Getting your questions ready
Getting your questions ready
All 10 questions with answers and explanations. Play this daily
Q 01Which sport's touchdown and extra point make seven points?
American football
American football. The touchdown itself scores six, the kick adds one, and a successful two-point play instead would make it eight.
Q 02Which of Snow White's seven dwarfs never speaks in the Disney film?
Dopey
Dopey. The youngest dwarf communicates only through sounds and pantomime, and Happy explains that he has simply never tried to speak.
Q 03Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the only one still largely standing?
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid of Giza. It is also by far the oldest of the seven, so the first wonder built is the last one left.
Q 04In Jewish law, what is the seventh year called, when the land lies fallow and debts are released?
Shemitah
Shemitah. The word means 'release', and seven of these cycles lead to the Jubilee, the fiftieth year.
Q 05Which whiskey brand gives the '7 and 7' highball the first half of its name?
Seagram's
Seagram's. Its Seven Crown blended whiskey is the base, and the highball was one of America's most popular drinks in the 1970s.
Q 06The Western 'The Magnificent Seven' is a remake of a Japanese film by which director?
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa. His 'Seven Samurai' had first reached US cinemas under the title 'The Magnificent Seven', so the Western borrowed its name as well as its plot.
Q 07The 'Seven Year Itch' is a concept referencing a crisis in what type of relationship?
Marriages
Marriages. The phrase is also a name for scabies, a parasitic skin infection, and it titled the 1955 film with Marilyn Monroe's famous subway-grate scene.
Q 08Which element on the periodic table has the atomic number 7?
Nitrogen
Nitrogen (N) has an atomic number of 7, meaning it has 7 protons in its nucleus. Nitrogen is essential for life and comprises about 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
Q 09Which lemon-lime soda once claimed to contain the mood-stabilizing drug lithium citrate?
7 Up
7 Up. After federal pressure in 1936 forced it to drop health claims, the name was cut to 7 Up, and accounts differ on whether lithium was ever really in it.
Q 10Which mountain does Richard Bass's original Seven Summits list use for Australia?
Mount Kosciuszko
Mount Kosciuszko. Reinhold Messner's rival list swaps it for Indonesia's Puncak Jaya, a true expedition, because Kosciuszko is an easy hike.