Daily trivia · Wednesday, October 21, 2026
October 21, 2026 Daily Trivia Challenge
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Question 1 · Geography
Which landlocked country is bordered by Switzerland to the west and north, and Italy to the east and south?
💡 Liechtenstein is doubly landlocked, meaning it is surrounded entirely by countries that are also landlocked.
Question 2 · Science
What is the chemical symbol for the metallic element gold?
💡 The symbol Au comes from 'aurum', the Latin word for gold, which translates to 'shining dawn'.
Question 3 · History
The ancient city of Carthage was located in the territory of which modern-day North African country?
💡 The ruins of Carthage lie just outside the modern city of Tunis, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
Question 4 · Movies & Pop Culture
Which 1994 animated musical drama film features the song 'Circle of Life' composed by Elton John?
💡 The Lion King was Disney's first animated feature to be based on an original story rather than a pre-existing literary work.
Question 5 · Food
Tempeh is a traditional soy product originating from which Southeast Asian country?
💡 Tempeh is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a compact cake.
Question 6 · Animals
What is the only mammal capable of sustained powered flight?
💡 Bats make up about one-fifth of all classified mammal species worldwide.
Question 7 · Sports
In the sport of American football, how many points is a touchdown worth before any extra point or two-point conversion attempt?
💡 A touchdown was originally worth zero points in the very first American football game in 1869, where teams scored solely by kicking the ball through the goalposts.
Question 8 · Language
What linguistic term is used for a word that is spelled the same way forwards and backwards?
💡 The longest single-word palindrome in standard English dictionaries is 'tattarrattat', coined by James Joyce in Ulysses for a knock on a door.
Question 9 · Space
Which planet in our solar system has the most extensive and complex ring system composed mostly of ice particles and rocky debris?
💡 Although Saturn has the most prominent rings, all four gas and ice giant planets in our solar system possess ring systems.
Question 10 · History
The Code of Hammurabi, one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world, originated from which ancient civilization?
💡 The laws of Hammurabi were inscribed on a large basalt stele and famously established the principle of 'an eye for an eye'.
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