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

1. Literature

   Homer's epic the Iliad centers on the final weeks of a long war fought over which city?

   • ATroy(the answer)
   • BSparta
   • CAthens
   • DCarthage

   Answer: Troy. The Iliad opens nearly ten years into the Greeks' siege of Troy.

   Source: britannica.com

2. Food and drink

   Which gas, released by yeast as it feeds on sugar, makes bread dough rise?

   • AOxygen
   • BCarbon dioxide(the answer)
   • CNitrogen
   • DHydrogen

   Answer: Carbon dioxide. Yeast ferments sugars in the dough and gives off carbon dioxide bubbles, which get trapped and make bread rise.

   Source: britannica.com

3. History

   Indonesia proclaimed its independence from Dutch colonial rule in which decade?

   • AThe 1940s(the answer)
   • BThe 1920s
   • CThe 1930s
   • DThe 1950s

   Answer: The 1940s. Indonesia's independence was proclaimed on 17 August 1945, though the Netherlands formally recognized it in 1949.

   Source: britannica.com

4. Arts

   Which French brothers screened short films to a paying Paris audience for the first time in 1895?

   • Athe Melies brothers
   • Bthe Pathe brothers
   • Cthe Lumiere brothers(the answer)
   • Dthe Gaumont brothers

   Answer: the Lumiere brothers. Auguste and Louis Lumiere's screening is often marked as cinema's public birth.

   Source: britannica.com

5. Sports

   Which South American country has won the men's FIFA World Cup five times, the most of any nation?

   • AArgentina
   • BBrazil(the answer)
   • CUruguay
   • DChile

   Answer: Brazil. Brazil's five titles came in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.

   Source: fifa.com

6. Geography

   What is the currency of Ecuador?

   • AUnited States dollar(the answer)
   • BUruguayan peso
   • CGuyanese dollar
   • DPeruvian sol

   Answer: United States dollar. Ecuador's currency is the United States dollar.

   Source: wikidata.org

7. Science

   The symbol La stands for which element?

   • ALutetium
   • BLivermorium
   • CLithium
   • DLanthanum(the answer)

   Answer: Lanthanum. La is the chemical symbol for Lanthanum (atomic number 57).

   Source: pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

8. Arts

   Which Ghanaian sculptor weaves thousands of flattened recycled bottle caps into shimmering wall hangings?

   • AYinka Shonibare
   • BIbrahim El-Salahi
   • CEl Anatsui(the answer)
   • DLubaina Himid

   Answer: El Anatsui. Anatsui's metal cloth-like sculptures have been shown in major museums worldwide.

   Source: britannica.com

9. Sports

   Which country's men's handball team has won the most IHF World Championship titles?

   • AGermany
   • BFrance(the answer)
   • CSpain
   • DDenmark

   Answer: France. France's men's handball team has won the IHF World Championship more times than any other nation.

   Correct as of October 15, 2026. Source: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org

10. Nature

    The platypus, one of very few venomous mammals, delivers its venom through what part of its body?

    • AIts bill
    • BIts front claws
    • CA spur on its hind leg(the answer)
    • DIts tail

    Answer: A spur on its hind leg. Male platypuses have a sharp spur on each hind leg connected to a venom gland, used mainly against rivals.

    Source: australian.museum

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