Trivia For March 18, 2026

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Question 1:

Pike's Peak or Bust was the unofficial slogan of the miners that rushed to what is now this U.S. state after gold was discovered there in 1858.

Colorado

  • At the time, the area on the east side of the Rockies was known as Pike's Peak Country, after the mountain. Despite the name, the location of the gold rush was centered 137 km (85 miles) north of the mountain, near the present-day cities of Denver, Golden and Boulder.

Question 2:

A contaminated petri dish would eventually lead the Scottish physician Alexander Fleming to discover this drug.

Penicillin

  • Fleming realized that a mold had contaminated a sample of the Staphylococcus bacteria, and that the mold was secreting an antibacterial substance. Although he published his research in 1929, it would take over a decade for penicillin to come into widespread use. The U.S. Army began mass production in 1943 to treat WWII casualties.

Question 3:

This English novelist is best known for her novel Rebecca and her short story "The Birds". Both of which would be adapted for the screen by Alfred Hitchcock.

Daphne du Maurier

  • While her works were generally not taken seriously as literature at the time they were published, more recent critical assessment has praised her narratives and tense plotting.

Question 4:

In the Biblical Book of Kings, this queen replaced Yahwism with Baal and Asherah worship and was responsible for Naboth's death.

Jezebel

  • Jezebel is the Anglicized transliteration of the Hebrew אִיזֶבֶל‎ Izeḇel. It is is often interpreted as meaning 'Where is the Lord?'

Question 5:

Chrysler, Fiat, Jeep and Maserati are among the fourteen automobile brands manufactured by this multinational corporation.

Stellantis

  • The company was formed in 2021 through the merger of the French maker Peugeot S.A. and the Italian-American maker Fiat Chrysler.

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