What is the name of the Egyptian dynasty to which Cleopatra VII belonged?
Answer : The Ptolemaic dynasty
Cleopatra VII belonged to the Ptolemaic dynasty, founded by a general of Alexander the Great.
Daily quiz of October 27, 2026: answers
Here are the questions of the daily quiz of October 27, 2026, with the correct answer and its explanation. Today's challenge is different: put yourself to the test!
See today's quizWhat does the CITES convention regulate?
Answer : International trade in endangered species
CITES, also called the Washington Convention (1973), regulates trade in thousands of animal and plant species so that trade does not threaten their survival.
Which Indigenous language is official in Paraguay alongside Spanish?
Answer : Guarani
Guarani is spoken by a large majority of Paraguayans and has been co-official with Spanish since the 1992 constitution.
Which Dutch athlete, nicknamed 'the Flying Housewife', won four gold medals at the 1948 London Games?
Answer : Fanny Blankers-Koen
Fanny Blankers-Koen, nicknamed 'the Flying Housewife', won four gold medals in athletics at the 1948 Games.
In which region was the Yalta Conference held in February 1945?
Answer : Crimea
The Yalta Conference brought Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill together at the Livadia Palace, near the Black Sea, to plan the postwar world.
Which leader led Ghana to independence in 1957?
Answer : Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, became on 6 March 1957 the first sub-Saharan African colony to gain independence, under Nkrumah.
Which 1824 battle, won by Sucre, ended Spanish rule in mainland South America?
Answer : Ayacucho
On 9 December 1824 Sucre beat the viceroy of Peru's army; Boyacá (1819) and Carabobo (1821) had already freed New Granada and Venezuela.
Which industry supplied the advertisers that gave the soap opera its name?
Answer : Soap and detergent makers
The first American radio serials, and later TV ones, were funded by soap and detergent brands targeting housewives in the daytime, hence soap opera.
On which continent are the Alps located?
Answer : Europe
The Alps are a mountain range in Europe.
Which 1598 edict granted legal status to Protestants in France?
Answer : The Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes, signed by Henry IV in 1598, granted freedom of worship to French Protestants.