301 - Daphne's Daily Quiz

301 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

1. Which Californian city, which lies south of San Francisco, is the site of Stanford University?

2. Designed by Pierre du Coubertin, at which Olympic Games was the current Olympic flag, containing the five rings, first displayed?

3. Who created the children’s book character, "Miffy", who is a small rabbit?

4. What is the name of the famous tea rooms with branches in Harrogate, York, Ilkley, Harlow Carr Gardens, and Northallerton?

5. What is the largest fish in British waters? It is also the second largest fish in the world.

6. Robert of Geneva, an archbishop of Cambrai, and later a cardinal, who became the first antipope when he was elected to the papacy in 1378, by the French cardinals who opposed Urban VI, took what name?

7. Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque country, holds the historic category of borough with the titles of "very noble and very loyal (given by Philip III in 1603) and unbeaten", (given after the 1836 siege of the city). It is the capital of which Spanish region?

8. Which 1851 Verdi opera opens with a ball in the palace of the Duke of Mantua?

9. Which British artist, born in Berlin, first gained fame in 1951 with the painting “Interior at Paddington”, now in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool? It had been commissioned for the Arts Council's exhibition "Sixty Paintings for 51", as part of the Festival of Britain.

10. Which Spanish philosopher denounced the rise of the masses as the dominant cultural force in the 1930 book "The Revolt of the Masses"? Based on a quote from the book, one of his hypotheses states that average or mediocre scientists contribute substantially to the advancement of science.

11. In Norse mythology, what name was given to that part of Midgard, inhabited by man (i.e. not by dwarfs or giants)?

12. Deriving from the French, what is the name for a flower garden with walkways laid out to a geometrical pattern? 13. Which river forms part of the southern boundary of the state of Indiana, separating it from Kentucky?

14. What term refers to a bench or step, that extends along the side of a valley and represents a former level of the valley floor? It generally has a flat top made up of sedimentary deposits and a steep fore edge, and it may be the remains of an old floodplain, cut through by the river and left standing above the present flood plain.

15. The condition amaurosis, which is blindness, caused by disease of the optic nerves, gets its name from which Greek word?

16. Golden Boy, Tall Utah, Conquistador, and Pascal are varieties of which vegetable?

17. Which soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group, is used as a neutron absorber in nuclear control rods?

18. Which Lakeland peak, 2,634 feet high, was the highest point of Lancashire before 1974, when it was moved into Cumbria?

19. Which creature is about the size of a rabbit, and is sometimes called the rat-kangaroo? There are three extant species - the long nosed, the long-footed and Gilbert’s - the last of which is Australia’s most endangered animal.

20. What name is given to a fragment of rock, with a different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded?

301 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

1. PALO ALTO

2. ANTWERP - 1920

3. DICK BRUNA

4. BETTY'S

5. THE BASKING SHARK

6. CLEMENT VII, WHO WAS THE FIRST ANTIPOPE TO TAKE UP RESIDENCE IN AVIGNON 7. BISCAY

8. RIGOLETTO

9. LUCIEN FREUD. THE PAINTING WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF 5 TO RECEIVE A £500 PURCHASE PRIZE.

10. JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET (1883-1955)

11. MANNHEIM

12. A PARTERRE

13. THE OHIO RIVER

14. A RIVER TERRACE

15. AMAUROS WHICH MEANS DARK

16. CELERY

17. DYSPROSIUM WHOSE ATOMIC NUMBER IS 66

18. THE OLD MAN OF CONISTON (or CONISTON OLD MAN), WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE FURNESS FELLS AND THE 12TH MOST PROMINENT MOUNTAIN IN ENGLAND

19. THE POTOROO

20. XENOLITH

301 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS

1. Which Californian city, which lies south of San Francisco, is the site of Stanford University? PALO ALTO 2. Designed by Pierre du Coubertin, at which Olympic Games was the current Olympic flag, containing the five rings, first displayed? ANTWERP - 1920

3. Who created the children’s book character, "Miffy", who is a small rabbit? DICK BRUNA

4. What is the name of the famous tea rooms with branches in Harrogate, York, Ilkley, Harlow Carr Gardens, and Northallerton? BETTY'S

5. What is the largest fish in British waters? It is also the second largest fish in the world. THE BASKING SHARK

6. Robert of Geneva, an archbishop of Cambrai, and later a cardinal, who became the first antipope when he was elected to the papacy in 1378, by the French cardinals who opposed Urban VI, took what name? CLEMENT VII WHO WAS THE FIRST ANTIPOPE TO TAKE UP RESIDENCE IN AVIGNON

7. Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque country, holds the historic category of borough with the titles of "very noble and very loyal (given by Philip III in 1603) and unbeaten", (given after the 1836 siege of the city). It is the capital of which Spanish region? BISCAY

8. Which 1851 Verdi opera opens with a ball in the palace of the Duke of Mantua? RIGOLETTO

9. Which British artist, born in Berlin, first gained fame in 1951 with the painting “Interior at Paddington”, now in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool? It had been commissioned for the Arts Council's exhibition "Sixty Paintings for 51", as part of the Festival of Britain. LUCIEN FREUD. THE PAINTING WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF 5 TO RECEIVE A £500 PURCHASE PRIZE.

10. Which Spanish philosopher denounced the rise of the masses as the dominant cultural force in the 1930 book "The Revolt of the Masses"? Based on a quote from the book, one of his hypotheses states that average or mediocre scientists contribute substantially to the advancement of science. JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET (1883-1955)

11. In Norse mythology, what name was given to that part of Midgard, inhabited by man (i.e. not by dwarfs or giants)? MANNHEIM

12. Deriving from the French what is the name for a flower garden with walkways laid out to a geometrical pattern? A PARTERRE

13. Which river forms part of the southern boundary of the state of Indiana, separating it from Kentucky? THE OHIO RIVER 14. What term refers to a bench or step, that extends along the side of a valley and represents a former level of the valley floor? It generally has a flat top made up of sedimentary deposits and a steep fore edge, and it may be the remains of an old floodplain, cut through by the river and left standing above the present flood plain. A RIVER TERRACE

15. The condition amaurosis, which is blindness, caused by disease of the optic nerves, gets its name from which Greek word? AMAUROS WHICH MEANS DARK

16. Golden Boy, Tall Utah, Conquistador, and Pascal are varieties of which vegetable? CELERY

17. Which soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group, is used as a neutron absorber in nuclear control rods? DYSPROSIUM WHOSE ATOMIC NUMBER IS 66

18. Which Lakeland peak, 2,634 feet high, was the highest point of Lancashire before 1974, when it was moved into Cumbria? THE OLD MAN OF CONISTON (OR CONISTON OLD MAN) , WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE FURNESS FELLS AND THE 12TH MOST PROMINENT MOUNTAIN IN ENGLAND

19. Which creature is about the size of a rabbit, and is sometimes called the rat-kangaroo? There are three extant species - the long nosed, the long-footed and Gilbert’s - the last of which is Australia’s most endangered animal. THE POTOROO

20. What name is given to a fragment of rock, with a different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded? A XENOLITH