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Summer 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. Which dance is commonly performed at Japanese Obon festivals?

    Answer: Bon odori

    Bon odori consists of communal folk dances performed during Obon.

  2. Which pigment gives most leaves their green color?

    Answer: Chlorophyll

    Chlorophyll absorbs light energy for photosynthesis and reflects green wavelengths.

  3. Which cold Spanish soup is based on blended raw vegetables?

    Answer: Gazpacho

    Gazpacho is an Andalusian chilled soup commonly made with tomato, pepper, cucumber, and bread.

  4. How many strikes normally retire a batter in baseball?

    Answer: Three

    A third strike normally produces a strikeout, subject to rules about uncaught third strikes.

  5. Which Chinese festival held in early summer features boat races?

    Answer: Dragon Boat Festival

    The Dragon Boat Festival is marked by racing long boats decorated with dragon designs.

Daily round

  1. Earth reaches aphelion, its farthest point from the Sun, during which Northern Hemisphere season?

    Answer: Summer

    Earth reaches aphelion in early July, demonstrating that axial tilt rather than distance drives the seasons.

  2. Which region can experience the midnight Sun during part of Northern Hemisphere summer?

    Answer: Arctic Circle

    Locations north of the Arctic Circle can have at least one day when the Sun remains above the horizon.

  3. What should a swimmer do when thunder is heard?

    Answer: Leave the water and seek shelter

    Thunder signals nearby lightning risk, so swimmers should exit immediately and enter a substantial building or hard-topped vehicle.

  4. Which frozen dessert traditionally contains fruit, sugar, and water but no dairy?

    Answer: Sorbet

    Sorbet is made from sweetened fruit or flavoring and water without milk or cream.

  5. Who painted many water-lily scenes in his garden at Giverny?

    Answer: Claude Monet

    Claude Monet repeatedly painted the pond and water lilies at his home in Giverny.

Daily round

  1. Which nocturnal insect uses light-producing organs called lanterns?

    Answer: Firefly

    Fireflies generate bioluminescent signals in abdominal light organs often called lanterns.

  2. Which map lines connect places of equal elevation?

    Answer: Contour lines

    Contour lines trace points at the same height above a reference level.

  3. What sound-producing structures do male cicadas vibrate?

    Answer: Tymbals

    Male cicadas rapidly buckle ribbed abdominal membranes called tymbals to make calls.

  4. How many players are on the court for one beach volleyball team?

    Answer: Two

    Standard beach volleyball teams consist of two players.

  5. Which condition is a medical emergency caused by dangerous overheating?

    Answer: Heatstroke

    Heatstroke involves severe overheating and altered mental status and requires emergency care.

Daily round

  1. What process allows plants to convert light energy into chemical energy?

    Answer: Photosynthesis

    Photosynthesis uses light to build energy-rich sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

  2. Which cheese is traditionally paired with tomato and basil in a Caprese salad?

    Answer: Mozzarella

    A classic Caprese salad layers fresh mozzarella with tomato and basil.

  3. What should be done first for someone suspected of heat exhaustion?

    Answer: Move them to a cooler place

    Stopping activity and moving to shade or air conditioning begins safe cooling for heat exhaustion.

  4. Which flower is named for its tendency to face the Sun while young?

    Answer: Sunflower

    Young sunflower heads track the Sun across the sky through heliotropism.

  5. Which butterfly migrates between Mexico and North America over multiple generations?

    Answer: Monarch

    The eastern monarch population completes a multigenerational migration between Mexico and northern breeding grounds.

Daily round

  1. Which part of sunglasses protects the eyes from ultraviolet radiation?

    Answer: UV-filtering lenses

    Proper UV-filtering lenses reduce ultraviolet exposure regardless of how dark the tint appears.

  2. Which weather instrument measures rainfall?

    Answer: Rain gauge

    A rain gauge collects precipitation so its depth can be measured.

  3. Which reptile regulates body temperature mainly by moving between sun and shade?

    Answer: Lizard

    As an ectotherm, a lizard uses environmental heat and behavior to control body temperature.

  4. At the June solstice, the Sun is directly overhead at noon along which latitude?

    Answer: Tropic of Cancer

    The subsolar point reaches the Tropic of Cancer at the June solstice.

  5. Which comet supplies the debris that creates the Perseid meteor shower?

    Answer: 109P/Swift–Tuttle

    Earth encounters particles left by comet 109P/Swift–Tuttle during the Perseids.

Daily round

  1. Through which leaf structures does most gas exchange occur?

    Answer: Stomata

    Microscopic pores called stomata regulate carbon dioxide uptake and water-vapor loss.

  2. What is a granita?

    Answer: A coarse Sicilian ice dessert

    Granita is a Sicilian frozen dessert scraped into distinctive coarse crystals.

  3. Which meteor shower usually peaks in August?

    Answer: Perseids

    The Perseid meteor shower typically reaches its annual maximum in August.

  4. Which basic camping shelter uses a fabric canopy supported by poles?

    Answer: Tent

    A tent creates a portable enclosure from fabric stretched over a supporting frame.

  5. Which pollinator performs a waggle dance to communicate food direction?

    Answer: Honey bee

    Honey bees use waggle dances to indicate a resource's direction and distance.

Daily round

  1. Which artist painted “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”?

    Answer: Georges Seurat

    Georges Seurat created the large park scene using carefully placed points of color.

  2. Which bird is famous for catching flying insects while continuously airborne?

    Answer: Swift

    Swifts are highly aerial birds that capture insects in flight.

  3. Which insect's immature stage is an aquatic nymph before becoming a flying adult?

    Answer: Dragonfly

    Dragonflies spend their juvenile stage underwater as predatory nymphs.

  4. Which wheat product is traditionally added to tabbouleh salad?

    Answer: Bulgur

    Traditional tabbouleh combines abundant parsley with bulgur wheat, tomato, and lemon.

  5. What scale measures ultraviolet radiation's potential to harm skin and eyes?

    Answer: UV Index

    The UV Index communicates the expected intensity of sunburn-producing ultraviolet radiation.