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This nation and the US share the longest international border in the world.
What is Canada?
One of the meanings of this polysemous word is the term for the second derivative of velocity.
What is jerk?
This symbol, often called the G clef, is used on sheet music to indicate higher pitches, like those played by a flute or the right hand on a piano.
What is the treble clef?
In standard poker, this simple hand beats a high card, but loses to two pair.
What is a Pair?
You can walk down the Champs-Élysées, visit the Louvre, and see the Eiffel Tower in this European capital.
What is Paris?
This 19th-century doctrine served as a warning to European nations that the US would not tolerate further colonization in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This value is equivalent to the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
What is pi?
A traditional Viennese waltz is almost always written in this time signature, which dictates exactly three quarter notes per measure.
What is 3/4 time?
Three of a kind combined with a pair makes this strong hand, which sounds like a very packed dwelling.
What is a Full House?
You can enjoy fresh waffles, world-famous chocolate, and Trappist beers in this European capital city.
What is Brussels?
In 1949, the US joined this military alliance, which now includes 32 member states.
What is NATO? (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
To solve a first-order linear differential equation, you often multiply the entire equation by this term—typically involving an exponential function—to force the left side into the product rule.
What is an integrating factor?
Sitting squarely between treble and bass, this clef with a stylized "C" in the middle is famously—and almost exclusively—read by viola players.
What is the alto clef?
You have five cards of the exact same suit, but they are not in sequential order.
What is a Flush?
This 15th-century Incan citadel, nestled high up in the Andes Mountains of Peru, is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
What is Machu Picchu?
In 2015, the US normalized diplomatic relations with this island nation, reopening an embassy in Havana.
What is Cuba?
This determinant, named after a Polish mathematician, is computed from a set of functions and their derivatives to test if they are linearly independent solutions to a differential equation.
What is the Wronskian?
In classical sheet music, Italian words written above the staff like "Allegro," "Andante," and "Largo" are used to dictate this aspect of the performance.
What is the tempo? (Accept: Speed)
In Texas Hold 'em, this is statistically the best possible starting hand to be dealt pre-flop, famously nicknamed "Pocket Rockets."
What are Pocket Aces? (Accept: A pair of Aces)
Positano and Ravello are picturesque, cliffside towns located along this famous scenic stretch of coastline in southern Italy.
What is the Amalfi Coast?
Signed in 1992, this trilateral trade bloc between the US, Canada, and Mexico was eventually replaced by the USMCA.
What is NAFTA? (North American Free Trade Agreement)
In linear algebra, this hyphenated algorithm takes a set of linearly independent vectors and transforms them into an orthogonal (or orthonormal) basis.
What is the Gram-Schmidt process?
The 1913 Paris premiere of this Igor Stravinsky ballet, which depicted pagan rituals and featured jagged, irregular rhythms, famously caused a near-riot in the audience.
What is The Rite of Spring?
This legendary, unbeatable hand consists of the 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace, all belonging to the exact same suit.
What is a Royal Flush?
You can hike the treacherous knife-edge ridge of Angel's Landing or wade through The Narrows in this stunning Utah national park.
What is Zion National Park?