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Shown is part of the cover of what award-winning game from Hazelight Studios? As its name would suggest, it requires its players to work cooperatively. It shares that name with a duet by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston.
The nation of Poland has bestowed the title of “Marshal of Poland” on six generals. Only four were Polish citizens. Ferdinand Foch, given the title as a honor following World War One, is the first of the foreigners. Who is the second? Far more controversial a choice, he was born in Warsaw when it was part of the Russian Empire, but joined the Red Army in 1917, surviving Stalin’s purges to serve as a key general during World War Two, beginning with the defense of Moscow. He was installed as Poland’s Minister of National Defense by Stalin following the war to secure Soviet control over the country, remaining in that role until he was toppled during the reforms of 1956.
While Thales is regarded by many to be the first philosopher in the Western tradition, what other resident of Miletus is the first philosopher in that tradition that had writing which survived for us to read? He speculated that the universe came from something called the apeiron (“boundless”), did early work in celestial mechanics, made a map of the known world, introduced the sundial to Greece, and laid out key principles that would foreshadow what we would call the scientific way of looking at the world.
Its title quoting a poem thought to have been written by the Song Dynasty general Yue Fei, which 2023 film was the highest-grossing film in China last year? In it, two soldiers work to solve a murder that occurs in the context of the growing rebellion of the Jin against the Song.
Shown is what Brazilian YouTube personality, musician, actor, comedian, and occasional boxer? He has a current standup special on Netflix subtitled Preaching to the Choir.
Shown are some of the traditional wood-and-straw huts of Fiji. Such a hut is known by what word? The answer is spelled the same as the surname of the person who won consecutive Rocket Richard Trophies with the Florida Panthers.
A town in Scotland has a population of under 17,000. A city named for it has over 800,000 people, and is the second-largest city in its country. What is the name of this town - the birthplace of David Livingstone?
Which leader of the Hōjō clan lived only 33 years, dying in 1284, but as de facto ruler of Japan led the defense against the Mongol invasion and helped spread Zen Buddhism? Shown are two pictures of him: one from an ancient scroll and one as he is depicted in Civilization 6.
Ordinary People, starring the late Donald Sutherland, was based on a novel by which Minnesota-based novelist?
Which element of the periodic table has the largest atomic radius? Its larger radius is a reflection of the presence of an additional electron shell and its relatively low effective nuclear charge.