Trivia For January 16, 2026

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Question 1:

What actor became a megastar after playing Jack Dawson, the romantic lead in Titanic (1997)?

Leonardo DiCaprio

  • DiCaprio starred opposite Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard RMS Titanic during its ill-fated maiden voyage. The the duo's chemistry was hailed as one of the primary reasons for the film's enormous success. The pair would later reunite in 2008 for Revolutionary Road.

Question 2:

The period from the 1870s to the late 1890s has come to be known as the "Gilded Age", a name taken from a book coauthored by Charles Dudley Warner and this prominent American writer.

Mark Twain

  • The name refers to the materialistic excesses of that time period. The book satirized the promised "golden age" after the Civil War. Instead, the era was portrayed as one of serious social problems masked by a thin gold gilding of economic expansion.

Question 3:

KLM is the flagship carrier of this European nation.

The Netherlands

  • Founded in October 1919, KLM markets itself as the "oldest operating airline." The company merged with Air France in 2004 although the airlines maintain separate identities.

Question 4:

The term "claret" primarily refers to red wines from what French wine region?

Bordeaux

  • "Claret" derives from the French clairet, now a rare dark rosé, which was the most common wine exported from Bordeaux until the 18th century. Today it refers to a dry, dark-red Bordeaux. It is now a protected name within the European Union.

Question 5:

Having failed to negotiate an annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon from Pope Clement VII, this English cardinal fell out of favor and was summoned to London on a charge of treason.

Thomas Wolsey

  • Henry would have likely executed him, but Wolsey hit his head boarding a royal barge and died on his way to London.

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