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Daphne Fowler's Daily Quizzes

Question	Answer
33 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1 What does the medical term borborygmi refer to?	RUMBLING IN THE STOMACH
2 What name is given to the watery fluid found in plants, by which carbohydrates are transported and stored?	SAP
3 Which Danish engineer and architect, born in Newcastle in 1895, pioneered methods of using concrete in London in the 1930s?	OVE ARUP
4 What is the name of the hero of the computer game Halo?	MASTER CHIEF JOHN 117
5 What would you find in a spleuchan?	USUALLY TOBACCO – IT’S A TOBACCO POUCH BUT IT WAS ALSO USED TO CARRY MONEY
6 Which animal was the first to be domesticated as a source of food, according to the archaeological record?	SHEEP (BONES FOUND IN NORTHERN IRAQ DATE FROM ABOUT 8000 BC).
7 What is the general term for materials that “pipe” light?	FIBRE OPTICS
8 Which Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer ,who is said to have coined the term "nanny state", died in office in 1970?	IAIN MACLEOD
9 Which American poet wrote such poems as "Another Bit and an Offer", under the pseudonym of Alfred Venison?	EZRA POUND
10 Which politician, one-time Labour MP for Normanton, served as chief economic adviser to HM Treasury from 1999 to 2004, in which post he was once named as, the most powerful unelected person in Britain?	ED BALLS
11 What kind of a musical instrument is a sheng?	A CHINESE MOUTH ORGAN
12 What is the code phrase used by public transport authorities in the UK, including Network Rail and London Underground, to alert staff and other agencies, such as the police, to an emergency, or potential emergency, such a fire or bomb scare, without al	INSPECTOR SANDS
13 In which battle of 1808 during the Peninsular War, did a British force under Wellesley defeat a French Army led by Junot, which put an end to the French invasion of Portugal?	VIMEIRO
14 What would you often see, written by an arrow on an IDEO locator?	YOU ARE HERE
15 Greater, Lesser, Andean, Chilean, James’ and Caribbean are the six species of which wading bird?	FLAMINGO
16 Which African country’s national flag is described thus: - green with a yellow five-pointed star above a yellow, horizontal crescent; the closed side of the crescent is down; the crescent, star, and colour green are traditional symbols of Islam?	MAURITANIA
17 What was the name given to the unimaginative, bourgeois, fictional author of poems which were actually written by satirical poets, such as Friedrich Halm, Eduard Morike and Wilhelm Muller?	GOTTLIEB BIEDERMEIER
18 The CDM Regulations apply to most common building work but what do the letters CDM stand for?	CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT
19 Who set Heracles the 12 Labours he had to undertake?	KING EURYTHEUS, KING OF TIRYNS
20 Which American state, which lies in west-central USA, is bordered by Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Utah?	COLORADO
32 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1 Which shipping weather area includes Lyme Bay?	PORTLAND
2 In the Beatrix Potter story "The Tale of Tuppenny", what sort of animal is Tuppenny?	HE'S A GUINEA PIG
3 Which grape variety is the main component of a Chianti wine blend?	SANGIOVESE
4 Which market town, which has a famous cathedral, is the capital of the Eure-et-Loire department in France?	CHARTRES
5 What type of food is the Japanese enoki?	A THIN WHITE EDIBLE MUSHROOM WITH A VERY SMALL CAP.
6 What is the touristic name given to the West Midlands of England, extending north to Cheshire with its golden triangle, west to the Welsh borders, east to Shakespeare country and south to the Cotswolds?	THE HEART OF ENGLAND
7 In which novel by Henry James, does Kate try to persuade her lover to marry Milly, who will soon die and leave him her fortune?	THE WINGS OF A DOVE
8 Noel Coward moved to the Caribbean in the late 1950s. What was the name of his house in Jamaica?	FIREFLY
9 What was the pen name of the Scottish novelist James Leslie Mitchell, who wrote the trilogy "A Scots Quair"?	LEWIS GRASSIC GIBBON – THE THREE NOVELS ARE CALLED SUNSET SONG, CLOUDE HOWE AND GREY GRANITE.
10 Various modern chamber music organisations use the words Camerata in their title. In which Italian city did the group of poets and musicians known as the Camerata, meet from about 1576?	FLORENCE
11 What name is given to the purified state into which a Muslim must enter, before performing a pilgrimage?	IHRAM
12 Erected in London in 2007, the world’s first edible billboard was made from what?	CHOCOLATE (THORNTONS)
13 What name is given to a shale-type sedimentary rock, composed of clay or volcanic rock, which is often used in roofing?	SLATE
14 Instead of displaying 'L' Plates, learner drivers in Wales may choose to display what letter plate instead?	D (DSYGER IS LEARNER IN WELSH)
15 In the art of engraving, what name is given to the acid or corrosive agent which does the engraving?	THE MORDAUNT
16 Which American state flag bears the figure of a Palmetto tree, which is the state’s nickname?	SOUTH CAROLINA
17 Which general secretary of the TUC from 1973-83, died in 2004?	LEN MURRAY
18 In geology, of what were the Huronian and Sturtian examples?	ICE AGES
19 What does the portmanteau word racon stand for?	RADAR BEACON
20 Who was the German supreme commander in western Europe at the time of the D Day Normandy invasion?	FIELD MARSHAL GERD VON RUNDSTEDT
31 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1 What type of Japanese food are Udon, Soba and Somen?	NOODLES
2 Which London Bridge, designed by John Rennie, was opened in 1817, but rebuilt in 1942?	WATERLOO BRIDGE
3 The capture of which Palestinian city in a single day in October 1917, began an offence which resulted ultimately in the independent state of Israel being proclaimed in 1948?	BEERSHEBA
4 In which country in 1927, did Augusto Cesar Sandino begin a guerilla war against the occupation of US Marines, which continued until they were expelled in 1933?	NICARAGUA
5 Which singer (1912-1979) who was known as the "godfather of the counter tenor", sang the role of Oberon in the premiere of Benjamin Britten’s opera "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", in 1960?	ALFRED DELLER
6 In which part of Europe did the 16th century Peasants War take place?	GERMANY
7 What percentage of grape spirit is added to fortified wine, to give it its alcoholic strength?	20%
8 Which discipline deals with questions of values?	AXIOLOGY
9 In which 19th century novel is Gateshead Hall, the childhood home of the title character?	JANE EYRE
10 Who was appointed Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2005 – the first woman to head a major American orchestra?	MARIN ALSOP
11 From which country does EVA Air operate?	TAIWAN
12 What shape is the Italian pasta corzetti?	COIN SHAPED
13 Setanta was the boyhood name of what legendary Irish hero?	CU CHULAINN.
14 Which canal links Venice and Padua?	THE BRENTA CANAL
15 Who was the last prime minister, never to have sat in the House of Commons?	LORD ROSEBERRY
16 Which was Britain’s major fighter aircraft of World War I?	THE SOPWITH CAMEL
17 Where do the American fighting force, the Green Berets, train?	FORT BRAGG, WHICH IS IN NORTH CAROLINA
18 What is a piggin?	A SMALL PAIL
19 Where in the human body would you find the scaphoid bone?	THE WRIST
20 After capturing King Stephen at the battle of Lincoln in February 1141, the Empress Matilda was the effective ruler of England for the next 8 months. In which city did she keep Stephen a prisoner?	BRISTOL
30 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1 What is the cgs unit of magnetic field strength?	THE OERSTED - NAMED IN HONOUR OF THE DANISH PHYSICIST, HANS CHRISTIAN OERSTED
2 In the Middle Ages, what was an orphrey?	A PIECE OF ORNAMENTAL EMBROIDERY, IN WHICH TYPICALLY SIMPLE MATERIALS ARE MADE INTO EXQUISITE PATTERNS. THEY ARE OFTEN WORN BY PRIESTS, A TRADITION WHICH BEGAN IN THE 12TH CENTURY CATHOLIC CHURCH.
3 What was the name given to the copper coin 2d, which was issued in 1797 and weighed two ounces?	THE CARTWHEEL TUPPENCE, WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE TOO HEAVY FOR REGULAR USE
4 What is zydeco?	IT’S A POPULAR ACCORDION BASED MUSICAL GENRE, ASSOCIATED WITH CAJUN MUSIC IN LOUISIANA
5 The musical piece "Romance" by Dmitri Shostakovich, was written for which 1955 Soviet film?	THE GADFLY. THE ROMANCE SECTION FROM THE GADFLY SUITE WAS LATER USED AS THE THEME MUSIC FOR THE BBC SERIES, "REILLY, ACE OF SPIES".
6 On which mount is the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem built?	THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM.
7 In which Scottish body of water do Inchkeith island and the Isle of May lie?	THE FIRTH OF FORTH WHICH WAS KNOWN AS BODOTRIA IN ROMAN TIMES
8 What is the more familiar name of the Joachim brothers (Al, Jimmy and Harry) famous for their comedy films of the 30s and 40s?	THE RITZ BROTHERS
9 What type of food is the Japanese arame?	A TYPE OF EDIBLE SEAWEED THAT LOOKS LIKE BLACK BOOTLACES
10 What is the name that Homer uses for the Greeks besieging Troy?	THE ACHAEONS
11 What is the name given to the golden liqueur made in the monastery of Cenon near Bordeaux from cognac, armagnac and aromatic herbs?	IT’S CALLED THE VIEILLE CURE
12 Whose last play, called "When We Dead Awaken", was about the sculptor Rubek and his wife and their eventual death in an avalanche?	HENRIK IBSEN
13 In physics, what gives the change in volume of a solid substance, as the pressure on it is changed?	THE BULK MODULUS
14 Which town, the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, was formerly known as Frobisher Bay?	IQALUIT
15 The residents of which historical region of England, introduced the system of burghal hidage which listed 33 forts that were at most a day’s ride away from its citizens, and this system kept the region independent of the Danes, at a time when other reg	WESSEX
16 Which was the largest ever flying animal, which was a giant pterosaur of the late Cretaceous period? It had a wing span of up to 15 metres and was named after the Mesoamerican feathered serpent god.	THE QUETZALCOATLUS
17 In astronomy, what is measured using parallax measurement?	DISTANCE
18 Sir Edward Poynter was the first professor of which leading art school?	THE SLADE SCHOOL OF FINE ART
19 What is the name of the merchantman ship on which Lemuel Gulliver travelled to the land of Brobdingnag?	THE ADVENTURE
20 Whereabouts did the ancient land of Sumer, where the first wheeled vehicles, potters wheels and system of writing have been found, lie?	BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS IN IRAQ
29 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUZ
1 What name is given to a synovial sac between two moving surfaces of the body?	A BURSA
2 What is the capital of the French Cote-D’Or department and also the region of Burgundy?	DIJON
3 What was the nickname of the early 20th century group of American realist painters led by Robert Henri, and sometimes called the Henri group?	THE ASHCAN SCHOOL – THE NICKNAME DERIVED FROM THEIR PREOCCUPATION WITH SLUM SCENES, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF GEORGE BELLOWS, ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN MEMBERS.
4 Phenol, an acid commonly used as a disinfectant, is commonly known by what other name?	CARBOLIC ACID
5 A megatherium, which is now extinct, was the world’s largest type of which creature?	A SLOTH WHICH WEIGHED UP TO FOUR TONS
6 What is a puggaree?	AN INDIAN TURBAN OR LIGHT SCARF, HANGING DOWN THE BACK OF A SUN HELMET TO PROTECT THE NECK FROM THE SUN.
7 Which American hero’s horse was called Brigham?	BUFFALO BILL CODY
8 By what name was the Roman military javelin generally known?	THE PILUM
9 Off the coast of which American state is Cape Hatteras?	NORTH CAROLINA – IT’S THE EASTERNMOST TIP OF HATTERAS ISLAND, ONE OF A STRING OF ISLANDS OFF THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA, PRESERVED AS A NATIONAL SEASHORE.
10 What kind of a creature is a titi, which has species called Barbara Brown's, White-eared, Chestnut-bellied and Prince Bernhard's ?	A SMALL ARBOREAL MONKEY LIVING IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN RAIN FORESTS.
11 How many gallons are there in an anker of beer?	10
12 Which American industrialist (1868-1938) pioneered the pneumatic tyre for the Model T Ford as well as non-skid treads?	HARVEY FIRESTONE
13 The artist Jheronimus Van Aken, born in the Netherlands around 1450, is better known by what name?	HIERONYMOUS BOSCH
14 What was the 1936 battle of Cable Street?	A FIGHT BETWEEN FASCISTS UNDER OSWALD MOSELEY, WHO MARCHED THROUGH JEWISH AREAS IN THE EAST END, AND THE JEWS AND OTHERS WHO TRIED TO PREVENT THEM.
15 Who sang the music hall song “Jolly good luck to the girl who weds a soldier”?	VESTA TILLEY (REAL NAME MATILDA ALICE POWLES 1864-1952)
16 Ellen Price wrote a moralising novel called East Lynne, which was first published in 1861 and dramatised in 1874 under her married name which was?	MRS HENRY WOOD
17 Which English poet, (1895-1985) whose mistress was the poetess Laura Riding, wrote a novel about the future called “Seven Days in New Crete” as well as the novels, “Antigua, Penny, Puce” and “King Jesus”?	ROBERT GRAVES, BEST REMEMBERED FOR "I, CLAUDIUS"
18 In which country will you find the Tanami desert?	AUSTRALIA - IT IS IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
19 The oldest US flower show and the largest indoor flower and garden show in the world, is staged annually in which American city?	PHILADELPHIA
20 Which Labour politician was the first woman to be elected as president of the Trades Union Congress in 1923?	MARGARET BONDFIELD
28 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1 During World War II, the German operation Herkules, was a never-executed plan for the airborne invasion of which island?	MALTA
2 The Dewey Decimal System is more commonly used in European libraries, but what is the name of the book classification system, widely used in American research and academic libraries?	THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
3 From the Italian for “to fry gently”, which term describes vegetables that are softened slowly, and used as a condiment and flavouring?	SOFFRITO
4 In which US state is Auburn University?	ALABAMA
5 Considered an official spinoff of the Bond books, “The Moneypenny Diaries” is a series of novels and short stories chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary. Who wrote the books under the pseudonym of Kate Westbrook?	SAMANTHA WEINBERG
6 Which British conductor, born in Oxford in 1934, conducted the 2008 “Last Night of the Proms” and was the main judge on the 2008 BBC2 TV series “Maestro”?	SIR ROGER NORRINGTON
7 The medley entitled "The Cowpuncher’s Cantata" was one of the most successful recordings of 1952, and featured on the very first single’s sales chart. Who was the singer?	MAX BYGRAVES
8 Together with James Madison, who founded the Democratic-Republican Party in America in 1792?	THOMAS JEFFERSON
9 Which West African country has the vehicle registration DY?	BENIN (ORIGINALLY DAHOMEY)
10 Who wrote the lyrics for the shows “The Boys from Syracuse” and “Pal Joey” ?	LORENZ HART
11 This quotation from the Ancient Greek describes whom: "She is the daughter of Night, the goddess of retribution, who brings down all immoderate good fortune and checks the presumption that attends it."?	NEMESIS, THE GREEK GODDESS OF DIVINE RETRIBUTION
12 What is the name of the road, originally built by Napoleon between Nice and Genoa, which is cut into the cliffs of the Maritime Alps, overhanging the Mediterranean Sea?	THE GRANDE CORNICHE
13 In which continental town or city, are the headquarters of the European Patent Office?	MUNICH
14 Which Irish writer, creator of Artemis Fowl, wrote the book "Half-Moon Investigations", which was made into a children’s television series, and was also commissioned to write "And Another Thing", which was the 6th instalment of the "Hitchhiker's Guide	EOIN COLFER
15 An Act of Parliament of 1833, abolished slavery in the British Empire. In which year had an earlier act first abolished the transatlantic slave trade?	1807
16 Who was the first person to be commemorated by a Blue Plaque in London? The address was 24 Holles Street, Cavendish Square and it commemorated his birthplace.	LORD BYRON
17 Which adjective which comes from the German meaning a rag, describes a degraded section of a social class?	LUMPEN, AS IN LUMPEN PROLETARIAT
18 On which river does the town of Skipton stand?	THE RIVER AIRE
19 Which architect designed the 2012 London Olympic Aquatics Centre?	ZAHIR HADAD
20 What foodstuff is categorised into four colour classes, those being white, golden, dark and amber?	HONEY
27 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1 The “original and genuine sticky toffee pudding” is advertised as coming from which Cumbrian village?	CARTMEL
2 Which is the only contiguous American state not to observe Daylight Saving?	ARIZONA - ALTHOUGH THE NAVAJO NATION WHO LIVE IN THE NORTH-EAST OF THE STATE, DO OBSERVE IT
3 Which country lies in Western Africa, and consists of a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal? The two main groups are called the Ilhas Do Barlavento (the Northern islands) and the Ilhas Do Sotavento (the Southern islands).	THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS WHOSE PRESIDENT (AS AT JUNE 2015) IS JORGE CARLOS FONSECA
4 In which sea will you find the Dahlak archipelago, whose pearl fisheries have been famous since Roman times?	THE RED SEA - FORMERLY ETHIOPIAN, THEY ARE NOW PART OF ERITREA
5 Which French physicist (1819-1868), was the first to prove that light slows down when travelling through water, and invented the gyroscope?	JEAN-BERTRAND-LEON FOUCAULT
6 What name is given to the ocean phenomenon which consists of a series of shallow, slow, counter-rotating vortices at the ocean's surface, aligned with the wind?	THE LANGMUIR CIRCULATION
7 In Greek mythology, which pipe player was flayed alive by Apollo, as a punishment for challenging him to a musical contest and losing it?	MARSYAS
8 What is the title of the 2000 Michael Winterbottom film which was based on Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge?	THE CLAIM WHICH STARRED PETER MULLAN AND MILLA JOVOVICH
9 Which fruit is available in varieties such as Crenshaw, Galia and Casaba?	MELON
10 Which Italian sculptor (1400-1482) is now chiefly remembered as a pioneer of coloured glazed terracotta as a sculptural medium? He invented a type of representation of the Virgin and Child shown half length in white, on a blue background, that proved	LUCA DELLA ROBBIA
11 Which Irishman, (1878-1931) who was an official war artist during World War I, painted the "conversation piece" "Homage to Manet", in which he portrayed members of the contemporary English art world, sitting in conversation beneath a famous portrait by	WILLIAM ORPEN
12 Which French composer published Traite de l'harmonie in 1722, and so founded modern harmonic theory?	JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683-1764)
13 Who was the Babylonian king, who unified the northern border of Sumer, and established the capital at Akkad around 2371 B.C.?	SARGON
14 Which Welsh county originally created as Cardiganshire in 1282, is a coastal county, bordered by Cardigan Bay to the west, which lies between the Lleyn and Pembrokeshire peninsulas, Gwynedd to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire to the south,	CEREDIGION - ABERAERON IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF CEREDIGION TOWN COUNCIL
15 What is the term coined by Roger Brown and James Killick for a vivid memory of an emotional event?	FLASHBULB MEMORY
16 In Hinduism, what name is given the idea that Hindus should strive to be successful and have purpose and material gain in their lives? It is one of the four main goals of life.	ARTHA
17 Meaning ‘new bark’ in Latin, what is the name of the outer layer of the cerebral hemispheres found in the brains of all mammals, but not in any other animals?	NEOCORTEX
18 Which international airport in the south of England, was formerly known as Hurn Airport?	BOURNEMOUTH
19 Which coin ceased to be legal tender in 1980?	THE SIXPENCE
20 What is defined as a disc with a heavy rim mounted in a double gimbal, so that its axis can adopt any rotation in space?	THE GYROSCOPE
26 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 03/07/2015
1 Which sportswoman who was born near Matlock in Derbyshire in 1976, wrote the 2002 autobiography "Taking On The World"?	ELLEN MCARTHUR
2 Subtitled "How To be Middleclass, Successful and Fulfilled", "Affluenza" is a work concerned with the relationship between wealth and happiness, by which British psychologist, author and broadcaster, who was born in 1953 ?	OLIVER JAMES
3 Which English chemist gave his name to the standard test for arsenic?	JAMES MARSH
4 Who is the current (as at June 2015) prime minister of Russia?	DMITRI MEDVEDEV
5 In Australia, besides being a beer can, what is a tinny?	A FISHING OR PLEASURE BOAT WHICH HAS AN ALUMINIUM HULL.
6 Which tar pit in Los Angeles preserved fossils of mammoths, mastodons and sabre toothed cats?	THE LA BREA TAR PIT – THE FOSSILS DATE FROM OVER 15000 YEARS AGO.
7 A leading member of the Blue Rider Group, which Russian artist painted "The Blue Mountain" and "Sky Blue"?	WASSILY KANDINSKY.
8 Boys of which religion were trained to become members of the elite corps of Janissaries?	CHRISTIAN BOYS, TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES TO BECOME SLAVES IN THE PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE TURKISH SULTAN (FROM ABOUT 1450).
9 Which American state capital was founded as a trading post called Fort Nassau in 1614?	ALBANY, NEW YORK
10 Where in the human body would you find the muscle, the brachioradialis?	THE ARM - IT FLEXES THE FOREARM AT THE ELBOW
11 What is the name given to the traditional signs in Kent, that guided the pilgrims to Canterbury?	BISHOP'S FINGERS
12 The RSPB reserve of Elmley Marshes, which is one of the largest bird reserves in the country, is in which English county?	KENT - ON THE ISLAND OF SHEPPEY
13 What is the capital of the Spanish province Cantabria?	SANTANDER
14 Which river separates New York from Hoboken and New Jersey?	THE HUDSON
15 Which 1797 naval mutiny, which blockaded London, ended with the hanging of its leader, Richard Parker?	THE NORE MUTINY
16 Which Renaissance artist who was born in Orbino in 1483, was greatly influenced by both Leonardo and Michelangelo, following a visit to Florence?	RAPHAEL
17 Which is the last of the 12 Jewish ecclesiastical months of the year?	ADAR
18 Which Central American country has a national flag described as thus: - divided into four, equal rectangles; the top quadrants are white (hoist side) with a blue five-pointed star in the centre and plain red; the bottom quadrants are plain blue (hoist	PANAMA -
19 Crystalline sodium sulphate, which has a number of applications including use in the manufacture of dyes, is named after which German/Dutch chemist?	GLAUBERS SALTS, WHICH ARE NAMED AFTER JOHANN RUDOLF GLAUBER (1604-1670) WHO IS SOMETIMES KNOWN AS THE GERMAN BOYLE, I.E. FATHER OF CHEMISTRY.
20 Which of the gospels provided the primary inspiration for the 1971 musical Godspell?	ST MATTHEW
25- DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 02/06/2015
1 What type of insect is a luna, one of the largest of its kind in North America?	IT'S A LIME GREEN MOTH
2 Name the Victorian novel that features the characters of Gagool and Twala?	KING SOLOMON’S MINES BY H RIDER HAGGARD
3 Which style of architecture is distinguished by vertical lines of tall pillars and by pointed arches?	GOTHIC
4 What was the name of the Ukrainian director of the Paris Opera Ballet who choreographed the 1950 work Phedre?	SERGE LIFAR
5 What was the original name of the Turkish town Edirne which was named after the Roman Emperor who rebuilt it in around AD125?	ADRIANOPLE (AFTER HADRIAN)
6 Which play by Samuel Becket tells of Winnie and her husband Willie, who babble incoherently, but evocatively, as they are gradually buried up to their necks in sand?	HAPPY DAYS
7 Which 1990 Pulitzer prize winning novel made Oscar Hijuelos internationally famous?	THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE
8 Which contemporary screenwriter and author wrote “A Few Good Men” which was made into a film starring Tom Cruise?	AARON SORKIN
9 In Henry Fielding’s "The History of Tom Jones, The Foundling", written in 1749, in whose bed was the baby Tom Jones found?	SQUIRE ALLWORTHY'S
10 On which Asian island in World War II, was the gin drinkers line defended during the battle of December 1941, between the British/Canadian garrison and a reinforced Japanese division?	HONG KONG
11 Which musical instrument did Tommy Riley play for the signature tune of the Navy Lark on radio and Dixon Of Dock Green on television?	THE HARMONICA
12 Which American composer of film music wrote the scores of the early Harry Potter films?	JOHN WILLIAMS
13 The Palace of Versailles was built in honour of which Greek god?	APOLLO
14 The 1981 film Body Heat starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner, was a remake of which classic 1944 film noir, starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck?	DOUBLE INDEMNITY
15 Which archipelago contains the most westerly of the islands of the Outer Hebrides?	ST KILDA
16 Lillian Helman’s play "The Little Foxes" was turned into which opera by Mark Blickstein, in 1949? He named the opera after the central female character in the play, who was played in the film version by Bette Davis.	REGINA
17 What does the Japanese term gaijin denote?	A FOREIGNER
18 What in Buddhism is paritta?	CHANTING
19 In which George Bernard Shaw play, does the character Eugene Marchbanks appear?	CANDIDA - HE IS A YOUTHFUL POET TRYING TO WIN THE AFFECTIONS OF CANDIDA
20 How many eyes does a South African wolf spider have?	8
24 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 01/07/2015
1 After oxygen and silicon, which non metallic element is the most abundant constituent of minerals?	SULPHUR
2 What is Joan Collins’ middle name?	HENRIETTA
3 In freemasonry, the first degree is called entered apprentice, the second is fellow craftsman – what is the third degree called?	MASTER MASON
4 What is the Toureg language called?	TAMASHEK
5 Which form of keyhole surgery deals specifically with operations on joints?	ARTHROSCOPY
6 Which 16th century dramatist wrote the words “Holla, the pampered jades of Asia” – about some captive kings in his 1590 play "Tamerlane The Great"?	CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
7 In which year was the Bank of England, nationalised into public ownership?	1946
8 What sort of sea creature is an acaleph?	A JELLYFISH
9 Who was the first Labour Prime Minister to serve for a full Parliamentary term, and to have a majority in Parliament?	CLEMENT ATTLEE
10 Which great Austrian composer conducted the New York Philharmonic from 1909, until just before his death in 1911?	GUSTAV MAHLER
11 In which South American country do the Suya, Wayana and Kayapo Indians live?	BRAZIL
12 Which 19th century British minister was nicknamed “the runaway Spartan”, because he was at one time opposed to the Irish Emancipation Bill, but finally changed his opinion and worked in favour of it?	ROBERT PEEL
13 Scotch and Wych are two types of which tree?	THE ELM
14 According to the song, the signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, where does the A Train go to?	HARLEM
15 Which artist created "The Jester", a sculpture in bronze of 1905, typical of his depiction of the lives of Harlequins and circus performers?	PABLO PICASSO
16 Who played in goal for Fulchester Rovers, in the adult comic Viz?	BILLY THE FISH
17 Which firth has Perth to the west and Buddon Ness to the east?	THE FIRTH OF TAY
18 Hailing from Gitta and nicknamed the Sorcerer, who did ecclesiastical writers of the early church describe as The Father of Heresies?	SIMON MAGUS
19 What is the name for the substance obtained from barley malt flavoured with hops, from which beer is produced?	WORT
20 Which material was invented in 1836 by the Frenchman Ignace Dubus-Bonnel, weaving glass with wool or cotton?	FIBREGLASS
23- DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 30/06/2015
1 Which German writer (1797-1856) wrote the poems Atta Troll and Deutschland: Ein Wintermarchen?	HEINRICH HEINE, WHOSE EARLY LYRIC POETRY WAS SET TO MUSIC IN THE FORM OF LIEDER BY SUCH COMPOSERS AS ROBERT SCHUMANN AND FRANZ SCHUBERT
2 Which is the largest island in the British Indian Ocean territory?	DIEGO GARCIA WHICH IS THE SITE OF A JOINT MILITARY FACILITY OF THE UK AND THE USA, AND IS OFF LIMITS TO TOURISTS, THE MEDIA AND THE FORMER INHABITANTS WHO WERE EVICTED IN THE 1960S & 70S
3 What real life events helped to inspire Muriel Spark’s 1974 novel “The Abbess of Crewe”?	THE WATERGATE AFFAIR - THE NOVEL WAS A SATIRE ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF RICHARD NIXON
4 Which Russian poet who was born in Siberia in 1932 is best known for his poems “Babi Yar” and “Zima Junction”?	YEVGENY YETUSHENKO
5 Which composer’s opera "The Silver Tassie", based on the Sean O'Casey play, was premiered at the London Coliseum in 2000, to great critical acclaim?	MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE
6 On the side of which Scottish loch is Fort William situated?	LOCH LINNHE, WHICH IS ONE OF SCOTLAND'S LONGEST SEA LOCHS
7 To what does the D’Nealian system refer?	IT'S A STYLE OF WRITING AND TEACHING CURSIVE HANDWRITING FOR ENGLISH
8 Which richly seasoned stew of meat and vegetables, gets its name from a French word meaning to stimulate the appetite?	RAGOUT
9 Vera Lynn, Anne Shelton and Kathy Kirby all sang with whose band?	(BERT) AMBROSE
10 Which word originally meant someone sent ahead to procure lodgings and quarters for an army or royal train, but has come, by analogy, to mean a forerunner of disaster?	HARBINGER
11 In the music hall song, who is the deadly enemy of Ivan Gavinski Gavar?	ADBUL THE BULBUL EMIR.
12 How often does a transit of Venus take place?	IT OCCURS IN PAIRS EIGHT YEARS APART WITH 120 YEARS IN BETWEEN. THE LAST ONE WAS IN 2012 AND THE NEXT ONE WILL BE IN 2117 FOLLOWED BY 2125
13 Also known as the hamadryad, what is the world’s longest poisonous snake?	THE KING COBRA
14 Which German Expressionist artist (1880-1938) painted "Girl Under A Japanese Parasol" and "Self-portrait With Model"?	ERNEST LUDWIG KIRCHNER, WHO WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF DIE BRUCKE.
15 What does the Third Amendment to the American constitution forbid?	THE FORCIBLE PEACETIME QUARTERING OF SOLDIERS IN HOUSES.
16 Who calculated the value of Pi in 225 BC?	APPOLONIUS OF PERGA, THE GREAT GEOMETER. HIS TREATISE CONICS, ON CONIC SECTIONS, IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
17 In billiards, what name is given to the support for a billiard cue in which a loop is formed by the forefinger and thumb?	A BOUCLEE
18 Whereabouts would you wear a balibuntal?	ON YOUR HEAD – IT’S A HAT MADE OF FINE CLOSELY WOVEN STRAW AND COMES FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
19 Which Japanese car company, named after the star cluster, the Pleiades, has a symbol which only shows 6 stars?	SUBARU (THERE ARE ONLY 6 STARS ON THE SUBARU SIGN AS ONE OF THE STARS OF THE PLEIADES IS INVISIBLE)
20 Which tenor singer, who is now the general director of the Los Angeles Opera, has written an autobiography called "The First 40 Years"?	PLACIDO DOMINGO
22 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 29/06/2015
1 Which mountain in Galilee is the traditional scene of the Transfiguration, although it is not mentioned in the New Testament?	MOUNT TABOR WHICH LIES AT THE EASTERN END OF THE JEZREEL VALLEY
2 What kind of a creature is a meloid?	A BEETLE OF THE FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDES OIL-BEETLES AND BLISTER BEETLES.
3 On which river does the Dutch town of Arnhem, which is the capital of the province of Gelderland, lie?	THE NEDERRIJN (THE NETHER RHINE) WHICH IS THE NAME OF THE DUTCH PART OF THE RIVER RHINE
4 What was the real name of Sax Rohmer who created the Fu Manchu stories?	ARTHUR SARSFIELD WARD.
5 Which musical hall star was nicknamed Champagne Charlie, after his most famous song?	GEORGE LEYBOURNE, WHO WAS ALSO WELL KNOWN FOR THE SONG "THE DARING YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE" WHICH WAS ABOUT THE FRENCH CIRCUS PERFORMER, JULES LEOTARD
6 What was a barracoat?	A LONG FLANNEL PETTICOAT USED FOR A BABY.
7 Which Australian city grew out of a convict settlement called Edenglassie?	BRISBANE
8 In the children’s television series The Herbs, which herb is portrayed by the police constable?	KNAPWEED
9 In which English town will you find the Piece Hall – a manufacturers' hall where weavers sold their “pieces”?	HALIFAX
10 What is the name of the planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra?	THE RING NEBULA
11 What is the collective noun for a group of barracuda?	A BATTERY
12 Which American film director won an Oscar for My Fair Lady in 1965?	GEORGE CUKOR
13 Who in a Delibes opera, poisons herself with the juice of an exotic flower, when she loses her lover, Gerald?	LAKME
14 Who set up the Fourth International in 1938?	LEON TROTSKY AND HIS FOLLOWERS, AFTER STALIN HAD FORCED HIM INTO EXILE.
15 What kind of a garden flower is Frau Karl Druschki, described as the most beautiful white flower?	A ROSE
16 In 1922, a collection of short stories by Aldous Huxley, were published under a title borrowed from a phrase in one of Hamlet’s soliloquies. What was the title?	MORTAL COILS. HE BORROWED THE PHRASE "EYELESS IN GAZA" FROM MILTON FOR ONE OF HIS NOVELS AND THE PHRASE "THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION" FROM WILLIAM BLAKE FOR THE SHORT NOVEL IN WHICH HE DESCRIBED HIS EXPERIENCES AFTER TAKING THE DRUG MESCALINE
17 Which of St Paul’s epistles, which comes between those of Timothy and Philemon in the New Testament, was written to a man who was traditionally held to be the first bishop of Crete?	TITUS
18 Which 1976 war film was based on R C Sheriff’s play “Journeys End” but was moved from the play’s trenches into the skies?	ACES HIGH WHICH STARRED MALCOLM MCDOWELL AND CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER
19 What might a gardener produce in a New Zealand box?	COMPOST
20 What was the name of the physician (1616-1664) noted for his early study of the medicinal properties of herbs?	NICHOLAS CULPEPPER
21 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 28/06/2015
1 The glenoid cavity, the acromion and the coracoid process are all parts of which human bone?	THE SCAPULA (SHOULDER BLADE)
2 In Norse mythology, who is the god of death and destruction, and the only god who brings diseases and disasters upon the world? He drags people to his dungeon and then painfully tortures them to death.	HOLLER
3 Which metric unit consists of 1000 kilogrammes?	A METRIC TONNE
4 In chemistry, what is the term “m/z” used to describe?	THE MASS TO CHARGE RATIO OF AN ION
5 The 19th century Caste War took place between the population of European descent, who were known as the Yucatecos, and which indigenous people?	THE MAYAS. IT TOOK PLACE IN MEXICO (YUCATAN) AND LASTED FROM 1847-1901 AND OFFICIALLY ENDED WITH THE OCCUPATION OF THE MAYAN CAPITAL OF CHAN SANTA CRUZ BY THE MEXICAN ARMY IN 1901.
6 A sawbelly or mooneye is the name for which fish, when landlocked?	THE ALEWIFE WHICH IS A SPECIES OF HERRING
7 Named after Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, how is Leopardus wiedii, a spotted cat native to Central and South America better known?	THE MARGAY
8 God's Horse, Lamb Lady, Dowdy Cow and Red Cow of God are country names for which insect?	THE LADYBIRD
9 Which Welsh castle was known as the castle of lost causes, because it was difficult to take by siege?	HARLECH
10 In which large body of water are Coats Island, Mansel Island and the Belcher Islands to be found ?	HUDSON BAY
11 What were the Christian names of Conservative politician RAB Butler?	RICHARD AUSTEN
12 Which English word meaning suave and affable is derived from old French, and literally means of good temper?	DEBONAIR
13 Frank Sinatra’s recording of "All The Way" was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1957, but it was the song on the B side which arguably became more famous for him in the long term – which song was that?	CHICAGO
14 Which basic agricultural tool developed from the “ard” and was used in Mesopotamia and the Indus valley from the 6th century BC?	THE PLOUGH
15 What may be defined as the time taken for one revolution, between two successive returns of the sun to the Earth’s meridian?	A SOLAR DAY
16 In which country was James Clavell’s 1986 novel “Whirlwind” set?	IRAN
17 Which heavily built ground squirrel with short legs, short tail, broad rounded head and small ears, has generally reddish/yellow fur and can be found in the Swiss Alps and Russian Carpathians?	THE MARMOT
18 What term used to describe goods or produce of cheap or inferior quality, is derived from the Yiddish for damaged merchandise?	SCHLOCK
19 What was the name of the lifeboat used by Shackleton to sail on his epic rescue voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia, after his ship Endurance was crushed in pack ice during his expedition of 1914-1916?	THE JAMES CAIRD
20 What is the name of the acclaimed orchestra that is a product of El Sistema, a publicly financed voluntary sector music education programme in Venezuela?	THE SIMON BOLIVAR ORCHESTRA
20 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 27/06/2015
1 The world’s first e-mail message was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson. What did it (probably) say?	QWERTYUIOP (AT LEAST HE THINKS IT WAS - HE CAN'T ACTUALLY QUITE REMEMBER)
2 Which American state’s car plates have the slogan "Sportsman’s Paradise"?	LOUISIANA
3 What can be measured in lamberts or milli lamberts?	LUMINESCENCE OR THE BRIGHTNESS OF A SURFACE.
4 What is the generic name for the class of particles, which included any hadronic particle with a baryon number of zero?	MESONS
5 What name was given to the followers of a demented visionary, Richard Brothers, who believed that the British were descended from the Biblical 10 lost tribes of Israel and that he, himself, was the rightful prince of the Hebrews?	THE BRITISH ISRAELITES
6 Which British female conductor, who has been the artistic director of opera at the Royal Academy of Music since 2009, wrote the critically acclaimed book "Mozart’s Women"?	JANE GLOVER
7 Cap de la Hague on the French Normandy coast, is separated by a 10 mile strait from which island?	ALDERNEY
8 Which Roman Emperor issued the edict known as the Constitutio Antoninia in 212 AD, which granted full Roman citizenship to all free men in the Empire, thus removing the long-standing legal distinction between Italians and those from the provinces?	CARACALLA
9 In which European country, did Bela Kun’s Red Terror exist in 1919?	HUNGARY
10 The controversial 1996 film "Crash", directed by David Cronenberg, was based on a novel by which British author?	J G BALLARD
11 Hilda Lessways, "These Twain" and "Roll Call" are books in which series?	THE CLAYHANGER SERIES BY ARNOLD BENNETT
12 The design of the Beijing Olympic Torch was based on traditional scrolls, and used which traditional Chinese design?	PROPITIOUS CLOUDS
13 Who at the age of 49, was the youngest U.S. president in the nineteenth century?	JAMES POLK, THE 11TH PRESIDENT, WHO SERVED FOR ONE TERM (1845-49) AND DIED THREE MONTHS LATER
14 Which French king relied heavily on the Huguenot minister, the Duke de Sully, who negotiated the Peace of Savoy, arranged Henry's marriage with Marie de Medici and wrote the "Économies Royales" which helped popularise the king’s notion of a "Great Desi	HENRY IV, (HENRY OF NAVARRE) WHO WAS THE FIRST FRENCH MONARCH OF THE HOUSE OF BOURBON
15 Which 2nd century BC Greek astronomer created the orders of magnitude, by which the brightness of a star is measured?	HIPPARCHUS OF NICAEA, WHO IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FOUNDER OF TRIGONOMETRY
16 What name is given to the enormous anti-cyclonic upstream from the Wake Anomaly, on the surface of Jupiter?	THE GREAT RED SPOT
17 Established in Iceland in the 1960s, and now officially recognised by several Scandinavian governments, what is the name of the religious movement whose focus is reviving the Norse paganism of the Viking Age?	ASATRU
18 Which word is derived from the position of Greek philosophers who suspended judgement on everything, and had no doctrine?	SCEPTICISM
19 In which English cathedral can you see the Jedburgh memorial, which is in the Sprite chapel and is dedicated to the Jedburghs, a Special Forces unit in World War II, who were dropped in uniform into enemy territory, to arm and train Resistance fighters	PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL
20 On September 27, 1825, which locomotive, built by George Stephenson, carried 450 persons at 15 miles per hour from Darlington to Stockton, on the world's first public passenger train?	ACTIVE WHICH WAS LATER RENAMED "LOCOMOTION"
19 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 26/06/2015
1 Which naturalist wrote the 2002 autobiography "Life On Air"?	DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
2 Judith is the name of the newly married wife who is crowned Bride of the Night, in which opera by Bela Bartok?	BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE
3 What does a brandophilist collect?	CIGAR BANDS
4 Which are the second and third novels in the trilogy by Stella Rimington, which feature the secret agent Liz Carlyle?	SECRET ASSET AND "ILLEGAL ACTION" – THE FIRST WAS CALLED "AT RISK". THE SEVENTH IN THE LIZ CARLYLE SERIES "THE GENEVA TRAP" WAS PUBLISHED IN 2012
5 The Danish rype is what type of game bird?	THE PTARMIGAN
6 Which American choreographer joined with Mikhail Baryshnikov, in setting up the White Oak Dance project?	MARK MORRIS (HIS DANCE COMPANY WAS SET UP IN 1990 TO TOUR BALLET NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY).
7 In which American state is the Great Sand Dunes National Park, which contains the tallest sand dunes in North America?	COLORADO
8 Which Iranian prime minister was removed from office in 1953, in an armed coup sponsored by the CIA and Britain’s MI6?	MOHAMMED MOSSADEGH (AFTER HE HAD NATIONALISED BRITAIN’S OIL ASSETS IN THE REGION IN 1951)
9 Which traditional accompaniments for fried catfish, are made from cornmeal dumplings flavoured with chopped scallions?	HUSHPUPPIES
10 Which Grade II listed building was designed by Henry Price, was opened by the Manchester Corporation in 1906 and became known nationally after a TV series of 2003?	THE VICTORIA BATHS WHICH WERE DERELICT BUT AFTER RESTORATION, CAN NOW BE HIRED FOR FUNCTIONS
11 Why is an average daily temperature of 6 degrees Centigrade, regarded as significant in ecological studies?	IT IS REGARDED AS THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE NECESSARY FOR SUSTAINED PLANT GROWTH
12 Which musical written, produced and directed by former disc jockey Mike Reid, closed in October 2004, after just one performance?	OSCAR WILDE
13 The United Nations building in New York was designed by which architect, in collaboration with the Brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer?	LE CORBUSIER
14 Who was the Greek goddess of spring?	PERSEPHONE
15 Olga in "Eugene Onegin", Katisha in "The Mikado" and Erda in "Das Rheingold", are all roles for which category of voice?	CONTRALTO
16 The flags of both Australia and New Zealand depict the Southern Cross. Name the three other national flags on which the constellation appears?	PAPUA NEW GUINEA, BRAZIL AND SAMOA
17 Which Sri Lankan born architect, who designed the Beijing television centre project (2002-8), collaborated with Anish Kapoor, to create the ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture for the 2012 London Olympic Games?	CECIL BALMOND
18 To which London street did Caxton’s successor, Wynken the Word, move his printing press in about 1500, making it one of the first to be sited there?	FLEET STREET
19 Which American state’s official sport, in line with its heraldic looking flag, is jousting?	MARYLAND
20 With which song would you particularly associate the old time performer, Eugene Stratton?	LILY OF LAGUNA
18 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 25/06/2015
1 Which female Labour politician claimed in December 2001, that Blair's Babes were obsessed with power dressing, rather than power politics?	SHIRLEY WILLIAMS
2 Which movie "monster" received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2004, honouring his 50th birthday?	GODZILLA
3 On children's television, who lived in Ivor the Engine’s boiler?	IDRIS THE DRAGON
4 Which genus of plants includes the Hong Kong orchid tree, and the mountain ebony?	THE BAUHINIA WHICH IS THE FLORAL SYMBOL OF HONG KONG
5 What is the collective term for the cultures of Bronze Age Greece, which included the Minoan civilisation of Crete, the Mycenaean civilisation of the Peloponnese and mainland Greece?	THE AEGEAN CIVILISATION
6 Which particular musical instrument was played by such performers as Ethel Smith and Harry Farmer?	THE HAMMOND ORGAN
7 In the Irish writer, Oliver Goldsmith’s play, "She Stoops To Conquer", what is the name of the family, whose home is mistaken for an inn?	HARDCASTLE
8 Which British composer who was born in 1948, composed the opera Jane Eyre (2000)?	MICHAEL BERKELEY
9 Of which Irish province were the MacCarthys, hereditary kings?	MUNSTER – IN 1127 KERRY WAS DIVIDED TO FORM THE O’BRIEN KINGDOM OF THOMOND, NORTH MUNSTER AND THE MACCARTHY KINGDOM OF DESMOND, SOUTH MUNSTER.
10 What popular name is given to the members of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, known in the USA for their distinctive architecture, furniture and handicrafts?	THE SHAKERS
11 Who in Greek mythology was the king of Crete, son of Deucalion and descendant of Minos, who was forced to kill his son, after vowing to sacrifice the first living thing he met on his return from the Trojan War?	IDOMENEUS
12 Martin Strel, who is Slovenian, set a world record in 2007 by swimming the length of which river?	THE AMAZON WHICH TOOK HIM 66 DAYS. MARTIN STREL, WHO IS KNOWN AS “FISH MAN”, HAD PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED SWIMMING THE YANGTZE, THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE DANUBE.
13 Which chemical compound is used as a sensitive coating on magnetic tape?	FERRIC OXIDE
14 Which type of script is used by Sikhs when writing the Punjabi language?	GURMUKHI.
15 When the Stone of Scone was stolen from Westminster Abbey in 1950, to which Scottish Abbey was it taken?	ARBROATH
16 One of the species of the midwife toad is restricted to a single Mediterranean island. Which one?	MAJORCA - THE MAJORCAN MIDWIFE TOAD WHICH IS FOUND ONLY IN DEEP CANYONS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF THE ISLAND
17 Robert Bruce Montgomery wrote music for films, but what was his real name under which he wrote films, detective novels and science fiction?	EDMUND CRISPIN
18 In which American city will you find the infamous Viper Room Club?	LOS ANGELES - WEST HOLLYWOOD
19 What is the fruit used in a la Bourdaine, which is a specialty of the Anjou region of France?	AN APPLE WHICH IS STUFFED WITH QUINCE OR PLUM JAM, ENCASED IN PASTRY AND THEN BAKED.
20 In which series of children’s books, does the castle of Cair Paravel appear?	THE NARNIA CHRONICLES
17 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 24/06/2015
1 Which American state has the motto “Friendship”?	TEXAS
2 Which French writer, who born in 1880 in Rome, of Polish descent, is regarded as a precursor of surrealism?	GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE WHO DIED OF SPANISH FLU IN THE 1918 EPIDEMIC
3 What name did W Aytoun apply in 1854, to the work of Philip James Bailey, Sydney Dobell and Alexander Smith, poets whose work seemed to him to be executed in verbal spasms over which they had no control?	THE SPASMODIC SCHOOL. AYTOUN PARODIES THEIR SPASMS IN HIS MOCK TRAGEDY FIRMILIAN.
4 Which of Charles Dickens’ novels was originally given the title “Nobody’s Fault”?	LITTLE DORRIT
5 Which American born British sculptor's works include the giant male nude statue "Spirit of Liverpool Resurgent", unveiled over the entrance to Lewis’s Department store in Liverpool in the 1950s?	JACOB EPSTEIN
6 What method of transport was the British Dayton Albatross?	A SCOOTER
7 In 1582, which action marked the start of the French Wars of Religion?	THE MASSACRE OF THE PROTESTANT HUGUENOTS AT VASSY, BY THE TROOPS OF THE DUKE OF GUISE.
8 Which prestigious dancing institution celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2006, although under its current title, it was only the 50th anniversary?	THE ROYAL BALLET
9 If the original meaning holds true, members of a company would share what?	BREAD – COM PANIS MEANS BREAD SHARER IN LATIN
10 In ancient Greece, swimming races were held in honour of which god?	DIONYSUS
11 Which French sculptor (1861-1944) made his name with females nudes such as "Mediterranean" and "Night", and has three of his bronzes gracing the staircase of New York's Metropolitan Opera House?	ARISTIDE MAILLOL
12 In which type of Japanese drama, do men take all the parts in the interest of propriety?	KABUKI
13 Which famous Irishman, one of the “wild geese” who entered the service of Louis XIV after the cause of James II was ruined in Ireland, died at the battle of Landen in Flanders in 1693?	PATRICK SARSFIELD, THE 1ST EARL OF LUCAN.
14 The four bronze horses in St Marks Square, Venice, were looted from which city?	CONSTANTINOPLE
15 The work of which French born composer, (1883-1965), is considered significant in advancing the cause of modern music in the USA, and includes "Ionization", in 1931, a piece scored for piano, percussion and two sirens?	EDGARD VARESE
16 Which French Cubist artist painted "Pitcher and Violin" and "Man With a Guitar" in the 1910's?	GEORGE BRAQUE (1882-1965)
17 What is another name for the bird, the water ouzel?	THE DIPPER
18 The North American nebula is a region in which constellation, which lies on the plane of the Milky Way?	CYGNUS
19 What was another name for the Bye plot, directed against James I in 1603?	WATSON’S PLOT, NAMED AFTER THE ENGLISH SECULAR PRIEST AND CONSPIRATOR, WILLIAM WATSON.
20 What name is given to a clapperless metal bell, that is played as a percussion instrument by being struck with a drumstick?	A COWBELL
16 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 23/06/2015
1 Roger Mellie and Sid the Sexist are characters in which comic?	VIZ
2 In Egyptian mythology, who was the god of the air and the supporter of the sky?	SHU WHO WAS CONNECTED WITH SUNLIGHT. HE WAS THE FATHER OF NUT (THE SKY GODDESS) WHOM HE HELD HIGH ABOVE HIS SON, SEB, THE EARTH.
3 Which painter and art critic who was born in Hackney in 1923, wrote the novels "The Foot of Clive" and “G” (which won the 1972 Booker prize and the James Tait Memorial Prize) and also the famous art book "Ways of Seeing", which was turned into a televis	JOHN BERGER
4 What is the name given to the part of the germinating seed that grows into the shoot?	A PLUMULE
5 Which 1923 opera by Gustav Holst, opens with ballet music representing the spirits of earth, water, and fire?	THE PERFECT FOOL
6 Which American biomedical scientist, who won the Nobel prize for Medicine in 1974, led the team that developed the vaccine against measles and has been called "The Father of Modern Vaccines"?	JOHN F ENDERS
7 The Douglas DC-3 aircraft was also known by what name in wartime Britain?	THE DAKOTA. IN THE USA, IT WAS NAMED THE C-47 SKYTRAIN
8 Which Canadian cellist was born in Israel in 1965, but moved to Toronto with her family in 1971?	OFRA HARNOY
9 Which English poet wrote the words to the tango “Jealousy”?	PATIENCE STRONG UNDER THE NAME WINIFRED MAY. HER REAL NAME WAS WINIFRED EMMA CUSHING.
10 What is the title of Byron’s 1813 poem, which tells the tale of a female slave Layla, who is unfaithful to her Turkish lord, Hassan, and who, as a consequence, is bound and thrown into the sea, but is avenged by her lover who kills Hassan?	THE GIAOUR
11 Who was the Governor of Moscow, who is generally held responsible for the burning of the city, after its occupation by the French in 1812?	COUNT ROSTOPCHIN
12 Usually used in a 70% solution in water, which strong acid can appear yellow upon exposure to light? It oxidizes all metals except the “noble” metals, and it is a component of both acid rain and aqua regia.	NITRIC ACID
13 In physics, what, also called the rigidity, measures a material’s change in shape in reaction to tangential stress?	THE SHEAR MODULUS
14 What name is given to the fourth and final movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ "Symphony No 1" or "Sea Symphony", which is based on the work of Walt Whitman?	THE EXPLORERS
15 In an orchestra, which instruments would usually be seated immediately behind the oboes?	THE BASSOONS
16 Paintings such as his highest selling painting "Boy With A Pipe" and "Two Acrobats and a Dog", are from which period of Pablo Picasso’s work?	THE ROSE PERIOD - 1904-6
17 Which American naturalist and environmental philosopher's activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, the Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas in the USA in the 19th century?	JOHN MUIR (1838-1914)
18 Which Restoration poet wrote “Go lovely rose”, which various composers have set to music?	EDMUND WALLER (1606-1687)
19 Which Greek goddess bathed in a spring on Argos every year to renew her virginity?	HERA
20 Marlene Dietrich gave which American author the nickname of Papa?	ERNEST HEMINGWAY
15 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 22/06/2015
1 Which South American city is built on the slopes of the volcano Pichincha, which last erupted in 1999, when several inches of ash fell on the city?	QUITO
2 Which is the only species of stork, which occurs in Australia?	THE BLACK NECKED STORK WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE JABIRU
3 Which British radio astronomer, who was born in Brighton in 1918, developed revolutionary radio telescope systems and used them for accurate location of weak radio sources? With improved equipment, he observed the most distant known galaxies of the uni	PROFESSOR MARTIN RYLE WHO DIED IN 1984
4 In which English county is Peveril Castle, an ruined early medieval castle which overlooks the village of Castleton?	DERBYSHIRE
5 Which British astronomer, born in Haggerston, Middlesex in 1656, was the second Astronomer Royal and developed a diving bell for deep sea exploration in 1721?	EDMOND HALLEY WHO DIED IN 1742
6 What was the route between Dover and London nicknamed during World War II?	BOMB ALLEY
7 Which was the first Royal Naval ship to carry women personnel to sea?	HMS BRILLIANT (1990)
8 Which group of creatures includes species called the kitten's paw, the warty venus and the crosscut carpet?	THEY ARE BIVALVE MOLLUSCS – SHELLS.
9 What were the Rudolphine Tables?	ASTRONOMICAL TABLES BEGUN BY TYCHO BRAHE, CONTINUED BY JOHANNES KEPLER AND PUBLISHED IN 1627. THEY WERE NAMED AFTER KEPLER’S PATRON, RUDOLPH II
10 Which Italian city did the American poet, Ezra Pound, describe as a fit abode for a poet?	VENICE
11 Which American poet who was born in Ohio in 1899, wrote “The Bridge”?	(HAROLD) HART CRANE. THE POEM WAS AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE AN EPIC MYTH OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AND IT WAS INSPIRED, IN PART, BY THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
12 Which locomotive engineer designed engines such as Silver Jubilee, Coronation and the Mallard?	NIGEL GRESLEY
13 Which 19th century naval hero is thought to have been the model for both C S Forester's Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O’Brien’s Captain Aubrey?	ADMIRAL THOMAS COCHRANE, THE 10TH EARL OF DUNDONALD (1775-1860)
14 Where does the A38 trunk road which is nicknamed the Devon Express, start and finish?	BODMIN, CORNWALL AND MANSFIELD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.
15 Which noble family live at Welbeck Abbey, which is in the Dukeries of north Nottinghamshire, and was originally the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order?	THE BENTINCK FAMILY, THE DUKES OF PORTLAND.
16 What was the name of the 19th century social and educational reformer, who opened a girls' school in Bristol in 1829? She was concerned with the reform of juvenile delinquents and wrote “Our Convicts” in 1864.	MARY CARPENTER
17 Who composed the Roman Carnival overture in 1844, using tunes from his opera Benvenuto Cellini?	HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
18 In Japanese cookery, what is an okonomiyaki?	A SAVOURY PANCAKE
19 Which Dublin born celebrity gardener, who was born in 1964, has likened his own flamboyant landscape designs to some of the more outrageous outfits worn by models on catwalks?	DERMOT GAVIN
20 What is the name of the full length surrealist ballet, based on the life and works of the Spanish poet Lorca?	CRUEL GARDEN WHICH WAS CHOREOGRAPHED BY CHRISTOPHER BRUCE FOR THE BALLET RAMBERT, AND THE MUSIC BY CARLOS MIRANDA, IS BASED ON TRADITIONAL SPANISH SONGS.
14 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 21/06/2015
1 Which colourful bird found throughout Europe and Asia, usually in a waterside habitat, has the scientific name Alcedo atthis?	THE KINGFISHER
2 Which two London monuments were both originally commissioned to commemorate Britain's victory over Napoleon?	MARBLE ARCH AND THE WELLINGTON ARCH
3 Taken from that of a 20th century Hungarian physicist and mathematician, what name is given to the energy stored in a crystalline substance as a result of irradiation, for example, some of the energy lost by neutrons in a nuclear reaction stored by the	WIGNER ENERGY
4 As what, are the islands, previously known as the Danish West Indies, now known?	THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS
5 What is the name of the awards, established in 1995, to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year?	SIDEWISE - IN 2013 IT WAS SHARED BETWEEN D J TAYLOR FOR "THE WINDSOR FACTION" AND BRYCE ZABEL FOR "SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES: WHAT IF KENNEDY SURVIVED DALLAS?"
6 Which red pigment is made by reacting molten sulphur with mercury?	VERMILION
7 Named after physicist Douglas Hartree, the hartree is the atomic unit of what?	ATOMIC UNIT OF ENERGY
8 Which French political economist and diplomat, was known as "the father of the Common Market"?	JEAN MONNET (1888-1979)
9 What is the "joke" which gives Haydn’s String Quartet in E flat its name?	THERE ARE SEVERAL FALSE ENDINGS
10 The characters “Little Grey Rabbit”, “The Speckledy Hen” and “Fuzzipeg the Hedgehog” were created by which children’s writer ?	ALISON UTTLEY
11 Which US General commanded the 12th Army group, that spearheaded the Liberation of France and Germany, during the closing stages of WW2?	OMAR BRADLEY
12 In which Spanish city is the Juan Miro Foundation (a museum of modern art honouring the Spanish artist)?	BARCELONA
13 What originally provided the source of dyes for tartan cloth?	LICHEN
14 Atychiphobia is a fear of what?	FAILURE
15 In 1802, the first of a series of Acts of Parliament was passed, to limit the number of hours worked by women and children in the textile industry. By what collective name were these acts known?	THE FACTORY ACTS
16 Which gas burns with a bluish flame and produces the phenomenon will-o’-the-wisp over marshland?	METHANE
17 What is the only county in the Irish province of Connacht, which does not have a coastline?	ROSCOMMON
18 As at May 2015 , who is the Secretary of State for Transport?	PATRICK MCLOUGHLIN WHO IS THE CONSERVATIVE MP FOR DERBYSHIRE DALES
19 In 2009, who succeeded the Archbishop of Westminster, Cormac Murphy-O'Connor and in 2014 was made a cardinal by Pope Francis?	VINCENT NICHOLS
20 Who used to say on the radio – “Not a word to Bessie!”?	KENNETH HORNE
13 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 20/06/2015
1 In which year did Robert Peary reach (or claim to have reached) the North Pole?	1909
2 Which film is based on the true story of Homer Hickam, whose ambition led to a career with NASA, training astronauts for shuttle missions and was based on the memoir "Rocket Boys" by Homer Hickam?	OCTOBER SKY WHICH IS AN ANAGRAM OF ROCKET BOYS
3 In South Africa, what is a toebie?	A SANDWICH
4 Which element forms the rod at the centre of an ordinary torch battery?	CARBON
5 Which is the heaviest non-radioactive element?	BISMUTH
6 One of I M Pei’s most well-known designs is which building, that has two overlapping glass pyramids attached to several cement-outlined blocks and cylinders? It sits in Cleveland.	THE ROCK AND ROLL OF HALL OF FAME
7 Which prison is located in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham?	WORMWOOD SCRUBS
8 In meteorology, what name is given to the law that states that convergence into a given column of air, must be balanced by an equal divergence from that same column of air?	DINE'S COMPENSATION
9 The credit for creating which dessert goes to famed French chef, Georges Auguste Escoffier, who prepared it in honour of one of Queen Victoria’s celebrations?	CHERRIES JUBILEE
10 Which famous French aviator and writer gave his name to the international airport serving Lyon?	ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY
11 What "bad mixture" was an imbalance of the four humours, that was once believed to be the direct cause of all diseases?	DYSCRASIA
12 Which man, born Theophylactus, of extremely dubious morals, was the only Pope ever to serve more than once (in all, 3 discontinuous periods), and the only one to have sold the papacy?	BENEDICT IX
13 In economics what name is given to the special type of goods, that people buy more of, when the price increases?	GIFFEN GOODS
14 Which French phrase is the term referring to everything in front of the camera, including lighting, actors, props etc?	MISE EN SCENE WHICH MEANS TO PUT ON STAGE
15 The concept that microprocessors double in complexity and power every two years, is known as what?	MOORE'S LAW
16 What name was given to the 1970 revolution in Syria, when Hafez al-Assad came to power in a bloodless intra-party coup? The same name was used to describe Anwar Sadat’s purging of Nasser supporters in Egypt in 1971.	THE CORRECTIVE REVOLUTION
17 The worst such disaster in recorded European history, what sort of natural phenomenon caused the deaths of approximately 600 people on the island of Malta, in 1551?	A TORNADO
18 In which European city is Kurfurstendamm, the main shopping street?	BERLIN
19 What name is given for the distance from the outer strut, to the wing tip of a biplane?	THE OVERHANG
20 Limewater is a saturated solution of which compound in water?	CALCIUM HYDROXIDE OR CA (OH) 2
12 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 19/06/2015
1 What is the traditional date of Christmas Day, in the Russian Orthodox church?	JANUARY 7TH
2 What name is given to the joint programme of the Worldwide Fund for Nature and the World Conservation Union, that monitors trade in endangered species?	TRAFFIC
3 Which instrument was played by the jazz musician Warren “Baby” Dodds?	THE DRUMS
4 What is the name of the king of Tonga, who succeeded to the title in 2012 on the death of his father, who was nicknamed "Tippy Toes"?	GEORGE TUPOU VI.
5 The 2003 Truman Capote award for literary criticism went to which poet, for his collection of prose written between 1971 and 2001 and entitled "Finders, Keepers"?	SEAMUS HEANEY
6 Which New Zealand poet called her first collection "The Eye Of The Hurricane"?	FLEUR ADCOCK (1964).
7 What nickname was given to the A10 Thunderbolt tankbuster aircraft, which is the only USAF production aircraft designed solely for close air support, including attacking tanks, armoured vehicles and other ground targets with limited air defences?	THE WARTHOG
8 What name did Richard Wright give to his account of his early life in Mississippi and then Chicago?	BLACK BOY
9 When the Dutch chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont suggested there might be insubstantial substances other than air, what word did he invent for such a substance?	GAS – IN 1648 HE DERIVED IT FROM THE GREEK WORD CHAOS.
10 Which composer lived between 1810 and 1856, and composed four symphonies, the first of which was named the "Spring Symphony"?	ROBERT SCHUMANN
11 Which sculptor’s works include "The Fallen Caryatid Carrying Her Stone"?	AUGUSTE RODIN
12 Which jazz musician has a church named after him in San Francisco ?	JOHN COLTRANE
13 The prefix ‘thio’ in chemical compounds indicates the presence of which element?	THIO
14 What is added to glass to make it heat resistant?	BORIC OXIDE
15 Which Kent seaside resort was the first to introduce deck chairs in 1898, and had its Victorian pier destroyed by a storm in 1978?	MARGATE
16 What was the stage name of the music hall star George Galvin?	DAN LENO
17 Which brothers exhibited their work "Great Deeds Against the Dead" at the Sensation exhibition in 1997?	JACK AND DINO CHAPMAN
18 According to legend, which Chinese poet, banished by his king, wrote a very sad poem about political corruption and then killed himself by wading into the Miluo river, holding a heavy rock. His neighbours tried unsuccessfully to rescue him in fishing	QU YUAN.
19 What was a sautoire?	A LONG NECKLACE OR PENDANT ON A LONG CHAIN.
20 What type of video game creature is Spyro?	A DRAGON
11- DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 18/06/2015
1 Which disease results from an increase in cerebrospinal fluid, in the ventricles of the brain?	HYDROCEPHALUS (WATER ON THE BRAIN)
2 To which Hudson Bay town, calling itself the polar capital of the world, do tourists flock in the autumn to observe the gathering of polar bears?	CHURCHILL
3 Which theatre in London was built by Sir Oswald Stoll, in 1904, and has a globe above it, with the theatre's name on it?	THE LONDON COLISEUM
4 What was the name of the British painter and exponent of Pop Art, who designed the sets and costumes for the stage revue "Oh! Calcutta!"?	ALLEN JONES WHO WAS BORN IN SOUTHAMPTON IN 1937
5 Which Athenian politician was the founder of Athenian democracy?	CLEISTHENES (570 BC-508 BC)
6 Which wild flower has more than 40 local names including Hey-flower, Peggle, St Peter’s Keys, Fairy Cups, Paisywort and Milk Maidens?	THE COWSLIP
7 What is the name of the flat planet in the novels of Terry Pratchett?	DISCWORLD
8 The Barnacles, an incompetent family of obstructive officials in the Government’s Circumlocution Office, appear in which Charles Dickens’ novel?	LITTLE DORRITT
9 Who instituted the Thames Head of the River race in 1926?	STEVE FAIRBAIRNS – THIS IS A WINTER RACE FOR 8’S, OVER THE HALF MILE COURSE FROM MORTLAKE TO PUTNEY, & WAS DEVISED FOR CREWS PREPARING FOR THE SUMMER REGATTAS.
10 Who is the only man to have been prime minister and father of the house, at the same time?	HENRY CAMPBELL BANNERMAN
11 Which blues musician who died in 2001, recorded the songs "I’m In The Mood", "Boom Boom" and "Boogie Chillum"?	JOHN LEE HOOKER
12 Which British broadcaster and author, born in Carlisle in 1939, wrote the screenplays for "Isadora" and "Jesus Christ, Superstar"?	MELVYN BRAGG
13 Which novel by Patrick White, featured the character Laura Trevelyan, and is based on the life of the 19th century Prussian explorer and naturalist, Ludwig Leichhardt, who disappeared whilst on a expedition in to the Australian outback?	VOSS
14 What is a rishi?	A HINDU SAGE OR SEER
15 Which canal links Dublin to Shannonbridge, via County Kildare and the Bog of Allen?	THE GRAND CANAL
16 What is the name of the army radio tactical communications system, described as the armoured Internet, which is used by the British Armed Forces?	THE BOWMAN SYSTEM
17 Who has written a trilogy of crime novels, featuring detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler, called "The Various Haunts of Men" (the title comes from a poem by George Crabbe), "Pure In Heart" and "The Risk of Darkness"?	SUSAN HILL
18 Which German born scientist’s published works include "Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Motion"?	ALBERT EINSTEIN
19 Which small town on the river Saur, lies about 7 miles north of Leicester, and became famous for its locally quarried pinkish-grey granite building stones?	MOUNTSORRELL
20 On which satellite of Jupiter, would you find the volcanoes Loki and Ra Petara?	IO
10- DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 17/06/2015
1 What name is given to the group of islands in the Indian ocean, which contain Mauritius, Rodriguez and Reunion?	THE MASCARENE ISLANDS
2 In Hinduism, who is the most celebrated of the deities whose story is told in the Mahabarata?	KRISHNA
3 What was the alliterative nickname of the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, named after their smart appearance in a recruiting poster of 1809?	THE SAUCY SEVENTH
4 What does the expression “to sup with Sir Thomas Gresham” mean?	TO GO WITHOUT DINNER
5 Which ham, named after a town in Buckinghamshire, is cured in molasses with juniper berries, to give it a sweet flavour and black outside?	BRADENHAM HAM
6 On which continent is the cereal crop, teff grass, widely grown?	AFRICA - MAINLY IN ETHIOPIA
7 Which Irish author, who won both the 2011 Frank Kafka Prize and the 2005 Booker Prize, wrote the 1997 novel "The Untouchable"?	JOHN BANVILLE, WHO ALSO WRITES CRIME NOVELS UNDER THE PSEUDONYM OF BENJAMIN BLACK
8 Which famous economist resigned from the Treasury in 1919, because of his opposition to the economic terms of the Treaty of Versailles?	JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES
9 Mr Kurtz – he dead is a line borrowed from Joseph Conrad’s novel "Heart of Darkness" for the epigraph to which poem by T S Eliot?	THE HOLLOW MEN
10 In which sea, did a ferry carrying passengers from Saudi Arabia to Egypt, sink in early 2006 with the loss of a thousand lives?	THE RED SEA
11 In which Scottish market town, can Sueno’s stone be found?	FORRES. IT’S THE LARGEST KNOWN PICTISH SCULPTURED STONE.
12 What is the site of the former pilgrimage centre in Gwynedd, Wales which has a 6th century ruined abbey?	BARDSEY ISLAND - THE LEGENDARY ISLAND OF 20,000 SAINTS WHICH LIES JUST UNDER A COUPLE OF MILES OFF THE LLYN PENINSULA
13 Which 20th century poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote "Rannoch, by Glencoe”?	T S ELIOT
14 Located in Wales, what is Britain’s most complete set of monastery ruins?	TINTERN ABBEY
15 What name was given to the dynasty founded by Alexander the Great’s general, surnamed Nicastor, to whom fell that portion of the Asiatic conquest, which included Persia, Syria, Anatolia, and other parts of Asia Minor?	THE SELEUCIDS
16 Which Lebanese port is also known as Sour?	TYRE
17 What kind of fruit is a citrullus vulgaris?	AN (AFRICAN) WATER MELON
18 Which artist painted "Le Jardinier" ("The Gardener Vallier"), in 1906, which can be found in the Tate gallery?	PAUL CEZANNE
19 At the Fort William Highland games, what is the turning point of the half marathon?	BEN NEVIS
20 “Klezmer” is a genre of music primarily associated with which religion?	JUDAISM
9 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 16/06/2015
1 Which English dramatist who was born in 1932 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wrote the plays Zigger Zagger and The Apprentices?	PETER TERSON
2 In ancient Greece, to whom was the olive sacred?	ATHENA, IN ALLUSION TO THE STORY THAT AT THE NAMING OF ATHENS, SHE PRESENTED IT WITH AN OLIVE BRANCH. THE OLIVE WAS THE SYMBOL OF PEACE AND FECUNDITY.
3 What are fents in the cloth trade?	REMNANTS OR SHORT LENGTHS OF CLOTH, OFTEN FAULTY, ARISING FROM PROCESSING, AND SOLD CHEAP.
4 Which word described the arrangement of pages of a book for printing purposes?	IMPOSITION.
5 Which is the name of the British string quartet, renowned for their performances of Shostakovich, whose current members are Lucy Russell and Marcus Barcham-Stevens on violins, Alan George on viola and Heather Tuach on cello?	THE FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET
6 Which French dramatist and poet (1868-1955), who was nominated for the Nobel prize for Literature on no less than six occasions, wrote "The Satin Slipper", which is set during the Renaissance, at the time of the conquistadors?	PAUL CLAUDEL
7 In the 1670s, which club was a particular rallying point for Shaftesbury, and other opponents of Charles II?	THE GREEN RIBBON CLUB
8 Who was the fast talking music hall comedian, born in Ladywood, Birmingham, who won acclaim through a famous golfing sketch?	SID FIELD (1904-1950)
9 In which country is the Sondheim musical “A Little Night Music” set?	IN SWEDEN. IT WAS INSPIRED BY INGMAR BERMAN'S FILM "SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT"
10 Which is the only country in the West Indies, that is not included in the Antilles?	THE BAHAMAS
11 Which city under Ottoman rule, resisted Napoleon’s besieging army for two months until May 1799 when Napoleon retreated?	ACRE - IT WAS ONE OF NAPOLEON'S FEW DEFEATS
12 Volume 1 was entitled “My Father Bleeds History”. Volume 2 was called “And There My Troubles Began”. Together they tell of Vladek Spiegelman’s ordeal in the Polish ghettos and Auschwitz. What is the title of this Pulitzer winning novel?	MAUS WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY ART SPIEGELMAN
13 Which Christian sect which flourished in southern France in the late 12th century, believed in a dualist system, where God created spiritual things and Satan created worldly things?	THE ALBIGENSIANS OR CATHARS
14 What name is given to the pair of almond-shaped organs located in the medial temporal lobe, and part of the limbic system, which is responsible for emotions, particularly strong negative emotions such as fear and anger?	THE AMYGDALA
15 Which is the most famous poem by the American Joel Barlow (1754-1812) who was a poet, diplomat, and politician, who supported the French Revolution and was an ardent Jeffersonian?	THE HASTY PUDDING
16 Scientologists believe that humans are possessed by Thetans, which are the spirits of aliens murdered 75 million years ago, by which galactic overlord?	XENU
17 Which society gives the Hubbard medal, named for its first president, for exploration, discovery and research?	THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. IN 2013, IT WAS AWARDED TO SYLVIA EARL, A BIOLOGIST FOR MARINE EXPLORATION, JAMES CAMERON THE FILM DIRECTOR FOR MARINE EXPLORATION AND TO E O WILSON, A BIOLOGIST FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
18 Which musical instrument was developed and named, by Alexander Debain in Paris in 1840?	THE HARMONIUM
19 In the Old Testament, what was the name of Esther’s Uncle who helped her to save the Jews from the plot of the vizier Haman?	MORDECAI
20 Who wrote the words and music for the musical Gypsy?	STEPHEN SONDHEIM WROTE THE WORDS AND JULES STYNE WROTE THE MUSIC
8 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 15/06/2015	What was the name of the English chemist and physicist, who in 1861, discovered the element thallium by observing a green line in the spectrum of selenium?
Ooops! - sorry about the typo "flanch" in the answer to Question 2 on the 9th June - it should have been flaunch....
1 Who wrote the first mediaeval text book on surgery in 1170?	ROGER OF SALERNO
2 What kind of a bird is the saddle-billed?	IT’S A COLOURFUL STORK OF TROPICAL AFRICA WITH AN EXCEPTIONALLY LONG THIN LEGS AND NECK.
3 What is the alternative name for the Labrador current, which is a cold current in the North Atlantic Ocean?	THE ARCTIC CURRENT, WHICH FLOWS FROM THE ARCTIC OCEAN SOUTH ALONG THE COAST OF LABRADOR. IT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE WEST GREENLAND CURRENT AND THE BAFFIN ISLAND CURRENT
4 Which naval port stands opposite Portsmouth, on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour?	GOSPORT
5 Which English astronomer, born in 1915 near Bingley in West Yorkshire, wrote many important works including The Nature of the Universe and The Frontiers of Astronomy?	FRED HOYLE WHO DIED IN 2001
6 Which London Park takes its name from the leper colony that once stood on the banks of the Tyburn?	ST JAMES PARK. (ST JAMES THE LESS)
7 Who was the first Queen’s Counsel?	FRANCIS BACON, WHO WAS APPOINTED BY ELIZABETH I AS QUEEN'S COUNSEL EXTRAORDINARY.
8 What do broomrape, dodder and toothwort have in common?	THEY ARE ALL PARASITIC PLANTS WITH NO CHLOROPHYLL – THEY STEAL THEIR FOOD BY SENDING SUCKERS INTO OTHER PLANTS, AND CAN CAUSE HUGE ECONOMIC LOSSES IN A VARIETY OF HERBACEOUS CROPS
9 Which American president won the nickname of "Old Rough and Ready" when he fought in the Seminole Wars?	ZACHARY TAYLOR (IN OFFICE 1849-1850)
10 What does the Jewish festival of Seder commemorate?	THE EXODUS OF THE JEWS FROM EGYPT.
11 Where will you see the Stuart Sapphire?	IN THE QUEEN’S IMPERIAL STATE CROWN. ITS ORIGINAL OWNER IS TRADITIONALLY ALEXANDER II OF SCOTLAND AND IT WAS SET INTO HIS CROWN FOR HIS CORONATION IN 1214
12 Born in London in 1913, which English fashion and portrait photographer was associated with Vogue and Queen magazines and from the late 1960s, took many official portraits of the Royal family?	NORMAN PARKINSON WHO DIED IN 1990
13 Dating from 290-245 million years ago, which was the last period of the Palaeozoic Era?	THE PERMIAN
14 What is the name of the pool on Bodmin Moor, where legend says that a man had to empty it with a leaking limpet shell?	DOZMARY POOL
15 What kind of garden flower is the variety called Mrs Sinkins?	A PINK
16 Which religious movement took its name from the Latinised name of the Dutch theologian Jacob Arminius, and grew in the early 17th century as a reaction against the strict tenets of Calvinism?	THE ARMINIANS
17 Which symphonic poem by Resphigi, depicts the composer’s feelings in Rome, while looking at the Valle Giulia, the Triton, the Villa Medici and the Trevi at different times of the day?	THE FOUNTAINS OF ROME
18 With which card game, do you most closely associate the name of Ely Culbertson?	CONTRACT BRIDGE - HE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE POPULARISATION OF THE GAME AND IS KNOWN AS THE "MAN WHO MADE CONTRACT BRIDGE"
19 What name is given to the larvae of the crane fly, prone to attack and kill the roots of plants, especially on ground newly converted from grassland?	LEATHERJACKETS
20 What was the name of the English chemist and physicist, who in 1861, discovered the element thallium by observing a green line in the spectrum of selenium?	WILLIAM CROOKES
7 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 14/06/2015
1 Which American jazz clarinettist became the first significant white bandleader to hire a black female singer, when he signed Billie Holiday as his vocalist in 1938?	ARTIE SHAW
2 Moyogi, Kengai and Chokkan are three styles used in what?	BONSAI
3 Ordained in 1291, which Franciscan theologian who lectured at Oxford and Paris, was known as the Doctor Subtilis or Subtle Doctor?	DUNS SCOTUS
4 How is World War II referred to, in the Republic of Ireland?	THE EMERGENCY
5 What name is given to a jewelled headband, or the arch of a crown?	A DIADEM
6 In 1995, who succeeded Douglas Hurd as Britain's Foreign Secretary?	MALCOLM RIFKIND
7 In "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", what are the names of the clowns to the eponymous characters of Valentine and Proteus?	SPEED AND LAUNCE
8 Which cruise ship sank in the Antarctic in late 2007, after hitting an iceberg?	THE MV EXPLORER
9 The International Day of the Older Person is on the first day of which month?	OCTOBER
10 To which family of plants, do the wild flowers Wood Anemone (Anemone Nemorosa), Columbine (Aquilegia Vulgaris) and Marsh Marigold (Caltha Palustris) belong?	THE RANUCULUS - BUTTERCUPS
11 Which Italian sculptor designed the piazza in front of St Peter's in Rome?	GIAN LORENZO BERNINI (1598-1680)
12 Who painted Westminster Bridge from the North on Lord Mayor’s Day?	CANALETTO
13 In the traditional English folk song "There is a Tavern in the Town", what type of tree does the singer say he'll hang his hat on?	A WEEPING WILLOW
14 Frisby and Funly are varieties of which salad vegetable?	LETTUCE
15 What is the value of the orbital quantum number of an electron in a S orbital?	ZERO
16 In Oct/Nov 2008, experts decided that which foodstuff should ideally stand four inches high?	YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS
17 Which high-kicking Hong Kong action star made his Hollywood breakthrough in the 2000 film "Romeo Must Die"?	JET LI
18 Grey Street, designed by John Dobson in the early 19th century and renowned for its Georgian architecture, is an elegant feature of which northern English city?	NEWCASTLE
19 Which British actress is the face of Chanel's "Coco Mademoiselle" fragrance?	KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
20 Who wrote the 1890 novel "The Light That Failed", following the life of Dick Heldar, a painter who goes blind?	RUDYARD KIPLING
6 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 13/06/2015
1 What is the word for a compound, which has large molecules made up of many relatively simple repeated units?	POLYMER
2 Whose novel "The First Man", the manuscript of which was found in the wreckage of the car crash that killed him, was published posthumously 34 years after his death in 1995?	ALBERT CAMUS
3 What are represented by the eight points on the crosses of the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitallers?	THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF JESUS CHRIST
4 What name is given to the wig worn by Orthodox Jewish married women?	A SHEITEL
5 Which Roman goddess of the arts was worshipped in the Capitoline temple, along with Jupiter and Juno, in the trio of Roman deities?	MINERVA
6 In 1935, the London Symphony Orchestra recorded the score by Sir Arthur Bliss for which science fiction film?	THINGS TO COME WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST FILM SCORE EVER COMMITTED TO DISC.
7 Which 10th century Benedictine monastery, off the Normandy coast, was used as a state prison from 1804 to 1863?	MONT ST MICHEL
8 Who was the Emperor of Rome, when the famous eruption of Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79AD?	TITUS
9 Which Greek sheep's milk cheese is commonly used in the famous Greek dish saganaki?	KASSERI
10 Which species of parrot, native to New Zealand, is known as the feathered wolf because of its reputation for attacking and killing sheep?	THE KEA
11 Pinpeat is the classical music of which Asian country and is an orchestra or musical ensemble which performs the ceremonial music of the royal courts and temples?	CAMBODIA
12 The "figure" or effect of being able to see the shadows of the retinal blood vessels in one's own eye, has been given what name after a Czech physiologist who died in 1869?	KLEIST
13 Name the principle of electron addition that takes its name from the German for "building up."	THE AUFBAU PRINCIPLE
14 Which German composer who died in 2007, composed Kontakte which is a piece for electronic sounds, piano and percussion with the title referring to the touching of the various groups of sounds?	KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
15 How many months were there in the Mayan civil calendar known as the Haab?	18
16 Crimson Rosella, Port Lincoln and Greater Redcheeked are all types of what?	PARROTS
17 The Giant Unicorn became extinct in prehistoric times. It was, of course, not a unicorn but instead it was an ancient relative of which modern mammal?	RHINOCEROS
18 How much is a first class large letter stamp as at May 2015?	95 PENCE
19 Which thriller writer who was born in Kendal in 1923 and who died in 1983, wrote such adventure novels as "The Golden Keel", "The Freedom Trap" and "Windfall"?	DESMOND BAGLEY
20 The force between two electrical charges is proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. This law is named after which French physicist, who also has the SI unit of electrical charge	CHARLES-AUGUSTIN DE COULOMB
5 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 12/06/2015
1 In 2013, which British illustrator and fashion designer created the installation "Ladies Let Rip" for Bath in Fashion at the Holbourne Museum.	JULIE VERHOEVEN WHO HAS WORKED FOR THE ITALIAN LABEL GIBO AND COLLABORATED WITH SUCH BRANDS AS LOUIS VUITTON, VERSACE AND PETER JENSEN
2 The oil used for the anointing of the sovereign from the coronation of Henry IV until Tudor times, was supposedly given by the Virgin Mary to which saint?	THOMAS A BECKET.
3 Jimmy Noone and Johnny Dodds were both jazz musicians on which musical instrument?	THE CLARINET
4 What are the names of the daughters of Vernon Kay and Tess Daly?	PHOEBE AND AMBER
5 Belong, Spring In Paris, Chic and All For Love are perfumes in which singer's Parfum range which is produced by Coty?	CELINE DION
6 Which ethnic Greek poet, worked for 30 years, as a civil servant in Alexandra’s Irrigation Service?	CONSTANTINE CAFAVY – FROM 1892.
7 Light sensitive photographic film uses which main element?	SILVER
8 Of which species is the Turkana Boy, the most complete known skeleton?	HOMO ERECTUS – THE SKELETON WAS FOUND IN 1984 NEAR LAKE TURKANA BY KAMOYA KIMEU, IN RICHARD LEAKEY’S TEAM)
9 Between which two Alabama cities, did Martin Luther King make his Freedom Walk in 1965?	SELMA AND MONTGOMERY
10 Which politician, MP for Lewisham Deptford until she stood down in 2015, was first elected to the House of Commons in 1987 and was the Chair of the CND from 1981 to 1985?	JOAN RUDDOCK
11 Which organization uses the slogan “Unity, Loyalty, Patriotism and Comradeship”?	THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION
12 Which element is used as a moderator in the control of nuclear reactors, as it easily absorbs neutrons?	BORON
13 Which English playwright's face was described as being "like a woollen mat"?	NOEL COWARD’S.
14 What type of laser is used in CD’s and DVDs?	SEMICONDUCTOR
15 The milky opalescence of what drink is known as the Louche?	ABSINTHE
16 Which peninsula is located between Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean?	THE DELMARVA PENINSULA (DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA)
17 Robert Draper’s book "Dead Certain" is a critique of which American President?	GEORGE W BUSH
18 Which 1971 novel arose from the author’s Sports Illustrated assignment to cover the Mint 400 desert motocross?	FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS BY HUNTER S THOMPSON
19 What is the main city of Kurdish Iraq?	KIRKUK
20 Which British novelist’s 2008 book about death is called Nothing To Be Frightened Of?	JULIAN BARNES
4- DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 12/06/2015
1 In nautical terms, if a ship flies the single flag for the letter 'W', what does this signify to other ships?	MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUIRED
2 In what way is the rare banded anteater or numbat, distinct from all other Australian marsupials?	IT DOESN'T HAVE A POUCH
3 From which English county does Brickbat cheese come?	WILTSHIRE
4 What was the main title of Harold MacMillan’s influential 1938 book, which advocated more government intervention in economic and political affairs?	THE MIDDLE WAY
5 What is the ancient name for the eastern coastal region on the Adriatic, that was conquered by Philip of Macedon and is now equivalent to the region of Dalmatia?	ILLYRIA
6 Which Warwickshire town, which lies on the river Anker, is almost surrounded by motorways?	NUNEATON
7 Which Roman Emperor was responsible for the banishment of the poet Ovid to Tomis (now Constantia, Romania) in 8 AD?	AUGUSTUS CAESAR
8 Where does the M69 meet the M1?	LEICESTER
9 Which is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth’s crust, after feldspar?	QUARTZ
10 In The Merchant of Venice, which of the three caskets contains what the Prince of Aragon describes as “the portrait of a blinking idiot”?	THE SILVER CASKET
11 What is another name for the Egyptian mongoose, venerated in ancient Egypt, because it destroyed the eggs of crocodiles?	THE ICHNEUMON
12 In which English county is Sir Thomas Tresham’s Triangular Lodge, which is made of limestone and ironstone to give a striped effect?	NORTHAMPTONSHIRE – IN THE VILLAGE OF RUSHTON. HE WAS A DETERMINED CATHOLIC, IMPRISONED FOR HIS BELIEFS AND THE LODGE CELEBRATES THE HOLY TRINITY.
13 Which fine red wine comes from the left bank of the Gironde Estuary?	MEDOC
14 What is the name given to metal barriers used on motorways and motor racing circuits, taken from their trade mark name?	ARMCO
15 Which rare New Zealand flightless bird is known as the parrot of the night?	THE KAKAPO WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE OWL PARROT
16 Who was the leader of a group of artists called The Ancients, due to their love of the mediaeval, and who were inspired by William Blake?	SAMUEL PALMER WHO PAINTED SUCH MYSTICAL VISIONARY LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS AS THE REPOSE OF THE HOLY FAMILY
17 What kind of artistic business was carried on in the 19th century, by the American artists Nathaniel Currier and James M Ives?	LITHOGRAPHS WHICH WERE ADVERTISED BY THEIR PUBLISHERS AS COLOURED ENGRAVINGS FOR THE PEOPLE.
18 Which 19th century English painter’s works include Rent Day In the Wilderness?	EDWIN LANDSEER
19 The work of which 19th century German mathematician, a contemporary of Gauss, concerning the geometry of space, provided the foundation for the concepts used later in the theory of relativity?	GEORG RIEMANN
20 Which 19th century Victorian engineer built the Chelsea, Victoria, and Albert embankments to provide an alternative to the pestilential flood prone banks of the Thames?	JOSEPH BAZALGETTE WHO ALSO DESIGNED THE NEW BATTERSEA, HAMMERSMITH AND PUTNEY BRIDGES.
3 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 11/06/2015
1 Which town lies between Milan and Turin and houses an ossuary, which contains the bones of 9000 soldiers killed in a battle of 1859?	MAGENTA
2 Of which wood are the despatch boxes in the House of Common made? They were a gift from New Zealand?	PURIRI WOOD (WHICH IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE NEW ZEALAND TEAK, OAK OR WALNUT)
3 A leap year is known as a bisextile year from the Roman custom of counting which day in February, twice every fourth year?	24TH FEBRUARY
4 Worn by French revolutionaries in the 18th century, what was a carmagnole?	A SHORT JACKET
5 The discovery of and work on which vitamin, led to Carl Peter Henrik Dam and Edward Adelbert Doisy sharing the 1943 Physiology or Medicine Nobel prize?	VITAMIN K
6 What is cocksfoot?	A TALL GRASS SOMETIMES KNOWN AS ORCHARD GRASSES
7 Which US film director set up her own fashion label, Milk Fed in the 1990's?	SOFIA COPPOLA
8 Which Scottish financier lived part of his life in France, produced a project for a French national bank which was approved in 1718 and then almost bankrupted his adopted country with a scheme to reclaim and settle lands by the Mississippi?	JOHN LAW (1671-1729)
9 Since the mid 1980s, the name of which former Watford and AC Milan footballer has been used by Italian anarchists?	LUTHER BLISSET
10 The worst marine disaster of the 20th century occurred when which ship was torpedoed in the Baltic Sea in 1945 with the loss of over 7000 lives?	THE MV WILHELM GUSTLOFF WHICH WAS A GERMAN PASSENGER SHIP SUNK BY A RUSSIAN SUBMARINE
11 Which British poet and novelist wrote Image of a Society?	ROY FULLER (1912-1991) WHOSE DAYTIME JOB WAS A SOLICITOR FOR THE WOOLWICH EQUITABLE BUILDING SOCIETY
12 Who is the Egyptian goddess of truth and justice?	MAAT WHOSE OSTRICH FEATHER REPRESENTED TRUTH
13 Which novelist (1934-2006) who is regarded as one of the most important Irish writers of the latter part of the 20th century, wrote "Amongst Women", "The Barracks" and "The Dark"?	JOHN MCGAHERN
14 Which early summer food and fibre crop seen in the English countryside, turns the fields blue?	LINSEED (FLAX)
15 In 1897, the actor William Terriss was murdered outside which theatre in the Strand, his ghost being said to haunt the place?	THE ADELPHI
16 Which English composer’s works include the Ballet Cafe Des Sports? He was widely known for his books of musical analysis and for his radio programmes "Talking About Music"?	ANTHONY HOPKINS (1921-2014) - NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE ACTOR OF THE SAME NAME
17 What is the name of the region of North West Italy which lies in the foothills of the Alps? Dominated by Savoy from 1400, it became a part of the kingdom of Sardinia in 1720 and the centre of the movement for a united Italy in the late 19th century?	PIEDMONT
18 A ballet is a collective noun for a group of which graceful birds?	SWANS
19 What was the name of the ancient east-west fortification system running from near Portishead to near Marlborough, which was probably constructed as a defence against Saxon invasion?	WANSDYKE
20 Which Athenian dramatist wrote the Oresteia trilogy which consists of the plays "Agamemnon", "The Libation Bearers" and "The Eumenides" (The Furies)?	AESCHYLUS
2 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 10/06/2015
1 In Shakespeare’s play Pericles, what is the name of the governor of Tarsus?	CLEON
2 Who wrote the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus?	BEETHOVEN
3 Who were the English and Scottish lieutenants of the Marches, whose death in battle is described in the ballad of Chevy Chase?	THE EARL DOUGLAS WHO WAS SCOTTISH AND THE LORD PERCY WHO WAS ENGLISH
4 The 1981 film “The Priest of Love” was about the life of which English writer?	D H LAWRENCE WHO WAS PLAYED BY IAN MCKELLEN
5 The works of which British composer whose centenary was celebrated in 2005, include the overture Derby Day, a harp concerto called Lara Angelica and an operatic version of Strindberg’s Miss Julie?	WILLIAM ALWYN (1905-1985).
6 Which Biblical prophet was the son of Cushi?	ZEPHANIAH.
7 What name did Charles II taken when disguised as Jane Lane’s servant during his escape in 1651?	WILLIAM JACKSON
8 What is forrell?	IT’S A KIND OF PARCHMENT DRESSED UP TO LOOK LIKE VELLUM.
9 After the Amazon, which is the 2nd longest river in South America?	THE PARANA
10 Which British electrical engineer patented his vacuum diode valve in 1904, and is probably best remembered for his rules to assist in working out the relative directions of the field, current and force in electrical machines?	SIR AMBROSE FLEMING (1849-1945)
11 Which of Napoleon’s marshals who was known for his vanity, was reputed to have told a firing squad to aim for his heart, rather than his face, following his arrest shortly after Waterloo?	JOACHIM MURAT (1767-1815) WHO WAS KNOWN AS THE DANDY KING
12 What is rhyolite?	A FINE GRAINED GRANITE LIKE VOLCANIC ROCK CONTAINING SILICA.
13 Named after a 10th century Bulgarian priest, which Slavic sect was an offshoot of the Byzantine Paulicians and also borrowed from Gnosticism and Manichaeism?	THE BOGOMILSi
14 What is the part of the brain called that is usually located in the left frontal lobe and is involved with speech production?	BROCA’S AREA.
15 Which is the state bird of Ohio?	THE CARDINAL
16 Which playwright wrote over 100 plays of Greek new comedy, of which only one has been found intact? It’s called The Curmudgeon and was discovered on an Egyptian papyrus in 1958?	MENANDER (340'S BC-290 BC)
17 Chromodynamics is based on the interaction of quarks with which particles, which are responsible for the formation of protons and neutrons, by binding quarks together? The particle is a carrier of the strong nuclear force which holds together the part	THE GLUON
18 In Frank L Baum’s book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, what was the name of the Cowardly Lion?	ZEKE
19 Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, has a name meaning what in Arabic?	THE FLYING EAGLE
20 In biology, into which major grouping are all organisms put, except bacteria and cyanobacteria?	EUKARYOTES
1. DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ 09/06/205
1 Off which island did the Italian liner Andrea Doria sink in 1956, with the loss of 52 lives, after a collision with the MS Stockholm ?	NANTUCKET
2 What name is given to the cement or mortar slope around a chimney?	FLANCH. THE SLOPING FILLET OF CEMENT OR MORTAR EMBEDDING THE BASE OF A CHIMNEY POT IS KNOWN AS FLANCHING.
3 In which county will you find Arbor Low, a Neolithic stone circle and double entrance tomb?	DERBYSHIRE (IT’S NEAR BAKEWELL).
4 What was the Treasure of Dongo?	A HOARD OF GOLD SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN IN THE POSSESSION OF MUSSOLINI IN APRIL 1945 WHEN HE WAS CAPTURED BY ITALIAN PARTISANS AT DONGO NEAR LAKE COMO.
5 After killing Desdemona, Othello is relieved of his command. Which officer is made ruler of Cyprus in his stead?	CASSIO
6 Which renowned French writer died in an insane asylum in 1893?	GUY DE MAUPASSANT
7 Where is the Coromandel Peninsula?	EAST CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.
8 What name is given to the small cubes of marble, glass and other substances used in the making of mosaics?	TESSERAE.
9 Who is the patron saint of Palermo in Sicily?	ST ROSALIA.
10 What is Bernoulli’s Principle?	THE PRESSURE OF A MOVING GAS DECREASES AS ITS VELOCITY INCREASES
11 With which of the arts would you associate Kenneth Armitage (1916-2002)?	SCULPTURE. “FAMILY GOING FOR A WALK” IS ONE OF HIS BEST KNOWN PIECES.
12 Born in New York, which Viscount, after a period as American minister to Italy, emigrated to Britain and became a newspaper proprietor, acquiring the Pall Mall Gazette, the Pall Mall Magazine and the Observer in 1911?	(VISCOUNT) WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR
13 The Starlight Barking is the sequel to which much loved children’s book?	THE 101 DALMATIANS BY DODIE SMITH
14 In 1920, Sir Eric Drummond became the first Secretary General of which international organisation?	THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
15 Which musical hall star (1863-1943) sang the song “At Trinity Church, I met my doom”?	TOM COSTELLO
16 Which Scottish king was forced to abdicate by Edward I in 1296, spending the next 3 years in the Tower before being released to spend the rest of his life in exile in France?	JOHN BAILLIOL
17 The building of a railway linking Berlin and a city which was then a Turkish possession, was one of the causes of tension before 1914. Which city was the railway’s ultimate destination?	BAGHDAD.
18 What part of a mussel is its byssus?	THE TUFT OF FILAMENT WITH WHICH IT IS ATTACHED TO ROCKS ETC. SEA SILK WHICH IS CLOTH OF EXCEEDINGLY FINE TEXTURE IS MADE FROM BYSSAL FIBRES OBTAINED FROM THE PEN SHELL
19 In the 2005 election, George Galloway and his Respect party defeated the reigning MP, Oona King for which constituency?	BETHNAL GREEN & BOW
20 What was the name of the man known as the father of the cycle industry, who invented in Coventry, the tensioned wire spoke, which made possible the penny farthing?	JAMES STARLEY (1831-1851)
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