4- DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
In nautical terms, if a ship flies the single flag for the letter 'W', what does this signify to other
ships?
2. In what way is the rare banded anteater or numbat, distinct from all other Australian
marsupials?
3. From which English county does Brickbat cheese come?
4. What was the main title of Harold MacMillan’s influential 1938 book, which advocated more
government intervention in economic and political affairs?
5.
What is the ancient name for the eastern coastal region on the Adriatic, that was conquered by
Philip of Macedon and is now equivalent to the region of Dalmatia?
6. Which Warwickshire town, which lies on the river Anker, is almost surrounded by
motorways?
7.
Which Roman Emperor was responsible for the banishment of the poet Ovid to Tomis (now
Constantia, Romania) in 8 AD?
8. Where does the M69 meet the M1?
9. Which is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth’s crust, after feldspar?
10. In The Merchant of Venice, which of the three caskets contains what the Prince of Aragon
describes as “the portrait of a blinking idiot”?
11. What is another name for the Egyptian mongoose, venerated in ancient Egypt, because it
destroyed the eggs of crocodiles?
12. In which English county is Sir Thomas Tresham’s Triangular Lodge, which is made of
limestone and ironstone to give a striped effect?
13. Which fine red wine comes from the left bank of the Gironde Estuary?
14. What is the name given to metal barriers used on motorways and motor racing circuits, taken
from their trade mark name?
15. Which rare New Zealand flightless bird is known as the parrot of the night?
16. Who was the leader of a group of artists called The Ancients, due to their love of the
mediaeval, and who were inspired by William Blake?
17. What kind of artistic business was carried on in the 19th century, by the American artists
Nathaniel Currier and James M Ives?
18. Which 19th century English painter’s works include Rent Day In the Wilderness?
19. The work of which 19th century German mathematician, a contemporary of Gauss, concerning
the geometry of space, provided the foundation for the concepts used later in the theory of
relativity?
20. Which 19th century Victorian engineer built the Chelsea, Victoria, and Albert embankments to
provide an alternative to the pestilential flood prone banks of the Thames?
4- ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
1.
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUIRED
2. IT DOESN'T HAVE A POUCH
3. WILTSHIRE
4. THE MIDDLE WAY
5.
ILLYRIA
6. NUNEATON
7.
AUGUSTUS CAESAR
8. LEICESTER
9. QUARTZ
10. THE SILVER CASKET
11. THE ICHNEUMON
12. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE – IN THE VILLAGE OF RUSHTON. HE WAS A DETERMINED
CATHOLIC, IMPRISONED FOR HIS BELIEFS AND THE LODGE CELEBRATES THE HOLY
TRINITY.
13. MEDOC
14. ARMCO
15. THE KAKAPO WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE OWL PARROT
16. SAMUEL PALMER WHO PAINTED SUCH MYSTICAL VISIONARY LANDSCAPE
PAINTINGS AS THE REPOSE OF THE HOLY FAMILY
17. LITHOGRAPHS WHICH WERE ADVERTISED BY THEIR PUBLISHERS AS COLOURED
ENGRAVINGS FOR THE PEOPLE.
18. EDWIN LANDSEER
19. GEORG RIEMANN
20. JOSEPH BAZALGETTE WHO ALSO DESIGNED THE NEW BATTERSEA, HAMMERSMITH
AND PUTNEY BRIDGES.