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

1. Literature

   In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Prince Rama sets out to rescue his wife Sita from which demon king?

   • ARavana(the answer)
   • BKumbhakarna
   • CVibhishana
   • DIndrajit

   Answer: Ravana. Rama is aided in the rescue by the devoted monkey-god Hanuman.

   Source: britannica.com

2. History

   The stone city of Great Zimbabwe was built by the ancestors of which people?

   • AThe Zulu people
   • BThe Maasai people
   • CThe Shona people(the answer)
   • DThe Yoruba people

   Answer: The Shona people. Great Zimbabwe was built from the 11th century onward by ancestors of the Shona people.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

3. Science

   Which element has the chemical symbol Co?

   • AChlorine
   • BCobalt(the answer)
   • CCadmium
   • DCopper

   Answer: Cobalt. Co is the chemical symbol for Cobalt (atomic number 27).

   Source: pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

4. Sports

   Kenya and Ethiopia are both especially renowned for producing elite athletes in which event type?

   • AWeightlifting
   • BSwimming
   • CGymnastics
   • DLong-distance running(the answer)

   Answer: Long-distance running. Kenyan and Ethiopian runners have dominated world distance running for decades.

   Source: worldathletics.org

5. Sports

   Which country is widely credited with developing modern basketball's home league, the NBA?

   • ACanada
   • Bthe United States(the answer)
   • Cthe United Kingdom
   • Dthe Philippines

   Answer: the United States. The National Basketball Association was founded in the United States in 1946.

   Source: nba.com

6. Geography

   What is the currency of Saudi Arabia?

   • ASaudi riyal(the answer)
   • BMongolian tögrög
   • CUnited Arab Emirates dirham
   • DJordanian dinar

   Answer: Saudi riyal. Saudi Arabia's currency is the Saudi riyal.

   Source: wikidata.org

7. Arts

   Which Russian painter is credited with creating some of the first fully abstract paintings around 1911?

   • AMarc Chagall
   • BWassily Kandinsky(the answer)
   • CKazimir Malevich
   • DNatalia Goncharova

   Answer: Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky's early abstractions moved away from depicting recognizable objects.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

8. Geography

   Which city is the capital of Jamaica?

   • AKingston(the answer)
   • BTegucigalpa
   • COttawa
   • DCastries

   Answer: Kingston. Kingston is the capital of Jamaica.

   Source: wikidata.org

9. Nature

   The okapi, a forest relative of the giraffe with zebra-like leg stripes, is native to which country?

   • AKenya
   • BDemocratic Republic of the Congo(the answer)
   • CTanzania
   • DMadagascar

   Answer: Democratic Republic of the Congo. The okapi lives only in the dense rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was unknown to Western science until 1901.

   Source: nationalzoo.si.edu

10. Food and drink

    Gochugaru, a coarse Korean chili flake used to make kimchi, is made by drying and grinding what?

    • ASmoked paprika peppers
    • BKorean red chili peppers(the answer)
    • CSichuan peppercorns
    • DDried tomatoes

    Answer: Korean red chili peppers. Gochugaru is produced from sun-dried Korean red chili peppers, ground to a coarse or fine powder.

    Source: britannica.com

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