Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 57 (2025-12-06)

Question 1

How did ancient Persians keep ice cream-like desserts cold in the desert 2,000 years before refrigeration?

Accepted Answer

They stored ice and sweet syrups in subterranean yakhchal domes that acted as evaporative coolers

Question 2

Which Vietnamese cave is so vast that clouds form inside and an entire rainforest grows beneath its skylights?

Accepted Answer

Hang Sơn Đoòng

Question 3

What sport do players strap on fins for, dive to the bottom of a pool, and push a lead puck with 30-centimeter sticks while holding their breath?

Accepted Answer

Underwater hockey (octopush)

Question 4

Which Indian stepwell descends 13 stories with more than 3,000 symmetric steps so villagers could reach cool water year-round?

Accepted Answer

Chand Baori in Abhaneri, Rajasthan

Question 5

How can mangrove killifish survive weeks out of water when their puddles dry up?

Accepted Answer

They crawl into rotting logs, breathe through their skin, and even self-fertilize until rain returns

Question 6

In many medieval European banquets, what everyday food doubled as both plate and part of the meal?

Accepted Answer

Thick flat pieces of stale bread ("trenchers")

Question 7

Botanically speaking, which of these common fruits is actually a true berry?

Accepted Answer

Banana

Question 8

At which event did the modern ice cream cone famously take off, when a waffle seller rolled his product into cones for a neighboring ice cream stand that ran out of dishes?

Accepted Answer

The 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis

Question 9

Which existed first: teaching at Oxford University or the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan?

Accepted Answer

Teaching at Oxford University

Question 10

What metal makes up most of a modern Olympic gold medal?

Accepted Answer

Silver with a thin layer of gold