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552 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
In which George Orwell novel, does the central character go hop picking in Kent, as Orwell
himself had done, in the summer of 1931?
2. Composed of one representative at ministerial level from each member state, which EU
institution enacts legislation?
3. What is the alternative name of Psalm 51, which has been set to music by numerous
composers?
4. Of which group of peoples was Arnakuagsak, the goddess responsible for ensuring hunters
were able to catch enough food, and that the people remained healthy and strong?
5.
Succeeding Herbert Asquith, who became leader of the official Opposition in November 1922?
6. What type of sandwich consists of ham, turkey, and Swiss cheese, served on grilled or fried
bread, or on French Toast?
7.
What is the name of the prison reformer, and one time High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, who was
the first commoner to be commemorated by a statue in St Paul’s Cathedral?
8. Also known as the seladang, which southern Asian ox is the largest of all wild cattle?
9. Which American minimalist composer wrote the opera, "The Saint Adolf Ring", which is
about the strange visions of the Swiss schizophrenic artist, Adolf Wolfi?
10. Which German painter, sculptor and poet, is now chiefly remembered for Merz, the invented
name for his relief collages, (taken from the name Commerz und Handelsbank), and
sculptural constructions created from junk materials?
11. Credited with proving, in 1994, the Poincare Conjecture, one of the most important and
difficult open problems in topology, which Russian mathematician turned down the Fields
Medal in 2006?
12. Which American river rises in Two Oceans Plateau, and flows 1,078 miles westward to Pasco,
Washington? American Falls, Brownlee, Minidoka and Hells Canyon are some of the dams on
the river, which forms most of the Oregon-Idaho border.
13. What is the name of the flamboyant Spanish courtship dance, that is often a part of flamenco?
14. Which phenomenon was discovered by Lise Meitner, and was named for a physicist who also
worked on cosmic rays and air showers? It states the transition of an electron in an atom
filling in an inner-shell vacancy, causes the emission of another electron.
15. Which shoe designer has been labelled "the British Louboutin" by the fashion press?
16. Chief painter to Louis XIV, which French artist designed much of the interior of the palace of
Versailles, including the Hall of Mirrors (1679-84)?
17. What is the name of the sphincter muscle, which controls the passage of chyme from the
stomach, into the duodenum, the first section of the small intestine?
18. Which Caribbean island takes its slightly-corrupted name, from the plant smoked in great
quantities by the natives there, upon Columbus’ arrival in 1498?
19. Which country's old name is Kemet, meaning "black land", a reference to the fertile soil of its
vast flood plains?
20. When the Danish astronomer Tyche Brahe died in 1601, his work became the possession of
which German mathematician, his last assistant, who would give his name to the laws of
planetary motion?
552 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
A CLERGYMAN’S DAUGHTER
2. THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
3. THE MISERERE, WHICH BEGINS "HAVE MERCY ON ME, O GOD"
4. THE INUIT
5.
RAMSAY MCDONALD
6. A MONTE CRISTO
7.
JOHN HOWARD
8. THE GAUR
9. TERRY RILEY
10. KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
11. GRIGORI PERELMAN
12. THE SNAKE RIVER
13. THE FANDANGO
14. THE AUGER EFFECT
15. JONATHAN KELSEY
16. CHARLES LE BRUN
17. THE PYLORUS SPHINCTER
18. TOBAGO
19. EGYPT
20. JOHANNES KEPLER
552 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
In which George Orwell novel, does the central character go hop picking in Kent, as Orwell
himself had done, in the summer of 1931? A CLERGYMAN’S DAUGHTER
2. Composed of one representative at ministerial level from each member state, which EU
institution enacts legislation? THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
3. What is the alternative name of Psalm 51, which has been set to music by numerous
composers? THE MISERERE, WHICH BEGINS "HAVE MERCY ON ME, O GOD"
4. Of which group of peoples was Arnakuagsak, the goddess responsible for ensuring hunters
were able to catch enough food, and that the people remained healthy and strong? THE
INUIT
5. Succeeding Herbert Asquith, who became leader of the official Opposition in November 1922?
RAMSAY MCDONALD
6. What type of sandwich consists of ham, turkey, and Swiss cheese, served on grilled or fried
bread, or on French Toast? A MONTE CRISTO
7. What is the name of the prison reformer and one time High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, who was
the first commoner to be commemorated by a statue in St Paul’s Cathedral? JOHN
HOWARD
8. Also known as the seladang, which southern Asian ox is the largest of all wild cattle? THE
GAUR
9. Which American minimalist composer wrote the opera, "The Saint Adolf Ring", which is
about the strange visions of the Swiss schizophrenic artist, Adolf Wolfi? TERRY RILEY
10. Which German painter, sculptor and poet, is now chiefly remembered for Merz, the invented
name for his relief collages, (taken from the name Commerz und Handelsbank), and
sculptural constructions created from junk materials? KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
11. Credited with proving, in 1994, the Poincare Conjecture, one of the most important and
difficult open problems in topology, which Russian mathematician turned down the Fields
Medal in 2006? GRIGORI PERELMAN
12. Which American river rises in Two Oceans Plateau, and flows 1,078 miles westward to Pasco,
Washington? American Falls, Brownlee, Minidoka and Hells Canyon are some of the dams on
the river, which forms most of the Oregon-Idaho border. THE SNAKE RIVER
13. What is the name of the flamboyant Spanish courtship dance, that is often a part of flamenco?
THE FANDANGO
14. Which phenomenon was discovered by Lise Meitner, and was named for a physicist who also
worked on cosmic rays and air showers? It states the transition of an electron in an atom
filling in an inner-shell vacancy, causes the emission of another electron. THE AUGER
EFFECT
15. Which shoe designer has been labelled "the British Louboutin" by the fashion press?
JONATHAN KELSEY
16. Chief painter to Louis XIV, which French artist designed much of the interior of the palace of
Versailles, including the Hall of Mirrors (1679-84)? CHARLES LE BRUN
17. What is the name of the sphincter muscle, which controls the passage of chyme from the
stomach, into the duodenum, the first section of the small intestine? THE PYLORUS
SPHINCTER
18. Which Caribbean island takes its slightly-corrupted name, from the plant smoked in great
quantities by the natives there, upon Columbus’ arrival in 1498? TOBAGO
19. Which country's old name is Kemet, meaning "black land", a reference to the fertile soil of its
vast flood plains? EGYPT
20. When the Danish astronomer Tyche Brahe died in 1601, his work became the possession of
which German mathematician, his last assistant, who would give his name to the laws of
planetary motion? JOHANNES KEPLER