The Expanding American Empire
This neighbor gave the world poutine, butter tarts, and the phrase "51st state"
What is Canada
At the Republican Convention, Trump Achieves ___ Status
Mythical
In this song, the narrator recalls being 11 years old when his father gave him blunt marital advice: go find a wife, or be alone forever
What is "7 Years" (Lukas Graham)
Mamdani's affordability agenda includes opening five of these city-owned retail spots, the first landing in East Harlem's historic La Marqueta market
What is a grocery store
Trump signed one of these in June 2026 aimed at AI cybersecurity — the same kind of document every president uses to direct federal agencies without needing Congress
What is an executive order
This Caribbean island nation is the birthplace of the mojito, ropa vieja, and a certain naval base Trump's team has floated getting more "involved" in
What is Cuba
Left-Wing ___ Ousts 15-Term Congresswoman in Colorado
Insurgent
This song compares the physical symptoms of falling in love — racing pulse, shortness of breath, panic — to an actual cardiac medical emergency
What is "Heart Attack" (Demi Lovato)
Despite campaigning as a democratic socialist and trading insults with him, Mamdani's relationship with this president turned out surprisingly cordial, with the two smiling for a photo op and discussing NYC's affordability crisis
Who is Donald Trump
This ongoing standoff between the Pentagon and a major AI company — famous for its "safety-first" reputation — has become a symbol of tension between AI labs and the military. What is the company?
What is the Anthropic
Home to arepas, the world's largest proven oil reserves, and a president Trump kidnapped the night of my birthday
What is Venezuela
What We Owe ___ Children
Dying
In this song, the narrator claims he should've seen the red flags coming because his partner kissed him with her eyes open the very first time — a detail that begs the question of how he knew, if his own eyes were supposedly closed
What is "Grenade" (Bruno Mars)
Mamdani went 3-for-3 backing insurgent House candidates in NYC primaries — a DSA organizer who unseated the Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair, a former city comptroller who trounced a sitting congressman, and a state assembly member who won an open seat despite her own political mentor opposing the endorsement. Name one!
Who are Darializa Avila Chevalier, Brad Lander, and Claire Valdez
This is the term for an AI system's tendency to confidently state false information as if it were fact
What is a hallucination
This Arctic territory's traditional dish, suaasat, is a seal soup
What is Greenland
___ Identified as Asian and African American on College Application
Mamdani
이 노래는 강남의 세련된 사람을 흉내내면서, 보이지 않는 말을 타는 것처럼 춤을 추라고 말합니다
강남스타일 (What is "Gangnam Style" — Psy)
While Mamdani backed insurgent challengers who unseated two other House incumbents in NYC primaries, he pointedly declined to endorse a primary challenge against this House Minority Leader, even reportedly helping quash one before it started
Who is Hakeem Jeffries
This term describes AI models so large and advanced they're considered the cutting edge of the entire industry — companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind build these
What is a frontier model
This remote atoll's displaced Chagossian population makes a coconut-and-octopus curry back home in Mauritius, but the island itself is just a U.S. military base the size of a small town, leased from the UK, that most Americans have never heard of
What is Diego Garcia
___ Has a Time and a Place. Some Recent Books, Films and Shows Suggest That the Time Is Now. Can You Stomach It?
Cannibalism
This Kanye West posse cut name-drops a sports car model — the same car Bruce Wayne drives around Gotham in his civilian life, whose name is Spanish for "bat"
What is "Mercy" (Kanye West)
Mamdani kept this holdover police commissioner in her job, an unlikely partnership that's coincided with the city's murder rate hitting its lowest point since 1993
Who is Jessica Tisch
This Chinese AI company made global headlines in 2025 for releasing a surprisingly cheap, surprisingly capable model that spooked U.S. tech stocks
What is DeepSeek