122 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Which yachting race, the longest of the transatlantic races, which takes place every two years
and goes from Le Havre to Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, following the historic coffee trading
route between France and Brazil, is named after, and sponsored by a French coffee brand?
2. In Istanbul, if you were going to see the Gate of Felicity, which building would you visit?
3. Who wrote a short novel in 1835 about an old Cossack, Taras Bulba and his two sons, in a
campaign against the Poles, the novel being called simply "Taras Bulba"?
4. Which river is known as the Langzhu river in China?
5.
L-dopa, the drug used in mitigation of Parkinson’s disease, can be extracted from which
plants?
6. Who is the state governor of New York?
7.
What is a Bastable oven?
8. What is thremmatology?
9. Which American crime writer (1918-2006) wrote four novels about Tiger Mann in the 1960's
called "The Snake", "Bloody Sunrise", "The Death Dealers" and The By-Pass Control"?
10. What is the name of the German region which lies between the rivers Eider and Elbe?
11. Which French theologian (1509-1564) was known as the “Tyrant of Geneva”, because he
allowed no word to be spoken against him, or his doctrine?
12. Who was responsible for laying out the walks and gardens of Gray’s Inn, whilst he was its
Treasurer, in the early 17th century?
13. From which Irish county, did the 17th century "Flight of the Earls", take place?
14. In which national park will you find the village of Rosedale Abbey, where a Cistercian
monastery once stood, which lies in the Rosedale Valley?
15. Which American poet (1819-1892) wrote the poem "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" which describes
the ferry trip across the East River, from Manhattan to Brooklyn?
16. In which American city will you find Lambert International Airport, the first municipal
airport in the USA, which named for an American golfer and Olympic medallist, who was born
there?
17. In Greek mythology, Podarge meaning swift footed is, according to Homer, one of which
monsters?
18. Popularised by Sir Patrick Moore, what name has been given to the celestial pattern, created
by the first magnitude stars Altair, Deneb and Vega, the brightest stars in the three
constellations of Aquila, Cygnus and Lyra, respectively, arising from their being overhead in
UK latitudes in June and July?
19. What name was given to the German code name for the invasion and conquest of Poland in
September 1939, which precipitated World War II?
20. In Indian cuisine, what is the particular feature of the meat in a dish that is described as
keema?
122 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
THE TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
2. THE TOPKAPI PALACE
3. NIKOLAI GOGOL
4. THE SUTLEJ, WHICH IS THE LONGEST OF THE FIVE RIVERS THAT FLOWS THROUGH
THE HISTORIC CROSSROAD REGION OF PUNJAB IN NORTHERN INDIA AND
PAKISTAN. IT IS THE EASTERNMOST TRIBUTARY OF THE INDUS RIVER AND IS
SOMETIMES KNOWN AS THE RED RIVER
5.
THE VELVET BEAN AND THE BROAD BEAN
6. ANDREW CUOMO, FIRST ELECTED IN 2010, RE-ELECTED IN 2014
7.
AN IRISH COOKING POT, COMPRISING AN IRON POT WITH A LID, HANDLES AND
THREE SHORT LEGS SUSPENDED BY CHAINS, USUALLY OVER A TURF FIRE.
8. THE SCIENCE OF BREEDING DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND PLANTS.
9. MICKEY SPILLANE
10. HOLSTEIN
11. JOHN CALVIN
12. FRANCIS BACON, WHO WAS A BARRISTER BY TRAINING
13. DONEGAL. IT TOOK PLACE IN 1607 AND WAS A PIVOTAL EVENT IN IRISH HISTORY,
MARKING THE END OF THE OLD GAELIC ORDER AND THE BEGINNING OF THE MOST
AMBITIOUS AND SUCCESSFUL PLANTATION IN IRELAND. HUGH O’NEILL, EARL OF
TYRONE, RORY O’DONNELL, EARL OF TYRCONNELL AND MORE THAN 90 LEADING
PEOPLE OF ULSTER, SAILED TO EUROPE TO SEEK MILITARY HELP IN SPAIN.
14. THE NORTH YORK MOORS
15. WALT WHITMAN - IT IS PART OF HIS POETRY COLLECTION "LEAVES OF GRASS"
16. ST LOUIS, MISSOURI. ALBERT BOND LAMBERT WAS ALSO A WELL-KNOWN AVIATOR
AND ONE OF THE BACKERS OF CHARLES LINDBERGH IN HIS ATTEMPT TO FLY THE
ATLANTIC IN 1927.
17. THE HARPIES. THROUGH HER UNION WITH ZEPHYR, THE WEST WIND, PODARGE
WAS THE MOTHER OF BALIUS AND XANTHUS, WHO WERE THE HORSES OF
ACHILLES
18. THE SUMMER TRIANGLE
19. OPERATION WEISS (WHITE)
20. IT'S MINCED (USUALLY LAMB)