No. 45 · Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Trivia questions and answers from Sevens No. 45
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Play today’s sevenWhat color are most ripe lemons?
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✓Yellow — lemons are actually green while unripe and turn yellow as they ripen.
How many players are on the field for one American football team at a time?
- Nine
- Eleven
- Thirteen
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✓Eleven — the same number as in soccer, though the games could hardly be more different.
Which continent is home to the Sahara Desert?
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✓Africa — the Sahara is nearly the size of the entire United States.
In cooking, what is the main ingredient of traditional hummus?
- Lentils
- Chickpeas
- Black beans
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✓Chickpeas — blended with tahini, lemon and garlic into a smooth dip.
Who wrote the fantasy novel ‘The Hobbit’?
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✓J.R.R. Tolkien — he famously scribbled the opening line on a blank exam paper he was grading.
What is the name of the pigment that makes plant leaves green?
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✓Chlorophyll — it absorbs red and blue light but reflects green, which is why leaves look green.
What is the only letter that does not appear in the spelling of any month of the year?
- Q
- W
- Z
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✓Q — no month contains a ‘Q’, and neither do many other letters, but Q is the classic answer to this riddle.
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