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Supreme Court Justices
This Justice stepped down from the Supreme Court to run against Woodrow Wilson for the presidency in 1916. He lost California by only 3,773 votes, but no worries because he later rejoined the Supreme Court with a promotion.
Who is Charles Evans Hughes?
This oil giant paid over $20 billion in penalties and damages for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
What is BP?
This soda company, trading under the ticker "KO," is one of the world's most recognizable brands.
What is Coca Cola?
The 2017 musical Six is a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of this English monarch.
Who is Henry VIII?
The Catskill Mountains in New York are part of this much larger mountain system.
What are the Appalachians?
This precious metal, with the symbol "Au," has been used in jewelry for thousands of years.
What is Gold?
In a major antitrust case decided in 1982, this tech company was broken up by the U.S. government after having been found to have monopolized the telecommunications market.
What is AT&T?
This NYSE giant with the ticker BRK.A is headed by Warren Buffett and owns everything from Geico to Dairy Queen.
What is Berkshire Hathaway?
Rodgers and Hammerstein's last work together is also the most financially successful film adaptation of a Broadway musical ever made.
What is the Sound of Music?
This city, known for its gardens, palaces, and bazaars, is the capital of Afghanistan.
What is Kabul?
This element is essential for nerve function and is often found in spinach.
What is Potassium?
This German automaker agreed to pay more than $20 billion after admitting to wrongdoing in what became known as the "Dieselgate" scandal.
What is Volkswagen?
This industrial company, once the longest-tenured member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average at more than 100 years, was removed in 2018.
What is General Electric?
This long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, based on a Gaston Leroux novel, closed in 2023 after 35 years, making it the longest running show in Broadway history.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
This world city is home to the tallest structure in the world, standing at nearly 2000 feet!
What is Dubai, UAE? (The Burj Khalifa)
The symbol of this element that was once found in paint, but is now heavily regulated due to toxicity.
What is Pb (lead)?
This firm paid a $600 million settlement in 2021 for its role in advising opioid manfucturers - including the strategy to "supercharge" sales of OxyContin.
What is McKinsey?
This multinational consumer goods company is listed under the ticker "UL" and is known for brands like Dove, Hellmann's and Ben & Jerry's.
What is Unilever?
This dark gothic musical, based on a 1988 film of the same name, features songs such as "Dead Mom" and "Say My Name."
What is Beetlejuice?
This New England state has no coastline, making it the only land-locked state in the region.
What is Vermont?
This element is used in rechargeable batteries and historically was used to produce blue coloring in glass and pottery.
What is Cobalt?
This British tabloid successfully defended itself in a 2020 libel case brought by Johnny Depp in the UK.
What is The Sun?
This tech company on the NYSE trades under the ticker "CRM" and is known for its cloud-based customer relationship management software.
What is SalesForce?
This actress has the most Tony award nominations for performing--starting with her 1994 win for "Carousel" and most recently her nomination for Gypsy this past year.
Who is Audra McDonald?
This country has the most natural lakes in the world, standing at around 62% of the world total.
What is Canada?
The bluebook associates the letters "Cf" with a strained citation to authority. But for others, "Cf" refers to a synthetic element named after the state where it was discovered.
What is Californium?