219 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Whose third book in his Lanny Budd series, "Dragon’s Teeth", won him the 1943 Pulitzer prize?
2.
On whose novel did Richard Rodney Bennett base his opera "Victory", in 1970?
3.
In 1961, which German conductor succeeded Sir Thomas Beecham as the principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra?
4.
What type of insect is a darkling?
5.
Which vegetable, related to the marrow, has varieties called butternut and custard?
6.
What name is given to the part of a seed-bearing plant that develops into the seed, after fertilisation?
7.
Which 18th century English poet, best known for his satirical verse, had a dog, a Great Dane, called Bounce?
8.
What is the name given in country dancing to the figure in which couples hold both hands and move up and down the set, changing places with the next couple?
9.
What is the name given to the technique of fashioning pictures with thin, cut-to-shape pieces of brightly coloured semiprecious stones, which was developed in Florence in the late 16th century?
10.
What was an eprouvette, which went out of general use in the middle of the 19th century, used to test the strength of?
11.
From which animal would you obtain the fur kolinsky?
12.
The word Paralian describes a person who lives where, specifically?
13.
Which American zoologist pioneered the use of statistical techniques in biological research, and also contributed to the study of eugenics and heredity?
14.
What nickname do Parisians give the cast iron bridge which is restricted to pedestrians, and which connects the Louvre with the Institute of France?
15.
One of a large class of small faint stars of enormous density, known to cause an Einstein shift of spectral lines, is a description of what?
16.
The name of which south western Indian state derives from the Malayalam word for coconut?
17.
Which group of Pacific islands which lie 600 miles to the west of Ecuador, were once known
18.
In The Addams Family, what was the name of the pet black widow spider owned by
Wednesday? as the Enchanted Isles, where pirates buried their treasure?

19.
The Duchess of Kendal, who was nicknamed "the Maypole", was the mistress of which British king?
20.
Which of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, was the mother of Atlas?
219 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
UPTON SINCLAIR (1878-1968). READ IN SEQUENCE, THE BOOKS DETAILED MUCH OF
2.
JOSEPH CONRAD'S
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD DURING THE FIRST HALF OF
THE 20 TH CENTURY
3.
RUDOLF KEMPE
4.
A BEETLE, WHOSE LARVAE ARE KNOWN AS MEALWORMS
5.
THE SQUASH
6.
AN OVULE
7.
ALEXANDER POPE
8.
A POUSSETTE
9.
COMMESSO, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS FLORENTINE MOSAIC. THE GEMSTONES
USED IN COMMESSO INCLUDED CHALCEDONY, JASPER AND LAPIS LAZULI
10.
GUNPOWDER - IT WAS A FIXED ELEVATION MORTAR WHICH FIRED A SHOT, WHICH
WAS THEN MEASURED TO SEE HOW FAR IT HAD REACHED
11.
THE NORTHERN EURASIAN MINK, WHICH HAS A DARK BROWN COAT WITH TAWNY
MARKINGS.
12.
BY THE SEA
13.
CHARLES DAVENPORT, (1866-1944), WHOSE IDEAS PROVIDED THE IDEOLOGICAL
FOUNDATIONS FOR THE HOLOCAUST
14.
PASSERELLE – THE FRENCH FOR GANGWAY. THE BRIDGE IS THE PONT DES ARTS.
15.
A WHITE DWARF STAR
16.
KERALA
17.
THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
18.
HOMER
19.
GEORGE I
20.
ASIA – HIS FATHER WAS THE TITAN IAPETUS

219 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
Whose third book in his Lanny Budd series, "Dragon’s Teeth", won him the 1943 Pulitzer prize? UPTON SINCLAIR (1878-1968). READ IN SEQUENCE, THE BOOKS
DETAILED MUCH OF THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20 TH CENTURY
2.
On whose novel did Richard Rodney Bennett base his opera "Victory" in 1970? JOSEPH
3.
In 1961, which German conductor succeeded Sir Thomas Beecham as the principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra? RUDOLPH KEMPE
CONRAD'S
4.
What type of insect is a darkling? A BEETLE, WHOSE LARVAE ARE KNOWN AS
MEALWORMS
5.
Which vegetable, related to the marrow, has varieties called butternut and custard? THE
SQUASH
6.
What name is given to the part of a seed-bearing plant that develops into the seed, after fertilisation? AN OVULE
7.
Which 18th century English poet, best known for his satirical verse, had a dog, a Great Dane, called Bounce? ALEXANDER POPE
8.
What is the name given in country dancing to the figure in which couples hold both hands and move up and down the set, changing places with the next couple? A POUSSETTE
9.
What is the name given to the technique of fashioning pictures with thin, cut-to-shape pieces of brightly coloured semiprecious stones which was developed in Florence in the late 16th century? COMMESSO WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS FLORENTINE MOSAIC. THE
GEMSTONES USED IN COMMESSO INCLUDED CHALCEDONY, JASPER AND
LAPIS LAZULI
10.
What was an eprouvette, which went out of general use in the middle of the 19th century, used to test the strength of? GUNPOWDER - IT WAS A FIXED ELEVATION MORTAR
WHICH FIRED A SHOT, WHICH WAS THEN MEASURED TO SEE HOW FAR IT
HAD REACHED
11.
From which animal would you obtain the fur kolinsky? THE NORTHERN EURASIAN
MINK, WHICH HAS A DARK BROWN COAT WITH TAWNY MARKINGS.
12.
The word Paralian describes a person who lives where specifically? BY THE SEA
13.
Which American zoologist pioneered the use of statistical techniques in biological research, and also contributed to the study of eugenics and heredity? CHARLES DAVENPORT
(1866-1944), WHOSE IDEAS PROVIDED THE IDEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS
FOR THE HOLOCAUST
14.
What nickname do Parisians give the cast iron bridge which is restricted to pedestrians and which connects the Louvre with the Institute of France? PASSERELLE – THE FRENCH
FOR GANGWAY. THE BRIDGE IS THE PONT DES ARTS.

15.
One of a large class of small faint stars of enormous density, known to cause an Einstein shift of spectral lines, is a description of what? A WHITE DWARF STAR
16.
The name of which south western Indian state derives from the Malayalam word for coconut?
KERALA
17.
Which group of Pacific islands which lie 600 miles to the west of Ecuador, were once known as the Enchanted Isles, where pirates buried their treasure? THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
18.
In The Addams Family, what was the name of the pet black widow spider owned by
Wednesday? HOMER
19.
The Duchess of Kendal, who was nicknamed "the Maypole", was the mistress of which British
20.
Which of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, was the mother of Atlas? ASIA – HIS
FATHER WAS THE TITAN IAPETUS king? GEORGE I