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This British-Indian musician recently won multiple Grammys for her latest popular ‘summer’ album
Charlie XCX
A popular Latin-American dish, this fried bread can be found in Texas served with powdered sugar and honey.
Sopaipilla
This popular Hindu holiday, also known as the Festival of Colors, is most commonly celebrated by throwing colored powder, known as gulal, which symbolize love, health, growth, and the deity Krishna
Holi
"Llama," "poncho," "puma," and "guano" are all English words that come from indigenous languages in what South American country?
Peru
This traditional Japanese soup is made with a dashi stock and frequently augmented with a variety of ingredients including negi, tofu, mushrooms, potato, seaweed, and onion.
Miso
This famous actor entered the music scene when he released a rap song describing how he has “Black and Samoan in [his] veins”
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
This fermented flatbread is a staple food in Ethiopian and Eritrean dining.
Injera
Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish celebration of light, often represented by a dreidel and what nine-branched candelabra?
Menorah
What percentage of English speakers do not speak English natively?
A) 10 - 20 %
B) 30 - 40 %
C) 50 - 60 %
D) 70 - 80 %
D) 70 - 80 %
An extinct species of Elephantidae, found in North Amercia
Mastodon
This Indian musician grew up in India and Tanzania before moving to England to form one of the most popular rock groups of the 20th century.
Freddie Mercury
What is a common term for a spread or sauce that is used in South Asia?
Chutney
This six-day-long winter celebration was created in California by activist Maulana Karenga to celebrate the richness of culture across the African continent
Kwanzaa
What is the name of the language spoken in Hawaii that is a combination of Hawaiian, Cantonese, Portuguese, Korean, English, Ilocano, Korean, Okinawan, and Japanese?
Hawaiian Pidgin
This is the Spanish word for ‘pet,’ a very similar word exists in English to refer to an anthropomorphic representation of a group or organization, especially common with sports teams.
Mascota
Forever “driving alone past your street”, this Filipino-American singer-songwriter got her start acting in Disney Channel sitcoms.
Olivia Rodrigo
In Hawaiian cuisine, the side dish poi is made of what root vegetable
Taro
Cinco de Mayo is a popular Mexican holiday that celebrates the victory of Mexican troops in the Battle of Puebla in 1862 against troops from what European nation?
France
This is the endonym for Hatian Creole?
Kreyòl / Kreyòl Ayisyen
Sometimes “impossible,” this word is a synonym of ‘project’ or ‘undertaking’
Mission
This reggae artist started his musical career with a group originally called “The Teenagers”
Bob Marley
Used across Southern, Western, and Central Asia, as well as the Horn of Africa, this vase-shaped clay oven is used to cook a variety of bread, meat, and vegetables.
Tandoor
Deriving from Latin for ‘to remove meat,’ this holiday period is celebrated by many cultures across the world, with some of the biggest and most famous celebrations coming from Brazil and Canada.
Carnaval
Often considered a “common tongue”, what is the technical term for a language that bridges the gap between speakers of different languages?
Lingua Franca
Thisq Italian-derived word refers to an artistic expert, particularly in a musical field.
Maestro