Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 160 (2026-03-22)

Question 1

Drivers are taught the Dutch Reach when opening a car door. Why use the far hand instead of the near one?

Accepted Answer

It makes you look back

Question 2

Early football once featured mass-charge plays where whole groups of players smashed forward like a human battering ram. Why was that style eventually banned?

Accepted Answer

It was too dangerous

Question 3

A male fiddler crab may wave one oversized claw over and over instead of rushing straight into a fight. What function does that display serve?

Accepted Answer

It signals to rivals and potential mates

Question 4

If someone stares into uniform light while hearing featureless noise for long enough, they may start seeing or hearing things that are not there. What is the brain doing?

Accepted Answer

Filling in missing input

Question 5

The division sign with a line and two dots did not begin as a math symbol at all. What kind of mark was it first?

Accepted Answer

An editing mark

Question 6

One writing system was designed so some consonant letters visually reflect how the mouth or tongue is positioned to make the sound. Which system is that?

Accepted Answer

Hangul

Question 7

When two important images flash in quick succession, people often notice the first one but miss the second. What has momentarily happened to attention?

Accepted Answer

It is briefly occupied

Question 8

At some deaf community events, audiences show appreciation after a performance without making noise. What do they usually do instead of clapping?

Accepted Answer

Wave both hands

Question 9

The Cuyahoga River became infamous for catching fire, which sounds impossible for a river. What was actually burning on the water's surface?

Accepted Answer

Oil and industrial waste

Question 10

Some sea slugs can stay green long after eating algae because they keep part of the meal working inside their own bodies. What do they keep?

Accepted Answer

Chloroplasts