Podiums & Playoffs
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New York State of Mind
Cuisines of the World
100

In the NHL, a standard playoff round is played as a best-of- this many games.

What is 7?

100

In geometry, the sum of the interior angles of a tringle is this many degrees

What is 180?

100

In audio, unwanted high-pitched whistling from a mic picking up its own amplified sound is called this.

What is feedback?

100

The subway line known as the "Lex" runs up and down Manhattan on this avenue.

What is Lexington Avenue?


100

Spain's famous rice dish cooked in a wide shallow pan, often with saffron, is this.

What is paella?

200

In tennis slang, a 6-0 set is called this breakfast item

What is a bagel?

200

In Economics, this term means the value of the next best alternative you give up when you make a choice.

What is opportunity cost?

200

This British singer-songwriter wrote the musical &Juliet, which flips Shakespeare into a pop-concert jukebox show.

Who is Max Martin?

200

This NYC neighborhood -- once called "Hell's Hundred Acres" -- became a jazz hub ini the 1920s and is home to the Apollo Theater.

What is Harlem?

200

This Peruvian dish of citrus-cured raw fish is typically marinated in "leche de tigre"

What is ceviche?

300

This program has won the most NCAA Men's Basketball national championships, with 11 titles.

What is UCLA?

300

In AP Biology, this protein in red blood cells binds and transports most oxygen in the bloodstream.

What is hemoglobin?

300

This Puerto Rican superstar released the album Un Verano Sin Ti, which spent multiple weeks at #1 in the U.S.

Who is Bad Bunny?

300

This is the only NYC subway line that never enters Manhattan

What is the G train?

300

This Ethiopian plater meal features spongy sour flatbread used to scoop stews; the bread is called this. 

What is injera?

400

At Paris 2024, this French swimmer became the face of the Games by winning four gold medals in the pool.

Who is Léon Marchand?

400

In Literature, Shakespeare's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy comes from this play.

What is Hamlet?

400

In recording/live sound, this process reduces a signal's dynamic range by turning down peaks above a threshold.

What is compression?

400

The 1939-40 New York World's Fair was held in this Queens park (also home to the Unisphere).

What is Flushing Meadows - Corona Park?

400

This Chinese dish of thin wheat noodles tossed with sesame paste, chili oil, and Sichuan peppercorn is commonly called this.

What are dan dan noodles?

500

At Tokyo 2020 (held in 2021) after Simone Biles withdrew from the all-around, this U.S. gymnast won women's all-around gold.

Who is Suni Lee?
500

Common in AP Calc, the TI-84 is the default graphing calculator. The "I" stands for Instruments; what does the "T" stand for?

What is Texas

500

This K-pop group's 2020 single "Dynamite" became the first all-English song by a Korean act to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Who is BTS?

500

This Lower Manhattan street roughly traces the original East River shoreline and is named for what early settlers harvested there.

What is Pearl Street?

500

This Turkish dish features thinly sliced meat from a rotating spit, typically served in pita or wrap form.

What is doner kebab?