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Today’s Answers
One
- True or false: The New York City Marathon route passes through all five boroughs of New York City.
- In what borough or boroughs did the 2025 marathon start and finish?
Answers
- True
- Staten Island and Manhattan
The New York City Marathon is an annual race through the city’s five boroughs and one of the world’s largest marathons. Organized by New York Road Runners, it has been held on the first Sunday of November since 1970, with cancellations only in 2012 and 2020. Due to its popularity, entry is largely determined by a lottery system, though runners can also gain guaranteed entry through specific programs, qualifying times, or charity fundraising.
Two
- True or false: a coelacanth is a herbivorous mammal.
- What word best describes the animal group that would include a coelacanth?
Answers
- False
- Fish
The coelacanth is a deep-sea lobe-finned fish (genus Latimeria) that was once thought to have gone extinct about 65 million years ago, but a living one was discovered in 1938. There are two known living species, living near the Comoros Islands and off Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Three
- True or false: the Battle of Little Big Horn was in 1856.
- In what U.S. state was the battle fought?
Answers
- False
- Montana
The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought on 25 & 26 June 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in southern Montana Territory. It was between U.S. troops led by George Armstrong Custer and Lakota/Northern Cheyenne warriors led by Sitting Bull, and it became the worst defeat for the U.S. Army during the Plains Wars.
Four
True or false: Gregory Peck portrayed Josef Mengele in The Boys from Brazil.
Answer: True.
The 1978 film The Boys from Brazil follows Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman as he uncovers a plot by Dr. Josef Mengele to clone Adolf Hitler. Mengele has placed 94 clones with families around the world, attempting to recreate Hitler’s upbringing by assassinating their adoptive fathers. Lieberman successfully tracks down Mengele, leading to a confrontation where Mengele is killed by one of the clones. Lieberman ultimately decides to destroy the list of the remaining clones, choosing to spare the innocent children.
Five
True or false: the headquarters of NASA is in Houston, Texas.
Answer: False.
The Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters is a building at 300 E Street SW in Washington, D.C. NASA, which stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is a U.S. government agency established on 1 October 1958, to oversee space exploration and aeronautics research. The agency is led by an administrator who is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
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