228 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

1. In which Scottish city would you find Buttercup Farm Park, Regent Gardens and Inverleith Park?

2. The 1928 ballet "Apollo" which tells how the Greek god of music is visited by three of the Muses, was choreographed by George Balanchine for the Ballet Russes. Which Russian composer wrote both the music and the libretto to the ballet?

3. Which fruit is the main ingredient in the liqueur quetsch?

4. The international airport at Sondica, famous for its new terminal opened in 2000 which was designed by Santiago Calatrava, the neofuturistic architect, serves which Spanish city?

5. Which English theologian was known to his followers as Doctor Evangelicus, and is thought to have been the model for the Parson in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales?

6. In ancient Rome, what name was given to a unit consisting of between 120 and 200 foot soldiers?

7. Which African snake, produces the largest litters of any snake with as many as 150 newborns being recorded, and is also responsible for the most snakebite deaths in Africa?

8. Which disease is characterised by the inflammation and destruction of cartilages?

9. The plays of which Roman dramatist who died in 184 BC, include "The Swaggering Soldier", "Bacchides", and "Amphitryton", which are among the earliest literary works in Latin to have survived?

10. To which animals does the adjective viverrine apply?

11. The Angkor Wat, a temple complex in Cambodia, which was built for King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century, was dedicated to which Hindu God?

12. The Kreutz Sungrazers, named after the German astronomer Heinrich Kreutz (1854-1907), are what kind of celestial objects - their orbits take them extremely close to the sun at perihelion?

13. When a material is stretched in one direction, it tends to thin-out in the other two. Which ratio is a measure of this tendency?

14. What was carron oil, named after Carron in Scotland, where it was used by the ironworkers?

15. Which word, which can also refer in engineering to a collection of machines, tools, etc; in literary scholarship means the critical and source material, usually including notes and a glossary that accompanies a scholarly edition of a text?

16. After the sinking of six of its ships by Axis submarines, which South American country declared war on Germany and Italy in 1942?

17. By what nickname did the Iraqi General Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein's chief of the Intelligence Service, become known?

18. In World War II, what code name was given to top secret material gleaned from Nazi Enigma machines by Allied codebreakers?

19. What would you used torchon (which means a duster or dishcloth) paper for?

20. In Chinese art, what does jade symbolise?

228 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ

1. EDINBURGH

2. IGOR STRAVINSKY

3. PLUM

4. BILBAO

5. JOHN WYCLIFFE

6. A MANIPLE

7. THE PUFF ADDER

8. POLYCHONDRITIS

9. PLAUTUS

10. FERRETS AND MONGOOSES

11. VISHNU

12. COMETS

13. POISSON'S RATIO

14. IT WAS A BALM OF LIMEWATER AND EXTRACT OF FLAX SEEDS AND WAS USED TO TREAT BURNS.

15. APPARATUS

16. BRAZIL

17. CHEMICAL ALI

18. ULTRA

19. WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

20. PURITY AND INDESTRUCTIBILITY

228 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS

1. In which Scottish city would you find Buttercup Farm Park, Regent Gardens and Inverleith Park? EDINBURGH

2. The 1928 ballet "Apollo" which tells how the Greek god of music is visited by three of the Muses, was choreographed by George Balanchine for the Ballet Russes. Which Russian composer wrote both the music and the libretto to the ballet? IGOR STRAVINSKY

3. Which fruit is the main ingredient in the liqueur quetsch? PLUM

4. The international airport at Sondica, famous for its new terminal opened in 2000 which was designed by Santiago Calatrava, the neofuturistic architect, serves which Spanish city? BILBAO

5. Which English theologian was known to his followers as Doctor Evangelicus, and is thought to have been the model for the Parson in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales? JOHN WYCLIFFE

6. In ancient Rome, what name was given to a unit consisting of between 120 and 200 foot soldiers? A MANIPLE

7. Which African snake, produces the largest litters of any snake with as many as 150 newborns being recorded, and is also responsible for the most snakebite deaths in Africa? THE PUFF ADDER

8. Which disease is characterised by the inflammation and destruction of cartilages? POLICHONDRITIS

9. The plays of which Roman dramatist who died in 184 BC, include "The Swaggering Soldier", "Bacchides", and "Amphitryton" which are among the earliest literary works in Latin to have survived? PLAUTUS

10. To which animals does the adjective viverrine apply? FERRETS AND MONGOOSES

11. The Angkor Wat, a temple complex in Cambodia, which was built for King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century, was dedicated to which Hindu God? VISHNU

12. The Kreutz Sungrazers, named after the German astronomer Heinrich Kreutz (1854-1907), are what kind of celestial objects - their orbits take them extremely

close to the sun at perihelion? COMETS

13. When a material is stretched in one direction, it tends to thin-out in the other two. Which ratio is a measure of this tendency? POISSON'S RATIO

14. What was carron oil, named after Carron in Scotland, where it was used by the ironworkers? IT WAS A BALM OF LIMEWATER AND EXTRACT OF FLAX SEEDS AND WAS USED TO TREAT BURNS.

15. Which word, which can also refer in engineering to a collection of machines, tools, etc; in literary scholarship means the critical and source material, usually including notes and a glossary, that accompanies a scholarly edition of a text? APPARATUS

16. After the sinking of six of its ships by Axis submarines, which South American country declared war on Germany and Italy in 1942? BRAZIL

17. By what nickname did the Iraqi General Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein's chief of the Intelligence Service, become known? CHEMICAL ALI

18. In World War II, what code name was given to top secret material gleaned from Nazi Enigma machines by Allied codebreakers? ULTRA

19. What would you used torchon (which means a duster or dishcloth) paper for? WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

20. In Chinese art, what does jade symbolise? PURITY AND INDESTRUCTIBILITY