Geo
The second smallest sovereign country in the world? (Hint: it’s official language is French)
Monaco
On this year, the United States Declaration of Independence was signed.
1776
This author had a fatwa calling for his death by Ruhollah Khomenei after publishing his novel The Satanic Verses.
Salman Rushdie
This actor played Spongebob Squarepants in 2016 and is dating Ariana Grande in 2024.
Ethan Slater
Real of the Hawk Tuah girl
Hailey Welch
Largest inland body of water on Earth.
This 1950s Soviet political leader implemented de-Stalinization and brought about an eponymous “Thaw”.
Nikita Krushchev
Written by Vladimir Nabokov, this novel was presented as a 999-line poem by a fictional author, attached with a foreword, commentary and index by a fictional colleague.
Pale Fire
Known as a fried rice enthusiast and current Deputy Minister of Works, this UMNO MP has been in parliament since 2008.
Ahmad Maslan
This cute animal meme might have a US governmental department named after it if nothing goes wrong.
Doge
This tectonic belt surrounding the Pacific Ocean houses 90% of the world’s earthquakes and 2/3rds of all volcanoes.
The Ring of Fire
This 1970s African dictator styled himself His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular, as well as claiming to be King of Scotland.
Idi Amin
This author of a novel with a coloured mechanism also wrote The Malayan Trilogy, a triptych of stories set within Malayan decolonisation.
Anthony Burgess
Mariska Hargitay plays this character, a detective, in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
Olivia Benson
This retired Taiwanese singer had an excerpt from his song “Yi Jian Mei” from 1983 going viral on tiktok in 2020.
Fei Yu-Ching