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

1. Nature

   Counting the rings inside a cut tree trunk mainly tells you what?

   • AThe soil's pH level
   • BHow tall it will grow
   • CIts exact species
   • DThe tree's age(the answer)

   Answer: The tree's age. A tree typically adds one growth ring per year, so counting rings gives a close estimate of its age.

   Source: nps.gov

2. Literature

   Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein centers on a scientist who assembles a living creature from what?

   • ADead body parts(the answer)
   • BClay and breath
   • CLightning-struck wood
   • DAncient bones alone

   Answer: Dead body parts. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was only eighteen years old.

   Source: britannica.com

3. Food and drink

   Peanuts were originally domesticated by farmers on which continent?

   • AAfrica
   • BAsia
   • CSouth America(the answer)
   • DEurope

   Answer: South America. Peanuts were first cultivated in South America, later spreading to Africa, Asia and beyond.

   Source: lab.plant-humanities.org

4. History

   Which of these organizations was founded first?

   • AThe International Olympic Committee
   • BFIFA
   • CThe International Red Cross(the answer)
   • DInterpol

   Answer: The International Red Cross. The International Red Cross was founded in 1863, the earliest of these four.

   Source: icrc.org

5. Nature

   Stick insects avoid predators mainly by having bodies shaped and colored to resemble what?

   • ABright warning colors
   • BOther, larger insects
   • CTwigs and branches(the answer)
   • DTree bark patterns only at night

   Answer: Twigs and branches. A stick insect's long, twig-like body and coloring help it disappear against branches to avoid predators.

   Source: si.edu

6. Geography

   What is the currency of Tunisia?

   • AMalawian kwacha
   • BBurundian franc
   • CTunisian dinar(the answer)
   • DSouth Sudanese pound

   Answer: Tunisian dinar. Tunisia's currency is the Tunisian dinar.

   Source: wikidata.org

7. Science

   Which element has the chemical symbol Tl?

   • AThulium
   • BThallium(the answer)
   • CTellurium
   • DTerbium

   Answer: Thallium. Tl is the chemical symbol for Thallium (atomic number 81).

   Source: pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

8. Arts

   Which Italian composer wrote the operas Aida and La Traviata?

   • AGiacomo Puccini
   • BGioachino Rossini
   • CVincenzo Bellini
   • DGiuseppe Verdi(the answer)

   Answer: Giuseppe Verdi. Verdi wrote Aida for the opening of Cairo's opera house in 1871.

   Source: britannica.com

9. Sports

   Which country hosted the first Commonwealth Games, held in 1930 under the name British Empire Games?

   • ACanada(the answer)
   • BEngland
   • CAustralia
   • DSouth Africa

   Answer: Canada. Hamilton, Canada hosted the first British Empire Games, the forerunner of today's Commonwealth Games, in 1930.

   Source: britannica.com

10. Arts

    Which Czech composer's orchestral cycle Ma Vlast celebrates his homeland's rivers and legends?

    • AAntonin Dvorak
    • BLeos Janacek
    • CBedrich Smetana(the answer)
    • DBohuslav Martinu

    Answer: Bedrich Smetana. Smetana composed Ma Vlast, or My Homeland, between 1874 and 1879.

    Source: britannica.com

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