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Which country won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest with the party anthem 'Bangaranga'?
💡 Bulgaria
Which Kentucky congressman, known for his independent streak, was defeated in his Republican primary after Trump endorsed his opponent?
💡 Thomas Massie
Ilya Espino de Marotta was named the first woman to lead what famous interoceanic waterway?
💡 Panama Canal
Mixed bag
Working around the clock to filter your blood and flush out waste, what is the name of the pair of bean-shaped organs in the human body responsible for producing urine?
💡 Kidneys
First described by psychologist Leon Festinger in 1957, what is the name of the mental discomfort a person experiences when they hold two or more contradictory beliefs, values, or attitudes at the same time — and the drive they feel to resolve that inner conflict?
💡 Cognitive dissonance
In constitutional law, what is the name of the most demanding standard of judicial review — applied to laws that burden fundamental rights or target suspect classifications like race — which requires the government to show that the law serves a compelling state interest and is narrowly tailored to achieve it?
💡 Strict scrutiny
On this date (23 May)
On May 23, 1934, notorious outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed by law enforcement officers in which southern U.S. state?
💡 Louisiana
On May 23, 1533, the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer annulled the marriage of King Henry VIII to which of his wives, paving the way for Henry to marry Anne Boleyn?
💡 Catherine of Aragon
On May 23, 1618, a group of Protestant nobles threw two Catholic royal governors and their secretary out of a window of Prague Castle, an event that helped spark the Thirty Years War. What is the common name for this event?
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