Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 65 (2025-12-14)

Question 1

Why do many people sound better singing in the shower than in a bedroom?

Accepted Answer

Hard walls add echo and blend imperfections

Question 2

What surprising skill have experiments shown that wild crows can use to respond to specific people?

Accepted Answer

Recognizing and remembering human faces, then warning other crows about them

Question 3

Why did the creators of The Simpsons choose bright yellow skin for the characters?

Accepted Answer

So the show would stand out instantly when people flipped TV channels

Question 4

What psychological quirk makes people value furniture or gadgets more if they assemble them themselves?

Accepted Answer

We judge self assembled things as more valuable than identical ready made ones

Question 5

Why can a QR code still scan correctly even if part of it is scratched or covered by a small logo?

Accepted Answer

It includes built in error correction patterns that can rebuild missing data

Question 6

What keeps a sourdough starter alive for years or even decades if you keep feeding it flour and water?

Accepted Answer

A stable community of wild yeasts and lactic acid bacteria

Question 7

In ancient Athens, what did citizens write names on when voting to exile someone, a practice that gave us the word ostracize?

Accepted Answer

Broken pottery shards called ostraka

Question 8

Why does standard Western music divide an octave into 12 equally spaced notes?

Accepted Answer

Each step multiplies frequency by the twelfth root of two so instruments can play reasonably in tune in any key

Question 9

In learning research, what is the protege effect?

Accepted Answer

You understand and remember material better when you prepare to teach it to someone else

Question 10

Why is some canned laughter in old sitcoms sometimes called dead laughter?

Accepted Answer

Many of the people recorded for those laugh tracks have since died but their laughter is still used