Quiz Night Intel

Intel for Oct 26, 2026

Birth Stones

Opal

Aquamarine

Birth Flowers

Marigold

Marigold

Tagetes is a genus of 50 species of annual or perennial, mostly herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae. They are among several groups of plants known in English as marigolds. The genus Tagetes was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. These plants are native to Mexico, growing naturally from Mexico's valley down to the south and even reaching several other Latinamerican countries, but some species have become naturalized around the world. One species, T. minuta, is considered a noxious inv...

Cosmos

Cosmos

The cosmos (Ancient Greek: κόσμος, romanized: Kósmos, , US also ) is an alternative name for the universe or its nature or order. Usage of the word cosmos implies viewing the universe as a complex and orderly system or entity. The cosmos is studied in cosmology – a broad discipline covering scientific, religious or philosophical aspects of the cosmos and its nature. Religious and philosophical approaches may include the cosmos among spiritual entities or other matters deemed to exist outside the...

Astrological Sign

Scorpio ♏︎

October 23 – November 22

This Day in History

2004

Rockstar_Games

Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America.

2001

George_W._Bush

President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law, significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.

2000

Robert_Guéï

Following protests against military leader Robert Guéï, Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) became the president of Ivory Coast.

1994

Israel–Jordan_peace_treaty

Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty, settling relations between the two countries and pledging that neither would allow its territory to become a staging ground for military strikes by a third country.

1977

Ali_Maow_Maalin

Somali hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin began displaying symptoms of smallpox, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease.