Download 18/11/2016 - Daphne`s Daily Quiz

530 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Where in Canada will you find Hecla island, George island and Reindeer island?
2. In Greek mythology, Teucer was the greatest archer in the Trojan war and was banished by his
father Telamon, who mistakenly thought he was responsible for the death of which hero, his
half brother?
3. What is the collective noun for a group of rattlesnakes?
4. Who painted "The Goldfinch", the picture that inspired Donna Tartt's 2013 novel?
5.
From what language do we get the slang term boodle, for counterfeit money, or funds
obtained by corruption?
6. A lower case e followed by a superscribed + sign is the symbol for which subatomic particle?
7.
In which battle did the Axis powers lose about a quarter of their total troops on the Eastern
Front, a crippling blow from which they never recovered?
8. Noted for his religious music, which Russian composed the piece known as "The Creed"?
9. Which breed of cat is often referred to as "The Sacred Cat of Burma"?
10. In his book on Prime Ministers, Harold Wilson cites this quotation: “He always viewed foreign
affairs through the wrong end of a municipal sewage pipe”, said by which former Prime
Minister about another?
11. Which building won the 2016 Stirling prize for architecture?
12. What is the name of the medical condition of the eye, which derives its name from the Greek
words for "without", and "spot"?
13. The design of the Scottish royal standard, a red lion rampant on a yellow background, came
from the standard of which Scottish king?
14. Which Hungarian composer wrote over 150 short piano pieces, as part of a set called the
"Mikrokosmos", which reflected his wish to introduce Eastern European and Arabic folk tunes
to a wider audience, as well as to create piano pieces for his young son, Peter, to learn?
15. Which English composer, conductor, and organist, wrote musical scores for films such as the
1958 "Carry On Sergeant"? He also wrote several crime novels under the pseudonym of
Edmund Crispin.
16. The Mogul Empire reached its height under which ruler, who reigned from 1556-1605, and is
commonly given the epithet, the Great?
17. What is the title of the Rudyard Kipling novel about the artist, Dick Heldar, who goes blind?
18. What name is given to the type of volcano such as Mauna Loa, and Olympus Mons, (on the
planet, Mars), whose eruptions are not explosive but do involve large amounts of lava? They
can be a few miles wide, and, for the most part, are built out of basalt that has hardened.
19. Which is the highest point on the island of Jamaica?
20. What was the name of the ship on which Robert Peary, the American explorer, claimed to
have been the first person to reach the geographic North Pole in 1909, although this claim is
widely doubted today?
530 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
LAKE WINNIPEG
2. AJAX
3. A RHUMBA
4. CAREL FABRITIUS (1622-1654)
5.
DUTCH (IT ORIGINALLY MEANT PROPERTY)
6. THE POSITRON
7.
THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD, WHICH NOT ONLY MARKED A TURNING POINT IN
THE STRUGGLE TO LIBERATE THE SOVIET UNION, BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE
EVENTUAL DEFEAT OF A WEAKENED NAZI GERMANY IN 1945
8. ALEKSANDR GRECHANINOV (1864-1956)
9. THE BIRMAN
10. IT WAS SAID BY LLOYD GEORGE ABOUT NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, WHO WAS LORD
MAYOR OF BIRMINGHAM, DURING HIS POLITICAL CAREER
11. CARUSO ST JOHN'S NEWPORT STREET GALLERY, WHICH INVOLVED THE
CONVERSION AND TRANSFORMATION OF A STREET IN VAUXHALL, SOUTH LONDON,
INTO A FREE PUBLIC GALLERY FOR ARTIST DAMIEN HIRST'S PRIVATE ART
COLLECTION
12. ASTIGMATISM
13. WILLIAM I (WILLIAM THE LION)
14. BELA BARTOK
15. BRUCE MONTGOMERY
16. AKBAR I
17. THE LIGHT THAT FAILED
18. A SHIELD VOLCANO
19. BLUE MOUNTAIN PEAK
20. THE SS ROOSEVELT
530 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1. Where in Canada will you find Hecla island, George island and Reindeer island? LAKE
WINNIPEG
2. In Greek mythology, Teucer was the greatest archer in the Trojan war and was banished by his
father Telamon, who mistakenly thought he was responsible for the death of which hero, his
half brother? AJAX
3. What is the collective noun for a group of rattlesnakes? A RHUMBA
4. Who painted "The Goldfinch", the picture that inspired Donna Tartt's 2013 novel? CAREL
FABRITIUS (1622-1654)
5. From what language do we get the slang term boodle for counterfeit money, or funds obtained
by corruption? DUTCH (IT ORIGINALLY MEANT PROPERTY)
6. A lower case e followed by a superscribed + sign is the symbol for which subatomic particle?
THE POSITRON
7. In which battle did the Axis powers lose about a quarter of their total troops on the Eastern
Front, a crippling blow from which they never recovered? THE BATTLE OF
STALINGRAD, WHICH NOT ONLY MARKED A TURNING POINT IN THE
STRUGGLE TO LIBERATE THE SOVIET UNION, BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO
THE EVENTUAL DEFEAT OF A WEAKENED NAZI GERMANY IN 1945
8. Noted for his religious music, which Russian composed the piece known as "The Creed"?
ALEKSANDR GRECHANINOV (1864-1956)
9. Which breed of cat is often referred to as "The Sacred Cat of Burma"? THE BIRMAN
10. In his book on Prime Ministers, Harold Wilson cites this quotation: “He always viewed foreign
affairs through the wrong end of a municipal sewage pipe”, said by which former Prime
Minister about another? IT WAS SAID BY LLOYD GEORGE ABOUT NEVILLE
CHAMBERLAIN, WHO WAS LORD MAYOR OF BIRMINGHAM, DURING HIS
POLITICAL CAREER.
11. Which building won the 2016 Stirling prize for architecture? CARUSO ST JOHN'S
NEWPORT STREET GALLERY, WHICH INVOLVED THE CONVERSION AND
TRANSFORMATION OF A STREET IN VAUXHALL, SOUTH LONDON, INTO A
FREE PUBLIC GALLERY FOR ARTIST DAMIEN HIRST'S PRIVATE ART
COLLECTION
12. What is the name of the medical condition of the eye, which derives its name from the Greek
words for "without", and "spot"? ASTIGMATISM
13. The design of the Scottish royal standard, a red lion rampant on a yellow background, came
from the standard of which Scottish king? WILLIAM I (WILLIAM THE LION)
14. Which Hungarian composer wrote over 150 short piano pieces as part of a set called the
"Mikrokosmos", which reflected his wish to introduce Eastern European and Arabic folk tunes
to a wider audience, as well as to create piano pieces for his young son, Peter, to learn? BELA
BARTOK
15. Which English composer, conductor, and organist, wrote musical scores for films such as the
1958 "Carry On Sergeant"? He also wrote several crime novels under the pseudonym of
Edmund Crispin. BRUCE MONTGOMERY
16. The Mogul Empire reached its height under which ruler, who reigned from 1556-1605, and is
commonly given the epithet, the Great? AKBAR I
17. What is the title of the Rudyard Kipling novel about the artist, Dick Heldar, who goes blind?
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED
18. What name is given to the type of volcano such as Mauna Loa and Olympus Mons, (on the
planet, Mars), whose eruptions are not explosive but do involve large amounts of lava? They
can be a few miles wide, and, for the most part, are built out of basalt that has hardened. A
SHIELD VOLCANO
19. Which is the highest point on the island of Jamaica? BLUE MOUNTAIN PEAK
20. What was the name of the ship on which Robert Peary, the American explorer, claimed to
have been the first person to reach the geographic North Pole in 1909, although this claim is
widely doubted today? THE SS ROOSEVELT