No. 40 · Thursday, August 27, 2026
Trivia questions and answers from Sevens No. 40
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Play today’s sevenHow many players are on a soccer team’s starting lineup, including the goalkeeper?
- Nine
- Eleven
- Thirteen
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✓Eleven — ten outfield players plus the goalkeeper.
What is the capital of Sweden?
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✓Stockholm — built across 14 islands, hence ‘Venice of the North’
Which sense do humans use to detect flavor along with taste?
- Smell
- Touch
- Hearing
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✓Smell — most of what we call ‘taste’ is actually aroma.
What is the name for the largest species of shark, a gentle filter-feeder?
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✓The whale shark — it can grow over 12 meters long, yet eats mostly plankton.
Which planet did the Voyager 1 spacecraft photograph as a ‘Pale Blue Dot’?
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✓Earth — captured in 1990 from about 6 billion kilometers away.
Which spice, ground from a tropical bark, flavors many cinnamon rolls — and is genuinely tree bark?
- Nutmeg
- Cinnamon
- Clove
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✓Cinnamon — harvested from the inner bark of Cinnamomum trees.
What is the name of the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders — the word for lighthouse in several languages comes from its island. Name that island.
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✓Pharos — its name became the root for ‘lighthouse’ in French (phare) and Spanish (faro)
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