Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 132 (2026-02-19)

Question 1

In a traditional English ball game, entire neighborhoods join and one match can spread across streets, fields, and riverbanks. What determines which team wins?

Accepted Answer

Getting the ball to opposite ends of town

Question 2

At the famous Venice boat festival, the opening parade is not just a race warm-up. What makes those boats feel like a floating time machine?

Accepted Answer

Historical costumes

Question 3

After lava flows through a forest, trees can burn away but still leave their shape behind. What surprising structure remains in the rock?

Accepted Answer

Lava tree molds

Question 4

In Iceland, many families treat one winter holiday evening in a surprisingly quiet way. After exchanging gifts, what do they often do for hours?

Accepted Answer

Read books

Question 5

At a Yukon winter event, people use hot spring water to wet and shape their hair, then step into subzero air where it turns into icy sculptures. What makes the hairstyles harden so fast?

Accepted Answer

Water on the hair freezes in subzero air

Question 6

Instead of waiting for insects to blunder into a normal web, a slingshot spider uses what hunting trick?

Accepted Answer

It fires the web

Question 7

Herds of alpine ibex have been filmed climbing near-vertical dam walls. Why take such a risky route?

Accepted Answer

To lick mineral salts

Question 8

Inside glacier caves, tunnels can glow an intense electric blue even without neon lights. What causes that color?

Accepted Answer

Ice filtering sunlight

Question 9

A cuttlefish can send moving waves of pattern across its skin just before striking. What can this do to nearby prey?

Accepted Answer

Confuse or disorient it

Question 10

The first implantable pacemakers improved lives but created a major repeat burden for patients. What was it?

Accepted Answer

Frequent battery surgeries