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

1. What country that was part of Dutch Guiana until 1975 is today one of the world’s least populated countries? More than half of the country’s people live in the national capital.
2. Which country’s flag features a horizontal tricolor of white, blue, and red with the coat of arms on the left? The coat of arms has a red shield charged with a silver cross atop three peaks.
3. Which country that won its first ever Olympic gold in a women’s athletics event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has a blue flag charged with a golden triangle in front of a white-edged black isosceles triangle?
4. What country that features a secretary bird on its emblem gained independence in 1956? After a long civil war that saw its territory significantly reduced in 2011, the Islamist country became a secular state in 2020.
5. [Theme: 1 of 4] What common alloy known for its high strength and durability is often used to describe Superman?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 9, Quiz 5:

1. Johannes Kepler
2. Io
3. The Lancet
4. Albert Einstein
5. Mendeleev’s periodic table