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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 9 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Pub science round: Which green pigment absorbs light for plant photosynthesis?

    Answer: chlorophyll

    Chlorophyll absorbs red and blue light strongly while reflecting more green light to the eye.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  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 science round: What theoretical temperature is the lowest possible on the thermodynamic scale?

    Answer: absolute zero

    Absolute zero equals 0 kelvin, or −273.15 degrees Celsius.

  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 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.

Daily round

  1. Pub literature round: Who wrote Frankenstein?

    Answer: Mary Shelley

    Mary Shelley first published Frankenstein anonymously in 1818.

  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 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.

  4. Pub art round: Which sculptor created The Thinker?

    Answer: Auguste Rodin

    Rodin originally conceived The Thinker as part of his larger sculptural project The Gates of Hell.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Pub finale round: Which national capital lies between Sydney and Melbourne?

    Answer: Canberra

    Canberra was selected as a compromise between rival Australian cities Sydney and Melbourne.

  2. 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.

  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 finale round: Which metric unit equals one thousand meters?

    Answer: kilometer

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

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

    Answer: oxymoron

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

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 art round: Which American modernist became known for large flower paintings and Southwestern landscapes?

    Answer: Georgia O’Keeffe

    Georgia O’Keeffe lived for many years in New Mexico, whose landscape became central to her work.

  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 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Pub landmarks round: Which large statue overlooks Rio de Janeiro from Corcovado Mountain?

    Answer: Christ the Redeemer

    Christ the Redeemer was completed in 1931 and is an Art Deco monument with reinforced-concrete construction.

  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 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Pub history round: Which 1868 political transformation restored imperial rule in Japan?

    Answer: Meiji Restoration

    The Meiji Restoration ended Tokugawa shogunal rule and accelerated political, military, and industrial reform.

Daily round

  1. Pub art round: Which Norwegian artist created The Scream?

    Answer: Edvard Munch

    Edvard Munch created several painted, drawn, and printed versions of The Scream.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.