9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which NBA team eliminated the Houston Rockets in Game 6 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series, with LeBron James scoring 28 points?
💡 Los Angeles Lakers
Which former national leader of Myanmar was recently moved from prison to house arrest?
💡 Aung San Suu Kyi
The US Senate approved a bipartisan resolution banning its members and staff from betting on what type of financial platform?
💡 Prediction markets
Mixed bag
Instantly recognizable by the breathtaking rings that encircle it, what is the name of the sixth planet from the Sun?
💡 Saturn
What is the name of the layer of Earth's atmosphere that sits above the troposphere and contains the ozone layer, which shields life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation?
💡 Stratosphere
In a 2005 ruling that drew on evolving standards of decency and international norms, what Supreme Court case held that the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of individuals for crimes they committed before the age of 18?
💡 Roper v. Simmons
On this date (2 May)
On May 2, 2011, U.S. Navy SEALs killed which al-Qaeda leader in a raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan?
💡 Osama bin Laden
On May 2, 1982, during the Falklands War, a British submarine sank which Argentine cruiser, killing more than 300 sailors?
💡 ARA General Belgrano
On May 2, 1808, residents of Madrid rose up against French occupation forces in an event that sparked the Peninsular War, a conflict later commemorated in a famous painting by which Spanish artist?
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