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Who is Helen of Troy?
According to legend, her romance with a prince named Paris resulted in the war on which Homer's Iliad focuses.
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Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
In 2022, she became the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
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Who is Serena Williams?
This sports legend announced they were "evolving away from tennis, toward other things that [were] important to [them]" in a September 2022 edition of Vogue.
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Who is Harry Styles?
This singer topped charts in the US and UK with their hit single "As It Was."
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What is photosynthesis?
Through this process, plants use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. It generates oxygen as a byproduct.
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Who is George Kennan in 1947?
Regarding the Cold War, ____wrote in ____ that Washington DC's policy "must be that of a long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.”
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Who is Liz Truss?
In October 2022, this British powerbroker declared they were "a fighter, and not a quitter!"
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Who are Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé?
These two soccer super stars scored a combined 5 goals in an epic World Cup Final.
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What is Don't Worry Darling?
The buildup to the release of this film directed by Olivia Wilde caused more of a stir than the flick itself. In one episode, social media commentators suspected one of the stars spat on his co-star.
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What is the Strait of Hormuz?
This strait marks the separation between the Persian and Oman Gulfs.
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Who is Charlemagne?
He was named Emperor of the Romans in 800 by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day at Old St. Peter's Basilica.
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What is Madagascar?
This African nation has experienced a severe famine since 2021, affecting over a third of their population. It has been labeled the first famine caused by climate change.
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Who is Abby Wambach?
She is the all-time leading goal scorer for the US Women's National Soccer Team.
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Who are Will Smith and Chris Rock + What is "King Richard?"
The 2022 Oscars witnessed the infamous "slap." Who slapped whom, and what movie did the "slapper" win best actor for?
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What is an obtuse angle?
The term for an angle of more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
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Who is Zheng He?
The Ming Dynasty sent out this Chinese explorer and 27k of his friends on ships larger than Columbus's on expeditionary voyages throughout Asia and East Africa between 1405 and 1433.
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Who is Gustavo Petro?
This individual became the first leftwing politician to be elected president of Colombia in June 2022.
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Who is Aaron Judge?
This New York Yankee made history by breaking the AL record for home runs. He smashed 62 of them.
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Who are Rihanna and A$AP Rocky?
This world famous singer of Barbados and well-known rapper of New York welcomed a son in May 2022, capturing the media's attention.
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What is a currency or balance of payments crisis?
In this type of economic crisis, after a flight of capital, a country runs out of international reserves to sell in order to fight depreciation pressure. Resulting problems might include the abandonment of a Fixed E, the inability to pay foreign debt or pay for essential imports. Ex: the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis
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Who is Margery Kempe?
Their most famous book was written in the early-to-mid 1400s on Christian religious pilgrimages. Some consider this Brit the first to pen an autobiography in the English language.
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What is the Delaware Chancery Court?
This judicial body ordered Elon Musk to complete his $44 billion purchase of Twitter.
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Who is Nikola Jokic?
This NBA center won his second consecutive MVP for his outstanding play during the 2021-2022 season.
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What is the Na'vi?
James Cameron released Avatar 2 13 years after the original. Both films capture conflicts between humans and this fictional alien species.
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What is Dada?
This art movement came after WWI, rejecting the logic, reason, and aestheticism of modern capitalist society.
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