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Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 12 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Pub nature round: Which carnivorous plant snaps paired leaf lobes around prey?

    Answer: venus flytrap

    A Venus flytrap counts trigger-hair touches, helping it avoid closing for a single raindrop.

  2. Pub literature round: Who wrote the Divine Comedy?

    Answer: Dante Alighieri

    Dante wrote the Divine Comedy in Italian vernacular rather than Latin.

  3. Pub inventions round: Which navigation instrument measures the angle between a celestial object and the horizon?

    Answer: sextant

    A sextant uses mirrors so a navigator can view the horizon and a celestial body at the same time.

  4. Pub language round: What figure of speech joins apparently contradictory terms?

    Answer: oxymoron

    “Deafening silence” is an oxymoron because its paired ideas appear contradictory.

  5. Pub landmarks round: Which archaeological city in Jordan is famous for rock-cut façades?

    Answer: Petra

    Petra prospered as the Nabataean kingdom’s capital at a crossroads of Arabian trade routes.

Daily round

  1. Pub art round: Which painter created the Impression, Sunrise canvas that helped name Impressionism?

    Answer: Claude Monet

    Monet’s Impression, Sunrise depicts the port of Le Havre and was exhibited in 1874.

  2. Pub sports round: Which cricket Test series is contested by England and Australia?

    Answer: The Ashes

    The Ashes name arose after a satirical obituary declared English cricket had died following an 1882 loss.

  3. Pub science round: Which gemstone is a crystalline form of carbon?

    Answer: diamond

    Diamond’s carbon atoms form a rigid three-dimensional lattice that makes it exceptionally hard.

  4. Pub finale round: How many colors are traditionally named in a visible-light rainbow?

    Answer: seven

    The seven traditional rainbow colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

  5. Pub music round: Which wind instrument developed by Aboriginal peoples of northern Australia uses a long hollow tube?

    Answer: didgeridoo

    Didgeridoo players can use circular breathing to maintain a continuous drone.

Daily round

  1. Pub food round: Which sour-sweet tropical pod pulp flavors many chutneys and sauces?

    Answer: tamarind

    Tamarind pulp surrounds seeds inside brown pods and contributes both acidity and sweetness.

  2. Pub sports round: Which Grand Slam tennis tournament is played on grass in London?

    Answer: Wimbledon

    The first Wimbledon championship was held in 1877 at the All England Club.

  3. Pub finale round: Which imaginary line divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

    Answer: equator

    The equator is at zero degrees latitude and is approximately 40,075 kilometers long.

  4. Pub music round: Which two-string bowed instrument is used in Chinese music?

    Answer: erhu

    The erhu has two strings, with the bow hair passing between them.

  5. Pub nature round: Which tree is famous for a massively swollen trunk that can store water?

    Answer: baobab

    A baobab’s trunk stores water in spongy wood, helping the tree survive long dry seasons.

Daily round

  1. Pub science round: What theoretical temperature is the lowest possible on the thermodynamic scale?

    Answer: absolute zero

    Absolute zero equals 0 kelvin, or −273.15 degrees Celsius.

  2. Pub inventions round: Which long-distance communication system sent coded electrical signals over wires?

    Answer: telegraph

    Telegraph operators used codes such as Morse code to represent letters with electrical pulses.

  3. Pub history round: Which 1930 protest led by Gandhi challenged the British salt monopoly?

    Answer: Dandi March

    The Dandi March covered roughly 390 kilometers before Gandhi made salt at the Arabian Sea.

  4. Pub landmarks round: Which large statue overlooks Rio de Janeiro from Corcovado Mountain?

    Answer: Christ the Redeemer

    Christ the Redeemer was completed in 1931 and is an Art Deco monument with reinforced-concrete construction.

  5. Pub food round: Which caffeine-free South African plant is brewed as a reddish herbal drink?

    Answer: rooibos

    Rooibos comes from Aspalathus linearis, a shrub native to South Africa’s Cederberg region.

Daily round

  1. Pub music round: Which free-reed instrument is strongly associated with Argentine tango?

    Answer: bandoneon

    The bandoneon arrived in Argentina from Germany and became a defining voice of tango ensembles.

  2. Pub finale round: Which national capital lies between Sydney and Melbourne?

    Answer: Canberra

    Canberra was selected as a compromise between rival Australian cities Sydney and Melbourne.

  3. Pub nature round: Which parasitic plant produces one of the world’s largest individual flowers?

    Answer: rafflesia

    Rafflesia lacks ordinary leaves, stems, and roots and lives as a parasite inside its host vine.

  4. Pub food round: Which pungent green condiment traditionally accompanies Japanese sushi?

    Answer: wasabi

    True wasabi belongs to the cabbage family, and many commercial green pastes rely mostly on horseradish.

  5. Pub history round: Which 1494 agreement divided newly claimed lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal?

    Answer: Treaty of Tordesillas

    The Treaty of Tordesillas drew an Atlantic dividing line that other European powers did not recognize.

Daily round

  1. Pub sports round: What color jersey identifies the overall Tour de France leader?

    Answer: yellow jersey

    The leader’s yellow jersey is called the maillot jaune, matching the yellow paper once used by L’Auto.

  2. Pub landmarks round: Which palace and fortress complex overlooks Granada in Spain?

    Answer: Alhambra

    The Alhambra’s best-known palaces were created by the Nasrid dynasty, the final Muslim rulers of Iberia.

  3. Pub art round: Which sculptor created The Thinker?

    Answer: Auguste Rodin

    Rodin originally conceived The Thinker as part of his larger sculptural project The Gates of Hell.

  4. Pub food round: Which red spice is made from dried ground peppers?

    Answer: paprika

    Paprika can taste sweet, hot, or smoky depending on the pepper variety and drying method.

  5. Pub science round: Which blood cell type transports most oxygen using hemoglobin?

    Answer: red blood cell

    Mature human red blood cells have a biconcave shape and lack a nucleus, leaving more room for hemoglobin.

Daily round

  1. Pub inventions round: Which rotary engine converts energy from high-pressure steam into mechanical work?

    Answer: steam turbine

    A steam turbine uses expanding steam to spin rows of blades and can drive an electrical generator.

  2. Pub literature round: Who wrote Mrs Dalloway?

    Answer: Virginia Woolf

    Mrs Dalloway unfolds over one day in London and uses shifting interior viewpoints.

  3. Pub literature round: Who wrote Things Fall Apart?

    Answer: Chinua Achebe

    Things Fall Apart depicts the Igbo community of Umuofia during the arrival of British colonial rule.

  4. Pub inventions round: Which machine enabled rapid reproduction of movable-type pages in Europe?

    Answer: printing press

    Movable-type printing made individual letters reusable, lowering the labor needed for repeated pages.

  5. Pub landmarks round: Which Inca site stands high in the Andes of Peru?

    Answer: Machu Picchu

    Machu Picchu was built by the Inca in the fifteenth century and sits above Peru’s Urubamba Valley.