Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 156 (2026-03-18)

Question 1

A face in a group photo can seem better-looking than the same face shown alone. What kind of judgment does the group most affect?

Accepted Answer

How attractive it seems

Question 2

Two archers can finish with the same score and still have one lose the match. What tiny detail is often used to break the tie?

Accepted Answer

More center hits

Question 3

A bowl of water with pepper floating on top can look almost alive when one drop of dish soap makes the specks race outward. What did the soap suddenly disrupt?

Accepted Answer

Surface tension

Question 4

In Britain, some homeowners literally bricked up perfectly good windows. Why would anyone do that on purpose?

Accepted Answer

To avoid a tax

Question 5

Some cave mouths seem to blow air out in one season and pull air in during another. What makes the cave act like it is breathing?

Accepted Answer

Temperature-driven air pressure differences

Question 6

In chess, a pawn can sometimes be captured on a square where it never actually stopped. What unusual move makes that possible?

Accepted Answer

A two-square advance

Question 7

Some highway shoulders are cut with grooves that make a loud rattling sound when your car drifts onto them. What are those grooves mainly meant to do?

Accepted Answer

Wake the driver

Question 8

One spider spends nearly its whole life underwater even though it has no gills. What lets it live there for long periods?

Accepted Answer

A silk diving bell filled with air

Question 9

At night, some dung beetles can keep rolling in a straight line even across open ground with few landmarks. What do they use to steer?

Accepted Answer

The Milky Way

Question 10

On steep mountain roads, runaway-truck lanes are often filled with gravel and slope uphill. What is that design meant to do?

Accepted Answer

Stop the truck