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This acclaimed 2002 Brazilian crime film, nominated for four Academy Awards, depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro between the 1960s and 1980s. What is the title of this powerful film?

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What two things did some people burn in the late 60's and early 70's as a form of left-wing political protest?

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The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony for 2025 was held on what date in December?

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This person made his fortune by supplying meat to the Union soldiers during the Civil War. In 1870 he built his first meat-packing plant in Chicago, which soon made that city the meat-packing center of the U.S.A. What was his name?

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Pokémon was originally released on which videogame console?

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What is the scientific name of the European perch: Perca fluviatilis, Cyprinus carpio, Abramis brama or Pomacanthus imperator?

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What next-generation telescope, potentially launching in the 2040s, did NASA award contracts to seven companies to study technologies for in January 2026?

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Which non-American actor was paid $13 million to star in the film about Alcatraz, The Rock ?

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On which flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket in November 2025 did the first stage successfully land on a drone ship?

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BONUS: When California became a state in 1850, what was the closest neighboring state?

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The biggest box-office money-makers of 1942 were which acting pair?

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When this Ohio college was founded in 1833, it became the first co-ed college in the US, and in 1841, first to award degrees to women. Which school?

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This spring-blooming plant with white or pink flowers called the trailing arbutus has a very common alternate name. What is it?

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What Latin legal term means 'in the absence of' and refers to proceedings conducted without the defendant present?

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Which TV show's title combines the activity of a 'road trip' with an acronym often used for 'Very Important Persons'?