Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 136 (2026-02-23)

Question 1

In Peru's Takanakuy tradition, people publicly fight once a year and then embrace. What is the social goal of this event?

Accepted Answer

Resolve disputes and restore harmony

Question 2

Why do avalanche airbags inflate large balloons around a skier during a slide?

Accepted Answer

To reduce burial depth by staying near the surface

Question 3

A dark room with a tiny pinhole can project an outside scene onto the opposite wall. How does that projected image appear?

Accepted Answer

Upside down

Question 4

Compared with nearby surface populations that often feed more on birds, mosquito populations in some subway tunnels shifted to prefer biting which hosts?

Accepted Answer

Mammals

Question 5

Some people faint at the sight of blood or sudden fear not because of pain, but because what drops too quickly?

Accepted Answer

Blood pressure

Question 6

Touch a sensitive plant and its tiny leaves fold closed within seconds, as if startled. What plant is famous for this trick?

Accepted Answer

Mimosa pudica

Question 7

One tropical plant is nicknamed the telegraph plant because its side leaflets visibly move during the day. What do those leaflets seem to do?

Accepted Answer

They twitch on their own

Question 8

Before sonar, sailors lowered a rope with a weight and sticky tallow at the bottom. What were they mainly checking?

Accepted Answer

Water depth and seabed type

Question 9

Some stream larvae build tube-like armor around their bodies. What do they use as building material?

Accepted Answer

Sand grains, tiny twigs, and other local debris

Question 10

Archaeologists can now find hidden ruins under thick jungle without cutting all the trees first. What tool made that possible?

Accepted Answer

Lidar laser mapping