FiveWire five questions, once a day

No. 18

Saturday, August 22, 2026

World

The Panama Canal connects the Pacific to which other ocean?

• The Southern
• The Atlantic
• The Indian
• The Arctic

Opened in 1914, it cut the sea route from New York to San Francisco by around 8,000 miles.

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Business

What does "IPO" stand for?

• Issued Preferred Ownership
• Investment Portfolio Option
• Initial Public Offering
• Internal Profit Order

The first sale of a company's shares to the public, converting private ownership into tradable stock.

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Science

What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribose nucleic acetate
• Diribonucleic acid
• Deoxyribonucleic acid
• Dinucleic acid

Watson, Crick and Franklin established its double-helix structure in 1953.

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Tech

What was the first message sent over the ARPANET in 1969?

• TEST
• START
• HELLO
• LO

The team meant to type LOGIN; the system crashed after two characters, so "LO" was the first thing transmitted.

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Culture

Which instrument does a timpanist play?

• Xylophone
• Cymbals
• Kettledrums
• Snare drum

Timpani are tuned kettledrums, pitched by adjusting the tension of the drumhead with a pedal.

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