Daily Trivia Quiz - Day 96 (2026-01-14)

Question 1

An airport solved complaints about slow baggage handling not by speeding up the bags, but by forcing passengers to do what?

Accepted Answer

Walk further

Question 2

Early railroad signals used "White" for "Go," but this caused deadly accidents when a red lens fell out, exposing the white light. They switched "Go" to what color to fix this?

Accepted Answer

Green

Question 3

The Julian calendar was replaced because it slightly miscalculated the year's length, causing Easter to accidentally drift towards which season?

Accepted Answer

Winter

Question 4

In many cultures, the polite custom of covering your mouth when you yawn started not as manners, but as a superstitious protection against what?

Accepted Answer

Evil spirits

Question 5

Before mechanical refrigeration, the massive "natural ice" industry collapsed partly because health officials realized the ice from rivers was often...

Accepted Answer

Contaminated

Question 6

In medieval Europe, some religious leaders discouraged excessive bathing, not just for modesty, but because they believed hot water opened the pores to...

Accepted Answer

Disease

Question 7

When realistic "linear perspective" was reintroduced in art, some critics found it controversial because it presented the world from the viewpoint of...

Accepted Answer

A human

Question 8

The "Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab" was a 1950s science kit that was eventually pulled from the market because it included real samples of...

Accepted Answer

Uranium

Question 9

Victorians found it romantic, but modern people might find it creepy that mourners often wore intricate necklaces and bracelets woven from...

Accepted Answer

Human Hair

Question 10

Pilots flying in clouds often face a deadly illusion called 'spatial disorientation,' where their inner ear tricks them into thinking the ground is actually the...

Accepted Answer

Sky