.group-layout {
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.group-layout .group {
    flex: 0 0 calc(50% - 10px);
}

.group-layout .group:nth-child(odd) {
    margin-right: 20px;
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 1100px) {

    .group-layout .group {
        flex: 0 0 100%;
    }

}

.q1 {
    background-image: url(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Isotoxal_octagon_rhombic_dissection.jpg);
    background-size: cover;
    width: 100%;
    padding-top: 100%; 
    position: relative; 
}

.q2 {
    background-image: url(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/CSIRO_ScienceImage_2212_CSIRO_Parkes_Telescope_This_photo_taken_in_1969_shows_the_telescope_as_it_was_around_the_time_of_the_first_manned_Moon_landing.jpg);
    background-size: cover;
    width: 100%;
    padding-top: 100%; 
    position: relative; 
}

.article-text {
    padding-bottom: 6px;
    padding-left: 6px;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 1));
    width: calc(100% - 5px);
}