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Which city hosted the first International Special Olympics Summer Games on July 20, 1968?

Which 1848 gathering in New York is widely remembered as the first women's rights convention in the United States?

What document served as the United States' first constitution before the current Constitution took effect?

Which theme park opened in Anaheim, California, on July 17, 1955, after Walt Disney dedicated it on live television?

Which Apollo mission launched on July 16, 1969, and became the first to land humans on the Moon?

Which scale rates hurricanes from Category 1 to Category 5 based only on maximum sustained wind speed?

Which Paris fortress-prison was stormed on July 14, 1789, becoming a symbol of the French Revolution?

In Yosemite National Park, what is the name of the iconic granite formation that rises more than 3,000 feet above its meadow?

Which powerful Atlantic current carries warm water northward along the eastern U.S. coast and toward Europe?

What was the name of the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?

Which NASA space telescope, launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990, is still observing the universe from Earth orbit?

Which beloved toy line, introduced in 1983, combined action figures with vehicles and a cartoon to tell the story of heroes battling Cobra?

What does the "QR" in QR code stand for?

Who is most famously associated with the phrase "taxation without representation is tyranny"?

What is the boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape?

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

What was the name of the toy introduced in 1964 that used a handheld drawing screen you could erase by shaking?

What name is given to the 1908 Siberian explosion that flattened forests without leaving a large impact crater?

What was the name of the handheld electronic game released by Nintendo in 1989 that became the best-selling portable console of its era?

Which ancient civilization built Machu Picchu, the citadel perched high in the Andes Mountains of Peru?

What was the name of the portable cassette player that Sony discontinued in 2010 after selling over 200 million units worldwide?

In baseball, what is the term for a game in which a pitcher allows no hits from the opposing team?

Which classic board game, first sold in 1935, was originally designed to demonstrate the dangers of monopolies and land ownership concentration?

What is the diameter of a standard basketball hoop in inches?

Which country is home to the world's largest coral reef system?

Which common household spice was once so valuable it was used as currency and rent payments in medieval Europe?

Which iconic children's TV show, first airing in 1969, was the first to use a detailed educational curriculum developed by researchers to guide every episode?

Which planet in our solar system has the strongest magnetic field?

How many years passed between the end of slavery in Texas (June 19, 1865) and the recognition of Juneteenth as a federal holiday?

Which U.S. national park, located in Maine, is home to the first place sunlight hits the United States each morning from October through March?

Which country has a national flag that is not rectangular — it's made of two stacked triangles?

What is the term for the total value of all finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period?

What is the loudest animal on Earth relative to its body size?

What was the name of the first commercially successful home video game console released in the early 1970s?

Which U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War?

Which element is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust?

Which planet in our solar system has the strongest magnetic field?

Which 1980s children's toy line featured small, scented plastic dolls whose names were based on different types of berries?

In basketball, what is the name of the shot taken from beyond the arc, worth three points instead of two?

Which 1990s toy let kids project drawings onto a wall by tracing images on a light-up screen?

Which planet in our solar system has the longest day, taking about 243 Earth days to complete one rotation?

Which iconic 1960s TV show was the first to feature an African American woman in a leading role?

Which animal is known for having the ability to survive being frozen solid and then thawing out alive?

Which fruit contains an enzyme that can break down proteins so effectively it’s used as a meat tenderizer?

In golf, what term describes a score of three under par on a single hole?

How many rings does Uranus have?

Which South American country is the largest by land area and shares a border with every other country on the continent except two?

Which 1980s toy line featured action figures with names like He-Man and Skeletor battling for control of Castle Grayskull?

During the construction of the Panama Canal, the United States took over the project after which country abandoned its own attempt?

What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?

Which classic video game character was originally named 'Jumpman' before becoming a cultural icon?

Which part of the human body continues to grow throughout a person's entire life?

The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776 — but how many delegates actually signed it on that date?

Which ocean covers more area than all of Earth's land combined?

What is the name of the famous trail that stretches over 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine in the United States?

What was the name of the popular 1970s toy that allowed kids to build and rebuild small plastic models with interchangeable parts?

Which 1960s television show featured a family living in the fictional town of Mayberry, known for its gentle humor and small-town charm?

In which sport is the term 'hat trick' used to describe a player scoring three times in a single game?

Which country has the most national parks in the world?

What was the name of the Saturday morning educational cartoon series, launched in 1973, that used catchy songs to teach kids about U.S. government, grammar, math, and science?

In baseball, what is the term for a pitch that crosses the plate in the strike zone but curves or breaks sharply, making it difficult to hit?

In tennis, what is it called when a server wins a game without the opponent scoring a single point?

What arcade game, released in 1980, became the first major video game to feature a female protagonist?

At what age do human bones reach their maximum density?

In what year did the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable become operational?

Which 1990s TV show featured six friends hanging out at a coffee shop called Central Perk?

Which gaming system helped popularize cartridge-based home video gaming in the late 1970s?

What is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any U.S. state?

What is the name of the thin magnetic strip on the back of a credit card that stores account information?

What is the only country in the world that spans all four hemispheres — northern, southern, eastern, and western?

Which animal can sleep for up to three years at a time?

Which 1990s handheld toy required you to feed, play with, and clean up after a tiny digital pet — or risk it 'dying'?

What was the name of the 1970s mood-sensing jewelry that supposedly changed color based on the wearer's emotions?

What was the name of the once-ubiquitous 1990s internet service that mailed free trial CDs to practically every household in America?

Which classic board game, first published in 1935, has players buying and trading properties to bankrupt their opponents?

Which breakfast cereal, introduced in 1963, featured marshmallow shapes called 'marbits' mixed with toasted oat pieces?

What was the name of the portable cassette player, introduced by Sony in 1979, that let people listen to music while walking for the first time?

Which iconic toy, introduced in 1959, was named after the inventor's daughter and became the best-selling fashion doll in history?

What was the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket launch, and who conducted it on March 16, 1926?

How much of your deposits at an FDIC-insured bank is covered by federal deposit insurance per depositor, per institution?

Which tiny European country has no airport, no military, and uses the Swiss franc as its currency?

What is the only planet in our solar system that is less dense than water?

Which U.S. national park sits directly on top of a volcanic hot spot and contains more than half of the world's active geysers?

Alexander Graham Bell is famous for the telephone, but what did he originally set out to invent when he began his experiments?

How many times does the average human heart beat in a single day?

What phenomenon causes a star to appear to twinkle when seen from Earth's surface?

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial?

Which sport uses a scoring system called a 'perfect 10' to denote flawless performance?

Which animal is known for having transparent blood?

What unusual feature allows the axolotl to regenerate entire limbs and even parts of its heart and brain?

Which fruit is known for producing a natural chemical that can make your skin temporarily feel numb or tingly?

Which currency was the first to use coins made from a mixture of gold and silver called electrum?

Which city is known as the 'Gateway to the Arctic' due to its location as a northern transportation hub?

Which sport features a move called the 'Fosbury Flop'?

What is the only planet in our solar system that is less dense than water?

What is the oldest capital city in the United States, founded as a Spanish colony in 1610?

What is the term for the practice of banks keeping only a fraction of deposits in reserve and lending out the rest?

What is the name of the massive canyon system on Mars that stretches over 2,500 miles — roughly the width of the continental United States?

What is the term for a financial instrument that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset at a specific price before a certain date?

Which animal can breathe through its butt?