The Past Week
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of this disgraced cryptocurrency company, was released on $250M bail last Thursday.
What is FTX?
One is home to the Cardinals; the other is home to the Cubs.
What is Missouri and Illinois?
This planet in our Solar System moves the fastest across Earth's sky - is was accordingly named after the swift-footed Roman messenger god.
What is Mercury?
This typically square-shaped pasta was invented in the 14th century but has become popularized today in the U.S. by the Chef Boyardee brand.
What is ravioli?
Add: ___ Year Old Virgin, with ___ First Dates
What is 90? (40 + 50)
Last Wednesday, President Biden told this world leader that the U.S. would provide $1.85 billion in additional aid.
Who is President Volodymyr Zelensky?
After a weekend at the Bellagio at one, come see the Grand Canyon at the other.
What is Nevada and Arizona?
This is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, including light and electromagnetic waves, can escape.
What is a black hole?
This pasta knows how to "dress for success" - it is shaped like a bow-tie, and its name derives from the Italian word for "butterfly."
What is farfalle?
Multiply: ___ Mile, with ___ Fast 2 Furious
What is 16? (8 x 2)
Last Tuesday, this soccer star's photograph broke the Instagram record for most-liked post to date.
Who is Lionel Messi?
One is home to the National Aquarium; 67% of the Fortune 500 is incorporated in the other.
What is Maryland and Delaware?
Skrrrrrt! Your car suddenly swerves, and this principle is responsible for pushing your body in the opposite direction (many mistakenly believe this is a force).
What is inertia?
This heavenly pasta has a diameter ranging between 0.78 - 0.88 millimeters, and is commonly referred to as "angel hair."
What is capellini?
Add: ___ Dalmatians, with The ___ Musketeers
What is 104? (101 + 3)
Yesterday, this lottery company's prize reached $510 million, passing the halfway mark to $1 billion.
What is Mega Millions?
One is home to the Martin Luther King Jr. historic park - in 1965, MLK led a march to the other's capital.
What is Georgia and Alabama?
As space expands, this effect causes light from distant stars to shift red in color. (Hint: it is the same effect that makes ambulance sirens change pitch as they drive by).
What is the Doppler effect?
Originating in Campania, this tube-shaped pasta is often stuffed and baked.
What is ziti?
Add: ___ Dark Thirty, with ___ Years a Slave
What is 12? (0 + 12)
CEO Elon Musk claimed that this federal agency was violating his free speech rights by enforcing a 2018 fraud settlement; last Friday, the agency denied these allegations.
What is the SEC?
In 1876, President Grant signed one as the 38th state; in 1907, President Roosevelt signed the other at the 46th state.
What is Colorado and Oklahoma?
There are hundreds of man-made satellites on this orbit around Earth, which has an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation (so the satellites maintain their positions in the sky).
What is geosynchronous orbit?
This variety of pasta is formed into helical or corkscrew shapes, and its name derives from the Italian word for "spindle."
What is fusilli?
Subtract: ___ Cloverfield Lane, from The ___ Commandments: The Movie
What is 0? (10 - 10)