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Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 2 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Pub science round: Which technology uses sound echoes to detect objects underwater?

    Answer: sonar

    Active sonar emits sound pulses and measures returning echoes, while passive sonar only listens.

  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 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.

  4. Pub art round: Which artist co-founded Cubism with Georges Braque?

    Answer: Pablo Picasso

    Picasso and Braque developed Cubism by breaking subjects into multiple geometric viewpoints.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Pub finale round: Which imaginary line divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

    Answer: equator

    The equator is at zero degrees latitude and is approximately 40,075 kilometers long.

  3. 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.

  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 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Pub music round: Which percussion instrument has wooden bars arranged like a keyboard over resonators?

    Answer: marimba

    A marimba places tuned resonator tubes beneath wooden bars to amplify their sound.

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

    Answer: onomatopoeia

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

  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 metric unit equals one thousand meters?

    Answer: kilometer

    The prefix “kilo-” means one thousand in the International System of Units.

Daily round

  1. Pub landmarks round: Which suspension bridge links San Francisco with Marin County?

    Answer: Golden Gate Bridge

    The Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937 and crosses the strait connecting San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean.

  2. Pub sports round: Which gymnastics apparatus has two handles on a padded body?

    Answer: pommel horse

    The pommel horse demands continuous swinging and scissor movements without pausing on the apparatus.

  3. 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.”

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

    Answer: oxymoron

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

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

    Answer: gyroscope

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

  3. Pub landmarks round: Which unfinished basilica in Barcelona was designed by Antoni Gaudí?

    Answer: Sagrada Família

    Construction of the Sagrada Família began in 1882, and Gaudí devoted the later part of his life to the project.

  4. Pub sports round: Which trophy is awarded to the NHL playoff champion?

    Answer: Stanley Cup

    The Stanley Cup was named for Lord Stanley of Preston, Canada’s governor general in the 1890s.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Pub literature round: Who wrote the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four?

    Answer: George Orwell

    George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist and essayist.

  2. Pub art round: Who created the woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa?

    Answer: Katsushika Hokusai

    The Great Wave belongs to Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

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

    Answer: onomatopoeia

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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Pub literature round: Who wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude?

    Answer: Gabriel García Márquez

    Gabriel García Márquez received the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.

  5. 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.