9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which tech billionaire is currently in a trial against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over concerns about AI's risks to humanity?
💡 Elon Musk
At which New Jersey stadium will the 2026 FIFA World Cup final be held on July 19?
💡 MetLife Stadium
Decades after the classic sitcom about a fictional radio station, a real station with the call letters WKRP has gone live on air in which city?
💡 Cincinnati
Mixed bag
When the Moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun, casting a shadow across part of our planet and briefly turning day into an eerie twilight, what is the name of this dramatic astronomical event?
💡 Solar eclipse
When a journalist writes 'the White House issued a statement' or a sports fan cheers for 'the crown,' they are using what rhetorical device — in which one thing is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it?
💡 Metonymy
In criminal law, what is the name of the interpretive doctrine that requires courts to resolve any genuine ambiguity in a penal statute in favor of the defendant, on the grounds that citizens deserve fair warning of what conduct the law prohibits?
💡 Rule of lenity
On this date (8 May)
On May 8, 1945, the Allied forces accepted Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender, marking the end of World War II in Europe. By what two-letter abbreviation is this day commonly known?
💡 VE
On May 8, 1902, a catastrophic volcanic eruption on the Caribbean island of Martinique destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre, killing around 30,000 people. What was the name of the volcano responsible?
💡 Mount Pelee
On May 8, 1429, Joan of Arc led French forces to a decisive victory over the English at which besieged city on the Loire River, a turning point in the Hundred Years' War?
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