83 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Which American state borders Idaho, Nevada, California, Washington and the Pacific Ocean?
The highest point is the summit of Mount Hood, a stratovolcano. Crater Lake National Park is
the state's only National Park, and the site of Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the U.S.
2. Which James Bond novel was published posthumously?
3. What name is given to the theory, proposed by the Swedish chemist and Nobel Laureate,
Svante Arrhenius, in the 19th century, that life arrived on Earth from elsewhere in the
Universe? He suggested that micro-organisms or spores wafted through space by radiation
pressure, from planet to planet, or solar system to solar system.
4. In Hinduism and Buddhism, what name is given to the spiritual and ritual symbol which
represents the Universe?
5.
Which American composer and lyricist, won an Oscar for the best original song - "Sooner or
Later (I Always Get My Man") which comes from the 1990 film "Dick Tracy"?
6. Which Canadian-born architect who won the 1989 Pritzker Prize, designed the Pritzker
Pavilion in Chicago, the Dancing House in Prague and the Experience Music Project in
Seattle?
7.
Which English songwriter wrote the hymn, "Lord of the Dance", in 1963?
8. With a name deriving ultimately from the Quechua for "splendid foundation", what was the
name of the legendary first king of the Kingdom of Cuzco, in Inca mythology?
9. Which sea, an arm of the Mediterranean, separates Tuscany from Corsica?
10. What drinking vessel is shaped like an animal's head, usually with a small hole in the bottom
to allow the liquid to spurt directly into the drinker's mouth?
11. The American, Bruce Wilhelm, was the first person to win what title in 1977?
12. In which Donizetti "Melodramma Giocoso" (comic opera) of 1832, set in a farmhouse and a
rustic courtyard, do the characters Nemorino, Adina, Belcore and Doctor Dulcamara appear?
13. What relaxation technique, related to Tai Chi, was founded by Taoist monks 3,000 years ago,
and has a name roughly meaning, "air exercise"?
14. Which is one of the largest endocrine glands in the body, and is responsible for producing
calcitonin, which opposes the actions of the parathyroid hormone?
15. Which colour light has the highest energy and frequency?
16. Which Welsh monk, who died around 909, was made abbot of the monasteries at Banwell and
Congresbury, and is credited with writing the "Life of King Alfred"?
17. Found exclusively in the Galapagos Islands, what is the name of the world's only lizard that
hunts and forages in the sea?
18. Which Indian curry literally means ‘two onions’?
19. Which Swiss lake is also known as the "Lake of the Four Cantons"?
20. In which city in 1980, did Archbishop Romero die, when four gunmen burst into the cathedral
while he was saying Mass and shot him? He had been very critical of the country’s
government.
83 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
OREGON
2. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
3. THE PANSPERMIA THEORY
4. THE MANDALA, WHOSE NAME COMES FROM THE SANSKRIT MEANING A CIRCLE
5.
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
6. FRANK GEHRY WHO WAS BORN IN TORONTO IN 1929
7.
SYDNEY CARTER. IT WAS AN ADAPTATION OF THE SHAKER HYMN "SIMPLE GIFTS"
WHICH FEATURES IN AARON COPELAND’S BALLET "APPALACHIAN SPRING".
8. MANCO CAPAC
9. THE LIGURIAN SEA
10. A RHYTON
11. THE WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
12. L’ELISIR D’AMORE
13. QIGONG
14. THE THYROID GLAND
15. VIOLET, WHICH HAS THE SMALLEST WAVELENGTH AND IS AT THE HIGHER END OF
THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM
16. ASSER
17. THE MARINE IGUANA
18. DOPIAZA
19. LAKE LUCERNE
20. SAN SALVADOR, THE CAPITAL OF EL SALVADOR