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1900s Literature
Flags of the World
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This famous Frenchman was exiled not once, but twice, after attempting to conquer the rest of Europe.

Who was Napoleon?

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The main character is whisked away in a storm, along with her dog from her home in Kansas to magical fantasy land in this 1900 story.

What is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?

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This country's flag features its iconic maple leaf, which has been used to symbolize the country since its independence in 1887.

What is the Flag of Canada?

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This Summer Olympics record holder, nicknamed the "Flying Fish", has the most Olympic gold medals of all time.

Who is Michael Phelps?

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This trio from the Minions franchise has starred in two films (2015 & 2022) as the main characters.

Who are Kevin, Stuart, and Bob?

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In a period of political turmoil in the Roman Empire, these three rose to form the second triumvirate.

Who were Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian?

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A private detective is stumped by a murder on a locomotive, stopped in heavy snowfall, and is pushed to his interrogation skills in this 1934 crime novel.

What is Murder on the Orient Express?

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This red, white, and blue flag is in the stars and stripes flag family, with 5 horizontal blue and white strips, and a white star in the midst of a red triangle.

What is the Flag of Cuba?

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This is the most recent newly-introduced summer Olympics sport, debuting in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

What is 3x3 Basketball?

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Forrest Gump's eventual wife, who succumbs just a year after finally marrying Forrest.

Who was Jenny?

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This U.S. President was the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms.

Who was Grover Cleveland?

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This 1994 novel depicts a group of pre-adolescents descend to mayhem stranded on an island in the Pacific Ocean, forming their own camps and eventually setting fire to the island before being rescued.

What is the Lord of the Flies?

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This is the only non-quadrilateral country flag, with triangles reminiscent of this country's geological features.

What is the Flag of Nepal?

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This trio of countries are the Winter Olympics' top medal-getters.

What are Norway, the United States, and Germany?

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Mace Windu wields the only light-saber of this color in Star Wars.

What is Purple?

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After their original escape from Camp Green Lake, Stanley Yelnats IV & Zero Zeroni, from this novel, had their convictions overturned, and came back home, ending their unlucky curse.

What is Holes?

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This 1945 fable tells the tale of farm animals attempting to rebel against their owner, only to fail miserably; the book itself was made to critique the high esteem which Stalin was held in Britain in WW2.

What is Animal Farm?

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DAILY DOUBLE: This is the only double-sided state flag in the United States, with the blue and yellow on the backside depicting the state animal.

What is the Flag of Oregon?

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This is the most recent newly-introduced winter Olympics sport, debuting in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

What is Snowboarding?

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This 2014 sci-fi film based in a dystopian future depicts astronauts who have traveled to Saturn through a wormhole struggle to survive.

What is Interstellar?

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This non-violent revolution, coined the "Technological Revolution" was a phase of rapid scientific discovery, including the invention of things like telephones and the modern lightbulb.

What was the Second Industrial Revolution?

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This novel is the most popular of its series of 7 novels; in it, the Pevensie children are forced to save themselves from a land with talking animals and mythological creatures, and end up being the kings and queens of the land.

What is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?

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At the time of its inception (1994), this country's flag was the only to feature 6 colours, with a green horizontal "Y" shaped band. It came after the previous flag features red and blue ensigns, reminders of the British rule.

What is the Flag of South Africa?

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This former Canadian sprinter held the title of the world's fastest man, beating previous 100m records in the late 80s, before being disqualified from the 1988 Seoul Olympics for doping.

Who is Ben Johnson?

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This movie's main character goes from a banker in Portland, Maine, to a convicted murderer serving two life sentences, who ends up doing much of the taxes for the prison's staff.

What is The Shawshank Redemption?

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