Trivia For April 6, 2026

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Question 1:

In his book, Marco Polo referred to a land known as Cathay, which is a historical name used by Europeans for this country.

China

  • In the 16th and early 17th century, a controversy existed as to whether China and Cathay were the same or if Polo was describing a different, as yet unknown, land. Explorations by by Matteo Ricci and Bento de Góis finally settled the matter, although maps would continue to show Cathay as a separate place into the late 17th century.

Question 2:

How many times has the Summer Olympics been held in South America?

1

  • Rio de Janeiro hosted the Summer Olympics in 2016. No city in South America has hosted the Winter Olympics.

Question 3:

Written by Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five follows the traumatic experience of Billy Pilgrim as a POW during the bombing of this city during World War II.

Dresden

  • Like Billy in the novel, Vonnegut was captured by Germans at the Battle of the Bulge and transported to Dresden. He was being held in the basement of a slaughterhouse at the time of the Allied bombing.

Question 4:

Guido van Rossum is best known as the creator of what programming language that takes its name from a British sketch comedy show?

Python

  • The name Python derives from Monty Python's Flying Circus. Van Rossum started working on Python in the late 1980s and released the first version in 1991 as Python 0.9.0.

Question 5:

Ruling from 14 to 37 AD, he succeeded his stepfather Augustus as Roman emperor.

Tiberius

  • Tiberius proved to be an effective and efficient administrator. Nevertheless, Pliny the Elder called him "the gloomiest of men" as he was reclusive and somber and never really wished to lead the empire.

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