Trivia For August 7, 2026

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Question 1:

In the Bible, this prophet is thrown into the sea during a storm and swallowed by a "great fish".

Jonah

  • In the Book of Jonah, he disobeys God's command to warn the wicked city of Nineveh. After he is swallowed, he spends three days in the belly of the fish. Eventually he repents, and ultimately brings Nineveh to repentance.

Question 2:

Haight-Ashbury is a neighborhood located in this city.

San Francisco

  • Haight-Ashbury is a historic district renowned as the epicenter of the 1960s hippie counterculture and the 1967 "Summer of Love".

Question 3:

Fill in the blank: Alcoa stands for ______ Company of America.

Aluminum

  • In 1886, Charles Martin Hall discovered the Hall–Héroult process, a refining technique that reduced aluminum production costs. Before the discovery, aluminum was more expensive than silver or gold. Hall and some investors founded the Pittsburgh Reduction Company in 1888. It was renamed Alcoa in 1907.

Question 4:

On the Great Seal of the United States, an eagle holds a scroll in its beak. What does the scroll say?

"E Pluribus Unum"

  • The saying is Latin for 'out of many, one'. Its inclusion on the seal was suggested by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere and approved in an act of the Congress of the Confederation in 1782.

Question 5:

What soap opera ran from January 1937—September 2009? With a combined 72-year long radio and tv run, it's the longest-running soap in U.S. history.

Guiding Light

  • After a fifteen year run on the radio, Guiding Light transitioned to television in June 1952. Episodes were orignally 15 minutes long and broadcast live until 1968, when the show switched to half-hour, pre-taped episodes. In 1977 the show moved to hour-long episodes.

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