232 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
What is darnel?
2. In 1940, which British composer wrote the song cycle "Les Illuminations", which was a
musical setting of French poems by Arthur Rimbaud?
3. Which American architect, whose design principles embodied the "American Renaissance",
was shot dead in 1906, in Madison Square Garden by the millionaire Harry Kendall Thaw,
over White's affair with Thaw's wife, the actress Evelyn Nesbit?
4. Which wild flower, is the swallow wort another name for?
5.
In humans, ciguatera is a food-borne illness caused by eating contaminated what?
6. Which Australian town was called Stewart until 1933, when it was renamed after Lady Todd?
7.
Which insect is also called the cattle grub, gadfly or heel fly?
8. What is the name given to a collapsible hood on a chaise?
9. Which American pathologist discovered the cause of, and devised the means of preventing,
scarlet fever?
10. What was the pen name of Frederick Dannay and Manfred Lee who wrote "The French
Powder Mystery" and "The Roman Hat Mystery"?
11. Distilled from wine usually made from a blend of grapes including Ugni Blanc, Colombard,
Folle Blanche and Baco 22A and then aged in oak barrels, which distinctive kind of brandy is
produced in its namesake province in Gascony?
12. Occurring mostly in carbons, what name is given to the ability of a chemical element to form a
long chain like structure, via a series of covalent bonds?
13. In which of Shakespeare’s plays do Angelo, a goldsmith and Pinch, a conjuror and
schoolmaster of Ephesus appear?
14. Who, at nearly the age of 40, became the first non white cricketer to play for South Africa in a
racially mixed side when he played in three of the four tests against India in 1991?
15. What was the profession of the 19th century George Augustus Sala?
16. Which French king was nicknamed the Solomon of France?
17. What is a trotteur?
18. Which pair of endocrine glands, which produce the steroids aldosterone and cortisol, are to be
found above the kidneys?
19. What name is given to the fatal contagious disease of horses, mules and donkeys, caused by
the bacterium, Burkholderia mallei and characterised by swellings beneath the jaw and
discharge of mucous matter from the nostrils?
20. In Greek mythology, what was nepenthe?
232 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
A SPECIES OF RYE GRASS – PROBABLY THE TARES REFERRED TO IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT. IT WAS COMMON AS A WEED IN THE CORNFIELDS OF EUROPE AND
ASIA.
2. BENJAMIN BRITTEN
3. STANFORD WHITE
4. THE CELANDINE; SO CALLED BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO FLOWER WHEN THE
SWALLOWS CAME, AND DIE WHEN THEY WENT.
5.
FISH
6. ALICE SPRINGS
7.
THE WARBLE FLY WHICH IS PARASITIC ON CATTLE AND DEER
8. A CALASH
9. GEORGE DICK (1881-1967)
10. ELLERY QUEEN
11. ARMAGNAC
12. CATENATION
13. THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
14. OMAR HENRY
15. HE WAS A JOURNALIST WORKING FOR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AMONGST OTHER
PUBLICATIONS. IT WAS HE, WHO ON A VISIT TO AUSTRALIA IN 1885, COINED THE
EPITHET "MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE" WHICH IS STILL USED TODAY.
16. CHARLES V WHO WAS ALSO CALLED CHARLES THE WISE, WHO WAS KING IN THE
14TH CENTURY.
17. AN ANKLE LENGTH SKIRT USUALLY FLARED AT THE BACK FOR EASE OF WALKING.
18. THE ADRENAL GLANDS
19. GLANDERS WHICH HAS BEEN ERADICATED FROM NORTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA
AND MOST OF EUROPE. THE LAST REPORTED CASE IN THE UK WAS IN 1928
20. THIS WAS A DRUG WHICH CAUSED FORGETFULNESS OF GRIEF AND IT WAS
REPUTED THAT PARIS GAVE IT TO HELEN TO HELP HER FORGET HER OLD HOME.
232 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
What is darnel? A SPECIES OF RYE GRASS – PROBABLY THE TARES REFERRED
TO IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. IT WAS COMMON AS A WEED IN THE
CORNFIELDS OF EUROPE AND ASIA.
2. In 1940, which British composer wrote the song cycle "Les Illuminations", which was a
musical setting of French poems by Arthur Rimbaud? BENJAMIN BRITTEN
3. Which American architect, whose design principles embodied the "American Renaissance",
was shot dead in 1906, in Madison Square Garden by the millionaire Harry Kendall Thaw,
over White's affair with Thaw's wife, the actress Evelyn Nesbit? STANFORD WHITE
4. Which wild flower is the swallow wort, another name for? THE CELANDINE; SO
CALLED BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO FLOWER WHEN THE SWALLOWS
CAME, AND DIE WHEN THEY WENT.
5.
In humans, ciguatera is a food-borne illness caused by eating contaminated what? FISH
6. Which Australian town was called Stewart until 1933, when it was renamed after Lady Todd?
ALICE SPRINGS
7.
Which insect is also called the cattle grub, gadfly or heel fly? THE WARBLE FLY WHICH
IS PARASITIC ON CATTLE AND DEER
8. What is the name given to a collapsible hood on a chaise? A CALASH
9. Which American pathologist discovered the cause of, and devised the means of preventing,
scarlet fever? GEORGE DICK (1881-1967)
10. What was the pen name of Frederick Dannay and Manfred Lee who wrote "The French
Powder Mystery" and "The Roman Hat Mystery"? ELLERY QUEEN
11. Distilled from wine usually made from a blend of grapes including Ugni Blanc, Colombard,
Folle Blanche and Baco 22A and then aged in oak barrels, which distinctive kind of brandy is
produced in its namesake province in Gascony? ARMAGNAC
12. Occurring mostly in carbons, what name is given to the ability of a chemical element to form a
long chain like structure, via a series of covalent bonds? CATENATION
13. In which of Shakespeare’s plays do Angelo, a goldsmith and Pinch, a conjuror and
schoolmaster of Ephesus appear? THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
14. Who, at nearly the age of 40, became the first non white cricketer to play for South Africa in a
racially mixed side, when he played in three of the four tests against India in 1991? OMAR
HENRY
15. What was the profession of the 19th century George Augustus Sala? HE WAS A
JOURNALIST WORKING FOR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AMONGST OTHER
PUBLICATIONS. IT WAS HE, WHO ON A VISIT TO AUSTRALIA IN 1885,
COINED THE EPITHET "MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE" WHICH IS STILL USED
TODAY.
16. Which French king was nicknamed the Solomon of France? CHARLES V WHO WAS
ALSO CALLED CHARLES THE WISE, WHO WAS KING IN THE 14 TH CENTURY.
17. What is a trotteur? AN ANKLE LENGTH SKIRT, USUALLY FLARED AT THE BACK
FOR EASE OF WALKING.
18. Which pair of endocrine glands which produce the steroids aldosterone and cortisol, are to be
found above the kidneys? THE ADRENAL GLANDS
19. What name is given to the fatal contagious disease of horses, mules and donkeys, caused by
the bacterium, Burkholderia mallei and characterised by swellings beneath the jaw and
discharge of mucous matter from the nostrils? GLANDERS WHICH HAS BEEN
ERADICATED FROM NORTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA AND MOST OF EUROPE.
THE LAST REPORTED CASE IN THE UK WAS IN 1928
20. In Greek mythology, what was nepenthe? THIS WAS A DRUG WHICH CAUSED
FORGETFULNESS OF GRIEF AND IT WAS REPUTED THAT PARIS GAVE IT TO
HELEN TO HELP HER FORGET HER OLD HOME.