9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which Dodgers two-way star struck out 10 batters in a pitching-only performance against the Mets, skipping his turn at bat?
💡 Shohei Ohtani
Which cofounder and chairman of Netflix announced he will step down from the company's board of directors in June?
💡 Reed Hastings
The French government pressed the U.S. to release an 86-year-old French widow of a military veteran who was detained by ICE in which state?
💡 Louisiana
Mixed bag
Orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, what is the name of the region of our solar system packed with millions of rocky objects too small to be classified as planets?
💡 The asteroid belt
In chemistry, what is the name of the type of chemical bond formed when two atoms share one or more pairs of electrons — the kind of bond holding together molecules like water and carbon dioxide?
💡 Covalent bond
What is the name of the logical fallacy in which an argument exploits the double meaning of a word or phrase — for example, claiming that a 'feather is light' and 'what is light cannot be dark,' therefore 'a feather cannot be dark'?
💡 Equivocation
On this date (17 April)
On April 17, 1961, a CIA-sponsored invasion of Cuba ended in failure at a location named after what body of water?
💡 Bay of Pigs
On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge captured the capital city of Cambodia, marking the start of their brutal regime. What is the name of that capital city?
💡 Phnom Penh
On April 17, 1521, Martin Luther refused to recant his writings before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at a diet held in which German city?
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