When did Sudoku take off worldwide?

Daily Trivia / October 11, 2024

In 1997, retired Hong Kong judge Wayne Gould, 59, a New Zealander, saw a partly completed puzzle in a Japanese bookshop. Over six years he developed a computer program to produce puzzles quickly. Knowing that British ...Read More

Where would you find a paddlefish?

Daily Trivia / October 11, 2024

The paddlefish, a living fossil, has existed virtually unchanged in the Mississippi River for 230 million years, although it now weighs no more than one-third of its ancient weight. The only other part of the world in ...Read More

What happened to London Bridge?

Daily Trivia / October 10, 2024

The famed London Bridge which spanned the River Thames for almost 140 years from the 1830s until 1968, now connects Arizona's Lake Havasu City's mainland and island. The bridge survived a terrorist attack in 1884 and the ...Read More

When did ice cream first become available to the people?

Daily Trivia / October 10, 2024

After more than a century as a dessert for royalty alone, ice cream was made available to the general public for the first time at Café Procope, the first café in Paris, in 1670.

Where would use the term 'chiffonade'?

Daily Trivia / October 10, 2024

In cooking, the term chiffonade means to slice into very thin strips or shreds. Literally translated from French, chiffonade means "made of rags."

How much of air is oxygen?

Daily Trivia / October 10, 2024

Only one-fifth of air is oxygen. Most of the rest is nitrogen.