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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: Which planet is closest to the Sun?

  1. Mercury
  2. Venus
  3. Mars
  4. Earth
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Correct answer: A. Mercury.

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and completes one orbit in just 88 Earth days, so it is not exactly a fan of long vacations.

Question 2: Which poetic form is traditionally a three-line poem with a 5/7/5 syllable pattern?

  1. Sonnet
  2. Limerick
  3. Haiku
  4. Tanka
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Correct answer: C. Haiku.

Haiku often focuses on images from nature and values simplicity, intensity and direct expression in very few words.

Question 3: Which part of the eye controls how much light enters through the pupil?

  1. Retina
  2. Iris
  3. Cornea
  4. Lens
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Correct answer: B. Iris.

The iris is the colored part of the eye, its muscles make the pupil larger or smaller to regulate the amount of entering light.

Question 4: Which animated film features Woody and Buzz Lightyear?

  1. Cars
  2. Finding Nemo
  3. Ratatouille
  4. Toy Story
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Correct answer: D. Toy Story.

Toy Story was released in 1995 and was the first computer-animated feature film.

Question 5: How many players can each football team have on the field at most?

  1. Nine
  2. Seven
  3. Eleven
  4. Thirteen
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Correct answer: C. Eleven.

A standard football team has 11 players on the field at most, including 1 goalkeeper. A match cannot start or continue if a team has fewer than 7.

Question 6: Which animal is known for a coat of black-and-white stripes?

  1. Zebra
  2. Badger
  3. Okapi
  4. Skunk
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Correct answer: A. Zebra.

Zebra. Zebras have distinctive stripe patterns, and no two individuals have exactly the same arrangement of stripes.

Question 7: Which ocean is the largest on Earth?

  1. Atlantic Ocean
  2. Arctic Ocean
  3. Indian Ocean
  4. Pacific Ocean
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Correct answer: D. Pacific Ocean.

The Pacific Ocean is also the deepest ocean basin and is partly surrounded by the Ring of Fire, a zone of intense earthquakes and volcanoes, so its name sounds a bit more relaxing than its geology.

Question 8: In volleyball, which player is the specialist defender who usually wears a different-colored jersey?

  1. Middle blocker
  2. Libero
  3. Outside hitter
  4. Setter
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Correct answer: B. Libero.

The libero specializes in backcourt defence and serve reception. The role was introduced by the international federation in 1998.

Question 9: Chichén Itzá is most closely associated with which civilization?

  1. Maya
  2. Inca
  3. Aztec
  4. Moche
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Correct answer: A. Maya.

Maya. This sacred site was one of the greatest Mayan centres of the Yucatán peninsula.

Question 10: What is the phase change called when a solid turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid?

  1. Condensation
  2. Deposition
  3. Sublimation
  4. Vaporization
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Correct answer: C. Sublimation.

Sublimation describes dry ice, which is solid carbon dioxide and changes directly into gas without first becoming liquid.

Question 11: Which supercontinent brought most of today's continents together about 250 million years ago?

  1. Gondwana
  2. Laurasia
  3. Rodinia
  4. Pangaea
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Correct answer: D. Pangaea.

Pangaea lasted for many millions of years before gradually breaking apart and helping form today's continental arrangement.

Question 12: Which Japanese artist created The Great Wave, also known as Under the Wave off Kanagawa?

  1. Utagawa Hiroshige
  2. Katsushika Hokusai
  3. Kitagawa Utamaro
  4. Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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Correct answer: B. Katsushika Hokusai.

Katsushika Hokusai used perspective to make Mount Fuji appear as a small triangular mound inside the hollow of the wave.