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The ten questions and their answers

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1. Science

   Which element has the chemical symbol Zn?

   • AZinc(the answer)
   • BZirconium
   • CRoentgenium
   • DSilver

   Answer: Zinc. Zn is the chemical symbol for Zinc (atomic number 30).

   Source: pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

2. Food and drink

   What is the main ingredient in traditional paneer, used widely in South Asian cooking?

   • AMilk(the answer)
   • BSoy milk
   • CCoconut milk
   • DRice flour

   Answer: Milk. Paneer is a fresh cheese made by curdling heated milk, usually with lemon juice or vinegar.

   Source: britannica.com

3. History

   Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to Ottoman forces in which century?

   • AThe 13th century
   • BThe 17th century
   • CThe 15th century(the answer)
   • DThe 19th century

   Answer: The 15th century. Sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire.

   Source: britannica.com

4. Nature

   Deciduous trees are defined mainly by doing what each autumn, unlike evergreens?

   • AGrowing new bark
   • BStopping photosynthesis forever
   • CShedding all their leaves(the answer)
   • DFlowering for the first time

   Answer: Shedding all their leaves. Deciduous trees drop all their leaves each year, while evergreen trees keep leaves through winter.

   Source: nps.gov

5. History

   The Swahili Coast's historic trading city-states, such as Kilwa and Mombasa, lined the coast of which ocean?

   • AThe Atlantic Ocean
   • BThe Mediterranean Sea
   • CThe Indian Ocean(the answer)
   • DThe Red Sea

   Answer: The Indian Ocean. Swahili city-states thrived on Indian Ocean trade linking East Africa with Arabia, Persia and India.

   Source: britannica.com

6. Geography

   Which of these countries is landlocked?

   • ABelgium
   • BIreland
   • CSweden
   • DCzech Republic(the answer)

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

   Source: wikidata.org

7. Sports

   Which city hosted the Winter Olympics in 2014?

   • AVancouver
   • BPyeongchang
   • CTurin
   • DSochi(the answer)

   Answer: Sochi. The 2014 Winter Olympics were held in Sochi, Russia.

   Source: olympics.com, en.wikipedia.org

8. Food and drink

   Basmati rice is traditionally grown mainly in which region, as opposed to jasmine rice, grown in Southeast Asia?

   • AWest Africa
   • BSouth Asia(the answer)
   • CSouthern Europe
   • DThe Caribbean

   Answer: South Asia. Basmati rice is traditionally cultivated in the foothills of the Himalayas in India and Pakistan.

   Source: fao.org

9. Arts

   Which Japanese architect designed the Church of the Light in Osaka using bare concrete and slits of sunlight?

   • AShigeru Ban
   • BKenzo Tange
   • CTadao Ando(the answer)
   • DArata Isozaki

   Answer: Tadao Ando. Ando, a self-taught architect, completed the Church of the Light in 1989.

   Source: britannica.com

10. Literature

    Which Portuguese novelist, author of Blindness, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998?

    • AJose Saramago(the answer)
    • BFernando Pessoa
    • CJose Cardoso Pires
    • DAntonio Lobo Antunes

    Answer: Jose Saramago. Jose Saramago's dense, unpunctuated prose style became famous worldwide after his 1998 Nobel win.

    Source: nobelprize.org

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