300 - Daphne's Daily Quiz

300 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

1. Which South American country has a national flag described as thus: - nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom) alternating with blue; there is a white square in the upper hoist-side corner, with a yellow sun bearing a human face known as the Sun of May, with 16 rays that alternate between triangular and wavy?

2. In 1754, Joseph Black’s experiments in heating limestone or treating it with acids, led to his discovery of which gas, to which he gave the name fixed air?

3. How many Roman feet made up one Roman mile?

4. Which White House aide was Thomas Jefferson’s entire White House staff during 1801-3, and later went on to become one of the well known explorers of the USA?

5. Which pair of American physicists, by the separate discoveries of the subatomic J particle and the subatomic Psi particle, confirmed the existence of the “charmed quark”, as the J/Psi particle is composed of a charmed quark bound to its antiquark? They were jointly awarded the 1976 Nobel prize for Physics for their discoveries.

6. Which American evolutionary biologist, formulated the chromosomal theory of heredity, with genes arranged in linear arrays? He won the 1933 Nobel prize for Medicine.

7. Which country lies in Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa and has land borders with Botswana and Zambia?

8. Which former Olympic gold medallist, became the Conservative Member of Parliament for Peterborough in 1931?

9. The Lateran Palace that was the home of Popes from sometime in the early 4th century, until the 14th century, was located on which of Rome’s seven hills?

10. Who was the controversial Dutch politician, assassinated by Volkert van de Graaf, in 2002?

11. Which African country gained independence in 1956, having been made a French protectorate in 1912 by the Treaty of Fez, with the Spanish retaining control over the northern coastal part of the country?

12. Which city, lying on the river Seine, is the capital of the French department of Aube? 13. Who was the first American President, whilst in office, to be photographed in the White House?

14. Who were the Benedictine Christians of Burgundy, whose reforms were mainly carried out by Saint Odo in the 10th century? They were focused on restoring the traditional monastic life, encouraging art, and caring for the poor?

15. Where is Jens Olsen’s advanced astronomical clock, also known as the World Clock, located?

16. Antonio Vivaldi wrote 37 concertos for which instrument, the most famous of which is probably La Notte?

17. Frequently quoted out of context the line," the first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers", occurs in which of Shakespeare’s history plays, spoken by Dick the Butcher?

18. In France, what name is given to the smallest administrative district, into which a department is divided?

19. Which Australian state has the nickname, the Wildflower State?

20. The art of which Bronze Age civilisation is characterised by marble statuettes, typically highly- stylised female nudes, with faces reduced to an elongated oval with a triangular nose?

300 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

1. URUGUAY

2. CARBON DIOXIDE

3. 5000

4. MERIWETHER LEWIS (1774-1809)

5. BURTON RICHTER AND SAMUEL TING.

6. THOMAS HUNT MORGAN (1866-1945) 7. NAMIBIA

8. LORD BURGHLEY (DAVID CECIL)

9. THE CAELIAN HILL

10. PIM FORTUYN

11. MOROCCO

12. TROYES

13. JAMES POLK

14. THE CLUNIACS WHO FOUNDED A NEW MONASTERY IN CLUNY IN FRANCE

15. COPENHAGEN - IN THE CITY HALL

16. THE BASSOON

17. HENRY VI, PART II

18. A COMMUNE

19. WESTERN AUSTRALIA

20. CYCLADIC ART

300 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

1. Which South American country has a national flag described as thus: - nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom) alternating with blue; there is a white square in the upper hoist-side corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face known as the Sun of May, with 16 rays that alternate between triangular and wavy? URUGUAY

2. In 1754, Joseph Black’s experiments in heating limestone or treating it with acids, led to his discovery of which gas, to which he gave the name fixed air? CARBON DIOXIDE

3. How many Roman feet made up one Roman mile? 5000

4. Which White House aide was Thomas Jefferson’s entire White House staff during 1801-3 and later went on to become one of the well known explorers of the USA? MERIWETHER LEWIS (1774-1809)

5. Which pair of American physicists, by the separate discoveries of the subatomic J particle and the subatomic Psi particle, confirmed the existence of the “charmed quark”, as the J/Psi particle is composed of a charmed quark bound to its antiquark? They were jointly awarded the 1976 Nobel prize for Physics for their discoveries. BURTON RICHTER AND SAMUEL TING.

6. Which American evolutionary biologist, formulated the chromosomal theory of heredity, with genes arranged in linear arrays? He won the 1933 Nobel prize for Medicine. THOMAS HUNT MORGAN (1866-1945)

7. Which country lies in Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa and has land borders with Botswana and Zambia? NAMIBIA

8. Which former Olympic gold medallist became the Conservative Member of Parliament for Peterborough in 1931? LORD BURGHLEY (DAVID CECIL)

9. The Lateran Palace that was the home of Popes from sometime in the early 4th century, until the 14th century, was located on which of Rome’s seven hills? THE CAELIAN HILL

10. Who was the controversial Dutch politician assassinated by Volkert van de Graaf in 2002? PIM FORTUYN

11. Which African country gained independence in 1956, having been made a French protectorate in 1912 by the Treaty of Fez, with the Spanish retaining control over the northern coastal part of the country? MOROCCO

12. Which city, lying on the river Seine, is the capital of the French department of Aube? TROYES 13. Who was the first American President, whilst in office, to be photographed in the White House? JAMES POLK

14. Who were the Benedictine Christians of Burgundy, whose reforms were mainly carried out by Saint Odo in the 10th century? They were focused on restoring the traditional monastic life, encouraging art, and caring for the poor? THE CLUNIACS WHO FOUNDED A NEW MONASTERY IN CLUNY IN FRANCE

15. Where is Jens Olsen’s advanced astronomical clock, also known as the World Clock, located? COPENHAGEN (IN THE CITY HALL)

16. Antonio Vivaldi wrote 37 concertos for which instrument, the most famous of which is probably La Notte? THE BASSOON

17. Frequently quoted out of context the line, "the first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers", occurs in which of Shakespeare’s history plays, spoken by Dick the Butcher? HENRY VI, PART II

18. In France, what name is given to the smallest administrative district, into which a department is divided? A COMMUNE

19. Which Australian state has the nickname, the Wildflower State? WESTERN AUSTRALIA

20. The art of which Bronze Age civilisation is characterised by marble statuettes, typically highly- stylised female nudes, with faces reduced to an elongated oval with a triangular nose? CYCLADIC ART