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Trivia For August 14, 2026
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Question 1:
What book follows Genesis in the Bible?
Exodus relates the origin myth of the Israelites leaving slavery in Biblical Egypt through the strength of their deity named Yahweh, who according to the story chose them as his people.
Question 2:
What is the name of the vast, sparsely populated geographical region at the southern tip of South America, shared between Argentina and Chile?
Patagonia includes the southern portion of the Andes mountain range, featuring lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers in the west, and deserts, tablelands, and steppes in the east.
Question 3:
What is the last name of the father-and-son duo who both served 20+ year terms as mayors of Chicago?
Richard J. Daley was mayor from from 1955—1976. His son, Richard M. Daley, was mayor from 1989—2011.
Question 4:
In 1878, the Polish-German biologist Eduard Strasburger coined this term for a cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex for reproduction.
Gametes have only one set of chromosomes, which ensures that upon fertilization, the resulting zygote will have the correct number of chromosomes for that species. The type of gamete an organism produces determines its sex and sets the basis for the sexual roles and sexual selection.
Question 5:
What classic work of literature claims to be partially translated from an Arabic text by the (fictional) historian Cide Hamete Benengeli?
Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote is one of the first examples of the trope in which a work of literature claims to be based on a non-existent work.
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