180 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
The river Dovey in Wales, which forms the border between Gwynedd and Ceredigion,
discharges into which bay?
2. Isabela (Albermarle) and San Cristobal (Chatham) are the largest islands in which Pacific
group?
3. Which British composer wrote the 1899 orchestral work, “Paris, The Song Of A Great City”,
which he dedicated to the German conductor, Hans Haym?
4. Bermondsey Market, which is also called the New Caledonian Market, and is located in the
London Borough of Southwark, is best known for selling what?
5.
What is the term used by Australian Aborigines in Queensland, to refer to themselves?
6. For whose jazz orchestra, did Igor Stravinsky write the Ebony Concerto in 1945?
7.
What is the name given to a dark nebula of dust near the Southern Cross, that gives the
appearance of a gap in the stars of the Milky Way?
8. Which word derives from the Latin to cloak, and refers to a branch of medicine that deals with
the treatment of symptoms of disease, rather than the curing of it, as in the relieving of pain
for the terminally ill?
9. What is the Creole language of Surinam called?
10. From the opening line of a poem by Tennyson describing the sprite Lilian, what two word
colloquial term is used of an idea or project that is baseless, insubstantial or foolishly
idealistic?
11. What was the name of the 18th century literary forger and author of two supposedly lost
Shakespeare plays called "Vortigern and Rowena" and "Henry II"?
12. Born in Frankfurt in 1749, which statesman, theatre manager, poet and dramatist, is
considered to be the greatest figure of the German dramatic scene? His career as a scientist
included an unsuccessful attempt to refute Newton’s theory of light.
13. Which is the only known moon in the solar system to have a dense nitrogen atmosphere?
14. What phrase was invented by Trotsky in his 1924 book "Literature and Revolution", to
describe intellectuals who were sympathetic to Communism, without being members of the
Communist party?
15. What name is given to a layer of mortar finishing off a floor or a base layer of plaster on a
wall?
16. Which chemical element, atomic number 71, was called by its discoverer, George Urbain, after
the Roman name for his native city?
17. In which geological epoch did modern man evolve?
18. In which of Vaughan Williams’ orchestral works will you find the "Saraband of the Sons of
God", the "Galliard of the Sons of Morning" and "Satan’s Dance of Triumph"?
19. The hyoid bone connects the tongue to the back of the throat. What does hyoid mean?
20. Where on your body would you wear a montero?
180 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
CARDIGAN BAY
2. THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (THE COLON ARCHIPELAGO)
3. FREDERICK DELIUS (1862-1934)
4. ANTIQUES
5.
MURRI
6. WOODY HERMAN'S
7.
THE COALSACK
8. PALLIATIVE
9. TAKI-TAKI
10. AIRY-FAIRY
11. WILLIAM HENRY IRELAND (1775-1835)
12. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
13. TITAN, WHICH IS THE LARGEST MOON OF SATURN
14. FELLOW TRAVELLERS
15. A SCREED
16. LUTETIUM (PARIS)
17. THE PLEISTOCENE WHICH BEGAN 1.8 MILLION YEARS AGO AND ENDED 10,000
YEARS AGO. WE ARE NOW IN THE HOLOCENE EPOCH.
18. "JOB - A MASQUE FOR DANCING"
19. U-SHAPED
20. ON YOUR HEAD - IT'S A SPANISH HUNTER'S CAP WHICH HAS EARFLAPS