566 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. Which international organisation was founded in Vienna, in 1923?
  2. In physics, what is Hare’s apparatus used for?
  3. Corundum is a mineral oxide of which metal?
  4. Which American inventor, (1873-1961), who was known as the father of radio, and grandfather of television, in 1906, invented the Audion radio wave detector, a partial vacuum tube that added a grid electrode to the thermionic diode, which led to his most famous invention?
  5. What is the French term for "hashtag", meaning "sharp word"?
  6. Which animal was sacred to the Norse deities, Freya and Freyr?
  7. Which species of North American pit viper gave its name to a Northerner sympathetic to the South, or one who was opposed to Lincoln’s policy, in the American Civil War?
  8. Which transition metal of the platinum group was named in 1803, by William Hyde Wollaston, after an asteroid that had been discovered the previous year?
  9. Which song writing partnership, wrote the book and lyrics for the musical, "On The Town"?
  10. What economic term, which epitomised the economic policy of Ronald Reagan, did Jude Wanniski coin?
  11. Expressed as an imaginary barrier completing the enclosure of the stage, what two word term denotes the space, separating the audience from the action of a theatrical performance?
  12. What name is given to the region around a rotating black hole, between the event horizon and the static limit, where rotational energy can be extracted from the black hole?
  13. Which astronomer and official at the Han Emperor's court in the 2nd century AD, applied the first grid system to maps, studied lunar eclipses and charted 2500 stars, with the help of a moving celestial sphere?
  14. Who is the Chief Medical Officer for England, having succeeded Professor Sir Liam Donaldson to the post, in 2010?
  15. The Pact of Paris, also known as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which formally prohibited the use of war as an instrument of national policy, was signed in which year?
  16. Which American state flag features the constellation, the Plough, set on a blue field?
  17. In which Shakespeare play does Salanio appear? He is a friend of the title character.
  18. What name is given to the Mexican dish of a tortilla filled with cheese, and warmed until melted?
  19. Which British writer's only historical novel was the 1950, "Helena", which is about the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine?
  20. Which small semi-aquatic mammal related to the mole, which has a long tubular muzzle and webbed toes, has two species, the Russian and the Pyrenean?

566 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. INTERPOL. IT ORIGINATED AS THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE COMMISSION (ICPC)
  2. TO COMPARE OR FIND THE DENSITIES OF LIQUIDS IN TWO SEPARATE VESSELS, BY MEANS OF THEIR RISE IN TWO GRADUATED VERTICAL TUBES, IMMERSED AT THEIR LOWER ENDS IN THE LIQUIDS, AND CONNECTED AT THE TOP BY A THIRD TUBE, TO WHICH SUCTION IS APPLIED
  3. ALUMINIUM
  4. LEE DE FOREST, WHO IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS INVENTION OF THE THERMIONIC TRIODE VALVE
  5. MOT-DIESE
  6. THE BOAR
  7. A COPPERHEAD
  8. PALLADIUM
  9. BETTY COMDEN AND ADOLPH GREEN (THE MUSIC WAS BY LEONARD BERNSTEIN)
  10. SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS, WHICH IS A MACROECONOMIC THEORY THAT ARGUES ECONOMIC GROWTH CAN BE MOST EFFECTIVELY CREATED BY INVESTING IN CAPITAL, AND BY LOWERING BARRIERS ON THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS AND SERVICES
  11. THE FOURTH WALL
  12. THE ERGOSPHERE
  13. ZHANG HENG, WHO ALSO INVENTED AN EARTHQUAKE WARNING SYSTEM
  14. DAME SALLY DAVIES
  15. 1928
  16. ALASKA
  17. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (ANTONIO’S FRIEND)
  18. A QUESADILLA
  19. EVELYN WAUGH
  20. THE DESMAN

566 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS

  1. Which international organisation was founded in Vienna, in 1923? INTERPOL. IT ORIGINATED AS THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE COMMISSION (ICPC)
  2. In physics, what is Hare’s apparatus used for? TO COMPARE OR FIND THE DENSITIES OF LIQUIDS IN TWO SEPARATE VESSELS, BY MEANS OF THEIR RISE IN TWO GRADUATED VERTICAL TUBES,IMMERSED AT THEIR LOWER ENDS IN THE LIQUIDS, AND CONNECTED AT THE TOP BY A THIRD TUBE, TO WHICH SUCTION IS APPLIED
  3. Corundum is a mineral oxide of which metal? ALUMINIUM
  4. Which American inventor, (1873-1961), who was known as the father of radio, and grandfather of television, in 1906, invented the Audion radio wave detector, a partial vacuum tube that added a grid electrode to the thermionic diode, which led to his most famous invention? LEE DE FOREST WHO IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS INVENTION OF THE THERMIONIC TRIODE VALVE
  5. What is the French term for "hashtag", meaning "sharp word"? MOT-DIESE
  6. Which animal was sacred to the Norse deities, Freya and Freyr? THE BOAR
  7. Which species of North American pit viper gave its name to a Northerner sympathetic to the South, or one who was opposed to Lincoln’s policy, in the American Civil War? A COPPERHEAD
  8. Which transition metal of the platinum group was named in 1803, by William Hyde Wollaston, after an asteroid that had been discovered the previous year? PALLADIUM
  9. Which song writing partnership, wrote the book and lyrics for the musical, "On The Town"?
    BETTY COMDEN AND ADOLPH GREEN (THE MUSIC WAS BY LEONARD BERNSTEIN)
  10. What economic term, which epitomised the economic policy of Ronald Reagan, did Jude Wanniski coin? SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS, WHICH IS A MACROECONOMIC THEORY THAT ARGUES ECONOMIC GROWTH CAN BE MOST EFFECTIVELY CREATED BY INVESTING IN CAPITAL, AND BY LOWERING BARRIERS ON THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS AND SERVICES
  11. Expressed as an imaginary barrier completing the enclosure of the stage, what two word term denotes the space, separating the audience from the action of a theatrical performance? THE FOURTH WALL
  12. What name is given to the region around a rotating black hole, between the event horizon and the static limit, where rotational energy can be extracted from the black hole? THE ERGOSPHERE
  13. Which astronomer and official at the Han Emperor's court in the 2nd century AD, applied the first grid system to maps, studied lunar eclipses and charted 2500 stars, with the help of a moving celestial sphere? ZHANG HENG, WHO ALSO INVENTED AN EARTHQUAKE WARNING SYSTEM

14.  Who is the Chief Medical Officer for England, having succeeded Professor Sir Liam Donaldson to the post, in 2010? DAME SALLY DAVIES

15.  The Pact of Paris, also known as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which formally prohibited the use of war as an instrument of national policy, was signed in which year? 1928

16.  Which American state flag features the constellation, the Plough, set on a blue field? ALASKA

17.  In which Shakespeare play does Salanio appear? He is a friend of the title character. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (ANTONIO’S FRIEND)

18.  What name is given to the Mexican dish of a tortilla filled with cheese, and warmed until melted? A QUESADILLA

19.  Which British writer's only historical novel was the 1950, "Helena", which is about the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine? EVELYN WAUGH

20. Which small semi-aquatic mammal related to the mole, which has a long tubular muzzle and webbed toes, has two species, the Russian and the Pyrenean? THE DESMAN