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Most Popular U.S. Baby Names
It Happened In This Nation
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In football, this is the most important position on offense. 

What is the Quarterback?

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This halloween costume can be as simple as taking a white sheet, cutting out two eye holes and then putting the sheet over your head. 

What is a ghost?

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It’s not only a bog fruit associated with the holidays but also a shade of red.

What is cranberry? 

Cranberries do not grow in water, but they are harvested by flooding the bogs, which causes the lightweight berries to float to the surface for easy collection

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This is the name of the poker hand when you have 5 cards of the same suit.

What is a Flush?
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The number one name in the 1970s and 80s was shared by many celebrities, including singer Jackson and Athlete Jordan.

What is Michael? 

This name has been in common use since around the 12th century. 

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In the early ’90s, this former world power was split into 15 independent countries,including Georgia, Estonia, and Belarus.

What is the Soviet Union (USSR)? The fall of the USSR was caused by many factors, including economic decline.

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These seats of often the most desirable tickets to get when buying football tickets

What is 50 Yard Line?

These seats give you equal view of both ends of the field. 

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All it takes is a girl wearing a pointed black hat, and you've got this costume

What is a witch?

200

This shade of tan is named for an animal that has a hump for storing fat and that you
can ride at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt.

What is camel? 

The name for this hue of tan comes from the color of camel hair.

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This is the process by which plants turn light into energy

What is Photosynthesis? 
200

In the 1970s, actors Reeve and Walken shared the second most popular name for boys.

What is Christopher?

The name remained popular throughout the 1980s and 90s as well. 

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World leader Indira Gandhi was assassinated in this nation in 1984.

What is India? The tragedy followed months of escalating tensions in the Indian government concerning the Sikh community.

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This nickname for a football comes from the animal's hide that football's used to be made out of. 

What is Pigskin?

300

All you need is to wrap yourself in a roll or two of toilet paper you'll look like your straight out of ancient Egypt as one of these

What is a mummy?

300

 A shade of this color is associated with Tiffany & Co

What is blue? 

Tiffany has used the distinctive hue, also known as robin egg blue,since 1845. Tiffany Blue received a trademark in 1998.

300

The 10 highest mountains in the United States are all found this state.

What is Alaska?

The highest peak in Alaska is found on Mount Denali, which reaches a staggering height of 20,308 feet. In comparison, the highest mountain in Colorado is Mount Elbert which is 14,440 feet. 

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This first name was a top name for girls in the 1970s and 80s, and is associated with the actress Aniston.

What is Jennifer?

It gained popularity after being featured in a George Bernard Shaw play but did not really take off until the 70s.

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In 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the worlds first successful human heart transplant in this African nation

What is South Africa?

The donor was Denise Darvall, a 25-year-old woman who had been declared brain dead after a car accident. The recipient was Louis Washkansky, a 53-year-old man with severe heart disease

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This is how many points a touchdown is worth in football

What is Six?

400

A set of fake fangs and a black cape is all it takes for this costume of a nocturnal monster

What is a vampire?

400

This French word means “unbleached” and lends its name to a pale, neutral color.

What is ecru? The light beige shade is most often found in linen, cotton, and silk fabric.

400

This is the most spoken language in Brazil.

What is Portuguese?

400

In the 1970s, this first name was third most popular among boys, it is shared by actor Alexander and by the villain in the Friday the 13th movie franchise.

What is Jason?

Other famous Jasons include NBA player Jason Kidd and actor Jason Robards

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In 1981, fifty-two hostages were freed in Tehran, in this Middle Eastern nation.

What is Iran? 

The hostages had been held since 1979, and their release was front-

500

This is the name of the play that begins every football game

What is a kickoff?

500

A little black face paint on the nose and 3 lines across each cheek and you're instantly transformed into this costume, often associated with bad luck or witches

What is a (black) cat?

500

Chartreuse is a hue of this secondary color.

What is green? It derives its name from the herbal liqueur Chartreuse, first created by the Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse monastery in the French Alps.

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This is the name of the famous actor who starred in Lilies of the Field, To Sir With Love, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Who is Sindey Poitier? 

In 1964, Sidney Poitier broke barriers and made history by becoming the first African-American person to win an Oscar, which he got for his performance in “Lilies of the Field.

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This Biblical name for women was the most popular girls name from 1925-1942, and again from 1953-1961

What is Mary?

500

In this enclave nation within Italy, Pope John Paul II was wounded in May 1981.

What is Vatican City?

He was pardoned by the Italian president at the pope's request, which led to his extradition to Turkey in June 2000 after serving 19 years in an Italian jail. 

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This is the name of the NFL championship trophy, named after the coach of the first Superbowl winning team.

What is the Lombardi Trophy?


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This shade of pink is also the name of a plant with
exquisite, delicate petals.

What is fuchsia? It’s a very bright purplish-pink
color used in home furnishings as well as in fashion. It dates to the 16th century, when the fuchsia plant was discovered in Central America.

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This famous artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Who is Michelangelo?

600

Journalist Walters, and singer/actress Streisand share this name, the 2nd most popular among girls from 1937-1943.

What is Barbara?

600

In a Biblical Tale, Moses led his people out of this nation

What is Egypt?