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Trivia For December 22, 2025
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Question 1:
The current royal family of the UK uses this dynastic name. They previously used Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until King George V changed it during World War I.
Anti-German sentiment during World War I convinced the monarch to rename his house. Upon hearing of the change, Germany's Kaiser (and cousin of the British king) joked that he planned to see "The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha".
Question 2:
Fill in the blank: General William _ Sherman was given his middle name to honor the Shawnee chief who tried to unite the Native American tribes against the westward expansion of the United States.
According to the memoirs of the general, his father "caught a fancy" for the great chief and gave him his middle name, unusual for the time. Sherman's family and friend used to call him "Cump".
Question 3:
Captain Nemo is a fictional character who first appears in this work by Jules Verne.
Nemo is a mysterious figure who is a appears as a character in two books by Verne, as well as a play he co-authored. In The Mysterious Island Nemo is described as the son of an Indian raja.
Question 4:
The Kingdom of Kush was centered along the valley of what river?
The kingdom was centered in Nubia, which is located in modern-day Sudan and southern Egypt. It flourished for over a thousand years, from around 1070 BC until its fall in the 300s AD. At its height circa 700 BC, it controlled all of Egypt.
Question 5:
Figure skater and film actress Sonja Henie won three Olympic gold medals representing this Nordic country.
Henie won gold medals at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games. She also won ten consecutive World Figure Skating Championships, beginning in 1927. After her figure skating career ended, she moved to California and became one of Hollywood's highest paid leading ladies.
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