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The Daily Trivia Quiz

The Daily Trivia Quiz

A daily trivia game with a brand-new set of questions!

· 12 rounds · Always free

Question 1: What is the capital of the Republic of Ireland?

  1. Dublin
  2. Galway
  3. Cork
  4. Limerick
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Correct answer: A. Dublin.

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland. Ireland is a parliamentary republic consisting of 26 counties, enough counties to make a very long roll call.

Question 2: At what temperature does water freeze on the Celsius scale?

  1. Ten degrees Celsius
  2. Fifty degrees Celsius
  3. Zero degrees Celsius
  4. One hundred degrees Celsius
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Correct answer: C. Zero degrees Celsius.

Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius, which is 32 degrees Fahrenheit. At sea level, it boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

Question 3: In what year did World War II officially end?

  1. Nineteen forty-one
  2. Nineteen forty-five
  3. Nineteen thirty-nine
  4. Nineteen forty-nine
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Correct answer: B. Nineteen forty-five.

Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945.

Question 4: How many colors are traditionally listed in a rainbow?

  1. Five
  2. Eight
  3. Six
  4. Seven
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Correct answer: D. Seven.

Seven. A rainbow actually contains a continuous range of hues, far more than the human eye can distinguish.

Question 5: Who wrote A Christmas Carol?

  1. Mark Twain
  2. Victor Hugo
  3. Charles Dickens
  4. Oscar Wilde
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Correct answer: C. Charles Dickens.

Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in about six weeks, an impressively brisk deadline, even the calendar might have asked for a breather.

Question 6: Who developed the first successful polio vaccine?

  1. Jonas Salk
  2. Edward Jenner
  3. John Enders
  4. Albert Sabin
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Correct answer: A. Jonas Salk.

Jonas Salk. The results were announced on 12 April 1955, and Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine was licensed on the same day.

Question 7: Who wrote Around the World in 80 Days?

  1. H. G. Wells
  2. Victor Hugo
  3. Alexandre Dumas
  4. Jules Verne
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Correct answer: D. Jules Verne.

The answer is Jules Verne: the book follows a promise to make the tour of the world in 80 days or less.

Question 8: Which body of water is the world's largest inland body of water?

  1. The Aral Sea
  2. The Caspian Sea
  3. Lake Superior
  4. Lake Victoria
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Correct answer: B. The Caspian Sea.

The Caspian Sea lies in a deep depression between Europe and Asia, and it is shrinking, geography can be dramatic without needing a plot twist.

Question 9: Who wrote The Handmaid's Tale?

  1. Margaret Atwood
  2. Doris Lessing
  3. Alice Walker
  4. Toni Morrison
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Correct answer: A. Margaret Atwood.

Margaret Atwood. The Testaments, which was a global number 1 bestseller and won the Booker Prize.

Question 10: Which weather instrument measures wind speed, rather than wind direction?

  1. Barometer
  2. Thermometer
  3. Anemometer
  4. Rain gauge
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Correct answer: C. Anemometer.

Anemometer. These are often cups which spin through a beam of light to measure the wind speed.

Question 11: Which ocean current carries warm water toward western Europe?

  1. Benguela Current
  2. Labrador Current
  3. California Current
  4. Gulf Stream
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Correct answer: D. Gulf Stream.

The answer is the Gulf Stream, whose heat keeps much of Northern Europe significantly warmer.

Question 12: Who painted The Arnolfini Portrait?

  1. Albrecht Dürer
  2. Jan van Eyck
  3. Sandro Botticelli
  4. Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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Correct answer: B. Jan van Eyck.

Jan van Eyck painted The Arnolfini Portrait. Look closely: its convex mirror reflects two tiny figures entering the room.