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Trivia For October 9, 2026
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Question 1:
Name the last Tsar of Russia.
Nicholas II would abdicate the throne in March 1917. After the Bolsheviks seized power in the October Revolution, he and his family were executed in a basement on July 17, 1918.
Question 2:
Fill in the blank: In geometry, a(n) _______ is the side of a right triangle that is opposite to the right angle.
The word is derived from the Greek where it means "stretching under". It refers to how the hypotenuse "stretches under" the right angle. The length of the hypotenuse can be found using the Pythagorean theorem, which states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
Question 3:
What island is split by a UN buffer zone known as the Green Line?
The Green Line stretches for 180 kilometres (112 miles) across the island. It was set up in the wake of intercommunal violence in 1963 and became permanent after the 1974 Turkish invasion that split the island.
Question 4:
Fill in the blank: A _____ is a molecular machine that synthesizes proteins by translating messenger RNA (mRNA) into chains of amino acids.
All living cells have ribosomes. They are crucial for cellular repair, growth, enzyme production, and metabolic functions, existing as free-floating in the cytoplasm or attached to the endoplasmic reticulum.
Question 5:
In 1966, college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton founded this organization in Oakland, California.
The party advocated for better housing, community control of education and police, exemption from military service, and free breakfast for children. It first drew nationwide attention for openly carrying firearms in Oakland while monitoring police activity.
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