237 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Which is the world’s oldest artificial sweetener, (first produced in 1879), which is made from
the basic substance, benzoic sulfimide?
2. Which English operatic baritone was appointed the Chancellor of Durham University in 2012,
in succession to the travel writer, Bill Bryson?
3. Which discipline is concerned with matters of ethics, metaphysics, epistemology and logic?
4. Which American state is home to the US Olympic Committee and the US Olympic Training
Centre and also to NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defence Command?
5.
Who wrote the 1944 tragedy "Antigone", which, although produced in German occupied Paris
under Nazi censorship, was widely seen as an attack on Marshal Petain's Vichy government?
6. Associated with the art deco movement of the 1920s and 30s, the Russian born fashion
illustrator and designer Romain de Tirtoff, (1892- 1990), was known by which one word
name?
7.
A brass quintet comprises of two trumpets, one trombone, one tuba and which other
instrument?
8. Which pomace wine, obtained by fermenting must, is distilled to make the Turkish aniseflavoured liqueur, raki?
9. Who was the first person to be awarded the Nobel prize for his work on a management related
issue, which he won in Economics?
10. Which word, that derives ultimately from the Slavonic for "highwayman", has been used to
refer to certain types of cavalry throughout Europe since the 15th Century, and is still used
today, in the names of two British regiments?
11. Panaji is the capital of which Indian state?
12. In 1878, German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne, (1837-1900), first used which term coming
from Greek meaning "leavened", to describe the fermentation process?
13. What name was given to Muslims who remained in the Iberian peninsula during the Christian
Reconquista, but were not converted to Christianity? The term is also used to describe early
Spanish architecture and decoration.
14. Which Russian composer wrote an opera called "Francesca da Rimini", an homage to Edgar
Allen Poe called "The Bells" and a work for an unaccompanied choir called "The All-Night
Vigil"?
15. Which Italian anatomist (1552-1616), gave the first detailed descriptions of the organs of
speech and hearing?
16. Which 1962 Vladimir Nabokov novel is presented as a 999 line poem by the fictional author
John Shade, with an introduction and commentary by a fictional friend of his, Charles
Kinbote?
17. Marking the most easterly point of the Iberian Peninsula, the rocky promontory of Cape de
Creus, which, according to legend was hewn out by Hercules, was an influential landscape in
the works of which painter, born 1904, in the nearby town of Figueras?
18. Which piece of laboratory equipment consists of a vertical cylindrical piece of glassware,
graduated volumetrically along its length, with a stopcock at the bottom? It is used to
dispense known amounts of liquids.
19. Which was the first British type of helicopter to enter RAF service?
20. According to Norse Mythology, the wolves Skoll and his brother Hati, will devour what objects
that will start Ragnarok, the great battle that results in the end of the world?
237 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
SACCHARIN
2. SIR THOMAS ALLEN
3. PHILOSOPHY
4. COLORADO
5.
JEAN ANOUILH (1910-1987)
6. ERTE
7.
THE FRENCH HORN
8. SUMA
9. HERBERT SIMON IN 1978, FOR HIS WORK ON DECISION MAKING IN ECONOMIC
ORGANISATIONS.
10. HUSSAR - QUEEN'S ROYAL HUSSARS AND THE KING'S ROYAL HUSSARS
11. GOA, ALTHOUGH ITS LARGEST CITY IS VASCO DA GAMA
12. ENZYME
13. MUDEJAR
14. SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1973-1943)
15. JULIUS CASSERIUS. HE HELD THE CHAIR OF SURGERY AT PADUA UNIVERSITY IN
1609, AND HE WAS ONE OF WILLIAM HARVEY’S INSTRUCTORS
16. PALE FIRE
17. SALVADOR DALI
18. A BURETTE
19. THE BRISTOL SYCAMORE IN 1953
20. THE SUN AND THE MOON
237 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
Which is the world’s oldest artificial sweetener, (first produced in 1879), which is made from
the basic substance, benzoic sulfimide? SACCHARIN
2. Which English operatic baritone was appointed the Chancellor of Durham University in 2012,
in succession to the travel writer, Bill Bryson? SIR THOMAS ALLEN
3. Which discipline is concerned with matters of ethics, metaphysics, epistemology and logic?
PHILOSOPHY
4. Which American state is home to the US Olympic Committee and the US Olympic Training
Centre and also to NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defence Command?
COLORADO
5.
Who wrote the 1944 tragedy "Antigone", which, although produced in German occupied Paris
under Nazi censorship, was widely seen as an attack on Marshal Petain's Vichy government?
JEAN ANOUILH (1910-1987)
6. Associated with the art deco movement of the 1920s and 30s, the Russian born fashion
illustrator and designer Romain de Tirtoff, (1892-1990),was known by which one word name?
ERTE
7.
A brass quintet comprises of two trumpets, one trombone, one tuba and which other
instrument? THE FRENCH HORN
8. Which pomace wine, obtained by fermenting must, is distilled to make the Turkish aniseflavoured liqueur, raki? SUMA
9. Who was the first person to be awarded the Nobel prize for his work on a management related
issue, which he won in Economics? HERBERT SIMON IN 1978, FOR HIS WORK ON
DECISION MAKING IN ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS.
10. Which word, that derives ultimately from the Slavonic for "highwayman", has been used to
refer to certain types of cavalry throughout Europe since the 15th Century, and is still used
today in the names of two British regiments? HUSSAR (QUEEN'S ROYAL HUSSARS
AND THE KING'S ROYAL HUSSARS)
11. Panaji is the capital of which Indian state? GOA - ALTHOUGH ITS LARGEST CITY IS
VASCO DA GAMA
12. In 1878, German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne, (1837-1900), first used which term coming
from Greek meaning "leavened", to describe the fermentation process? ENZYME
13. What name was given to Muslims who remained in the Iberian peninsula during the Christian
Reconquista, but were not converted to Christianity? The term is also used to describe early
Spanish architecture and decoration. MUDEJAR
14. Which Russian composer wrote an opera called "Francesca da Rimini", an homage to Edgar
Allen Poe called "The Bells", and a work for an unaccompanied choir called "The All-Night
Vigil"? SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
15. Which Italian anatomist (1552-1616), gave the first detailed descriptions of the organs of
speech and hearing? JULIUS CASSERIUS. HE HELD THE CHAIR OF SURGERY AT
PADUA UNIVERSITY IN 1609, AND HE WAS ONE OF WILLIAM HARVEY’S
INSTRUCTORS
16. Which 1962 Vladimir Nabokov novel is presented as a 999 line poem by the fictional author
John Shade, with an introduction and commentary by a fictional friend of his, Charles
Kinbote? PALE FIRE
17. Marking the most easterly point of the Iberian Peninsula, the rocky promontory of Cape de
Creus, which, according to legend was hewn out by Hercules, was an influential landscape in
the works of which painter, born 1904, in the nearby town of Figueras? SALVADOR DALI
18. Which piece of laboratory equipment consists of a vertical cylindrical piece of glassware,
graduated volumetrically along its length, with a stopcock at the bottom? It is used to
dispense known amounts of liquids. A BURETTE
19. Which was the first British type of helicopter to enter RAF service? THE BRISTOL
SYCAMORE IN 1953
20. According to Norse Mythology, the wolves Skoll and his brother Hati, will devour what objects
that will start Ragnarok, the great battle that results in the end of the world? THE SUN
AND THE MOON