Khamenei, Chamalet
Friday, March 20th, 2026
The latest current events quiz is available to play on the YOK web app!
If you want to see how much you were keeping up with events for this past week, the latest current events quiz (weekend of March 20th) is available to play HERE on the YOK web app!
It was quite a controversial and buzzy week for YOK, with plenty of spirited debate over the new web app and the use of AI coding agents. I appreciate everyone who chimed in on the comments with their thoughts and takes. There’s definitely a lot for me to mull on.
Since the web app allows me a chance to review stats, I thought I’d go over some from this past week’s set of quizzes.
Current Events - Week of March 13th Review
Congrats to Dan Donahue, Ben, rowan ward, and Chuckles for achieving a perfect score of 300 pts! The clock on the app is held for 3 seconds before it starts counting down, so all four of the above players are speedy readers.
An additional ten people, from Ezgi to Jonny G, also went 10/10!
Most Accessible Question: 93% get rate
The United States re-established diplomatic ties with what South American country, two months after deposing Nicolas Maduro from office?
Medium Difficult Question: 79% get rate
What is the surname of the new supreme leader of Iran, the son of the recently slain Ayatollah?
Most Challenging Question: 35% get rate
What is the name of Apple's new Macbook line, touted to be the company's most affordable laptop yet with a retail price of $599?
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Answers:
Venezuela
Khamenei (there ended up being a ton of spelling variations on this that I accepted upon review. If you got close enough with the vowels, I gave it to you. However, for the Oscars quiz, a number of people wrote in Chamalet for Chalamet. I marked that incorrect since the right syllables are in the wrong place).
MacBook Neo
Oscars 2026 Quiz — Review
The Oscars 2026 Quiz was a “spicy” one, proving to be quite challenging, as indicated. Congrats to Charlie F, Adam, and arctan for the top three scores on this one!
Most Accessible Question — 92% get rate
What 2026 Best Actor nominee recently offended the ballet and opera community when he said "no one cares" about them anymore?
Medium Difficulty Question — 59% get rate
What Best Picture nominee stars an actor whose surname sounds like the symbol ∞ ?
Most Challenging Question — 23% get rate
Which Best Picture nominee features a song written by a member of Lynn's beloved Blackpink?
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The aforementioned Timothee Chalamet, whose movie Marty Supreme went home empty-handed on Oscars night.
One Battle After Another. This was a case of people missing the question prompt. The question was asking for the name of a MOVIE. Many people answered with “Chase Infiniti”, the name of the actress whose surname sounds like the symbol for “infinity.”
F1. This was a very tricky one! The vast majority of people took one look at Blackpink and put down K-Pop Demon Hunters. Not a bad guess! Alas, none of the four girls were involved in KPDH. Rose from Blackpink did, however, write and perform “Messy” for the original F1 soundtrack.
And as a reminder, if you’re interested in playing more Oscars trivia, my Buzzword collab quiz is LIVE NOW and runs through Tuesday, March 24th!
In the meantime, I’m off to check out the big pop culture release of this weekend, mentioned in Q10 of the latest current events quiz.
If you have questions, comments, or concerns, email yuoughtaknow@gmail.com.
Man, the amount of time I just spent trying to think of an actor with a surname sounding a bit like "Lemniscate"...