215 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Who was the last British prime minister to be educated at Cambridge University?
2.
What word is used for any submerged mountain that rises more than 1000 metres from the ocean floor?
3.
Welsh love spoons, the poor man’s engagement ring, were generally made of which wood?
4.
What sort of creature is the chebec, or chebecker, which is named after the sound it makes?
5.
Which historic region of northern Germany, contains large numbers of prehistoric dolmen tombs?
6.
Which brothers, both famous writers, wrote two novels together under the pseudonym Peter
Anthony?
7.
In which North American city, will you find a castle called Casa Loma?
8.
Which French artist created the two large paintings, "La Danse" and "La Musique" for the staircase of the Russian art collector, Sergei Shchukin’s house in Moscow?
9.
Grey Street, built by Richard Grainger in the 1830's with the aid of many architects including
10.
In which country will you find the Dallol volcano which last erupted in 1926?
John Dobson, was named after the prime minister, Earl Grey. Renowned for its Georgian architecture, it is a feature of which Northern English city?
11.
Which left wing playwright’s works include "The Absence of War", "Knuckle", "Slag",
"Murmuring Judges", "Stuff Happens" and "Racing Demon"?
12.
By what name is the yellow flowered hypericum better known to gardeners?
13.
Which Asian territory’s national flag is described thus; - red with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the centre?
14.
On which Caribbean island would you find the Hato International Airport?
15.
Which word, derived from the old French for a splinter of wood, is used to describe an artist’s workshop or studio?
16.
Stilton cheese takes its name from that of a village in which historic county of England, now a district of Cambridgeshire?
17.
Which scientist is credited with the concept that electricity can flow?
18.
What was the name of the march, also known as the Salt march, undertaken by Gandhi and his followers in 1930, in which they defied the British tax on salt in colonial India?
19.
Who, in Hinduism, is the warrior god of the heavens, to whom many of the prayers in the Rig
Veda are addressed?

20.
Which American state is bordered on the South by Long Island Sound, on the west by New
York state, on the north by Massachusetts and on the east by Rhode Island?
215 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
STANLEY BALDWIN (TRINITY COLLEGE)
2.
A SEAMOUNT
3.
SYCAMORE WHICH HAD BEEN FELLED DURING THE WINTER WHEN A LOW SAP
CONTENT REDUCED BLEMISHES AND STAINS IN THE WOOD.
4.
IT'S SMALL INSECT-EATING BIRD OF NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA WHICH IS
ALSO KNOWN AS THE LEAST FLYCATCHER
5.
MECKLENBERG
6.
THE SHAFFER BROTHERS - "HOW DOTH THE LITTLE CROCODILE" AND "WITHERED
MURDER"
7.
TORONTO - IT WAS THE FORMER HOME OF THE CANADIAN FINANCIER, SIR HENRY
PELLATT
8.
HENRI MATISSE
9.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
10.
ETHIOPIA
11.
DAVID HARE WHO IS MARRIED TO THE FASHION DESIGNER NICOLE FARHI
12.
ST JOHN'S WORT, WHICH IS A MEDICINAL HERB WITH ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY
13.
14.
CURACAO
15.
ATELIER
HONG KONG
16.
HUNTINGDONSHIRE
17.
STEPHEN GRAY (1666-1736) WHO WAS AN ENGLISH DYER AND AMATEUR
ASTRONOMER
18.
THE DANDI MARCH
19.
INDRA
20.
CONNECTICUT, WHOSE CAPITAL IS HARTFORD

DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
Who was the last British prime minister to be educated at Cambridge University? STANLEY
2.
What word is used for any submerged mountain that rises more than 1000 metres from the ocean floor? A SEAMOUNT
BALDWIN (TRINITY COLLEGE)
3.
Welsh love spoons, the poor man’s engagement ring, were generally made of which wood?
SYCAMORE, WHICH HAD BEEN FELLED DURING THE WINTER WHEN A
LOW SAP CONTENT REDUCED BLEMISHES AND STAINS IN THE WOOD.
4.
What sort of creature is the chebec, or chebecker, which is named after the sound it makes?
IT'S SMALL INSECT-EATING BIRD OF NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA,
WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE LEAST FLYCATCHER
5.
Which historic region of northern Germany contains large numbers of prehistoric dolmen tombs? MECKLENBERG
6.
Which brothers, both famous writers, wrote two novels together under the pseudonym Peter
Anthony? THE SHAFFER BROTHERS - "HOW DOTH THE LITTLE CROCODILE"
AND "WITHERED MURDER"
7.
In which North American city, will you find a castle called Casa Loma? TORONTO - IT
WAS THE FORMER HOME OF THE CANADIAN FINANCIER, SIR HENRY
PELLATT
8.
Which French artist created the two large paintings, "La Danse" and "La Musique" for the staircase of the Russian art collector, Sergei Shchukin’s house in Moscow? HENRY
MATISSE
9.
Grey Street, built by Richard Grainger in the 1830's with the aid of many architects including
John Dobson, was named after the prime minister, Earl Grey. Renowned for its Georgian architecture, it is a feature of which Northern English city? NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
10.
In which country will you find the Dallol volcano which last erupted in 1926? ETHIOPIA
11.
Which left wing playwright’s works include "The Absence of War", "Knuckle", "Slag",
"Murmuring Judges", "Stuff Happens" and "Racing Demon"? DAVID HARE WHO IS
MARRIED TO THE FASHION DESIGNER, NICOLE FARHI
12.
By what name is the yellow flowered hypericum better known to gardeners? ST JOHN'S
WORT WHICH IS A MEDICINAL HERB WITH ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY
13.
Which Asian territory’s national flag is described thus; - red with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the centre?
HONG KONG
14.
On which Caribbean island would you find the Hato International Airport? CURACAO

15.
Which word, derived from the old French for a splinter of wood, is used to describe an artist’s workshop or studio? ATELIER
16.
Stilton cheese takes its name from that of a village in which historic county of England, now a district of Cambridgeshire? HUNTINGDONSHIRE
17.
Which scientist is credited with the concept that electricity can flow? STEPHEN GRAY
(1666-1736) WHO WAS AN ENGLISH DYER AND AMATEUR ASTRONOMER
18.
What was the name of the march, also known as the Salt march, undertaken by Gandhi and his followers in 1930, in which they defied the British tax on salt in colonial India? THE
DANDI MARCH
19.
Who, in Hinduism, is the warrior god of the heavens, to whom many of the prayers in the Rig
Veda are addressed? INDRA
20.
Which American state is bordered on the South by Long Island Sound, on the west by New
York state, on the north by Massachusetts and on the east by Rhode Island?
CONNECTICUT WHOSE CAPITAL IS HARTFORD