102 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Who in 1899, first came to the public attention when he sent reports from New York on the
progress of the America's Cup?
2. On which Mediterranean island did the poet Robert Graves live for much of his life?
3. Who were the Knickerbocker school?
4. What name means summer’s end and was given to one of the quarterly feast days in the
ancient Celtic calendar, held on 1st November and associated with supernatural events?
5.
The poem called "Song" which begins "Go and catch a falling star” was written in the late 16th
century by John Donne” – what is the next line?
6. What is the name of Puccini’s "Girl of the Golden West"?
7.
In John Milton’s "Comus", which Greek god does he call the Carpathian wizard, in allusion to
the fact that he lived in the Carpathian sea, and herded flocks of sea lions with his shepherd’s
crook?
8. Which word comes from the Latin meaning "owing", and is an acknowledgement of
indebtedness, particularly accompanying a bond acknowledging a debt and providing
repayments at fixed intervals?
9. Which 15th/16th century Florentine artist painted the "Madonna of the Magnificat" which is in
the Uffizi in Florence, and the "Mystical Nativity" which is in the National Gallery, London
10. To whom or what does the pejorative American political acronym RINO refer?
11. What was the name of the TV series created by Greg Garcia, which starred Jason Lee as a
petty crook who develops a belief in the concept of karma when he hears about it during an
episode of "Last Call With Carson Daly"?
12. On the receiving end of an armed uprising for the second time in his career, who was deposed
as governor of New South Wales in the so-called Rum Rebellion of 1808?
13. Which king was responsible for the building of the great keep, which was one of the last
rectangular keeps ever built, at Dover Castle?
14. Which Australian producer created "Neighbours" and "Prisoner: Cell Block H"?
15. In Germany, what is a stein?
16. Where traditionally were girl babies found, boys being found under the gooseberry bush?
17. Which Hertfordshire venue, the home of the Lytton-Cobbold family, is noted for its open air
concerts?
18. Which English bass singer (1908-1973), created the role of Swallow in the opera "Peter
Grimes"?
19. Where does the cloisonne ware, Shippo, come from?
20. Who is the only person ever to be nominated for an Oscar, Golden Globe (for the best original
song “The Hands That Built America” for the film Gangs of New York), a Grammy and the
Nobel Peace Prize?
102 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
GUGLIELMO MARCONI
2. MAJORCA
3. A GROUP OF 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN WRITERS FROM NEW YORK STATE,
INCLUDING WASHINGTON IRVING AND JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.
4. SAMHAIN
5.
"GET WITH CHILD A MANDRAKE ROOT"
6. MINNIE, WHO KEEPS THE POLKA SALOON. SHE FALLS IN LOVE WITH DICK
JOHNSON, WHO TURNS OUT TO BE THE BANDIT RAMIREZ.
7.
PROTEUS, WHO COULD CHANGE HIS SHAPE AT WILL.
8. DEBENTURE
9. SANDRO BOTTICELLI.
10. REPUBLICAN IN NAME ONLY. IT IS USED BY CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE USA TO DESCRIBE REPUBLICANS WHOSE POLITICAL
VIEWS OR ACTIONS THEY CONSIDER, INSUFFICIENTLY CONSERVATIVE
11. "MY NAME IS EARL" WHICH RAN FROM 2004-2009 (THE CHARACTER IS CALLED
EARL J HICKEY).
12. CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH ( BETTER KNOWN FOR THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY )
13. HENRY II
14. REG WATSON
15. A LARGE BEER MUG WHICH HAS A HINGED LID.
16. IN THE PARSLEY BED.
17. KNEBWORTH HOUSE
18. OWEN BRANNIGAN
19. JAPAN – IT’S A JAPANESE WORD MEANING SEVEN PRECIOUS THINGS, I.E.
BEAUTIFUL.
20. BONO (PAUL HEWSON)