Trivia For September 19, 2026

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Question 1:

The idiom big league, meaning to be in the the top rank of an activity or enterprise, originated in this sport.

Baseball
  • The Oxford English Dictionary cites "big league" as specifically American Major League Baseball, and lists its first use in 1899; the non-baseball use appears in 1947.


Question 2:

What is the sum of the first three perfect cubes?

36
  • The first three perfect cubes are 1, 8 and 27. Their sum is 36.


Question 3:

This is the only country in the Americas that is an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) member.

Venezuela
  • The only other country in the Western Hemisphere to join OPEC was Ecuador which was a member from 1973–1992 and again from 2007–2020.


Question 4:

Fill in the blank: Edward Lorenz coined the term "______ effect" to describe the concept that tiny changes in the beginning of a process can lead to huge, unpredictable consequences at a later time.

Butterfly
  • The butterfly effect is a core concept in chaos theory. The name comes from a 1972 address by Lorenz entitled "Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly's Wings in Brazil Set Off a Tornado in Texas?"


Question 5:

14 Henrietta Street—sometimes known as the Tenement Museum—is a cultural landmark of this city.

Dublin
  • The museum opened in September 2018. It tells the story of the building's construction in the 1720s; it's original, notable residents; and following a period of economic decline, the building's division into 17 tenement flats with over 100 total occupants.


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