9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
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A California jury awarded a woman nearly $60 million after finding that which comedian sexually assaulted her in 1972?
💡 Bill Cosby
OpenAI shut down which AI video-generation app that went viral but raised deepfake concerns?
💡 Sora
Which ancient cliff-top temple was badly damaged during border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand?
💡 Preah Vihear
Mixed bag
Every four years, the calendar gets a bonus day to keep in sync with Earth's trip around the Sun. How many days are in one of these so-called leap years?
💡 366
Whether it's a country's banner or a city's pennant, what is the name of the academic discipline devoted to the study and classification of flags?
💡 Vexillology
In a landmark 1919 ruling involving anti-draft leaflets, which U.S. Supreme Court case first established the 'clear and present danger' standard for determining when the government may lawfully restrict free speech?
💡 Schenck v. United States
On this date (25 March)
On March 25, 1807, the British Parliament passed an act abolishing what practice, a landmark moment in the campaign led by William Wilberforce?
💡 The slave trade
On March 25, 1634, the first settlers arrived in what would become the colony of Maryland, landing at a site they named St. Clement's Island. Who was the English proprietor who had been granted the charter for this colony?
💡 Cecil Calvert
On March 25, 1306, Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scotland at Scone. Which noblewoman, acting in place of her brother the Earl of Fife, performed the coronation ceremony?