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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 8 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Pub landmarks round: Which suspension bridge links San Francisco with Marin County?

    Answer: Golden Gate Bridge

    The Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937 and crosses the strait connecting San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean.

  3. 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.

  4. Pub history round: Which merchant alliance linked medieval and early modern northern European cities?

    Answer: Hanseatic League

    The Hanseatic League linked merchant cities around the Baltic and North seas through trade privileges and mutual support.

  5. Pub art round: Which Mexican artist is famous for intensely personal self-portraits?

    Answer: Frida Kahlo

    Frida Kahlo used recurring imagery of her body, Mexican identity, pain, and personal experience.

Daily round

  1. Pub finale round: Which metric unit equals one thousand meters?

    Answer: kilometer

    The prefix “kilo-” means one thousand in the International System of Units.

  2. Pub music round: Which low woodwind instrument uses a double reed and a long folded tube?

    Answer: bassoon

    The bassoon’s long bore folds back on itself, allowing a low register without an impractically tall straight tube.

  3. Pub language round: What term describes a word that imitates a sound?

    Answer: onomatopoeia

    Words such as “buzz” and “hiss” are examples of onomatopoeia.

  4. Pub nature round: Which microscopic animal is nicknamed the water bear?

    Answer: tardigrade

    Tardigrades can enter a dehydrated state called a tun when conditions become hostile.

  5. Pub science round: What boundary around a black hole marks the point beyond which light cannot escape?

    Answer: event horizon

    An event horizon is a boundary in spacetime rather than a solid surface surrounding a black hole.

Daily round

  1. Pub nature round: Which mammal is covered with large protective keratin scales?

    Answer: pangolin

    Pangolin scales are made of keratin, the same protein found in human fingernails.

  2. Pub science round: Which planet has the most visually prominent ring system?

    Answer: Saturn

    Saturn’s rings consist mainly of water-ice particles ranging from dust-sized grains to larger chunks.

  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 inventions round: Which early sound-recording and playback device was demonstrated by Thomas Edison?

    Answer: phonograph

    Edison’s early phonograph recorded sound vibrations as grooves on a rotating cylinder.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Pub nature round: Which large flightless bird of New Guinea and Australia has a helmet-like casque?

    Answer: cassowary

    The cassowary’s strong legs carry a long inner toe claw used for defense.

  2. Pub literature round: Who wrote the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four?

    Answer: George Orwell

    George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist and essayist.

  3. Pub finale round: Which living animal has the largest heart?

    Answer: blue whale

    A blue whale heart can weigh well over 100 kilograms, although estimates vary by animal size.

  4. Pub history round: Which collection of clay soldiers guarded the tomb of China’s first emperor?

    Answer: Terracotta Army

    The Terracotta Army was buried near Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum in individualized ranks of soldiers and horses.

  5. Pub food round: Which Andean seed is cooked and eaten much like a grain?

    Answer: quinoa

    Quinoa is a pseudocereal related to spinach and beets rather than a true grass grain.

Daily round

  1. Pub music round: Which plucked string instrument is prominent in Hindustani classical music?

    Answer: sitar

    The sitar uses sympathetic strings that vibrate in response to played notes and enrich its resonance.

  2. Pub nature round: Which Arctic whale has a long spiral tusk, usually in males?

    Answer: narwhal

    A narwhal tusk is an elongated tooth containing millions of nerve endings.

  3. Pub art round: Which American modernist became known for large flower paintings and Southwestern landscapes?

    Answer: Georgia O’Keeffe

    Georgia O’Keeffe lived for many years in New Mexico, whose landscape became central to her work.

  4. Pub art round: Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?

    Answer: Johannes Vermeer

    Girl with a Pearl Earring is a tronie, a study of a character or expression rather than a commissioned portrait.

  5. Pub music round: Which keyboard instrument creates a bell-like sound with metal plates?

    Answer: celesta

    A celesta strikes metal plates with hammers and was featured memorably in Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.

Daily round

  1. Pub literature round: Who wrote Mrs Dalloway?

    Answer: Virginia Woolf

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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Pub nature round: Which tree group includes the tallest living trees?

    Answer: redwood

    The tallest coast redwoods exceed 110 meters and grow naturally along the foggy Pacific coast.

Daily round

  1. Pub landmarks round: Which Dubai skyscraper opened in 2010 as the world’s tallest building?

    Answer: Burj Khalifa

    The Burj Khalifa rises 828 meters and contains offices, residences, and observation levels.

  2. Pub nature round: Which Australian bird is celebrated for remarkably accurate sound mimicry?

    Answer: lyrebird

    Lyrebirds imitate other birds as well as mechanical sounds they hear in their environment.

  3. Pub literature round: Who wrote Frankenstein?

    Answer: Mary Shelley

    Mary Shelley first published Frankenstein anonymously in 1818.

  4. Pub finale round: How many suits are in a standard French-suited deck of playing cards?

    Answer: four

    A standard French-suited deck has hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades.

  5. 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.