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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: In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

  1. Nineteen eighty-nine
  2. Nineteen seventy-nine
  3. Nineteen ninety-one
  4. Nineteen sixty-one
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Correct answer: A. Nineteen eighty-nine.

1989. The Wall came down on November 9, and its fall came to represent the end of the Cold War.

Question 2: What kind of animal is a narwhal?

  1. A dolphin
  2. A seal
  3. A whale
  4. A shark
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Correct answer: C. A whale.

A whale. A narwhal is a toothed whale, and its famous tusk is actually a tooth usually found in males. The unicorn comparison suddenly makes more sense.

Question 3: Who wrote Frankenstein?

  1. Emily Brontë
  2. Mary Shelley
  3. George Eliot
  4. Louisa May Alcott
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Correct answer: B. Mary Shelley.

Mary Shelley. The first edition appeared anonymously on January 1, 1818. An expanded version was published under the author's own name in 1831.

Question 4: Which organs filter wastes and extra water from blood to make urine?

  1. Lungs
  2. Liver
  3. Pancreas
  4. Kidneys
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Correct answer: D. Kidneys.

Kidneys filter about half a cup of blood each minute. Wastes and extra water leave as urine, which travels through the ureters to the bladder.

Question 5: The Alhambra is in which city?

  1. Seville
  2. Córdoba
  3. Granada
  4. Toledo
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Correct answer: C. Granada.

Granada's Alhambra became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Its Generalife served as a garden retreat for the sultan.

Question 6: Which organ makes the hormone insulin?

  1. Pancreas
  2. Liver
  3. Thyroid
  4. Spleen
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Correct answer: A. Pancreas.

Pancreas. Insulin helps glucose move from the blood into cells, where it can be used for energy.

Question 7: Who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922?

  1. Lord Carnarvon
  2. Howard Florey
  3. Arthur Evans
  4. Howard Carter
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Correct answer: D. Howard Carter.

Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in November 1922. Clearing, packing, and moving the contents to Cairo Museum took his team a full 10 years.

Question 8: Who composed the orchestral work Boléro?

  1. Béla Bartók
  2. Maurice Ravel
  3. Claude Debussy
  4. Sergei Prokofiev
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Correct answer: B. Maurice Ravel.

Maurice Ravel. Ravel built the piece around one theme repeated through changing instruments, gradually growing louder, and it premiered as ballet music in Paris in 1928.

Question 9: Who became the first woman to fly in space?

  1. Valentina Tereshkova
  2. Mae Jemison
  3. Sally Ride
  4. Svetlana Savitskaya
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Correct answer: A. Valentina Tereshkova.

Valentina Tereshkova launched aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, and completed 48 orbits of Earth.

Question 10: Who wrote A Doll's House?

  1. Oscar Wilde
  2. Anton Chekhov
  3. Henrik Ibsen
  4. George Bernard Shaw
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Correct answer: C. Henrik Ibsen.

Henrik Ibsen. The play follows Nora and Torvald Helmer, and sparked a firestorm of debate about marriage and women's rights.

Question 11: What is the Sun’s outer atmosphere, visible during a total solar eclipse, called?

  1. Photosphere
  2. Chromosphere
  3. Heliosphere
  4. Corona
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Correct answer: D. Corona.

During totality, the Moon blocks the Sun’s bright surface and reveals the much fainter corona, which is normally hidden by intense sunlight.

Question 12: Which philosopher tutored the boy who became Alexander the Great?

  1. Plato
  2. Aristotle
  3. Socrates
  4. Pythagoras
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Correct answer: B. Aristotle.

Aristotle became Alexander’s tutor at King Philip’s request, teaching the 13-year-old in Pella, the Macedonian capital.