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

1. Which African country’s flag features a horizontal blue, white, and green tricolor with a black mokorotlo (a type of straw hat) in the center?
2. The national flags of Haiti, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, among others, all feature what conical headgear often associated with freedom and revolution?
3. Which Central American country’s flag, which in turn has its coat of arms, features two shirtless men in belts and trousers alongside a tree and shield?
4. The flags of Montenegro, San Marino, Tajikistan, and Liechtenstein all feature what ‘sovereign’ headwear?
5. [Theme: 2 of 4] What book character, described as resembling Henry Fonda, has a name with the same word repeated four times? One of the four is his military rank, given by an IBM machine with a sense of humor.

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 14, Quiz 1:

1. Michael B Jordan
2. Fruitvale Station
3. Daniel Kaluuya
4. Best Original Screenplay, for Sinners
5. Theme – will be revealed on Friday