Trivia For May 18, 2026

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Question 1:

Fill in the blank to complete this welll-known Latin phrase: Veni, vidi, _.

Vici

  • The phrase means "I came, I saw, I conquered". It is attributed to Julius Caesar, who wrote it in a letter to the Roman Senate after his army achieved a quick and decisive victory at the Battle of Zela in 47 BC.

Question 2:

Fill in the blank with a color: In the pre-internet era, telephone subscribers were listed in alphabetical order in the White Pages, while businesses were organized by category in the ___ Pages.

Yellow

  • The name and concept of "yellow pages" came about in 1883, when a printer in Cheyenne, Wyoming, working on a regular telephone directory, ran out of white paper and used yellow paper instead.

Question 3:

A suspension of solid particles or liquid droplets in a gas is called this.

Aerosol

  • The liquid or solid particles in an aerosol have diameters typically less than 1 μm. Larger particles with a significant settling speed make the mixture a suspension, but the distinction is not always clear.

Question 4:

Conflict between Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski fuels the plot of this 1947 Tennessee Williams play.

A Streetcar Named Desire

  • The plot focuses on former Southern belle, Blanche, who is forced to move into a shabby apartment in New Orleans with her sister Stella and brutish brother-in-law Stanley.

Question 5:

What civil war veteran became famous as the publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World?

Joseph Pulitzer

  • Pulitzer's newspapers were notorious for their sensationalism, covering sex and crime and war as entertainment for a mass audience. Today he is best remembered for the prizes bearing his name, that award achievement in "journalism, arts and letters".

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