Daily quiz answers for Thursday, November 5, 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

A rectangle 5 m by 11 m has an area of 55 m².⭐
The temperature is −4°C and rises by 9 degrees. It is now 5°C.⭐
Half a dozen eggs plus a dozen eggs makes 18 eggs.⭐
$240 is shared in the ratio 3:4:5. The largest share is $100.⭐⭐⭐
The square root of 4,900 is 70.⭐⭐
0.4 × 0.6 = 0.24⭐⭐
The integer exactly halfway between −6 and 2 is −2.⭐⭐
Two trains 300 km apart head toward each other at 70 km/h and 80 km/h. They meet after 2 hours.⭐⭐⭐
A triangle with sides of 3, 4 and 5 cm has a perimeter of 12 cm.⭐
A nonagon has 9 sides.⭐

The giant rock temples of Abu Simbel were built for the pharaoh Ramesses II.⭐⭐
Pocahontas, daughter of the chief Powhatan, married Jamestown colonist John Rolfe in 1614.⭐
In 1957, the British colony of the Gold Coast became independent as Ghana.⭐⭐
During World War II, many families grew their own vegetables in so-called Victory gardens.⭐
England's King Henry VIII belonged to the Tudor dynasty.⭐
In 1120, the heir to England's throne drowned in the wreck of the White Ship.⭐⭐⭐
The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public railway to use steam locomotives, opened in 1825.⭐⭐⭐
Moctezuma II ruled the Aztec Empire when the Spanish arrived in 1519.⭐
In 1853, US Commodore Matthew Perry arrived to force Japan to open to trade.⭐⭐
In the 1300s, the Italian poet Dante wrote the Divine Comedy.⭐

Tiny finger-like projections called villi line the small intestine and absorb nutrients.⭐⭐⭐
The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva smashes particles together at nearly the speed of light.⭐⭐
Spiders spin their webs from silk made inside their bodies.⭐
A quantity with both size and direction, such as force, is called a vector.⭐⭐
Railway tracks have small gaps because metal expands when it is heated.⭐⭐
The tiny gap where one nerve cell passes a signal to the next is a synapse.⭐⭐⭐
Scientists often grow bacteria in a shallow, covered Petri dish.⭐
In school labs, a Bunsen burner is used to heat substances with a gas flame.⭐
A scientist who specializes in studying volcanoes is called a volcanologist.⭐
To escape predators, an octopus can squirt out a dark cloud of ink.⭐

'L'état, c'est moi' is attributed to France's Sun King, Louis XIV.⭐⭐
Caesar said 'the die is cast' as he crossed the river Rubicon.⭐⭐
'Shall I compare thee' opens Shakespeare's Sonnet 18.⭐⭐⭐
'Hell is other people' comes from the play No Exit by Sartre.⭐⭐
'I am your father' is the shocking reveal made by Darth Vader.⭐
'Abandon all hope' is written above the gate of Hell in Dante's Inferno.⭐⭐
Dorothy repeats 'no place like home' while clicking her ruby slippers.⭐
'A truth universally acknowledged' opens Pride and Prejudice, written by Austen.⭐
'Let them eat cake' is famously, though doubtfully, attributed to Marie Antoinette.⭐
'So it goes' follows every death in Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut.⭐⭐⭐

Barbie was created by Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel.⭐⭐⭐
In the UK, tic-tac-toe is called Noughts and crosses.⭐
A Pogo stick lets its rider bounce along on a spring.⭐
In Scattergories, a roll of the 20-sided die picks a Letter for each round.⭐⭐
The Magic 8 Ball's answers float up on a die with 20 sides.⭐⭐⭐
Bop It is a handheld game that shouts commands like 'Twist it!' and 'Pull it!'⭐
Classic Hot Wheels track is famously colored bright Orange.⭐
In Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, two boxing figures try to knock each other's heads up.⭐
Speak & Spell, a talking learning toy from 1978, was made by Texas Instruments.⭐⭐
The heart-shaped pointer that glides across a Ouija board is called a Planchette.⭐⭐⭐