792 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. Which New Zealand tree is also called the red pine?
  2. Which is the highest point of the Chilterns?
  3. Of which island, the largest of the Greek Cyclades islands, was emery the chief export, until the development of sintered carbide and oxide materials, as alternative abrasives, decreased the demand?

4.  Which was the first daily newspaper to sell two million copies a day in 1933?

5.  In the summer of 1980, a wave of race riots hit which American city?

6.  What are constructed, using the Isherwood system?

7.  Which Greek scientist and mathematician, made the first accurate measurement of the actual size of the earth?

  1. In the days before refrigeration, what was a thrawl used for?

9.  Which English composer wrote the set of three pieces for piano solo called "London Pieces"?

10.  What would you find in the middle of a Sussex Pond Pudding?

11.  Which islands, which extend about 1200 miles west from the extremity of the Alaskan peninsula towards the peninsula of Kamchatka, were also known as the Catherine archipelago before 1867?

12.  Who was appointed the first female Chief Executive of Hong Kong in July 2017?

13.  From what type of creature is the incense, onycha, obtained?

14.  Which Greek physician, born in Pergamon in the 2nd century AD, demonstrated that the arteries contained blood, and not air, as had previously been believed?

15.  What would a stonemason use a lewis for?

16.  Which 1925 Virginia Woolf novel features the characters of Septimus Smith, Peter Walsh, and Sally Seton?

17.  In which city did a precious altar screen called the Pala d'Oro, stand in a church dedicated to St Mark?

18.  In which Charles Dickens' novel does Miss Pross appear? She is a forceful Englishwoman who was nursemaid to the heroine and remains her devoted servant and protector?

  1. With which musical instrument was the American jazz musician, Sonny Rollins, most closely associated?
  2. In which year did the Blanketeers march from Manchester to London, to petition against unfair practices in the textile industry, and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act?

792 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

  1. THE RIMU
  2. COMBE HILL NEAR WENDOVER, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
  3. NAXOS
  4. THE DAILY EXPRESS WHICH WAS SAID TO ATTRACT READERS FROM ALL LEVELS
  5. MIAMI
  6. SHIPS – IT’S A METHOD OF SHIP CONSTRUCTION WHERE THE DOMINANT FEATURE IS LONGITUDINAL FRAMING
  7. ERASTOTHENES
  8. IT WAS A STONE SLAB OR SHELF, USED TO KEEP FOOD COOL IN A PANTRY OR LARDER
  9. JOHN IRELAND (1879-1962)
  10. A LEMON
  11. THE ALEUTIANS

12.  CARRIE LAM

13.  MARINE SNAILS

14.  GALEN

15.  LIFTING HEAVY BLOCKS OF STONE INTO PLACE

16.  MRS DALLOWAY

  1. VENICE. IT IS USUALLY CALLED THE GOLDEN ALTAR SCREEN AND IS ONE OF THE MOST REFINED WORKS OF BYZANTINE ENAMEL

18.  A TALE OF TWO CITIES

19.  THE TENOR SAXOPHONE

20. 1817

792 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS

1.  Which New Zealand tree is also called the red pine? THE RIMU

2.  Which is the highest point of the Chilterns? COMBE HILL NEAR WENDOVER, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

3.  Of which island, the largest of the Greek Cyclades islands, was emery the chief export, until the development of sintered carbide and oxide materials, as alternative abrasives, decreased the demand? NAXOS

4.  Which was the first daily newspaper to sell two million copies a day in 1933? THE DAILY EXPRESS WHICH WAS SAID TO ATTRACT READERS FROM ALL LEVELS

5.  In the summer of 1980, a wave of race riots hit which American city? MIAMI

6.  What are constructed, using the Isherwood system? SHIPS – IT’S A METHOD OF SHIP CONSTRUCTION WHERE THE DOMINANT FEATURE IS LONGITUDINAL FRAMING

7.  Which Greek scientist and mathematician, made the first accurate measurement of the actual size of the earth? ERASTOTHENES

8.  In the days before refrigeration, what was a thrawl used for? IT WAS A STONE SLAB OR SHELF USED TO KEEP FOOD COOL IN A PANTRY OR LARDER

9.  Which English composer wrote the set of three pieces for piano solo called "London Pieces"?
JOHN IRELAND (1879-1962)

10.  What would you find in the middle of a Sussex Pond Pudding? A LEMON

11.  Which islands, which extend about 1200 miles west from the extremity of the Alaskan peninsula towards the peninsula of Kamchatka, were also known as the Catherine archipelago before 1867? THE ALEUTIANS

12.  Who was appointed the first female Chief Executive of Hong Kong in July 2017? CARRIE LAM

13.  From what type of creature is the incense, onycha, obtained? MARINE SNAILS

14.  Which Greek physician, born in Pergamon in the 2nd century AD, demonstrated that the arteries contained blood, and not air, as had previously been believed? GALEN

15.  What would a stonemason use a lewis for? LIFTING HEAVY BLOCKS OF STONE INTO PLACE

16.  Which 1925 Virginia Woolf novel features the characters of Septimus Smith, Peter Walsh, and Sally Seton? MRS DALLOWAY

17.  In which city did a precious altar screen called the Pala d'Oro, stand in a church dedicated to St Mark? VENICE. IT IS USUALLY CALLED THE GOLDEN ALTAR SCREEN AND IS ONE OF THE MOST REFINED WORKS OF BYZANTINE ENAMEL

18.  In which Charles Dickens' novel does Miss Pross appear? She is a forceful Englishwoman who was nursemaid to the heroine and remains her devoted servant and protector? A TALE OF TWO CITIES

19.  With which musical instrument was the American jazz musician, Sonny Rollins, most closely associated? THE TENOR SAXOPHONE

20. In which year did the Blanketeers march from Manchester to London, to petition against unfair practices in the textile industry, and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act? 1817