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This economic tool is a tax imposed by a government on imported goods to protect domestic industries or raise revenue.
(What are tariffs?)
This animated sea sponge lives in a pineapple under the sea.
(What is SpongeBob SquarePants?)
This is the term for a marketplace where buyers and sellers trade ownership shares of publicly listed companies.
(What is the stock market?)
The only U.S. state that is an island chain.
(What is Hawaii?)
This document starts with "We the People."
(What is the U.S. Constitution?)
This annual event in New Orleans proceeded on March 4, 2025, despite severe weather concerns, with parades rescheduled to avoid expected severe winds and thunderstorms.
(What is Mardi Gras?)
In The Wizard of Oz, this character famously says, "There's no place like home."
(Who is Dorothy?)
This key financial statement shows a company's revenues, expenses, and profits over a specific period, often quarterly or annually.
(What is an income statement?)
The Grand Canyon is located in this state.
(What is Arizona?)
The U.S. bought Alaska from this country.
(What is Russia?)
On February 27, 2025, this company announced a research preview of GPT-4.5, its largest and most advanced AI model to date.
(What is OpenAI?)
This long-running medical drama, set in Seattle, features doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
(What is Grey’s Anatomy?)
This type of market is characterized by rising asset prices, often driven by investor optimism and speculation.
(What is a bull market?)
This U.S. state has the most coastline.
(What is Alaska?)
This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
(Who is Abraham Lincoln?)
On February 28, 2025, a heated meeting between the U.S President and the president of what country in the Oval Office ended abruptly without the signing of a mineral-rights agreement.
(What is Ukraine)
This 1994 film follows two hitmen, a gangster's wife, and a boxer in a series of intertwining crime stories.
(What is Pulp Fiction?)
This is the term for outstanding shares multiplied by share price.
(What is market capitalization?)
The Mississippi River flows into this body of water.
(What is the Gulf of Mexico((or America??))?)
This ship famously sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912.
(What is the Titanic?)
This private aerospace company from Texas successfully landed its Blue Ghost Mission 1 on the Moon on March 1, 2025, marking the first commercial lunar landing.
(What is Firefly Aerospace?)
In The Phantom of the Opera, this is the name of the young soprano whom the Phantom becomes obsessed with.
(Who is Christine Daaé?)
This financial ratio is calculated by subtracting inventory from current assets, then dividing it by current liabilities.
(What is the quick ratio?)
This country shares the longest land border with the U.S.
(What is Canada?)
This holiday celebrates America's independence from Britain.
(What is the Fourth of July?)