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The Daily Quiz — 1 September 2026

Play the The Quiz Post quiz for 1 September 2026: 20 free general-knowledge questions covering Geography, Nature, Science and Arts, with explanations and crowd results.

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This 20-question The Quiz Post edition was published for 1 September 2026. Answer all four-option questions to reveal sourced explanations and see how other players answered.

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  1. Nature · Easy

    1. What is a young goat called?

    A young goat is called a kid.

    Source: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

  2. Business & Economics · Easy

    2. Which country uses the yen as its national currency?

    The yen is Japan's national currency.

    Source: Bank of Japan

  3. Science · Easy

    3. Which colour of visible light does chlorophyll reflect most strongly, giving leaves their familiar appearance?

    Chlorophyll absorbs strongly in red and blue wavelengths and reflects more green light.

    Source: NASA Earth Observatory

  4. Music · Easy

    4. A standard modern piano has how many keys?

    The standard modern piano keyboard has 88 keys: 52 white and 36 black.

    Source: Steinway & Sons

  5. Geography · Medium

    5. The Seven Sisters coastal cliffs in southern England are chiefly made of what?

    The white Seven Sisters cliffs are part of the South Downs' chalk landscape.

    Source: South Downs National Parks // South Downs Cliffs

  6. Current Affairs · Medium

    6. In the government's first regional solar breakdown on 27 August 2026, which English region had the largest total number of installations?

    The South East led the listed regional totals with 305,101 solar installations.

    Source: First regional solar breakdown as installations hit record highs - GOV.UK

  7. Food & Drink · Medium

    7. Tofu is made primarily from the curds of which legume?

    Tofu is made by coagulating soy milk and pressing the resulting curds.

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica

  8. History · Medium

    8. The sixth-century Hagia Sophia in Constantinople was commissioned by which Byzantine emperor?

    Emperor Justinian I commissioned the great church completed in 537.

    Source: UNESCO

  9. Nature · Medium

    9. What is the common name for a badger's underground home in Britain?

    Badgers live in groups in burrow systems called setts.

    Source: The Wildlife Trusts

  10. Arts · Medium

    10. Which Japanese artist is especially known for immersive 'Infinity Mirror Rooms'?

    Yayoi Kusama has created mirrored installations that multiply lights and reflections into apparently endless spaces.

    Source: Tate

  11. Technology · Medium

    11. Bluetooth technology was named after Harald 'Bluetooth', a king associated with which country?

    The Bluetooth name references Harald Bluetooth, the 10th-century Danish king, as a metaphor for uniting devices.

    Source: Bluetooth SIG

  12. Science · Medium

    12. A mature human red blood cell normally lacks which structure found in most other human cells?

    Mature human red blood cells expel their nucleus during development, leaving more room for haemoglobin and helping their flexibility in narrow vessels.

    Source: NCBI MeSH

  13. Geography · Hard

    13. Lake Tana, the main source of the Blue Nile, is in which country?

    Lake Tana lies in north-western Ethiopia and is the country's largest lake as well as the main source of the Blue Nile.

    Source: UNESCO

  14. History · Hard

    14. The Women's Social and Political Union was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst in which city?

    The WSPU was founded in Manchester as part of the campaign for women's suffrage.

    Source: Key dates - UK Parliament

  15. Current Affairs · Hard

    15. A US judge ruled this week that the Pentagon's blacklisting of which AI company was unlawful?

    A US federal judge ruled that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, finding unlawful retaliation and due-process violations.

    Source: Reuters

  16. Science · Hard

    16. Avogadro's constant is closest to which value?

    One mole contains exactly 6.02214076 × 10²³ specified elementary entities under the SI definition.

    Source: BIPM

  17. Food & Drink · Hard

    17. The savoury taste called umami is strongly associated with which molecule in foods?

    Glutamate, an amino acid present in many foods, is a key stimulus for the umami taste.

    Source: Monell Chemical Senses Center

  18. Arts · Hard

    18. How many paintings make up William Hogarth's Marriage A-la-Mode series?

    Hogarth told the story of a disastrous fashionable marriage across six satirical paintings.

    Source: National Gallery, London

  19. Nature · Hard

    19. Modern birds are descendants of which branch of dinosaurs?

    Birds evolved within the theropod dinosaur lineage, the group that also included many bipedal predatory dinosaurs.

    Source: Natural History Museum

  20. Geography · Hard

    20. Which Scottish loch is the deepest?

    Loch Morar reaches a greater depth than Scotland's other lochs.

    Source: VisitScotland