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The Daily Quiz — 17 September 2026
Play the The Quiz Post quiz for 17 September 2026: 20 free general-knowledge questions covering History, Current Affairs, Geography and Music, with explanations and crowd results.
About this edition
This 20-question The Quiz Post edition was published for 17 September 2026. Answer all four-option questions to reveal sourced explanations and see how other players answered.
Topics in this edition include History, Current Affairs, Geography and Music.
Questions and sourced explanations
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Sport · Easy
1. England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France play in rugby union's Six Nations alongside which country?
Italy completes the six national sides that contest the championship.
Source: Guinness Men's Six Nations Rugby Rules - Guinness Men's Six Nations
Science · Easy
2. Neon belongs to which group of elements on the periodic table?
Neon is one of the noble gases, the group of very unreactive elements that also includes helium, argon and krypton.
Geography · Easy
3. Which Italian city is famous for a historic centre crossed by canals and travelled by gondola?
Venice was built across islands in a lagoon, with canals serving as waterways through its historic centre and gondolas remaining one of its best-known forms of transport.
Society & Culture · Easy
4. Remembrance Sunday is observed in which month in the UK?
Remembrance Sunday falls on the second Sunday in November and commemorates those who served and sacrificed.
Food & Drink · Medium
5. Which cooking technique involves sealing food in a bag and cooking it in a precisely controlled water bath?
Sous vide uses precise temperature control: food is sealed in a bag and cooked in a carefully controlled water bath, typically at a lower temperature for longer than conventional cooking.
Current Affairs · Medium
6. Which international grouping held its 2026 leaders' summit in New Delhi on 12–13 September?
India hosted the 2026 BRICS leaders' summit in New Delhi on 12–13 September, concluding with the New Delhi Declaration.
History · Medium
7. Which health minister is closely associated with establishing the NHS in 1948?
Bevan led the creation of the NHS as Minister of Health.
Source: 78th anniversary of the creation of the National Health Service - Early Day Moti
Literature · Medium
8. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are courtiers in which Shakespeare play?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are former friends of Prince Hamlet who are summoned to the Danish court in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Business & Economics · Medium
9. Which British retail group is owned for the benefit of its employees, known as Partners?
The John Lewis Partnership operates an employee ownership model in which its staff are known as Partners.
History · Medium
10. The Boxer Rebellion at the turn of the 20th century took place primarily in which country?
The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China that culminated in an international intervention in 1900.
Music · Medium
11. Musician Yo-Yo Ma is best known for playing which instrument?
Yo-Yo Ma is an internationally renowned cellist whose career has ranged from the classical repertoire to cross-cultural collaborations.
Technology · Medium
12. In software, what does 'open source' most directly mean about the program's source code?
Open-source software makes its source code available under a licence that permits people to inspect it and, under the licence terms, modify and redistribute it.
Film & TV · Hard
13. Police chief Martin Brody is the central law-enforcement character in which 1975 thriller?
Martin Brody is the police chief of Amity Island in Jaws, where he confronts the threat posed by a great white shark.
Geography · Hard
14. Cabinda is an exclave belonging to which African country?
Cabinda is a province and exclave of Angola, separated from the rest of the country by a strip of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Current Affairs · Hard
15. Europe reclaimed which major women's team golf trophy with a 15–13 victory over the United States on 13 September?
Team Europe defeated the United States 15–13 in the Netherlands to reclaim the Solheim Cup.
Music · Hard
16. Which composer helped establish the Aldeburgh Festival with tenor Peter Pears?
Britten and Pears developed the festival in the Suffolk town closely associated with them.
Arts · Hard
17. In sculpture, what does the term 'contrapposto' describe?
Contrapposto describes a standing pose in which the body's weight rests mainly on one leg, creating an asymmetrical shift through the hips and shoulders.
History · Hard
18. The 1955 Bandung Conference of Asian and African states was held in which present-day country?
The Bandung Conference met in Bandung, Indonesia, in April 1955 and became an important milestone in Afro-Asian cooperation and the later Non-Aligned Movement.
Nature · Hard
19. An animal described as 'crepuscular' is most active at what time?
Crepuscular animals are most active around twilight, especially near dawn and dusk rather than during the middle of the day or night.
Science · Hard
20. A pulsar is a rapidly rotating example of what kind of stellar object?
A pulsar is a rapidly rotating, highly magnetised neutron star whose beams of radiation can appear as regular pulses when they sweep past Earth.