Trivia For January 5, 2026

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Question 1:

Name the scientist who created the "Golden Record" for the Voyager spacecraft, hosted the 1980-1981 documentary Cosmos, and wrote the 1985 sci-fi novel Contact.

Carl Sagan

  • Sagan was a professor of astronomy at Cornell University. Among his awards and honors are the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, two Pulitzer Prizes, two Emmy Awards, the Peabody Award, and the Hugo Award.

Question 2:

Which constituent nation of the UK is represented on the Union Jack flag by the cross of Saint Andrew?

Scotland

  • Several legends claim that the relics of Andrew were brought by divine guidance from Constantinople to the place where the modern Scottish town of St Andrews stands today.

Question 3:

In Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory, King Arthur receives this legendary sword from a Lady of the Lake.

Excalibur

  • Malory's work is a compilation of various Arthurian tales. Because of this, it's not entirely consistent. The tale describes two origins for the sword. In addition to be given the sword by a Lady of the Lake, another passage describes who Arthur pulled it from a stone to earn his throne: "whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise king born of all England."

Question 4:

In what city is Case Western Reserve University?

Cleveland

  • The university was formed in In 1967 with a merger of Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University.

Question 5:

Co-founder Thomas Anderson was assigned as the first "friend" of new users when they registered an account on this social networking platform that became popular in the early 2000s.

MySpace

  • Launched in August 2003, MySpace was the largest social networking site in the world from 2005 to 2009.

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