Trivia For June 2, 2025
Question 1:
The 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed attempt to overthrow the government of what Communist country?
Cuban exiles who opposed the government of Fidel Castro and were backed by the United States attempted a landing at the Bay of Pigs (Bahía de Cochinos). Cuban troops successfully defended the coast and forced the exiles into retreat.
Question 2:
Another name for the mineral pyrite is this two-word phrase.
Pyrite has a metallic luster and brassy-yellow volor. It superficially resembles gold, but is harder and more brittle.
Question 3:
What is the largest two-digit prime number?
97 is only divisible by 1 and itself.
Question 4:
Serengeti National Park is located in this East African nation.
The Serengeti is well known for the largest annual animal migration in the world of over 1.5 million blue wildebeest and 250,000 zebra along with smaller herds of Thomson's gazelle and eland. The national park is also home to the largest lion population in Africa. It is under threat from deforestation, population growth and ranching.
Question 5:
Petrarch's rediscovery of this Roman writer's letters is often credited for initiating the 14th-century Renaissance in public affairs, humanism and culture.
Cicero is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists and the innovator of what became known as "Ciceronian rhetoric".
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