Trivia For July 16, 2026

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Question 1:

Among this author's best known works are The House of Mirth (1905), * Ethan Frome (1911), and The Age of Innocence* (1920).

Edith Wharton

  • Born to an aristocratic family, Wharton portrayed the lives and mores of upper-class society during the time period that stretched from the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age.

Question 2:

Name the Roman official who presided over the trial of Jesus and ordered his crucifixion.

Pontius Pilate

  • Pontius Pilate was the fifth governor of the Roman province of Judaea, serving under Emperor Tiberius from 26/27 to 36/37 AD. Few sources about his rule have survived. Virtually nothing is known about his life prior to becoming governor or the circumstances of his appointment.

Question 3:

Fill in the blank: The Eagle Nebula was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 and made famous as the "Pillars of _____".

Creation

  • The Hubble photograph depicts elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula of the Serpens constellation, some 6,500–7,000 light-years from Earth.

Question 4:

Name the racket sport invented on Bainbridge Island in Washington State in 1965. In 2022, it was named the state's official sport.

Pickleball

  • Pickleball was named the fastest-growing sport in the U.S. for four years in a row, from 2021 through 2024. By 2024, it was estimated there were 19.8 million participants in the United States, a 311% growth since 2021.

Question 5:

The Vaalserberg is a hill where the borders of Germany, the Netherlands, and this third country all meet at the summit.

Belgium

  • Between 1830 and 1919, the summit was a quadripoint, also bordering Neutral Moresnet, which is now part of Belgium's German-speaking area.

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