9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which global pop star was recently acquitted in a Spanish tax fraud case, with the court ordering the government to return over 55 million euros in fines?
💡 Shakira
After a record-breaking ten-year tenure, which manager is reportedly expected to leave Manchester City at the end of this season?
💡 Pep Guardiola
Jonathan Andic was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the death of his father, the billionaire founder of which Spanish fashion brand?
💡 Mango
Mixed bag
Winding more than 4,000 miles through northeastern Africa before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea, what is the name of the world's longest river?
💡 The Nile
Articulated by President James Monroe in his 1823 address to Congress, what is the name of the foreign policy doctrine that warned European powers against further colonization or interference in the affairs of the nations of the Western Hemisphere?
💡 Monroe Doctrine
One grain of sand is not a heap. Adding a single grain to a non-heap cannot turn it into a heap. And yet, at some point, a heap undeniably exists. This ancient puzzle about vague predicates and the impossibility of drawing a sharp boundary is known by what name — derived from the Greek word for heap?
💡 Sorites paradox
On this date (20 May)
On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh departed from Roosevelt Field in New York on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. What was the name of his famous aircraft?
💡 The Spirit of St. Louis
On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a landmark act that offered 160 acres of public land to settlers willing to farm it for five years. What was this act called?
💡 Homestead Act
On May 20, 1498, Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrived at Kozhikode on the southwestern coast of India, completing the first direct sea voyage from Europe to Asia. By what name was Kozhikode historically known to European traders?
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