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Trivia For September 16, 2026
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Question 1:
At approximately 2.5 million light-years away, this galaxy—named for Perseus's wife in Greek mythology—is the closest to our own Milky Way.
For a long time, scientists debated whether Andromeda and other so-called "spiral nebulae" were a part of the Milky Way or if they were independent galaxies. Edward Hubble settled the debate in 1925 by identifying Cepheid variable stars within Andromeda and calculating their distrance from Earth.
Question 2:
In 451 AD, the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains was fought in what was then Roman Gaul. In which modern-day country was the battle waged?
Although the actual site of the battle is unknown, it occurred in northwest France, in or near the Champagne region. A coalition led by Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I fought against the Huns and their vassals, commanded by their king, Attila. The outcome of the battle is disputed, although it is clear that there were massive casualties on both sides.
Question 3:
What legend of stage and screen made her film debut as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (1968)?
The musical is loosely based on the life and career of comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein.
Question 4:
Fill in the blank to complete the acronym for PDF: __ Document Format.
PDFs were developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.
Question 5:
What is is the capital and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada?
Yellowknife and its surrounding water bodies were named after a local Dene tribe, who were known as the "Copper Indians" or "Yellowknife Indians", today incorporated as the Yellowknives Dene First Nation.
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