Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 144 (2026-03-03)

Question 1

Before electric streetlights, city workers walked routes each evening with long poles. What nightly job did they do by hand?

Accepted Answer

Lighting street lamps

Question 2

Some mud volcanoes look like tiny versions of fiery peaks, but their eruptions are very different. What do they mainly spew out?

Accepted Answer

Mud and methane

Question 3

When making dalgona candy, a tiny pinch of baking soda changes hard syrup into a fragile honeycomb texture. What causes that airy structure?

Accepted Answer

Trapped gas bubbles

Question 4

Chaos Computer Club (CCC) often revealed digital security flaws with dramatic on-stage demonstrations. Why use live theatrical demos?

Accepted Answer

To prove the flaws publicly

Question 5

A keyboard fan wants to try different key feels at home without touching a soldering iron. What can they do with hot-swap boards?

Accepted Answer

Swap switches directly

Question 6

When seals rest on small ice chunks, hunting orcas may work as a team instead of striking directly. What do they create first?

Accepted Answer

A breaking wave

Question 7

At the exact last moment of some sunsets, observers sometimes catch a one-second color surprise on the sun's edge. What color flash appears?

Accepted Answer

Green

Question 8

In some old shoe stores, customers once stood in machines to see how their new shoes fit. What did those machines use?

Accepted Answer

X-rays

Question 9

A male bowerbird arranges objects near his display area in a clever visual trick to impress females. How does he place them?

Accepted Answer

Small near, big far

Question 10

Some multi-story buildings cool themselves with little mechanical help by using a central open space. What natural airflow effect does this rely on?

Accepted Answer

Warm air rises