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381 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
What is the alternative name for the Greek goddess of the moon, Artemis?
2. The most northerly commercial seaport in Africa is a port in Tunisia which for some 80 years
was an important French naval base, and has been described as the oldest and most European
city in Tunisia. What is its name?
3. Located in Split, the largest and best preserved Roman palace was built by which emperor?
4. In terms of computer data, how many bits make up a "crumb"?
5.
Which instrument represents the swan in Sibelius’s tone poem, "The Swan of Tuonela"?
6. In which year in the UK, was the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths introduced?
7.
The brightest star of which small faint southern constellation, is called Zubeneschamali?
8. Which word describes the outbuildings and cattle yards, surrounding a farmhouse?
9. On which firth do the sea lochs of Gare Loch, Loch Long, Holy Loch, Campbelltown Loch and
Loch Fine, amongst others, lie?
10. What is the medical name given to compulsive shopping syndrome?
11. The Appalachian trail runs from Maine (Mount Katahdin), to which Southern state?
12. Tasmanian Leatherwood is considered by many, to be the world’s finest what?
13. Which fish in the genus Zeus, has a dark spot on either side of its body, and is also known as
St Pierre?
14. In Norse mythology, what name is given to the golden arm ring, belonging to Odin, which
spawned eight new rings every ninth day?
15. How is port, aged for many years in a cask, rather than the bottle, known?
16. Which German composer wrote, "Kol Nidre", for cello and orchestra?
17. Where did the Royal Navy destroy the Franco Spanish fleet, in 1797?
18. Who first mixed space and time, to come up with four dimensional space-time?
19. The British cabinet has only once held a full cabinet meeting, outside London. Where in
Scotland did this occur?
20. What name is given to the branch of chemistry, concerned with the chemical changes caused
by, or involving light?
381 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
CYNTHIA, BECAUSE SHE WAS BORN ON MOUNT CYNTHUS ON THE GREEK ISLAND
OF DELOS
2. BIZERTA
3. DIOCLETIAN
4. TWO
5.
THE COR ANGLAIS. - THE SWAN'S SOLO HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS "PERHAPS THE
BEST KNOWN COR ANGLAIS SOLO IN THE ORCHESTRAL LITERATURE"
6. 1837
7.
LIBRA - THE STAR IS ALSO KNOWN AS BETA LIBRAE
8. THE STEADING
9. THE FIRTH OF CLYDE
10. ONIOMANIA
11. GEORGIA (SPRINGER MOUNTAIN)
12. HONEY
13. A JOHN DORY
14. DRAUPNIR
15. TAWNY
16. MAX BRUCH (1838-1920)
17. AT CAPE ST VINCENT, PORTUGAL
18. THE POLISH-GERMAN MATHEMATICIAN, HERMAN MINKOWSKI, (1864-1909)
19. INVERNESS. IN 1921, LIBERAL PRIME MINISTER, DAVID LLOYD GEORGE,
SUMMONED HIS CABINET TO MEET HIM THERE WHILE HE WAS ON HOLIDAY, TO
DISCUSS IRELAND'S REJECTION OF GEORGE V.
20. PHOTOCHEMISTRY
381 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
What is the alternative name for the Greek goddess of the moon, Artemis? CYNTHIA,
BECAUSE SHE WAS BORN ON MOUNT CYNTHUS ON THE GREEK ISLAND OF
DELOS
2. The most northerly commercial seaport in Africa is a port in Tunisia, which for some 80 years
was an important French naval base, and has been described as the oldest, and most
European city in Tunisia What is its name? BIZERTA
3. Located in Split, the largest and best preserved Roman palace was built by which emperor?
DIOCLETIAN
4. In terms of computer data, how many bits make up a "crumb"? TWO
5.
Which instrument represents the swan in Sibelius’s tone poem, "The Swan of Tuonela"?
THE COR ANGLAIS - THE SWAN'S SOLO HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS "PERHAPS
THE BEST KNOWN COR ANGLAIS SOLO IN THE ORCHESTRAL LITERATURE"
6. In which year in the UK, was the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths introduced?
1837
7.
The brightest star of which small faint southern constellation, is called Zubeneschamali?
LIBRA - THE STAR IS ALSO KNOWN AS BETA LIBRAE
8. Which word describes the outbuildings and cattle yards surrounding a farmhouse? THE
STEADING
9. On which firth do the sea lochs of Gare Loch, Loch Long, Holy Loch, Campbelltown Loch and
Loch Fine, amongst others, lie? THE FIRTH OF CLYDE
10. What is the medical name given to compulsive shopping syndrome?
ONIOMANIA
11. The Appalachian trail runs from Maine (Mount Katahdin), to which Southern state?
GEORGIA (MOUNT SPRINGER)
12. Tasmanian Leatherwood is considered by many, to be the world’s finest what? HONEY
13. Which fish in the genus Zeus, has a dark spot on either side of its body, and is also known as
St Pierre? A JOHN DORY
14. In Norse mythology, what name is given to the golden arm ring, belonging to Odin, which
spawned eight new rings every ninth day? DRAUPNIR
15. How is port, aged for many years in a cask, rather than the bottle, known? TAWNY
16. Which German composer wrote, "Kol Nidre", for cello and orchestra? MAX BRUCH (18381920)
17. Where did the Royal Navy destroy the Franco Spanish fleet, in 1797? AT CAPE ST
VINCENT, PORTUGAL
18. Who first mixed space and time, to come up with four dimensional space-time? THE
POLISH-GERMAN MATHEMATICIAN, HERMAN MINKOWSKI, (1864-1909)
19. The British cabinet has only once held a full cabinet meeting outside London. Where in
Scotland did this occur? INVERNESS. IN 1921, LIBERAL PRIME MINISTER,
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, SUMMONED HIS CABINET TO MEET HIM THERE
WHILE HE WAS ON HOLIDAY, TO DISCUSS IRELAND'S REJECTION OF
GEORGE V
20. What name is given to the branch of chemistry, concerned with the chemical changes, caused
by, or involving, light? PHOTOCHEMISTRY