Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published tomorrow. The theme runs from Mon-Thu:

1. What large language model first released in 2023 is believed to have been named after a 20th-century mathematician who laid the foundation for information theory?
2. The Chinchilla large language model family developed by Google DeepMind evolved from what previous family, also named after a rodent?
3. Also known as Tongyi Qianwen, Qwen was a family of large language models developed by which business group?
4. The large language model developed by xAI was named after a word coined by which author in his landmark 1961 novel?
5. [Theme: 2 of 4] In 1957, there were a dozen angry ones. From 2007-15, they were mad. A few good ones were seen in 1992. What’s the good word?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 3, Quiz 1:

1. Rooibos
2. Pennyroyal
3. Tulsi / holy basil
4. Lavender
5. Theme – will be revealed on Friday