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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 11 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Pub finale round: Which language is written in the script used for the word “العربية”?

    Answer: Arabic

    Arabic is normally written from right to left, while its numerals may run left to right.

  2. Pub language round: What term describes a word that imitates a sound?

    Answer: onomatopoeia

    Words such as “buzz” and “hiss” are examples of onomatopoeia.

  3. Pub nature round: Which microscopic animal is nicknamed the water bear?

    Answer: tardigrade

    Tardigrades can enter a dehydrated state called a tun when conditions become hostile.

  4. Pub inventions round: Which machine enabled rapid reproduction of movable-type pages in Europe?

    Answer: printing press

    Movable-type printing made individual letters reusable, lowering the labor needed for repeated pages.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Pub music round: Which free-reed instrument is strongly associated with Argentine tango?

    Answer: bandoneon

    The bandoneon arrived in Argentina from Germany and became a defining voice of tango ensembles.

  2. Pub finale round: Which board game uses pieces called bishops, rooks, and knights?

    Answer: chess

    Chess bishops move diagonally, rooks move orthogonally, and knights move in an L-shaped pattern.

  3. Pub inventions round: Which early sound-recording and playback device was demonstrated by Thomas Edison?

    Answer: phonograph

    Edison’s early phonograph recorded sound vibrations as grooves on a rotating cylinder.

  4. Pub nature round: Which mammal is covered with large protective keratin scales?

    Answer: pangolin

    Pangolin scales are made of keratin, the same protein found in human fingernails.

  5. Pub finale round: Which living animal has the largest heart?

    Answer: blue whale

    A blue whale heart can weigh well over 100 kilograms, although estimates vary by animal size.

Daily round

  1. Pub language round: What figure of speech joins apparently contradictory terms?

    Answer: oxymoron

    “Deafening silence” is an oxymoron because its paired ideas appear contradictory.

  2. Pub language round: Which Japanese verse form is commonly taught in English using a three-line 5-7-5 syllable pattern?

    Answer: haiku

    Traditional Japanese haiku are organized by sound units called morae, which do not map perfectly to English syllables.

  3. Pub literature round: Who wrote Beloved?

    Answer: Toni Morrison

    Toni Morrison received the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Black woman to win that award.

  4. 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.

  5. Pub history round: Which 1494 agreement divided newly claimed lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal?

    Answer: Treaty of Tordesillas

    The Treaty of Tordesillas drew an Atlantic dividing line that other European powers did not recognize.

Daily round

  1. Pub music round: Which keyboard instrument creates a bell-like sound with metal plates?

    Answer: celesta

    A celesta strikes metal plates with hammers and was featured memorably in Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.

  2. Pub inventions round: Which rotary engine converts energy from high-pressure steam into mechanical work?

    Answer: steam turbine

    A steam turbine uses expanding steam to spin rows of blades and can drive an electrical generator.

  3. Pub literature round: Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?

    Answer: Jane Austen

    Jane Austen published Pride and Prejudice in 1813 after substantially revising an earlier manuscript.

  4. Pub nature round: Which large flightless bird of New Guinea and Australia has a helmet-like casque?

    Answer: cassowary

    The cassowary’s strong legs carry a long inner toe claw used for defense.

  5. Pub inventions round: Which spinning device resists changes to its orientation?

    Answer: gyroscope

    A spinning gyroscope conserves angular momentum, helping instruments sense or maintain orientation.

Daily round

  1. Pub history round: Which 1215 charter limited aspects of the English king’s authority?

    Answer: Magna Carta

    Magna Carta was reissued several times, and only a few clauses remain in force in English law today.

  2. Pub nature round: Which tree is famous for a massively swollen trunk that can store water?

    Answer: baobab

    A baobab’s trunk stores water in spongy wood, helping the tree survive long dry seasons.

  3. Pub landmarks round: Which temple complex appears on Cambodia’s national flag?

    Answer: Angkor Wat

    Angkor Wat was built in the early twelfth century for Khmer king Suryavarman II and was originally dedicated to Vishnu.

  4. Pub food round: Which sour-sweet tropical pod pulp flavors many chutneys and sauces?

    Answer: tamarind

    Tamarind pulp surrounds seeds inside brown pods and contributes both acidity and sweetness.

  5. Pub history round: Which 1930 protest led by Gandhi challenged the British salt monopoly?

    Answer: Dandi March

    The Dandi March covered roughly 390 kilometers before Gandhi made salt at the Arabian Sea.

Daily round

  1. Pub sports round: What color jersey identifies the overall Tour de France leader?

    Answer: yellow jersey

    The leader’s yellow jersey is called the maillot jaune, matching the yellow paper once used by L’Auto.

  2. Pub language round: What term describes a word made by rearranging another word’s letters?

    Answer: anagram

    “Listen” can be rearranged into the anagram “silent.”

  3. Pub inventions round: Which medical listening instrument was invented by René Laennec?

    Answer: stethoscope

    Laennec’s first stethoscope was a simple wooden tube rather than today’s flexible binaural design.

  4. Pub finale round: How many suits are in a standard French-suited deck of playing cards?

    Answer: four

    A standard French-suited deck has hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades.

  5. Pub music round: Which wind instrument developed by Aboriginal peoples of northern Australia uses a long hollow tube?

    Answer: didgeridoo

    Didgeridoo players can use circular breathing to maintain a continuous drone.

Daily round

  1. Pub literature round: Which Japanese author wrote Kafka on the Shore?

    Answer: Haruki Murakami

    Kafka on the Shore interweaves two alternating narratives involving Kafka Tamura and an elderly man named Nakata.

  2. Pub inventions round: Which long-distance communication system sent coded electrical signals over wires?

    Answer: telegraph

    Telegraph operators used codes such as Morse code to represent letters with electrical pulses.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Pub food round: Which spice comes from the stigmas of Crocus sativus flowers?

    Answer: saffron

    Each saffron flower produces only three red stigmas, which helps explain the spice’s high labor cost.