9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which legendary quarterback announced that the 2026 NFL season will be his last, calling it his 22nd year in the league?
💡 Aaron Rodgers
The European Union agreed to a tariff deal with the United States that caps tariffs on most EU exports at what percentage?
💡 Fifteen percent
A biotech company focused on de-extinction announced it had successfully hatched live chicks using what unconventional method?
💡 Artificial eggshell
Mixed bag
Penned by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Continental Congress, in what year did the United States formally declare its independence from Britain?
💡 1776
Often invoked by scientists and philosophers to cut through needlessly complicated explanations, what is the name of the problem-solving principle — attributed to a 14th-century English friar — which holds that among competing hypotheses, the one that makes the fewest assumptions should be preferred?
💡 Occam's Razor
In a unanimous 1963 ruling that transformed the American criminal justice system, what Supreme Court case held that the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of the right to counsel applies to state criminal proceedings, meaning defendants who cannot afford a lawyer must be provided one at government expense?
💡 Gideon v. Wainwright
On this date (21 May)
On May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, landing near which European capital city?
💡 Paris
On May 21, 1904, which international governing body for association soccer was founded in Paris?
💡 FIFA
On May 21, 1542, which Spanish explorer and conquistador died along the banks of the Mississippi River during his expedition through the American Southeast?
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