109 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Which character, created by the Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, was a by word for physical
and mental laziness?
2. What is the name of the son of Polixenes, king of Bohemia in Shakespeare's "The Winter's
Tale"? George IV, when Prince of Wales, used the name in his correspondence with his
mistress, the actress Mary Robinson whom he called Perdita.
3. What was the subject of Kenneth Irvine’s pamphlet "The Right Lines" published in 1987 by
the Adam Smith Institute?
4. What are the main ingredients in a Gala Pie?
5.
Which tick born bacterial disease, that can affect all systems of the body, is named after a
town in Connecticut, where it was first observed?
6. Which Czech composer (1854-1928), wrote a setting of the Ordinary of the Mass called the
Glagolitic Mass?
7.
A Claddagh ring is a ring in the form of two hands clasping a heart, and is traditionally given
in Ireland as a token of love. In which Irish county is Claddagh?
8. Born in 1915, which French writer and critic was a leading exponent of structuralism in
literary criticism? His essay “The Death of the Author” in 1968 lead to the development of
deconstruction and post structuralism.
9. Which Pre-Raphaelite artist (1849-1917), painted the "Lady Of Shallott" which is based on an
1821 poem by Tennyson?
10. What is the first line of the Christian hymn which contains the following lines “Thou didst
tread this earth before us, thou didst feel its keenest woe”?
11. What is the meaning of the Latin phrase "in petto", which is used especially of the
appointment of cardinals by the Pope, who he does not name?
12. The Mijwiz is traditionally used to accompany belly dancing in Egypt and the Levant. What
type of instrument is it?
13. Which High German dialect is spoken in Switzerland?
14. The red wine mascara comes from which country?
15. Which was the first spacecraft to break free of the earth’s gravitational pull and orbit the
moon?
16. The musician, Jack Brymer (1915-2003) was mainly associated with which instrument?
17. What name is given to chemical compounds that have the same molecular formulae, but
different arrangements of atoms?
18. What type of creature is a panchax?
19. What is the name of the ancient Egyptian wire rattle used in Isis worship?
20. Which one of the alkaline earth metals is only found in combination with other elements,
occurring mainly as a gemstone and is used to make sturdy light alloys and to control the
speed of neutrons in nuclear reactors?
109 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
OBLOMOV
2. FLORIZEL
3. RAILWAY PRIVATISATION.
4. VEAL AND HAM
5.
LYME DISEASE
6. LEOS JANACEK
7.
GALWAY
8. ROLAND BARTHES
9. JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE
10. "LEAD US, HEAVENLY FATHER, LEAD US" BY GEORGE HERBERT.
11. UNDISCLOSED, SECRETLY.
12. A DOUBLE PIPE, SINGLE REED, WOODWIND INSTRUMENT. ITS NAME IN ARABIC
MEANS DUAL OR MARRIED BECAUSE IT CONSISTS OF TWO SHORT BAMBOO REED
PIPES PUT TOGETHER
13. ALLEMANIC.
14. ALGERIA
15. APOLLO VIII WHICH WAS COMMANDED BY FRANK BORMAN, THE COMMAND
MODULE PILOT WAS JAMES LOVELL AND THE LUNAR MODULE PILOT WAS WILLIAM
ANDERS
16. THE CLARINET. THE TIMES NEWSPAPER CALLED HIM "THE LEADING
CLARINETTIST OF HIS GENERATION, PERHAPS OF THE CENTURY".
17. ISOMERS
18. IT’S A TROPICAL FISH FROM INDIA, USUALLY CALLED A KILLIFISH. IN SOME AREAS,
IT IS USED TO CONTROL THE MOSQUITO POPULATION AS IT IS AN AVID MOSQUITO
EATER
19. A SISTRUM
20. BERYLLIUM (ATOMIC NO 4)