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432 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Which is the only river that flows both north and south, of the Equator?
2. What kind of creature is the mythical aboriginal monster, the bunyip, said to lurk in swamps,
billabongs and pools?
3. Which abnormally hot and humid wind in the Canary Islands, comes from the Sahara desert
and is often associated with fog and patchy drizzle?
4. What name is given to a hardwood disc, with one or more holes, which is used in the rigging
of traditional sailing ships?
5.
The rare earth elements, zirconium, titanium, thorium, and tungsten are classes of which ore
deposit?
6. What name is given to the official residence of the Pope, which is located in the Vatican City?
7.
What name is given to the plant derived alkaloid drug, that dilates the air passages, and is
commonly used to relieve asthma and hay fever?
8. In Ireland, Cork’s main railway station, originally known as Glanmire Road Station, was
renamed in 1966, on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising, after which Irish
revolutionary, executed after the Easter Rising?
9. Sometimes referred to as the Eastern Highlands, which range of Australian mountains extend
some 2200 miles from Cape York Peninsula in the north, down to Victoria in the South?
10. What name is given to a fanfare on a trumpet?
11. Where in the body, would you find the bone known as the inferior concha?
12. What name is given to a mythical Greek precious stone, that is fabled to shine in the sun, is
especially resistant to fire, and acts as a magnet for gold?
13. From which Shakespeare play does the quotation “kindness in women, not their beauteous
looks, shall win my love”?
14. Which constellation is notable for the open star cluster Beehive, which is also known as
Praesepe, (Latin for "manger")?
15. Which European country’s national flag is described thus: - two equal horizontal bands of
blue (top) and red with a gold crown on the hoist side of the blue band?
16. Which composer has a dish of marzipan dipped in chocolate named after him?
17. What word for a business magnate is derived from the Japanese word for a “great lord” or
shogun, having originally been used for a Mongol or for a person of Mongolian descent?
18. What was the pseudonym given to Harold Wilson’s file by MI5?
19. What name is given to that part of the Pacific, which includes parts of Japan, Guam and
Taiwan, which is said to contain lost vessels and ghost ships, and to explain the 1937
disappearance of Amelia Erhart?
20. On which other arch is the Marble Arch based?
432 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
THE CONGO
2. IT’S A KIND OF RAINBOW SERPENT
3. THE CALIMA
4. A DEADEYE
5.
(HEAVY) MINERAL SANDS
6. THE APOSTOLIC PALACE, ALTHOUGH THE VATICAN ITSELF REFERS TO THE
BUILDING AS THE PALACE OF SIXTUS V
7.
EPHEDRINE
8. THOMAS KENT
9. THE GREAT DIVIDING RANGE
10. A TUCKET
11. IT IS ONE OF THE LONG NARROW CURLED SHELF OF BONE, KNOWN AS A
TURBINATE, THAT PROTRUDES INTO THE BREATHING PASSAGE OF THE NOSE
12. A PANTARBE
13. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
14. CANCER. IT WAS AMONG THE FIRST OBJECTS THAT GALILEO STUDIED WITH HIS
TELESCOPE
15.
LIECHTENSTEIN
16. MOZART (A MOZARTKUGEL)
17. TYCOON
18. NORMAN JOHN WORTHINGTON
19. THE DRAGON’S TRIANGLE
20. THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE IN ROME AND IT WAS DESIGNED BY JOHN NASH,
ORIGINALLY AS THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE
432 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
Which is the only river that flows both north and south of the Equator? THE CONGO
2. What kind of creature is the mythical aboriginal monster, the bunyip, said to lurk in swamps,
billabongs and pools? IT’S A KIND OF RAINBOW SERPENT
3. Which abnormally hot and humid wind in the Canary Islands, comes from the Sahara desert
and is often associated with fog and patchy drizzle? THE CALIMA
4. What name is given to a hardwood disc with one or more holes, which is used in the rigging of
traditional sailing ships? A DEADEYE
5. The rare earth elements, zirconium, titanium, thorium, and tungsten are classes of which ore
deposit? (HEAVY) MINERAL SANDS
6. What name is given to the official residence of the Pope, which is located in the Vatican City?
THE APOSTOLIC PALACE, ALTHOUGH THE VATICAN ITSELF REFERS TO THE
BUILDING AS THE PALACE OF SIXTUS V
7.
What name is given to the plant derived alkaloid drug that dilates the air passages, and is
commonly used to relieve asthma and hay fever? EPHEDRINE
8. In Ireland, Cork’s main railway station, originally known as Glanmire Road Station, was
renamed in 1966, on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising, after which Irish
revolutionary, executed after the Easter Rising? THOMAS KENT
9. Sometimes referred to as the Eastern Highlands, which range of Australian mountains extend
some 2200 miles from Cape York Peninsula in the north, down to Victoria in the South?
THE GREAT DIVIDING RANGE
10. What name is given to a fanfare on a trumpet? A TUCKET
11. Where in the body, would you find the bone known as the inferior concha? IT IS ONE OF
THE LONG NARROW CURLED SHELF OF BONE, KNOWN AS A TURBINATE,
THAT PROTRUDES INTO THE BREATHING PASSAGE OF THE NOSE
12. What name is given to a mythical Greek precious stone, that is fabled to shine in the sun, is
especially resistant to fire, and acts as a magnet for gold? A PANTARBE
13. From which Shakespeare play does the quotation “kindness in women, not their beauteous
looks, shall win my love”? THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
14. Which constellation is notable for the open star cluster Beehive, which is also known as
Praesepe, (Latin for "manger")? CANCER. IT WAS AMONG THE FIRST OBJECTS
THAT GALILEO STUDIED WITH HIS TELESCOPE
15. Which European country’s national flag is described thus: - two equal horizontal bands of
blue (top) and red with a gold crown on the hoist side of the blue band?
LIECHTENSTEIN
16. Which composer has a dish of marzipan dipped in chocolate named after him? MOZART (A
MOZARTKUGEL)
17. What word for a business magnate is derived from the Japanese word for a “great lord” or
shogun, having originally been used for a Mongol or for a person of Mongolian descent?
TYCOON
18. What was the pseudonym given to Harold Wilson’s file by MI5? NORMAN JOHN
WORTHINGTON
19. What name is given to that part of the Pacific, which includes parts of Japan, Guam and
Taiwan, which is said to contain lost vessels and ghost ships, and to explain the 1937
disappearance of Amelia Erhart? THE DRAGON’S TRIANGLE
20. On which other arch is the Marble Arch based? THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE IN
ROME AND IT WAS DESIGNED BY JOHN NASH, ORIGINALLY AS THE MAIN
ENTRANCE TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE