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What is the SI unit of force?
Newton
The Minnesota State Fair is held in which city, adjacent to St. Paul?
Falcon Heights
Which singer released the 2022 hit “Anti-Hero,” featuring the lyric “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem”?
Taylor Swift
People born in early August fall under this astrological sign, represented by a lion.
Leo
What part of the eye adjusts its shape to focus light on the retina?
Lens
What year did the Minnesota State Fair first open?
1859
Which 2023 film broke box office records with a feminist satire directed by Greta Gerwig?
Barbie
This U.S. state celebrates Admission Day on August 21, marking the date it became the 50th state in 1959.
Hawaii
What is the name of the process where a solid turns directly into gas without becoming liquid first?
Sublimation
This deep-fried fair favorite is made by slicing an onion to resemble a flower, battering it, and frying it whole. What is it called?
Blooming onion
Which 2020s K-pop group, formed by HYBE, includes members Jungkook and Jimin?
BTS
On August 21, 1911, this famous artwork was stolen from the Louvre and recovered two years later
Mona Lisa
What is the astronomical term for the explosion marking the violent death of a massive star?
Supernova
At the Minnesota State Fair, young women crowned as dairy royalty sit in a refrigerated glass booth for hours while their portraits are carved into massive blocks of which substance?
Butter
Which South Korean film won Best Picture at the 2020 Oscars for a film exploring class divisions?
Parasite
On August 20, 1977, this NASA spacecraft launched to study the outer planets and eventually became the most distant human-made object.
Voyager 2
Which 20th-century scientist developed the model that describes electrons in discrete energy levels or shells around the nucleus?
Niels Bohr
What is the name of the mechanical cow you can "milk" inside the Moo Booth exhibit?
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Hermione brews this complicated potion so Harry and Ron can impersonate Crabbe and Goyle and sneak into the Slytherin common room. What is it?
Polyjuice Potion
This Roman emperor was the namesake of the month of August, following Julius Caesar’s July.
Augustus