Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 91 (2026-01-09)

Question 1

Which artist shocked the 1960s art world by turning a lowly 'Campbell's Soup Can' into a masterpiece, proving that art could be mass-produced like a grocery item?

Accepted Answer

Andy Warhol

Question 2

High-quality banknotes use 'microprinting' so small that photocopiers blur it. This mimics what natural principle?

Accepted Answer

Complexity at scale (like insect wings or DNA)

Question 3

People think Venus Flytraps eat flies for food (calories). What do they actually need from the insects that they can't get from soil?

Accepted Answer

Nitrogen and Phosphorus (Fertilizer)

Question 4

Cartographers sometimes include 'Trap Streets' or fake towns on maps. Why?

Accepted Answer

To catch copyright violators who copy their maps

Question 5

Victorian mourning veils were often 6 feet long and made of crape. What was the microscopic danger of this fabric?

Accepted Answer

The dye dust was toxic and caused respiratory illness

Question 6

The board game 'Monopoly' was originally invented by a woman named Elizabeth Magie to teach what massive economic concept?

Accepted Answer

The evils of monopolies and land grabbing

Question 7

Circadian rhythms are regulated by the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, a tiny region in the brain. What massive external signal resets it daily?

Accepted Answer

Blue light (Sunlight)

Question 8

Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci, originally introduced his famous number sequence in 1202 to solve a theoretical problem about the breeding population of what animal?

Accepted Answer

Rabbits

Question 9

Golf balls originally were smooth. Why did they start adding dimples?

Accepted Answer

Players noticed old, beaten-up balls flew further

Question 10

Why does a clock run 'clockwise'?

Accepted Answer

It mimics the movement of a sundial's shadow in the Northern Hemisphere