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Bar Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 10 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Pub inventions round: Which navigation instrument measures the angle between a celestial object and the horizon?

    Answer: sextant

    A sextant uses mirrors so a navigator can view the horizon and a celestial body at the same time.

  2. Pub sports round: Which Grand Slam tennis tournament is played on grass in London?

    Answer: Wimbledon

    The first Wimbledon championship was held in 1877 at the All England Club.

  3. Pub music round: Which low woodwind instrument uses a double reed and a long folded tube?

    Answer: bassoon

    The bassoon’s long bore folds back on itself, allowing a low register without an impractically tall straight tube.

  4. Pub language round: What word is formed by blending parts and meanings of two other words?

    Answer: portmanteau

    The word “brunch” blends “breakfast” and “lunch,” making it a portmanteau.

  5. Pub food round: Which pungent green condiment traditionally accompanies Japanese sushi?

    Answer: wasabi

    True wasabi belongs to the cabbage family, and many commercial green pastes rely mostly on horseradish.

Daily round

  1. Pub language round: What term describes a word or phrase that reads the same forward and backward when spacing is ignored?

    Answer: palindrome

    “Never odd or even” is a palindrome when spaces are ignored.

  2. Pub nature round: Which Arctic whale has a long spiral tusk, usually in males?

    Answer: narwhal

    A narwhal tusk is an elongated tooth containing millions of nerve endings.

  3. Pub sports round: Which golf competition pits teams from Europe and the United States against each other?

    Answer: Ryder Cup

    The Ryder Cup is normally played every two years using match-play formats rather than total strokes.

  4. Pub history round: Which inscribed artifact helped scholars decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs?

    Answer: Rosetta Stone

    The Rosetta Stone repeats a decree in hieroglyphic, Demotic, and ancient Greek scripts.

  5. Pub science round: Which gemstone is a crystalline form of carbon?

    Answer: diamond

    Diamond’s carbon atoms form a rigid three-dimensional lattice that makes it exceptionally hard.

Daily round

  1. Pub food round: Which firm Cypriot cheese is known for holding its shape when grilled?

    Answer: halloumi

    Halloumi softens without melting quickly because its curds are heated during production.

  2. Pub landmarks round: Which Inca site stands high in the Andes of Peru?

    Answer: Machu Picchu

    Machu Picchu was built by the Inca in the fifteenth century and sits above Peru’s Urubamba Valley.

  3. Pub history round: Which merchant alliance linked medieval and early modern northern European cities?

    Answer: Hanseatic League

    The Hanseatic League linked merchant cities around the Baltic and North seas through trade privileges and mutual support.

  4. Pub inventions round: Which weaving machine used punched cards to control patterns?

    Answer: Jacquard loom

    Jacquard loom cards influenced later ideas for storing machine instructions as punched patterns.

  5. Pub nature round: Which tree group includes the tallest living trees?

    Answer: redwood

    The tallest coast redwoods exceed 110 meters and grow naturally along the foggy Pacific coast.

Daily round

  1. Pub landmarks round: What name is given to the monumental stone figures of Rapa Nui?

    Answer: Moai

    Most moai were carved from volcanic tuff by the Rapa Nui people between roughly the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries.

  2. Pub music round: Which double-reed woodwind commonly gives the orchestra its tuning note?

    Answer: oboe

    The oboe’s stable, penetrating A makes it easy for an orchestra to hear while tuning.

  3. Pub landmarks round: Which archaeological city in Jordan is famous for rock-cut façades?

    Answer: Petra

    Petra prospered as the Nabataean kingdom’s capital at a crossroads of Arabian trade routes.

  4. Pub sports round: What high-jump technique takes athletes over the bar back-first?

    Answer: Fosbury Flop

    Dick Fosbury won Olympic high-jump gold in 1968 using the back-first technique that took his name.

  5. Pub nature round: Which tree group includes the tallest living trees?

    Answer: redwood

    The tallest coast redwoods exceed 110 meters and grow naturally along the foggy Pacific coast.

Daily round

  1. Pub inventions round: Which weaving machine used punched cards to control patterns?

    Answer: Jacquard loom

    Jacquard loom cards influenced later ideas for storing machine instructions as punched patterns.

  2. Pub science round: Which blood cell type transports most oxygen using hemoglobin?

    Answer: red blood cell

    Mature human red blood cells have a biconcave shape and lack a nucleus, leaving more room for hemoglobin.

  3. Pub science round: Which instrument records ground motion during an earthquake?

    Answer: seismograph

    A seismograph records a time trace called a seismogram, which scientists use to analyze seismic waves.

  4. Pub finale round: How many colors are traditionally named in a visible-light rainbow?

    Answer: seven

    The seven traditional rainbow colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

  5. Pub inventions round: Which instrument did Evangelista Torricelli develop to measure atmospheric pressure?

    Answer: barometer

    Torricelli’s mercury barometer showed that air has weight and that atmospheric pressure changes.

Daily round

  1. Pub art round: Which Japanese artist is known for polka dots and Infinity Mirror Rooms?

    Answer: Yayoi Kusama

    Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms use repeated lights and reflections to suggest endless space.

  2. Pub landmarks round: Which Dubai skyscraper opened in 2010 as the world’s tallest building?

    Answer: Burj Khalifa

    The Burj Khalifa rises 828 meters and contains offices, residences, and observation levels.

  3. Pub music round: Which plucked string instrument is prominent in Hindustani classical music?

    Answer: sitar

    The sitar uses sympathetic strings that vibrate in response to played notes and enrich its resonance.

  4. Pub sports round: Which golf competition pits teams from Europe and the United States against each other?

    Answer: Ryder Cup

    The Ryder Cup is normally played every two years using match-play formats rather than total strokes.

  5. Pub art round: Which painter created the Impression, Sunrise canvas that helped name Impressionism?

    Answer: Claude Monet

    Monet’s Impression, Sunrise depicts the port of Le Havre and was exhibited in 1874.

Daily round

  1. Pub history round: Which collection of clay soldiers guarded the tomb of China’s first emperor?

    Answer: Terracotta Army

    The Terracotta Army was buried near Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum in individualized ranks of soldiers and horses.

  2. Pub food round: Which red spice is made from dried ground peppers?

    Answer: paprika

    Paprika can taste sweet, hot, or smoky depending on the pepper variety and drying method.

  3. Pub history round: Which survey of landholding was ordered by William the Conqueror?

    Answer: Domesday Book

    The Domesday survey recorded land, resources, and obligations across much of England in 1086.

  4. Pub language round: What sentence uses every letter of an alphabet at least once?

    Answer: pangram

    “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is a well-known English pangram.

  5. Pub finale round: Which island is the world’s largest when continents are excluded?

    Answer: Greenland

    Greenland covers roughly 2.16 million square kilometers, most of it beneath an ice sheet.