9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
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Which rapper and former Migos member was shot in Florida in April 2026 but is reportedly in stable condition?
💡 Offset
Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor won a Supreme Court seat in which battleground state, growing its liberal majority?
💡 Wisconsin
A federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting which AI company, in a case involving the Trump administration?
💡 Anthropic
Mixed bag
Arching brilliantly across the sky after a summer rain, a rainbow displays its signature spectrum. How many distinct colors does a traditional rainbow contain?
💡 7
What is the term for a word that is its own antonym — a word like 'cleave,' which can mean both to split apart and to cling together?
💡 Contronym
In rhetoric, what is the name of the figure of speech that makes an understatement by affirming something through the denial of its opposite — as when you call a brutal storm 'not exactly a light drizzle'?
💡 Litotes
On this date (10 April)
On April 10, 1912, which famous ocean liner departed from Southampton, England on its ill-fated maiden voyage?
💡 Titanic
On April 10, 1849, which American inventor received a patent for a safety pin?
💡 Walter Hunt
On April 10, 1710, the British Parliament passed the Statute of Anne, widely regarded as the world's first modern law protecting what intellectual property right?