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What is a St. Patrick's Day Parade?
In March 1912 200,000 in Cleveland came to this parade, also a welcome home for boxing champ Johnny Kilbane
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What is the Kremlin?
This capital complex sits atop Borovitsky Hill
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What is Hallmark?
The first half of this greeting card company's name is the family that founded it in 1910
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What are crossword puzzles?
The ACPT is the American tournament for these cruciverbalist challenges
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What is peewee?
This 6-letter internally rhyming word means tiny
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What is July 4th?
In a novel by Matt Haig, infinite books line the shelves of "The Midnight" this title place; most offer another story of reality
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What is Prague?
A statue of Bohemian hero Jan Žižka sits atop of Vitkov Hill in this capital
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What is Anheuser-Busch?
In 2006 the new CEO of this beverage company was August IV, great-great-grandson of co-founder Adolphus
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What is WWE?
This org.'s first "King of the Ring" tournament saw the Magnificent Muraco defeat the Iron Sheik in the final
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What is whoopee?
We're makin' this interjection, an expression of massive delight, like wahoo!
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What is a Winter Wonderland?
Bristol, Rhode Island claims America's oldest celebration honoring this date, begun in 1785
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What is Albany?
Clinton Avenue & Ten Broeck Street run through the Arbor Hill neighborhood of this state capital
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What is Levi?
The Haas family enjoyed a combined net worth of $4.7 billion after a 2019 I.P.O. of this California-based jeans company
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What is 64?
In 1985 the NCAA men's "March Madness" basketball tournament expanded to this many teams
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What is freewheein'?
Drifting independently heedless of rules, like Bob Dylan in a '63 album title
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What is vermicelli?
Served at the Eid Festival, sheer khurma features seviyan, another word for this pasta named for its "wormlike" look
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What is Palatine?
The word "palace" comes from the name of this one of Rome's seven hills
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What is Mars?
Turns out people like candy! In 2019, 6 members of this family whose co. makes Snickers & M&M's were on the Forbes 400
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What is Fortnite?
Just like soccer, in July 2019 this video game had a World Cup, in NYC's Arthur Ashe Stadium with a $3 million grand prize
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What is saloonkeeper?
Job title of an Old West owner of an establishment such as the Bucket of Blood in Nevada
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What is the Arkansas River?
Riverfest is a big annual celebration in Wichita, Kansas & this is the river
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What is Richmond?
Local legend says this state capital's name was inspired by a view of the James River from atop Libby Hill
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What is Volkswagen?
The Piëch-Porsche family has the largest stake in this automaker that owns Audi, & yes, Porsche
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What is chess?
In 1851 the first international tournament of this game was held in London, with Adolf Anderssen crowned champion
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What is a moonroof?
This transparent feature first debuted for Ford on the 1973 Lincoln Continental Mark IV
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