167 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Which spectacular waterfall system, higher than Niagara and about one and a half miles wide,
is situated on the border of Brazil and Argentina?
2. In cricket terminology, what sort of ball is a jaffa, also known as a corker?
3. What kind of foodstuff is daktyla?
4. The so called Oxford Calculators, Thomas Bradwardine, William Heytesbury, Richard
Swineshead and John Dumbleton were all mathematicians of the early 14th century,
particularly associated with which Oxford college?
5.
Which country lies in south-eastern Asia, and is an archipelago between the Indian Ocean and
the Pacific Ocean? It is bordered by Timor-Leste, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea.
6. Nisroch is the god of agriculture in which civilization?
7.
Which Conservative politician, nicknamed "Lord Suit" by "Private Eye", was put in charge of
cutting business red tape in 1985?
8. What is the name of Cyprus' largest mountain range, that has its highest peak at Mount
Olympus?
9. In a fort or castle, what name is given to the fortified projections, usually with a sharp point,
occurring at intervals in an outer wall which facilitate active defence against assaulting
troops?
10. What is the Polynesian name given to the famous carved statues found on Easter Island?
11. An intradermal test for which disease, was named after the French physician Charles
Mantoux?
12. Which Dutch-American chemist, (1884-1966), the winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize for
Chemistry, had the unit used to measure molecular dipole moments named after him?
13. Which central region of Spain contains the city of Madrid?
14. Which planet is about 59 times the volume of the earth, and because its equatorial plane is at
an 82 degree angle with its orbital plane, it has no climatic zones as we know them?
15. Which nobleman, later given the nickname “Butcher of England”, did Edward IV appoint Lord
High Constable of England in 1462?
16. Which designer’s popularity grew after his designs were featured in the 1974 film "The Great
Gatsby"?
17. Pekins, Rosecombs and Sebrights are what type of chickens?
18. Which woodland plant with a solitary purple berry in a yellow flower, is also known as True
Love or Four-leaved True Love?
19. Which was the first combat aircraft in the world to exceed Mach 1 in level flight?
20. Federico Fellini Airport serves which Italian holiday resort?
167 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
IGUAZU
2. AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL BOWLED BALL, THAT IS VIRTUALLY UNPLAYABLE BY THE
BATSMAN
3. GREEK FINGER BREAD
4. MERTON. THEY DIFFERENTIATED KINEMATICS FROM DYNAMICS.
5.
INDONESIA
6. ASSYRIAN – HE IS MENTIONED IN 2 KINGS, CHAPTER 19, VERSE 37 AS HIS TEMPLE
BEING THE PLACE WHERE SENNACHERIB WAS ASSASSINATED BY HIS SONS.
7.
LORD DAVID YOUNG OF GRAFFHAM
8. TROODOS MOUNTAINS
9. BASTIONS
10. MOAI
11. TUBERCULOSIS
12. PETER DEBYE
13. CASTILE
14. URANUS
15. JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF WORCESTER (1427-1470)
16. RALPH LAUREN
17. BANTAMS
18. HERB PARIS
19. THE NORTH AMERICAN F100 SUBER SABRE
20. RIMINI