Trivia For January 1, 2026

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Question 1:

Fill in the blank to complete this proverb: "Beware of Greeks bearing ______."

Gifts

  • In Latin, the phrase is "Timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs". It comes from the Aeneid, by Virgil. In modern English, it is used as a proverb to warn against trusting an enemy or adversary, even when they appear to be making an enticing offer.

Question 2:

The title of what 1939 John Steinbeck novel references a line from "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", by Julia Ward Howe?

The Grapes of Wrath

  • The first two lines of the song are: "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;"

Question 3:

The Camp David presidential retreat is found on Catoctin Mountain, located in this U.S. state.

Maryland

  • President Franklin Roosevelt converted the camp to a presidential retreat and named it "Shangri-La". Camp David received its present name in 1953 from Dwight Eisenhower, in honor of his grandson.

Question 4:

The first Super Bowl was held on January 15, 1967. Who won it?

Green Bay Packers

  • The National Football League champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10. At the time the NFL and AFL were two completely separate entities. They would merge into one league in 1970.

Question 5:

In the early 7th century BC, Nineveh was the world's largest city. Today its ruins lie across the Tigris River from this modern day Iraqi city.

Mosul

  • Nineveh was the largest city in the world for approximately fifty years until 612 BC, when after a bitter period of civil war in Assyria, it was sacked by its former subjects including the Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians.

#612

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