Daily quiz answers for Saturday, October 31, 2026

All 80 questions and answers from that day's DayQuizz daily quiz, subject by subject. Today's set is live now, and its answers appear here tomorrow.

English quiz answers

The Huguenots were French Protestants who faced persecution in the 1500s and 1600s.⭐⭐
Ancient Chinese emperors claimed to rule by the Mandate of Heaven.⭐⭐
The First Crusade captured Jerusalem in the year 1099.⭐⭐⭐
Oliver Cromwell ruled England in the 1650s with the title Lord Protector.⭐⭐
In 1812, Napoleon launched a disastrous invasion of Russia.⭐
The Hundred Years' War was fought between England and France.⭐
Troy was excavated in the 1870s by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann.⭐⭐⭐
The Kremlin is the historic fortress at the heart of Moscow.⭐
US President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 because of the Watergate scandal.⭐
After Lenin died in 1924, Stalin rose to become leader of the Soviet Union.⭐

In physics, force is measured in units called newtons.⭐⭐⭐
Boiling a liquid and condensing its vapor to separate a mixture is called distillation.⭐⭐
Everything that exists, including all space, time, matter and energy, is the universe.⭐
In chemistry, the SI base unit for amount of substance is the mole.⭐⭐⭐
A single binary digit, either 0 or 1, is called a bit.⭐⭐
An icy body that grows a glowing tail as it nears the Sun is a comet.⭐
Sound waves entering your ear make the thin eardrum vibrate.⭐
A fridge magnet will stick to steel but not to a sheet of aluminum.⭐⭐
Alexander Graham Bell received the first US patent for the telephone in 1876.⭐
A single particle of light is called a photon.⭐

A word that means the opposite of another word is called an antonym.⭐
The music for the ballet The Nutcracker was composed by Tchaikovsky.⭐⭐
Ancient Egyptians wrote with picture symbols called hieroglyphs.⭐
Reggae music originated on the Caribbean island of Jamaica.⭐
The X in 'Xmas' comes from the Greek letter chi, the first letter of 'Christ' in Greek.⭐⭐⭐
On a standard die, opposite faces always add up to 7.⭐⭐
Taste buds are mostly found on the tongue.⭐
In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins sets off on a quest with thirteen dwarves.⭐
A baby hare is called a leveret.⭐⭐⭐
The medical name for the kneecap is the patella.⭐⭐

Sous vide cooking seals food in bags and cooks it in a precisely heated water bath.⭐⭐
Crème brûlée is a custard topped with a crisp layer of torched sugar.⭐
The Italian dessert of coffee-soaked ladyfingers and mascarpone is tiramisu.⭐
The Michelin Guide awards top restaurants up to three stars.⭐
Canadian poutine is fries topped with gravy and cheese curds.⭐⭐
A full English breakfast often includes baked beans.⭐
Caesar salad is credited to a restaurant in the Mexican city of Tijuana.⭐⭐⭐
Tacos, folded tortillas wrapped around fillings, are a classic street food of Mexico.⭐
A wok is a round-bottomed pan used for stir-frying.⭐
Guacamole is a Mexican dip made mainly from mashed avocado.⭐

The ritual meal held on the first night of Passover is called the Seder.⭐⭐
The Christian season of Lent traditionally lasts 40 days.⭐⭐
Passover celebrates the escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.⭐
In Christian tradition, the four weeks before Christmas are known as Advent.⭐
Anzac Day honors soldiers from Australia and New Zealand.⭐
The centerpiece of a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner is a roast turkey.⭐
In America, Halloween jack-o'-lanterns are usually carved from pumpkins.⭐
At Mexican parties, blindfolded children take turns hitting a piñata filled with candy.⭐
The festival of Purim celebrates how Queen Esther saved the Jewish people in ancient Persia.⭐⭐⭐
Remembrance poppies worn in Britain each November are traditionally colored red.⭐