<p> 510 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ</p><p>1. The Durga Puja is a festival celebrated annually, in which religion? </p><p>2. The classical electron radius Lorentz ,is also sometimes named after which Nobel prize winner, born in Manchester in 1856? </p><p>3. Nicknamed the “Diver's Cemetery”, the Blue Hole is a submarine sinkhole, off the coast of Dahab, in which sea? It is known as the deadliest dive site in the world. </p><p>4. Which religious group or church in Britain, combines England, Wales, and Scotland, together, in the diocese of Sur Roches. </p><p>5. Which Tunisian island, lying in the Gulf of Gabes, is said to be the mythical land of the Lotus Eaters, visited by Odysseus? </p><p>6. In which work by the humanist author, poet and architect, said to epitomise the "Renaissance man", Leon Battista Alberti, (1404-1472), is the technique for painting linear perspective, first described? </p><p>7. Lord Arthur Ponsonby is best remembered today for which quotation (appearing in his book, "Falsehood in Wartime: Propaganda Lies of the First World War", published in 1928)? </p><p>8. Although Australia is the world's largest producer of bauxite, which African country is home to the greatest bauxite reserves, believed to be in the region of one-third of all the world's supply? </p><p>9. Which Archbishop of Canterbury, negotiated the Magna Carta with King John? </p><p>10. Which Italian composer, (1879-1936),was a leading member of the so called, “generation of 1880”, which tried to revive Italian music, by going back to its roots in the Renaissance and Baroque eras? </p><p>11. Which English county is bordered by the Irish Sea, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and North and West Yorkshire? </p><p>12. Which Nobel Prize winner's son, Erwin, was hanged for being implicated in the 1944 July plot to kill Adolf Hitler? </p><p>13. What name was given to a treasurer or financial officer, in a province of the Roman Empire? 14. Which former welder, and later, active trade unionist, was elected leader of the Swedish Social Democrats in 2012, becoming Prime Minister of Sweden, in 2014? </p><p>15. Which 1879-1883 war was fought over the resource-rich Atacama Desert, and pitted Chile against Bolivia and Peru? It is usually named after the body in which many of its naval battles, like Chipana and Iquique, were fought. </p><p>16. Which collection of 15 short stories, published in 1914, includes the characters Farrington, Mr Duffy, Jimmy Doyle, Gabriel Conroy, and Mrs Kearney and titles of some of the stories are "Araby", "The Sisters", "Eveline", "Counterparts" and "The Dead"? </p><p>17. The doors of the temple of which god were closed when Rome was at peace, and exiting armies would march through them, in times of war? </p><p>18. The 400 mile Nelson river flows through which country? </p><p>19. Which word relates to worldwide changes in sea-level, and the world shoreline level, which is caused by the rise and fall of the sea level, and not by subsidence or elevation of the land? </p><p>20. Which Egyptian city was nicknamed “the Pearl of the Mediterranean”? </p><p>510 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ</p><p>1. HINDUISM. IT CELEBRATES THE HINDU MOTHER GODDESS, DURGA</p><p>2. J J THOMSON, (THE THOMSON SCATTERING LENGTH). THE ENGLISH PHYSICIST WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS IN 1906</p><p>3. THE RED SEA</p><p>4. THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN BRITAIN</p><p>5. JERBA</p><p>6. DELLA PICTURA</p><p>7. WHEN WAR IS DECLARED, TRUTH IS THE FIRST CASUALTY 8. GUINEA</p><p>9. STEPHEN LANGTON</p><p>10. OTTORINO RESPIGHI</p><p>11. LANCASHIRE</p><p>12. MAX PLANCK</p><p>13. A PROCURATOR</p><p>14. STEFAN LOFVEN</p><p>15. THE WAR OF THE PACIFIC</p><p>16. DUBLINERS BY JAMES JOYCE</p><p>17. JANUS</p><p>18. CANADA</p><p>19. EUSTASY</p><p>20. ALEXANDRIA</p><p>510 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS</p><p>1. The Durga Puja is a festival celebrated annually, in which religion? HINDUISM. IT CELEBRATES THE HINDU MOTHER GODDESS, DURGA</p><p>2. The classical electron radius Lorentz ,is also sometimes named after which Nobel prize winner, born in Manchester in 1856? J J THOMSON, (THE THOMSON SCATTERING LENGTH). THE ENGLISH PHYSICIST WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS IN 1906 3. Nicknamed the “Diver's Cemetery”, the Blue Hole is a submarine sinkhole, off the coast of Dahab, in which sea? It is known as the deadliest dive site in the world. THE RED SEA</p><p>4. Which religious group or church in Britain, combines England, Wales, and Scotland, together, in the diocese of Sur Roches. THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN BRITAIN</p><p>5. Which Tunisian island, lying in the Gulf of Gabes, is said to be the mythical land of the Lotus Eaters, visited by Odysseus? JERBA</p><p>6. In which work by the humanist author, poet and architect, said to epitomise the "Renaissance man", Leon Battista Alberti, (1404-1472), is the technique for painting linear perspective, first described? DELLA PICTURA</p><p>7. Lord Arthur Ponsonby is best remembered today for which quotation (appearing in his book, "Falsehood in Wartime: Propaganda Lies of the First World War", published in 1928)? WHEN WAR IS DECLARED, TRUTH IS THE FIRST CASUALTY</p><p>8. Although Australia is the world's largest producer of bauxite, which African country is home to the greatest bauxite reserves, believed to be in the region of one-third of all the world's supply? GUINEA</p><p>9. Which Archbishop of Canterbury, negotiated the Magna Carta with King John? STEPHEN LANGTON</p><p>10. Which Italian composer, (1879-1936), was a leading member of the so called, “generation of 1880”, which tried to revive Italian music, by going back to its roots in the Renaissance and Baroque eras? OTTORINO RESPIGHI</p><p>11. Which English county is bordered by the Irish Sea, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and North and West Yorkshire? LANCASHIRE</p><p>12. Which Nobel Prize winner's son, Erwin, was hanged for being implicated in the 1944 July plot to kill Adolf Hitler? MAX PLANCK</p><p>13. What name was given to a treasurer or financial officer, in a province of the Roman Empire? A PROCURATOR</p><p>14. Which former welder, and later, active trade unionist, was elected leader of the Swedish Social Democrats in 2012, becoming Prime Minister of Sweden, in 2014? STEFAN LOFVEN</p><p>15. Which 1879-1883 war was fought over the resource-rich Atacama Desert, and pitted Chile against Bolivia and Peru? It is usually named after the body in which many of its naval battles, like Chipana and Iquique, were fought. THE WAR OF THE PACIFIC</p><p>16. Which collection of 15 short stories, published in 1914, includes the characters Farrington, Mr Duffy, Jimmy Doyle, Gabriel Conroy, and Mrs Kearney and titles of some of the stories are "Araby", "The Sisters", "Eveline", "Counterparts" and "The Dead"? DUBLINERS BY JAMES JOYCE</p><p>17. The doors of the temple of which god were closed when Rome was at peace, and exiting armies would march through them, in times of war? JANUS</p><p>18. The 400 mile Nelson river flows through which country? CANADA</p><p>19. Which word relates to worldwide changes in sea-level, and the world shoreline level, which is caused by the rise and fall of the sea level, and not by subsidence or elevation of the land? EUSTASY</p><p>20. Which Egyptian city was nicknamed “the Pearl of the Mediterranean”? ALEXANDRIA</p>