March 29, 2026 Trivia

The 5 dubtrivia questions from March 29, 2026, with answers and explanations.

1. Arts & Sports

   1. Which professional golfer holds the record for the most major championship titles in history with 18 wins?

   ✓Jack Nicklaus

   Did you know?

   Jack Nicklaus, nicknamed 'The Golden Bear,' won 18 major golf championships between 1962 and 1986, a record that Tiger Woods spent decades pursuing but has yet to surpass.

2. Around the World

   2. Which South American country has the highest capital city in the world, sitting at over 3,600 meters above sea level?

   ✓Bolivia

   Did you know?

   While the constitutional capital is Sucre, the city of La Paz, Bolivia serves as the seat of government at around 3,640 meters above sea level, making it the world's highest administrative capital, where altitude sickness affects many new visitors.

3. Around the World

   3. What is the name of the world's largest hot desert, which is actually expanding southward by about 30 miles per year?

   ✓Sahara Desert

   Did you know?

   The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert at about 9.2 million square kilometers and is gradually expanding due to climate change and human activity like overgrazing, a process called desertification. Bonus: The world's largest desert is the Antarctic Desert (but it's definitely not hot!).

4. Tech

   4. In graph theory and computer science, which algorithm finds the shortest path between nodes in a weighted graph, commonly used in GPS navigation systems?

   ✓Dijkstra's algorithm

   Did you know?

   Dijkstra's algorithm, developed by Edsger W. Dijkstra in 1956, efficiently finds the shortest path from a starting node to all other nodes in a weighted graph with non-negative edge weights.

5. K12

   5. Which element has the chemical symbol 'W', which comes from its German name Wolfram?

   ✓Tungsten

   Did you know?

   Tungsten's chemical symbol W comes from its German name Wolfram. It has the highest melting point of all metals, making it invaluable for lightbulb filaments and high-temperature applications.