Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 128 (2026-02-15)

Question 1

In the Colombian sport of tejo, players throw metal disks at targets fitted with small paper packets (mechas) that contain what explosive material?

Accepted Answer

Gunpowder

Question 2

During Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico, families often do what unusual activity at decorated graves?

Accepted Answer

Picnic overnight beside them

Question 3

The Great Hedge of India was a massive barrier built by the British in the 1800s using what material?

Accepted Answer

Thorny plants

Question 4

In the sport of Kabaddi, how do raiders prove they haven't taken a breath while in the opponent's territory?

Accepted Answer

They chant continuously

Question 5

The jerboa, a tiny desert rodent, moves across sand dunes using what distinctive method?

Accepted Answer

Kangaroo-like jumps

Question 6

When Halley's Comet approached Earth in 1910, what did panicked people buy to protect themselves?

Accepted Answer

Gas masks

Question 7

Antarctic icefish survive in freezing waters despite having blood that lacks what crucial component?

Accepted Answer

Hemoglobin

Question 8

When high-voltage electricity is discharged through acrylic, what dramatic pattern can be trapped inside?

Accepted Answer

Branching lightning-like trees

Question 9

The Hadza people of Tanzania use what unusual sounds as regular consonants in their everyday speech?

Accepted Answer

Popping click sounds

Question 10

In the sport of cycle ball, athletes must stay on bicycles while doing what with a soccer ball?

Accepted Answer

Controlling and shooting it