Trivia For May 20, 2026

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Question 1:

What bird appears in the logo of the NBC television network?

Peacock
  • The multi-colored peacock logo was first used in 1956 to highlight the network's color programming.


Question 2:

Fill in the blank: Herman Melville's Moby Dick opens with the famous line: "Call me ____".

Ishmael
  • Ishmael is the first-person narrator of much of the book. His world-view is contrasted with Ahab, his captain who monomaniacally seeks the white whale that bit off Ahab's leg on a previous voyage.


Question 3:

Who was the only Federalist president in U.S. history?

John Adams
  • George Washington was sympathetic to the Federalists, but remained officially non-partisan. Adams' son, John Quincy Adams, would also become president, but he won election as a a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.


Question 4:

Fill in the blank: Japan's legislature is called the National ___.

Diet
  • The body was first established as the Imperial Diet in 1890 under the Meiji Constitution, and took its current form in 1947 upon the adoption of the post-war constitution.


Question 5:

Who is the only tennis player to achieve a so-called Golden Slam, i.e. winning all four major tournaments plus the Olympic gold medal in a single calendar year?

Steffi Graf
  • Graf won her Golden Slam in 1988. Additionally, four other singles players have achieved the career Golden Slam, winning all five but in different years: Andre Agassi, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic.


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