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A store offers 25% off an $80 item. This is the amount you'll save
What is $20?
This holiday's most famous tradition involves a furry forecaster predicting six more weeks of winter
What is Groundhog Day?
Its name literally means “inflammation of the liver,” and its different types are commonly identified by letters of the alphabet
What is hepatitis?
This insect is anything but silent when it comes to being a nuisance during outdoor activities
What is a gnat?
Mikhail Gorbachev became its final leader, and its dissolution gave birth to 15 independent republics
What is the Soviet Union?
A basketball player makes 18 out of 30 free throws. This is their shooting percentage
What is 60%?
This holiday gives Americans a rare reason to celebrate on a Monday, even though the person it honors was born on a Tuesday
What is Martin Luther King Jr Day?
This condition is often associated with a childhood game involving spinning in circles, except the room seems to keep spinning long after you've stopped
What is vertigo?
Dogs with bones, rodents with furniture, and beavers with trees all have a habit of doing this
What is gnaw?
This country broke apart in 1991, leaving behind Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia
What is Yugoslavia?
A $60 restaurant bill comes with a 20% tip. This is the total amount you'll pay
What is $72?
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson made this observance official, but it wasn't until 1972 that it became a permanent fixture on the third Sunday in June
What is Father's Day?
This disease, primarily affecting women, causes the immune system to attack the protective covering around nerves, potentially leading to numbness, vision problems, muscle weakness, and difficulty walking
What is multiple sclerosis?
Whether it's a stop, a warning, or an advertisement, this is meant to communicate without saying a word
What is sign?
This European kingdom was ruled by the Habsburg dynasty for centuries before being dissolved at the end of World War I
What is Austria-Hungary?
A student answers 42 out of 50 questions correctly on an exam. This is the percentage of questions they got wrong
What is 16%?
This holiday celebrates a military victory in 1862, although it's often mistaken for Mexico's Independence Day
What is Cinco de Mayo?
This progressive neurodegenerative condition is characterized by the accumulation of abnormal proteins in the brain, leading to the gradual deterioration of memory, judgment, language, and other cognitive functions
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Yard signs, televised debates, rallies, and attack ads are all familiar features of this political undertaking
What is campaign?
This unrecognized African state declared independence from Britain in 1965 under Ian Smith, before becoming Zimbabwe in 1980
What is Rhodesia?
After a 20% discount, a pair of shoes costs $120. This was the original price
What is $150?
In Hindu tradition, the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile is celebrated with rows of illuminated oil lamps
What is Diwali?
Queen Victoria was known as the grandmother of Europe, but her family tree also helped spread this inherited bleeding disorder among several royal families
What is hemophilia?
This dome-shaped muscle separates the chest cavity from the abdomen and plays a central role in breathing
What is diaphragm?
Egypt and Syria briefly united in 1958 under a name that suggested they were part of one larger Middle Eastern nation
What is the United Arab Republic?