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Geo

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The second smallest sovereign country in the world? (Hint: it’s official language is French)

Monaco

2

Largest inland body of water on Earth. 

The Caspian Sea

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This tectonic belt surrounding the Pacific Ocean houses 90% of the world’s earthquakes and 2/3rds of all volcanoes.

The Ring of Fire

History

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On this year, the United States Declaration of Independence was signed.

1776

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This 1950s Soviet political leader implemented de-Stalinization and brought about an eponymous “Thaw”.

Nikita Krushchev

3

This 1970s African dictator styled himself His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular, as well as claiming to be King of Scotland.

Idi Amin

Literature

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This author had a fatwa calling for his death by Ruhollah Khomenei after publishing his novel The Satanic Verses.

Salman Rushdie

2

Written by Vladimir Nabokov, this novel was presented as a 999-line poem by a fictional author, attached with a foreword, commentary and index by a fictional colleague.

Pale Fire

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This author of a novel with a coloured mechanism also wrote The Malayan Trilogy, a triptych of stories set within Malayan decolonisation. 

Anthony Burgess

Pop Culture

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This actor played Spongebob Squarepants in 2016 and is dating Ariana Grande in 2024.

Ethan Slater

2

Known as a fried rice enthusiast and current Deputy Minister of Works, this UMNO MP has been in parliament since 2008.

Ahmad Maslan

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Mariska Hargitay plays this character, a detective, in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.

Olivia Benson

Brain Rot

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Real of the Hawk Tuah girl

Hailey Welch

2

This cute animal meme might have a US governmental department named after it if nothing goes wrong.

Doge

3

This retired Taiwanese singer had an excerpt from his song “Yi Jian Mei” from 1983 going viral on tiktok in 2020.

Fei Yu-Ching