9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
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Which Central American country seized two key canal ports from a Hong Kong-based operator following a Supreme Court ruling?
💡 Panama
A large banner featuring Donald Trump's face was controversially hung on the exterior of which federal government building's headquarters?
💡 Justice Department
Representatives from which AI company were summoned to Ottawa by the Canadian government following a school shooting?
💡 OpenAI
Mixed bag
How many stripes appear on the American flag?
💡 13
Which U.S. state is home to the most active volcanoes?
💡 Alaska
Which composer, despite going completely deaf, wrote his celebrated Ninth Symphony?
💡 Ludwig van Beethoven
On this date (24 February)
On February 24, 2022, Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion of which neighboring country, marking the largest military attack in Europe since World War II?
💡 Ukraine
On February 24, 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued the papal bull Inter gravissimas, introducing which calendar system that is still in common use today?
💡 Gregorian calendar
On February 24, 1803, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in Marbury v. Madison, establishing the principle of what, meaning the Court's power to strike down unconstitutional laws?