236 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Which Anglo-Indian tracker, turned conservationist, founded the national parks movement in
India?
2. Which reptile has diamondback, smiling, and painted varieties?
3. What is the young of an alligator called?
4. The paulownia flower pattern is the mon (symbol) of which Japanese office?
5.
What was the Spanish zabra used for?
6. Who resigned as First Lord of the Admiralty in 1938, in protest at the Munich Agreement and
Chamberlain’s Peace With Honour speech?
7.
What is the national flower of Belgium?
8. Which lake, near Lake Village in Arkansas, is the largest oxbow lake in North America and
also the largest natural lake in Arkansas? It was formed 600 years ago by the meandering of
the Mississippi river.
9. A staple food of West and Central Africa, what is the name of the thick porridge made by
boiling starchy root vegetables such as cassava, plantains and yams in water?
10. Who is the current (as at January 2016) American Secretary for Defense, under Barack
Obama? He replaced Chuck Hagel in 2015.
11. What was a palla, which was worn by Roman ladies?
12. The machzor is the Jewish prayer book for high holidays. What name is used for the prayer
book that contains the daily liturgy?
13. A bottle of wine originating from the Mondavi coastal vineyard, is produced in which country?
14. What is the name of the place on the northernmost peninsula of New Zealand’s North Island,
that became New Zealand’s first permanent European settlement and port?
15. Which town and resort in the Calvados department of NW France, is known as “the queen of
the Norman beaches”?
16. What word in English means an urge to spend money?
17. Which Sunday Times Insight Team editor was named the British Journalist of the Year in
2015, for leading a year of agenda-setting investigations exposing widespread blood-doping in
international athletics and corruption at the top of the football world governing body, FIFA?
18. Which American physician was known as the “jungle doctor” for his efforts to supply medical
aid to peoples of less developed countries, mainly in Southeast Asia?
19. Whose monument, a triangular tower on the Blackdown Hills in Somerset, overlooks his
namesake town?
20. Which building material, used mainly in Australia, consisted of sheets of cement and
asbestos? The reinforcing fibres are now made of cellulose after the use of asbestos was
banned.
236 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
JIM CORBETT, AFTER WHOM THE FIRST NATIONAL PARK, THE CORBETT IS NAMED.
2. THE TERRAPIN
3. A HATCHLING
4. PRIME MINISTER
5.
IT WAS A SAILING VESSEL RESEMBLING A SMALL FRIGATE AND WAS USED CHIEFLY
BY THE SPANISH IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES. ZABRAS FORMED PART OF
THE SPANISH ARMADA
6. ALFRED DUFF COOPER
7.
THE RED POPPY
8. LAKE CHICOT
9. FUFU
10. "ASH" CARTER
11. AN OBLONG RECTANGULAR PIECE OF CLOTH, WHICH WAS FASTENED WITH
BROOCHES.
12. THE SIDDUR
13. THE USA - THE VINEYARD IS IN THE NAPA VALLEY, NEAR OAKVILLE, CALIFORNIA
14. RUSSELL
15. DEAUVILLE
16. EMACITY
17. JONATHAN CALVERT
18. THOMAS DOOLEY, WHO WROTE THE BOOK "DELIVER US FROM EVIL"
19. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
20. FIBRO
236 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
Which Anglo-Indian tracker, turned conservationist, founded the national parks movement in
India? JIM CORBETT, AFTER WHOM THE FIRST NATIONAL PARK, THE
CORBETT IS NAMED.
2. Which reptile has diamondback, smiling, and painted varieties? THE TERRAPIN
3. What is the young of an alligator called? A HATCHLING
4. The paulownia flower pattern is the mon (symbol) of which Japanese office? PRIME
MINISTER
5.
What was the Spanish zabra used for? IT WAS A SAILING VESSEL RESEMBLING A
SMALL FRIGATE AND WAS USED CHIEFLY BY THE SPANISH IN THE 16TH
AND 17TH CENTURIES. ZABRAS FORMED PART OF THE SPANISH ARMADA
6. Who resigned as First Lord of the Admiralty in 1938, in protest at the Munich Agreement and
Chamberlain’s Peace With Honour speech? ALFRED DUFF COOPER
7.
What is the national flower of Belgium? THE RED POPPY
8. Which lake, near Lake Village in Arkansas, is the largest oxbow lake in North America and
also the largest natural lake in Arkansas? It was formed 600 years ago by the meandering of
the Mississippi river. LAKE CHICOT
9. A staple food of West and Central Africa, what is the name of the thick porridge made by
boiling starchy root vegetables such as cassava, plantains and yams in water? FUFU
10. Who is the current (as at January 2016) American Secretary for Defense, under Barack
Obama? He replaced Chuck Hagel in 2015. "ASH" CARTER
11. What was a palla, which was worn by Roman ladies? AN OBLONG RECTANGULAR
PIECE OF CLOTH, WHICH WAS FASTENED WITH BROOCHES.
12. The machzor is the Jewish prayer book for high holidays. What name is used for the prayer
book that contains the daily liturgy? THE SIDDUR
13. A bottle of wine originating from the Mondavi coastal vineyard is produced in which country?
THE USA - THE VINEYARD IS IN THE NAPA VALLEY, NEAR OAKVILLE,
CALIFORNIA
14. What is the name of the place on the northernmost peninsula of New Zealand’s North Island,
that became New Zealand’s first permanent European settlement and port? RUSSELL
15. Which town and resort in the Calvados department of NW France, is known as “the queen of
the Norman beaches”? DEAUVILLE
16. What word in English means an urge to spend money? EMACITY
17. Which Sunday Times Insight Team editor was named the British Journalist of the Year in
2015, for leading a year of agenda-setting investigations exposing widespread blood-doping in
international athletics and corruption at the top of the football world governing body, FIFA?
JONATHAN CALVERT
18. Which American physician was known as the “jungle doctor”, for his efforts to supply medical
aid to peoples of less developed countries, mainly in Southeast Asia? THOMAS DOOLEY
WHO WROTE THE BOOK "DELIVER US FROM EVIL"
19. Whose monument, a triangular tower on the Blackdown Hills in Somerset, overlooks his
namesake town? THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
20. Which building material, used mainly in Australia, consisted of sheets of cement and
asbestos? The reinforcing fibres are now made of cellulose after the use of asbestos was
banned. FIBRO