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This green character first appeared in Super Mario World in 1990.
Who is Yoshi?
In January of 2021, this stock experienced a massive rise due, in part, to a subreddit titled "Wall-Street Bets."
What is GME (Game Stop)?
This person served as the last leader of the Soviet Union.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This Argentinian soccer player cemented Manchester City's first-ever premier league title with his iconic goal in 2012.
Who is Sergio Aguero (extra points if they recreate the call)?
This popular reptile serves as the mascot for an eight-time SEC champion football team located in central Florida.
What is an alligator?
This company currently owns and operates Steam while also being famous for their video games.
What is Valve?
This former broker turned criminal inspired an award-winning movie starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Margot Robbie.
Who is Jordan Belfort?
This 1962 event nearly sparked a nuclear war due to a Russian presence near America.
What is the Cuban Missle Crisis?
This moment in 1986 helped seal a defeat for England in the World Cup quarterfinals.
What is the "Hand of God?"
This shark breed has the highest rate of attacking humans.
What is the Tiger Shark?
This console is the first ever video game console, debuting in 1972.
This bank was founded by a Jewish immigrant in 1869 selling promissory notes in New York City.
What is Goldman Sachs?
During the space race, the Soviet Union beat the Americans by making this person the first ever human in space.
Who is Yuri Gugarin?
In 2022, the World Cup final went to a penalty shootout where this player scored the first goal.
Who is Mbappe?
This hot vacation spot in the Northeast has the highest density of the great white sharks in the world.
What is Cape Cod?
This gun was extremely rare in the mystery boxes of Black Ops II zombies with a drop rate of 1-4%.
What is the Ray Gun Mark II?
This bank filed for bankruptcy on September 15th, 2008 arguably starting the global financial crisis of that year.
What is the Lehman Brothers?
In 1980, the Soviet Union Adopted this policy of openness and transparency.
What is Glasnost?
In stoppage time of the 2010 World Cup round of 32, Landon Donovan scored a miraculous goal against this country.
What is Algeria?
Despite their name, the killer whale, these fearsome predators actually belong to this family.
What is Dolphin (Dolphinae)?
This main antagonist in the "BioShock" series controls the underwater city of Rapture and is known for his objectivist philosophy.
Who is Andrew Ryan?
This date marked the beginning of the great depression.
This defensive alliance, established in 1954, included the U.S., the UK, France, New Zealand, Thailand, and Pakistan (among others) to stop communist expansion.
What is SEATO (Southeast Asian Treaty Organization)?
In 2014, Germany killed Brazil 7-1 where this player accounted for the lone Brazilian goal.
Who is Oscar?
This animal is considered to be the most venomous marine animal in the world.
What is the box jellyfish?