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Election Day in the US is here. I’m not a citizen, so I’m sitting at 比特币登陆home fussing over my current obsession when I hear a scratching sound at my ...

On November 7, 1991, basketball star Magic Johnson announced that he was HIV-positive and also his immediate retirement from the game. This week’s ...

It’s the 90th birthday of Michael Collins, the third astronaut on the Apollo XI Mission, who stayed in the command module while his colleagues Neil ...

Last week, I promised more words from The 99% Invisible City, the book I’m reading about urban design and city engineering. Before I get to the words, ...

My tiny apartment is doorbell-free. No surprise, really: Tenants in this building have few visitors. When any do come, they go directly to their ...

On October 24, 1964, Northern Rhodesia gained independence from the UK and became known as Zambia. This is a quiz about countries born in the 20th ...

Each tenant in my building has a storage area in the basement. Mine’s quite generous but it’s dank and gloomy. I don’t look forward to visits. There’s ...

This week, it’s a quiz on fathers.In the name of the father1 Which specific species of bird is regarded as one of the most diligent fathers in the ...

October 10, 2020, marks the 28th anniversary of the inauguration of Kolkata’s Vidyasagar Setu — or the second Hooghly bridge. Time then for a quiz on ...

Last week I had my first lesson in hanging a show. It’s amongst my new duties at the Gallery where I have so recently been accepted as a member. “I’ve ...

On October 3, exactly 10 years ago, the 2010 Commonwealth Games started in Delhi. This week’s quiz is on major sporting events hosted in India.Play ...

Just as I settle down to watch the first debate of the current election season, there’s a scratching sound at the window. “What, you too?” says my ...

Two big changes have taken place just over the last three or four weeks. One is, I’ve been accepted as a member of a small gallery. The other is, I’ve ...

September 26, 2020, is the 132nd birth anniversary of Thomas Stearns Eliot, one of the few US citizens who decided to become a British subject. This ...

It’s the start of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). This week’s quiz is all about its first 12 seasons.1 In which year before 2020 ...

Last week, without really meaning to, I found myself speeding ‘Away’ to Mars. Only vicariously, of course! Aboard the good ship Netflix.Away is the ...

In the middle of the afternoon, while I’m still recovering from My Life As A Raccoon, all the alarms in the house begin shrieking. Our building has ...

On September 12, 490 BC, the battle of Marathon was fought between the invading Persian army and the citizens of Athens. The Greek army won, and one ...

“Before returning to your den,” says Rockette the raccoon, “there’s one last thing we must do.”We’ve spent the whole night roaming the sleeping city.

It’s September 5, and as Teacher’s Day, this day played a huge part in 3 Idiots, a film based on a top engineering institute. This week’s quiz is on ...

“Come on!” says Rockette, in her growly husky voice. “Keep up!” She and I have been scurrying through the bushes along the sidewalk. “But I want to ...

It’s Michael Jackson’s birth anniversary, and we’ve featured a quiz on some of the most well-known performers in popular music.Remember the time1 We ...

On this day in 1851, the first America’s Cup was won by the yacht, America. This quiz is all about famous sporting trophies.Trophy run1 The Claret Jug ...

My sister drops me off in Elsewhere and zooms off right away, hoping to avoid mid-afternoon traffic. So she doesn’t see the mess that greets me when I ...