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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 4 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Pub inventions round: Which fastener joins two rows of teeth using a sliding tab?

    Answer: zipper

    Modern zippers use interlocking teeth that a wedge-shaped slider joins or separates.

  3. Pub art round: Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?

    Answer: Johannes Vermeer

    Girl with a Pearl Earring is a tronie, a study of a character or expression rather than a commissioned portrait.

  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 nature round: Which Australian bird is celebrated for remarkably accurate sound mimicry?

    Answer: lyrebird

    Lyrebirds imitate other birds as well as mechanical sounds they hear in their environment.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Pub science round: What boundary around a black hole marks the point beyond which light cannot escape?

    Answer: event horizon

    An event horizon is a boundary in spacetime rather than a solid surface surrounding a black hole.

  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 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.

  5. Pub language round: What device repeats initial consonant sounds in nearby words?

    Answer: alliteration

    “Wild winds whistle” uses alliteration through its repeated initial w sound.

Daily round

  1. Pub music round: Which keyboard instrument plucks rather than hammers its strings?

    Answer: harpsichord

    A harpsichord plucks strings with small plectra, giving it a different attack from a piano.

  2. 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.

  3. Pub literature round: Who wrote the Divine Comedy?

    Answer: Dante Alighieri

    Dante wrote the Divine Comedy in Italian vernacular rather than Latin.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Pub literature round: Which ancient poet is traditionally credited with the Iliad and Odyssey?

    Answer: Homer

    The Iliad centers on a short period during the Trojan War, while the Odyssey follows Odysseus’s return home.

  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 science round: Which antibiotic did Alexander Fleming observe from a mold in 1928?

    Answer: penicillin

    Penicillin interferes with bacterial cell-wall synthesis and does not treat viral infections.

  4. 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.

  5. Pub sports round: Which multi-stage cycling race traditionally finishes in Paris?

    Answer: Tour de France

    The first Tour de France took place in 1903 as a promotion for the newspaper L’Auto.

Daily round

  1. Pub music round: Which two-string bowed instrument is used in Chinese music?

    Answer: erhu

    The erhu has two strings, with the bow hair passing between them.

  2. Pub art round: Which Surrealist painted The Persistence of Memory?

    Answer: Salvador Dalí

    The Persistence of Memory was painted in 1931 and features soft, melting watches.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  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 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Pub history round: What name describes the historic trade networks linking East Asia and the Mediterranean?

    Answer: Silk Road

    The Silk Road was a changing network of land and sea routes rather than one continuous road.

  5. 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.