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In the news recently...
Which animated movie sequel, based on a beloved Nintendo franchise, earned $629 million worldwide at the box office in its second weekend?
💡 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Ford issued a recall of nearly 1.4 million units of which popular pickup truck model due to a gearshift issue?
💡 F-150
Which billionaire and former presidential candidate is on a massive spending binge that dwarfs rival campaigns in the California governor's race?
💡 Tom Steyer
Mixed bag
In 1492, an Italian explorer sailing under the Spanish crown made landfall in the Caribbean, opening the door to European colonization of the Americas. What was his name?
💡 Christopher Columbus
What Latin term names the logical fallacy in which someone argues that a belief must be correct simply because a great many people hold it?
💡 Ad populum
When Julius Caesar reportedly declared 'I came, I saw, I conquered,' he was employing what rhetorical device — defined as the deliberate omission of conjunctions between successive clauses to create a swift, punchy effect?
💡 Asyndeton
On this date (19 April)
On April 19, 1775, the first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired at the Battles of Lexington and Concord. In which state did these battles take place?
💡 Massachusetts
On April 19, 1897, the first running of what is now the world's oldest annual marathon took place in the United States. In which city does this famous race finish?
💡 Boston
On April 19, 1839, a treaty was signed guaranteeing the neutrality and independence of a small European nation, sometimes called the document that made World War I inevitable when it was violated in 1914. Which country's neutrality was guaranteed by this treaty?
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