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

1. Food and drink

   What is the main stimulant found naturally in both coffee and tea?

   • ATheobromine
   • BCapsaicin
   • CNicotine
   • DCaffeine(the answer)

   Answer: Caffeine. Caffeine is a natural stimulant present in coffee beans, tea leaves and several other plants.

   Source: britannica.com

2. Sports

   Wimbledon's championships are played on which surface?

   • AClay
   • BHard court
   • CGrass(the answer)
   • DCarpet

   Answer: Grass. The US Open left grass in 1975 and the Australian Open in 1988, when it moved to hard courts at Melbourne Park.

   Source: wimbledon.com

3. History

   The Great Library of Alexandria, one of the ancient world's largest repositories of knowledge, was located in which country?

   • AEgypt(the answer)
   • BGreece
   • CTurkey
   • DSyria

   Answer: Egypt. The Library of Alexandria, founded in the 3rd century BCE, was one of antiquity's greatest centers of scholarship.

   Source: britannica.com

4. Literature

   Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges is best known for short, labyrinthine stories collected in which 1944 book?

   • AFicciones(the answer)
   • BThe Aleph
   • CThe Book of Sand
   • DDreamtigers

   Answer: Ficciones. Borges's stories often play with infinite libraries, mirrors, and mazes.

   Source: britannica.com

5. Sports

   Which country's cricket team is nicknamed the Proteas?

   • AAustralia
   • BSri Lanka
   • CSouth Africa(the answer)
   • DNew Zealand

   Answer: South Africa. South Africa's national cricket team takes its nickname, Proteas, from the national flower.

   Source: icc-cricket.com

6. Arts

   Which South African singer, nicknamed Mama Africa, became known worldwide for the song Pata Pata?

   • AMiriam Makeba(the answer)
   • BBrenda Fassie
   • CYvonne Chaka Chaka
   • DDolly Rathebe

   Answer: Miriam Makeba. Makeba also became a prominent international voice against apartheid.

   Source: britannica.com

7. Science

   The symbol Rn stands for which element?

   • ARadium
   • BRutherfordium
   • CRubidium
   • DRadon(the answer)

   Answer: Radon. Rn is the chemical symbol for Radon (atomic number 86).

   Source: pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

8. History

   Haile Selassie, who modernized Ethiopia's state and later inspired the Rastafari movement, ruled as emperor from which decade?

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

   Answer: The 1930s. Haile Selassie became Ethiopia's emperor in 1930 and reigned, with a wartime exile, until 1974.

   Source: britannica.com

9. Geography

   Which of these countries had the largest population in 2023?

   • ASomalia
   • BSlovakia
   • CNiger(the answer)
   • DAustria

   Answer: Niger. As of 2023, Niger had the largest population of these four, at about 26.2 million.

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

10. Nature

    The pangolin, the only mammal covered in hard scales, mainly defends itself by doing what?

    • ASpraying a foul odor
    • BPlaying dead
    • CRolling into a tight ball(the answer)
    • DDigging away quickly

    Answer: Rolling into a tight ball. When threatened, a pangolin curls into an armored ball that even large predators struggle to open.

    Source: si.edu

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