Daily trivia · Saturday, October 17, 2026
October 17, 2026 Daily Trivia Challenge
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Question 1 · geography
Which landlocked country is completely surrounded by territory belonging to Italy?
💡 San Marino is one of the world's smallest nations and claims to be the oldest surviving sovereign republic in the world.
Question 2 · science
What is the hardest naturally occurring mineral on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness?
💡 Diamond sits at the maximum rating of 10 on the Mohs scale, meaning it can only be scratched by another diamond.
Question 3 · history
The ancient city of Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of which historical empire?
💡 Persepolis was eventually conquered and largely burned by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.
Question 4 · movies & pop culture
Which 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott features a detective hunting rogue bioengineered androids known as replicants?
💡 Blade Runner is loosely based on Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'.
Question 5 · food
What is the primary spirit used to make a classic traditional Mojito cocktail?
💡 A traditional mojito combines white rum, raw sugar, lime juice, sparkling water, and fresh mint.
Question 6 · animals
What is the primary diet of a giant panda in the wild?
💡 Giant pandas spend up to 12 hours a day eating bamboo to meet their daily nutritional needs.
Question 7 · sports
In the sport of tennis, what term is used to denote a score of zero?
💡 The term 'love' in tennis is widely believed to originate from the French word 'l'oeuf', meaning 'egg', symbolizing a zero shaped like an egg.
Question 8 · language
What linguistic term is used for words like 'pop', 'peep', and 'tot' that read the same forwards and backwards?
💡 The longest single-word palindrome in standard English dictionaries is often considered to be 'rotator'.
Question 9 · space
Which planet in our solar system rotates on its side, possessing an axial tilt of about 98 degrees?
💡 Because of its extreme tilt, each pole of Uranus experiences continuous sunlight for 42 Earth years followed by 42 years of darkness.
Question 10 · geography
Which African lake is the largest tropical lake in the world and the primary reservoir of the White Nile river?
💡 Lake Victoria is named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and borders three different countries.
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