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Mumbai
Steph Curry & Klay Thompson helped lead this NBA team — whose name reflects California’s nickname — to four titles between 2015 and 2022.
What are the Golden State Warriors?
This European nation won the World Cup in 1954, 1974, 1990, and 2014 — three times as West, once as unified.
What is Germany?
[DOUBLE JEOPARDY] Completed in 1826 in Massachusetts, this was the first commercial railway in the U.S., transporting granite for Bunker Hill Monument.
What is the Granite Railway?
This phrase, evoking a dramatic drop in temperature, is often used to describe something so unlikely it's practically infernal.
What is "when Hell freezes over"?
Karachi
What is Islamabad?
Founded in Philadelphia in 1946, this investment bank’s name still shines on Wall Street despite controversies in the 2008 financial crisis.
What is Goldman Sachs?
This nation has won more FIFA World Cups than any other, with five titles to its name.
What is Brazil?
Before the Acela, this 1960s Pennsylvania Railroad train was the first in the U.S. to break 150 mph in testing.
What is the Metroliner?
You might hear this phrase — involving airborne livestock — to dismiss the likelihood of someone ever changing their mind.
What is "when pigs fly"?
Sydney
What is Canberra?
This Academy Award-winning actress starred in films like Private Benjamin and Overboard, and is mom to Kate Hudson.
Who is Goldie Hawn?
At the 2022 tournament, this South American nation lifted its third World Cup trophy, led by Lionel Messi.
What is Argentina?
Running beneath a mountain range in Virginia, this 1850s rail tunnel was one of the longest in the U.S. at the time of its construction.
What is the Blue Ridge Tunnel?
Something that happens "once in" this rare celestial event might as well never happen at all.
What is a "blue moon"?
Lagos
What is Abuja?
In Buddhist tradition, the Harmandir Sahib is more commonly known by this radiant English name.
What is the Golden Temple?
[DOUBLE JEOPARDY] This German striker holds the record for the most World Cup goals scored, with 16 across four tournaments.
Who is Miroslav Kose?
This 1930s German express train with a memorable name was one of the first diesel-powered high-speed trains.
What is the Flying Hamburger?
This centuries-old mathematical impossibility, like turning a circle into a square using only a compass and straightedge, became a metaphor for a hopeless task.
What is "squaring the circle"?
Dar Es Salaam
What is Dodoma?
This 1843 short story by Edgar Allan Poe helped popularize cryptography in fiction and involves a mysterious beetle.
What is "The Gold-Bug"?
This Mexico City stadium became the first to host two World Cup finals, in 1970 and 1986.
What is Estadio Azteca?
This type of cable railway is commonly used to traverse steep inclines, such as in Pittsburgh or Montmartre.
What is funicular?
This sarcastic time reference, often paired with “the twelfth of never,” implies a rescheduled event will absolutely never take place.
What is "the Greek calends"?