Trivia For October 1, 2025

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Question 1:

Fill in the blank to complete the acronym for LED: Light-Emitting _.

Diode
  • LEDs are semiconductor devices that emits light when current flows through them and the electrons release energy in the form of photons. The color of the light corresponds to the energy of the photons.


Question 2:

Usain Bolt won eight Olympic gold medals while representing this nation.

Jamaica
  • Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 meter and 200 meter titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016). He also won two 4 × 100 relay gold medals.


Question 3:

In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to found an English settlement on Roanoke Island in this present-day U.S. state, but no sign of the colonists could be found five years later.

North Carolina
  • The settlement has come to be known as the Lost Colony, and the fate of the 112 to 121 colonists remains unknown.


Question 4:

What is the name of the popular British snack made by wrapping sausage meat around a boiled egg, coating it in breadcrumbs, and baking or deep-frying it?

Scotch egg
  • A possible inspiration for the Scotch egg is the Mughlai dish nargisi kofta, in which a boiled egg is encased in a seasoned ground-meat mixture and then fried.


Question 5:

According to Judges 15:19, how many Philistines were slain by Samson with the jawbone of an ass?

1,000
  • According to Judges 15:19, how many Philistines were slayed by Samson with a jawbone of an ass?


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