222 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
What is the name of the only real park in Florence, Italy?
2. A cable joining a parachute attached to the aircraft, so that when the wearer jumps, the
parachute is automatically deployed, is called a what?
3. Which Hampshire town is the site of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum which traces the
international history of submarine development from the age of Alexander the Great to the
present day, and in particular, the history of the submarine service from the tiny Holland 1 to
the nuclear-powered Vanguard class submarine?
4. Which German psychologist and pioneer in the field of Psychology wrote Principles of
Physiological Psychology?
5.
What name is given to a mineral which is richer in sodium and potassium than is usual for its
type?
6. What name was given to the revolution in which human communities began to cultivate crops
and domesticate animals?
7.
Brouhaha, a word meaning commotion, comes from which language?
8. What was a Cassegrain?
9. In Edward De Bono’s theory of the 6 thinking hats, in which each differently coloured hat
represents a different way of thinking, which colour stands for facts?
10. In which novel, which won the Booker prize in 2001, does the author emphasise the leading
character’s short, uneducated, fast living life by not using a single comma in the entire
narrative?
11. Which gland in the body produces the hormone melatonin?
12. Meaning ‘ear of corn’, which old Hebrew word describes a word that, according to how it is
spoken, distinguishes one group (or class) of people from another?
13. What is the English name for the large city known to the Chinese as Guangzhou, standing on
the Pearl River, in the south of the country? Considered in the 19th century to be a cradle of
revolt, it is today known for its size and relative wealth, and is one of the five National Central
Cities of China.
14. What are popits, small hoppies and godarts?
15. Measured in hours, minutes and seconds, eastwards from the point of the vernal equinox,
which co-ordinate on the celestial sphere corresponds to longitude on the surface of the earth?
16. Its name meaning most beautiful, which of the Galilean satellites has no core because it has
never been heated enough for rock to separate from ice?
17. Khan et Khalili is a shopping bazaar based in which Middle Eastern capital city?
18. What is the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago, home to the islands’ administrative
centre, Longyearbyen?
19. Which is the only chemical element that doesn’t contain a neutron in its nucleus?
20. In 1941, which Middle Eastern country was the scene of a civil war between French forces?
222- ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
THE BOBOLI GARDENS
2. A STATIC LINE
3. GOSPORT WHICH IS THE SITE OF THE SHORE ESTABLISHMENT, HMS DOLPHIN
4. WILHELM WUNDT (1832-1920)
5.
ALKALIC
6. THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION WHICH IS SOMETIMES ALSO CALLED THE
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION AND BEGAN IN ABOUT 8000 BC IN THE MIDDLE EAST
7.
FRENCH
8. A TYPE OF REFLECTING TELESCOPE DESIGNED IN 1632.
9. WHITE. THE GREEN HAT WAS FOR CREATIVITY, THE RED HAT WAS FOR FEELINGS,
THE BLACK HAT WAS FOR DISAPPROVAL, THE YELLOW HAT FOR APPROVAL AND
THE BLUE HAT WAS FOR THE COOL OVERVIEW
10. THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG BY PETER CAREY
11. THE PINEAL GLAND
12. SHIBBOLETH
13. CANTON
14. FISHING LURES
15. RIGHT ASCENSION
16. CALLISTO
17. CAIRO
18. SPITSBERGEN
19. HYDROGEN
20. SYRIA. IT HAD COME UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE VICHY GOVERNMENT AFTER
THE FALL OF FRANCE UNTIL THE BRITISH AND FREE FRENCH OCCUPIED THE
COUNTRY IN 1941
222 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1.
What is the name of the only real park in Florence, Italy? THE BOBOLI GARDENS
2. A cable joining a parachute attached to the aircraft, so that when the wearer jumps, the
parachute is automatically deployed, is called a what? A STATIC LINE
3. Which Hampshire town is the site of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum which traces the
international history of submarine development from the age of Alexander the Great to the
present day, and in particular, the history of the submarine service from the tiny Holland 1 to
the nuclear-powered Vanguard class submarine? GOSPORT WHICH IS THE SITE OF
THE SHORE ESTABLISHMENT, HMS DOLPHIN.
4. Which German psychologist and pioneer in the field of Psychology wrote Principles of
Physiological Psychology? WILHELM WUNDT (1832-1920)
5.
What name is given to a mineral which is richer in sodium and potassium than is usual for its
type? ALKALIC
6. What name was given to the revolution in which human communities began to cultivate crops
and domesticate animals? THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION WHICH IS SOMETIMES
ALSO CALLED THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION, AND BEGAN IN ABOUT
8000 BC IN THE MIDDLE EAST
7.
Brouhaha, a word meaning commotion, comes from which language? FRENCH
8. What was a Cassegrain? A TYPE OF REFLECTING TELESCOPE DESIGNED IN 1632.
9. In Edward De Bono’s theory of the 6 thinking hats, in which each differently coloured hat
represents a different way of thinking, which colour stands for facts? WHITE. THE
GREEN HAT WAS FOR CREATIVITY, THE RED HAT WAS FOR FEELINGS, THE
BLACK HAT WAS FOR DISAPPROVAL, THE YELLOW HAT FOR APPROVAL
AND THE BLUE HAT WAS FOR THE COOL OVERVIEW
10. In which novel, which won the Booker prize in 2001, does the author emphasise the leading
character’s short, uneducated, fast living life by not using a single comma in the entire
narrative? THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG BY PETER CAREY
11. Which gland in the body produces the hormone melatonin? THE PINEAL GLAND
12. Meaning ‘ear of corn’, which old Hebrew word describes a word that, according to how it is
spoken, distinguishes one group (or class) of people from another? SHIBBOLETH
13. What is the English name for the large city known to the Chinese as Guangzhou, standing on
the Pearl River, in the south of the country? Considered in the 19th century to be a cradle of
revolt, it is today known for its size and relative wealth, and is one of the five National Central
Cities of China. CANTON
14. What are popits, small hoppies and godarts? FISHING LURES
15. Measured in hours, minutes and seconds, eastwards from the point of the vernal equinox,
which co-ordinate on the celestial sphere corresponds to longitude on the surface of the earth?
RIGHT ASCENSION
16. Its name meaning most beautiful, which of the Galilean satellites has no core because it has
never been heated enough for rock to separate from ice? CALLISTO
17. Khan et Khalili is a shopping bazaar based in which Middle Eastern capital city? CAIRO
18. What is the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago, home to the islands’ administrative
centre, Longyearbyen? SPITSBERGEN
19. Which is the only chemical element that doesn’t contain a neutron in its nucleus?
HYDROGEN
20. In 1941, which Middle Eastern country was the scene of a civil war between French forces?
SYRIA. IT HAD COME UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE VICHY GOVERNMENT
AFTER THE FALL OF FRANCE UNTIL THE BRITISH AND FREE FRENCH
OCCUPIED THE COUNTRY IN 1941