360 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. What name is given to the narrowest expanse of sea in the North Channel, between County Antrim and the Mull of Kintyre – the distance between the two points being about 12 miles at their closest?
  2. Which North Indian town was the site of three decisive battles of the Mughal era?
  3. What name is given to the long stole of Anglican clergy, which is worn during a service?
  4. Coming after the Huns, but before the Hungarians, which nomadic people dominated the plains of the Carpathian basin from the mid-6th century, until they were defeated by Charlemagne in 796?
  5. What is the name of the wicked fairy in the ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty"?
  6. What is the Morse Code for the letter F?
  7. What is the name of the building, in which the Welsh Assembly meets in Cardiff?

8.  Which form of radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum, has the longest wavelength?

  1. In music, what is a spinto?
  2. Which dramatic work by Benjamin Britten, was first performed at St Bartholomew's Church, Orford, in Suffolk, in 1964?
  3. In horse racing, what is a quinella bet?
  4. In which Dickens novel is Britain without a prime minister because “Lord Coodle would go out, Sir Thomas Doodle wouldn’t come in and there being nobody in Great Britain to speak of except Coodle and Doodle, there had been no government”?
  5. Which hot relish, made with chillies, garlic, herbs and spices, is very popular in the Middle East, particularly the Yemen?

14.  Which was the only musical that Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote directly for the cinema?

  1. What name is given to the type of Japanese porcelain, made at the Arita kilns in Hizen province?
  2. Which 1820 novel by Sir Walter Scott, featured characters named Edward and Halbert, who are the sons of Simon Glendinning?
  3. Romans wore garlands of which herb at feasts, to stop themselves from getting drunk?
  4. A well known songwriter began his career as a singing waiter in New York. Among his songs are “Play A Simple Melody” and “Shakin’ The Blues Away”. Who was he?
  5. Which part of the body is also known as the thrapple?
  6. To which post was Peter Mandelson appointed, in Tony Blair’s first government in 1997?

360 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

1.  THE STRAITS (OR SEA) OF MOYLE

2.  PANIPAT (1526, 1556 AND 1761)

3.  A TIPPETT

4.  THE AVARS

5.  CARABOSSE

6.  DOT DOT DASH DOT – THE WORD FENESTRATION IS THE WAY TO REMEMBER IT, PHONETICALLY

7.  TY HYWEL, WHICH WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS CRICKHOWELL HOUSE.

8.  A RADIO WAVE. GAMMA RAYS HAVE THE SHORTEST

9.  A TYPE OF SOPRANO OR TENOR. TRANSLATED, THE WORD MEANS PUSHED AND DESCRIBES A MORE DRAMATIC DARK SOUND, AND USUALLY, A HEAVIER VOICE.

10.  CURLEW RIVER

11.  IDENTIFYING THE 1ST AND 2ND PLACE WINNERS IN ANY ORDER

12.  BLEAK HOUSE

13.  ZHUG

14.  STATE FAIR (1945)

15.  IMARI

16.  THE MONASTERY

17.  PARSLEY

18.  IRVING BERLIN (1888-1989)

19.  THE WINDPIPE

20. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO

360 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS

  1. What name is given to the narrowest expanse of sea in the North Channel, between County Antrim and the Mull of Kintyre – the distance between the two points being about 12 miles at their closest? THE STRAITS (OR SEA) OF MOYLE
  2. Which North Indian town was the site of three decisive battles of the Mughal era? PANIPAT (1526, 1556 AND 1761)
  3. What name is given to the long stole of Anglican clergy, which is worn during a service? A TIPPETT
  4. Coming after the Huns, but before the Hungarians, which nomadic people dominated the plains of the Carpathian basin from the mid-6th century, until they were defeated by Charlemagne in 796? THE AVARS
  5. What is the name of the wicked fairy in the ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty"? CARABOSSE
  6. What is the Morse Code for the letter F? DOT DOT DASH DOT – THE WORD FENESTRATION IS THE WAY TO REMEMBER IT, PHONETICALLY
  7. What is the name of the building, in which the Welsh Assembly meets in Cardiff? TY HYWEL, WHICH WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS CRICKHOWELL HOUSE.

8.  Which form of radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum has the longest wavelength? A RADIO WAVE. GAMMA RAYS HAVE THE SHORTEST

  1. In music, what is a spinto? A TYPE OF SOPRANO OR TENOR. TRANSLATED, THE WORD MEANS PUSHED, AND DESCRIBES A MORE DRAMATIC DARK SOUND, AND USUALLY, A HEAVIER VOICE.
  2. Which dramatic work by Benjamin Britten, was first performed at St Bartholomew's Church, Orford, in Suffolk, in 1964? CURLEW RIVER
  3. In horse racing, what is a quinella bet? IDENTIFYING THE 1ST AND 2ND PLACE WINNERS IN ANY ORDER
  4. In which Dickens novel, is Britain without a prime minister because, “Lord Coodle would go out, Sir Thomas Doodle wouldn’t come in and there being nobody in Great Britain to speak of, except Coodle and Doodle, there had been no government”? BLEAK HOUSE
  5. Which hot relish, made with chillies, garlic, herbs and spices is very popular in the Middle East, particularly the Yemen? ZHUG

14.  Which was the only musical that Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote directly for the cinema? STATE FAIR (1945)

  1. What name is given to the type of Japanese porcelain, made at the Arita kilns in Hizen province? IMARI
  2. Which 1820 novel by Sir Walter Scott, featured characters named Edward and Halbert, who are the sons of Simon Glendinning? THE MONASTERY
  3. Romans wore garlands of which herb at feasts, to stop themselves from getting drunk?
  4. A well known songwriter began his career as a singing waiter in New York. Among his songs are “Play A Simple Melody” and “Shakin’ The Blues Away”. Who was he? IRVING BERLIN
  5. Which part of the body is also known as the thrapple? THE WINDPIPE
  6. To which post was Peter Mandelson appointed, in Tony Blair’s first government in 1997? MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO