Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 63 (2025-12-12)

Question 1

Before affordable alarm clocks, how did many workers in 19th-century British cities make sure they woke up on time?

Accepted Answer

They paid knocker-ups to tap on bedroom windows with long poles

Question 2

Which nurse used data charts to show that poor hygiene killed more soldiers than battle wounds in the Crimean War?

Accepted Answer

Florence Nightingale

Question 3

Why do your teeth feel chalky or 'fuzzy' after eating a lot of spinach?

Accepted Answer

Spinach binds calcium in your saliva

Question 4

Which metal is so soft you can cut it with a knife but must store it under oil because it reacts violently with water?

Accepted Answer

Sodium

Question 5

Which European country is famous for its long, jagged coastline carved by fjords?

Accepted Answer

Norway

Question 6

Which major city is slowly sinking because it was built on a drained lake bed and still pumps groundwater from below?

Accepted Answer

Mexico City

Question 7

Which common garden pollinator is especially known for seeing ultraviolet patterns on flowers that humans cannot?

Accepted Answer

Bees

Question 8

Why were early text messages (SMS) limited to 160 characters?

Accepted Answer

An engineer chose a length that fit typical short messages

Question 9

Which enormous instrument is often called the 'king of instruments' because it can fill a whole building with sound?

Accepted Answer

The pipe organ

Question 10

Which Renaissance artist often wrote notes in mirror script, from right to left, in his notebooks?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci