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What is a llama
These animals, along with their cousins the Alpaca, were one of the few domesciated animals native to the Americas.
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What is Athens
Greece
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What is fear beer
A scary alcoholic beverage
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What is Water
H2O
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Who is Alan Turing
Considered by many to be the father of modern computer science, all computers are classified as his namesake machines.
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What is the platypus
This mammal is known for both laying eggs, and for being one of the few venomous mammals to exist.
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What is Amsterdam
Netherlands
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What is a pillaged village
A ransacked small town
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What is Salt
NaCl
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What is Y2K
This bug gained major media traction, as fears of many computer programs breaking on the same date spread.
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What is the hyena
It's no laughing matter, but this species of matriarchal mammals are actually closely related to mongeese, and are known to live in clans of up to 80 individuals.
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What is Ankara
Turkey
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What is a snake steak
A filet from a cobra
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What is Ammonia
NH3
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Who is Grace Hopper
This woman was one of the original creators of the UNIVAC, and her namesake conference inspires many women in the computer science field.
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What is the greenland shark
This species of underwater "living fossils" has some members that have been alive longer than 400 years. They are also served as a delicacy in Iceland.
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What is Addis Abba
Ethiopia
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What is a wet bet
A lottery ticket in the rain
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What is Baking Soda
NaHCO3
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What is DeepMind
This subsidiary of Google created the first program to ever beat a professional GO player with their AI AlphaGO. They now develop successors to this that are generalized to play many different games.
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What is the secretary bird
This species of African bird are known for their extremely accurate strikes with their talons, their frilly black plumage, and their stork-like posture.
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What is Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
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What is a smeared beard
Some sauce covered facial hair
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What is Acetone
CH3COCH3
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What is University of Pennsylvania
The first ever programmable, electronic computer was named the ENIAC. It was designed in secret by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at this University's school of electrical engineering.
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