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The author of one former OBC read recently announced his departure from The Daily Show.
Who is Trevor Noah?
The current leader of North Korea.
Who is Kim Jong-un?
This movie was the number one film at the box office on both Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend.
What is Top Gun: Maverick?
Despite popular belief, historians know that this main dish was not served at the first Thanksgiving.
What is turkey?
This COVID variant was first detected in South Africa on 24 November 2021 and spread very fast at the beginning of 2022.
What is omicron?
The author of this book club book was nominated for a Grammy this past year for the album "Jubilee".
What is Crying in H-Mart?
The current president of Ukraine.
Who is Volodymyr Zelenskyy?
This famous movie with Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando and Al Pacino was released exactly 50 years ago.
What is The Godfather?
This popular Thanksgiving side dish was invented by the Campbell Soup company to sell more cream of mushroom soup.
What is green bean casserole?
Besides Twitter, Tesla, and Paypal, Elon Musk owns this company.
What is SpaceX?
In Anxious People, Zara enjoys going to apartment viewings for fun and belongs to this profession.
What is banking?
Who is Emmanuel Macron?
This actress, who died in December 2021, would have celebrated her 100th birthday in January 2022.
Who is Betty White?
This president, another Massachusetts native, was the first to pardon a turkey on Thanksgiving.
Who was JFK?
A heart transplant from this farm animal to a human patient was done for the first time in 2022.
What is a pig?
This author of one former OBC short story book is referenced frequently in a film starring Irrfan Khan.
Who is Gogol?
The winner of the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate election over Dr. Oz.
Who is John Fetterman?
This artist became the first to earn every spot in the Billboard top 10.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This alternative meat product saw a rise in sales in the 2020s, likely due to more vegans wanting a Thanksgiving main dish.
What is tofurkey?
In biotech, CGT stands for this.
What is cell and gene therapy?
“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?” asks the protagonist of The Alchemist. The answer? Wherever your heart is, you will find this.
What is your treasure?
The length of former Prime Minister Liz Truss' tenure.
What is 45 days?
"The Big Game" refers to this college football rivalry.
What is Cal and Stanford?
This midwestern state produces the most turkeys in the United States each year.
What is Minnesota?
This is the largest desert in the world.
What is Antarctica?