Martin Luther King Jr.
1. What animated series based on a comic strip by Aaron McGruder features a Peabody award-winning episode where instead of dying on April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. goes into a 32-year long coma, waking up in October 2000?
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2. In 1998, statues of Martin Luther King Jr. and nine other 20th century martyrs were added to empty niches above the Great West Door at what London church that is the resting place of numerous monarchs as well as Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, and Stephen Hawking?
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3. Both King and his father had the birthname of Michael, but Sr. began referring to them both as Martin after returning from Germany in 1934 where he attended the annual conference for the world's largest organization representing which Christian denomination that both men were members of?
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4. Despite enrolling at just 15 years old, King played football during his freshman year at what historically black men's college in downtown Atlanta whose sports teams are called the Maroon Tigers?
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5. On Good Friday 1963, an open letter written by eight white Alabama clergymen that is often referred to as "A Call for Unity" was published in an attempt to end recent civil rights demonstrations. Delivered four days later, King's response was written from a jail in what city?
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6. On June 11, 1964 King was arrested at Monson Motor Lodge while participating in a sit-in after being denied service at the motel's restaurant. Monsoon Motor Lodge was located in what oldest city in the United States?
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7. In Ava DuVernay's 2014 movie SELMA, what British actor plays Martin Luther King Jr.?
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8. Seven months after King's death, what singer released the song "If I Can Dream" which has lyrics directly quoting the "I Have a Dream" speech? The song was recorded as the closing segment of an eponymous 1968 TV special often seen as the start of a comeback for the singer who had topped the singles chart 17 times from 1956 to 1962.
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9. In 1957, King attended the independence ceremony of what West African country on the Gulf of Guinea, which at the time of his arrival was still a British colony known as the Gold Coast?
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10. At the time of his assassination, King was visiting Memphis to show support for what type of workers who were on strike after Echol Cole and Robert Walker were crushed to death in their work truck?
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Recent Events
1. Due to a coalition with the Green Party falling apart, Magdalena Andersson resigned approximately seven hours after being elected what Scandanavian country's first female prime minister? She was reelected five days later.
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2. Published by Epic Games, KID A MNESIA: EXHIBITION is a "virtual museum" featuring the music of what Thom Yorke led band that was one of the first to embrace the pay-what-you-want model with their 2007 release IN RAINBOWS?
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3. Behind 2021 league co-leader in goals ValentÃn Castellanos, the winners of last year's MLS Cup play their home games in what stadium, that since 2010 has been the host of the Pinstripe Bowl?
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4. Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed in interviews that he suffered from nicotine poisoning three times while filming what Jane Campion directed movie for which she won the 2022 Golden Globe for Best Director?
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5. Scientists have announced that the wreckage of the CLOTILDA, the last known slave ship to arrive in the US, which was found near Mobile, Alabama in 2019, is so well preserved that they hope to extract DNA to better identify those on board. On what PBS show, hosted by Robert Louis Gates Jr., did Questlove discover that one of his ancestors was aboard the CLOTILDA?
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6. Held in Dubai as part of the delayed Expo 2020 and requiring 11 games of a possible 14, the 2021 World Championships of what game saw Norwegian Magnus Carlsen defeat Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi to retain his title for a fourth straight time?
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7. On December 8, a bill that passed was by the Senate of Canada the day before became law, officially banned what discredited practice, a major win for LGBTQIA+ rights in the country?
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8. Active for nearly three months at the end of last year, the Cumbre Vieja volcano generated dangerous lava flows, mountains of ash, and tsunami warnings on the island of La Palma, part of which Spanish archipelago counterintuitively named for what Pliny the Elder described as "vast multitudes of dogs of very large size"?
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9. In a recent speech, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov announced plans to extinguish the "Gates of Hell", a 230-feet wide gas crater that has been burning since 1971 in what Central Asian country bordering the Caspian Sea? In 2019, to dispel rumors of poor health, the authoritarian Berdymukhamedov released a video that purported to show him doing donuts in a rally car near the massive natural gas fire.
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10. The US Mint has announced a four-year program that will celebrate the contributions of women in American history and arts on the reverse side of the quarter. Maya Angelou's inclusion in the 2022 designs has received much coverage. Name any of the other four women to be included this year.
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Trivia Grab Bag
1. Born in Vladivostok, Yul Brynner is best known for playing King Mongkut, a role he played on stage in 4625 performances and for which he received a Tony and Oscar. King Mongkut ruled what country, which acquired its current name in 1939?
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2. Introduced in 1997 to celebrate a local band whose drummer has been known to "play" a vacuum cleaner in concert, what Ben & Jerry's flavor consists of "chocolate ice cream with gooey marshmallow swirls, caramel swirls, and fudge" shapes that reference that band's name?
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3. Bordered on the east by The Strand and on the north by Charing Cross Road, Trafalgar Square commemorates a British naval victory in 1805 that was part of a series of conflicts named for what French leader?
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4. A member of the corvid family and considered one of the smartest avians, the Paul Terry created cartoon characters Heckle and Jeckle are what type of bird?
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5. What bakery products company has an advertising symbol with a name that is also used to describe US soldiers in WWI?
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6. Bridgeport is the largest city (by population) in what US state, whose residents may be referred to as nutmeggers?
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7. What famous American humorist, who early in his career wrote "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", is credited with the quote "familiarity breeds contempt and children"?
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8. Stages in the life cycle of what fish, known for migrating from the ocean up freshwater rivers to spawn, include alevin, fry, parr, and smolt?
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9. In the movie BAMBI, what is the ironic name of the title character's skunk friend?
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10. Due to her gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 Summer Olympics, what gymnastic became the first woman to appear on a Wheaties box?
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Music Video Scavenger Hunt
Instructions: Part of each question requires watching a music video that is available on YouTube. The internet can be used for all parts of each question, not just watching the music video.
1. Recorded by the grandson of an artist who was part of a movement with a name coined by George Maciunas, this song was originally released by a label named for an inexact amount of marijuana. In the video, someone can be seen wearing a shirt advertising a movie that was based on a novel written by the father of a current Washington Post columnist. Two of the actors in that movie would go on to form a production company together. What was the first TV show their company produced?
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2. Included on an album that was the last with the band's original singer, the title of this song references the songwriter's father, and the lyrics explore what he imagines his father experienced during the Vietnam War. In the video, a map is seen that shows two roads that are identified with numbers. The eastern terminus of the road represented by the larger of two numbers is in what city?
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3. The real name of this song's title woman is Kolleen Maria Wright. In the video, one of the artists is wearing the jersey of an athlete that appeared in a series of commercials in 2021. One of those commercials, which features an avian tailor, uses a gimmick from an award-winning 1990s movie, except this time we aren't kept guessing about the contents of the case. Who directed the movie?
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4. This song knocked Guns N' Roses off the top of the Billboard Hot 100. At one point in the video, the artist is seen reading a newspaper with a story about the Dow dropping a certain number of points. That number also identifies a model of car that was introduced in 1932. The original body version of this model references the nickname of a regional folk hero. What is that person's full name?
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5. The lyrics of this song reference the anger issues of a particular jazz drummer and a famous location of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. In the video, a character is seen getting tackled into a swimming pool, that character's name, minus an honorific, is shared by an American composer. One of his works is an opera about what 20th-century martyr?
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