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Trivia For November 17, 2025
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Question 1:
Cockney is an accent associated with what English city?
It is an accent associated with working-class and lower middle-class roots. The term Cockney is also used as a demonym for a person from the East End of London.
Question 2:
As goddess of the sea, Amphitrite's consort was this Greek god.
When Poseidon desired to marry Amphitrite, he sent the creatures of the sea to find her. A dolphin found her and convinced her to marry Poseidon. As a reward for the dolphin's help, Poseidon created the constellation Delphinus.
Question 3:
Also known as whalebone, what is the name for the filter-feeding system used by certain species of whales to strain plankton from the water?
Baleen is similar to bristles and consists of keratin, the same substance found in human fingernails, skin and hair. Previously whalebone was used to make numerous items where flexibility and strength were needed. In the U.S., the making and selling products from whalebone has been illegal since 1972.
Question 4:
In the movie Apollo 13, Tom Hanks played this astronaut.
The movie is based on Lost Moon, a book Lovell co-wrote with journalist Jeffrey Kluger. Lovell passed away in August 2025 at the age of 97.
Question 5:
Helen Viola Jackson, the last surviving widow of a U.S. Civil War veteran, died in this year.
The 17-year-old Jackson wed 93-year-old James Bolin in 1936. The marriage was one of convenience; a favor so her family could receive his $73.13 pension after he died. The couple never resided together. In the end, Jackson never applied to collect the pension and the marriage was a secret until 2017.
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