Current Issues
True or False: President Trump's recent notorious press ban was lifted
True: U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the White House to reinstate the banned journalists’ press credentials.
How many countries does the United States border?
2 Countries: Mexico and Canada
Temple University Rome just celebrated its anniversary of how many years?
It's 60th anniversary
Fusha or MSA is the standardized version of what language?
Arabic
Which country(modern day) was Alexander the Great born in?
Greece. He was born in Pella located in modern-day Central Macedonia, Greece.
True or False: A vote was held in Iceland to join the EU, to which it was voted yes.
False: Icelanders rejected joining the EU by a narrow margin of 52.8 to 47.2%.
This continent experiences the highest population percentage growth rate.
What is Africa?
Which Norwegian film won the 2026 Academy Award for best international feature film?
Sentimental Value
Which language is the most commonly spoken language isolate?
Korean
What was the earliest(first) recognized historical dynasty in China?
The Xia dynasty (c. 2070–1600 BCE)
President Trump signed an executive order renaming this Great Lake to "Lake America".
Lake Ontario
What is the capital city of Iran?
Tehran
Which country hosted the public exhibition "Elegance Is Authority: The Story, Style and Power of Panem" on October 7 and 8, for the upcoming Hunger Games movie?
France
Which country is Romansh an official language?
Switzerland
Ancient Carthage was located in which modern day country?
Tunisia
The US-Iran War officially started on this date?
February 28th, 2026
How many countries does China border?
China Borders 14 countries. Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.
From which nation is the winner of the 2026 Geoguessr World Cup from?
Hungary
What language is spoken most predominantly in Pakistan?
Punjabi is the most predominant first-language spoken by 37% of the population.
Which Bronze-age civilization was located in Anatolia (modern day Türkiye)
The Hittite Empire
How many nations walked out of Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the UN last week?
77 nations
In which country does the Amazon River begin?
Southwestern Peru in the Andes Mountains
Based on Streaming Volume (Total On-Demand Streams): which country outside of South Korea ranks highest globally in Kpop consumption?
Japan with over 9.7 billion streams.
What year did the Turkish script change to a Latin based alphabet?
1928
Under King Ezana's conversion, the Kingdom of Aksum adopted what religion?
Christianity/ Orthodox/Coptic tradition.