9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
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Which world capital did President Trump travel to for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in May 2026?
💡 Beijing
Cristo Fernandez, the actor who played Dani Rojas on 'Ted Lasso,' signed a professional soccer contract with which USL team?
💡 El Paso Locomotive
Gunfire broke out in the Senate chamber of which Southeast Asian country when authorities attempted to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court?
💡 Philippines
Mixed bag
Stretching across the night sky as a faint, glowing band of stars, what is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?
💡 Milky Way
Signed in a Belgian city on Christmas Eve 1814, what was the name of the peace treaty that officially ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain?
💡 Treaty of Ghent
Rooted in Article III of the U.S. Constitution, what is the legal term for the requirement that a plaintiff must demonstrate a concrete, particularized injury caused by the defendant before a federal court has jurisdiction to hear their case?
💡 Standing
On this date (14 May)
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independence of which new Middle Eastern nation?
💡 Israel
On May 14, 1796, English physician Edward Jenner administered the world's first vaccination against which disease?
💡 Smallpox
On May 14, 1264, English barons led by Simon de Montfort defeated King Henry III at the Battle of Lewes, forcing the king to sign what agreement that temporarily transferred royal power to a council?