Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 75 (2025-12-24)

Question 1

Why do many music apps use "fake" randomness instead of pure randomness for shuffle?

Accepted Answer

To spread songs out so it feels more random to human listeners

Question 2

Why do tennis balls have a fuzzy felt surface instead of being smooth like many other balls?

Accepted Answer

The fuzz increases drag and grip, improving control over speed, bounce, and spin

Question 3

Why did a computer scientist propose using the :-) and :-( emoticons on an early online bulletin board in 1982?

Accepted Answer

To mark jokes and serious posts so readers wouldn't misinterpret tone

Question 4

If you could fold an ordinary sheet of paper in half 42 times, about how far would its thickness reach?

Accepted Answer

Roughly the distance from Earth to the Moon

Question 5

In The Lord of the Rings films, how were hobbits made to look much smaller than humans in many shots?

Accepted Answer

By using forced‑perspective sets and oversized props, not just digital shrinking

Question 6

How does MP3 audio compression shrink music files without making them sound obviously worse?

Accepted Answer

It removes or reduces sounds your ears are unlikely to notice using psychoacoustics

Question 7

Where does the word "emoji" actually come from?

Accepted Answer

Japanese for "picture character," not from "emotion"

Question 8

Why do you have a small "blind spot" in each eye where you can't see anything?

Accepted Answer

It's where the optic nerve exits, and there are no light‑sensing cells there

Question 9

What color was the Statue of Liberty when it was first assembled, before it turned green?

Accepted Answer

Shiny brownish copper

Question 10

What tiny detail did James Cameron change in a later release of Titanic after an astronomer complained?

Accepted Answer

He corrected the star field so the night sky matched the real stars