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

1. History

   The Inca road network, the Qhapaq Nan, ran mainly through which mountain range?

   • AThe Rocky Mountains
   • BThe Alps
   • CThe Atlas Mountains
   • DThe Andes(the answer)

   Answer: The Andes. The Inca built a vast road system through the Andes to link their empire.

   Source: whc.unesco.org

2. Sports

   Which martial art, originating in Brazil, focuses on ground grappling?

   • ATaekwondo
   • BKarate
   • CMuay Thai
   • DBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu(the answer)

   Answer: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu developed from Japanese judo, emphasizing ground grappling and submissions.

   Source: ibjjf.org

3. Nature

   Geysers like those at Yellowstone erupt mainly because underground water is heated by what?

   • AOcean tides
   • BWind pressure
   • CLightning strikes
   • DMagma close to the surface(the answer)

   Answer: Magma close to the surface. Geysers form where groundwater seeps near hot magma, builds pressure, and periodically blasts out as steam and water.

   Source: nps.gov

4. Arts

   Reggae, a genre built on offbeat rhythms, developed on which Caribbean island in the late 1960s?

   • ATrinidad
   • BJamaica(the answer)
   • CBarbados
   • DCuba

   Answer: Jamaica. Reggae grew out of earlier Jamaican styles such as ska and rocksteady.

   Source: si.edu

5. Geography

   Which of these countries is landlocked?

   • ATunisia
   • BUganda(the answer)
   • CCameroon
   • DTogo

   Answer: Uganda. Uganda is landlocked — it has no coastline on an ocean or sea.

   Source: wikidata.org

6. Literature

   Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem Ozymandias describes a ruined statue of a once-mighty king found in which setting?

   • AA desert(the answer)
   • BA mountain
   • CA riverbank
   • DA forest

   Answer: A desert. The statue's broken inscription boasts of power that has long since crumbled to sand.

   Source: poetryfoundation.org

7. Food and drink

   Ethylene gas is commonly used commercially to do what to fruit such as bananas, after it is picked unripe?

   • APreserve its color
   • BRipen it(the answer)
   • CDry it for storage
   • DSterilize it

   Answer: Ripen it. Fruit distributors often expose green bananas to ethylene gas to trigger ripening before sale.

   Source: britannica.com

8. Arts

   Which Polish-born composer built much of his output around solo-piano mazurkas and nocturnes?

   • AFranz Liszt
   • BFrederic Chopin(the answer)
   • CJohannes Brahms
   • DRobert Schumann

   Answer: Frederic Chopin. Chopin drew on Polish folk dance rhythms for many of his mazurkas.

   Source: britannica.com

9. Geography

   What is the currency of Qatar?

   • AQatari riyal(the answer)
   • BMaldivian rufiyaa
   • CPhilippine peso
   • DBahraini dinar

   Answer: Qatari riyal. Qatar's currency is the Qatari riyal.

   Source: wikidata.org

10. Science

    What is the chemical symbol for Terbium?

    • ATc
    • BTa
    • CTe
    • DTb(the answer)

    Answer: Tb. Terbium's chemical symbol is Tb (atomic number 65).

    Source: pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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