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Trivia For October 10, 2026
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Question 1:
What alliterative, two-word name is given to Oceania's leader in George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four?
"Big Brother" has become an idiom used when discussing abuse of government power, particularly in respect to civil liberties and mass surveillance.
Question 2:
In what city is the CN Tower, the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere?
The CN Tower held the record for the world's tallest free-standing structure for 32 years, from 1975 until 2007, when it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa. The "CN" refers to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower.
Question 3:
The House of Medici is most closely associated with this Italian city.
The Medicis were a banking dynasty that rose to political power. At one time, they were the richest family in Europe. In addition to ruling Florence, four popes and a queen of France were family members.
Question 4:
Fill in the blank: William M. Tweed, the leader of the Democratic Party machine in 19th-century New York City was famously known by the nickname "__ Tweed".
Using graft, extortion and outright theft, Tweed would become the third-largest landowner in New York City. Estimates are that he stole approximately $200 million in taxpayer fund (equivalent to $5 billion today). He would eventually be convicted on corruption charges and he died in jail.
Question 5:
Jeremiah Colman began producing this condiment in England's Norfolk County in the early 1800s.
Colman's mustard features distinctive yellow packaging with a bull's-head logo. In 1866, it was granted the Royal Warrant as manufacturers of mustard to Queen Victoria. The Royal family household still uses Colman's today.
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