8 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which fashion-themed sequel topped the box office over 'Mortal Kombat II' this past weekend?
💡 The Devil Wears Prada 2
Craig Morton, who recently passed away at 83, was the first quarterback to start a Super Bowl for two franchises: the Denver Broncos and which other team?
💡 Dallas Cowboys
Which independent film distributor has won an unprecedented six consecutive Palme d'Or awards heading into the Cannes Film Festival?
💡 Neon
Mixed bag
What is the name of the capital city of Canada?
💡 Ottawa
Sandwiched between the stratosphere below and the thermosphere above, what is the name of the layer of Earth's atmosphere where most meteors burn up as they streak toward the planet's surface?
💡 Mesosphere
Articulated by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Lucas in 1976, what critique argues that traditional macroeconomic models are unreliable guides to policy, because rational agents will change their behavior in response to a new policy — invalidating the historical relationships those models are built on?
💡 Lucas critique
On this date (12 May)
On May 12, 1932, the body of Charles Lindbergh's kidnapped infant son was found in New Jersey. How old was the child when he was abducted?
💡 20 months
On May 12, 1588, the Day of the Barricades began in Paris, when Catholic League supporters rose up against which French king, forcing him to flee the capital?
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