Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 115 (2026-02-02)

Question 1

After the Titanic disaster, a new international rule required ships to maintain a 24-hour watch on what device?

Accepted Answer

The Radio

Question 2

What famous long-distance passenger train originally ran from Paris to Constantinople and became a symbol of luxury travel?

Accepted Answer

The Orient Express

Question 3

Ancient frescoes found on the island of Crete depict the Minoans performing a dangerous acrobatic sport involving what animal?

Accepted Answer

A Bull

Question 4

In the early 1900s, Mary Mallon became famous for spreading a deadly disease to dozens of people while remaining perfectly healthy herself. What was her profession?

Accepted Answer

A cook

Question 5

Before modern vaccines, thousands of Polio patients had to live inside a large metal cylinder known as an "Iron Lung." What did this machine do for them?

Accepted Answer

It breathed for them

Question 6

The Aztecs built their capital city, Tenochtitlan, on an island in a lake. How did they create more farmland to feed their growing population?

Accepted Answer

They built floating gardens

Question 7

The Olmec civilization of ancient Mexico left behind mysterious, massive stone sculptures that weigh many tons. What do these sculptures depict?

Accepted Answer

Giant human heads

Question 8

In the late 1950s, the drug Thalidomide was prescribed to pregnant women to help with morning sickness. Why was it tragically banned shortly after?

Accepted Answer

It caused severe birth defects

Question 9

The Alnwick Garden in England features a section behind locked iron gates where visitors are strictly forbidden from smelling or touching the plants. Why?

Accepted Answer

Every plant is poisonous

Question 10

Bonsai is the Japanese art form of growing trees in containers. What is the main goal of a bonsai artist?

Accepted Answer

To keep the tree small