Trivia For September 3, 2026

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Question 1:

Johns Hopkins University is a private research university located in what U.S. state?

Maryland

  • Founded in 1876 in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins was the first American university based on the European research institution model.

Question 2:

Açai berries are native to this continent.

South America

  • At one time the berry was marketed as a miracle cure for many ailments and diseases but all of those claims have been subsequently disproven. At the height of its popularity In 2009, scams involving açaí berries topped the FTC's list of rip-offs.

Question 3:

Jack Dawkins—better known as "The Artful Dodger"—is the leader of a gang of pickpockets in this novel by Charles Dickens.

Oliver Twist

  • Beginning at the age of 12, Dickens spent two years of his life in the workhouse, the harsh, prison-like institutions where the poor were sent. Fueled by his own experiences, Dickens' novel exposed the cruel treatment of orphans in England in the mid-19th century.

Question 4:

What is the most common standarized entrance exam used by graduate-level business schools?

GMAT

  • The GMAT stands for Graduate Management Admission Test. It is used by over 2,400 graduate business schools around the world as part of the selection criteria for their programs.

Question 5:

The post-World War II occupation of Japan ended in this year, when the Treaty of San Francisco came into effect.

1952

  • The occupation, led by the American military with support from the British Commonwealth and under the supervision of the Far Eastern Commission, involved a total of nearly one million Allied soldiers and was overseen by the US General Douglas MacArthur.

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