No. 39 · Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Trivia questions and answers from Sevens No. 39
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Play today’s sevenWhat is the opposite of ‘big’?
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✓Small — or ‘little’, if you prefer.
Which of these animals is a bird?
- Penguin
- Bat
- Dolphin
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✓Penguin — a flightless bird that ‘flies’ underwater instead.
What is the chemical symbol for iron?
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✓Fe — from the Latin ‘ferrum’
In which country did the Renaissance begin?
- France
- Italy
- Greece
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✓Italy — flourishing first in Florence in the 14th century.
What is the name of the fluffy white part of a dandelion that carries its seeds?
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✓A ‘clock’ or blowball — botanists call each tuft a pappus.
Who directed the films ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ and ‘Jurassic Park’?
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✓Steven Spielberg — one of the highest-grossing directors of all time.
What is the only letter of the English alphabet that, in its lowercase form, is dotted twice — actually, name the only two lowercase letters that carry a dot.
- i and j
- l and t
- f and y
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✓I and j — the dot is called a ‘tittle’
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