Today's Atlantic Trivia

"Welcome back for another week of The Atlantic 's un-trivial trivia, drawn from recently published stories. Without a trifle in the bunch, maybe what we're really dealing with here is-hmm-"significa"? "Consequentia"? Whatever butchered bit of Latin you prefer, read on for today's questions. (Last week's questions can be found here.) To get Atlantic Trivia in your inbox every day, sign up for The Atlantic Daily."

"And by the way, did you know that a single town on an island in Sweden gives its name to four elements of the periodic table? From Ytterby in the Stockholm archipelago come yttrium, terbium, erbium, and ytterbium. (Holmium, scandium, thulium, tantalum, and gadolinium were also discovered there, but to be fair, you can only do so much with Y's, T's, and a B.)"

"The Oscars. The Palestinian-focused movie starring Gazawi, who is Arab, also won Israel's prize for best picture. Gorenberg argues that the film is a good example of the counterproductivity of a pro-Palestinian boycott of the Israeli film industry, an indispensable channel for dissent in the country. Read more."

Muhammad Gazawi became the youngest winner in his category of Israel's Ophir Awards, with the equivalent U.S. prize being the Oscars. Robert Jackson took a leave from the U.S. Supreme Court in 1945 to serve as chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials. Bryant Walker Smith warned that if an AI-powered ride-hailing service worked as well as ChatGPT, riders would be dead. Ytterby, a town in the Stockholm archipelago, lent its name to yttrium, terbium, erbium, and ytterbium, while several other elements were also discovered there.

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