299 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. Who described the 1916 battle of the Somme as "the most gigantic, tenacious, grim, futile and bloody fight ever waged in the history of war"?
  2. In which London theatre, did Lilian Bayliss establish an opera and ballet company, in the 1930s?
  3. What is the collective noun for as group of buzzards?
  4. What kind of insect is the Japanese Yak killer?
  5. In Scotland, what would a zulu be used for?
  6. When heated, the element iodine passes from the solid to the vapour state, without turning liquid. What is this process known as?
  7. How much of the mass in the solar system, is made up of the planets?
  8. Which composer, considered to be the main Russian symbolist composer, became greatly influenced by the theosophy of Madame Blavatsky?

9.  Garry Essendine is the protagonist of which 1939 Noel Coward play? In the original production, he was played by Noel Coward himself.

  1. Ignoring Northern Ireland, Donegal borders just one other Irish county. Which is it?
  2. The Deutsche Borse prize is awarded in which field of the arts?
  3. Which island is also known as the Isle of Pearls or the Pearl of the Caribbean?
  4. "Would that the Roman people had but one neck" - which Roman Emperor said those words, according to the historian, Suetonius?
  5. Garden Slender, Texas Blind, Blue Spotted and Santa Cruz Long-toed, are species of which reptile?
  6. What name was given to the prefabricated cargo ships, designed by William Gibbs, and first produced by Henry Kaiser in the early 1940s, which took only a few weeks to build?
  7. Located 30 km from the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra, which archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to 34 monumental Buddhist, Hindu and Jain cave temples built between the 5th and 10th centuries?
  8. Who composed the solo piano composition, "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in 1834, although it was not published until 1855, 6 years after the composer's death?
  9. What is the name given to a white crystalline unsaturated carboxylic acid found in berries of the mountain ash, and used to inhibit the growth of moulds, and as an additive for certain synthetic coatings?
  10. Who is the president of Guyana?
  11. Effectively dividing the south of the country from the north, which Uruguayan river flows south to the west, to meet the River Uruguay on the Argentine frontier?

299 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, WHO WAS THE WAR MINISTER AT THE TIME.
  2. SADLER'S WELLS
  3. A WAKE
  4. IT’S A GIANT HORNET, AND ITS LARVAE IS SERVED RAW AS HORNET SASHIMI.
  5. IT’S A TWO MASTED FISHING VESSEL. DESIGNED IN 1879 BY A LOSSIEMOUTH FISHERMAN, WILLIAM "DAD" CAMPBELL, IT WAS NAMED ATER THE ZULU WAR WHICH WAS RAGING AT THE TIME
  6. SUBLIMATION
  7. JUST 0.135%. THE SUN ACCOUNTS FOR 99.86% OF THE ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM’S MASS.
  8. ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1871-1915)
  9. PRESENT LAUGHTER
  10. LEITRIM
  11. PHOTOGRAPHY - IN 2015, IT WAS WON BY THE PHOTOGRAPHERS, MIKHAEL SUBOTSKY, (SOUTH AFRICAN), AND PAUL WATERHOUSE, (BRITISH), FOR THEIR AMBITIOUS PUBLICATION "PONTE CITY (STEIDL 2014)", WHICH CHARTED THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF A 54 FLOOR APARTMENT BLOCK IN JOHANNESBURG
  12. MARGARITA ISLAND, WHICH IS THE LARGEST ISLAND OF THE NUEVA ESPARTA STATE IN VENEZUELA, AND IS SITUATED IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA
  13. CALIGULA
  14. SALAMANDER
  15. LIBERTY SHIPS
  16. THE ELLORA CAVES
  17. FREDERIC CHOPIN
  18. SORBIC ACID
  19. DAVID GRANGER, WHO TOOK OFFICE IN MAY 2015. HIS PRIME MINISTER IS MOSES NAGAMOOTOO
  20. THE RIO NEGRO

299 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS

  1. Who described the 1916 battle of the Somme as "the most gigantic, tenacious, grim, futile and bloody fight, ever waged in the history of war"? DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, WHO WAS THE WAR MINISTER AT THE TIME.
  2. In which London theatre, did Lilian Bayliss establish an opera and ballet company in the 1930s? SADLER'S WELLS
  3. What is the collective noun for as group of buzzards? A WAKE
  4. What kind of insect is the Japanese Yak killer? IT’S A GIANT HORNET, AND ITS LARVAE IS SERVED RAW AS HORNET SASHIMI.
  5. In Scotland, what would a zulu be used for? IT’S A TWO MASTED FISHING VESSEL. DESIGNED IN 1879 BY A LOSSIEMOUTH FISHERMAN, WILLIAM "DAD" CAMPBELL, IT WAS NAMED ATER THE ZULU WAR WHICH WAS RAGING AT THE TIME
  6. When heated, the element iodine passes from the solid to the vapour state, without turning liquid. What is this process known as? SUBLIMATION
  7. How much of the mass in the solar system is made up of the planets? JUST 0.135%. THE SUN ACCOUNTS FOR 99.86% OF THE ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM’S MASS.
  8. Which composer, considered to be the main Russian symbolist composer, became greatly influenced by the theosophy of Madame Blavatsky? ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1871-1915)

9.  Garry Essendine is the protagonist of which 1939 Noel Coward play? In the original production, he was played by Noel Coward himself. PRESENT LAUGHTER

  1. Ignoring Northern Ireland, Donegal borders just one other Irish county. Which is it?
    LEITRIM
  2. The Deutsche Borse prize is awarded in which field of the arts? PHOTOGRAPHY - IN 2015, IT WAS WON BY THE PHOTOGRAPHERS, MIKHAEL SUBOTSKY, (SOUTH AFRICAN), AND PAUL WATERHOUSE, (BRITISH), FOR THEIR AMBITIOUS PUBLICATION "PONTE CITY (STEIDL 2014)", WHICH CHARTED THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF A 54 FLOOR APARTMENT BLOCK IN JOHANNESBURG
  3. Which island is also known as the Isle of Pearls, or the Pearl of the Caribbean? MARGARITA ISLAND, WHICH IS THE LARGEST ISLAND OF THE NUEVA ESPARTA STATE IN VENEZUELA, AND IS SITUATED IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA
  4. "Would that the Roman people had but one neck" - which Roman Emperor said those words, according to the historian Suetonius? CALIGULA
  5. Garden Slender, Texas Blind, Blue Spotted and Santa Cruz Long-toed are species of which reptile? SALAMANDER
  6. What name was given to the prefabricated cargo ships designed by William Gibbs, and first produced by Henry Kaiser in the early 1940s, which took only a few weeks to build? LIBERTY SHIPS
  7. Located 30 km from the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra, which archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to 34 monumental Buddhist, Hindu and Jain cave temples built between the 5th and 10th centuries? THE ELLORA CAVES
  8. Who composed the solo piano composition, "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in 1834 although it was not published until 1855, 6 years after the composer's death? FREDERIC CHOPIN
  9. What is the name given to a white crystalline unsaturated carboxylic acid found in berries of the mountain ash, and used to inhibit the growth of moulds, and as an additive for certain synthetic coatings? SORBIC ACID
  10. Who is the president of Guyana? DAVID GRANGER WHO TOOK OFFICE IN MAY 2015. HIS PRIME MINISTER IS MOSES NAGAMOOTOO
  11. Effectively dividing the south of the country from the north, which Uruguayan river flows south to the west, to meet the River Uruguay on the Argentine frontier? THE RIO NEGRO