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

1. Which star, the brightest in the constellation Leo, gets its name from the Latin for ‘little king’ and shares its name with the first name of a minor but important character from Slytherin House in the Harry Potter books?
2. What red giant, the brightest star in the Taurus constellation, gets its name from the Arabic for ‘the follower’ because it seems to follow the Pleiades?
3. Also called the ‘heart of the scorpion,’ what star in the Scorpius constellation is believed to get its name from the ancient Greek for ‘rival to Ares’ because of its reddish hue?
4. The binary star often abbreviated as Eta Psc is the brightest in which constellation that is often seen as a cord connecting two similar objects?
5. [Theme: 3 of 4] What word is often used synonymously with ‘legend’ in cartography, and is synonymous with ‘crucial’ when speaking of something of importance?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 19, Quiz 2:

1. Pegasus
2. Edmonton Oilers
3. Cricket
4. Ian Rush
5. Theme – will be revealed on Friday