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139 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Which Middle Eastern country has a national flag described thus: - three equal horizontal
bands of green (top), white, and black with a wider vertical red band on the hoist side?
2. The lakes, Turkana, Naivasha and Magadi in the eastern arm of the Great Rift Valley, all lie in
which country?
3. What was the significance of the capture of U110 by H.M.S. Bulldog on May 9 th 1941?
4. In which South American country are the archaeological sites of Sipan and Ollantaytambo?
5.
When first detected in cosmic rays in 1936, which elementary particle was falsely presumed to
be the meson which had been predicted by Hideki Yukawa, but was later determined to be a
lepton, rather like the electron but 207 times heavier?
6. What is the better remembered name of the English social/political reformer born Annie
Wood, who was tried for immorality in 1875 for publishing a pamphlet on birth control, and
who organised the Matchgirls Strike in 1888?
7.
Organised by Dame Myra Hess, where were the World War II lunchtime concerts held in
London?
8. Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" is to be found in the refectory of the convent of which
church, and World Heritage Site in Milan?
9. Which American minimalist composer created "Clapping Music" in 1972?
10. What was claimed to be the world's oldest continuously made liqueur, having first been
developed by Dom Bernardo Vincelli, a monk in Fecamp Abbey in Normandy in 1510, but this
turned out to be a story invented by a French chemist, Alexandre Le Grand who had created
the recipe himself in the 19th century, in order to increase sales?
11. What was the name of John Gray's famous pet, who kept him company as a watchdog when
he worked as a night watchman in the Edinburgh police force?
12. Osmotic pressure, boiling-point elevation, and freezing-point depression are collectively
known as this type of property, which only depends on the number of solute particles in a
solution and not their identity.
13. During the 1860's and 70's, which Russian band of nihilists went around destroying things as
a form of propaganda of the deed?
14. Which Impressionist composer wrote the ballet "Jeux" for Serge Diaghilev and his works are
catalogued by Lesure numbers?
15. In which battle of December 1460, did Edward IV lose his father, brother, uncle and cousin?
16. Which three countries outside Europe are members of the military alliance, NATO, which to
date (August 2015) has 28 members, the most recent being Albania and Croatia who joined in
2009?
17. Which English biochemist is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in
Chemistry on two separate occasions?
18. Which murderer was arrested at Heathrow Airport in 1968, travelling with a false passport in
the name of Eric S Galt?
19. In which year did the first charity shop in the UK open in Oxford?
20. The score for the 1966 film "The Trap" by Ron Goodwin is the theme music to the television
coverage of which sporting event, held every April?
139 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
2. KENYA
3. THE CAPTURE OF THE ENIGMA CODE MACHINE CIPHERS AND CODE BOOKS
4. PERU
5.
THE MUON
6. ANNIE BESANT (1847-1933)
7.
THE NATIONAL GALLERY
8. SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE
9. STEVE REICH
10. BENEDICTINE
11. GREYFRIARS BOBBY, A SKYE TERRIER, WHO, AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS MASTER,
GUARDED HIS GRAVE FOR 14 YEARS UNTIL HIS OWN DEATH
12. COLLIGATIVE PROPERTIES
13. THE NARODNIKS
14. ACHILLE-CLAUDE DEBUSSY
15. THE BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD
16. USA, CANADA AND TURKEY
17. FREDERICK SANGER (1958 AND 1980)
18. JAMES EARL RAY, WHO ASSASSINATED MARTIN LUTHER KING JNR
19. 1948 - IT WAS IN AID OF OXFAM
20. THE LONDON MARATHON