619 - Daphne's Daily Quiz

619 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

1. Which Act was introduced under Gladstone in 1873, and was accused of restricting English “liberty”?

2. With which artistic movement is the German painter Otto Dix, (1891-1969), most closely associated?

3. What name is given to a type of pasta, consisting of short links of spaghetti, twisted together in pairs?

4. Rum nicky which is a tart made with dates, dried apricots, stem ginger and rum butter, is a delicacy from which part of England?

5. What type of creature is a jollytail?

6. What is the Tibetan New Year Festival called?

7. Of which Central American country are David and Colon, the second and third biggest towns, or cities?

8. Which traditional pudding is made from custard mixed with chopped almonds and lemon juice, baked in a thin pastry case?

9. Don Bailisio, a scheming music teacher is a character in which opera, first performed in 1786?

10. Which British physiologist shared the 1922 Nobel prize for Medicine with the German, Otto Meyerhof, for the discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle?

11. The nafka is the currency of which East African country?

12. What name is given to the casserole dish used in Chinese cookery?

13. Who wrote the short story, "The Lady With The Dog", which traces the course of an adulterous affair between Gurov and Anna, two tourists in Yalta?

14. What do the initials of the editor of the Manchester Guardian, C P Scott, stand for? 15. Which English playwright wrote the comic novel, "Head To Toe" which was published posthumously, in 1971?

16. Lake Torrens, normally a dry salt flat, which has only filled with water twice in the last 120 years, lies in which country?

17. Of which territory in the Caribbean sea, is Beef Island a part?

18. Who wrote the 1798 poem, "Frost At Midnight", in which speaker ruminates on the fate of his sleeping son, while the frost “performs its secret mystery”?

19. Greater, or American, and Lesser, or Darwin’s, are the two species of which large flightless bird, which is native to South America?

20. Which sea creature, now extinct, has been considered a link with the legend of the mermaid?

619 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

1. THE LICENSING ACT WHICH WAS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR HIS ELECTION DEFEAT IN 1874. IT AGGRIEVED PUBLICANS AND BREWERS WITHOUT PLEASING TEMPERANCE REFORMERS

2. NEUE SACHLICHKEIT (NEW OBJECTIVITY)

3. GEMELLI

4. CUMBERLAND

5. A FISH, NATIVE TO TASMANIA WHICH FORMS A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE WHITEBAIT RUNS

6. LOSAR

7. PANAMA

8. CHESTER PUDDING

9. THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO 10. ARCHIBALD HILL (1886-1977)

11. ERITREA

12. A SAND POT, NAMED BECAUSE THEY’RE MADE OF A MIXTURE OF SAND AND CLAY, BUT COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES

13. ANTON CHEKHOV

14. CHARLES PRESTWICH. (C P SNOW’S INITIALS STAND FOR CHARLES PERCY, C S FORESTER’S ARE CECIL SCOTT AND C S LEWIS ARE CLIVE STAPLES)

15. JOE ORTON (1933-1967)

16. AUSTRALIA (SOUTH AUSTRALIA)

17. THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

18. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

19. THE RHEA

20. STELLER’S SEA COW

619 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS

1. Which Act was introduced under Gladstone in 1873, and was accused of restricting English “liberty”? THE LICENSING ACT WHICH WAS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR HIS ELECTION DEFEAT IN 1874. IT AGGRIEVED PUBLICANS AND BREWERS WITHOUT PLEASING TEMPERANCE REFORMERS

2. With which artistic movement is the German painter Otto Dix, (1891-1969), most closely associated? NEUE SACHLICHKEIT (NEW OBJECTIVITY)

3. What name is given to a type of pasta, consisting of short links of spaghetti, twisted together in pairs? GEMELLI 4. Rum nicky which is a tart made with dates, dried apricots, stem ginger and rum butter, is a delicacy from which part of England? CUMBERLAND

5. What type of creature is a jollytail? A FISH, NATIVE TO TASMANIA WHICH FORMS A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE WHITEBAIT RUNS

6. What is the Tibetan New Year Festival called? LOSAR

7. Of which Central American country are David and Colon, the second and third biggest towns or cities? PANAMA

8. Which traditional pudding is made from custard mixed with chopped almonds and lemon juice, baked in a thin pastry case? CHESTER PUDDING

9. Don Bailisio, a scheming music teacher is a character in which opera, first performed in 1786?

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

10. Which British physiologist shared the 1922 Nobel prize for Medicine with the German, Otto Meyerhof, for the discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle? ARCHIBALD HILL (1886-1977)

11. The nafka is the currency of which East African country? ERITREA

12. What name is given to the casserole dish used in Chinese cookery? A SAND POT, NAMED BECAUSE THEY’RE MADE OF A MIXTURE OF SAND AND CLAY, BUT COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES

13. Who wrote the short story, "The Lady With The Dog", which traces the course of an adulterous affair between Gurov and Anna, two tourists in Yalta? ANTON CHEKHOV

14. What do the initials of the editor of the Manchester Guardian, C P Scott, stand for? CHARLES PRESTWICH. (C P SNOW’S INITIALS STAND FOR CHARLES PERCY, C S FORESTER’S ARE CECIL SCOTT AND C S LEWIS ARE CLIVE STAPLES)

15. Which English playwright wrote the comic novel, "Head To Toe" which was published posthumously, in 1971? JOE ORTON (1933-1967)

16. Lake Torrens, normally a dry salt flat, which has only filled with water twice in the last 120 years, lies in which country? AUSTRALIA (SOUTH AUSTRALIA) 17. Of which territory in the Caribbean sea, is Beef Island a part? THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

18. Who wrote the 1798 poem, "Frost At Midnight", in which speaker ruminates on the fate of his sleeping son, while the frost “performs its secret mystery”? SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

19. Greater, or American, and Lesser, or Darwin’s, are the two species of which large flightless bird, which is native to South America? THE RHEA

20. Which sea creature, now extinct, has been considered a link with the legend of the mermaid? STELLER’S SEA COW