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Trivia For March 9, 2026
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Question 1:
After a vicious three-year-long civil war in this European country, the Nationalists defeated the Republicans in 1939. The country would remain under Nationalist rule until November 1975.
From 1939 until 1975, Spain was ruled as a dictatorship by Francisco Franco. Following his death, the country peacefully transitioned into a democracy.
Question 2:
What is the term for a word or phrase that reads the same backwards as forwards?
Examples include the words madam or racecar, or the sentence "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama". The 19-letter Finnish word saippuakivikauppias (a soapstone vendor) is the longest single-word palindrome that is still in everyday use, while the 12-letter term tattarrattat (from James Joyce in Ulysses) is the longest in the English language.
Question 3:
Boléro is a 1928 orchestral piece by what French composer?
Dancer Ida Rubinstein commissioned the work. Originally, Ravel was going to orchestrate an existing work, but he changed his mind and decided to compose a completely new piece based on the bolero, a Spanish dance musical form.
Question 4:
In the sport of cricket, what term is used when a bowler takes three wickets with three consecutive deliveries?
The term first appeared in 1858 when the player H. H. Stephenson accomplished this feat. The idiom has since spread to other sports, for example in hockey and soccer, a hat trick occurs when a single player scores three times in a single game.
Question 5:
What animal appears in the logo of the the automobile manufacturer, Peugeot?
The logo was created in the 1940s by a goldsmith from Montbéliard named Justin Blazer.
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