At the moment’s Atlantic Trivia Questions and Solutions

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1. What’s the identify of Iran’s foreign money, which—like Oman’s, Yemen’s, Qatar’s, Saudi Arabia’s, and Brazil’s—comes from a phrase that means “royal”?
   — From Arash Azizi and Graeme Wooden’s “Something Might Occur in Iran”
2. To hurry up game-play, Main League Baseball included a 15-second countdown clock in 2023 that primarily affected what place?
   — From Mark Leibovich’s “What To not Repair About Baseball”
3. What British monarch dominated from the Seven Years’ Conflict to Napoleon’s ultimate defeat at Waterloo (with a very notable army problem within the center)?
   — From Rick Atkinson’s “The Fantasy of Mad [REDACTED]”

1. Rial. The coin of the realm received’t be feeling very kingly now, although, because the United Nations’ new “snapback” sanctions have pushed the rial to a historic low. Arash and Graeme see a determined Iran that would do absolutely anything, from speeding to construct a nuke to abandoning its anti-West campaign altogether. Learn extra.
2. Pitcher. Mark writes that the faster clip of video games that resulted from the pitch clock was sufficient to deliver him again to the motion. Does the sport actually need but extra revitalizing? Learn extra.
3. King George III. The Seven Years’ Conflict resulted in 1763, and Napoleon confronted Waterloo in 1815, which places the geopolitically juicy years surrounding 1776 smack-dab in that reign. Atkinson writes that though People keep in mind King George, the antagonist of the Revolution, as a “reactionary dolt,” he was actually way more complicated than that. Learn extra.

1. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s investments in training, well being care, and the struggle in opposition to poverty have been parts of his agenda identified by what optimistic, two-word phrase?
   — From Beth Macy’s “What Occurred to My Hometown?”
2. Gamers in what skilled sports activities league—the place the typical wage is about $120,000—wore T-shirts that learn Pay Us What You Owe Us earlier than their most up-to-date all-star recreation?
   — From Jemele Hill’s “A [REDACTED] Star Goes Scorched-Earth”
3. Avi Schiffmann’s AI firm turned broadly reviled after plastering adverts everywhere in the New York Metropolis subway with phrases reminiscent of I’ll by no means bail on our dinner plans. What’s the one-word identify of the corporate—which can also be what it guarantees lonely customers, within the type of a $129 wearable plastic disk?
   — From Matteo Wong’s “The Most Reviled Tech CEO in New York Confronts His Haters”

1. Nice Society. LBJ’s huge guarantees have been simply getting began as Macy was rising up in small-town Ohio, the place alternative felt inside attain and folks usually appeared out for each other. Throughout Macy’s visits within the many years since, greatness feels ever additional off. Learn extra.
2. The WNBA. Jemele studies that the league is extra common than ever and that gamers are sticking up for their very own value, not merely “thanking their fortunate stars,” as their antagonistic commissioner would have them do. Learn extra.
3. Pal. The CEO informed Matteo that the backlash was all a part of the plan, truly. So does that imply he acknowledges the fallibility of his AI-friend tech? He did say it wouldn’t substitute human pals—however probably as a result of it’s extra akin to “speaking to a god.” Learn extra.

1. Teenager Muhammad Gazawi this 12 months turned the youngest winner ever in his class of Israel’s Ophir Awards, equal to what U.S. prizes? (Gazawi’s American counterpart within the distinction can be Adrien Brody.)
   — From Gershom Gorenberg’s “The Cause To not Boycott Israeli [REDACTED]”
2. In 1945, Robert Jackson took a depart of absence from his job as an affiliate justice of the U.S. Supreme Courtroom to function chief prosecutor throughout proceedings in what German metropolis?
   — From Philippe Sands’s “How Far Does Trump’s Immunity Go?”
3. End this quote from the self-driving-car knowledgeable Bryant Walker Smith: “I like to inform folks that if” this AI-powered ride-hailing service “labored in addition to ChatGPT, they’d be lifeless.”
   — From Saahil Desai’s “Transfer Quick and Break Nothing”

1. The Oscars. The Palestinian-focused film starring Gazawi, who’s Arab, additionally received Israel’s prize for greatest image. Gorenberg argues that the movie is an efficient instance of the counterproductivity of a pro-Palestinian boycott of the Israeli movie trade, an indispensable channel for dissent within the nation. Learn extra.
2. Nuremberg. Jackson briefly left the bench to prosecute Nazis after World Conflict II on the worldwide tribunal within the metropolis. He additionally, Sands writes, led the drafting of the tribunal’s statute that foreclosed immunity for any defendant, together with former heads of state. The way in which right now’s Supreme Courtroom has granted broad immunity from prison prosecution to President Donald Trump, Sands argues, threatens that worldwide norm. Learn extra.
3. Waymo. Fortunately, Waymo will get excessive scores on security. The corporate has logged 96 million miles of autonomous rides with out a single fatality attributable to the tech. Take a look at the chatbots’ data for a distinction, Saahil says; it seems the “5,000-pound Jaguar SUV could also be much less regarding than an interactive textual content field.” Learn extra.