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

1. Native to South Africa and deriving its name from the Afrikaans for ‘red bush,’ what plant is used to make a herbal infusion that has gained popularity across the globe since the 2000s?
2. Also called pudding grass, what plant with a strong minty fragrance is often used to make herbal infusions, in spite of known toxicity? The band Nirvana may have been a fan!
3. Often worshipped in the Indian subcontinent, but considered by many horticulturists as a weed, what plant is widely used as a herbal tea in Ayurveda?
4. What plant native to the Mediterranean and used in both herbal infusions and as a culinary herb, is more commonly used to make essential oils and cosmetics? Using too much of it makes food taste ‘soapy.’
5. [Theme: 1 of 4] What fictional detective created by Agatha Christie first appeared in The Secret of Chimneys, and is later described as having a wife and five children?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 2, Quiz 5:

1. Will & Grace
2. Frasier
3. The Next Generation
4. Doctor Who
5. Twin Peaks