Trivia For May 25, 2026

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Question 1:

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first major military actions of the American Revolution. They occurred on April 19, 1775 in what would become this U.S. state.

Massachusetts

  • In "Concord Hymn" (1837), Ralph Waldo Emerson called the battles the "shot heard round the world ", while fellow 19th century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow would memorialize the fight in "Paul Revere's Ride" (1860).

Question 2:

Mansa Musa, the leader of the Mali Empire, made a 2700 mile pilgrimage to this site in 1324—1325, famously distributing tens of thousands of pounds of gold to the poor he met along the route.

Mecca

  • Perhaps the wealthiest person to ever live, it is believed that Musa caused hyperinflation in Cairo, Medina, and Mecca by flooding the economy with gold. His immense, unchecked generosity and spending depressed the value of gold and caused commodity prices to soar, marking a unique instance of one person directly controlling the price of gold in the Mediterranean.

Question 3:

What city is the primary setting of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four?

London

  • In the novel, London kept its traditional name, although Britain had been renamed to 'Airstrip One'.

Question 4:

Fill in the blank: In fluid dynamics, the opposite of turbulent flow is ______ flow.

Laminar

  • Laminar flow is a fluid dynamic regime where liquids or gases move in smooth, parallel layers with minimal mixing between them. Characterized by low velocity and high viscosity, it appears as a calm, steady, and sometimes stationary stream.

Question 5:

How many countries in the world are "double-landlocked", i.e. a country that is surrounded only by landlocked countries)?

Two

  • Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the only two double-landlocked nations.

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