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

1. Arts

   Which Dutch painter created the swirling night sky of The Starry Night?

   • AClaude Monet
   • BVincent van Gogh(the answer)
   • CPaul Cezanne
   • DEdgar Degas

   Answer: Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh painted The Starry Night in 1889 from the window of his asylum room.

   Source: moma.org

2. Food and drink

   What is ghee, a staple of South Asian cooking?

   • ACoconut oil
   • BFermented cream
   • CPressed sesame oil
   • DClarified butter(the answer)

   Answer: Clarified butter. Ghee is made by simmering butter and skimming off the milk solids, leaving a clear, golden fat.

   Source: britannica.com

3. Geography

   Which city is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

   • ARiyadh(the answer)
   • BDammam
   • CJeddah
   • DTabuk

   Answer: Riyadh. Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia.

   Source: wikidata.org

4. Sports

   In American football's Super Bowl, which two conferences' champions meet?

   • Athe East and the West
   • Bthe National and American Leagues
   • Cthe AFC and the NFC(the answer)
   • Dthe North and South divisions

   Answer: the AFC and the NFC. The Super Bowl pits the AFC champion against the NFC champion.

   Source: nfl.com

5. Geography

   What is the currency of Thailand?

   • AOmani rial
   • BRenminbi
   • CBhutanese ngultrum
   • DThai baht(the answer)

   Answer: Thai baht. Thailand's currency is the Thai baht.

   Source: wikidata.org

6. Nature

   Which of these animals is the fastest runner?

   • AKomodo dragon
   • BGiant panda
   • CKoala
   • DRed kangaroo(the answer)

   Answer: Red kangaroo. The red kangaroo can run at roughly 70 km/h, well ahead of the others here.

   Source: nationalzoo.si.edu

7. Science

   The symbol I stands for which element?

   • AIodine(the answer)
   • BIndium
   • CIridium
   • DAstatine

   Answer: Iodine. I is the chemical symbol for Iodine (atomic number 53).

   Source: pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

8. Arts

   Kabuki, a dynamic and colorful theater form, was founded around 1603 in Kyoto by which performer?

   • AZeami Motokiyo
   • BIzumo no Okuni(the answer)
   • CChikamatsu Monzaemon
   • DMurasaki Shikibu

   Answer: Izumo no Okuni. Okuni's dance troupe performed on a riverbed stage before Kabuki spread nationwide.

   Source: britannica.com

9. Literature

   John Keats's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' ends with which famous line?

   • A'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'
   • B'Beauty is truth, truth beauty'(the answer)
   • C'Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness'
   • D'My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains'

   Answer: 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty'. The poem closes with the famous claim that "beauty is truth, truth beauty."

   Source: poetryfoundation.org

10. History

    The Battle of Kadesh, one of the earliest battles with detailed records, was fought between Egypt and which empire?

    • AThe Assyrian Empire
    • BThe Hittite Empire(the answer)
    • CThe Babylonian Empire
    • DThe Mitanni kingdom

    Answer: The Hittite Empire. Pharaoh Ramesses II fought the Hittites at Kadesh around 1274 BCE, later leading to one of history's first peace treaties.

    Source: britannica.com

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