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Set One Flashcards

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What term, coined in 2014, applies to hipsters who rock flannel, work boots and full beards?

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Lumbersexual

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In 2011, what kind of surgical, full transplant was performed for the first time in the United States?

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Face

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In what years was Spotify launched in Europe and the US respectively?

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2008 and 2011

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What name was given to the 2015 football scandal that involved a series of text messages and PSI limits?

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Deflategate

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In 2010, which MLB Hall of Fame pitcher became the first to throw a no-hitter in the regular season and post season of the same year?

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Roy Halladay

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Which space shuttler flew the most missions - a record 39 - between its first launch and its retirement, in 2011?

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Discovery

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In 2017, which celestial event was the first since 1918 to follow a path from coast to coast in the United States?

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Total solar eclipse

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What kind of plane is featured in the title of the 2010 hit single from hip-hop group Far East Movement?

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G6 (Like a G6)

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White Sands National Park, designated in 2019, is located in what State?

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New Mexico

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Name two of the ‘Final Five’ who made up the gold-medal winning U.S. gymnastics team in 2016.

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Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Madison Kocian, Laurie Hernandez

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Which Ariana Grande music video pays homage to classic comedies like Mean Girls and Legally Blonde?

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thank u, next

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What march on Washington happened on January 21, 2017, with sister marches taking place across all 50 States and in over 30 other countries?

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Women’s March

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What American pizza franchise processed the first known commercial Bitcoin transaction, in 2010?

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Papa John’s

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What name was the app TikTok originally launched under, back in 2014?

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Musical.ly

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What was the name of First Lady Melanie Trump’s youth wellness campaign?

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Be Best

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What was the name of the 2012 Hurricane that battered the U.S. East Coast, forcing the New York Stock Exchange to shut down for two days?

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Sandy

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What kind of animal was Lonesome George, who died in 2012 at an estimated 100 years old, and was believed to be the last of his subspecies?

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Tortoise

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Which journalist is the creator and host of the podcast Serial?

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Sarah Koenig

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In the U.S. stock market, the 2010s set a record for which kind of market - bear or bull?

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Bull

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What college baseball team went viral in 2012 for its lip-synching and choreography to “Call Me Maybe”, in a packed van?

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Harvard

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What teenage swimming sensation tied with Michael Phelps for winning the most gold medals at the 2012 London Summer Olympics?

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Missy Franklin

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What company was leasing the offshore drilling rig that exploded off the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, leaking millions of gallons of oil?

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BP

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In 2014, which fast-food chain purchased Pharrell’s oversized ‘Mountain’ hat on eBay for $44,100?

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Arby’s

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What 2017 Ed Sheeran song became Spotify’s most-streamed song of the decade?

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Shape of You

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After selling more than 350 million Doritos Locos Tacos in 2012, what flavour did Taco Bell add to its Doritos shells in 2013?

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Cool RanchWh

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What is the title of Rup Kaur’s debut collection of poetry and prose, published in 2014?

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milk and honey

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What is the name of the teenage protagonist in Jenny Han’s bestseller “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”?

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Lara Jean

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What team defeated the San Antonio Spurs in seven games in the 2013 NBA finals, to win its second consecutive title?

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Miami Heat

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After the ruling in the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, what became legal in the United States?

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Same-sex marriage

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What online battle arena game is e-sports giant Riot Games best known for developing?

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League of Legends

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Who wrote a memoir titled The Princess Diarist, which topped best-seller charts in late 2016?

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Carrie Fisher

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During which year did Apple introduce the first iPad - 2010, 2013 or 2016?

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2010

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What social networking app, launched in 2014, initially only allowed users to message each other one particular word?

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Yo

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What was Mount McKinley renamed in 2015?

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Denali

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What supermassive space object, showing a bright ring with a dark centre, did scientists photograph for the very first time in 2019?

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A black hole

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What breed of dog did President Obama and his family adopt two of while they lived in the White House?

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Portuguese Water Dogs

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In 2017, the US women’s national team in which sport threatened to boycott the World Championship over equal pay and working conditions?

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Ice hockey

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Adopted by 195 nations in 2015, what international treaty was created with the goal of reducing emissions that contribute to global warming?

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The Paris Agreement

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What scale-covered animal found in Asia and Africa is considered to be the world’s most trafficked mammal?

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Pangolin

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In 2013, who became the first African American driver since Wendell Scott to win a NASCAR race?

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Bubba Wallace

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Which team lost the 2011 MLB World Series to St. louis after being a strike away from its first title in the 9th and 10th innings of Game 6?

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Texas Rangers

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What sliding-block puzzle game went viral in 2014?

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2048

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What hoops star, the first openly gay man in the NBA, retired from the league in 2014 after 13 seasons?

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Jason Collins

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What fast-foot chain was at the centre of a nationwide sandwich shortage, which caused widespread chaos in 2019?

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Popeye’s

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What did Snoop Dogg change his name to in 2012, prior to the release of his reggae-inspired album Reincarnated?

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Snoop Lion

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On what sports entertainment competition show do contenders take on obstacles such as the Warped Wall, Circuit Board and Jumping Spider?

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American Ninja Warrior

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What does the M stand for in the commonly used gaming abbreviation MOBA?

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Multiplayer

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In which West Coast city was the shutdown of Freeway 405 expected to create such terrible traffic that it was referred to as “Carmageddon”?

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Los Angeles

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The New York Excelsior, Los Angeles Valiant and Boston Uprising teams play in which e-sports league?

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Overwatch League

50
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What Russian face-aging app blew up in 2017, gaining over 80 million users and generating privacy concerns?

51
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Chance the Rapper is known to sport his signature baseball cap emblazoned with what number?

52
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What signature made-up place is celebrity chef Guy Fieri known to talk about?

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Flavortown

53
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The disastrous 2014 fan convention DashCon was meant for users of what social networking site?

54
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What is the character in a widespread anime-based meme gesturing at as he asks, “Is this a pigeon’?

55
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What student-organised demonstration, in March of 2018, became the biggest single-day protest against gun violence in history?

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March for Our Lives

56
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What country music power couple embarked on the Soul2Soul World Tour in 2017, 10 years after their previous world tour?

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Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

57
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According to analytics companies, which social networking app was the single most downloaded app of the 2010s?

58
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What fruit underwent ‘surgery’ in an unusual 2018 meme?

59
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What acclaimed artist dropped the album Blonde a day after releasing his visual album Endless in 2016?

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Frank Ocean

60
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What viral video shows a toaster pastry-bodied cat leaving a rainbow trail as it flies through space?

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What were the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans called before they changed their name in 2013?

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New Orleans Hornets

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What company faced backlash in 2019 for its unintentionally dystopian ad chronicling the fitness journey of Grace from Boston?

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A ShihTzu named Isabelle, added as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, originates from which video game series?

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Animal Crossing

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What bridge, that connects northern Manhattan to Fort Lee, New Jersey, was at the centre of the Bridgegate controversy of 2014?

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George Washington Bridge

65
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What photography app lends its name to a teen-fashion subculture defined by crocs, scrunchies and the phrase “ and I oop”?

66
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In which Arctic region of Russia did massive, mysterious craters begin appearing in 2014, raising fears about climate change?

67
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What TV comedy birthed a popular GIF and phrase when its lead character announced she was ‘high-fiving a million angels’?

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What social app introduced an AR filter in the summer of 2017 that featured a dancing hot dog?

69
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What rocker and artist wrote the 2010 book Just Kids about herself and photographer pal Robert Mapplethorpe?

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Patti Smith

70
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What film-inspired code name did investigators use for the college admissions bribery scandal that became public in 2019?

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Operation Varsity Blues

71
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Where does Celeste Ng’s novel Little Fires Everywhere take place - Ohio, Connecticut or Pennsylvania?

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What kind of animal is April, the Internet sensation who gave birth live on YouTube from a New York zoo, in 2017?

73
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What Yosemite peak did Alex Honnold reach without ropes in 2017, an incredible feat captured in the documentary Free Solo?

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El Capitan

74
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After Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney, what is the next biggest of the Channel Islands?

75
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What was the monkfish called before it got its more menu-friendly name?

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Gooseflesh

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Which heritage railway line runs from Kidderminster in Worcestershire to Bridgnorth in Shropshire?

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Severn Valley Railway

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Which English county hosts a contest where people chase a rolling cheese down a steep hill?

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Gloucestershire

78
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Which building was the tallest in the world for two and a half centuries, until 1549?

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Lincoln Cathedral

79
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A deficiency of which vitamin can lead to night blindness?

80
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Which decade had the highest immigration rate ever recorded in US history?

81
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What type of cholesterol is known as the ‘good’ cholesterol?

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High-density liboprotein

82
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Who wrote “never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for three”?

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John Donne

83
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Which country boasted the first ski-through McDonald’s, in the town of Lindvallen?

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Created in 1990, what was the name of the first Internet search engine?

85
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What is the collective noun for a group of frogs?

86
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What is the rarest M&M colour?

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In which city was rock legend Jim Morrison buried?

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What nation is said to have invented hot dogs?

89
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At what temperature Fahrenheit does water freeze?

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32 degrees

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What act did Susan Boyle finish runner-up to in the 2009 series of Britain’s Got Talent?

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In which year did Michael Jackson die?

92
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In what year was the Blue M&M introduced?

93
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How old was the oldest person to have ever lived, as of 2020?

94
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As an adult, how many adult teeth should you have in your mouth?

95
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Which two countries have won the second-most World Cups, after Brazil?

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Germany and Italy

96
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How many gold medals did Michael Phelps win?

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In which year was cocaine finally removed as an ingredient in Coca Cola?

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In which year were the first Air Jordan sneakers released?

99
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In which year was Barbie first introduced to the world?

100
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How many times has Rafael Nadal won the French Open?

101
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About how many tastebuds does the average human tongue have?

102
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Who drove for the Ferrari team with Michael Schumacher from 1996 to 1999?

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Eddie Irvine

103
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According to Australian Geographic, what is the loudest animal on Earth?

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The tiger pistol shrimp

104
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For approximately how many years did dinosaurs roam the Earth?

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165 million

105
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IBM released which popular and influential computer on 12 August 1981?

106
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Which Paul Kelly song begins: “How many cabs in New York City, How Many Angels on a Pin”?

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The picnic in Joan Lindsay’s novel Picnic at Hanging Rock takes place on which day of the year?

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Valentine’s Day

108
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Who holds the record as the youngest winner of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award?

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Tatum O’Neal

109
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What does the file extension PDF stand for?

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Portable Document Format

110
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What is the Greek name for Greece?

111
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The bloom of which poisonous ornamental shrub is the official flower of the city of Hiroshima?

112
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Yolngu rapper Danzal James Baker is known by which stage name?

113
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Which close fitting, knee length shorts are named for an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean?

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Bermuda shorts

114
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Australian cricket coach Andrew McDonald played for which two Australian first-class teams?

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Victoria and South Australia

115
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Which Australian DJ won the 2017 Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album?

116
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Who links the writer Ernest Hemingway with the first modern bra?

A

Caresse Crosby

117
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According to the Hebrew Bible, who was the first King of Israel?

118
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What does the K in Special K cereal stand for?

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Kellogg’s

119
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Drawings created by which American artist in the 1980s were sold in 2023 by Christie’s as NFTs?

A

Keith Haring

120
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Who wrote the bestselling 1996 book The Cook’s Companion?

A

Stephanie Alexander

121
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Which New Zealand-born Australian actor has appeared in Lord of the Rings, Mad Max, The Matrix, Narnia and Star Wars films?

A

Bruce Spence

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