Trivia For May 17, 2026

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Question 1:

Mount Rushmore is located in this U.S. state.

South Dakota

  • The sculpture features the 18-meter-tall (60 foot) heads of four United States presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, chosen to represent the nation's birth, growth, development, and preservation.

Question 2:

This country became a republic on June 17, 1944 with 99.5% of voters choosing to abolish the union with the Kingdom of Denmark.

Iceland

  • Denmark had previously granted Iceland home rule in 1874. However, the the occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany made the union between the two countries untenable, prompting the Icelanders to seek total independence.

Question 3:

Among this singer-songwriter's most famous songs are "Both Sides, Now" (1969), "Big Yellow Taxi" (1970) and "River" (1971).

Joni Mitchell

  • Mitchell has won eleven Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Rolling Stone, in 2002, named her "one of the greatest songwriters ever".

Question 4:

During this war, a federal law called the Calder Act first implemented daylight saving time (DST) in the U.S.

World War I

  • The Calder Act defined five time zones for the continental United States and authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to define the limits of each time zone. The section concerning daylight saving time was repealed in August 1919.

Question 5:

Green and yellow versions of this French herbal liqueur have been made by Carthusian monks since 1737.

Chartreuse

  • The monks decided in 2019 to limit Chartreuse production to 1.6 million bottles per year, citing the environmental impacts of production, and the monks' desire to focus on solitude and prayer. The limit combined with increased demand has led to worldwide shortages.

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