Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: What kind of art is depicted here?
A Crop art
B Environmental art
C Ecofeminist art
Sometimes called Earth art or land art, environmental art uses the materials available in nature, including earth, snow, rocks, and vegetation. It is often associated with environmentalism.
The correct answer is Environmental art.
Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: When was the first ‘Flower of Life’ drawn?
A More than 2,500 years ago
B About 1,000 years ago
C 1987
‘Flower of Life’ is a modern term for an elaborate grid of overlapping circles, a pattern that people have been making for a very long time. Some sources claim the geometric pattern is more than 6,000 years old, but the earliest record of the symbol may be from the steps of the palace of the Neo-Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, who ruled more than 2,600 years ago.
The correct answer is More than 2,500 years ago.
Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: For every dollar a man in the US makes, how much does an American woman earn?
A 72 cents
B 82 cents
C 92 cents
Women earn 82 cents for every dollar a man earns according to 2020 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Don’t hold your breath waiting for parity: The World Economic Council says in its ‘2021 Global Gender Gap Report’ that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the global gender gap by a generation. The council says it will now take women 135.6 years to achieve gender parity, up from 99.5 years. The increased delay is because of the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women in the workforce—more women than men lost their jobs during the pandemic, the report says, and fewer women were hired into leadership.
The correct answer is 82 cents.
Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: ‘Fearless Girl’ originally stood staring down a statue of what?
A A boy
B A stockbroker
C A bull
At just 4 feet and weighing 250 pounds, ‘Fearless Girl’ should be no match for the ferocious bull. But her defiant pose and upturned chin tell us different….
The correct answer is A bull.
Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: What does the broken glass around ‘Fearless Girl’ represent?
A The smashed ‘glass ceiling’
B Women’s broken dreams
C The carelessness of children
The broken glass installation was added in celebration of International Women’s Day in 2021, along with a plaque that read: “Today’s broken glass ceilings are tomorrow’s stepping stones.”
The correct answer is The smashed ‘glass ceiling’.
Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: What kind of flowers bloom along the banks of Lake Tekapo in November?
A Lupins
B Mount Cook buttercups
C White snow marguerites
The invasive lupins take over the lake with a stunning display of color each spring. See for yourself. If you’re planning to visit in person, just remember when spring occurs in the Southern Hemisphere.
The correct answer is Lupins.
Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: Which New Zealand lake starred in ‘The Hobbit’ films?
A Lake Ohau
B Lake Tekapo
C Lake Pukaki
Here on New Zealand’s South Island, three roughly parallel alpine lakes were formed by receding glaciers. Lake Pukaki is the largest; the other two are Ohau and Tekapo, seen in our image. All three have this distinctive blue color, created by glacial flour, the extremely finely ground rock particles from the glaciers.
The dragon Smaug glided over the turquoise waters of Lake Pukaki in ‘The Hobbit’ trilogy. Director Peter Jackson built Lake-town (or Esgaroth) on Pukaki’s shore, but none of the structures remain today.
The correct answer is Lake Pukaki.
Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: What kind of animal is immortalized with a statue next to Lake Tekapo?
A A Hobbit
B A kiwi
C A sheepdog
A bronze border collie sheepdog keeps watch over the lake. Herding dogs are recognized for their vital role in settling this region, where sheep have been farmed since the mid-1800s. The statue was created more than 50 years ago.
The correct answer is A sheepdog.
Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: Which event will take place inside this arena?
A Snowboarding
B Wheelchair curling
C Para ice hockey
Beijing’s National Aquatics Center was originally constructed to host the swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, but its pool has been turned into an ice rink so it can stage curling events for the 2022 Winter Games.
The correct answer is Wheelchair curling.
Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: This venue’s walls are inspired by…
A Soap bubbles
B Ice crystals
C Frogspawn
The design of the bubble-wrapped façade—made from a thin, transparent material called ETFE—is based on the Weaire-Phelan geometric structure, which is derived from the natural pattern of bubbles in soap lather.
The correct answer is Soap bubbles.