718 - Daphne's Daily Quiz
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
718 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1. Which other author did C S Lewis parody as the character, Horace Jules, a Cockney novelist and pseudo-scientific journalist, in "That Hideous Strength", the third book in his "Space Trilogy"?
2. In which country is the annual Rainforest World Music Festival held?
3. In which James Bond film did Orson Welles appear as Le Chiffre, SMERSH's financial agent, desperate to win at baccarat to repay the money he has embezzled from the organisation?
4. What is the final factor of enlightenment, (there are seven), in the teachings of Buddha?
5. In which African country will you find Lakes Mweru, Kasiba and Bangwelu?
6. What is the name given to the Jewish court of law, composed of three Rabbinic judges, responsible for matters of Jewish religious law, and the settlement of disputes between Jews?
7. Which Scottish author wrote the 1896 Gothic novel, "Rodney Stone"?
8. Born in Woodville, Mississippi in 1909, which great tenor sax player became one of the most significant figures in the change from hot, to cool or understated jazz? He died in 1959.
9. In which layer of the earth’s atmosphere, which is some 50-80 kms above the surface, is there a high concentration of iron, due to the burning of meteors?
10. The Queen Elizabeth Gate, which is also known as the Queen Mother Gate, was opened in 1993 to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Queen Mother, and is at the entrance to which London Park?
11. The sobriquet, "Most Faithful King", was a title awarded by Pope Benedict XIV, as spiritual head of the Catholic Church, in 1748, to the rulers of which European country?
12. Which English chemist and Nobel Laureate, (1877-1956), elaborated the theory of isotopes and is credited, with others, with the discovery of the element protactinium in 1917?
13. What name is given to the blood cells, that originate in the thymus, and destroy viruses and other infections in the body? 14. "Blind Fireworks", was the first published volume of poems by which Irish born poet?
15. Malarplasty is cosmetic surgery on which part of the body?
16. What type of food is champ?
17. The work and style of which 20th century Dutch artist, was incorporated into the dresses launched by Yves St Laurent, in the early 1960s?
18. The halide mineral sylvite, first found as an incrustation on lava from Mount Vesuvius in 1823, is the chief source of which element?
19. Alfred Lord Tennyson dedicated the "Idylls of the King" to whom, describing him as “one who loved one only and who clave to her”?
20. Who was the Hungarian-born physicist and mathematician, who in 1751, introduced the concept of the surface tension of liquids, likening it to a stretched membrane?
718 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1. H G WELLS
2. MALAYSIA (KUCHING, SARAWAK - IN 2017 IT IS BEING HELD FROM 14TH-16TH JULY)
3. THE ORIGINAL 1967 FILM OF CASINO ROYALE WHICH STARRED DAVID NIVEN AS JAMES BOND
4. EQUANIMITY
5. ZAMBIA
6. BETH DIN, WHICH MEANS HOUSE OF JUDGEMENT
7. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
8. LESTER YOUNG
9. THE MESOSPHERE 10. HYDE PARK
11. PORTUGAL
12. FREDERICK SODDY
13. T-CELLS
14. LOUIS MACNEICE
15. THE CHEEKS
16. AN IRISH DISH OF SPRING ONIONS AND MASHED POTATOES, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS POUNDIES
17. PIET MONDRIAN
18. POTASSIUM
19. PRINCE ALBERT
20. JOHANN SEGNER
718 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
1. Which other author did C S Lewis parody as the character, Horace Jules, a Cockney novelist and pseudo-scientific journalist, in "That Hideous Strength", the third book in his "Space Trilogy"? H G WELLS
2. In which country is the annual Rainforest World Music Festival held? MALAYSIA (KUCHING, SARAWAK - IN 2017 IT IS BEING HELD FROM 14TH-16TH JULY)
3. In which James Bond film did Orson Welles appear as Le Chiffre, SMERSH's financial agent, desperate to win at baccarat to repay the money he has embezzled from the organisation? THE ORIGINAL 1967 FILM OF CASINO ROYALE, WHICH STARRED DAVID NIVEN AS JAMES BOND 4. What is the final factor of enlightenment, (there are seven), in the teachings of Buddha? EQUANIMITY
5. In which African country will you find Lakes Mweru, Kasiba and Bangwelu? ZAMBIA
6. What is the name given to the Jewish court of law, composed of three Rabbinic judges, responsible for matters of Jewish religious law, and the settlement of disputes between Jews?
BETH DIN WHICH MEANS HOUSE OF JUDGEMENT
7. Which Scottish author wrote the 1896 Gothic novel, "Rodney Stone"? ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
8. Born in Woodville, Mississippi in 1909, which great tenor sax player became one of the most significant figures in the change from hot, to cool or understated jazz? He died in 1959. LESTER YOUNG
9. In which layer of the earth’s atmosphere, which is some 50-80 kms above the surface, is there a high concentration of iron, due to the burning of meteors? THE MESOSPHERE
10. The Queen Elizabeth Gate, which is also known as the Queen Mother Gate, was opened in 1993 to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Queen Mother, and is at the entrance to which London Park? HYDE PARK
11. The sobriquet, "Most Faithful King", was a title awarded by Pope Benedict XIV, as spiritual head of the Catholic Church, in 1748, to the rulers of which European country? PORTUGAL
12. Which English chemist and Nobel Laureate, (1877-1956), elaborated the theory of isotopes and is credited, with others, with the discovery of the element protactinium in 1917? FREDERICK SODDY
13. What name is given to the blood cells, that originate in the thymus and destroy viruses and other infections in the body? T-CELLS
14. "Blind Fireworks", was the first published volume of poems by which Irish born poet? LOUIS MACNEICE
15. Malarplasty is cosmetic surgery on which part of the body? THE CHEEKS
16. What type of food is champ? AN IRISH DISH OF SPRING ONIONS AND MASHED POTATOES, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS POUNDIES 17. The work and style of which 20th century Dutch artist, was incorporated into the dresses launched by Yves St Laurent, in the early 1960s? PIET MONDRIAN
18. The halide mineral sylvite, first found as an incrustation on lava from Mount Vesuvius in 1823, is the chief source of which element? POTASSIUM
19. Alfred Lord Tennyson dedicated the "Idylls of the King" to whom, describing him as “one who loved one only and who clave to her”? PRINCE ALBERT
20. Who was the Hungarian-born physicist and mathematician, who in 1751, introduced the concept of the surface tension of liquids, likening it to a stretched membrane? JOHANN SEGNER