Trivia For April 1, 2026

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Question 1:

Monticello is a residence and plantation associated with this Founding Father.

Thomas Jefferson
  • Jefferson began designing Monticello after inheriting land from his father at the age of 14. Located just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, the plantation was originally 5,000 acres.


Question 2:

Brass is an alloy primarily consisting of zinc and what other metallic element?

Copper
  • Typically brass is made with using 2⁄3 copper and 1⁄3 zinc, although small amounts of other metals are sometimes added to increase hardness, strength and/or ductibility.


Question 3:

In what Polish city was the trade union Solidarity founded in 1980?

Gdansk
  • The union was founded in August 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard. it was the first independent trade union in a Warsaw Pact country to be recognised by the state. At its peak it represented 10 million people, one-third of the workers in Poland.


Question 4:

This American writer collaborated with Malcom X on his 1965 autobiography. In 1976 he published the novel Roots which would go on to become a cultural sensation.

Alex Haley
  • ABC adapted Roots as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In 1992, Spike Lee adapted The Autobiography of Malcolm X into an award-winning film.


Question 5:

"El Himno de Bayamo" is the national anthem of what island nation?

Cuba
  • Written by Perucho Figueredo and Antonio Rodriguez-Ferrer, the song was first performed in 1868 after Spanish colonial forces surrendered the city of Bayamo to Cuban revolutionaries.


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