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In both the United Kingdom and Australia, a two-fingered hand gesture made with the palm facing yourself is a well-known insult. In 1992, US President George H.W. Bush accidentally flashed it to farmers in Canberra while trying to show a peace sign. Which gesture is it?

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Belgium became a focus of second-wave techno music in Europe during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In which country did regional techno scenes emerge in Detroit, New York City, Chicago and Orlando during the early 90s, even though wider interest in the genre was limited there at the time?

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Holland, Michigan hosts the largest event of this kind in the United States each May, drawing over 600,000 visitors, while the world's largest version is held in Ottawa, Canada using bulbs sent by the Netherlands to thank Canada for its role in World War II. What kind of festival?

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Martin Scorsese shot this historical drama between December 2000 and March 2001, using the massive Cinecittà Studios in Rome to recreate the Five Points slum of mid-1800s New York City when filming on location was not possible. Which 2002 Scorsese film is it?

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In the United States, cheesecake recipes vary by region and cultural background. Which country, at the southern tip of its continent, has a popular version made with whipped cream, cream cheese, gelatin filling and a buttered digestive biscuit crust?

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Tianjin is seen as a home base of Beijing opera, one form of this ancient performing art, while Shaoxing has its own local variety called Yue opera, sung in the local dialect and second in popularity only to Peking opera. What broader tradition links these two Chinese cities?

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East Germany and North Korea were both part of a Soviet-led boycott of this major sporting event, which involved fourteen Eastern Bloc countries. It was held in Los Angeles, and the boycott was a response to the American-led boycott of the Moscow Games four years earlier. Which multi-sport competition did they skip?

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Manila has deep ties to the FIBA Asia Cup, hosting the first Asian Basketball Confederation Championship in 1960 and later the 2013 edition. Which Gulf capital hosted the 2005 edition, where China beat Lebanon in the final?

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Cyprus was selected by FIBA Europe in March 2022 as one of the co-hosts for EuroBasket 2025, alongside Finland, Poland and one other country that will host the knockout phase. Which Baltic country was chosen for that role, with Riga as its candidate city?

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An ancient Somali port on the site of what became Mogadishu, and Axum in the Ethiopian highlands, both appear in this first-century AD Greek document that describes trade along the Red Sea and Indian Ocean coasts. Axum is called a 'metropolis' in its pages. Which ancient trade manual is being described?