Q20 · THE QUIZ POST
The Quiz Post — Friday 9 October 2026 — 9 October 2026
Play the The Quiz Post quiz for 9 October 2026: 20 free general-knowledge questions covering Current Affairs, Film & TV, Food & Drink and Geography, with explanations and crowd results.
About this edition
This 20-question The Quiz Post edition was published for 9 October 2026. Answer all four-option questions to reveal sourced explanations and see how other players answered.
Topics in this edition include Current Affairs, Film & TV, Food & Drink and Geography.
Questions and sourced explanations
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Film & TV · Easy
1. What title is awarded to the week's best-performing contestant on The Great British Bake Off?
Star Baker recognises the standout contestant across the week's challenges. It is a weekly distinction, separate from winning the series.
Arts · Easy
2. Which art form creates pictures by arranging small pieces of stone or glass called tesserae?
Mosaics build an image from small individual pieces called tesserae. Roman examples often used stone and glass, including elaborate decorated floors.
Sport · Easy
3. In ten-pin bowling, knocking down all ten pins with the first ball of a frame is called what?
A strike clears all ten pins on the first delivery. Its score includes the next two deliveries as a bonus; clearing the pins with two balls is a spare.
Society & Culture · Easy
4. Which country's national flag has a single red maple leaf at its centre?
Canada's flag places a stylised maple leaf between two red bands. The leaf has long represented Canadian identity.
Current Affairs · Medium
5. Which bestselling novelist, known for Kane and Abel, died on 5 October 2026?
Jeffrey Archer, whose novels include Kane and Abel, died on 5 October 2026 aged 86.
Music · Medium
6. In music production, what does 'sampling' mean?
Sampling records or takes an existing sound and uses it as material in a new piece. Samplers can replay, loop and transform it.
Food & Drink · Medium
7. How is the French dessert tarte Tatin traditionally assembled for baking?
The fruit cooks beneath the pastry. The finished tart is then turned out so the caramelised fruit is on top.
Film & TV · Medium
8. Traditional rotoscoping creates animation by doing what?
Rotoscoping traces filmed movement one frame at a time, providing a reference for lifelike animated action.
Literature · Medium
9. In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which birds serve as mallets in the Queen's croquet game?
In the Queen's unusual croquet game, live flamingos serve as mallets and live hedgehogs as balls.
Geography · Medium
10. England's highest mountain, Scafell Pike, lies within which national park?
Scafell Pike stands in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. Its summit is England's highest point.
Sport · Medium
11. Under NBA rules, while a team controls a live ball in the frontcourt, an attacker may normally stay in the opponents' free-throw lane for at most how long?
The offensive three-second rule limits lingering in the lane while the team controls the ball in its frontcourt. Allowances cover actions such as shooting or leaving the lane.
History · Medium
12. The original Luddites who smashed machines in early 19th-century Britain mainly worked in which industry?
The Luddites were textile workers, including weavers and knitters, who attacked machinery they believed threatened their livelihoods.
Food & Drink · Hard
13. Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena with PDO status is made from which single starting ingredient?
The protected traditional product starts with cooked grape must. This distinguishes it from ordinary balsamic vinegar blends containing wine vinegar.
Geography · Hard
14. Which of these African countries is crossed by the Equator?
The Equator crosses Kenya. Rwanda, Malawi and Zambia lie entirely south of it.
Current Affairs · Hard
15. After Brazil's 4 October 2026 presidential vote, who qualified for the runoff against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva?
Lula and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro qualified for the second-round vote scheduled for 25 October.
History · Hard
16. After his defeat at Waterloo in 1815, Napoleon was exiled to which island?
Following Waterloo, Napoleon was sent to the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena. His earlier exile had been on Elba.
Literature · Hard
17. When Jane returns to Thornfield Hall late in Jane Eyre, what has happened to the house?
Jane discovers that Thornfield Hall has burned down. She subsequently finds Rochester living at Ferndean.
Technology · Hard
18. In an induction hob, where is the cooking heat mainly generated?
A changing magnetic field induces electrical currents in suitable metal cookware, generating heat in the pan. The glass can then warm through contact with the hot pan.
Science · Hard
19. In the human eye, which part contains the cone cells responsible for colour vision?
Cone photoreceptors are in the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.
Business & Economics · Hard
20. In a progressive income tax system, when earnings enter a higher tax bracket, which income receives that higher rate?
A higher bracket rate applies to the slice of income in that bracket. Lower slices retain their lower rates.
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