Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 58 (2025-12-07)

Question 1

Which metal can you hold as a solid and watch slowly melt in your warm hand, because its melting point is just above room temperature?

Accepted Answer

Gallium

Question 2

Why did tennis tournaments switch from white balls to optic-yellow ones in the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

Television tests showed yellow was far easier to track on color broadcasts

Question 3

The word sandwich is commonly linked to a British noble who reportedly ate meat between bread slices so he could keep gambling. What was his title?

Accepted Answer

The Earl of Sandwich

Question 4

If you could somehow scoop up a teaspoon of neutron star material without it exploding, about how heavy would it be on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Roughly a billion tons—about a mountain's mass

Question 5

On many world maps, Greenland looks almost as big as Africa. In reality, how do their sizes compare?

Accepted Answer

Africa is about fourteen times larger than Greenland

Question 6

Where is most of Earth's freshwater actually stored?

Accepted Answer

Locked in ice sheets and glaciers, plus groundwater deep underground

Question 7

In 1932, Australia dispatched soldiers with machine guns against a pest bird invading farmland—and largely lost. What is this odd episode nicknamed?

Accepted Answer

The Great Emu War

Question 8

Which car company famously gave away its three-point seat belt patent so other manufacturers could use it for free?

Accepted Answer

Volvo

Question 9

Because Earth bulges at the equator and spins, how does your weight on a scale at the equator compare with your weight at the North Pole?

Accepted Answer

You weigh slightly less at the equator

Question 10

In soccer, why were yellow and red cards introduced instead of just shouting fouls and sending players off?

Accepted Answer

Their traffic-light colors give a clear visual signal across languages and noisy stadiums