The Daily Quiz for September 11, 2025

Classic Genovese pesto is made primarily with fresh basil and pine nuts.

Butterflies don’t have tongues, they have a proboscis which many people think of as a tongue but it’s more like having your mouth extended into a long tube. They do have some taste buds on their proboscis and some on their antennae as well, but most of the taste buds are focused on their feet.

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest living structure, visible even from space.

The real Frank Serpico served as an advisor on the film and retired from the NYPD in 1972, one month after receiving the NYPD Medial of Honor.

The translucent blue color was named after Bondi Beach in Australia

The Bridge on the River Kwai was filmed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the bridge was actually built by the production team.

Chemical equilibrium is a dynamic state where forward and reverse reactions occur at equal rates.

The United States primarily uses a mixed economy, which combines elements of both capitalism and socialism, with a strong emphasis on free markets.

CAPTCHAs were invented in 2000 by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to prevent automated bot access to websites.