Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 45 (2025-11-24)

Question 1

How can bumblebees tell if a flower's nectar was just drained without even landing?

Accepted Answer

Their fuzzy hairs sense electric fields that fade after pollinators visit

Question 2

What trans-Atlantic process fertilizes the Amazon rainforest with minerals blown from Africa's Bodele Depression?

Accepted Answer

Saharan dust plumes

Question 3

Why do traditional Moroccan riads hide lush courtyards behind blank exterior walls?

Accepted Answer

Courtyards cool and light the home while preserving privacy inside dense medinas

Question 4

Which concrete mix hides Bacillus spores so rainwater activates them to fill cracks with fresh limestone?

Accepted Answer

Self-healing bio-concrete

Question 5

Which country's native horses perform a silky extra gait called the tolt thanks to a protected gene mutation?

Accepted Answer

Icelandic horses

Question 6

Why do some reef corals glow neon under blue light despite living in sun-drenched tropics?

Accepted Answer

Fluorescent proteins act like sunscreen, re-emitting dangerous UV as safer colors

Question 7

Why do certain bamboo species bloom in perfect sync worldwide even when planted on different continents?

Accepted Answer

They inherit genetic timers that trigger flowering after a fixed number of years

Question 8

Why do pizzerias chasing strict Neapolitan tradition (AVPN/STG certification) insist on domed ovens made from Vesuvius or Sorrento volcanic tuff?

Accepted Answer

The porous tuff stores massive heat and radiates it evenly for perfect 60–90-second bakes

Question 9

What Antarctic fish produces antifreeze glycoproteins so its blood stays liquid below freezing?

Accepted Answer

Notothenioid icefish

Question 10

What material results when you strip lignin from wood and infiltrate it with clear resin?

Accepted Answer

Transparent wood