A new year for a new series of 5Q Daily questions. 5Q Daily is now in its fifth year! If you haven’t already, you can check out the questions from 2022 to 2025 here.

And here are today’s questions. Answers will be published tomorrow. The theme will run from Mon-Thu.:

1. The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland existed from August 1, 1953, to January 1, 1964, when Northern Rhodesia declared independence as Zambia. Nyasaland became independent as what country?
2. What island, a protected nature reserve that is not part of the Antarctic Treaty System, was first discovered on January 1, 1739, and has been a Norwegian dependency since 1930? It is considered the world’s most remote island.
3. What country became the first black-majority republic in the world when it declared independence on January 1, 1804?
4. What country, formerly a German territory, was occupied by New Zealand during World War I, and was ruled as a United Nations Trust Territory until its independence on January 1, 1962?
5. [Theme: 1 of 4] What word connects a creature of the family Varanidae and a student tasked with supervising the conduct of his peers?