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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 7 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  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 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.

Daily round

  1. Pub nature round: Which carnivorous plant snaps paired leaf lobes around prey?

    Answer: venus flytrap

    A Venus flytrap counts trigger-hair touches, helping it avoid closing for a single raindrop.

  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 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.

  4. Pub sports round: Which track-cycling event follows a paced start before a sprint finish?

    Answer: keirin

    Keirin originated in Japan, where riders follow a pacer before the final sprint.

  5. Pub landmarks round: Which tidal island commune in Normandy is crowned by a medieval abbey?

    Answer: Mont-Saint-Michel

    Mont-Saint-Michel becomes surrounded by water during high tides because it stands in a tidal bay.

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 science round: Which planet has the most visually prominent ring system?

    Answer: Saturn

    Saturn’s rings consist mainly of water-ice particles ranging from dust-sized grains to larger chunks.

  3. Pub sports round: Which cricket Test series is contested by England and Australia?

    Answer: The Ashes

    The Ashes name arose after a satirical obituary declared English cricket had died following an 1882 loss.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Pub food round: What Japanese name refers to young soybeans served in their pods?

    Answer: edamame

    Edamame are soybeans harvested while still green and tender rather than left to mature and dry.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Pub language round: What do we call a word pronounced like another but differing in meaning or spelling?

    Answer: homophone

    “Sea” and “see” are homophones because they sound alike but have different spellings and meanings.

  2. Pub music round: Which orchestral drums can be tuned to definite pitches?

    Answer: timpani

    Timpani players change pitch by adjusting membrane tension, commonly with a foot pedal.

  3. Pub food round: Which Andean seed is cooked and eaten much like a grain?

    Answer: quinoa

    Quinoa is a pseudocereal related to spinach and beets rather than a true grass grain.

  4. Pub finale round: Which planet completes the shortest orbit around the Sun?

    Answer: Mercury

    Mercury completes an orbit in about 88 Earth days.

  5. Pub nature round: Which Namib Desert plant typically grows only two persistent leaves?

    Answer: welwitschia

    Welwitschia continually grows the same two leaves throughout its long life.

Daily round

  1. Pub art round: Which Mexican artist is famous for intensely personal self-portraits?

    Answer: Frida Kahlo

    Frida Kahlo used recurring imagery of her body, Mexican identity, pain, and personal experience.

  2. 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.

  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 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.”

  2. Pub language round: What field studies the origin and historical development of words?

    Answer: etymology

    Etymology traces how pronunciation, spelling, and meaning change as words move through time and languages.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  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.