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

1. Food and drink

   Which continent is the original home of the coffee plant?

   • ASouth America
   • BSoutheast Asia
   • CAfrica(the answer)
   • DThe Caribbean

   Answer: Africa. Coffee's wild ancestor, Coffea arabica, grows wild in the highlands of Ethiopia.

   Source: britannica.com

2. Nature

   Reptiles are described as cold-blooded mainly because they rely on what to regulate body temperature?

   • AShivering muscles alone
   • BAn internal furnace organ
   • CExternal heat sources like the sun(the answer)
   • DA thick layer of blubber

   Answer: External heat sources like the sun. Cold-blooded, or ectothermic, animals rely on their surroundings, like sunlight, to regulate body temperature.

   Source: si.edu

3. Geography

   What is the capital of Cambodia?

   • APhnom Penh(the answer)
   • BTashkent
   • CBishkek
   • DMuscat

   Answer: Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia.

   Source: wikidata.org

4. Arts

   Which Norwegian painter created several versions of the anguished figure in The Scream?

   • AGustav Klimt
   • BEdvard Munch(the answer)
   • CEgon Schiele
   • DEdward Hopper

   Answer: Edvard Munch. Munch made multiple versions of The Scream beginning in the 1890s.

   Source: britannica.com

5. Nature

   Which of these animals is the fastest runner?

   • AKomodo dragon
   • BGiant panda
   • CAsian elephant
   • DSpringbok(the answer)

   Answer: Springbok. The springbok can run at roughly 88 km/h, well ahead of the others here.

   Source: nationalzoo.si.edu

6. Literature

   Marcel Proust's novel cycle In Search of Lost Time famously opens with a narrator's memories triggered by tasting what?

   • AA glass of wine
   • BA slice of bread
   • CA spoonful of honey
   • DA madeleine cake dipped in tea(the answer)

   Answer: A madeleine cake dipped in tea. The novel is often cited among the longest ever published.

   Source: britannica.com

7. History

   The Panama Canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific, was completed in which decade?

   • AThe 1890s
   • BThe 1930s
   • CThe 1950s
   • DThe 1910s(the answer)

   Answer: The 1910s. The Panama Canal opened to shipping in 1914 after a decade of construction.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

8. Geography

   What is the currency of Cameroon?

   • ATunisian dinar
   • BBotswana pula
   • CCentral African CFA franc(the answer)
   • DDjiboutian franc

   Answer: Central African CFA franc. Cameroon's currency is the Central African CFA franc.

   Source: wikidata.org

9. Science

   Which element has the chemical symbol Rf?

   • ARadon
   • BRubidium
   • CRutherfordium(the answer)
   • DRadium

   Answer: Rutherfordium. Rf is the chemical symbol for Rutherfordium (atomic number 104).

   Source: pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

10. Sports

    Which country won the first-ever Olympic men's volleyball gold medal, at the 1964 Tokyo Games?

    • AJapan
    • Bthe Soviet Union(the answer)
    • CCzechoslovakia
    • DRomania

    Answer: the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union won the first Olympic men's volleyball tournament in Tokyo in 1964.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org

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