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: geography, sports, nature, history, food and drink, arts, science and literature.

1. Geography

   Which of these countries had the largest population in 2023?

   • APakistan
   • BUnited States
   • CIndia(the answer)
   • DNigeria

   Answer: India. As of 2023, India had the largest population of these four, at about 1438.1 million.

   Correct as of October 15, 2026. Source: data.worldbank.org

2. Sports

   How many players are on a basketball team on court at one time?

   • A7
   • B9
   • C11
   • D5(the answer)

   Answer: 5. Each basketball team has five players on the court at a time.

   Source: fiba.basketball

3. Nature

   Which of these animals carries its young the longest before birth?

   • ASpringbok
   • BJaguar
   • CLlama(the answer)
   • DGrey wolf

   Answer: Llama. A llama's pregnancy lasts about 350 days, far longer than the others here.

   Source: nationalzoo.si.edu

4. History

   Which 15th-century Portuguese prince sponsored voyages down the coast of West Africa, spurring the Age of Exploration?

   • AVasco da Gama
   • BBartolomeu Dias
   • CFerdinand Magellan
   • DHenry the Navigator(the answer)

   Answer: Henry the Navigator. Prince Henry the Navigator funded expeditions along Africa's Atlantic coast from the 1420s onward.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

5. Nature

   Which of these animals is the fastest runner?

   • AJaguar(the answer)
   • BAsian elephant
   • CKoala
   • DAfrican bush elephant

   Answer: Jaguar. The jaguar can run at roughly 80 km/h, well ahead of the others here.

   Source: nationalzoo.si.edu

6. Food and drink

   Mole, a rich Mexican sauce, can include which surprising ingredient among its many others?

   • ACoffee beans
   • BVanilla pods
   • CMaple syrup
   • DChocolate(the answer)

   Answer: Chocolate. Some moles, especially mole poblano, include a small amount of chocolate among dozens of ingredients.

   Source: britannica.com

7. Arts

   Odissi, a classical dance echoing ancient temple sculpture poses, comes from which eastern Indian state?

   • ATamil Nadu
   • BKerala
   • COdisha(the answer)
   • DKarnataka

   Answer: Odisha. Odissi traces its roots to carvings in the region's ancient temples.

   Source: britannica.com

8. History

   The Rashidun Caliphate, the first of the major caliphates, was established after the death of which figure in 632 CE?

   • ACaliph Umar
   • BCaliph Ali
   • CCaliph Uthman
   • DThe Prophet Muhammad(the answer)

   Answer: The Prophet Muhammad. The Rashidun Caliphate began upon the death of the Prophet Muhammad and was led by his four immediate successors.

   Source: britannica.com

9. Science

   Which of these elements has the highest atomic number?

   • ACesium
   • BKrypton
   • CThorium(the answer)
   • DIridium

   Answer: Thorium. Thorium has atomic number 90, the highest of these four.

   Source: pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

10. Literature

    In Aristophanes's comedy Lysistrata, Athenian and Spartan women try to end a war by doing what?

    • ABurning the city's grain stores
    • BWithholding sex from their husbands(the answer)
    • CFleeing to another city
    • DDisguising themselves as soldiers

    Answer: Withholding sex from their husbands. The play is one of the oldest surviving comedies to give women the lead role.

    Source: britannica.com

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