592 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

1.  Which American city is served by Hopkins International airport?

2.  Which Sussex seaside town was the first to allow mixed bathing in 1901?

3.  What is a striated caracara?

4.  What are beignets?

5.  Mortagne-au-Perche in southern Normandy, hosts a celebration of which foodstuff, every March?

6.  In Welsh mythology, what magic object did Bran the Blessed possess which could heal the fatally wounded?

7.  The Roman official whose tasks included representing and defending the rights of the plebeians, gave his title to which British political weekly publication which was founded in 1937, and supports the Labour party?

8.  What name is given to the ironic awards, which commemorate those who accidentally kill themselves, in the most ridiculous fashion?

9.  A Spanish term meaning "let us go", is the origin of which single word slang expression, recorded since the mid 19th century, and used particularly in the USA to mean to depart hurriedly?

10.  In Dostoevsky’s "Crime and Punishment", what is the name of the detective who is convinced of Raskolnikov’s guilt, in the murder of a pawnbroker?

11.  Which English composer wrote the popular "Shepherd’s Pipe Carol" at the age of 18?

12.  Which form of calcite is named after its country of origin, is transparent in its pure form, and most distinctively exhibits double refraction?

13.  Who chaired the enquiry into the 1981 Brixton Riots, and later campaigned for the release of the Birmingham Six and the Guildford Four?

14.  Which scientific hypothesis states that each evolutionary advance by one species, is detrimental to others, and so all species must evolve as fast as possible, simply to survive?

  1. Which German city has won the European Green Capital award for 2017?
  2. Who is the patron saint of astronomers?
  3. Which musical instrument was said to have been invented in 1821, by the German Friedrich Buschmann?
  4. In Chaucer’s "Nun’s Priests Tale", Chaunticleer is a cock and Pertelote is a hen, but what is the name of the fox who runs off with Chaunticleer in his jaws?
  5. Which great Victorian engineer designed a prefabricated hospital, which was used in the Crimean War?
  6. What Swedish name in geology, is given to the annual layer of sediment, which, in glacier lakes consists of a light layer of silt and sand carried by melt-water, and a dark layer of clay during the winter?

592 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. CLEVELAND, OHIO
  2. BEXHILL ON SEA
  3. A SOUTH AMERICAN BIRD OF PREY. (IN THE FALKLANDS, IT IS KNOWN AS JOHNNY ROOK)
  4. DEEP FRIED FRITTERS OR DOUGHNUTS
  5. BLACK PUDDING
  6. A CAULDRON
  7. TRIBUNE. THE PRESENT EDITOR IS CHRIS McLAUGHLIN
  8. DARWINS
  9. VAMOOSE
  10. PORFIRY PETROVITCH
  11. JOHN RUTTER
  12. ICELAND SPAR
  13. LORD SCARMAN
  14. THE RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS
  15. ESSEN
  16. DOMINIC, THE FOUNDER OF THE DOMINICANS – HIS FEAST DAY IS THE 8TH OF AUGUST
  17. THE HARMONICA
  18. RUSSELL
  19. ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL (THE RENKIOI HOSPITAL)
  20. VARVES, WHICH ARE AN ANNUAL KIND OF RHYTHMITES, SO NAMED BECAUSE THEY ARE PRODUCED PERIODICALLY

592 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS

1.  Which American city is served by Hopkins International airport? CLEVELAND, OHIO

2.  Which Sussex seaside town was the first to allow mixed bathing in 1901? BEXHILL ON SEA

3.  What is a striated caracara? A SOUTH AMERICAN BIRD OF PREY. (IN THE FALKLANDS, IT IS KNOWN AS JOHNNY ROOK)

4.  What are beignets? DEEP FRIED FRITTERS OR DOUGHNUTS

5.  Mortagne-au-Perche in southern Normandy, hosts a celebration of which foodstuff, every March? BLACK PUDDING

6.  In Welsh mythology, what magic object did Bran the Blessed possess which could heal the fatally wounded? A CAULDRON

7.  The Roman official whose tasks included representing and defending the rights of the plebeians, gave his title to which British political weekly publication which was founded in 1937 and supports the Labour party? TRIBUNE. THE PRESENT EDITOR IS CHRIS McLAUGHLIN

8.  What name is given to the ironic awards, which commemorate those who accidentally kill themselves, in the most ridiculous fashion? DARWINS

9.  A Spanish term meaning "let us go", is the origin of which single word slang expression, recorded since the mid 19th century, and used particularly in the USA to mean to depart hurriedly? VAMOOSE

10.  In Dostoevsky’s "Crime and Punishment", what is the name of the detective who is convinced of Raskolnikov’s guilt, in the murder of a pawnbroker? PORFIRY PETROVITCH

11.  Which English composer wrote the popular "Shepherd’s Pipe Carol" at the age of 18?
JOHN RUTTER

12.  Which form of calcite is named after its country of origin, is transparent in its pure form, and most distinctively exhibits double refraction? ICELAND SPAR

13.  Who chaired the enquiry into the 1981 Brixton Riots, and later campaigned for the release of the Birmingham Six and the Guildford Four? LORD SCARMAN

14.  Which scientific hypothesis states that each evolutionary advance by one species, is detrimental to others, and so all species must evolve as fast as possible, simply to survive?
THE RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS

15.  Which German city has won the European Green Capital award for 2017? ESSEN

16.  Who is the patron saint of astronomers? DOMINIC, THE FOUNDER OF THE DOMINICANS – HIS FEAST DAY IS THE 8TH OF AUGUST

17.  Which musical instrument was said to have been invented in 1821 by the German Friedrich Buschmann? THE HARMONICA

18.  In Chaucer’s "Nun’s Priests Tale", Chaunticleer is a cock and Pertelote is a hen, but what is the name of the fox who runs off with Chaunticleer in his jaws? RUSSELL

19.  Which great Victorian engineer designed a prefabricated hospital, which was used in the Crimean War? ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL (THE RENKIOI HOSPITAL)

20. What Swedish name in geology, is given to the annual layer of sediment, which, in glacier lakes consists of a light layer of silt and sand carried by melt-water, and a dark layer of clay during the winter? VARVES, WHICH ARE AN ANNUAL KIND OF RHYTHMITES, SO NAMED BECAUSE THEY ARE PRODUCED PERIODICALLY