Q20 · THE QUIZ POST
The Daily Quiz — 24 September 2026
Play the The Quiz Post quiz for 24 September 2026: 20 free general-knowledge questions covering Arts, Current Affairs, Food & Drink and Literature, with explanations and crowd results.
About this edition
This 20-question The Quiz Post edition was published for 24 September 2026. Answer all four-option questions to reveal sourced explanations and see how other players answered.
Topics in this edition include Arts, Current Affairs, Food & Drink and Literature.
Questions and sourced explanations
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Geography · Easy
1. Belfast is the capital city of which part of the UK?
Belfast is Northern Ireland's capital and largest city.
Science · Easy
2. Which gas is produced by the human body and breathed out as a waste product of cellular respiration?
Cellular respiration produces carbon dioxide, which is transported to the lungs and exhaled.
Sport · Easy
3. The pommel horse is an apparatus used in which sport?
The pommel horse is one of the apparatus used in men's artistic gymnastics.
Society & Culture · Easy
4. Which English seaside city is famous for its Palace Pier and pebble beach?
Brighton's seafront includes its well-known pebble beach and Palace Pier.
Food & Drink · Medium
5. Which herb is traditionally the dominant green ingredient in tabbouleh?
Traditional tabbouleh is a parsley-rich Levantine salad, usually mixed with tomato, mint, bulgur, lemon and olive oil.
Current Affairs · Medium
6. The National Centre for Information Defence announced on 22 September 2026 is intended to counter which threat?
The proposed centre would detect, attribute and disrupt hostile state attacks on the information environment.
Film & TV · Medium
7. Which Channel 4 sitcom follows Erin, Orla, Clare, Michelle and James in 1990s Northern Ireland?
Derry Girls follows a group of teenagers growing up during the Troubles in the early 1990s.
History · Medium
8. The Inca Empire used fast relay runners known as chasquis primarily for what purpose?
Chasquis carried messages and small goods along the Inca road network, passing them between relay stations.
Business & Economics · Medium
9. Which economic condition combines persistently high inflation with weak growth and high unemployment?
Stagflation describes an economy experiencing high inflation alongside stagnant or weak growth and elevated unemployment.
Nature · Medium
10. Which squirrel species is native to the UK?
Red squirrels are native; grey squirrels were introduced from North America.
Music · Medium
11. In orchestral music, what is a leitmotif?
A leitmotif is a recurring musical idea associated with a particular character, place, object or concept.
Technology · Medium
12. What is a virtual private network (VPN) mainly designed to create between a device and a VPN server?
A VPN creates an encrypted connection, often described as a tunnel, between a device and the VPN server.
Literature · Hard
13. Which term describes a story that begins in the middle of the action rather than at the chronological beginning?
In medias res is a Latin expression meaning 'into the midst of things' and describes a narrative that opens after the action has already begun.
Arts · Hard
14. Which British designer became particularly associated with popularising the miniskirt in the 1960s?
Quant helped make the miniskirt a defining style of the 1960s; the V&A distinguishes popularising it from inventing it alone.
Current Affairs · Hard
15. Which cyclist won a record fourth consecutive men's individual time trial world title in Montreal on 20 September?
Belgium's Remco Evenepoel won the men's individual time trial at the 2026 road world championships, becoming the first rider to take four consecutive world titles in the event.
Arts · Hard
16. In painting, what does the technique called impasto involve?
Impasto is the application of paint in thick layers or strokes so that brush or palette-knife marks remain visibly raised from the surface.
Science · Hard
17. On a weather map, what does an isobar connect?
An isobar is a line joining locations with the same atmospheric pressure at a given time.
Literature · Hard
18. Humbert Humbert is the unreliable narrator of which Vladimir Nabokov novel?
Humbert Humbert narrates Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, recounting events through a highly manipulative and unreliable perspective.
Food & Drink · Hard
19. In Mediterranean cuisine, what is bottarga?
Bottarga is fish roe that is salted, pressed and dried, commonly made from grey mullet or tuna roe.
Society & Culture · Hard
20. What is a lingua franca?
A lingua franca is a language used for communication between people who do not share the same first language.