISED AN INGENIOUS EXPERIMENT THAT DEMONSTRATED
THAT EVEN IF “ETHER” WAS STATIONARY, IT STILL DID NOT EXIST
14. MYOSIN
15. ELGIN CATHEDRAL. HE WAS ALEXANDER STEWART, EARL OF BUCHAN, THE
FOURTH SON OF ROBERT II OF SCOTLAND
16. THE NAXALITES
17. THE CUTICLE
18. THE VISIT OF NICHOLAS I, THE TSAR OF RUSSIA, TO CHATSWORTH IN 1844
19. UNST
20. PAUL DUKAS (1865-1935)
501 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
Nerve fibres called axons conduct impulses away from each neuron. What name meaning
treelike or branching, is given to the filaments that receive impulses from other neurons?
DENDRITES
2. Which Swedish industrial designer, created the first Saab in 1945, and the Hasselblat camera
in 1949? SIXTEN SASON (1912-1967) HE ALSO DESIGNED HUSQVARNA
MOTORCYCLES AND ELECTROLUX DOMESTIC PRODUCTS
3. What were Adelaide and Victoria, who were pets belonging to the Bronte sisters? GEESE
4. Which British composer wrote the 1949 opera, "The Olympians"? SIR ARTHUR BLISS
5. What is the term for any substance such as the proteins on the surface of bacteria, that causes
the production of antibodies, by the body’s immune system? ANTIGENS
6. What was the name of the Roman goddess associated with justice, who is said to have been
the last deity to leave the earth? Her name, which means starry maiden, was later used as an
epithet for Elizabeth I. ASTRAEA
7. Which music hall song was written by William Hargreaves, for his wife Ella Shields, who used
it as her theme song, and also recorded it on several occasions? "BURLINGTON BERTIE
FROM BOW", WHICH WAS A PARODY OF VESTA TILLEY'S "I'M BURLINGTON
BERTIE"
8. Which cathedral in Wales bears on its organ loft, a sculpture by Epstein entitled, "Christ In
Majesty"? LLANDAFF
9. What is the name of Leonora’s husband in the Beethoven opera, "Fidelio"? FLORESTAN
10. Which Italian noble family had members including the popes, Celestine III, Nicholas III and
Benedict XIII, together with 34 Cardinals and numerous condottieri? THE ORSINI
FAMILY
11. "What is a city, but the people", is a line from which Shakespeare play? CORIOLANUS
12. After an English lawyer born in 1899, the Radcliffe Line demarcates the boundary between
which two countries, which became independent in August 1947? INDIA AND PAKISTAN
13. Which British physicist, (1851-1940), was the pioneer of radiotelegraphy? OLIVER LODGE.
HE DEVISED AN INGENIOUS EXPERIMENT THAT DEMONSTRATED THAT
EVEN IF “ETHER” WAS STATIONARY, IT STILL DID NOT EXIST
14. Which fibrous protein forms the contractile filaments of muscle cells? MYOSIN
15. Which Scottish cathedral was destroyed in 1390 by the Wolf of Badenoch? ELGIN
CATHEDRAL. HE WAS ALEXANDER STEWART, EARL OF BUCHAN, THE
FOURTH SON OF ROBERT II OF SCOTLAND
16. In the Indian sub continent, what name is given to the armed revolutionary group which
advocate Maoist communism? THE NAXALITES
17. What name is given in botany, to the waxy water repellent coating of a leaf? THE CUTICLE
18. The tallest fountain in Britain, the Emperor Fountain at Chatsworth, was built by Sir Joseph
Paxton, to celebrate what occasion? THE VISIT OF NICHOLAS I, THE TSAR OF
RUSSIA, TO CHATSWORTH IN 1844.
19. Which of the Shetland islands is furthest away from the mainland of Scotland? UNST
20. Which French composer wrote, "Variations on a Theme By Rameau", in 1902? PAUL
DUKAS (1865-1935)