25- DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
What type of insect is a luna, one of the largest of its kind in North America?
2. Name the Victorian novel that features the characters of Gagool and Twala?
3. Which style of architecture is distinguished by vertical lines of tall pillars and by pointed
arches?
4. What was the name of the Ukrainian director of the Paris Opera Ballet who choreographed the
1950 work Phedre?
5.
What was the original name of the Turkish town Edirne which was named after the Roman
Emperor who rebuilt it in around AD125?
6. Which play by Samuel Becket tells of Winnie and her husband Willie, who babble incoherently,
but evocatively, as they are gradually buried up to their necks in sand?
7.
Which 1990 Pulitzer prize winning novel made Oscar Hijuelos internationally famous?
8. Which contemporary screenwriter and author wrote “A Few Good Men” which was made into a
film starring Tom Cruise?
9. In Henry Fielding’s "The History of Tom Jones, The Foundling", written in 1749, in whose bed
was the baby Tom Jones found?
10. On which Asian island in World War II, was the gin drinkers line defended during the battle of
December 1941, between the British/Canadian garrison and a reinforced Japanese division?
11. Which musical instrument did Tommy Riley play for the signature tune of the Navy Lark on
radio and Dixon Of Dock Green on television?
12. Which American composer of film music wrote the scores of the early Harry Potter films?
13. The Palace of Versailles was built in honour of which Greek god?
14. The 1981 film Body Heat starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner, was a remake of which
classic 1944 film noir, starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck?
15. Which archipelago contains the most westerly of the islands of the Outer Hebrides?
16. Lillian Helman’s play "The Little Foxes" was turned into which opera by Mark Blickstein, in
1949? He named the opera after the central female character in the play, who was played in
the film version by Bette Davis.
17. What does the Japanese term gaijin denote?
18. What in Buddhism is paritta?
19. In which George Bernard Shaw play, does the character Eugene Marchbanks appear?
20. How many eyes does a South African wolf spider have?
25 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
IT'S A LIME GREEN MOTH
2. KING SOLOMON’S MINES BY H RIDER HAGGARD
3. GOTHIC
4. SERGE LIFAR
5.
ADRIANOPLE (AFTER HADRIAN)
6. HAPPY DAYS
7.
THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE
8. AARON SORKIN
9. SQUIRE ALLWORTHY'S
10. HONG KONG
11. THE HARMONICA
12. JOHN WILLIAMS
13. APOLLO
14. DOUBLE INDEMNITY
15. ST KILDA
16. REGINA
17. A FOREIGNER
18. CHANTING
19. CANDIDA - HE IS A YOUTHFUL POET TRYING TO WIN THE AFFECTIONS OF CANDIDA
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