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What is 1907
This was the year the of the first ball drop in Times Square.
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What is unlimited 2-year terms or 2 years
Representatives's term limit (House of Representatives).
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What is Cuba
The Bay of Pigs is named after the southwest coast of this country.
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What is 14
A fortnight refers to this many days.
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Who is Kayne West
Elon Musk and Chance the Rapper endorsed this candidate for President of the United States.
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What is 1904
This was the year New Year's Eve was first celebrated in Times Square.
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What is unlimited 6-year terms or 6 years
Senator term limit.
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What is the assassination of Julius Caesar
The Ides of March commemorates the day of this event in history, modern-day March 15th.
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What is distance
A light year is a unit of this.
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What is Parasite
This film won best picture at the 2020 Oscars.
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What is "times gone by"
"Auld Lang Syne", the name of the traditional song played to welcome in the new year, means this.
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What is two terms or two terms of 4 years
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of NYC.
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Who is Aaron Burr
This man defeated Alexander Hamilton in a duel on 11 July 1804.
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What is a New York minute
Johnny Carson once joked that the time between a traffic light turning green and the car behind one's car honking is an example of this.
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What is 'A Promised Land' by Barack Obama
The bestselling book of 2020.
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What is Samoa
This country is the last to celebrate the arrival of the new year.
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What is four terms
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
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What is cuneiform
The world's oldest writing system.
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Who is Mao Zedong
China switched from 5 time zones to only 1 in 1949, under the rule of this person.
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What is Bad Boys For Life
The highest grossing film of 2020. It grossed $204,417,855.
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What is a geodesic sphere
This is the geometrical shape of the Waterford Crystal Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball. Yes, it's a sphere, but what kind?
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What is four terms
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States. Number of elected terms.
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What is Apollo 11
Michael Collins accompanied two well-known astronauts on this moon-mission.
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What is Planck time
The shortest known time span.
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What is Tesla
The top performing stock (in the S&P500) of 2020. Up 730%
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