DayQuizzDayQuizz answers for Friday, August 28, 2026
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- The phrase 'Once upon a time' typically begins a fairy tale.⭐
- A character's sudden moment of insight is called an epiphany.⭐⭐⭐
- A hint about events that will happen later is called foreshadowing.⭐⭐⭐
- The main character of a story is called the protagonist.⭐
- A long narrative poem about heroic deeds is called an epic.⭐
- The time and place in which a story occurs is the setting.⭐⭐
- The struggle between opposing forces in a story is the conflict.⭐⭐
- The sequence of events in a story is called the plot.⭐
- Charles Dickens wrote 'A Christmas Carol.'⭐⭐
- The play 'Romeo and Juliet' was written by William Shakespeare.⭐
Spanish
- The Spanish word for 'mother' is madre.⭐
- The Spanish word for 'aunt' is tía.⭐⭐
- The Spanish word for 'son' is hijo.⭐
- The Spanish word for 'father' is padre.⭐
- The Spanish word for 'brother' is hermano.⭐
- The Spanish word for 'sister' is hermana.⭐
- The Spanish word for 'grandmother' is abuela.⭐⭐
- The Spanish word for a male 'cousin' is primo.⭐⭐
- The Spanish word for 'nephew' is sobrino.⭐⭐⭐
- The Spanish word for 'mother-in-law' is suegra.⭐⭐⭐
Math
- 15% of 240 is 36.⭐⭐⭐
- Written as a simplified fraction, 0.25 equals 1/4.⭐
- In simplest form, 0.75 as a fraction is 3/4.⭐⭐
- 10% of 200 is 20.⭐
- A $40 shirt marked down 20% now costs $32.⭐⭐
- A price rising from $50 to $65 is an increase of 30%.⭐⭐⭐
- Written as a percent, 0.5 equals 50%.⭐
- 50% of 80 is 40.⭐
- 25% of 60 is 15.⭐⭐
- 2.5 + 1.5 = 4⭐
History
- The Spanish conquistador who toppled the Aztec Empire was Cortés.⭐⭐
- The Renaissance began in Italy.⭐
- Europe's movable-type printing press was developed by Johannes Gutenberg.⭐
- Magellan's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe.⭐
- The astronomer who argued the Earth revolves around the Sun was Copernicus.⭐⭐⭐
- The capital city of the Aztec Empire was Tenochtitlan.⭐⭐⭐
- Christopher Columbus first sailed west across the Atlantic in 1492.⭐
- The marble statue of David was sculpted by Michelangelo.⭐⭐
- The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.⭐
- Martin Luther's 95 Theses helped launch the Protestant Reformation.⭐⭐
Science
- The Sun is classified as a star.⭐
- Earth's only natural satellite is the Moon.⭐
- One year is the time Earth takes to orbit the Sun.⭐⭐
- Our home galaxy is called the Milky Way.⭐⭐
- The planet closest to the Sun is Mercury.⭐
- The largest planet in our solar system is Jupiter.⭐
- Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth.⭐⭐⭐
- The planet that humans live on is Earth.⭐
- The force that holds planets in orbit around the Sun is gravity.⭐⭐⭐
- The planet nicknamed the Red Planet is Mars.⭐⭐
Trivia
- The largest living bird species is the ostrich.⭐⭐
- A dozen of something means 12.⭐
- The Italian city of Venice is famous for its canals.⭐⭐
- Jupiter's Great Red Spot is an enormous storm.⭐
- On a map, Italy is famously shaped like a boot.⭐
- In chess, the piece that moves in an L shape is the knight.⭐
- The tallest tree species on Earth is the coast redwood.⭐
- The Statue of Zeus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.⭐⭐⭐
- The deepest known point in the ocean lies in the Mariana Trench.⭐⭐⭐
- The spice saffron is harvested from a flower.⭐⭐