9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which comedian and TV host was chosen to speak at Harvard's commencement ceremony?
💡 Conan O'Brien
Which Texas Rangers pitcher earned his 100th career major league win on his son's birthday?
💡 Jacob deGrom
Former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a defense of independent institutions while accepting which award in Boston?
💡 Profile in Courage Award
Mixed bag
Assuming all wisdom teeth have come in and none have been removed, how many teeth does a fully developed adult human have?
💡 32
In game theory, what is the name of the equilibrium concept — developed by a mathematician who shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics — describing a stable outcome in which no player can improve their payoff by unilaterally changing their strategy, given what all other players are doing?
💡 Nash equilibrium
In rhetoric, what is the name of the figure of speech in which the normal word order of a sentence is deliberately inverted for emphasis or stylistic effect — as when Yoda intones 'Much to learn, you still have'?
💡 Anastrophe
On this date (3 June)
On June 3, 1989, which Chinese city was the site of a government crackdown on pro-democracy protesters gathered in a famous central square?
💡 Beijing
On June 3, 1943, a series of violent clashes between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youths broke out in Los Angeles, becoming known as the what riots?
💡 Zoot Suit
On June 3, 1861, Union General George McClellan won an early Civil War engagement at the Battle of Philippi in what is now which U.S. state?
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