Editorial Standards

Trivia is only fun if the answer is right. The Daily Quiz exists to deliver a daily quiz that's fast, fair, and accurate — and we hold ourselves to a documented editorial process to make sure of it. This page describes that process in full.

Where Our Questions Come From

Every question on The Daily Quiz is created through our editorial pipeline — a multi-step workflow that drafts, verifies, and reviews each question before it becomes part of a published quiz. The pipeline is designed so that no single check is the only line of defense; questions have to clear several independent gates to be eligible for publication.

We focus on settled, verifiable facts: history, science, geography, language, culture, and the kind of evergreen trivia that doesn't change overnight. Questions about fast-moving subjects are held to a stricter sourcing standard, and in many cases excluded.

How We Fact-Check

Each question is verified against independent reference sources using our fact-check pipeline. The pipeline queries the DuckDuckGo Instant Answer API as the primary check, with the Brave Search API as a fallback when a primary check is inconclusive. Questions that can't be verified to a confident match are flagged for review and either rewritten or rejected.

For settled-fact categories (e.g. capital cities, chemical elements, dates of historical events), we apply specific exemptions where verification is unambiguous. For questions that depend on judgment, interpretation, or recency, we hold a higher bar.

Our Quality Gate

Beyond fact-checking, every question passes through an automated quality gate that applies twelve rules covering structure, clarity, and answer integrity. Examples include:

• Exactly one correct answer (no ambiguous or multi-correct sets)
• Distractor answers must be plausible but clearly incorrect
• Question wording must avoid leading the reader to the answer
• No duplicate or near-duplicate questions across the library
• Explanation must support the correct answer with a verifiable rationale

Questions that fail any gate rule are sent back through revision or removed from the candidate pool entirely.

Human Editorial Review

Daily quizzes go through human editorial review before publication. A human editor reviews the candidate quiz, approves or rejects individual questions, and signs off on the final ten-question set. Themed quizzes go through the same review process before being added to our permanent library.

Post-Publication Monitoring

Publication isn't the end of the review. We monitor published questions on an ongoing basis through automated checks, periodic re-audits of older questions, and review of any reader-reported issues.

When a problem is identified, the affected question is pulled from rotation through our question-rejection workflow and a verified replacement is generated and reviewed before being put back into circulation.

Corrections & Error Reports

If you spot a question that looks wrong — a factual error, a typo, an ambiguous answer, or anything else — please tell us. The fastest way to reach us is through the Contact page. We'd rather fix something quickly than let bad information stand.

Who's Accountable

The Daily Quiz is operated by TDQ Media LLC and was founded by Jeremy Olsson. Jeremy and his team are responsible for these editorial standards and the quality of published content. For questions about our process, accuracy, or sourcing, get in touch via the Contact page.