40 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
Which famous Native American chief rode a horse called Blackie?
2. What other name is given to the sword of state, which is used for the investiture of the
monarch, and is the only sword actually presented to the Sovereign during the Coronation (by
the Archbishop of Canterbury to signify that the royal power is at the service of the church)?
3. Which 18/19th century French chef was regarded as the founder of haute cuisine, and has
been described as the cook of kings and the king of cooks?
4. Which American economist wrote the 2007 memoir " The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a
New World"?
5.
In anatomy, what name is usually given to the prominent bony protuberance, a honeycomblike process on the lower outer aspect of the temporal bone, whose size and form can vary
somewhat, being larger in the male than in the female?
6. In which island country, is the Jomon culture, the beginning of the neolithic era?
7.
A mancus is a mediaeval coin worth how much?
8. What was the origin of the Il-khans who ruled Persia, after invading the country in 1256?
9. “Reaching For The Note” was the subtitle of a 1998 film, about which American composer
who died in 1990?
10. Which battle of 1918, the last major German offensive in the Western Front, is also known as
the battle of Reims?
11. By which nickname did the activist Daniel Cohn-Bendit, now an MEP for the Green party,
become known after the Paris riots of 1968?
12. What kind of garment is a taglioni?
13. Who created the detective character John Shaft?
14. What is an eolic power station powered by?
15. There are two types of commercially produced pork pie in the UK. One is the common pork
pie with its pink meat. What is the name of the other, made from uncured pork, that gives its
meat a grey colour?
16. What is a rivlin?
17. At Eton, what name is given to a pupil who plays cricket during the summer term?
18. Between which two land masses were the mythical monsters, Scylla and Charybdis to be
found?
19. Which creature is the mount of the god Shiva in Hindu mythology?
20. Which compound of zinc was formerly known as white vitriol, and can be used as a mordant
in dyeing and as styptic to check bleeding?
40 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
SITTING BULL
2. THE JEWELLED SWORD OF OFFERING WHICH WAS MADE FOR THE CORONATION OF
GEORGE IV IN 1821. IT IS PART OF THE CROWN JEWELS
3. ANTOINE CAREME
4. ALAN GREENSPAN, THE FORMER HEAD OF THE FEDERAL STATE RESERVE
5.
THE MASTOID PROCESS (OR BONE).
6. JAPAN
7.
30 SILVER PENCE
8. MONGOLS – THEY WERE DESCENDANTS OF GENGHIS KHAN.
9. LEONARD BERNSTEIN
10. THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE
11. DANNY THE RED
12. IT’S A KIND OF OUTER COAT, OR OVERCOAT AND IS NAMED AFTER A CELEBRATED
ITALIAN FAMILY OF PROFESSIONAL DANCERS.
13. ERNEST TILLYMAN
14. THE WIND
15. MELTON MOWBRAY
16. A SHOE MOULDED FROM UNTANNED HIDE.
17. A DRY BOB
18. ITALY AND SICILY
19. NANDI, THE BULL
20. ZINC SULPHATE