9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which artist topped Spotify's first-ever list of the most streamed artists of all time?
💡 Taylor Swift
Which former congressman was replaced as CEO of Trump Media after a stock plunge?
💡 Devin Nunes
Which former Idaho governor and U.S. Interior Secretary recently died at the age of 74?
💡 Dirk Kempthorne
Mixed bag
Sometimes called Earth's twin because of its similar size, what is the name of the second planet from the Sun — the brightest natural object in the night sky after the Moon?
💡 Venus
Halted early after participants assigned as guards became shockingly abusive, what is the name of the 1971 psychological experiment conducted at Stanford University in which volunteers were randomly assigned roles as prisoners or prison guards?
💡 Stanford Prison Experiment
In formal logic, what is the name of the deductive argument form expressed as: 'If P, then Q; P is true; therefore Q must be true' — the most elementary and foundational pattern of valid reasoning?
💡 Modus ponens
On this date (26 April)
On April 26, 1986, a catastrophic nuclear accident occurred at a power plant in which Soviet city, releasing radioactive contamination across Europe?
💡 Chernobyl
On April 26, 1607, English colonists aboard three ships made their first landing in the Americas before establishing the Jamestown settlement. At what Virginia cape did they first come ashore?
💡 Cape Henry
On April 26, 1777, American patriot Sybil Ludington rode nearly 40 miles through the night to muster militia forces in response to a British raid on which Connecticut town?
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