DayQuizzDayQuizz answers for Sunday, August 30, 2026
All 60 questions and answers from that day's DayQuizz, subject by subject. Today's set is live now, and the answers appear here tomorrow.
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- Someone feeling slightly ill is said to be under the weather.⭐
- To avoid getting to the point is to beat around the bush.⭐⭐⭐
- To endure something painful, you bite the bullet.⭐⭐
- To reveal a secret is to let the cat out of the bag.⭐⭐
- Don't judge a book by its cover.⭐
- Something that rarely happens occurs once in a blue moon.⭐⭐
- Something very easy is called a piece of cake.⭐
- When it pours, people say it's raining cats and dogs.⭐
- To wish a performer good luck, you say 'Break a leg!'⭐
- To issue a challenge is to throw down the gauntlet.⭐⭐⭐
Spanish
- The Spanish word for 'cow' is vaca.⭐⭐
- The Spanish word for 'butterfly' is mariposa.⭐⭐⭐
- The Spanish word for 'cat' is gato.⭐
- The Spanish word for 'bird' is pájaro.⭐
- The Spanish word for 'horse' is caballo.⭐
- The Spanish word for 'turtle' is tortuga.⭐⭐⭐
- The Spanish word for 'rabbit' is conejo.⭐⭐
- The Spanish word for 'bear' is oso.⭐⭐
- The Spanish word for 'fish' (the animal) is pez.⭐
- The Spanish word for 'dog' is perro.⭐
Math
- The area of a trapezoid with bases 6 and 10 and height 4 is 32.⭐⭐⭐
- The area of a triangle with base 10 and height 4 is 20.⭐
- The area of a circle with radius 3 is 9 π square units.⭐⭐
- A circle's circumference equals π multiplied by its diameter.⭐⭐
- The perimeter of a square with side length 5 is 20.⭐
- The area of a rectangle 6 units by 3 units is 18.⭐
- The perimeter of a rectangle 7 units by 2 units is 18.⭐
- The area of a parallelogram with base 8 and height 5 is 40.⭐⭐
- The volume of a cube with edge length 4 is 64.⭐⭐⭐
- The area of a square with side length 4 is 16.⭐
History
- The Supreme Court heads the judicial branch of government.⭐
- The War of 1812 was fought largely against Britain.⭐⭐
- The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was bought from France.⭐⭐
- The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was John Jay.⭐⭐⭐
- The U.S. Constitution divides the federal government into three branches.⭐
- The Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791.⭐
- The legislative branch of the U.S. government is called Congress.⭐
- The first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights.⭐
- Marbury v. Madison established the principle of judicial review.⭐⭐⭐
- The Constitutional Convention of 1787 met in Philadelphia.⭐⭐
Science
- Wind speed is measured with an instrument called an anemometer.⭐⭐
- Air pressure is measured with an instrument called a barometer.⭐⭐
- The ozone layer sits mainly within the stratosphere.⭐⭐⭐
- A large rotating storm system that forms over warm oceans is a hurricane.⭐⭐
- The atmospheric layer where nearly all weather occurs is the troposphere.⭐⭐⭐
- Water vapor cooling back into liquid is called condensation.⭐
- Clouds are made of countless tiny water droplets.⭐
- A violently rotating column of air touching the ground is a tornado.⭐
- Precipitation that falls as frozen crystals is snow.⭐
- A rainbow appears when sunlight passes through water droplets.⭐
Trivia
- A camel stores fat reserves in its hump.⭐
- Cheese is traditionally made from milk.⭐
- The metal most commonly used in household electrical wiring is copper.⭐⭐⭐
- The only bird able to fly backwards is the hummingbird.⭐⭐
- The Great Pyramid of Giza stands just outside Cairo.⭐⭐
- The largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area is Lake Superior.⭐⭐⭐
- The three primary colors of light are red, green, and blue.⭐
- The largest internal organ in the human body is the liver.⭐
- Wine is produced by fermenting grapes.⭐⭐
- In soccer, only the goalkeeper may deliberately use their hands.⭐