September 26, 2026 Trivia

The 5 dubtrivia questions from September 26, 2026, with answers and explanations.

1. K12

   1. Christopher Columbus made his famous 1492 voyage when he reached the Bahamas but in which year did he actually set foot on the American (South America) mainland for the first time?

   ✓1498

   Did you know?

   Columbus didn't reach the South American mainland until his third voyage in 1498, when he landed near present-day Venezuela. His 1492 landing was in the Bahamas, and subsequent voyages reached Cuba, Hispaniola, and other Caribbean islands before the continent.

2. Wild Card

   2. The Caesar salad is a globally beloved dish — but it was actually invented in Mexico, not Italy or the United States. Who created it?

   ✓Caesar Cardini, an Italian restaurateur in Tijuana

   Did you know?

   Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant running a restaurant in Tijuana, reportedly invented the Caesar salad in 1924 during a busy July 4th weekend when he was running low on supplies and improvised with what he had on hand.

3. Tech

   3. The World Wide Web was invented in 1989 — but who actually invented it, and where were they working at the time?

   ✓Tim Berners-Lee, while working at CERN, the physics laboratory in Switzerland

   Did you know?

   Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 while working as a software engineer at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. He proposed it as a way for physicists around the world to share information — and then gave it away to the public for free.

4. Wild Card

   4. Many people assume that 'e.g.' and 'i.e.' mean the same thing and can be used interchangeably — but they actually mean different things. What does 'i.e.' stand for and mean?

   ✓Id est — Latin for 'that is,' used to clarify or restate something precisely

   Did you know?

   'I.e.' is Latin for 'id est,' meaning 'that is' — it introduces a clarification or restatement. 'E.g.' stands for 'exempli gratia,' meaning 'for example,' and introduces a partial list. Mixing them up is one of the most common punctuation errors in English writing.

5. Arts & Sports

   5. How many symphonies did Beethoven compose in his lifetime?

   ✓9

   Did you know?

   Beethoven wrote exactly 9 symphonies, with the Ninth being his final and most famous. Remarkably, he was almost completely deaf when he composed it, and famously had to be turned around to see the audience's applause at its 1824 premiere.