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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 children's television show, first aired in 1969, built its lessons around an educational curriculum and research?
How many years passed between the end of slavery in Texas (June 19, 1865) and the recognition of Juneteenth as a federal holiday?
Which Maine national park contains Cadillac Mountain, one of the first places in the continental U.S. to see sunrise in fall and winter?
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?
Which small marine animal snaps a specialized claw to make a powerful shock wave?
What was the first commercial home video game console, released in 1972?
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 magnetic drawing toy uses a stylus and an erasing slider instead of ink or chalk?
Which planet in our solar system has the longest day, taking about 243 Earth days to complete one rotation?
Which 1968 television series starred Diahann Carroll as a nurse and widowed mother?
Which frog can survive winter with much of its body water frozen?
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 facial feature often appears larger with age as its supporting tissues change?
Which two congressional officials' names authenticated the first printed Declaration of Independence?
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?
Which Danish toy brand makes interlocking plastic bricks and takes its name from words meaning 'play well'?
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 do fans often throw hats onto the playing surface after a player scores three goals in one game?
Which country is home to Kakadu and Uluru–Kata Tjuta national parks?
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?
What general baseball term includes pitches such as curveballs and sliders?
In tennis, what is it called when a server wins a game without the opponent scoring a single point?
Which arcade game released in 1982 starred Pac-Man's female counterpart?
By about what age have most people reached their peak bone mass?
In what year did the first transatlantic telegraph cable briefly carry messages between Ireland and Newfoundland?
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 shelled animal can enter a dormant state called aestivation when conditions become too dry?
Which 1990s handheld toy required you to feed, play with, and clean up after a tiny digital pet — or risk it 'dying'?