The Olympics
Social Media
Boy Bands
Before and After
Putting the “Lit” in Literature
Class on President
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Appropriately, the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896 were held in this city, the capital of the country where they were first held 2,800 years ago.

What is Athens?

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You just can’t “run away” from this catchy kiddie dance tune that’s now the most viewed YouTube video of all time.

What is “Baby Shark?”

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Gosh, I hope One Direction didn’t hurt their brains too much thinking up this title for their fourth album!

What is Four?

400

He’s been an NBA All-Star 18 times and made the All-NBA Team a record 17 times… but he’s also MI6’s most famous spy.

Who is LeBron James Bond?

400

In this novel, Clarisse asks Guy Montag, “Do you ever read any of the books you burn?”

What is Fahrenheit 451?

400

FDR was elected president this many times.

What is four?

800

Sorry not sorry, Adolf!  This African-American track-and-field legend embarrassed the Nazis by winning four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Who is Jesse Owens?

800

The fact that Snapchat photos vanish after a certain amount of time is presumably the reason why the site’s logo is one of these.

What is a Ghost?

800

It’s the last name of siblings Nick, Joe, and Kevin, who spent years playing fictionalized versions of themselves on the Disney Channel.

What is Jonas?

800

After overthrowing her husband, she ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796 – not bad for the world’s largest predatory fish.

Who is Catherine the Great White Shark?

800

Simple-minded Lennie loves rabbits in this Steinbeck book.

What is Of Mice and Men?

800

The White House is located on this avenue.

What is Pennsylvania Avenue?

1200

It makes perfect sense that this country has won more total Winter Olympics medals than any other — they did invent skiing, after all.

What is Norway?

1200

This actor received an Oscar nomination for playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2010’s The Social Network.

Who is Jesse Eisenberg?

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The poorly spelled name of this 1990s boy band was formed by cleverly arranging the last letters of each of the members’ first names (plus an asterisk).

What is *NSYNC?

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He may not ever get to kick that darned football… but at least he established that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional!

Who is Charlie Brown v. Board of Education?

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The U.S. Pure Food & Drug Act was passed because of the public’s response to this Upton Sinclair novel.

What is The Jungle?

1200

According to the Constitution, it’s the minimum age you have to be to become president.

What is 35?

1600

The “Miracle on Ice” saw the US hockey team upsetting the heavily favored USSR squad at the 1980 Winter Games in this Upstate NY town.

What is Lake Placid?

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Smiling white-shirted Tom was friends with everyone on this social-media site that dominated the field from 2005 to 2009 (but isn’t doing too well these days).

What is MySpace?

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Prior to adopting their new hobby of winning various reality shows, brothers Nick and Drew Lachey fronted this turn-of-the-century boy band.

What is 98 Degrees?

1600

What you have when there’s a log flume and tidal pool on the most expensive Monopoly property.

What is a Water Park Avenue?

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This Dickens character is mentioned in the first line of The Catcher in the Rye.

Who is Oliver Twist?

1600

A 1929 fire damaged the West Wing, including this important alliterative room.

What is the Oval Office?

2000

The Latin motto of the Olympic Games — Citius, Altius, Fortius — translates into English as this.

What is “Faster, Higher, Stronger?”

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Twitter finally added this type of reaction button earlier this year… for some people, anyway (I’m still waiting for mine to appear!).

What is a Dislike (or Downvote) Button?

2000

A-list movie star Mark Wahlberg used to be far less famous than his big brother Donnie, a member of this massively popular boy band of the late 1980s.

What is New Kids on the Block (NKOTB)?

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A French landmark becomes a Biblical spot where language comprehension breaks down.

What is the Eiffel Tower of Babel?

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Meursault murders without remorse in this Albert Camus novel titled, L’Etranger in French.

What is The Stranger?

2000

Air Force One is the President’s jet; Marine one is this transport that often departs from the South Lawn.

What is a helicopter?