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Which New York Yankees slugger ended an 11-game homerless drought with a walk-off two-run homer against the Rays?
💡 Aaron Judge
A Paris appeals court found which two companies guilty of manslaughter in the 2009 crash of Flight 447 from Rio to Paris?
💡 Airbus and Air France
Director James Gray's film starring Miles Teller was one of only two American films competing for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. What is the film's title?
💡 Paper Tiger
Mixed bag
Gliding across the ice in pursuit of a rubber puck, how many players from each team — including the goaltender — are allowed on the ice at one time during a standard ice hockey game?
💡 6
When a word is coined from a real person's name — like 'sandwich' from the Earl of Sandwich or 'boycott' from Captain Charles Boycott — what is the term for such a word?
💡 Eponym
Predating the more famous Mapp v. Ohio by nearly half a century, what 1914 Supreme Court case first established the exclusionary rule at the federal level — holding that evidence seized through an unconstitutional search could not be used in a federal criminal prosecution?
💡 Weeks v. United States
On this date (25 May)
On May 25, 1977, which science fiction film directed by George Lucas was released, becoming one of the highest-grossing movies of all time?
💡 Star Wars
On May 25, 1787, delegates gathered in Philadelphia to begin the Constitutional Convention, with George Washington presiding. In which building did they meet?
💡 Independence Hall
On May 25, 1925, John T. Scopes was indicted in Tennessee for teaching evolution in a public school. By what two-word nickname is this famous case commonly known?
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