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624 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 1. What is a famulus? 2. A kairuku is an ancient fossil of which animal, found in New Zealand and believed to be over 4 feet in height? 3. Which is the oldest inhabited castle in England to remain within the same family, since they reconstructed it in the 12th century, except for a period of royal ownership by the Tudors? 4. Which mythological creature is mentioned in the book of Job and in Paradise Lost; John Milton describes it as "the biggest born of earth"? 5. Which composer’s "Adieux", marked the departure of the Archduke Rudolph, his patron, from Vienna after Napoleon’s arrival in that city, his absence and then return? 6. Which Danish composer wrote the Symphonies known as "The Four Temperaments", and "The Inextinguishable"? 7. Which English polymath and physicist, early in the 19th century, established the principle of interference of light, which had been rejected in favour of Newton’s particle theory? 8. What is a lecynthus? 9. What, in South Africa, is a krans? 10. Which German painter of the Renaissance, wrote several treatises on measurement and human proportion? 11. The most prominent feature of the island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples, is which extinct volcano? 12. Which opera includes the songs, "Pirate Jenny’s Revenge Song", "Walk To The Gallows", "Ballad of the Pleasant Life", and "The Ballad of Sexual Obsession"? 13. Which word of the 15th and 16th centuries, now used in a broader figurative sense, was applied to an itinerant salesman of quack medicine, and derived from an Italian phrase meaning to climb on a bench? 14. Which is the second busiest Chinese port in mainland China, ranking only after Shanghai, and is the site of China’s third Stock Exchange after Hong Kong and Shanghai? 15. Which British surrealist artist painted many pictures with Icarus in the title? Other major works include, "The Red Cow", "Tocsin", "Battle of the Rocking Horse" and "Heaviness of Sleep". 16. What word now with a more general usage, is used to describe decoration in classical and later architecture, consisting of representations of fruit and flowers, suspended in swags? 17. Which horse racing institution, originated in 1916 as a result of a gift by Colonel William HallWalker, (later Lord Wavertree), of the entire bloodstock of his farm in Ireland? 18. Off the coast of which African country, do the islands of Kerkenna lie? 19. Which American folk painter and Quaker, painted 61 versions of "The Peaceable Kingdom", some versions of which, based on a Bible verse, show William Penn making a treaty with Indians in the background? 20. Which town in Shropshire, the third largest, is thought to have been named after a King of Northumbria, who was killed in battle there, in 642 AD? 624 -ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 1. A SERVANT OR ATTENDANT, ESPECIALLY OF A SCHOLAR OR MAGICIAN 2. A PENGUIN 3. BERKELEY CASTLE, TRADITIONALLY BELIEVED TO BE THE SCENE OF EDWARD II'S MURDER IN 1327 4. THE BEHEMOTH 5. BEETHOVEN – LES ADIEUX PIANO SONATA NO 26 6. CARL AUGUST NIELSEN (1865-1931) 7. THOMAS YOUNG, (1773-1829),WHO RESURRECTED THE CENTURY OLD, WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT. HE WAS ALSO AN EGYPTOLOGIST WHO HELPED DECIPHER THE ROSETTA STONE 8. A THIN NARROW NECKED VASE OR FLASK FROM ANCIENT GREECE 9. AN OVERHANGING SHEER WALL OF ROCK, OR A PRECIPICE 10. ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528) 11. EPOMEO, WHICH IS ALSO THE NAME OF A WINE PRODUCED ON ISCHIA 12. THE THREEPENNY OPERA BY BERTHOLD BRECHT, WHICH IS SET TO MUSIC BY KURT WEILL 13. A MOUNTEBANK 14. SHENZEN, WHICH IS IN GUANDONG PROVINCE, IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF HONG KONG 15. JOHN ARMSTRONG (1893-1973) 16. FESTOONS 17. THE NATIONAL STUD 18. TUNISIA 19. EDWARD HICKS (1780-1849) 20. OSWESTRY (OSWALD THE CHRISTIAN KING OF NORTHUMBERLAND WAS DEFEATED BY PENDA, THE PAGAN KING OF MERCIA, AND HIS BODY HUNG ON A TREE OSWALD'S TREE) 624 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS 1. What is a famulus? A SERVANT OR ATTENDANT, ESPECIALLY OF A SCHOLAR OR MAGICIAN 2. A kairuku is an ancient fossil of which animal, found in New Zealand and believed to be over 4 feet in height? A PENGUIN 3. Which is the oldest inhabited castle in England to remain within the same family since they reconstructed it in the 12th century, except for a period of royal ownership by the Tudors? BERKELEY CASTLE, TRADITIONALLY BELIEVED TO BE THE SCENE OF EDWARD II'S MURDER IN 1327 4. Which mythological creature is mentioned in the book of Job and in Paradise Lost; John Milton describes it as "the biggest born of earth"? THE BEHEMOTH 5. Which composer’s "Adieux", marked the departure of the Archduke Rudolph, his patron, from Vienna after Napoleon’s arrival in that city, his absence and then return? BEETHOVEN – LES ADIEUX PIANO SONATA NO 26 6. Which Danish composer wrote the Symphonies known as "The Four Temperaments", and "The Inextinguishable"? CARL AUGUST NIELSEN (1865-1931) 7. Which English polymath and physicist, early in the 19th century, established the principle of interference of light, which had been rejected in favour of Newton’s particle theory? THOMAS YOUNG, (1773-1829),WHO RESURRECTED THE CENTURY OLD, WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT. HE WAS ALSO AN EGYPTOLOGIST WHO HELPED DECIPHER THE ROSETTA STONE 8. What is a lecynthus? A THIN NARROW NECKED VASE OR FLASK, FROM ANCIENT GREECE 9. What, in South Africa, is a krans? AN OVERHANGING SHEER WALL OF ROCK, OR A PRECIPICE 10. Which German painter of the Renaissance, wrote several treatises on measurement and human proportion? ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528) 11. The most prominent feature of the island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples, is which extinct volcano? EPOMEO, WHICH IS ALSO THE NAME OF A WINE PRODUCED ON ISCHIA 12. Which opera includes the songs, "Pirate Jenny’s Revenge Song", "Walk To The Gallows", "Ballad of the Pleasant Life", and "The Ballad of Sexual Obsession"? THE THREEPENNY OPERA BY BERTHOLD BRECHT, WHICH IS SET TO MUSIC BY KURT WEILL 13. Which word of the 15th and 16th centuries, now used in a broader figurative sense, was applied to an itinerant salesman of quack medicine, and derived from an Italian phrase meaning to climb on a bench? A MOUNTEBANK 14. Which is the second busiest Chinese port in mainland China, ranking only after Shanghai, and is the site of China’s third Stock Exchange after Hong Kong and Shanghai? SHENZEN, WHICH IS IN GUANDONG PROVINCE, IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF HONG KONG 15. Which British surrealist artist painted many pictures with Icarus in the title? Other major works include, "The Red Cow", "Tocsin", "Battle of the Rocking Horse" and "Heaviness of Sleep". JOHN ARMSTRONG (1893-1973) 16. What word now with a more general usage, is used to describe decoration in classical and later architecture, consisting of representations of fruit and flowers, suspended in swags? FESTOONS 17. Which horse racing institution, originated in 1916 as a result of a gift by Colonel William HallWalker, (later Lord Wavertree), of the entire bloodstock of his farm in Ireland? THE NATIONAL STUD 18. Off the coast of which African country, do the islands of Kerkenna lie? TUNISIA 19. Which American folk painter and Quaker, painted 61 versions of "The Peaceable Kingdom", some versions of which, based on a Bible verse, show William Penn making a treaty with Indians in the background? EDWARD HICKS (1780-1849) 20. Which town in Shropshire, the third largest, is thought to have been named after a King of Northumbria, who was killed in battle there, in 642 AD? OSWESTRY (OSWALD THE CHRISTIAN KING OF NORTHUMBERLAND WAS DEFEATED BY PENDA, THE PAGAN KING OF MERCIA, AND HIS BODY HUNG ON A TREE - OSWALD'S TREE)