396 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. Which French city is served by BlagnacAirport?
  2. George Bernard Shaw's play, "Pygmalion", is based on the story of Pygmalion and Galatea, taken from which classical work?
  3. In which trade was US president Andrew Johnson apprenticed, before he entered politics?
  4. Which composer, who died in 2004, won an Oscar for the music of "Thoroughly Modern Millie"?
  5. Zubin Mehta, the Indian composer, is the Music Director for Life, of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which is based in which Israeli city?
  6. What name is given to a rule of thumb amongst scuba divers based on the fact that the deeper one goes beneath the surface of the water, the greater the sense of euphoria, similar to drunkenness?
  7. Which American lawyer is the current, (as at July 2016), Director of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)?
  8. With which instrument was the jazz musician J J Johnson associated?
  9. In World War I, who were known as Ally Sloper’s Cavalry?
  10. What name is given to a narrow convex moulding (often a beading) around the top or bottom of a column?
  11. Which common meadow flower is known in the West Country as “Bunch of Keys”, from a supposed resemblance to the badge of St Peter, a bunch of keys which represented the keys of heaven?
  12. Architecture was defined as "the art of how to waste space", by which American architect, whose works include what was formerly the A T & T headquarters in New York in 1978, and the Crystal Cathedral in Orange County, California?
  13. Who, in a Delibes opera, poisons herself with the juice of an exotic flower when she loses her lover, Gerald?
  14. When Sir William Ramsay discovered radon gas in 1910, what did he call it?
  15. The red wine, St Emilion, predominantly consists of which grape variety?
  16. MelasZomos, or black soup made with pigs blood, pork and vinegar, was a staple dish of which ancient people?
  17. What is a diomedian swap?
  18. Where is Vitamin K produced, in a healthy body?
  19. How is lobster, served in a Bercy sauce and topped with grilled cheese, usually listed on the menu?
  20. The Servant Songs are a feature of which book of prophecy in the Bible?

396 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. TOULOUSE
  2. OVID’S METAMORPHOSES
  3. TAILORING
  4. ELMER BERNSTEIN
  5. TEL AVIV
  6. THE LAW OF MARTINIS
  7. JAMES COMEY JUNIOR
  8. THE TROMBONE
  9. THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS WHICH PROVIDED TRANSPORT FOR TROOPS AND SUPPLIES. ALLY SLOPER WAS A COMIC FIGURE CREATED BY CHARLES ROSS AND MARIE DUVALL IN THE MAGAZINE JUDY.
  10. AN ASTRAGAL
  11. THE COWSLIP
  12. PHILIP JOHNSON (1906-2005)
  13. LAKME IN THE OPERA BY LEO DELIBES
  14. NITON
  15. MERLOT
  16. THE SPARTANS
  17. ONE THAT ONLY BENEFITS ONE SIDE. IT COMES FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND TELLS THE STORY OF DIOMEDES SWAPPING HIS BRASS ARMOUR WITH GLAUCUS, FOR ONE OF GOLD.
  18. THE INTESTINAL TRACT
  19. LOBSTER THERMIDOR
  20. ISAIAH - IN CHRISTIAN BELIEF, IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE SERVANT OF YAHWEH REFERRED TO, IS JESUS CHRIST

396 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS

  1. Which French city is served by BlagnacAirport? TOULOUSE
  2. George Bernard Shaw's play, "Pygmalion", is based on the story of Pygmalion and Galatea, taken from which classical work? OVID’S METAMORPHOSES
  3. In which trade was US president Andrew Johnson apprenticed, before he entered politics?TAILORING
  4. Which composer, who died in 2004, won an Oscar for the music of "Thoroughly Modern Millie"? ELMER BERNSTEIN
  5. Zubin Mehta, the Indian composer, is the Music Director for Life, of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which is based in which Israeli city? TEL AVIV
  6. What name is given to a rule of thumb amongst scuba divers based on the fact that the deeper one goes beneath the surface of the water, the greater the sense of euphoria, similar to drunkenness? THE LAW OF MARTINIS
  7. Which American lawyer is the current, (as at July 2016), Director of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)? JAMES COMEY JUNIOR
  8. With which instrument was the jazz musician J J Johnson associated? THE TROMBONE
  9. In World War I, who were known as Ally Sloper’s Cavalry? THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS WHICH PROVIDED TRANSPORT FOR TROOPS AND SUPPLIES. ALLY SLOPER WAS A COMIC FIGURE CREATED BY CHARLES ROSS AND MARIE DUVALL IN THE MAGAZINE JUDY.
  10. What name is given to a narrow convex moulding (often a beading) around the top or bottom of a column? AN ASTRAGAL
  11. Which common meadow flower is known in the West Country as “Bunch of Keys”, from a supposed resemblance to the badge of St Peter, a bunch of keys which represented the keys of heaven? THE COWSLIP
  12. Architecture was defined as "the art of how to waste space", by which American architect, whose works include what was formerly the A T & T headquarters in New York in 1978, and the Crystal Cathedral in Orange County, California? PHILIP JOHNSON (1906-2005)
  13. Who, in a Delibes opera, poisons herself with the juice of an exotic flower when she loses her lover, Gerald? LAKME IN THE OPERA BY LEO DELIBES
  14. When Sir William Ramsay discovered radon gas in 1910, what did he call it? NITON
  15. The red wine, St Emilion, predominantly consists of which grape variety? MERLOT
  16. MelasZomos, or black soup made with pigs blood, pork and vinegar, was a staple dish of which ancient people? THE SPARTANS
  17. What is a diomedian swap? ONE THAT ONLY BENEFITS ONE SIDE. IT COMES FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND TELLS THE STORY OF DIOMEDES SWAPPING HIS BRASS ARMOUR WITH GLAUCUS, FOR ONE OF GOLD.
  18. Where is Vitamin K produced, in a healthy body? THE INTESTINAL TRACT
  19. How is lobster, served in a Bercy sauce and topped with grilled cheese, usually listed on the menu? LOBSTER THERMIDOR
  20. The Servant Songs are a feature of which book of prophecy in the Bible? ISAIAH - IN CHRISTIAN BELIEF, IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE SERVANT OF YAHWEH REFERRED TO, IS JESUS CHRIST