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What is the name of this fictional continent?
Middle-Earth
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This Roman general is the titular character of one of Shakespeare's historical plays.
Julius Caesar
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Before it was called New York, the Dutch called the city this.
New Amsterdam
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The number of stars comprising the constellation known as "Orion's Belt."
3
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My family moved to this U.S. city when we first migrated to America.
New York
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In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, this character marries Mr. Collins after he is rejected by Elizabeth Bennet.
Charlotte Lucas
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This city was the capital of Japan before Tokyo.
Kyoto
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This 19th-century political machine, associated with Boss Tweed, once dominated NYC politics.
Tammany Hall
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This Middle Eastern capital city is named for the planet Mars, known as "an-Najm al-Qāhir" in Arabic.
Cairo
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My dream profession as a child.
Archeologist
300
In the tv series Heated Rivalry (HBO, 2025), the character Shane Hollander plays for this fictional hockey team.
Montreal Metros
300
This line near the 38th parallel separates North and South Korea today.
DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
300
This 1930s mayor oversaw major public works projects with Robert Moses during the New Deal era.
Fiorello LaGuardia
300
This outer planet is technically visible to the naked eye, but was not known to humans before 1781.
Uranus
300
I read the first half of this book every year.
Twilight
400
The primary power source used by sorcerers in the anime / manga series Jujutsu Kaisen.
Cursed energy
400
Mexico City was built on the ruins of this Aztec city.
Tenochtitlán
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Before Central Park, this predominantly Black community occupied the land between 82nd and 89th Streets.
Seneca Village
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This modern U.S. President was known to use an astrologer during his time in office.
Ronald Reagan
400
My favorite character in Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire
Jaime Lannister
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The genre of Japanese fantasy media centered on girls who possess magical abilities to fight evil, classic examples of which include Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, and Pretty Cure.
Magical girl
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Singapore became independent in 1965 after separating from this neighboring country.
Malaysia
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This Native American people were the original inhabitants of Manhattan.
Lenape
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The 2nd-century Hellenistic astrologer Vettius Valens described this zodiac sign as "unsteady, unreliable, changing from bad fortune to good, sexy, theivish, shameless, prolific, popular."
Pisces
500
My favorite Van Lewen ice cream flavor.
Earl Grey