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This West Coast team is the only one whose city and name are both in Spanish.
Who are the San Diego Padres?
P.T. Barnum, whose traveling shows carried musicians, coined this word that now represents something growing in popularity.
What is bandwagon?
This stringed instrument comprises the largest portion of the orchestra.
What is the violin?
Originating from India, this is a popular spiced, creamy tomato sauce dish.
What is butter chicken?
Given by this U.S. President in 1961, the speech famously urges Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
Who was John F. Kennedy?
She was the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year
Who is Caitlin Clark?
This 9-letter word for an insect may have come about because people believed this bug ate uncovered dairy products.
What is butterfly?
This is the highest voice type in a choral ensemble.
What is soprano?
From a flowering plant, the Aztecs used it as a chocolate enhancer, and the Spanish called it this, meaning "little pod."
What is vanilla?
Delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, this speech is known for the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Basketball players learn not to move this foot, the term for the axle around which a wheel turns.
What is a pivot?
The word for a type of building or institution comes from Greek for a place sacred to a mythical group of 9.
What is a museum?
This German composer is famous for his nine symphonies and “Moonlight Sonata.”
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
If you're in Central Asia, ask for shashlik; if you head down to the Middle East, ask for this 2-word skewered meat equivalent.
What is a shish kebab?
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States, known for its repeated phrase envisioning equality.
What is “I Have a Dream”?
A slow, tricky pitch on the baseball diamond
What is a knuckleball?
From the Greek for “ring”, the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000.
What is a circus?
This composer’s works include “The Magic Flute” and “The Marriage of Figaro.”
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
The Spanish diminutive for "meat" gives us the name of these roasted or braised chunks of pork .
What is carnitas?
Who said this "In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it."
Who is President Barack Obama?
Herb Brooks coached the U.S. to the "Miracle on Ice" hockey victory at this site in the Adirondacks.
What is Lake Placid?
This Sanskrit word referring to a spoken word or phrase comes from a word for “to think.”
What is mantra?
Known for his “Four Seasons,” this Italian composer was a virtuoso violinist.
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
If you see "lumache" on an Italian menu, find out if they're these gastropods or the pasta shaped like them.
What are snails?
This First Lady said that “the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?