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What Norwegian-set film about political polarization won the Palme d'Or at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival?
💡 Fjord
MLB owners recently made a proposal to the players' union that the union has historically vowed never to accept. What did the owners propose?
💡 A salary cap
A former CIA officer charged with defrauding the government was found to have $40 million worth of what precious commodity hidden in his home?
💡 Gold bars
Mixed bag
Home to the Colosseum, the Vatican, and more ancient ruins than you can shake a gladiator's sword at, what city serves as the capital of Italy?
💡 Rome
When a critic warns that allowing one small policy change will inevitably trigger a cascade of increasingly extreme consequences — without actually proving that chain of events will occur — they are committing what logical fallacy?
💡 Slippery slope
In rhetoric, what is the name of the figure of speech in which a single word — typically a verb or preposition — governs two or more other words in the same sentence, often producing a witty or jarring effect, as in the classic example 'she lost her keys and her temper'?
💡 Zeugma
On this date (30 May)
On May 30, 1431, which teenage French heroine was burned at the stake in Rouen by the English and their allies during the Hundred Years' War?
💡 Joan of Arc
On May 30, 1966, NASA launched Surveyor 1, which became the first American spacecraft to successfully do what on another celestial body?
💡 Soft land on the Moon
On May 30, 1814, the First Treaty of Paris was signed, ending hostilities between France and the allied powers after Napoleon's abdication. Which French king was restored to the throne under the terms of this treaty?
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