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The ten questions and their answers

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1. Geography

   What is the capital of Brazil?

   • ABelo Horizonte
   • BBrasília(the answer)
   • CSão Paulo
   • DFortaleza

   Answer: Brasília. Brasília is the capital of Brazil.

   Source: wikidata.org

2. Sports

   Badminton is played by hitting which object over a net?

   • AA ball
   • BA puck
   • CA shuttlecock(the answer)
   • DA disc

   Answer: A shuttlecock. Badminton uses a feathered or synthetic projectile called a shuttlecock.

   Source: corporate.bwfbadminton.com

3. Nature

   The seasonal monsoon winds bring heavy annual rains mainly to which part of the world?

   • ASouth and Southeast Asia(the answer)
   • BNorthern Europe
   • CThe Arctic coast
   • DCentral Australia

   Answer: South and Southeast Asia. Seasonal shifts in wind direction bring the monsoon's heavy rains to South and Southeast Asia each year.

   Source: noaa.gov

4. Food and drink

   Paella, a rice dish cooked in a wide shallow pan, originates from which region of Spain?

   • AValencia(the answer)
   • BCatalonia
   • CAndalusia
   • DThe Basque Country

   Answer: Valencia. Paella traces its roots to the Valencia region on Spain's eastern coast.

   Source: britannica.com

5. Nature

   Which of these animals carries its young the longest before birth?

   • AJaguar
   • BGiraffe(the answer)
   • CCheetah
   • DGray wolf

   Answer: Giraffe. A giraffe's pregnancy lasts about 457 days, far longer than the others here.

   Source: nationalzoo.si.edu

6. Science

   What is the SI base unit of amount of substance?

   • Acandela
   • Bkelvin
   • Cmole(the answer)
   • Dsecond

   Answer: mole. The SI base unit of amount of substance is the mole.

   Source: nist.gov

7. History

   The medieval West African city of Gao served as the capital of which empire?

   • AThe Mali Empire
   • BThe Ghana Empire
   • CThe Kanem Empire
   • DThe Songhai Empire(the answer)

   Answer: The Songhai Empire. Gao, on the Niger River, was the capital of the Songhai Empire at its height.

   Source: britannica.com

8. Literature

   Walt Whitman's sprawling poetry collection Leaves of Grass celebrates the self and democracy across which country?

   • ACanada
   • BMexico
   • CThe United States(the answer)
   • DCuba

   Answer: The United States. Whitman revised and expanded the collection across several editions during his lifetime.

   Source: cliffsnotes.com

9. Literature

   Which Japanese novelist won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994?

   • AYasunari Kawabata
   • BKenzaburo Oe(the answer)
   • CHaruki Murakami
   • DYukio Mishima

   Answer: Kenzaburo Oe. Kenzaburo Oe won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature, decades after Yasunari Kawabata became Japan's first laureate in 1968.

   Source: nobelprize.org

10. Arts

    Carnatic music, the classical tradition of southern India, reached a peak in the 1700s and 1800s through composers known as what?

    • Athe Gharana masters
    • Bthe Qawwals
    • Cthe Bhakti poets
    • Dthe Trinity of Carnatic music(the answer)

    Answer: the Trinity of Carnatic music. Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri make up this celebrated trio.

    Source: britannica.com

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