Quiz Night Intel

Intel for Jun 11, 2026

Birth Stones

Chrysoberyl (Cat's eye)

Turquoise

Agate

Birth Flowers

Rose

Rose

A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Their flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller n...

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckles are arching shrubs or twining vines in the genus Lonicera of the family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 158 species native to northern latitudes in North America, Eurasia, and North Africa. Widely known species include Lonicera periclymenum (common honeysuckle or woodbine), Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle, white honeysuckle, or Chinese honeysuckle) and Lonicera sempervirens (coral honeysuckle, trumpet honeysuckle, or woodbine honeysuckle). L. japonica is a highly invasive spe...

Astrological Sign

Gemini ♊︎

May 21 – June 21

This Day in History

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2012

2012_Afghanistan_earthquakes

Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people.

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2008

Stephen_Harper

Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper apologised to the First Nations for past governments' policies of forced assimilation.

2007_Chittagong_mudslides
2007

2007_Chittagong_mudslides

Mudslides caused by heavy monsoon rainfall and exacerbated by hill cutting killed at least 128 people in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Timothy_McVeigh
2001

Timothy_McVeigh

Timothy McVeigh, detonator of a truck bomb in front of the Oklahoma federal building, was executed by lethal injection for using a weapon of mass destruction, among other charges.

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2001

Tesco_bomb_campaign

Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for conducting a six-month-long letter-bomb campaign against the British supermarket chain Tesco.