217 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Which British Prime Minister who came to office in 1894, took to riding around London in a
carriage at night, in an attempt to cure his lifelong insomnia?
2. One of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" was told by a Franklin. In medieval times, what was a
Franklin?
3. The 4,634m-tall mountain, Monte Rosa, whose main summit is known as the Dufourspitze, is
the highest peak in which country?
4. Which was the first published collection of poems by Ted Hughes, which won the Somerset
Maugham prize in 1957?
5.
Born in Paisley, Glasgow in 1966, John Waddell is a British portrait and fashion
photographer. He is known by which single name (his real middle name)?
6. What is the correct name of the narrow strip in West Bengal called the “Chicken's Neck”?
7.
Who designed the statue of John Betjeman, unveiled at St Pancras by his daughter Candida
Lycett Green, in November 2007?
8. Which Liverpool company began to produce Dinky Toys in 1931, to accompany their Hornby
train sets?
9. Which Pop Artist changed his surname from Clark to that of the US state in which he was
born, and is known for what he called "sculptural poems", or bold and simple images and
sculptures of short words like LOVE and HUG?
10. Which Imperial Chinese dynasty's capital was located in the "Ruins of Yin", now known as
Yinxu? It was here that the archaeological discovery of oracle bones and oracle bone scripts
was made, which resulted in the recognition of the earliest known Chinese writing.
11. What type of food is markook?
12. Who was the 19th century American meteorologist, known for his law of the deflection of air
currents on the rotating earth?
13. Which title originally meant "Successor to Mohammed"?
14. “Here of a Sunday morning, My love and I would lie, And see the coloured counties, And hear
the larks so high About us in the sky.” is the second verse of which poem by A.E. Housman?
15. Deriving in part from a term used by Spanish conquistadors meaning “large country of the
south”, which two word name is generally given to the section of the California coast
characterised by sea cliffs and underwater kelp forests, running from Carmel by the Sea to
Hearst Castle?
16. What is the thick corrugated film, which forms during the acidulation of wine, called?
17. Who was the French Premier in 1940, when France fell to Nazi Germany?
18. What name is given to the minute particle found in large numbers in the cytoplasm of cells
that contain RNA, and is active in protein synthesis?
19. Which politician and journalist, who founded a weekly paper, the North Briton in 1762, was
repeatedly expelled from Parliament, during the reign of George III?
20. Which fibrous protein of animal connective tissue, yields gelatine when boiled?
217 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
THE EARL OF ROSEBERY (ARCHIBALD PRIMROSE)
2. A FREEHOLDER OR MEDIAEVAL LANDOWNER
3. SWITZERLAND
4. "HAWK IN THE RAIN"
5.
RANKIN
6. THE SILIGURI CORRIDOR
7.
MARTIN JENNINGS
8. MECCANO
9. ROBERT INDIANA
10. THE SHANG DYNASTY
11. BREAD - ALSO KNOWN AS SHRAK, IT IS A TYPE OF FLATBREAD COMMON IN THE
COUNTRIES OF THE LEVANT
12. WILLIAM FERREL, (1817-1891), WHO INVENTED A MACHINE TO PREDICT TIDAL
MAXIMA AND MINIMA
13. CALIPH
14. "BREDON HILL", WHICH IS PART OF "A SHROPSHIRE LAD"
15. THE BIG SUR (EL PAIS GRANDE DEL SUR)
16. MOTHER OF VINEGAR
17. PAUL REYNAUD, WHO WAS ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED IN AUSTRIA, UNTIL THE
END OF WORLD WAR II
18. A RIBOSOME
19. JOHN WILKES (1725-1797)
20. COLLAGEN
217 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
Which British Prime Minister, who came to office in 1894, took to riding around London in a
carriage at night, in an attempt to cure his lifelong insomnia? EARL OF ROSEBERY
(ARCHIBALD PRIMROSE)
2. One of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" was told by a Franklin. In medieval times, what was a
Franklin? A FREEHOLDER OR MEDIAEVAL LANDOWNER
3. The 4,634m-tall mountain, Monte Rosa, whose main summit is known as the Dufourspitze, is
the highest peak in which country? SWITZERLAND
4. Which was the first published collection of poems by Ted Hughes, which won the Somerset
Maugham prize in 1957? "HAWK IN THE RAIN"
5.
Born in Paisley, Glasgow in 1966, John Waddell is a British portrait and fashion
photographer. He is known by which single name (his real middle name)? RANKIN
6.
What is the correct name of the narrow strip in West Bengal called the “Chicken's Neck”?
THE SILIGURI CORRIDOR
7.
Who designed the statue of John Betjeman, unveiled at St Pancras by his daughter Candida
Lycett Green, in November 2007? MARTIN JENNINGS
8. Which Liverpool company began to produce Dinky Toys in 1931, to accompany their Hornby
train sets? MECCANO
9. Which Pop Artist changed his surname from Clark to that of the US state in which he was
born, and is known for what he called "sculptural poems", or bold and simple images and
sculptures of short words like LOVE and HUG? ROBERT INDIANA
10. Which Imperial Chinese dynasty's capital was located in the "Ruins of Yin" now known as
Yinxu? It was here that the archaeological discovery of oracle bones and oracle bone scripts
was made, which resulted in the recognition of the earliest known Chinese writing. THE
SHANG DYNASTY
11. What type of food is markook? BREAD - ALSO KNOWN AS SHRAK, IT IS A TYPE OF
FLATBREAD COMMON IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE LEVANT
12. Who was the 19th century American meteorologist, known for his law of the deflection of air
currents on the rotating earth? WILLIAM FERREL (1817-1891), WHO INVENTED A
MACHINE TO PREDICT TIDAL MAXIMA AND MINIMA
13. Which title originally meant "Successor to Mohammed"? CALIPH
14. “Here of a Sunday morning, My love and I would lie, And see the coloured counties, And hear
the larks so high About us in the sky.” is the second verse of which poem by A.E. Housman?
"BREDON HILL", WHICH IS PART OF "A SHROPSHIRE LAD"
15. Deriving in part from a term used by Spanish conquistadors meaning “large country of the
south”, which two word name is generally given to the section of the California coast
characterised by sea cliffs and underwater kelp forests, running from Carmel by the Sea to
Hearst Castle? THE BIG SUR (EL PAIS GRANDE DEL SUR)
16. What is the thick corrugated film, which forms during the acidulation of wine, called?
MOTHER OF VINEGAR
17. Who was the French Premier in 1940 when France fell to Nazi Germany? PAUL
REYNAUD, WHO WAS ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED IN AUSTRIA, UNTIL
THE END OF WORLD WAR II
18. What name is given to the minute particle found in large numbers in the cytoplasm of cells
that contain RNA, and is active in protein synthesis? A RIBOSOME
19. Which politician and journalist, who founded a weekly paper, the North Briton in 1762, was
repeatedly expelled from Parliament during the reign of George III? JOHN WILKES
(1725-1797)
20. Which fibrous protein of animal connective tissue, yields gelatine when boiled? COLLAGEN