9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
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In a special election for a Florida state House seat in the district that includes Mar-a-Lago, which party flipped the seat?
💡 Democrats
At which New York City airport did an Air Canada jet collide with a fire truck on the runway, resulting in a deadly crash?
💡 LaGuardia
Which entertainment company acquired Tina Turner's name, image, likeness, and most of her music catalog rights?
💡 Pophouse
Mixed bag
Prized by jewelers and geologists alike, what natural substance sits at the very top of the Mohs hardness scale with a perfect score of 10?
💡 Diamond
Introduced in the United States in 2007 to replace its predecessor, what scale do meteorologists use to rate the intensity of tornadoes based on wind speed and damage indicators?
💡 Enhanced Fujita scale
What Latin name is given to the logical fallacy in which someone concludes that one event caused another simply because it occurred first — for example, assuming a rooster's crow causes the sunrise?
💡 Post hoc ergo propter hoc
On this date (26 March)
On March 26, 1979, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed a historic peace treaty at the White House. Who was the U.S. President who hosted the signing ceremony?
💡 Jimmy Carter
On March 26, 1971, which South Asian country declared its independence from Pakistan, triggering a brutal conflict that would last until December of that year?
💡 Bangladesh
On March 26, 1812, a massive earthquake devastated Caracas, killing thousands of people. In which present-day country did this disaster occur?
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