631 - Daphne's Daily Quiz

631 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. The Solovetsky islands are situated in which body of water?
  2. What is the name of the Spanish dough which is used to make tortillas and tamales?
  3. Who won the 2016 Betty Trask prize, which is awarded to the best first novel from a writer under the age of 35, with his debut novel "Glass"?
  4. In which English city will you find the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge?
  5. What sort of item of clothing is a bongrace?

6.  Which mythical North American creature is thought to have been inspired by sightings of rabbits, infected with a virus which causes antler-like tumours to protrude from the head?

  1. Who wrote "The Trumpet Concerto", in 1796, for Anton Weidinger’s new keyed trumpet?
  2. In what extreme type of variable star, does hydrogen, accreted on to the surface of a white dwarf, periodically explode in a runaway thermo-nucleic reaction?
  3. In which limestone gorge in the North Midlands, was the first example of British cave art discovered in 2003?
  4. In Ancient Greece, games were held every four years at Delphi in honour of Apollo. What were they called?
  5. What is the term for the secondary ring of tissue of a plant stem, that may turn into bark?
  6. Which poem by Wordsworth, later satirised by Shelley, was written in 1798 and featured a wild and woodland rover, a potter by trade?
  7. Who was prime minister, when Winston Churchill was Chancellor of the Exchequer?
  8. Who won the 2017 Golden Globe awards for best acting performances in a television series?
  9. Which heavily glaciated French Southern Territory in the Indian Ocean, is sometimes known as the Desolation Islands?
  10. Which richly seasoned stew of meat, or poultry, and vegetables, comes from the French meaning “to renew the appetite”?
  11. What was the name of Maria Theresa’s chancellor and foreign minister, who helped Austria gain back control of Silesia?
  12. In Japanese cuisine, what is yakizakana?

19.  Which French symbolist painter’s works include portraits of the Baroness Robert de Domecy, and Violette Heymann?

20.  What is St Patrick’s Purgatory?

631 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. THE ONEGA BAY IN THE WHITE SEA. THIS WAS WHERE THE SOVIETS ESTABLISHED THEIR FIRST CONCENTRATION CAMP IN 1921
  2. MASA
  3. ALEX CHRISTOFI
  4. CANTERBURY
  5. A WIDE BRIMMED HAT WHICH HAS A PROJECTING SHADE TO PROTECT THE WEARER'S COMPLEXION FROM THE SUN
  6. THE JACKALOPE
  7. (FRANZ) JOSEPH HAYDN
  8. A NOVA
  9. CRESWELL CRAGS
  10. THE PYTHIAN GAMES
  11. THE CORTEX
  12. PETER BELL
  13. STANLEY BALDWIN (1924-1929)
  14. BILLY BOB THORNTON FOR "GOLIATH" AND CLAIRE FOY FOR "THE CROWN"
  15. THE KERGUELEN ISLANDS
  16. RAGOUT
  17. WENZEL ANTON VON KAUNITZ
  18. GRILLED FISH
  19. ODILON REDON (1840-1916)
  20. AN ANCIENT PILGRIMAGE SITE ON STATION ISLAND IN LOUGH DERG, COUNTY DONEGAL

631 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS

1.  The Solovetsky islands are situated in which body of water? THE ONEGA BAY IN THE WHITE SEA. THIS WAS WHERE THE SOVIETS ESTABLISHED THEIR FIRST CONCENTRATION CAMP IN 1921

2.  What is the name of the Spanish dough which is used to make tortillas and tamales? MASA

3.  Who won the 2016 Betty Trask prize, which is awarded to the best first novel from a writer under the age of 35, with his debut novel "Glass"? ALEX CHRISTOFI

4.  In which English city will you find the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge? CANTERBURY

5.  What sort of item of clothing is a bongrace? A WIDE BRIMMED HAT WHICH HAS A PROJECTING SHADE TO PROTECT THE WEARER'S COMPLEXION FROM THE SUN

6.  Which mythical North American creature is thought to have been inspired by sightings of rabbits, infected with a virus which causes antler-like tumours to protrude from the head? THE JACKALOPE

7.  Who wrote "The Trumpet Concerto", in 1796, for Anton Weidinger’s new keyed trumpet?
(FRANZ) JOSEPH HAYDN

8.  In what extreme type of variable star, does hydrogen, accreted on to the surface of a white dwarf, periodically explode in a runaway thermo-nucleic reaction? A NOVA

9.  In which limestone gorge in the North Midlands, was the first example of British cave art discovered in 2003? CRESWELL CRAGS

10.  In Ancient Greece, games were held every four years at Delphi in honour of Apollo. What were they called? THE PYTHIAN GAMES

  1. What is the term for the secondary ring of tissue of a plant stem, that may turn into bark?
    THE CORTEX

12.  Which poem by Wordsworth, later satirised by Shelley, was written in 1798 and featured a wild and woodland rover, a potter by trade? PETER BELL

13.  Who was prime minister, when Winston Churchill was Chancellor of the Exchequer?
STANLEY BALDWIN (1924-1929)

14.  Who won the 2017 Golden Globe awards for best acting performances in a television series?
BILLY BOB THORNTON FOR "GOLIATH", AND CLAIRE FOY FOR "THE CROWN"

  1. Which heavily glaciated French Southern Territory in the Indian Ocean, is sometimes known as the Desolation Islands? THE KERGUELEN ISLANDS
  2. Which richly seasoned stew of meat, or poultry, and vegetables, comes from the French meaning “to renew the appetite”? RAGOUT

17.  What was the name of Maria Theresa’s chancellor and foreign minister, who helped Austria gain back control of Silesia? WENZEL ANTON VON KAUNITZ

  1. In Japanese cuisine, what is yakizakana? GRILLED FISH

19.  Which French symbolist painter’s works include portraits of the Baroness Robert de Domecy, and Violette Heymann? ODILON REDON (1840-1916)

  1. What is St Patrick’s Purgatory? AN ANCIENT PILGRIMAGE SITE ON STATION ISLAND IN LOUGH DERG, COUNTY DONEGAL
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