238 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
In 2008, which Scottish artist donated a portrait of Zara Phillips, showing her reclining on a
Union flag and entitled "Olympia", to Sports Relief? It raised £36,000 at auction.
2. "..and this reviving herb whose tender green fledges the river lip on which we lean. Ah ! Lean
upon it lightly ! For who knows from what once lovely lip it springs unseen?" From which
classical work is this quatrain taken?
3. Which Italian city became a republic on the death of Filippo Maria Visconti in 1447?
4. Which Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, was
elected the new leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in December 2015? She is now the
First Minister of Northern Ireland.
5.
What is the name of Johnny Cash's first wife, author of the 2007 memoir "I Walked the Line"?
6. Which English conductor will become the Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra
in September 2017?
7.
Which American science fiction writer (1928-1982) is credited with writing 44 novels, 121
short stories and 14 short story collections during his lifetime? His titles include "The Three
Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch", "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said" , and "The
Transmigration of Timothy Archer".
8. What is the official beverage of the American state of Indiana?
9. Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu, is consort to which incarnation of Lakshmi?
10. Which former Union general whom he’d removed from command, did Abraham Lincoln
defeat in the 1864 presidential election?
11. In the blood, what are the small colourless discs of protoplasm, involved in clotting, called?
12. Which French singer helped to make the operetta, “Bless the Bride” a big success in 1947?
13. "The Admiralty Regrets - The Disaster in Liverpool Bay" is the story of which 1939 submarine
tragedy, the worst submarine disaster in British naval history?
14. Lepidolite is what sort of mineral?
15. Clyde Tolson was for 40 years, the constant companion of which American government
official?
16. Which domestic paper products were made by Simplicity, Butterick, McCall and Vogue?
17. Which constellation, located in the southern sky, is the smallest, but one of the most
distinctive of the 88 modern constellations?
18. 20p coins, minted between 1982 and early 2008, depicted a crown above which plant?
19. The Inca creator god, Veracocha, who was said to have taken Inca culture to Polynesia, was
also known by what name, that was later given to a famous sailing craft?
20. Which Australian composer, who was Master of the Queen’s Music from 1975-2003, wrote
operas including adaptations of Graham Greene’s "Our Man In Havana", Oscar Wilde's "The
Happy Prince", and Edith Sitwell’s "English Eccentrics"?
238 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
JACK VETTRIANO
2. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYAM
3. MILAN (IT WAS KNOWN AS THE AMBROSIAN REPUBLIC AFTER THE PATRON SAINT
OF MILAN, ST AMBROSE)
4. ARLENE FOSTER
5.
VIVIAN (LIBERTO) CASH
6. SIR SIMON RATTLE
7.
PHILIP K(INDRED) DICK
8. WATER
9. SITA WHO IS ESTEEMED AS A PARAGON OF SPOUSAL AND FEMININE VIRTUES FOR
ALL HINDU WOMEN
10. GEORGE McCLELLAN
11. PLATELETS (ALSO KNOWN AS THROMBOCYTES)
12. GEORGES GUETARY, WHO WAS A GREEK EGYPTIAN SINGER AND OCCASIONAL
ACTOR, (BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS GENE KELLY'S FRIEND IN "AN AMERICAN IN
PARIS") WHOSE REAL NAME WAS LAMBROS WORLOOU
13. HMS THETIS, WHICH SANK WITH THE LOSS OF 99 LIVES
14. MICA. IT IS A SECONDARY SOURCE OF LITHIUM AND IS ONE OF THE MAJOR
SOURCES OF THE RARE ALKALI METALS RUBIDIUM AND CAESIUM
15. J EDGAR HOOVER
16. DRESSMAKING PATTERNS
17. THE SOUTHERN CROSS (OR CRUX)
18. THE TUDOR ROSE
19. KON TIKI
20. MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
238 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
In 2008, which Scottish artist donated a portrait of Zara Phillips, showing her reclining on a
Union flag and entitled "Olympia", to Sports Relief? It raised £36,000 at auction. JACK
VETTRIANO
2. "..and this reviving herb whose tender green fledges the river lip on which we lean. Ah ! Lean
upon it lightly ! For who knows from what once lovely lip it springs unseen?" From which
classical work is this quatrain taken? THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYAM
3. Which Italian city became a republic on the death of Filippo Maria Visconti in 1447? MILAN
(IT WAS KNOWN AS THE AMBROSIAN REPUBLIC AFTER THE PATRON SAINT
OF MILAN, ST AMBROSE)
4. Which Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, was
elected the new leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in December 2015? She is now the
First Minister of Northern Ireland. ARLENE FOSTER
5.
What is the name of Johnny Cash's first wife, author of the 2007 memoir "I Walked the Line"?
VIVIAN (LIBERTO) CASH
6. Which English conductor will become the Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra
in September 2017? SIR SIMON RATTLE
7.
Which American science fiction writer (1928-1982) is credited with writing 44 novels, 121
short stories and 14 short story collections during his lifetime? His titles include "The Three
Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch", "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said" , and "The
Transmigration of Timothy Archer". PHILIP K(INDRED) DICK
8. What is the official beverage of the American state of Indiana? WATER
9. Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu, is consort to which incarnation of Lakshmi? SITA
WHO IS ESTEEMED AS A PARAGON OF SPOUSAL AND FEMININE VIRTUES
FOR ALL HINDU WOMEN
10. Which former Union general whom he’d removed from command, did Abraham Lincoln
defeat in the 1864 presidential election? GEORGE McCLELLAN
11. In the blood, what are the small colourless discs of protoplasm, involved in clotting, called?
PLATELETS (ALSO KNOWN AS THROMBOCYTES)
12. Which French singer helped to make the operetta, “Bless the Bride” a big success in 1947?
GEORGES GUETARY, WHO WAS A GREEK EGYPTIAN SINGER AND
OCCASIONAL ACTOR, (BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS GENE KELLY'S
FRIEND IN "AN AMERICAN IN PARIS"), WHOSE REAL NAME WAS LAMBROS
WORLOOU
13. "The Admiralty Regrets - The Disaster in Liverpool Bay" is the story of which 1939 submarine
tragedy, the worst submarine disaster in British naval history? HMS THETIS, WHICH
SANK WITH THE LOSS OF 99 LIVES
14. Lepidolite is what sort of mineral? MICA. IT IS A SECONDARY SOURCE OF
LITHIUM AND IS ONE OF THE MAJOR SOURCES OF THE RARE ALKALI
METALS, RUBIDIUM AND CAESIUM
15. Clyde Tolson was for 40 years the constant companion of which American government
official? J EDGAR HOOVER
16. Which domestic paper products were made by Simplicity, Butterick, McCall and Vogue?
DRESSMAKING PATTERNS
17. Which constellation, located in the southern sky, is the smallest, but one of the most
distinctive of the 88 modern constellations? THE SOUTHERN CROSS (OR CRUX)
18. 20p coins, minted between 1982 and early 2008, depicted a crown above which plant?
THE TUDOR ROSE
19. The Inca creator god, Veracocha, who was said to have taken Inca culture to Polynesia, was
also known by what name, that was later given to a famous sailing craft? KON TIKI
20. Which Australian composer, who was Master of the Queen’s Music from 1975-2003, wrote
operas including adaptations of Graham Greene’s "Our Man In Havana", Oscar Wilde's "The
Happy Prince", and Edith Sitwell’s "English Eccentrics"? MALCOLM WILLIAMSON