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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• New Year's Eve Celebrations

What is the name of the giant New Year's Eve street party traditionally held in Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana district?

Answer

Réveillon

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• New Year's Eve Celebrations

Which New Year's Eve event in Times Square was canceled in 1942 and 1943 because of wartime blackouts?

Answer

The Ball Drop

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• New Year's Eve Celebrations

What is the name of Edinburgh's large organized New Year's Eve street celebration?

Answer

Hogmanay

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• New Year's Eve Celebrations

What landmark is traditionally struck at midnight during New Year's Eve celebrations in London?

Answer

Big Ben

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Taylor Swift's August Song And Annual August Trend

Which social platform helped popularize annual memory montages using Taylor Swift’s “august”?

Answer

TikTok

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Taylor Swift's August Song And Annual August Trend

What was Taylor Swift’s song “august” called on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at its debut?

Answer

Number 23

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Taylor Swift's August Song And Annual August Trend

Which Taylor Swift song gives Betty’s viewpoint in the Folklore love triangle with “August”?

Answer

Cardigan

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

During ratification of the U.S. Constitution, which state became the first to approve it?

Answer

Delaware

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Which state became the 14th U.S. state in 1791, the first admitted after the original 13 in America250’s story?

Answer

Vermont

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Which 1803 land deal nearly doubled U.S. territory in the history celebrated by America250?

Answer

Louisiana Purchase

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Which song became the U.S. national anthem in 1931, part of the national story commemorated by America250?

Answer

The Star-Spangled Banner

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

In the earlier anniversary history remembered by America250, where was the 1876 Centennial Exposition held?

Answer

Philadelphia

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