Season 256

Developed by Riot Games in 2009 as a spiritual successor to a popular Warcraft III mod, this multiplayer online battle arena game pits two teams of five "champions" against each other to destroy the opposing base.
Widely credited with legitimizing the modern esports industry and routinely filling Olympic-sized stadiums for its annual World Championship, by what title is this massively influential PC game known?

Popularized in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar as the higher-dimensional structure through which Cooper communicates across time, this geometric figure is mathematically defined as the four-dimensional analogue of a cube.
When projected into three dimensions, it is commonly visualized as a smaller cube nested inside a larger one and connected at the corners. By what name is this object known?

Home to a Commonwealth memorial bearing a Latin inscription that translates to "We, once conquered by William, have now set free the Conqueror's native land," this location draws a deliberate historical parallel across centuries.
It also lends its name to a renowned artifact chronicling that original military campaign.
By what name is this city known?

Saving her besieged city by infiltrating the camp of the Assyrian general Holofernes, intoxicating him, and beheading him with his own sword, this Jewish widow is the central figure of a famous deuterocanonical text.
By what name is this biblical heroine known?

Airing from 2012 to 2014 and created by Aaron Sorkin, this HBO drama follows Jeff Daniels as veteran news anchor Will McAvoy, who attempts to restore journalistic integrity at the fictional Atlantis Cable News network following his viral "America is not the greatest country in the world anymore" speech.
By what title is this television series known?

Often accompanied by the vivid sensation of falling from a height, this sudden, involuntary muscle contraction typically occurs during the transition from wakefulness to sleep.
Thought to become more frequent with stress, caffeine, or sleep deprivation, by what name is this common physiological phenomenon known?

Located immediately south of San Diego, this Mexican city is separated from the United States by one of the busiest international land border crossings in the world.
It serves as the largest city in the state of Baja California and a major center for manufacturing, tourism, and cross-border commerce. By what name is this metropolis known?

Founded in New York City in 1987 by Chris Wink, Matt Goldman, and Phil Stanton, this performance troupe is instantly recognizable for its trio of silent performers donning latex bald caps and thick greasepaint of a single primary color.
Combining percussion, comedy, and multimedia spectacle, which long-running theatrical act is famous for creating music using PVC pipes and other unconventional instruments?

In 2026, the Badminton World Federation voted to abandon the 21-point scoring format and return to the historical, shorter set lengths the sport previously utilized.
Under these new global rules taking effect in 2027, exactly how many points are required to win a standard set?

The following events all took place in which year?
A 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami strike northeastern Japan, triggering meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
US Navy SEALs kill Osama bin Laden during a raid on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies at the age of 56.
Video game developer Mojang officially launches the full retail version of Minecraft at the first MineCon convention, and
HBO premieres the first season of the fantasy drama series Game of Thrones.

Built upon a sweeping orchestral loop taken from an Andrew Loog Oldham cover of a Rolling Stones track, this 1997 Britpop anthem fronted by Richard Ashcroft resulted in a high-profile copyright dispute that stripped the band of their royalties for over two decades.
Featuring a title that ironically encapsulates the dual nature of a massive, career-defining hit tainted by total financial forfeiture, by what name is this song known?

Rooted in the indigenous foundational myth of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan, a national emblem depicts a golden eagle devouring a snake while perched atop a prickly pear cactus.
Serving as the central coat of arms on its national flag, by what name is this modern-day country known?

Meaning "Mountain of Light" in Persian, this legendary diamond has passed through the hands of the Mughal emperors, Persian shahs, Afghan rulers, Sikh maharajas, and the British monarchy.
Set into the crown made for Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 1937, by what name is this famous gemstone known?

Emerging from the online imageboard 4chan in the early 2000s, this decentralized hacktivist collective first gained global notoriety for its coordinated campaign against the Church of Scientology before pivoting to high-profile cyberattacks targeting governments and corporations.
Famously adopting the visage of a 17th-century English conspirator as their visual identity, by what collective name is this group known?