3/27/25 The World from A to Z

Even amid shortages, poverty, and blackouts, what event in Cuba continues as an important tradition?
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• Las parandas

• La Tomatina

• Carnival of Brazil

• The Great Cuban Bake-Off

Why does preparing for Las parandas take extra effort?
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• Electricity is unreliable, so work must be done by hand

• The event is hosted on an isolated island with no access

• The competition is judged by robots, so precision is required

• Only purple-colored materials are allowed

What unexpected effect did Cyclone Alfred have in Australia?
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• It spread fire ants to new locations

• It created a brand-new species of flying kangaroo

• It increased rainfall, helping the koala population grow

• It led to a record-breaking surfing competition

How do fire ants survive heavy rainfall?
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• They grow gills and temporarily breathe underwater

• They join legs to form rafts and float

• They climb into tree hollows and hibernate
  

• They call an Uber to escape

What is one of the main dangers left behind by Somalia’s decades of conflict?
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• A dangerous surplus of peanut butter

• A national ban on using spoons

• Unexploded mines and explosives

• Unstable sand dunes that randomly collapse

How do dogs assist Somalia’s bomb squad?
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• They bark at explosives until they explode

• They operate special bomb-dismantling machinery

• They use their sense of smell to find explosives

• They provide emotional support to the bombs

Which amendment first addressed voting rights in the U.S.?
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• The 19th Amendment

• The 37th Amendment

• The Netflix Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

What major event happened on March 25, 1965?
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• The first moon landing

• The invention of cheese

• The creation of the first TikTok dance

• The completion of the Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights

Who coined the word "podcast" in 2004?
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• Ben Hammersley

• Elon Musk

• William Shakespeare

• A talking parrot

What was the origin of the word "podcast"?
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• It combined "iPod" and "broadcast"

• It came from a rare Latin phrase meaning “loud talking”

• It was inspired by a famous dog named Pod

• It was created when someone misspelled "pancake"