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Groups of Five in History — Daily trivia Tuesday, June 9, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which song was the Jackson 5's first number-one hit?
- AI Want You Back
- BThe Love You Save
- CABC
- DMama's Pearl
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I Want You Back
I Want You Back. It was their first Motown single, and their next three, 'ABC', 'The Love You Save' and 'I'll Be There', also reached number one.
Q 02The Five Civilized Tribes were the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and which fifth nation?
- AApache
- BSeminole
- CShawnee
- DSioux
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Seminole
Seminole. The 'civilized' label came from their adoption of Anglo-American ways, yet it did not spare them from forced removal west of the Mississippi.
Q 03Which of the Five Great Lakes is the only one entirely within the United States?
- ALake Michigan
- BLake Ontario
- CLake Superior
- DLake Erie
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Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan. The other four are shared with Canada, and Michigan is the largest lake by surface area lying entirely within one country.
Q 04Mark Antony, Lepidus and which future emperor formed Rome's Second Triumvirate?
- APompey
- BCicero
- COctavian
- DMarcus Brutus
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Octavian
Octavian. He later stripped Lepidus of power, beat Antony, and became Rome's first emperor as Augustus.
Q 05Which symbol's colours, with its white field, matched every national flag?
- ARed Cross
- BOlympic rings
- CUN emblem
- DEU flag
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Olympic rings
The Olympic rings. Pierre de Coubertin, who designed them in 1913, said the five rings stood for the parts of the world won over to Olympism.
Q 06Big-game hunters' 'Big Five' animals are found together on which continent?
- ASouth America
- BAustralia
- CAfrica
- DAsia
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Africa
Africa. Hunters coined the term for the five most difficult and dangerous animals to hunt on foot, not the five largest.
Q 07Which company replaced the Nexus phones it had built with partners such as LG and Huawei?
- ASamsung
- BApple
- COnePlus
- DGoogle
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Google
Google. It called the new line Pixel, announcing the first two phones on October 4, 2016, and the Pixel 2 exactly a year later.
Q 08Chinese five spice powder contains star anise, cloves, cinnamon, Sichuan pepper and which fifth ingredient?
- ABlack pepper
- BWhite pepper
- CCardamom
- DFennel seeds
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Fennel seeds
Fennel seeds. The blend is meant to cover the five traditional flavours: sweet, bitter, sour, salty and savoury.
Q 09Which Cambridge Five spy, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, was publicly named by Margaret Thatcher?
- AKim Philby
- BGuy Burgess
- CAnthony Blunt
- DDonald Maclean
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Anthony Blunt
Anthony Blunt. He had secretly confessed in 1964 in exchange for immunity, fifteen years before Thatcher revealed it to Parliament.
Q 10Canada's 'Famous Five' won a ruling that women are 'persons' eligible for which institution?
- AThe Senate
- BThe Supreme Court
- CThe Cabinet
- DThe Bar
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The Senate
The Senate. Canada's Supreme Court had said no, but the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London overturned that ruling.
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