Quiz Night Intel

Intel for Jul 27, 2026

Birth Stones

Turquoise

Onyx

Birth Flowers

Larkspur

Larkspur

Consolida is a genus of about 40 species of annual flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to western Europe, the Mediterranean and Asia. Phylogenetic studies show that Consolida is actually an annual clade nested within the genus Delphinium and it has been treated as a synonym of Delphinium in Kew's Plants of the World Online. The name of the genus comes from an archaic use of consolidation, meaning "healing", in reference to the plant's medieval use for healing wounds. Consolida d...

Water Lily

Water Lily

Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains five genera with about 70 known species. Water lilies are rooted in soil in bodies of water, with leaves and flowers floating on or rising from the surface. Leaves are round, with a radial notch in Nymphaea and Nuphar, but fully circular in Victoria and Euryale. Water lilies are a well-studied family of plan...

Astrological Sign

Leo ♌︎

July 23 – August 22

This Day in History

2020

2020_Colonial_Pipeline_oil_spill

A major oil spill from the Colonial Pipeline was discovered in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (system map pictured).

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2016

Aston_Martin_DB9

The last nine Aston Martin DB9 (example pictured) units rolled off the production line, marking the end of a twelve-year manufacturing period.

Mummy
2010

Mummy

Police in Tokyo found the mummified remains of Sogen Kato, thought to have died in 1978, leading to widespread inquiries into the status of isolated elderly people in Japan.

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2007

Car_chase

While covering a police pursuit in Phoenix, Arizona, two news helicopters collided in mid-air, killing both crews.

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1990

Jamaat_al_Muslimeen

Jamaat al Muslimeen, a radical Islamic group, began a coup attempt against the government of Trinidad and Tobago by taking hostages, including Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson, before surrendering five days later.