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The name of the animal shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo after a three-year-old climbed into its enclosure in 2016, he would later receive more political support in the upcoming election than Libertarian Party nominee Jill Stein
What/Who is Harambe the Gorilla?
The mastermind behind the 1998 US embassy bombings and the 9/11 terrorist attack, he was killed by U.S. special ops forces in Pakistan in 2011
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
This is the year that the iconic child's animated film about a rat that can cook was released in US theaters
What/When was 2007?
This man is the most decorated Olympian ever, with 28 medals in Olympic swimming events earned from 2004 to 2016
Who is Michael Phelps?
This is the name of the phobia Sam has that describes an "irrational" fear of horses
What is equinophobia?
This is the name of the achievement you earn when you breed two animals in Minecraft for the first time
What is "The Parrots and The Bats"?
Former chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange and leader of the largest Ponzi scheme in history, this disgraced financier died in 2021 in prison
Who is Bernard (Bernie) Madoff?
Inspired by events in the author's childhood, this book is told from the perspective of a young girl growing up in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, with her older brother and widowed lawyer father
What is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee?
This man is ranked first in the world by Major League Eating, having earned six consecutive wins from 2007 to 2012 at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island
Who is Joseph (Joey) Chestnut?
Created one day in 7th grade French class, this thirsty bird would become the bane of everyone else's existence for the next 6 years of French
What/Who is the "J'ai Soif" bird?
A backup dancer that went viral was dressed as this creature while performing at the 2015 Superbowl Halftime Show with Katy Perry
What is a shark? (Who is Left Shark?)
Several documentaries have been released throughout the 2010s centered around this former NFL player's murder trial
Who is Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson?
This is the genus name for Littlefoot the dinosaur, the main character from the hit children's fantasy series "The Land Before Time"
What is Apatosaurus (formerly Brontosaurus)?
This is the only country on the continent of Africa to have ever hosted the FIFA World Cup
What/Where is South Africa?
The middle school nickname for Joe that was given to him by our high school friend, known for being the shortest of all of us and attempting to "run away" from home more than once
What/Who is Stalker Joe?
The legal name of Grumpy Cat, online feline sensation born with an underbite and dwarfism
What/Who is Tardar Sauce?
This Boston-based mafia boss was finally found and arrested in 2011 after going into hiding in 1994, he made the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List right underneath Osama Bin Laden in 1999
Who was James Joseph (Whitey) Bulger?
In the Youtube series "Annoying Orange," this type of fruit is Orange's love interest
What/Who is Passionfruit?
This sports event produced by ESPN is a competition dedicated to the sport of skateboarding. At the competition in 1999, Tony Hawk was the first ever to land a move called a "900"
What are the "X Games"?
This is the location we went on a field trip to in middle school where a classmate accidentally lit his pants on fire
What/Where is Saco, Maine (Ferry Beach)?
These are the names for the three starter pokemon featured in the 2006 release of "Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl"
What/Who are Piplup, Chimchar, and Turtwig?
Before its accounting fraud scandal and subsequent bankruptcy in 2001, this company formed after a merger between Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth. Its bankruptcy was the largest bankruptcy in American history thus far
What was Enron Corporation?
Formerly nicknamed the "Princess of R&B," her music career abruptly ended in 2001 after dying in a plane crash in the Bahamas
Who is Aaliyah?
In 2014, this Olympian set a new record for the men's singles Short Program in figure skating. In addition to being Japan's first gold in the men's event, it was also the first time the men's event had ever been won by an Asian athlete
Who is Yuzuru Hanyu? (surname, given name)
On an 8th grade field trip in the middle of the commons, this is the snack that Sam got ripped out of their hands and was eaten by a classmate
What is fried dough?