This person once invested $20,000 of online poker winnings to found a company. This person also made an awkward appearance on Season 3 of Millionaire Matchmaker when he was 24 years old.
Dylan Smith
Sports: The NY Giants defeat the NE Patriots at Super Bowl XLVI
Music: Taylor Swift releases her album "Red"
2012
This baked good is made of molasses, flour, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, butter, and baking soda. It plays an essential role for Christmastime architecture.
Gingerbread
This is the 2nd most populous city that is a US state capital. This city also hosts the SXSW festival and is known as the "live music capital of the world".
Austin, TX
Name these 2 characters from Season 2 of Bridgerton
Kate and Edwina Sharma
Danish man Jim Lyngvyld set the world record for fastest time to peel and eat 3 of these fruits, at 28.5 seconds. This fruit is also used to create a popular liquor in Southern Italy.
Lemon (David once ate an entire one of these fruits by himself, including the rind)
US Politics: Donald Trump becomes the 3rd president in US history to be impeached
Celebrity: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle welcome their first child, Archie
2019
This dessert was created by a confectioner from Rio de Janeiro to promote a presidential candidate. It is made of condensed milk, cocoa powder, butter, and chocolate sprinkles covering the outside layer.
Brigadeiros
The governing body of this city's country is located here and called the Sejm. Chopin Airport serves this city and Marie Curie was born here in 1867.
Warsaw, Poland
In Season 5 of The Crown, Elizabeth Debicki portrays this figure as she wears her famous "revenge dress" to a 1994 dinner in London.
Princess Diana
A dish featured in this film was inspired by The French Laundry's "confit byaldi". Name this 2007 Pixar movie in which the murine protagonist aspires to become a chef.
Ratatouille (For 4 straight years the top artist on Jackie's Spotify was the composer of its soundtrack)
DAILY DOUBLE!! (600 pts)
Books: The final book of the Harry Potter series is published
Movies: "An Inconvenient Truth" wins Best Documentary at the Oscars
2007
This is the term for the evening meal with which Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset.
Iftar
The closest metro station to this city's Box office is "Old Street" station. A great fire destroyed much of this city in 1666 and its tallest skyscraper is called The Shard.
London, UK
Teams of 2 race around the world to win $1 million in this competition show, which has "road block" and "detour" challenges and is hosted by Phil Keoghan.
The Amazing Race
"Kriek" is a variety of this food made with sour cherries that is produced in Belgium. Companies that sell this food product include Cass, Kingfisher, and Tsingtao.
Beer (Zach's favorite food)
Tech: Google Search is launched
World Events: Hong Kong is returned to China from British rule
1997
Name this item that displays symbolic foods during Passover.
Seder plate
DAILY DOUBLE!! (800 pts)
An opera house in this city was designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon and was opened in 1973. This city is its country's largest by population but not its capital.
Sydney, Australia
This Netflix show set at Sherman Oaks High follows Indian-American student Devi and is narrated by tennis player John McEnroe
Never Have I Ever
This actor made their debut in 1985 in the short film One Step Away. Name this actor, who is popular on Reddit and whose first name is Hawaiian for “cool breeze over the mountains.”
Keanu Reeves (Taras and Chuck admire him)
Awards: Ben Bernanke wins the Nobel Prize in Economics
Music: The Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra wins the Eurovision song contest with their song "Stefania"
2022
In Japan, it's an annual tradition to eat a Christmas dinner from this fast food chain and orders usually need to be placed up to 2 months ahead of time.
KFC
This city's Chinatown is the setting of the 2022 Pixar movie "Turning Red". Districts in this city include York, North York, East York, and Scarborough.
Toronto, Canada
Amanda Seyfried portrayed a disgraced biotech entrepreneur who often wore black turtlenecks in this 2022 Hulu mini-series
The Dropout