It's time to put your general knowledge to the test with our popular Tuesday quiz. This daily brain teaser offers a fun and challenging way to learn new facts and revisit classic trivia from television, history, sport, and language.
Today's Challenging Questions
The quiz kicks off with a linguistic curveball: the word of the day is floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the act of judging something as worthless. From there, it dives into a diverse set of ten questions designed to stretch your mind. Can you name the actor who played Stan Ogden in Coronation Street for over twenty years? Do you know in which sport you might use a piece of equipment called a Spider?
The questions span British culture and beyond, asking about the birds associated with the Tower of London, the animal from which ermine fur is obtained, and the traditional wood used for cricket bats. It also tests your knowledge of slang, biblical stories, astrology, and medical specialisms.
Yesterday's Answers Revealed
For those curious about the solutions from the previous day, Monday's quiz focused on the 1st of December. The answers have now been published. The anarchic children's TV show presented by Chris Tarrant and Sally James was TISWAS, while horseradish sauce is traditionally served with beef.
Other answers included James Corden as the voice of Peter Rabbit in the 2018 film, Port Vale playing in Stoke-on-Trent, and the number 68 written in Roman numerals as LXVIII. A baked, folded pizza is a calzone, and Hans Christian Andersen was Danish.
The final questions revealed Vaughan Williams' Second Symphony is nicknamed The London Symphony, the two countries that joined the EEC with the UK in 1973 were Ireland and Denmark, and the English king nicknamed 'The Hammer of the Scots' was Edward I.
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