Sports
This sport's league has a revenue of $23 billion.
What is the NFL?
The Islamabad Memorandum, signed in June 2026, was a 14-point interim agreement to end a conflict between the United States and this country, also reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
What is Iran?
Marlon Brando won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in this 1972 film, but famously declined the award.
What is The Godfather?
The 2026 World Cup is the first ever co-hosted by three nations. Name all three.
What is US, Canada, and Mexico?
Only two U.S. presidents signed the Declaration of Independence and later died on the same day — July 4, 1826. Name either one.
This sport was invented in 1891 by James Naismith.
What is Basketball?
In May 2026, the WHO declared a public health emergency over a growing outbreak of this disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
What is Ebola?
As of 2025, this 2009 James Cameron film remains the highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide, earning over $2.9 billion.
What is Avatar?
The 2026 World Cup is the first to feature this many teams, up from 32 in previous editions.
What is 48 Teams?
This 1620 agreement, signed aboard a ship before landing in Plymouth, established a framework for self-governance among the Pilgrims.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This sport's league started with 10 teams in its first season in 1979.
What is the NBL?
There have been this many Prime Ministers in the United Kingdom in the past five years.
What is 6?
Only one actor has won back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Actor. Name him —
Who is Forrest Gump?
This iconic Mexico City stadium became the first venue to host matches at three separate FIFA World Cups in 2026.
What is Mexico City Stadium?
The U.S. acquired roughly 530 million acres of land from France in 1803 for about $15 million in this landmark purchase.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This driver has the fastest ever lap time at Monza in Formula One, with a time of 1:18.792.
Who is Max Verstappen?
There are more than this number of political parties in Australia.
What is 30?
The term 'thespian', meaning an actor, derives from this ancient Greek playwright who is traditionally credited as the first actor to step out of the chorus and speak alone.
What is Thespis?
On June 22, 2026, Lionel Messi scored his 17th and 18th World Cup goals against Austria, breaking the all-time men's record previously held by this German striker.
Who is Miroslav Klose?
This constitutional amendment, ratified in 1870, granted Black American men the right to vote.
Around 800 million to nearly a billion people play this sport at least once a week around the world, and approximately 10% of the US population play it.
What is Volleyball?
Pope Leo XIV blessed the central tower of this famous unfinished Barcelona basilica in June 2026, during ceremonies marking 100 years since its architect's death.
What is Sagrada Família?
This Italian director made 8½, La Dolce Vita, and Amarcord, and became so synonymous with a certain flamboyant filmmaking style that his name became an adjective.
What is Federico Fellini (Felliniesque)
This Caribbean island nation, with a population of just over 150,000, became the smallest nation ever to compete — and score — in a men's World Cup.
What is Curaçao?
This 1919 constitutional amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol, ushering in the era known as Prohibition.
What is the 18th Amendment?