Trivia For September 10, 2026

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Question 1:

From the Greek for "to carry around", what is the term for an auxiliary device like a keyboard or printer that can be attached to a computer?

Peripheral
  • A peripheral can be categorized based on the direction in which information flows relative to the computer, and is usually categorised one of three ways: Input, output and storage.


Question 2:

Great Captain Island is the southernmost point of land in New England. In which U.S. state is it located?

Connecticut
  • The New England region consists of six states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.


Question 3:

Fill in the blank: In the Bible, the Garden of _______ is a sacred, tree-filled site on the Mount of Olives where Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss, leading to his arrest.

Gethsemane
  • The name derives from Aramaic words meaning "oil press" (Gat = press; Shemanim = oils). This represents a metaphor for Jesus' suffering, as he was "crushed" by the weight of humanity's sins, similar to how olives were pressed to produce oil.


Question 4:

The three most abundant elements in the human body are oxygen, carbon and hydrogen. What element is fourth?

Nitrogen
  • Together, the four key elements make up about 96% of total body mass: Oxygen (65%), Carbon (18.5%), Hydrogen (9.5%), and Nitrogen (3.3%).


Question 5:

The fictional town of Macondo is the setting for what acclaimed 1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez?

One Hundred Years of Solitude
  • The book chronicles the town's history from a tiny, isolated hamlet to a large, prosperous settlement, and then to its eventual downfall, after an American fruit company establishes a nearby banana plantation.


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