July 25, 2026 Trivia

The 5 dubtrivia questions from July 25, 2026, with answers and explanations.

1. Arts & Sports

   1. McDonald's serves roughly how many customers per day worldwide — a number that surpasses the population of several countries?

   ✓About 69 million

   Did you know?

   McDonald's serves approximately 69 million customers daily across its 40,000+ locations worldwide — more people than the entire population of France eats at those golden arches every single day.

2. Around the World

   2. The U.S. dollar is the world's most widely held reserve currency — but the dollar sign '$' appears on currencies across Central and South America too. Which country has the distinction of issuing the world's highest-denomination banknote ever printed, at 100 trillion units?

   ✓Zimbabwe

   Did you know?

   Zimbabwe issued a 100 trillion dollar banknote in 2009 during a period of hyperinflation so severe that prices were doubling every day. At the time of issue, the note was worth about $30 USD, though its value plummeted to pennies within weeks. Today, Zimbabwe uses a basket of foreign currencies and these notes are sold as collector's items for far more than their face value.

3. Around the World

   3. The name 'California' has a fascinating origin. Where did Spanish explorers get the name when they mapped the region in the 1500s?

   ✓A fictional paradise island in a popular Spanish novel of the era

   Did you know?

   California was named after a fictional island paradise called 'California' in a 1510 Spanish novel 'Las Sergas de Esplandián' by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo — described as a land rich in gold and ruled by a Black queen named Calafia.

4. K12

   4. The sinking of which ocean liner in 1915, killing nearly 1,200 people including 128 Americans, helped shift U.S. public opinion against Germany years before America officially entered World War I?

   ✓RMS Lusitania

   Did you know?

   The RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915. The deaths of American passengers outraged the U.S. public and planted the seeds of anti-German sentiment that contributed to America's eventual entry into the war in 1917.

5. Tech

   5. Nike was founded in 1964 under a different name before becoming 'Nike' in 1978. What was the company originally called?

   ✓Blue Ribbon Sports

   Did you know?

   Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman launched the company as Blue Ribbon Sports, initially importing Japanese running shoes — they only renamed it Nike, after the Greek goddess of victory, when they started making their own shoes.