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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 7 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Pub art round: Which artist co-founded Cubism with Georges Braque?

    Answer: Pablo Picasso

    Picasso and Braque developed Cubism by breaking subjects into multiple geometric viewpoints.

  2. Pub landmarks round: Which temple complex appears on Cambodia’s national flag?

    Answer: Angkor Wat

    Angkor Wat was built in the early twelfth century for Khmer king Suryavarman II and was originally dedicated to Vishnu.

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

    Answer: Dante Alighieri

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

  4. Pub science round: Which antibiotic did Alexander Fleming observe from a mold in 1928?

    Answer: penicillin

    Penicillin interferes with bacterial cell-wall synthesis and does not treat viral infections.

  5. Pub sports round: Which golf competition pits teams from Europe and the United States against each other?

    Answer: Ryder Cup

    The Ryder Cup is normally played every two years using match-play formats rather than total strokes.

Daily round

  1. Pub sports round: Which gymnastics apparatus has two handles on a padded body?

    Answer: pommel horse

    The pommel horse demands continuous swinging and scissor movements without pausing on the apparatus.

  2. Pub finale round: Which island is the world’s largest when continents are excluded?

    Answer: Greenland

    Greenland covers roughly 2.16 million square kilometers, most of it beneath an ice sheet.

  3. 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.

  4. Pub science round: Which deficiency disease is prevented by adequate vitamin C?

    Answer: scurvy

    Scurvy disrupts collagen formation and can cause bleeding gums, bruising, and poor wound healing.

  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 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Pub inventions round: Which weaving machine used punched cards to control patterns?

    Answer: Jacquard loom

    Jacquard loom cards influenced later ideas for storing machine instructions as punched patterns.

  5. Pub language round: What do we call a word pronounced like another but differing in meaning or spelling?

    Answer: homophone

    “Sea” and “see” are homophones because they sound alike but have different spellings and meanings.

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 history round: Which operation supplied West Berlin by air during the 1948–49 blockade?

    Answer: Berlin Airlift

    The Berlin Airlift delivered fuel and food for nearly a year until the Soviet blockade was lifted.

  3. Pub language round: What word is formed by blending parts and meanings of two other words?

    Answer: portmanteau

    The word “brunch” blends “breakfast” and “lunch,” making it a portmanteau.

  4. Pub inventions round: Which fastener joins two rows of teeth using a sliding tab?

    Answer: zipper

    Modern zippers use interlocking teeth that a wedge-shaped slider joins or separates.

  5. Pub history round: What name describes the historic trade networks linking East Asia and the Mediterranean?

    Answer: Silk Road

    The Silk Road was a changing network of land and sea routes rather than one continuous road.

Daily round

  1. Pub language round: What sentence uses every letter of an alphabet at least once?

    Answer: pangram

    “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is a well-known English pangram.

  2. Pub finale round: Which board game uses pieces called bishops, rooks, and knights?

    Answer: chess

    Chess bishops move diagonally, rooks move orthogonally, and knights move in an L-shaped pattern.

  3. Pub art round: Which Japanese artist is known for polka dots and Infinity Mirror Rooms?

    Answer: Yayoi Kusama

    Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms use repeated lights and reflections to suggest endless space.

  4. 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.

  5. Pub food round: Which dark bread is traditionally made with rye flour?

    Answer: pumpernickel

    Traditional pumpernickel originated in Germany and uses rye with a long, low-temperature bake.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  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 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.

  4. Pub language round: What device repeats initial consonant sounds in nearby words?

    Answer: alliteration

    “Wild winds whistle” uses alliteration through its repeated initial w sound.

  5. Pub language round: What term describes a word made by rearranging another word’s letters?

    Answer: anagram

    “Listen” can be rearranged into the anagram “silent.”

Daily round

  1. Pub sports round: Which multi-stage cycling race traditionally finishes in Paris?

    Answer: Tour de France

    The first Tour de France took place in 1903 as a promotion for the newspaper L’Auto.

  2. Pub literature round: Which ancient poet is traditionally credited with the Iliad and Odyssey?

    Answer: Homer

    The Iliad centers on a short period during the Trojan War, while the Odyssey follows Odysseus’s return home.

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

    Answer: oxymoron

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

  4. Pub sports round: Which track-cycling event follows a paced start before a sprint finish?

    Answer: keirin

    Keirin originated in Japan, where riders follow a pacer before the final sprint.

  5. 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.