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2023 Recap
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100

This Supreme Court decision held that separate educational facilities based on racial classifications are inherently unequal and violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 

What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

100

This Muslim scholar wrote ‘The Canon of Medicine’ first published in 1025CE, and which became a standard textbook in medical schools throughout 18th century Europe.

Who is Ibn Sina?

100

These are the two national sports of Canada for summer and winter

What is lacrosse and ice hockey?

100

This person was named Time's Person of the Year 2023.

Who is Taylor Swift?

100

This month has 28 days.

What is all of them?

200

This Supreme Court decision held that public accommodations that are segregated based on racial classifications do not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as long as such accommodations are “separate but equal.” 

What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

200

This Islamic ruling dynasty was founded by the son of Ertuğrul.

What are the Ottomans?

200

This 19-year-old tennis prodigy captured her first Grand Slam singles title in September.

Who is Coco Gauff?

200

The Titan watercraft, which lost contact 2 hours after beginning its voyage and resulted in the death of its five passengers, was heading to which underwater wreckage.

Who is the R.M.S. Titanic?

200

This kind of room has no doors or windows.

What is a mushroom?

300

This Supreme Court decision held that race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions processes violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 

What is Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023)?

300

This Muslim woman founded the first degree-granting university in Fez, Morocco in 859CE.

Who is Fatima al-Fihri?

300

This NBA team holds the record for the most Hall of Famers on its roster.

What are the Boston Celtics?

300

This film swept most of the top categories, including best picture and best director, at the 95th Academy Awards, on March 12

What is "Everything Everywhere All at Once"?

300

This runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats.

What is a river?

400

This Supreme Court decision held that under the First Amendment, the government may not suppress political speech on the basis of the speaker’s corporate identity. 

What is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)?

400

This Abbasid caliph established the Bayt al-Hikmah (House of Wisdom) in Iraq.

Who is Harun al-Rashid?

400

This player holds the record for most consecutive double-doubles in one season since the NBA/ABA merger.

Who is Kevin Love (53)?

400

This is Oxford's 2023 Word of the Year

What is "rizz"?

400

Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.

Who is a match?

500

This Supreme Court case held that the Fifth Amendment requires that law enforcement officials advise suspects of their right to remain silent and to obtain an attorney during interrogations while in police custody.

What is Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?

500

The first translation of the Quran into an eastern language was in this language.

What is Sindhi?

500

This NBA player has the most career personal fouls.

Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (4,667)?

500

Former President Donald Trump faces this many felony counts in four state and federal criminal cases.

What is 91 felony counts?

500

This word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters.

What is "queue"? 

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