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Birthplace of the Olympics

Athens, Greece
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Eddie Redmayne won Best Actor for his role in this film and the 2023 Best Picture winner

The Theory of Everything Everywhere All At Once

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The creator of the gummy bear

Haribo

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A group of wolves

Pack

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This board game is over 1500 years old and was the focus of a popular Netflix series

Chess

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Athlete with the most Olympic medals in history

Michael Phelps

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Meryl Streep won for Best Actress in 2011 playing this notoriously steely Prime Minister and a Greta Gerwig coming-of-age film that was nominated for five Oscars

The Iron Lady Bird

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The best selling cookie in the world

Oreo

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A group of fish

School

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This game's name means "to build" in Swahili

Jenga

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What the five rings in the Olympics logo represent

Five inhabited continents

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2008 Best Picture winner (think trivia!) and the 2004 Best Picture winner featuring Hilary Swank who also won for Best Actress

Hint: the shared word here isn't perfect but is very close

Slumdog Million Dollar Baby

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The first packaged food in the United States

Peanut

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A group of crows

Murder

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This ancient Chinese board game has more possible game positions than atoms in the observable universe

Go

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Host city of the Olympics where the length of the marathon race was standardized

London

Fun fact: The marathon was extended so the race would finish in front of the royal box (it was originally 25 miles)

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This fantasy film won Best Picture in 2003 and this film snagged a Best Actor win for everyone's favorite slap-happy heir to the throne from Bel-Air

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Richard

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Cheetle is the official name for the remnants of this snack

Cheetos

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A group of giraffe

Tower

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The Monopoly mascot's real 

Rich Uncle Pennybags

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The year the first Paralympic Games were held

1960

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She danced (and acted) her way to a Best Actress win in 2013 and the Best Picture winner from 1962 about an English officer who unites Bedouin tribes to help fight during WWI

Jennifer Lawrence of Arabia

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This cheesy chip was first created at Disneyland

Dorito

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A group of frogs

Army

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What points on Scrabble tiles are derived from

How common the letter was in English newspapers of the 1930s

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