Download 27/04/2016 - Daphne`s Daily Quiz

325 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Which finish for exterior walls, is also known as rough cast, and in Scotland, as harling?
2. Which Pope, known as the Rosary Pope, began the practice of declaring his views through
encyclicals?
3. What word describes the region of earth, air and water, inhabited by living organisms?
4. In which Prokofiev opera, will you find the characters, Mendoza, who is a fish merchant, and
Louisa, who is the daughter of Don Jerome?
5.
Which great musician established a festival in the French Pyrenean village of Prades?
6. In jewellery, what name is given to the flat plate at the bottom of a gem?
7.
Which national park in New Zealand received UNESCO world heritage status, both on
cultural and on natural grounds, and is the oldest National Park in New Zealand?
8. Which Apollo asteroid, (a sub-class of a near-Earth asteroid), passes closer to the Sun than
Mercury?
9. What type of creature is a Bohemian or a Saxon Fairy Swallow?
10. The Twelve Tables were which ancient city’s earliest known legal code?
11. The second magnitude Alpheratz, is the brightest star of which constellation?
12. Who gave Michael Foot, the Labour MP for Blaenau Gwent, his first ministerial post in 1974
when he was appointed Secretary of State for Employment?
13. Stourhead House, built for the banker Henry Hoare in 1720, and now in the care of the
National Trust, is in which English county?
14. What are breeze blocks made from?
15. Which element is associated with the star sign Cancer?
16. In cookery, what name is given to a choux pastry which has grated cheese added to it, before
baking?
17. Where, in the human body, would you find Glisson’s Capsule?
18. By what pseudonym is the Polish born painter, Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, (1908-2001),
known?
19. Which symphony, written by Vaughan Williams, has parts for a wind machine, vibraphone,
wordless soprano solo and women’s chorus?
20. Which term describes the fermented grape juice, which is added to wine that has lost its
strength, to perk it up?
325 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
PEBBLE DASH
2. LEO XIII (1810-1903)
3. THE BIOSPHERE
4. BETROTHAL IN A MONASTERY
5.
PABLO CASALS, THE GREAT CATALAN CELLIST.
6. A CULET
7.
TONGARIRO, WHICH LIES ON NEW ZEALAND’S NORTH ISLAND.
8. (1566) ICARUS
9. A PIGEON
10. ROME
11. ANDROMEDA
12. HAROLD WILSON
13. WILTSHIRE
14. FURNACE ASH
15. WATER – THE OTHERS ARE SCORPIO AND PISCES
16. A GOUGERE
17. IN THE LIVER – IT’S A LAYER OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE WHICH COMPLETELY
SURROUNDS THE LIVER, AND ITS ASSOCIATED BLOOD VESSELS, AND BILE DUCTS
18. BALTHUS
19. HIS 7TH, WHICH IS CALLED THE SINFONIA ANTARCTICA, AND WAS WRITTEN FOR
THE 1948 FILM "SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC".
20. STUM
325 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1. Which finish for exterior walls is also known as rough cast, and in Scotland, as harling?
PEBBLE DASH
2. Which Pope, known as the Rosary Pope, began the practice of declaring his views through
encyclicals? LEO XIII (1810-1903)
3. What word describes the region of earth, air and water, inhabited by living organisms? THE
BIOSPHERE
4. In which Prokofiev opera, will you find the characters, Mendoza, who is a fish merchant, and
Louisa, who is the daughter of Don Jerome? BETROTHAL IN A MONASTERY
5. Which great musician established a festival in the French Pyrenean village of Prades?
PABLO CASALS, THE GREAT CATALAN CELLIST
6. In jewellery, what name is given to the flat plate at the bottom of a gem? A CULET
7. Which national park in New Zealand received UNESCO world heritage status, both on
cultural and on natural grounds, and is the oldest National Park in New Zealand?
TONGARIRO, WHICH LIES ON NEW ZEALAND’S NORTH ISLAND.
8. Which Apollo asteroid, (a sub-class of a near-Earth asteroid), passes closer to the Sun than
Mercury? (1566) ICARUS
9. What type of creature is a Bohemian or a Saxon Fairy Swallow? A PIGEON
10. The Twelve Tables were which ancient city’s earliest known legal code? ROME
11. The second magnitude Alpheratz, is the brightest star of which constellation?
ANDROMEDA
12. Who gave Michael Foot, the Labour MP for Blaenau Gwent, his first ministerial post in 1974,
when he was appointed Secretary of State for Employment? HAROLD WILSON
13. Stourhead House, built for the banker Henry Hoare in 1720, and now in the care of the
National Trust, is in which English county? WILTSHIRE
14. What are breeze blocks made from? FURNACE ASH
15. Which element is associated with the star sign Cancer? WATER – THE OTHERS ARE
SCORPIO AND PISCES
16. In cookery, what name is given to a choux pastry which has grated cheese added to it, before
baking? A GOUGERE
17. Where, in the human body, would you find Glisson’s Capsule? IN THE LIVER – IT’S A
LAYER OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE WHICH COMPLETELY SURROUNDS THE
LIVER, AND ITS ASSOCIATED BLOOD VESSELS, AND BILE DUCTS
18. By what pseudonym is the Polish born painter, Balthazar Klossowski de Rosa, (1908-2001),
known? BALTHUS
19. Which symphony, written by Vaughan Williams, has parts for a wind machine, vibraphone,
wordless soprano solo and women’s chorus? HIS 7TH, WHICH IS CALLED THE
SINFONIA ANTARCTICA, AND WAS WRITTEN FOR THE 1948 FILM "SCOTT OF
THE ANTARCTIC".
20. Which term describes the fermented grape juice, which is added to wine that has lost its
strength, to perk it up? STUM