Mode 03
Topic Specific
Pick one. Drill until you own it.
Choose a single topic — Ancient Rome, the Renaissance, the Cold War, U.S. Presidents — and only that topic appears. Ideal for focused study sessions.
- ▸Twenty topics to choose from.
- ▸Same Glicko-2 rating updates apply within the topic.
- ▸Best for cramming a specific area before a test.
Sample questions
What you’ll see.
First clue only — the hardest one. The real flow shows you three clues progressively. Buzz in on the first to gain the most rating.
Sample 1 · civics
ELO 600
Clue 1Thomas Jefferson drafted this 1776 document that listed grievances against King George III and was signed in Philadelphia.
Reveal answer
The Declaration of Independence
Sample 2 · latin american history
ELO 1200
Clue 1This failed 1961 CIA-backed military operation aimed to overthrow a Caribbean communist government by landing exiles on a beach, ultimately strengthening the target regime.
Reveal answer
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Sample 3 · science history
ELO 1800
Clue 1Opponents of this theory, including some prominent physicians in the 1870s, argued that spontaneous generation remained the primary cause of infection despite Pasteur's experimental refutations.
Reveal answer
germ theory
Sample 4 · american revolution
ELO 2400
Clue 1Delegates from twelve colonies met in Philadelphia in 1774 to coordinate resistance, excluding Georgia, and produced the Declaration and Resolves.
Reveal answer
Continental Congress
Sample 5 · us presidents
ELO 3000
Clue 1His secretary of state drafted the foreign policy doctrine opposing European colonization in the Western Hemisphere, formalized in 1823 and named after the president himself.
Reveal answer
James Monroe
Available topics
Twenty subjects. Pick yours.
African History
687 questions
American Revolution
313 questions
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