Trivia For March 22, 2026

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Question 1:

After New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, what is the fourth most populous city in the U.S.?

Houston

  • Houston overtook Philadelphia to become the nation's fourth largest city in the 1990s. Today, Philly is the sixth largest city, having been passed by Phoenix in the 2020s.

Question 2:

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937) is the first children's book by this prolific author.

Dr. Seuss

  • At least 20 publishers rejected the book before an old friend who worked as a junior editor agreed to produce the book. Dr. Seuss's estate has subsequently pulled the book from shelves because it contained images that they called "hurtful and wrong".

Question 3:

This man is best remembered for the diary he kept from 1660 until 1669. It is one of the most important primary sources of Restoration-era London, including eyewitness accounts of the Great Plague and Great Fire.

Samuel Pepys

  • The diary would not be published until the 19th century. In his time, Pepys was remembered as an excellent administrator who served on the Navy Board and as an MP in the House of Commons.

Question 4:

What is the rotational correspondent of linear force called? It is typically represented by the symbol τ (the lowercase Greek letter tau).

Torque

  • Torque can be thought of as a twist applied to an object with respect to a chosen point; for example, driving a screw uses torque to force it into an object, which is applied by the screwdriver rotating around its axis to the drives on the head.

Question 5:

In Greek myth, this deep abyss is used as a prison for the Titans after they were overthrown by Zeus.

Tartarus

  • In addition to being the prison of the Titans, in Plato's Gorgias it is also where souls are judged after death and where the wicked received divine punishment.

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