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This former Texas state senator, famous for her filibuster of an anti-choice bill in 2013, is now running for Congress in the 21st district.

Who is Wendy Davis?
100

This February, this movie became the first-ever international movie to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

What is Parasite?

100

Joe Biden is reportedly considering this Florida congresswoman as his running mate.

Who is Val Demings?

100

Though they have since spread throughout the country and world, this city saw the first wave of protests in 2020.

What is Minneapolis?

100

In 1919, the charter for this doomed international body was signed at Versailles.  

What is the League of Nations?

200

Texas's delegation to the U.S. House, which is set to grow after the 2020 Census, currently has this many members.

What is 36?

200

Onward was the 2020 release of this animation studio.

What is Pixar?

200

This state will be the only state in 2020 to hold two Senate elections at the same time.

What is Georgia?

200
In response to ongoing protests, Washington DC gave a section of 16th NW this new name.

What is Black Lives Matter Plaza?

200

This famed writer and activist was supposedly born in 1818, though he himself was never sure of his true birthday.

Who is Frederick Douglass?

300

Chrysta Castañeda is running for this poorly-named statewide position in 2020.

What is Railroad Commissioner?

300

To the joy of many Zoomers and Milennials, Netflix added this show to its streaming platform in the spring.

What is Avatar: The Last Airbender?

300

This past January, Mitt Romney unexpectedly became the first ever senator to do this.

What is vote to convict a president from his own party?

300

Activists with the American Indian Movement toppled a statue of this historical figure in June.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

300

In 1717, wealthy sailor Stede Bonnet teamed up with this more famous pirate.

Who is Blackbeard?

400

Congressman Henry Cuellar, who nearly lost renomination in March, hails from this city.

What is Laredo?
400

This is the name of your raccoon landlord in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, released in March.

Who is Tom Nook?

400

This governor, up for re-election in 2020, was first elected as a Democrat but switched parties in 2017.

Who is Jim Justice?
400

From June 8 until July 1, this occupation protest took up six city blocks and a park in Seattle.

What is the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ)?

400

This Caribbean city was founded in 1515 by the conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar.

What is Havana?

500

This Tararnt County legislator, dishonorably given the "Cockroach Award" by Texas Monthly, is retiring from the State House in 2020.

Who is Jonathan Stickland?

500

This is the first song from Taylor Swift's latest album, Folklore, unexpectedly released yesterday.

What is "The 1"?

500

These two New York politicians are likely to be the first ever Black, gay members of Congress.

Who are Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres?

500

Though the Black Lives Matter movement has seen a resurgence in 2020, it was originally founded in 2013 by these three women. 

Who are Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza?

500

In 1313, this fabulously wealthy individual ascended to the throne of the Kingdom of Mali. 

Who is Mansa Musa?