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These 4 US land acquisitions were the topic of the first GBM, name 3.
What are the Alaska, Louisiana, Gadsden, and Virgin Island Purchases?
In her novel "Bridget Jones's Diary," author Helen Fielding named love interest Mark Darcy after a character from this classic Jane Austen novel.
What is Pride and Prejudice?
Robert Cade amongst other researchers invented this to help with athletic recovery
What is Gatorade?
This country has the lowest GDP per capita in the world and is also a member of the United Nations (Hint: It didn't become a member until July 2011)
What is South Sudan?
If “Accounts receivable” is the money people owe your company, this other term refers to the money that you owe to others.
What is Accounts Payable?
This rapper's death transformed this Chicago city leading to its renaming
Who is Odee Perry?
The decade-long Trojan War was instigated by the eloping of a famous couple. With one guess, name either member of this couple.
Who is Helen or Paris?
Nikki Fried is currently the chair of this state political organization
What is the FL Democratic Party?
This famous 18th-century economist wrote “The Wealth of Nations,” laying the foundations for classical economics.
Who is Adam Smith?
2010 film "The Social Network" was directed by David Fincher, written by Aaron Sorkin, and adapted from the 2009 book "The Accidental Billionaires." The film follows the founding of Facebook, focusing on this current leader in the company
Who is Mark Zuckerberg?
This economic policy is said to reduce consumer choice :( but also increase government revenue :)
What are tariffs?
This Canadian author, poet, and environmentalist with a "forested" name reached new levels of fame in 2017 after her award-winning 1985 dystopian political novel was released as a smash-hit television series on Hulu?
Who is Margaret Atwood?
Marco Rubio is currently filling this role in the US government
What is the Seretary of State?
This school was founded by four men and women in 1895 (one of whom was writer George Bernard Shaw!). Starting in 2008, this public research university began awarding degrees in its own name rather than awarding degrees of the University of London.
What is the London School of Economics?
This is the last name of the business tycoon behind the "No. 5" perfume
Who is Chanel?
Around this time of year it is said that on average men drink 18 drinks a day
What is Spring Break?
Reminiscent of something that might be used by someone with alopecia, this is the name of the snowy owl which Harry Potter received as an eleventh birthday present from Hagrid.
Who is Hedwig?
Dorothy Faye Dunway began her career in this area of acting
About one third of the U.S. government's revenue came from liquor and alcohol until a 1913 Constitutional amendment allowed for a tax on this.
What is income?
Business guys having exercise bike heart attacks on "And Just Like That" and "Billions" caused an early 2022 stock dip for this P-word interactive fitness brand
What is Peloton?
This country is home to casinos used for money laundering. 80% of their GDP is from casinos.
What is Macau?
Since 2011, author George R.R. Martin has been working on the sixth installment of his A Song of Ice and Fire series, a series adapted into this TV show.
What is Game of Thrones?
This is the most recent role Bob Graham served for the state of florida
What is US Senator?
This is the often-acronymed theory in financial economics that states that asset prices fully reflect all available information. This theory directly leads to the assumption that it is impossible to consistently "beat the market" absent of inside information.
What is the Efficient Market Hypothesis?
No lie: Burger Kings in Russia briefly launched a cryptocurrency named after this signature burger
What is the Whopper?