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519 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ




  1. What is the name of the uppermost vertebrae in the backbone, that supports the skull?


  2. To which family of birds does the woodchat belong?


  3. Where, in New York, is the Battery?


  4. What is the name of the amiable idiot in "David Copperfield", who lodges with Betsy Trotwood, and has the "trouble" of King Charles I inside his head?


  5. In which Giuseppe Verdi opera, does the Spanish aristocrat, Princess Eboli, appear?


  6. Prince Albert National Park is situated in which Canadian state?


  7. Who was the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, in the same field?


  8. What term is used in geometry, to describe a point at which two arcs of a curve inter-sect with a common tangent?


  9. Which 14th century mediaeval poet’s reputation in the tradition of courtly love and moral allegory, once matched that of his contemporary Geoffrey Chaucer, and influenced the writing of other poets of his day?


  10. Which American president was re-elected, with the largest majority ever secured by an American president?


  11. Which British scientist first accurately measured the density of the earth in 1798?


  12. Which American president directed famine relief during World War I with such distinction, that it was estimated that he had saved 10 million lives – as a result of which he became known as the Great Humanitarian?


  13. Who was the 18th century Astronomer Royal, who tried to deny John Harrison his reward as specified under the Longitude Act, for inventing an accurate chronometer?


  14. Who first discovered that there were mountains on the moon, and that the Milky Way was made up of myriad stars?


  15. Which Roman goddess of the arts was worshipped in the Capitoline temple, along with Jupiter and Juno, in the trio of Roman deities?


  16. What would happen in the 19th century, if you went on the spike?


  17. What is the name given to the puppeteer, in a Punch and Judy show?


  18. The 19th century Hungarian obstetrician, Ignaz Semmelweis, pioneered the use of what?


  19. In which city is the German newspaper, Die Welt, whose editor is Jan-Eric Peters, published?


  20. Which American president was married to Martha Skelton?


519 - ANSWERS TO DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ




  1. THE ATLAS


  2. THE SHRIKE


  3. IT’S THE PARK AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF MANHATTAN ISLAND, NEW YORK


  4. MR DICK


  5. DON CARLOS


  6. SASKATCHEWAN


  7. JOHN BARDEEN, THE AMERICAN PHYSICIST WHO SHARED THE 1956 PRIZE FOR WORK IN DEVELOPING THE TRANSISTOR, AND IN 1972, FOR WORK ON THE THEORY OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY


  8. A CUSP


  9. JOHN GOWER


  10. LYNDON B JOHNSON


  11. HENRY CAVENDISH


  12. HERBERT HOOVER


  13. NEVIL MASKELYNE


  14. GALILEO


  15. MINERVA


  16. IT WAS SLANG FOR GOING TO THE WORKHOUSE


  17. THE PROFESSOR


  18. ANTISEPTICS. BY INSISTING THAT HANDS WERE WASHED DURING CHILDBIRTH, HE SAVED THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS MOTHERS FROM PUERPERAL FEVER


  19. HAMBURG


  20. THOMAS JEFFERSON


519 - DAPHNE'S DAILY QUIZ WITH ANSWERS




  1. What is the name of the uppermost vertebrae in the backbone, that supports the skull?
    THE ATLAS




  2. To which family of birds does the woodchat belong? THE SHRIKE




  3. Where, in New York, is the Battery? IT’S THE PARK AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF MANHATTAN ISLAND, NEW YORK




  4. What is the name of the amiable idiot in "David Copperfield", who lodges with Betsy Trotwood, and has the "trouble" of King Charles I inside his head? MR DICK




  5. In which Giuseppe Verdi opera, does the Spanish aristocrat, Princess Eboli, appear? DON CARLOS




  6. Prince Albert National Park is situated in which Canadian state? SASKATCHEWAN




  7. Who was the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice in the same field? JOHN BARDEEN, THE AMERICAN PHYSICIST WHO SHARED THE 1956 PRIZE FOR WORK IN DEVELOPING THE TRANSISTOR, AND IN 1972, FOR WORK ON THE THEORY OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY




  8. What term is used in geometry, to describe a point at which two arcs of a curve inter-sect with a common tangent? A CUSP




  9. Which 14th century mediaeval poet’s reputation in the tradition of courtly love and moral allegory, once matched that of his contemporary Geoffrey Chaucer, and influenced the writing of other poets of his day? JOHN GOWER




  10. Which American president, was re-elected with the largest majority ever secured by an American president? LYNDON B JOHNSON




  11. Which British scientist first accurately measured the density of the earth in 1798? HENRY CAVENDISH




  12. Which American president directed famine relief during World War I with such distinction, that it was estimated that he had saved 10 million lives – as a result of which he became known as the Great Humanitarian? HERBERT HOOVER




  13. Who was the 18th century Astronomer Royal, who tried to deny John Harrison his reward as specified under the Longitude Act, for inventing an accurate chronometer? NEVIL MASKELYNE




  14. Who first discovered that there were mountains on the moon, and that the Milky Way was made up of myriad stars? GALILEO




  15. Which Roman goddess of the arts was worshipped in the Capitoline temple, along with Jupiter and Juno, in the trio of Roman deities? MINERVA




  16. What would happen in the 19th century, if you went on the spike? IT WAS SLANG FOR GOING TO THE WORKHOUSE




  17. What is the name given to the puppeteer, in a Punch and Judy show? THE PROFESSOR




  18. The 19th century Hungarian obstetrician, Ignaz Semmelweis, pioneered the use of what?
    ANTISEPTICS. BY INSISTING THAT HANDS WERE WASHED DURING CHILDBIRTH, HE SAVED THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS MOTHERS FROM PUERPERAL FEVER




  19. In which city is the German newspaper, Die Welt, whose editor is Jan-Eric Peters, published?
    HAMBURG




  20. Which American president was married to Martha Skelton? THOMAS JEFFERSON

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