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Who is Frosty The Snowman?
He has a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of snow.
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What is the Fox River?
Its historic downtown is located along this waterway.
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What is Champaign and Urbana?
Illinois' flagship university is located in these twin cities.
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What is Tiramisu?
A coffee-flavored Italian dessert made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee.
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What is Fermilab?
This particle physics and accelerator laboratory located is in Batavia, Illinois.
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What is "All I Want for Christmas Is You?"
Co-written by Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff and recorded by Carey in 1994, it is widely considered one of the greatest Christmas songs.
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What is the Paramount Theatre?
This large live performance theatre is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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What is Michigan and Ohio State?
These two midwest universities first met in 1897 and the rivalry has been played annually between 1918 and 2019.
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What is Apple Pie?
As American as....
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What is Bison?
America's premier national laboratory for particle physics research has a herd of this type of animal.
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What is "Feliz Navidad?"
Sung partially in Spanish, this song was released in 1970.
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What is Phillips Park Zoo?
Originally established in 1915, its focus is on native animals.
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What is Cornell University?
This private research university is located in Ithaca, New York.
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What is Ben & Jerry's?
Founded in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont, this global company often features clever plays on words in their product titles.
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What is Quark?
A type of elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter first observed at Fermilab in 1995.
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What is "Blue Christmas?"
The King's crooning of this song turned it into a classic in 1957.
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What is Wayne's World?
This 1992 buddy film was set in Aurora with characters developed from a skit on Saturday Night Live!
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What is Colorado State University?
This public land-grant university is located in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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What is Boston cream pie?
An American dessert consisting of a yellow butter cake filled with custard or cream and topped with chocolate glaze.
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What is Wilson Hall?
The high-rise building that is the focal point of Fermilab.
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What is "Last Christmas?"
This song was written by George Michael and performed by Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in 1984.
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What is DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will Counties?
This City of Aurora is situated in these 4 counties.
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What is University of Iowa and Marquette University?
TWO PARTER: The bird-like mascots of these two midwestern universities are named Herky and Iggy respectively.
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What is Pavlova?
Associated with the national cuisine of Australia and New Zealand, this meringue-based dessert is named after a Russian ballerina.
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What is CERN?
The European Organization for Nuclear Research is one of the world's largest centers for scientific research.
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