A Little Wonder for Your Morning

Daybreak Trivia for October 23, 2026. Ten questions, each with a short explanation.

1. Which seismic body wave usually reaches a recording station first after an earthquake?
2. For many bee-pollinated flowers, what sweet reward can encourage visits that transfer pollen?
3. What process commonly builds a river delta where a river meets a lake or sea?
4. In mid-18th-century France, what helped make cut-steel buttons appealing to fashionable wearers?
5. In woodcut printmaking, which parts of the block carry ink onto the paper?
6. In conventional stage scenery, what is a “flat”?
7. What does “first crack” refer to during coffee roasting?
8. Under World Athletics’ standard for the senior men’s event, how much does a discus weigh?
9. Which term describes a word like “buzz,” whose sound resembles the noise it names?
10. In a traditional mechanical clock, what does the escapement do?