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This 1803 land deal with France doubled the territorial size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase
This Netflix sci-fi hit follows a group of kids in Hawkins, Indiana, as they deal with threats from the "Upside Down."
What is Stranger Things
In the game of Baseball, hitting a Home Run with the bases loaded is known by this term.
What is a Grand Slam
Current Sophomores in college graduated from high school this year.
What is 2025
Designed by Jørn Utzon with distinctive sail-like shells, this famous performing arts venue sits on Bennelong Point in Australia's largest city.
What is the Sydney Opera House
Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C. on this famous date on the Roman calendar.
What is the Ides of March
This actor has played the character of Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible franchise for nearly three decades.
Who is Tom Cruise
In chess, this defensive maneuver allows the king and a rook to move simultaneously in a single turn.
What is Castling
The Washington Nationals famously won the franchise's first World Series title in this year.
What is 2019
In 1928, Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered this first effective antibiotic after returning to a contaminated Petri dish of staphylococci bacteria.
What is Penicillin
This 1942 naval battle served as a key turning point in the Pacific War.
What is the Battle of Midway
This 1994 film won Best Picture, beating out Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption, and tells the story of an extraordinary life of a slow-witted Alabama man.
What is Forrest Gump
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Originally nicknamed "The Louisville Lip," this heavyweight boxing champion famously claimed he could "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
The Berlin Wall, which divided East and West Berlin, fell in this year.
What is 1989
This ancient city-state, famed for its hyper-militaristic society, was governed by a unique system of two kings ruling simultaneously.
A famous photograph captured six U.S. Marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi during this 1945 island battle.
What is the Battle of Iwo Jima
In 2019, this Lil Nas X hit spent a record-breaking 19 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
What is "Old Town Road"
The Appalachian Trail stretches over 2,000 miles from Georgia up to this northeastern U.S. state.
The Allied Powers launched the largest seaborn invasion ever on the beaches of Normandy in this year.
What is 1944
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On May 10, 1869, a ceremonial golden spike was driven into the ground at Promontory Summit, Utah, celebrating the completion of this monumental engineering feat.
In this landmark 1819 case, the Supreme Court ruled that Maryland could not tax the Second Bank of the United States, establishing the doctrine of implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland
Before directing the Oscar-winning movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, the filmmaking duo known as "Daniels" directed the viral 2013 music video for this Lil Jon & DJ Snake hit that features an apartment floor collapsing.
What is "Turn Down For What"
Held annually on the Circuit de la Sarthe, this 24-hour endurance race forms one-third of the informal "Triple Crown of Motorsport" alongside the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix.
What is the 24 Hours of Le Mans
The United States entered World War I by declaring War on Germany in this year.
What is 1917
This classic dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury takes its title from the exact temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns.
What is Fahrenheit 451