12phrasesWhat phrase meaning 'seize the day' comes from a poem by the Roman poet Horace?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
17historyWhen he died in December, 1799, one London newspaper reported, "His fame, bounded by no country, will be confined to no age." In Paris, Napoleon ordered a 10-day requiem, and in Amsterdam funeral music filled the air. Who was he?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
24moviesWhich hypothetical superhero film would chronicle the very beginning of a renowned quartet of heroes, detailing their initial exposure to cosmic rays and their subsequent struggle to control their newfound, extraordinary abilities?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
11politicsWhat term describes a political system where citizens vote directly on policy decisions?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
16moviesWhich tragic king from classical mythology unknowingly killed his father and married his mother?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
15wordsIn December, 1987, Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev met with President Reagan, and proposed a new style of "openness" within the USSR. The Russian word for "openness" became a well-known word even in the west. What was that word?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
16generalWhat is a two-word name for the spicy middle-eastern food dish consisting of meat and vegetables roasted on skewers?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
53televisionAmy Poehler stars as Leslie Knope, a perky, ambitious, mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks Department of the fictional city of Pawnee, Indiana, in which acclaimed NBC sitcom?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
5politicsWhat political movement led to India's independence from British rule in 1947?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
84sportsWhat is the name of the trophy awarded to the NHL's most valuable player during the regular season?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
11moviesWhat 2018 action-adventure film stars Alicia Vikander as a young Lara Croft on her first perilous expedition to a mythical island off the coast of Japan, hoping to solve the mystery of her missing father?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
79current eventsWhat organization warned in March 2026 that the planet's climate is 'more out of balance than at any time in observed history'?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
11historyOut of fear of being mugged, which person shot four black teenagers on a subway in New York City in the mid- 1980's?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
8productsWhich brand of vacuum cleaner was invented by a janitor named James Spangler in 1908?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare