Current Political Events
This GOP Senator, elected in 1985, has not been seen in public or at work since June due to a health issue, he has been getting more paid time off than mothers with maternity leave.
Who is Mitch McConnell
For decades, Lubiderm has used this crocodilian to represent the rough, dry skin it prevents
At 10 minutes, 13 seconds, this Taylor Swift song became the longest no. 1 single ever on Billboard's Hot 100
What is All Too Well
In 1903, Mary Anderson invented this technological innovation that is a swinging arm device to clear water from car windshields, improving driver safety
What are windshield wipers
French existentialist thinker and author, Camus, uses this famous mythological figure who rolls a boulder uphill as his punishment in his most famous book
Who is Sisyphus
In late July of this year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that he cannot arrest this leader, and urged the US government to enforce the ICC warrant
Who is Benjamin Netanyahu
The proboscis of a type of shrew gets it named for this other animal that is several million times heavier
What is an elephant
His 2022 song, "As It Was" went in one direction: straight to the top of the charts
Who is Harry Styles
This woman discovered polonium and radium, coined the term “radioactivity,” and became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win two, and the only one in two scientific fields
This famous nautical thought experiment is to question whether something or someone is the same after having all of its original components replaced with others over time.
What is the Ship of Theseus
This Secretary of War/Defense asked Congress for $1.5 trillion to fund the "military operation" in Iran in July of this year.
Who is Pete Hegseth
A fight against a rhino could not be shot in this 2000 epic movie but there is one (actually a robot) in the 2024 sequel
What is Gladiator
In 2025, people flipped for "Mystical Magical" by this singer who would be happy to return the favor
This woman best known as the first American woman in space and, at 32, the youngest American astronaut to fly. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013, she remains a pioneering LGBTQ+ figure in space history.
Who is Sally Ride
This French Enlightenment thinker, is best known for his work in mathematics, science, theology, philosophy, and to teenage boys' insta bios his famous quote, "I think therefore I am"
Who is Rene Descartes
The Supreme Court decided earlier this year in Trump v. Barbara, to uphold birthright citizenship as we know it today thanks to this Reconstruction Amendment, after Trump advocated for stripping the birthright citizenship guarantee to alleviate border and illegal immigration concerns
What is the 14th Amendment
Among the most valuable cargo on the Titanic were feathers of this African bird, a fluffy favorite for hats
What is an ostrich
Noah Kahan says it's about time in New England each year when all the leaves are off the trees
What is Stick Season
“Living on coffee from a pot none of you want to touch" is a famous line from Hidden Figures spoken by this woman who whose precise orbital mechanics calculations were vital to U.S. crewed spaceflights.
Who is Katherine Johnson
Nicolo Machiavelli wrote this 1513 work for aspiring leaders and is the foundational work of modern political science and political theory due to its central question of whether it is better to be feared than it is to be loved.
What is the Prince
This press secretary announced her resignation from the Trump administration to spend more time with her two young children, citing the difficulty of balancing motherhood with the demanding responsibilities of the job.
Who is Karoline Leavitt
Skipjack and this white species of tuna are the main ones found in cans
"Told you I'd change, even when I knew I never could" is from this Justin Bieber collab with The Kid Laroi
What is Stay?
This Greek figure was murdered in 415 by a Christian mob, an event that made her a lasting symbol of philosophy, science, and women’s intellectual agency. Also inspired the name for an LLC at VT
Who is Hypatia
This philosophy of normative ethics is credited to Bentham and Mill and focuses on maximizing the most amount of good for the most people.
What is unitarianism