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Four days ago, the police of Sri Lanka arrested their former president for corruption while in office. Sri Lanka is located south of India, and is part of this continent.
What is Asia?
This word starts with O.
The lowest cardinal number.
What is one?
In November 2001, Apple released this device as a portable media/music player that did NOT have cellular capability. It was discontinued in 2022 after selling 450 million products.
What is the iPod?
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The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day in US history, with over 27,000 people killed. It took place during this war in the mid-19th century.
What is the Civil War?
This board game originated in India, became popular in the U.K. from the 1890s and is now a worldwide classic. It features a board with gridded squares, serpents that cause the player to move back multiple spaces, and has the objective of finishing before the opponent.
What is snakes and ladders?
The foreign minister of this Western European country, whose capital is Amsterdam, resigned four days ago due to differences in Middle Eastern policy.
What are the Netherlands?
This word starts with O.
An infant's close-fitting, lightweight garment that has sleeves but usually leaves the legs uncovered and fastens with straps at the crotch.
What is a onesie?
This man lost the 2004 presidential election to George W. Bush and was the target of a "swiftboating" attack ad.
Who is John Kerry?
The US Revenue-Marine was established in 1790 as the precursor to this current seafaring military branch, the only one under the control of the Department of Homeland Security instead of the Department of Defense.
What is the US Coast Guard?
Ludo is an ancient board game from India that has been popularized worldwide. In the US and UK, it is sold by Hasbro as this brand name, which shares its name with a common English apology.
What is "Sorry!"?
Five days ago, terrorists associated with the FARC organization killed six people in this South American country whose capital is Bogota.
What is Colombia?
This word starts with O.
Relating to or derived from living matter.
What is organic?
These films premiered in December 2001, 2002 and 2003. They are a trilogy derived from a novel written by English author JRR Tolkien in the 1950s, and were filmed in New Zealand.
What is "The Lord of the Rings"?
The US Air Force was originally part of this other branch, and known as the "US ______ Air Corps."
What is the Army?
This two-player strategy game originated in World War I and requires players to try "sinking" each other's ships on a grid.
What is Battleship or Sea Battle?
Five days ago, 21 people were killed due to flash flooding in this South Asian country whose capital is Islamabad, where Osama Bin Laden was found in 2011.
What is Pakistan?
This word starts with O.
A long and eventful or adventurous journey/experience.
What is an odessey?
"Hanging," "fat," and "pregnant" are adjectives that preceded this four-letter word describing a paper fragment that caused a great deal of controversy in the 2000 presidential election, particularly in Florida.
What is chad?
This ship, nicknamed "Old Ironsides," is the oldest continuously operating ship of the US Navy and shares its name with a founding document of the nation that was ratified in 1788.
What is the USS Constitution?
This economics- themed board game, which was derived from The Landlord's Game, was originally based on locations in Atlantic City and Ventnor, New Jersey.
What is Monopoly?
Yesterday, category 2 Typhoon Kajiki made landfall in this Southeast Asian country home to the cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
What is Vietnam?
This word starts with O.
A colorless, odorless, reactive gas that is the life-supporting component of air.
What is oxygen?
In 2009, this baseball team nicknamed the "Bronx Bombers" won their last World Series championship to-date. They were managed by Joe Girardi at the time.
What are the New York Yankees?
This is the newest branch of the US Armed Forces and was established in December 2019.
What is the US Space Force?
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In chess, this is the only piece that can move diagonally.
What is the bishop?