Daily Trivia answers

The ten questions and their answers

Play the day above first if you want to; the answers below are in the order the quiz asked them, with the options as it showed them. Topics: sports, geography, nature, food and drink, arts, literature, history and science.

1. Sports

   Which country does the sport of cricket trace its origins to?

   • AAustralia
   • BIndia
   • CEngland(the answer)
   • Dthe West Indies

   Answer: England. Cricket developed in England before spreading across the former British Empire.

   Source: icc-cricket.com

2. Geography

   Which city is the capital of India?

   • ABengaluru
   • BHyderabad
   • CMumbai
   • DNew Delhi(the answer)

   Answer: New Delhi. New Delhi is the capital of India.

   Source: wikidata.org

3. Nature

   Some mammals survive cold winters by dramatically slowing their body functions in a state called what?

   • AMetamorphosis
   • BHibernation(the answer)
   • CMigration
   • DMoulting

   Answer: Hibernation. During hibernation, an animal's heart rate, breathing and temperature drop sharply to conserve energy.

   Source: fws.gov

4. Food and drink

   Rhubarb is a popular dessert ingredient, but which part of the plant is toxic and must never be eaten?

   • AThe stalks
   • BThe roots
   • CThe leaves(the answer)
   • DThe flowers

   Answer: The leaves. Rhubarb leaves contain high levels of oxalic acid and are considered unsafe to eat; only the stalks are used in cooking.

   Source: britannica.com

5. Arts

   Which German-born composer, working in London, wrote the oratorio Messiah?

   • AJohann Sebastian Bach
   • BHenry Purcell
   • CFranz Joseph Haydn
   • DGeorge Frideric Handel(the answer)

   Answer: George Frideric Handel. Handel reportedly composed all of Messiah in under a month in 1741.

   Source: britannica.com

6. Literature

   Japanese court lady Sei Shonagon wrote a collection of observations and lists about Heian court life called what?

   • AThe Tale of Genji
   • BThe Pillow Book(the answer)
   • CEssays in Idleness
   • DThe Tosa Diary

   Answer: The Pillow Book. It offers one of the earliest and most vivid pictures of Heian-era daily life.

   Source: worldhistory.org

7. History

   The ancient city-state civilization of Sumer developed in the river valley of which two rivers?

   • AThe Nile and the Jordan
   • BThe Indus and the Ganges
   • CThe Tigris and Euphrates(the answer)
   • DThe Yangtze and the Yellow River

   Answer: The Tigris and Euphrates. Sumer arose in Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

   Source: britannica.com

8. Sports

   Tenzing Norgay, who reached the summit of Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953, belonged to which Himalayan people?

   • AThe Gurung
   • BThe Tamang
   • CThe Lepcha
   • DThe Sherpa(the answer)

   Answer: The Sherpa. Tenzing Norgay was a Sherpa mountaineer from the Nepal-Tibet border region.

   Source: usgs.gov

9. Arts

   Which style of Japanese wood-block printing, featuring artists like Hokusai and Hiroshige, flourished in the Edo period?

   • ASumi-e
   • BUkiyo-e(the answer)
   • CHaniwa
   • DRaku

   Answer: Ukiyo-e. Ukiyo-e prints, depicting landscapes and city life, became hugely popular in Edo-period Japan.

   Source: metmuseum.org

10. Science

    What is the chemical symbol for Hafnium?

    • AHs
    • BHf(the answer)
    • CHo
    • DHe

    Answer: Hf. Hafnium's chemical symbol is Hf (atomic number 72).

    Source: pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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