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This annual event first started in November 1924, where store employees marched down Manhattan's 34th street dressed in vibrant costumes. 

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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The starting point of the Renaissance and Fascism, residents of this country wear red underwear as it is believed to bring luck and love into the New Year 

Italy

400

A round metal or stone projectile that is fire, or a jump into water with knees clasped to the chest

Cannonball

400

Ryan Reynolds returns to the screen for a 3rd time as this Marvel Anti-Hero with regenerative superpowers

Deadpool

400

Math: This is the term for the number you get when you divide one number by another. 

Quotient

800

In January 1924, American Charles Jewtraw won the first ever gold medal at this international multi-sport event -- speed-skating 500M in 44.0 seconds. 

Winter Olympics

800
In this country, which was once home to the ancient Mayan civilization, people walk empty suitcase around the house at midnight to bring good travels in the coming year

Mexico

800

An artistic dance form performed to music using precise and highly formalized set steps and gestures. 

Ballet

800

A spinoff to this 2004 American Teen Comedy will be released in January 2024. That's so Fetch!

Mean Girls

800

Astronomy: Name the 4 gaseous giants of the solar system

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

1200

The largest family-controlled company in the work, this American automaker manufactured its 10-millionth automobile in June 1924, 21 years after it was founded. 

Ford Motor Company

1200

This southeast Asian island country, named after King Philip II of Spain, believes round shapes bring presperity so people wear polka dots and eat round fruits

Philippines

1200

A piece of paper used to record someone's vote

Ballot

1200

Ariana Grande will star as "Glinda the Good" in the film adaptation of this successful Broadway musical set to release in November 2024

Wicked

1200

English: In linguistics, this is the term to describe two or more words that share the same pronunciation, but have different meanings. 

Homophone

1600
This monument, sculpted by Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, was officially declared a National Monument by President Calvin Coolidge in October 1924, 38 years after it was gifted. 

The Statue of Liberty

1600

In this South American country, which has the largest population of Catholics in the world, people wear white to seek peace and spiritual purification

Brazil

1600

A slow sentimental or romantic song

Ballad

1600

This Lion King prequel will tell the story about the rise of this patriarchal character, whose name means "King" when translated to English. 

Mufassa

1600

Biology: Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, and Thymine (ACTG) are the 4 bases that make up this molecule that carries genetic information of an organism

DNA

2000

This Russian city, named in honor of an Apostle, was renamed to Leningrad in 1924. In 1991, it was changed back. 

St. Petersburg

2000
In this country, which is the largest island in the Carribean sea, people throw a bucket of dirty water out of the house into the street to flush out the negativity and bad omens of the passing year. 

Cuba

2000

To reject someone, usually a candidate applying to become a member

Blackball

2000

Michael Keaton reunites with Tim Burton and reprises his role as this titular character -- 36 years after the original film was released. Careful, don't say his name 3 times fast. 

Beetlejuice

2000

History: One of the most famous objects in the British Museum, this object (which dates back to the 2nd Century BC) was instrumental in helping experts learn to read Egyptian hieroglyphics. 

Rosetta Stone

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