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Trivia For January 10, 2026
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Question 1:
In 1970, Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson founded this holiday that is celebrated annually on April 22nd.
Originally focused on the United States, Earth Day would go worldwide in 1990. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom award in recognition of his work.
Question 2:
In Greek myth, this god caught his wife Aphrodite in bed with her lover Ares, and ensnared them in an unbreakable net.
Hephaestus made all the weapons of the gods in Olympus and served as the blacksmith of the gods.
Question 3:
The Río de la Plata, or Plate River, empties into this ocean.
The river is actually an estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda.
Question 4:
What American woman wrote O Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915) and One of Ours (1922)?
Cather is primarily known for her works set on the Great Plains. One of Ours would win the Pulitzer although over time an increasingly large share of critics began to dismiss her work as overly romantic and nostalgic.
Question 5:
"World War I", "acoustic guitar" and "manual transmission" are all examples of this kind of linguistic phrase.
A retronym is a newer name for an existing thing that helps differentiate the original form from a more recent one. It is created to avoid confusion between older and newer types, whereas previously no clarification was required. E.g., the term "acoustic guitar" was only created after the invention of the electric guitars. Before then, all guitars were acoustic.
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