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This beverage was originally marketed as "Brad's Drink", named after it's creator, Caleb Bradham of New Bern, North Carolina.
What is Pepsi?
This Asian capital city is the most populous metropolitan area in the world and hosted the Summer Olympics in both 1964 and 2021.
What is Tokyo?
Housed in a famous square bottle with a black bow or white cap, "No. 5" is the most iconic perfume made by this French luxury fashion house.
What is Chanel?
The largest living species of land-dwelling carnivore in the world, whose clear outer fur covers black skin to trap solar heat.
What is the Polar Bear?
Popularized by Mean Girls in 2004, Gretchen Wieners repeatedly tried to make this word happen as a synonym for cool or trendy.
What is Fetch?
The research triangle is anchored by North Carolina State University in Raleigh, Duke University in Durham, and this university in Chapel Hill.
What is University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)?
Situated at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers, this city serves as the capital of Sudan.
What is Khartoum?
Advertised heavily by actor Johnny Depp, "Sauvage" is a wildly popular men's fragrance created by this French luxury brand.
What is Christian Dior?
Armed with rows of sharp teeth, this apex ocean predator includes Great White, Hammerhead, and Tiger species.
What are Sharks?
Popularized on Instant Messenger platforms like AIM in the early 2000s, this term—short for a specific video game mechanic—was used when someone suddenly abandoned a conversation without saying goodbye.
What is Ghosting?
First described by European naturalists in 1759, this famous carnivorous plant is endemic only to a 75-mile radius around Wilmington, North Carolina.
What is the Venus Flytrap?
Selected as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne, this planned city is home to Australia’s Parliament House.
What is Canberra?
Known for high-end fashion and fragrances like "Black Orchid" and "Tobacco Vanille," this American designer shares his name with his brand.
Who is Tom Ford?
Found off southern coasts, this deep-diving aquatic predator is the only mammal known to hunt and eat the poisonous Blue-ringed Octopus and Portuguese Man o' War.
What is the Leopard Seal?
Driven by the rise of text messaging in the mid-2000s, this portmanteau of "friend" and "enemy" described someone who acts like a pal to your face while secretly undermining you.
What is a Frenemy?
This Charlotte born NBA team moved to New Orleans, rebranded, then regained their historic name after partial owner Michael Jordan petitioned for the change.
Who are the Charlotte Hornets?
Though Istanbul is larger and more famous, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk moved the seat of government to this Anatolian city in 1923.
What is Ankara?
This Italian luxury brand, famous for its snake logo and bold patterns, produces the popular floral perfume "Eros" and "Bright Crystal".
This semi-aquatic reptile, common in the Florida Everglades, uses its powerful jaw to snap up fish, birds, and small mammals.
What is the Alligator?
Coined by Southern hip-hop group the Hot Boys and popularized by Jay-Z and Cash Money Records, this glittering slang term referred to expensive, flashy, diamond-encrusted jewelry.
What is Bling Bling?
In 1799, 12-year-old Conrad Reed found a 17-pound yellow rock used as a doorstop in Cabarrus County, sparking the first documented occurrence of this in U.S. history.
What is the (Eastern) American Gold Rush?
This vibrant capital city of Trinidad and Tobago is home to Queen's Park Savannah and a collection of historic colonial mansions known as the "Magnificent Seven."
What is Port of Spain?
This luxury French designer is known for perfume which is sold in bottles shaped like the male and female torso, inspired by old marinière advertisements. Your very beloved coworker, Medha, is wearing a JPG fragrance right now!
What is Jean Paul Gaultier?
Endemic to Madagascar, this solitary forest predator looks like a cross between a cat and a mongoose, but belongs to its own unique family, Eupleridae.
What is the Fossa?
Derived from slang for a hundred-dollar bill, this word meant to keep things completely real or genuine with someone ("Keep it...").
What is 100?