Ball Don't Lie
This NBA legend, generously listed at 6 feet tall, was nicknamed “The Answer.”
Allen Iverson
Sometimes mocked as “Seward’s Folly,” the United States purchased this territory for $7.2 million in 1867.
Alaska
Before his solo career, David Byrne was the frontman of this band responsible for songs including “Once in a Lifetime” and “Psycho Killer.”
Talking Heads
Covering roughly one-third of Earth’s surface, this is the world’s largest ocean.
The Pacific Ocean
The first FIFA World Cup was held in 1930. This country both hosted and won the tournament.
Uruguay
This 1820 agreement admitted Maine as a free state and another more southern state as a slave state while attempting to settle the issue of slavery’s expansion westward.
The Missouri Compromise
Is This It, Room on Fire, and First Impressions of Earth are the first three studio albums from this New York rock band.
The Strokes
Sydney and Melbourne may be more famous, but this city is the capital of Australia.
Canberra
Joe DiMaggio owns one of baseball’s most famous records, getting a hit in this many consecutive games in 1941.
56 games
After failing to win the Republican nomination, this former president ran for president again in 1912 as the candidate of the “Bull Moose” Progressive Party.
Theodore Roosevelt
Born James Yancey, this producer and rapper released the highly influential instrumental album Donuts just three days before his death in 2006.
J Dilla
This landlocked South American country is home to both the Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat, and part of Lake Titicaca.
Bolivia
He won Finals MVP in 2004 when his team upset a Lakers team featuring Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Karl Malone, and Gary Payton.
Chauncey Billups
The rallying cry “Remember the Maine!” helped build American public support for this war.
The Spanish-American War
Appropriately enough, the first music video ever played on MTV was this song by The Buggles.
“Video Killed the Radio Star”
Afghanistan’s narrow Wakhan Corridor stretches eastward until it reaches a roughly 50-mile border with this country.
China
In 2018, this school became the first No. 16 seed ever to defeat a No. 1 seed in the men’s NCAA Tournament, blowing out Virginia 74–54.
UMBC / University of Maryland, Baltimore County
During the War of 1812, delegates from several New England states met at this convention to air grievances against the federal government. The gathering badly damaged the Federalist Party’s reputation after the war ended.
The Hartford Convention
“Scenario” and “Check the Rhime” both appear on this influential 1991 album.
The Low End Theory
The Danube River passes through more national capitals than any other river. Name all four.
Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade