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Daily Trivia

How many feathers in a shuttlecock?

on Mar 1, 2026

Olympic badminton rules say that the shuttlecock has to have exactly 16 feathers. The best shuttles are made from the feathers from the left wing of a goose.

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Which state is tops in cheese?

Daily Trivia / February 28, 2026

California is the second-largest cheesemaking state after Wisconsin. It is the leader in producing Hispanic-style cheeses such as Monterey Jack.

Frankincense is a sweet smelling gum resin derived from certain Boswellia trees which, at the time of Christ, grew in Arabia, India, and Ethiopia. Tradition says that it was presented to the Christ Child by Balthasar, the ...Read More

How did Jim's band get its name?

Daily Trivia / February 28, 2026

Jim Morrison found the name "The Doors" for his rock band in the title of Aldous Huxley's book "The Doors of Perception, which extolls the use of hallucinogenic drugs.

Who took the picture of the flag raising on Iwo Jima?

Daily Trivia / February 28, 2026

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, an iconic photograph taken on February 23, 1945 by Joe Rosenthal, depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the Flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during ...Read More

How long can a fish live out of water?

Daily Trivia / February 27, 2026

The lungfish can live out of water in a state of suspended animation for three years.

How old was James when he made his first catapult?

Daily Trivia / February 27, 2026

Oscar-winning director James Cameron (Titanic) was a risk-taker even when a boy. He organized his playmates in building a functional catapult that threw boulders large enough to make impact craters. He and his buddies also...Read More