In the news recently...

Which former member of the British royal family was arrested in February 2026 on suspicion of misconduct in public office?
💡 Prince Andrew
House Speaker Mike Johnson denied a request for which late civil rights leader to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda?
💡 Jesse Jackson
France summoned which U.S. ambassador over American comments about the killing of a far-right French activist?
💡 Charles Kushner

Mixed bag

What ocean lies between the United States and the United Kingdom?
💡 Atlantic Ocean
What element does the chemical symbol Au represent?
💡 Gold
What is the only country in the world that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf?
💡 Iran

On this date (23 February)

On February 23, 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured one of the most iconic images of World War II: U.S. Marines raising the American flag on the summit of which volcanic mountain on the island of Iwo Jima?
💡 Mount Suribachi
On February 23, 1954, the first mass inoculation of children with Jonas Salk's vaccine against which crippling disease took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
💡 Polio
On February 23, 1903, the United States signed a lease agreement with Cuba to establish a naval base that remains in U.S. hands to this day. What is the name of that base?
💡 Guantanamo Bay