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In the news recently...
Which late-night TV host announced he and his son will co-write a 'Lord of the Rings' movie?
💡 Stephen Colbert
Which ousted foreign leader appeared shackled in a US federal courtroom for the first time in three months?
💡 Nicolas Maduro
Which Missouri Republican, who chairs the House Transportation Committee, announced he would not seek reelection?
💡 Sam Graves
Mixed bag
From falling apples to orbiting planets, what fundamental force of nature holds the solar system together and keeps your feet on the ground?
💡 Gravity
In logic and rhetoric, what Latin-rooted term names the fallacy in which someone responds to an argument by attacking the character or motives of the person making it, rather than addressing the argument itself?
💡 Ad hominem
Hammered out at a 1944 conference in New Hampshire, what international agreement established both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, laying the financial groundwork for the postwar global economy?
💡 Bretton Woods Agreement
On this date (28 March)
On March 28, 1979, a partial meltdown occurred at a nuclear power plant on an island in Pennsylvania, marking the worst nuclear accident in US history. What is the name of that power plant?
💡 Three Mile Island
On March 28, 1930, the Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora were officially renamed by the government. What is the new name of Constantinople?
💡 Istanbul
On March 28, 1802, German astronomer Heinrich Olbers discovered which large asteroid, the second such object ever found in the asteroid belt?
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