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In 2021, this red light/green light survival game in a Korean drama became a global Netflix sensation.
What is Squid Game?
During WWII, Navajo "Code Talkers" used this as an unbreakable military code.
What is the Navajo Language?
This non-profit organization, established as an affiliate of Elevate USA in 2022 and has been serving Navajo Youth in the Window Rock area ever since.
What is Elevate Navajo?
The Navajo Code Talkers served during this major global conflict.
What is World War II?
This 2023 movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling took the box office by storm in a wave of pink.
What is Barbie?
This world-famous sandstone rock formation in the Navajo Nation is known for its towering "mittens" and is a popular movie backdrop.
What is Monument Valley?
This annual American college football bowl game has been played annually in the Phoenix metropolitan area since 1971.
What is the Fiesta Bowl?
Most Navajo Code Talkers served in this branch of the U.S. military.
What is the U.S. Marine Corps?
This Puerto Rican rapper, singer, actor and wrestler was Spotify's most streamed artist globally for three years in a row (2020-2022).
Who is Bad Bunny?
In Navajo tradition, these four colors -- black, white, turquoise, and yellow -- represent the four sacred mountains and directions.
What are the four sacred colors?
Elevate partners with schools to provide this type of support, helping students succeed in both academics and life skills.
What is mentorship?
The Navajo language was used in WWII because enemy forces could not do this with the code.
What is break it / decipher it?
This artist made history in 2023 by becoming the first to have four albums in the billboard top 10 at the same time.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This canyon in the Navajo Nation is often called "Arizona's other Grand Canyon" and is known for its ancient cliff dwellings.
What is Canyon de Chelly?
This Elevate affiliate is the closest to us, in terms of geographical location.
What is Elevate Phoenix?
Navajo Code Talkers played a critical role in this 1945 Pacific battle, raising the flag on Mount Suribachi.
What is the Battle of Iwo Jima?
This green-skinned witch is the main character of the hit musical Wicked, based on The Wizard of Oz.
Who is Elphaba?
Organized in 1941, what is the longest-running tribal enterprise formally established by the Navajo Nation.
What is Navajo Arts and Crafts Enterprise (NACE)?
This outfielder has 26 home runs on the season for the AZ Diamondbacks.
Who is Corbin Carroll?
In 2001, this U.S. president awarded the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers the Congressional Gold Medal.
Who is George W. Bush?
At the 2023 Oscars, this movie about multiverse chaos won Best Picture.
What is Everything Everywhere All at Once?
This 1868 agreement between the U.S. government and the Navajo people allowed them to return to their homeland after the Long Walk.
What is the Treaty of 1868?
ELEVATE USA was originally founded in this U.S. city before expanding to multiple states.
What is Denver, Colorado?
The original Navajo code consisted of about this many terms when first developed in 1942.
What is 211?