Quiblys #279 Answers
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Here are all 10 questions and answers from Quiblys #279, the daily trivia game for Tuesday, October 6. Categories: Television, Technology, History, Internet, Science, Movies, Sports, Business, Literature, Music.
Play today's QuiblysQuestion 1 · Television · Very easy · 100 pts
In the US version of 'The Office', which paper company employs Michael Scott?
- AWernham Hogg
- BVance Refrigeration
- CDunder Mifflin (correct answer)
- DPrince Family Paper
Answer: Dunder Mifflin. Michael Scott manages the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
89% of players got this rightSource: WikipediaQuestion 2 · Technology · Easy · 150 pts
Who was granted the first US patent for the telephone in 1876?
- AThomas Edison
- BNikola Tesla
- CSamuel Morse
- DAlexander Graham Bell (correct answer)
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander Graham Bell received his telephone patent in March 1876.
Fun fact: Bell's first words on the phone were reportedly 'Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.'
81% of players got this rightSource: WikipediaQuestion 3 · History · Easy · 200 pts
In which city did a famous Cold War wall come down in November 1989?
- AVienna
- BPrague
- CBerlin (correct answer)
- DWarsaw
Answer: Berlin. The Berlin Wall, which had divided the city since 1961, was opened on 9 November 1989.
78% of players got this rightSource: WikipediaQuestion 4 · Internet · Medium · 300 pts
Which website was launched in January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger?
- ACraigslist
- BInternet Archive
- CWikipedia (correct answer)
- DReddit
Answer: Wikipedia. Wikipedia went live on January 15, 2001.
76% of players got this rightSource: WikipediaQuestion 5 · Science · Medium · 500 pts
At sea level, water boils at how many degrees Fahrenheit?
- A100
- B180
- C212 (correct answer)
- D200
Answer: 212. Water boils at 100 °C, which equals 212 °F at standard atmospheric pressure.
Fun fact: At the top of Mount Everest, water boils at only about 70 °C (158 °F).
73% of players got this rightSource: WikipediaQuestion 6 · Movies · Medium · 750 pts
Which Mexican filmmaker won the Best Director Oscar for 2013's 'Gravity'?
- AAlfonso Cuarón (correct answer)
- BGuillermo del Toro
- CAlejandro G. Iñárritu
- DCarlos Reygadas
Answer: Alfonso Cuarón. Cuarón became the first Latin American to win Best Director, at the 2014 Academy Awards.
68% of players got this rightSource: WikipediaQuestion 7 · Sports · Hard · 1,000 pts
Which country won the first FIFA World Cup, in 1930?
- ABrazil
- BItaly
- CUruguay (correct answer)
- DHungary
Answer: Uruguay. Host nation Uruguay beat Argentina 4–2 in the final in Montevideo.
Fun fact: Only 13 teams took part, and just four came from Europe.
57% of players got this rightSource: WikipediaQuestion 8 · Business · Hard · 1,500 pts
Pharmacist John Pemberton created Coca-Cola in 1886 in which US city?
- ANashville
- BNew Orleans
- CAtlanta (correct answer)
- DChicago
Answer: Atlanta. Pemberton first sold Coca-Cola at a pharmacy soda fountain in Atlanta, Georgia.
Fun fact: The first year, Coca-Cola averaged sales of only about nine glasses a day.
65% of players got this rightSource: WikipediaQuestion 9 · Literature · Expert · 2,000 pts
Which poet wrote the 1922 modernist landmark "The Waste Land"?
- AW. B. Yeats
- BEzra Pound
- CW. H. Auden
- DT. S. Eliot (correct answer)
Answer: T. S. Eliot. T. S. Eliot published The Waste Land in 1922.
Fun fact: The poem opens with the famous line "April is the cruellest month".
49% of players got this rightSource: WikipediaQuestion 10 · Music · Expert · 3,000 pts
Which Nigerian musician is regarded as the pioneer of Afrobeat?
- AKing Sunny Adé
- BYoussou N'Dour
- CHugh Masekela
- DFela Kuti (correct answer)
Answer: Fela Kuti. Fela Kuti fused funk, jazz and West African styles into Afrobeat in the late 1960s and 1970s.
30% of players got this rightSource: Wikipedia