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What is tea?
In December of 1773, around one hundred colonists dressed as Mohawk native Americans swarmed a ship carrying this beverage to protest a tax imposed on it.
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What is (Harry Potter and) The Sorcerer’s Stone?
The first book in the Harry Potter series.
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What is Des Moines?
The capital of Iowa.
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What is YouTube?
The world’s most prevalent video-making and -viewing site.
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Who are the Patriots?
The winners of the last Super Bowl.
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What is the Civil War?
The bloodiest war in United States history.
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Who is Gordon Korman?
The author of the Masterminds series, as well as books like Slacker, Schooled, and the Swindle series.
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What is Sacramento?
The capital of California.
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What is Facebook?
2/7 of the world’s population use this social media site.
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What is the Stanley Cup?
The name of the international hockey tournaments.
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What is Sputnik?
The first satellite shot into orbit by the Russians.
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What is Ready Player One?
Popularized by the 2016 movie, this book by Ernest Cline features a virtual world called The OASIS and a competition for ownership and the owner’s fortune.
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What is Honolulu
The capital of Hawaii.
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What is Amazon?
What started as an online bookstore now sells everything from sand Zen gardens to lip balm.
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What is Juventus?
Christiano Renaldo plays for this team.
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Who is Richard Nixon?
The first president to resign from office, this man, during the height of the Watergate scandal, famously said, “I am not a crook.”
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What is the Bible?
The best-selling book of all time, among both theists and agnostics.
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What is Annapolis?
The capital of Maryland.
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What is Minecraft?
This video game features two modes, Creative And Survival, and block-shaped livestock.
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What is Quidditch?
This fictional sport takes place on broomsticks.
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Who was Aretha Franklin?
Known as the Queen of Soul, this woman died in August 2018 after her cancer diagnosis. She achieved immense success in her lifetime with songs like “Respect” and “I Say A Little Prayer”.
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What are The Sneeches?
These creatures invented by Dr. Seuss are constantly excluded for not bearing a star on their stomachs until a man with a star-adding machine comes along and puts the star-bellied ones in their place.
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What is Providence?
The capital of Rhode Island.
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What is a Google Doodle?
It’s what you see every time you open Google on a holiday.
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What is the Galloping Ghost?
This was football player Red Grange’s nickname when he played for the University of Illinois.
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