227 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
What name is given to a pause, during a play, when all the performers briefly freeze in
position?
2. On which instrument was the classical musician Harriet Cohen, born in 1895, a virtuoso?
3. Which jazz trumpeter and vocalist was a pioneer of West Coast cool jazz, and died in a fall
from his hotel window in Amsterdam in 1988, during the making of a film about his life called
“Let’s Get Lost”?
4. In the United States, President Nixon requested that which singer be given occasional
protection under the Secret Service codename of Napoleon?
5.
Which event, which took place in October 1968, is believed to have been the start of Northern
Ireland’s “Troubles”?
6. Which north western French town, capital of the Eure-et-Loir department, has a famous
Gothic cathedral, which opened in 1220, called Notre Dame?
7.
In 1842, which English surgeon, histologist and anatomist (1816-1892), wrote the first major
histological description of the kidney, the capsule surrounding the glomera being named after
him?
8. A dietary deficiency of which trace element gives rise to a loss of the senses of taste and smell?
9. In which English county will you find the tidal lagoon known as the Fleet?
10. Philippics were speeches made by the Roman orator Cicero against which contemporary
figure?
11. Which city is known as the “fruit bowl of New Zealand”?
12. What type of tool is a loy?
13. Which Italian painter (1510-1592) is best known for his paintings of landscape and genre
scenes, notably "The Supper at Emmaus" (1538), "The Flight into Egypt" (1542), "Christ in the
House of Mary and Martha" (1577) and "Baptism of Christ" (1590)?
14. Popularised by Christian Dior, what was a vareuse?
15. Which Swedish-American inventor, (1803- 1889), built the first armoured turret warship and
developed the screw propellor?
16. Which American poet,(1819-1892),wrote the verse collections "Drum Taps" and "Democratic
Vistas"?
17. Lake Tuz is a large salt water lake in which country?
18. Fort Rouge, founded in 1738 at the confluence of the Esseboine river and the Red river, is the
site of which Canadian provincial capital?
19. What kind of a pudding is the American shoo fly pie?
20. In acoustics, what term is used for notes, the frequencies of which are multiples of a basic
fundamental note?
227 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
TABLEAU VIVANT
2. THE PIANO. SHE WAS A BRITISH PIANIST FOR WHOM A NUMBER OF COMPOSERS
WROTE MUSIC SPECIFICALLY FOR HER, ESPECIALLY HER LOVER SIR ARNOLD BAX.
THIS INCLUDED MUSIC FOR DAVID LEAN’S 1948 FILM VERSION OF OLIVER TWIST
AND HE ALSO COMPOSED CONCERTINO FOR LEFT HAND FOR HER AFTER SHE LOST
THE USE OF HER RIGHT HAND IN 1948.
3. CHET BAKER WHO WAS BORN IN YALE, OKLAHOMA IN 1929
4. FRANK SINATRA (PRINCE CHARLES' CODENAME IS UNICORN AND POPE JOHN PAUL
II'S WAS HALO)
5.
THE POLICE BROKE UP A CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH AT DERRY.
6. CHARTRES
7.
SIR WILLIAM BOWMAN
8. ZINC
9. IN DORSET – CHESIL BEACH, WHICH CONNECTS PORTLAND WITH THE MAINLAND,
ENCLOSES THE LAGOON AND BOTH ARE SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST
10. MARK ANTHONY
11. HASTINGS. IT IS NEW ZEALAND’S 8TH LARGEST CITY AND IS ON THE NORTH ISLAND
OF NEW ZEALAND. BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO NAPIER, THEY ARE OFTEN
CALLED THE TWIN CITIES OR THE BAY CITIES.
12. A LONG NARROW SPADE WITH A SINGLE FOOTREST USED IN IRELAND
13. JACOPO BASSANO
14. A SIMPLE TUNIC SMOCK, TRADITONALLY WORN BY BRETON FISHERMAN
15. JOHN ERICSSON
16. WALT WHITMAN
17. TURKEY. IT’S THE SECOND LARGEST LAKE AFTER LAKE VAN.
18. WINNIPEG
19. A TREACLE TART
20. HARMONICS
227 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
What name is given to a pause, during a play, when all the performers briefly freeze in
position? TABLEAU VIVANT
2. On which instrument was the classical musician Harriet Cohen, born in 1895, a virtuoso?
THE PIANO. SHE WAS A BRITISH PIANIST FOR WHOM A NUMBER OF
COMPOSERS WROTE MUSIC SPECIFICALLY FOR HER, ESPECIALLY HER
LOVER, SIR ARNOLD BAX. THIS INCLUDED MUSIC FOR DAVID LEAN’S 1948
FILM VERSION OF OLIVER TWIST AND HE ALSO COMPOSED CONCERTINO
FOR LEFT HAND FOR HER, AFTER SHE LOST THE USE OF HER RIGHT HAND
IN 1948.
3. Which jazz trumpeter and vocalist was a pioneer of West Coast cool jazz, and died in a fall
from his hotel window in Amsterdam in 1988, during the making of a film about his life called
“Let’s Get Lost”? CHET BAKER WHO WAS BORN IN 1929 IN YALE, OKLAHOMA
4. In the United States, President Nixon requested that which singer be given occasional
protection under the Secret Service codename of Napoleon? FRANK SINATRA. (PRINCE
CHARLES' CODENAME IS UNICORN AND POPE JOHN PAUL II'S WAS HALO)
5.
Which event, which took place in October 1968, is believed to have been the start of Northern
Ireland’s “Troubles”? THE POLICE BROKE UP A CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH AT
DERRY.
6. Which north western French town, capital of the Eure-et-Loir department, has a famous
Gothic cathedral, which opened in 1220, called Notre Dame? CHARTRES
7.
In 1842, which English surgeon, histologist and anatomist (1816-1892), wrote the first major
histological description of the kidney, the capsule surrounding the glomera being named after
him? SIR WILLIAM BOWMAN
8. A dietary deficiency of which trace element gives rise to a loss of the senses of taste and smell?
ZINC
9. In which English county will you find the tidal lagoon known as the Fleet? DORSET –
CHESIL BEACH, WHICH CONNECTS PORTLAND WITH THE MAINLAND,
ENCLOSES THE LAGOON AND BOTH ARE SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC
INTEREST
10. Philippics were speeches made by the Roman orator Cicero against which contemporary
figure? MARK ANTHONY
11. Which city is known as the “fruit bowl of New Zealand”? HASTINGS. IT IS NEW
ZEALAND’S 8TH LARGEST CITY AND IS ON THE NORTH ISLAND OF NEW
ZEALAND. BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO NAPIER, THEY ARE OFTEN
CALLED THE TWIN CITIES OR THE BAY CITIES.
12. What type of tool is a loy? A LONG NARROW SPADE WITH A SINGLE FOOTREST,
USED IN IRELAND
13. Which Italian painter (1510-1592), is best known for his paintings of landscape and genre
scenes, notably "The Supper at Emmaus" (1538), "The Flight into Egypt" (1542), "Christ in the
House of Mary and Martha" (1577) and "Baptism of Christ" (1590)? JACOPO BASSANO
14. Popularised by Christian Dior, what was a vareuse? A SIMPLE TUNIC SMOCK,
TRADITONALLY WORN BY BRETON FISHERMAN
15. Which Swedish-American inventor, (1803- 1889), built the first armoured turret warship and
developed the screw propellor? JOHN ERICSSON
16. Which American poet, (1819-1892), wrote the verse collections "Drum Taps" and "Democratic
Vistas"? WALT WHITMAN
17. Lake Tuz is a large salt water lake in which country? TURKEY. IT’S THE SECOND
LARGEST LAKE AFTER LAKE VAN.
18. Fort Rouge, founded in 1738 at the confluence of the Esseboine river and the Red river, is the
site of which Canadian provincial capital? WINNIPEG
19. What kind of a pudding is the American shoo fly pie? A TREACLE TART
20. In acoustics, what term is used for notes, the frequencies of which are multiples of a basic
fundamental note? HARMONICS