56 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. Made from chicken, peanuts, bacon and banana, Flying Jacob is a popular dish in the cuisine of which country?
  2. Campbeltown is on which peninsula, lying between the Firth of Clyde and the Atlantic?
  3. Which French philosopher and mathematician, in his "Geometrie" of 1637, introduced the use of x, y and z for unknown quantities?
  4. In which US state is Emory University,founded by the Methodist Episcopal church in 1836?
  5. Which ship was struck amidships by the Norwegian coaler SS Storstad,in the St Lawrence river in May 1914, and sank very quickly, claiming 1,012 lives, and making it the worst maritime disaster in Canadian history?
  6. Traditionally, the HistoriaBrittonum, a purported history of the indigenous British people, is ascribed to which Welsh monk of the 9th century?
  7. Which English city was chosen in 2009, to become the world’s first ever city of film? The accolade was awarded by UNESCO, the arm of the UN which promotes culture, because of the city's rich film heritage?
  8. Trojans, Amors, Hildas, Atens and Apollos are groups of what kind of astronomical objects?
  9. A new kind of trapdoor spider, discovered in 2008, has been named after the "grandfather of grunge music". What is the name of this spider ?
  10. The American composer, Alan Hovhaness, wrote a symphony about which volcano in Washington State, which erupted spectacularly in 1980?
  11. In Bridge, what call might an opponent make, to increase the penalties on a bid they think their opponents will not achieve?
  12. After the Sun, Proxima Centauri and Alpha Centauri, which is the nearest star to the Earth, just under 6 light years away?
  13. Which piece of sporting equipment was claimed to have been invented, in 1902, by a London dentist called Jack Marks, and was first used by the boxer Ted “Kid” Lewis in a 1921 fight?
  14. Which vitamin occurs in the form of two steroid derivatives: ergocalciferol and cholecalciferol?
  15. Which Romantic poet visited the Ambrosian Library in 1816, and wrote of being most delighted by the love letters of PietroBembo and Lucretia Borgia?
  16. Which airline, which was founded as Jersey European Airways in 1979, is a British low-cost airline, based in Exeter?
  17. What name is given to the force, which acts on a cylinder rotating in a stream of fluid, flowing in a direction perpendicular to the cylinder’s axis, the force thrusting in a direction, perpendicular to both the axis, and the direction of the flow?
  18. Which murderer survived three attempts to hang him, and was thesubject of a rock opera by Fairport Convention in 1971?
  19. Bo and Sunny are the dogs belonging to Barack Obama's family. They were chosen because the breed is supposedly hypoallergenic. What breed of dog are they?
  20. Fresh coriander leaves are used in Indian cookery, and the rest of the plant can also be cooked and eaten. Which vegetable family does coriander belong to?
    56 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
  1. SWEDEN
  2. KINTYRE
  3. RENE DESCARTES (1596-1650)
  4. GEORGIA
  5. THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND
  6. NENNIUS
  7. BRADFORD
  8. ASTEROIDS
  9. THE NEIL YOUNG SPIDER (MYRMEKIAPHILA NEILYOUNGI) NAMED BY THE EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY BIOLOGIST, JASON BOND, BECAUSE HE APPRECIATED BOTH YOUNG'S MUSIC AND HIS WORK AS AN ACTIVIST FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
  10. MOUNT ST HELENS
  11. DOUBLE OR DOUBLED
  12. BARNARD'S STAR WHICH IS IN THE CONSTELLATION OPHIUCHUS
  13. THE GUM SHIELD
  14. VITAMIN D
  15. LORD BYRON
  16. FLYBE
  17. THE MAGNUS EFFECT, WHICH IS NAMED AFTER HEINRICH MAGNUS, A 19TH CENTURY GERMAN CHEMIST AND PHYSICIST
  18. JOHN "BABBACOMBE" LEE
  19. PORTUGUESE WATER DOGS
  20. THE CARROT FAMILY