445 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. Which Bedfordshire market town, lies in the Chiltern Hills, and was known to the Romans as Durocobrivis?
  2. Gurpurabs are festivals celebrating specific anniversaries, in which religion?
  3. What is the Sanskrit word for a yoga headstand?
  4. Who says in Hamlet, “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions”?
  5. In a monastery, what name was given to the place of assembly for the discussion of business?
  6. Who was the adopted son and successor of Hadrian, who ruled the Roman Empire from 138-161 in a generally, harmonious and peaceful reign?
  7. What is the name of the science dealing with the management, and productivity of land?
  8. Who has been the music director of the Covent Garden Royal Opera House, since 2002?
  9. Rathlin island, which is the only inhabited offshore island in Northern Ireland, lies off the coast of which Northern Irish county?
  10. Noted for sending Commodore Perry to open links with Japan, which former Whig US president was the nominee of the American party in the Presidential election of 1856, getting 22% of the vote in third place, James Buchanan being elected as President?
  11. "The Tale of the Stone Flower", "Cinderella", and "Romeo and Juliet", are ballets with music composed by which Russian?
  12. Tempted into an underwater grotto by water nymphs, while on the expedition of the Argonauts and never found, Hylas was a favourite companion of which Greek hero?
  13. Which Roman Emperor had the first bridge, (the Pons Aelius), built over the river Tyne, at the swing bridge site in Newcastle?
  14. What did Alfred Nobel’s father, Immanuel, invent?
  15. Which West Indian archipelago and state, consists of more than 700 islands, only about 30 of which, are inhabited?
  16. What is the Russian name given to the politicians, from the security or military services, who surround the Russian president, Vladimir Putin?
  17. What dismissive name was given to London-based Romantic poets such as John Keats, Leigh Hunt and Percy Shelley, the term first being used in a scathing review in Blackwood's Magazine in 1817, in which the anonymous reviewer mocked the poets' lack of pedigree and sophistication?
  18. What name is given to an oval flaky pastry filled with currants, lemon peel and spices?
  19. In which European country, is a Muslim known as a Pomak?
  20. Longyearbyen is a port on which European island?

445 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. DUNSTABLE
  2. SIKHISM
  3. SIRSASANA
  4. KING CLAUDIUS
  5. THE CHAPTER HOUSE
  6. ANTONINUS PIUS
  7. AGRONOMICS
  8. ANTONIO PAPPANO, THE BRITISH-ITALIAN PIANIST AND CONDUCTOR
  9. ANTRIM
  10. MILLARD FILLMORE
  11. SERGEI PROKOFIEV
  12. HERCULES
  13. THE EMPEROR HADRIAN
  14. A ROTARY LATHE, USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PLYWOOD
  15. THE BAHAMAS
  16. THE SILOVIKI
  17. THE COCKNEY POETS
  18. A BANBURY CAKE
  19. BULGARIA, WHERE THEY ARE OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS BULGARIAN MUSLIMS
  20. SPITSBERGEN, WHICH IS IN THE SVALBARD ARCHIPELAGO, IN NORTHERN NORWAY

445 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS

1.  Which Bedfordshire market town, lies in the Chiltern Hills, and was known to the Romans as Durocobrivis? DUNSTABLE

2.  Gurpurabs are festivals celebrating specific anniversaries, in which religion? SIKHISM

3.  What is the Sanskrit word for a yoga headstand? SIRSASANA

4.  Who says in Hamlet, “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions”?
KING CLAUDIUS

5.  In a monastery, what name was given to the place of assembly for the discussion of business?
THE CHAPTER HOUSE

6.  Who was the adopted son and successor of Hadrian, who ruled the Roman Empire from 138-161, in a generally, harmonious and peaceful reign? ANTONINUS PIUS

7.  What is the name of the science dealing with the management, and productivity of land? AGRONOMICS

8.  Who has been the music director of the Covent Garden Royal Opera House, since 2002?
ANTONIO PAPPANO, THE BRITISH-ITALIAN PIANIST AND CONDUCTOR

9.  Rathlin island, which is the only inhabited offshore island in Northern Ireland, lies off the coast of which Northern Irish county? ANTRIM

10.  Noted for sending Commodore Perry to open links with Japan, which former Whig US president was the nominee of the American party in the Presidential election of 1856, getting 22% of the vote in third place, James Buchanan being elected as President? MILLARD FILLMORE

  1. "The Tale of the Stone Flower", "Cinderella", and "Romeo and Juliet", are ballets with music composed by which Russian? SERGEI PROKOFIEV

12.  Tempted into an underwater grotto by water nymphs, while on the expedition of the Argonauts and never found, Hylas was a favourite companion of which Greek hero? HERCULES

13.  Which Roman Emperor had the first bridge, (the Pons Aelius), built over the river Tyne, at the swing bridge site in Newcastle? THE EMPEROR HADRIAN

14.  What did Alfred Nobel’s father, Immanuel, invent? A ROTARY LATHE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PLYWOOD

15.  Which West Indian archipelago and state, consists of more than 700 islands, only about 30 of which are inhabited? THE BAHAMAS

16.  What is the Russian name given to the politicians, from the security or military services, who surround the Russian president Vladimir Putin? THE SILOVIKI

17.  What dismissive name was given to London-based Romantic poets such as John Keats, Leigh Hunt and Percy Shelley, the term first being used in a scathing review in Blackwood's Magazine in 1817, in which the anonymous reviewer mocked the poets' lack of pedigree and sophistication? THE COCKNEY POETS

18.  What name is given to an oval flaky pastry filled with currants, lemon peel and spices? A BANBURY CAKE

19.  In which European country, is a Muslim known as a Pomak? BULGARIA, WHERE THEY ARE OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS BULGARIAN MUSLIMS

20. Longyearbyen is a port, on which European island? SPITSBERGEN, WHICH IS IN THE SVALBARD ARCHIPELAGO, IN NORTHERN NORWAY