313 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. How many horizontal rows of stars are there on the American flag?
  2. What does the button that authenticates a Steiff teddy bear look like?
  3. What name is given to the ripe acorn cups of an evergreen oak, which yield a black dye, and are used in tanning and dyeing?
  4. In which European city will you find Heroes' Square (Hosok Tere), and Memento Park?
  5. Where does the almost extinct bird, the takahe, which is flightless with a large bill, come from?
  6. The region known as the Masurian Lakeland lies to the south of the Baltic coastal plains, in which country?
  7. Which Whig Minister’s scheme, led to the speculation mania known as the South Sea Bubble?
  8. Which simple descriptive name, did Bernard Leach give to his manual for fellow craftsmen?
  9. On which planet will you find many craters named after composers, such as Bach, Beethoven, Bartok, Berlioz and Brahms?
  10. Which is the only Central American country in which baseball, not soccer, is the people’s favourite sport?
  11. Believed to be the only living member of its sub class, which is the only cephalopod with an external shell, and no lens in their eyes?
  12. Which musician, who played with the Miles Davis band between 1963 and 1968, released the albums "Head Hunters", and "Man-Child"?
  13. In which year did Zebra crossings become law on British roads?
  14. What was the occupation of a chiffonier?
  15. Which country was conquered by the Mongol dynasty in China in 1287, and ruled by Shans as a Chinese tributary, until the 16th century?
  16. What name is given to the ratio of amplifier output signal to its input, usually measured in decibels?
  17. Which city in Queensland is nicknamed “The Garden City”?
  18. What is a chank?
  19. Which South American country lies in Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana?
  20. Which Asian country has a national flag described thus: - yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a large dark red rectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword, and there is a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends between the two panels?
    313 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ
  1. NINE (ELEVEN ROWS VERTICALLY)
  2. IT’S A METALLIC BUTTON EMBOSSED WITH AN ELEPHANT.
  3. VALONIA
  4. BUDAPEST
  5. NEW ZEALAND.
  6. POLAND
  7. CHARLES SPENCER, THE 3RD EARL OF SUNDERLAND
  8. A POTTER'S BOOK (1940)
  9. MERCURY
  10. NICARAGUA
  11. HERBIE HANCOCK
  12. THE NAUTILUS, OFTEN KNOWN AS A "LIVING FOSSIL"
  13. 1951. THEY HAD BEEN SITED EXPERIMENTALLY SINCE 1949.
  14. A WIGMAKER. THE WORD CAN ALSO BE USED TO DESCRIBE AN OLD CLOTHES MAN, OR AN ORNAMENTAL CABINET
  15. BURMA (MYANMAR)
  16. THE GAIN
  17. TOOWOOMBA
  18. A KIND OF SHELL, SLICED INTO BANGLES AND WORN BY HINDU WOMEN.
  19. SURINAME, WHICH ALSO HAS A LAND BORDER WITH BRAZIL
  20. SRI LANKA

313 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS

1.  How many horizontal rows of stars are there on the American flag? NINE (ELEVEN ROWS VERTICALLY)

2.  What does the button that authenticates a Steiff teddy bear, look like? IT’S A METALLIC BUTTON EMBOSSED WITH AN ELEPHANT.

3.  What name is given to the ripe acorn cups of an evergreen oak, which yield a black dye, and are used in tanning and dyeing? VALONIA

4.  In which European city will you find Heroes' Square (Hosok Tere), and Memento Park? BUDAPEST

  1. Where does the almost extinct bird, the takahe, which is flightless with a large bill, come from? NEW ZEALAND.

6.  The region known as the Masurian Lakeland, lies to the south of the Baltic coastal plains, in which country? POLAND

7.  Which Whig Minister’s scheme, led to the speculation mania known as the South Sea Bubble? CHARLES SPENCER, THE 3RD EARL OF SUNDERLAND

8.  Which simple descriptive name, did Bernard Leach give to his manual for fellow craftsmen? A POTTER'S BOOK (1940)

  1. On which planet will you find many craters named after composers, such as Bach, Beethoven, Bartok, Berlioz and Brahms? MERCURY

10.  Which is the only Central American country in which baseball, not soccer, is the people’s favourite sport? NICARAGUA

11.  Believed to be the only living member of its sub class, which is the only cephalopod with an external shell, and no lens in their eyes? THE NAUTILUS, OFTEN KNOWN AS A "LIVING FOSSIL"

  1. Which musician, who played with the Miles Davis band between 1963 and 1968, released the albums, "Head Hunters", and "Man-Child"? HERBIE HANCOCK
  2. In which year did Zebra crossings become law on British roads? 1951. THEY HAD BEEN SITED EXPERIMENTALLY SINCE 1949.
  3. What was the occupation of a chiffonier? A WIGMAKER. THE WORD CAN ALSO BE USED TO DESCRIBE AN OLD CLOTHES MAN, OR AN ORNAMENTAL CABINET
  4. Which country was conquered by the Mongol dynasty in China in 1287, and ruled by Shans as a Chinese tributary, until the 16th century? BURMA (MYANMAR)
  5. What name is given to the ratio of amplifier output signal to its input, usually measured in decibels? THE GAIN
  6. Which city in Queensland is nicknamed “The Garden City”? TOOWOOMBA
  7. What is a chank? A KIND OF SHELL, SLICED INTO BANGLES AND WORN BY HINDU WOMEN.
  8. Which South American country lies in Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana? SURINAME, WHICH ALSO HAS A LAND BORDER WITH BRAZIL
  9. Which Asian country has a national flag described thus: - yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a large dark red rectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword, and there is a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends between the two panels?
    SRI LANKA