Here are all the "Daily Quiz" posts, with links to the original sources and answers (a day later).
Welcome to Professor Jim Bucket's first-ever DAILY QUIZ! Answers and questions are in the "Jeopardy" format--that is, I give the answers, and you must ask the questions. I have provided links to the original posts in which the answers (questions?) can be found.
Have fun!
ANSWERS (April 1, 2022: #001):
- This Roman author wrote "The Metamorphoses," one of the most important sources on the mythology of Greece and Rome. (link)
- This "libertine" poet put the senses above reason--and died of venereal disease at age 33. (link)
- These languages (like Latin and Sanskrit) are no longer spoken by communities of people. (link)
- The Hwaseong Fortress was built by King Jeongjo of this country to protect and honor the remains of his father, Prince Sado. (link)
Questions will be posted tomorrow!
Here's the DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 2. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
- This Hellenistic Jewish philosopher famously harmonized the Hebrew scriptures with Greek philosophy. (link)
- "The Little Mermaid" was one of the most famous stories by this Danish author of fairy tales. (link)
- Legends of this "golden" king led to widespread exploration in northern South America. (link)
- Founded by Greeks as "Neapolis," this northern Italian city has been occupied by numerous cultures. (link)
- This Roman writer was so effective at both philosophy and playwriting that until the 16th century he was thought to be two separate people. (link)
- His famous short stories include one about a man who slept in the mountains for 20 years and another about the bullying of a timid school teacher. (link)
- This Dutch painting of a wealthy Italian couple makes use of a mirror to show us the fourth wall of the room in which it's set. (link)
- Niger's 5th-largest city, this ancient "Gateway to the Desert" still receives camel caravans of salt. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 4. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 4, 2022; #004):
- This Roman satire by Petronius was adapted to film by Federico Fellini. (link)
- This American poet and author published seven autobiographies, the first of which is frequently taught in schools and is also frequently challenged as inappropriate. (link)
- This proverb about rain in the spring months can mean "Difficulties can lead to happiness and joy." (link)
- This city on the Silk Road was besieged by Genghis Khan in 1220; a center of Islamic scholarship, culture, and religion, its medieval center has about 140 architectural monuments. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 5. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 5, 2022; #005 ):
- This multi-volume work, sometimes called the Tipitaka, serves as the "Bible" for a major branch of Buddhism. (link)
- This American educator was born a slave, taught himself to read and write, and founded a major training college, as described in his memoir Up From Slavery. (link)
- This famed "advisor" to King Arthur allowed himself to be trapped by a student using his own magic. (link)
- This major Mayan site in the rainforests of northern Guatemala was inhabited from the 6th century BCE until it was abandoned at the end of the 10th CE. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 6. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 6, 2022; #006):
- This "Apostolic Father" wrote seven important letters as he was being transported to Rome to be martyred. (link)
- This "muckraker" grew up in what became California's governor's mansion, and later made a career of exposing government corruption. (link)
- This list comprises nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections. (link)
- This unique central-star grid layout of roads demonstrated the power of the king and displayed superior planning and design. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 7. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 7, 2022; #007):
- This Romano-Jewish historian may have left one of the only independent record of the lives of some Bible characters. (link)
- Author with Samuel Taylor Coleridge of the Lyrical Ballads, he helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature. (link)
- One of the most famous example of this figure of speech is "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." (link)
- The group of 25 or so monuments at this place is a prime example of the nagara style of temple architecture commonly found in Northern India. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 8. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 8, 2022; #008 ):
- This ancient Roman writer of "Epigrams" about life in ancient Rome returned to his birthplace in Spain near the end of his life. (link)
- This English-born American traveller published several books of writings and photographs about his horseback rides in California's early-20th-century wilderness. (link)
- Along with the King James Bible, this writer's work had a greater impact on the formation of the English language than any other's. (link)
- This mud-walled oasis at the base of Oman's Jebel Akhdar was built in the 12th-15th centuries by the country's Banu Nabhani rulers. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 9. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 9, 2022; #009):
- This Spanish-born Roman poet wrote the Pharsalia about Rome's Civil War. (link)
- This French poet wrote Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil). (link)
- For a time, the popularity of this Baroque piece by Johann Pachelbel caused some to call it "inescapable." (link)
- This Bronze Age burial site in Finland has 33 granite burial cairns built around three millennia ago. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 10. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 10, 2022; #010):
- This Greek priest and historian wrote paired biographies of great Greek and Roman leaders. (link)
- This governor of New Mexico Territory wrote a novel about a character whose life was intertwined with that of Jesus. (link)
- This proverb about the importance of logistics may have been said by the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte. (link)
- This site in SW Zimbabwe was the capital of the Butua kingdom after the collapse of Great Zimbabwe around 1450. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 11. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 11, 2022; #011):
- This Stoic philosopher was born a Greek slave but, after gaining his freedom, taught in Rome before returning to Greece to found a school. (link)
- This American humorist, "the Jewish James Thurber," wrote stories for The New Yorker and a humorous dictionary, The Joys of Yiddish. (link)
- This Dutch draper improved the microscope and discovered "animalcules" in water droplets. (link)
- These mountains in eastern Slovakia are home to a unique collection of wooden churches. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 12. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 12, 2022; #012):
- This Roman historian's Annals and Histories cover the period from 14 to 96 CE. (link)
- This Spanish Franciscan missionary was killed in a violent native uprising on the Colorado River in 1781. (link)
- This group of animals, that can include cats and dogs as well as many wild creatures, hunts animals--called "prey"--for its food. (link)
- These two forts on the Caribbean coast of Panama were used to store loot stolen from the Incas as it was being shipped to Spain. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 13. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 13, 2022; #013):
- This Greco-Roman scholar from what is now northern Jordan excelled at the "quadrivium": arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. (link)
- This American Founding Father wrote that "all men are created equal"--and kept over 600 slaves during his lifetime. (link)
- These two abbreviations mean "Before the Common Era" and "Common Era." (link)
- The old central area of this Finnish town of about 600 buildings is built almost entirely of wood; the medieval town layout has survived disastrous fires. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 14. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 14, 2022; #014):
- This "younger" Roman, who left behind hundreds of letters detailing life in his day, was the heir to his famous uncle of the same name. (link)
- This Dutch scientist discovered Saturn's largest moon, Titan; he also invented the pendulum clock. (link)
- These two Greek letters are like "A" and "Z," and mean "the beginning and the end" or "everything." (link)
- This euphoniously named Marine National Monument in the NW Hawaiian islands is one of the world's largest protected areas, with numerous species. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 15. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 15, 2022; #015):
- This "saint" was martyred for refusing to burn incense to the Roman emperor; while being burned at the stake, he had to be stabbed when after his body wouldn't catch fire. (link)
- This "Renaissance Man" was a famous artist, and a scientist, and a military engineer. His Mona Lisa and Last Supper are some of the products of his fertile mind. (link)
- This painting by Vermeer bears a title that points out a minor detail--and is not even a traditional name for the work. (link)
- This stark reminder of the first atomic bomb has been maintained as a peace memorial in Hiroshima, Japan. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 16. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 16, 2022; #016):
- This Roman historian wrote about the lives of "The Twelve Caesars." (link)
- This "ideal French man of letters" won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921. (link)
- This proverb is based on the idea that people love negative gossip. (link)
- This site near Luoyang, China, has over 100,000 Buddhist statues and 2,345 caves carved into the native rock. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 17. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 17, 2022; #017):
- This Roman author's Satires include 16 poems in five books satirizing life in the Rome of his day. (link)
- This Danish author's novel Out of Africa and story "Babette's Feast" were both made into Oscar-winning films. (link)
- This ancient legal text is named for the Babylonian king that commissioned it; he is pictured on it along with the god of the sun and of justice. (link)
- Restored at the end of the 19th century, this medieval citadel in a southern French city sits on a hill that has been fortified since the pre-Roman period. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 18. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 18, 2022; #018):
- This epic poem by the monk Ashvaghosha is an early biography of the Buddha. (link)
- This English playwright probably collaborated with Shakespeare, and was considered one of the most successful dramatists of the reign of King James I. (link)
- This form of classical music is a composition for one or more soloists (often a violinist or a pianist) accompanied by an orchestra or a smaller musical ensemble. (link)
- "Lucy" is the most famous "person" found in this Ethiopian river valley. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 19. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 19 , 2022; #019):
- This Gnostic "gospel" from Nag Hammadi is composed of sayings rather than a narrated story. (link)
- This leading Spanish dramatist from the end of the 19th century won a Nobel Prize. (link)
- This figure of speech is a negatively-expressed understatement, like "not bad" for "good," or "not the most interesting" for "boring." (link)
- This Central European capital's "Old Town" has a Market Place, city walls, a Cathedral, and a historic fortification. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 20. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 20, 2022; #020):
- This "Apostolic Father of the Church" and early "Pope" was supposedly executed by being tied to an anchor and thrown into the sea, making him a patron saint of mariners. (link)
- This Spanish painter and sculptor was an iconoclast, who held conventional painting methods in contempt and declared an "assassination of painting." (link)
- These two fruits are often used to indicate that two things are very different. (link)
- This Mexican city was founded in 1531 in an uninhabited spot about 60 miles east of Mexico City, at the foot of the Popocatepetl volcano. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 21. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 21, 2022; #021):
- This Greco-Egyptian scientist wrote The Almagest and a Geography; he also wrote on astrology. (link)
- In recent years, this premier California conservationist and Sierra Club founder has been accused of being a racist. (link)
- This opening portion of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana laments the changeability of Fortune and Fate. (link)
- This medieval university town in Spain is the hometown of Cervantes. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 22. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 22, 2022; #022):
- This early Mahayana sutra is named for a highly-accomplished Buddhist layperson. (link)
- This Austrian psychoanalyst wrote "The Myth of the Birth of the Hero," a book foundational to the work of Joseph Campbell. (link)
- This proverbial expression might be used as a "joking insult" when we run into an old friend. (link)
- This archaeological ruin was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire and the setting for the meeting between King Ahasuerus and Esther in the Bible. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 23. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 23, 2022; #023):
- These 27 "books" follow the Hebrew Scriptures, with which they make The Holy Bible. (link)
- This English painter of "Sunrise with Sea Monsters" was famous for his expressive use of light and color--and for fathering two daughters by his housekeeper. (link)
- This mythical immortal bird would periodically burst into flames, and a new one would rise from its ashes, symbolizing renewal. (link)
- This mountainside location in India is home to the Nanda Devi National Park and the Valley of Flowers. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 24. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 24, 2022; #024):
- These documents include books that were excluded from the final canon of the New Testament. (link)
- This English novelist is best known today for The Chronicles of Barsetshire series, which included Barchester Towers. (link)
- This process integrates people, companies, and governments worldwide. (link)
- These 18th-century buildings in west-central Germany were once home to the prince-archbishops of Cologne. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 25. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 25, 2022; #025):
- This Greek bishop helped "grow" the Church in the south of France just two generations after the Apostles. (link)
- This female American jazz singer excelled at scat singing and made a famous series of duets with Louis Armstrong. (link)
- These are used at the start of every sentence; for proper nouns; days, months, and holidays; etc. (link)
- This walled city is located about 90 miles south of Tunis along the Mediterranean coast; its Archaeological Museum contains inscriptions from the time of Carthage. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 26. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 26 , 2022; #026):
- This Jain monk is credited with writing Silappatikaram, one of the "Five Great Epics" of Tamil literature. (link)
- This pre-eminent English playwright and poet wrote the line, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" (link)
- This expression means "the bottom of the sea," and is named after the sailors' devil. (link)
- This national park in Hungary has been used for the grazing of domestic animals for over two millennia. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 27. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 27, 2022; #027):
- In this Buddhist book, a king asks questions of a monk named Nagasena. (link)
- This English historian wrote a monumental six-volume work, "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." (link)
- This painting by Claude Monet helped launch (and give a name to) the movement known as "Impressionism." (link)
- This 1540 Mexican city on the western side of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula still has its fortifications. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 28. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 28, 2022; #028):
- This Christian apologist was beheaded with six companions in 165, earning himself the title "Martyr." (link)
- This renowned American author essentially published only one book; a "second" book was merely a draft of the first. (link)
- This proverb alludes to people who won't take responsibility for their mistakes, instead faulting their co-workers, working conditions, etc. (link)
- This English complex of buildings, including a church, a palace, and a clock tower, is recognized world wide. (link)
Here's Professor Jim Bucket's DAILY QUIZ for posts from April 29. Remember, this is "Jeopardy" style: I've given the "answer," you supply the "question."
ANSWERS (April 29, 2022; #029):
- This Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher wrote "The Meditations." (link)
- This American jazz composer and performer wrote "Take the "A" Train" and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)." (link)
- Invented by an Elizabethan philosopher and scientist, this is one of the first versions of the modern scientific method. (link)
- This site near modern Konya, Turkey, has two mounds representing two periods of occupation; both were abandoned before the Bronze Age. (link)
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