Pop Culture
This Toronto-born rapper's 2026 album "ICEMAN" dominated streaming all summer, locking down 7 of the 20 spots on Billboard's inaugural "Songs of the Summer" chart.
Who is Drake?
This is the title, meaning roughly "commander" or "chief," that was first bestowed on the 46th Ismaili Imam, Hasan Ali Shah, by the Shah of Persia in the 19th century — and has been used by every Imam since.
What is Aga Khan?
This April 2026 NASA mission carried Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen around the Moon and back — making him the first non-American ever to do so.
What is Artemis II?
This country won the 2026 FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina 1–0 in extra time.
What is Spain?
This river is the longest in the world, stretching roughly 6,650km through eleven countries.
What is the Nile.
After being delayed multiple times from its original 2025 target, this record-breaking video game sequel is now finally set to release on November 19, 2026.
What is Grand Theft Auto VI / GTA 6?
This country was home to the Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat before Portugal.
What is France?
This is the largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
This Denver Nuggets center, a two-time second-round pick out of Serbia, has won 3 NBA MVP awards in the last five seasons
Who is Nikola Jokić?
This is the city where the famous monument, the Taj Mahal, is located in.
Where is Agra, India?
This Tom Holland film became the second-fastest movie in history to cross $1 billion at the global box office, in just 6 days.
What is Spider-Man: Brand New Day?
This Persian-speaking philosopher-poet and Ismaili missionary (da'i) is famous for his Safarnama (travel diary) and religious poetry, and lived in the 11th century.
Who is Nasir Khusraw?
This gas makes up about 78% of the air we breathe — more than any other gas in Earth's atmosphere, even more than oxygen.
What is nitrogen?
This French forward won the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer at the 2026 World Cup — his second Golden Boot in three World Cups.
Who is Kylian Mbappé?
This man-made waterway, completed in 1914, connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, allowing ships to avoid sailing all the way around South America.
What is the Panama Canal?
This actress/director's 2023 film about a certain doll became the highest-grossing film ever directed solely by a woman.
Who is Greta Gerwig or What is Barbie?
This 11th-century Fatimid center of learning in Cairo, founded by the Ismaili Fatimid Caliphate, is considered one of the oldest universities in the world
What is Al-Azhar?
This AI chatbot, released in November 2022, became the fastest-growing consumer app in history, hitting 100 million users in just two months.
What is ChatGPT?
This athlete won the 2017 Australian Open while two months pregnant with her daughter, Alexis Olympia, securing her 23rd Grand Slam singles title without dropping a single set.
Who is Serena Williams?
This is the only country in the world that has three capital cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.
What is South Africa?
This 2026 horror film, made on a shockingly small budget of roughly $750,000, became one of the year's wildest box-office stories
What is Obsession?
This year marks when Prince Karim Aga Khan was designated as the 49th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims.
What is 1957?
This is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise when viewed from above its north pole — the opposite direction of every other planet, including Earth.
What is Venus?
In one of the most heartbreaking finishes in franchise history, the Blue Jays lost Game 7 of the 2025 World Series in 11 innings to this National League team.
What are the Los Angeles Dodgers?
This narrow strait, running directly through the city of Istanbul, is one of the busiest shipping channels on Earth and marks the dividing line between Europe and Asia.
What is the Bosphorus?