No. 82 · Thursday, October 8, 2026
Trivia questions and answers from Sevens No. 82
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Play today’s seven“To be, or not to be” opens a soliloquy in which Shakespeare play?
- Hamlet
- Macbeth
- King Lear
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✓Hamlet, Shakespeare’s longest play.
Which Italian city is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon?
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✓Venice, a city of around 400 bridges and no cars in its historic centre.
“Here’s looking at you, kid” is a line from which 1942 film?
- Casablanca
- Gone with the Wind
- Citizen Kane
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✓Casablanca – Bogart says it to Ingrid Bergman four times, first as a toast and finally as a farewell.
Which composer wrote his Ninth Symphony, with its “Ode to Joy”, while almost completely deaf?
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✓Beethoven, who reportedly had to be turned round to see the applause at its 1824 premiere.
Which cocktail mixes tequila, lime and orange liqueur, often in a salt-rimmed glass?
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✓A margarita, Spanish for “daisy”
Roughly how long does sunlight take to reach Earth?
- About 8 minutes
- About 8 seconds
- About 80 minutes
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✓About 8 minutes, so the Sun you see is always about 8 minutes out of date.
In which sport do teams compete for the Stanley Cup?
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✓Ice hockey, whose trophy was donated by Canada’s governor general, Lord Stanley, in 1892.
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