Good evening. In tonight’s edition:

• 😅 Narrowly avoided nuclear war
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 🎮 The greatest eSports of all time

…and much more.

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Each of the following events happened on September 26. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) Lake Placid Olympic Village—where all the athletes resided during competition—reopens as a federal correctional facility, fulfilling a Congressional requirement that the site be repurposed following the Olympic Games. It still houses 800+ prisoners; the facility is now known as Federal Correctional Institution Ray Brook.
• B) The first televised US presidential debate in history takes place, between candidates John F. Kennedy, a Democratic senator of Massachusetts, and Richard M. Nixon, the then-Vice President. Despite being watched by between 65 million and 77 million people, televised presidential debates don’t return for another 16 years—though they’ve been held in every presidential campaign since.
• C) Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet military officer, decides that a computer warning about a US missile strike on the Soviet Union—happening at a time of severely strained relations between the nuclear superpowers—is a false alarm. He’s correct, and is later credited with avoiding an outbreak of nuclear war.
• D) West Side Story, a retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet set in New York’s West Side, opens on Broadway. It catapults composer Leonard Bernstein—whose animated style made him prone to falling off conducting podiums—to stardom.

Hint: “Once upon a time…” starts off a story

Find out with Bad Judgement from Dyce Games! Players navigate the Pyramid of Judgment through 300 hilariously awkward either/or questions. Guess where the "Judge" lands based on their awful choices, then score points for accuracy.

Exposes everyone's questionable decisions in hilarious fashion. Perfect for Thanksgiving drama, or any gathering that needs more judgment.

A toast! It’s toast

Today’s Conjoiner sequence is fit for royalty, celebrated magicians, and knights, so naturally it has a bit of an ego. Put it in its place👇.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Large round glass mainly used for ale (or to spit out Triwizard names)”...

Mini

The answer to the first clue of today’s mini crossword is all cufflinks and charm. Suit up and solve it👇.

• Play today’s mini crossword here.

Sudoku

Fair warning: Diamonds and wannabe tough guys have been known to ask today’s sudoku how it got so hard. So if you’re up for a challenge (or just wanna see the grid for yourself)...

• Play todav's puzzle here.

Click to play any (or all) of the three challenges below, then pick the GOAT through a series of head-to-head matchups. This data-driven process was developed to create definitive best-of-all-time lists using a more objective approach than random bloggers just publishing controversial opinions for clicks.

• 🥤 THE GREATEST SODA MASCOTS/CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME
• 🔧 RANKING CHARACTERS FROM ‘TIRES,’ GREATEST TO LEAST
• 🍿 THE GREATEST THEO JAMES MOVIES OF ALL TIME

🍿 THE GREATEST ALLISON BRIE PERFORMANCES OF ALL TIME

1. Annie Edison in Community
2. Ruth Wilder in GLOW

…and in a distant third:

3 (T). Diane Nguyen in BoJack Horseman

3 (T). Lainey in Sleeping with Other People

Explore the full list.

🎮 THE GREATEST E-SPORTS OF ALL TIME

1. League of Legends
2. Rocket League (in a close second)
3. Overwatch

Explore the full list.

🙍‍♀️ RANKING CHARACTERS FROM ‘THE HUNTING WIVES,’ GREATEST TO LEAST

1. Sophie O'Neill (portrayed by Brittany Snow)
2. Margot Banks (Malin Akerman)
3. Callie (Jaime Ray Newman)

Explore the full list.

Note: Results are as of the published time; these lists are dynamic and may change.

D, B, A, C

• D) 1957: West Side Story, a retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet set in New York’s West Side, opens on Broadway.
• B) 1960: The first televised US presidential debate in history takes place, between candidates John F. Kennedy, a Democratic senator of Massachusetts, and Richard M. Nixon, the then-Vice President.
• A) 1980: Lake Placid Olympic Village—where all the athletes resided during competition—reopens as a federal correctional facility.
• C) 1983: Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet military officer, decides that a computer warning about a US missile strike on the Soviet Union—happening at a time of severely strained relations between the nuclear superpowers—is a false alarm. He’s correct, and is later credited with avoiding an outbreak of nuclear war.