Who is Zola Budd?
- In 1954, this English runner became the first person to ever run a mile in under 4 minutes.
Who was Roger Bannister?
- In 2023, this runner set her third world record in the past two months by running 4:07 in the women’s mile race.
Who is Faith Kipyegon?
New category: The Mob.
- This Jewish mob boss co-founded the oldest casino on the Las Vegas Strip that is still open today
Who is Bugsy Siegel?
- This Chicago gangster was one of the first inmates incarcerated at Alcatraz.
Who is Al Capone?
- This gangster supposedly buried a treasure in upstate NY; searchers are still trying to find it.
Who is Dutch Schultz?
- This boss of the Gambino crime family was nicknamed “the Dapper Don” for his expensive taste in clothing, and “the Teflon Don” for being acquitted in several criminal trials.
Who is John Gotti?
- This mob-influenced city’s downtown is the site of the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, home of such exhibits as “The Mob’s Greatest Hits.”
What is Las Vegas?
New category: Las Vegas.
- Vegas’ McCarren International Airport was recently renamed after this late US senator
Who is Harry Reid?
- Driving down the streets of Las Vegas, if you see a giant eyeball, it’s probably the 54,000 meters of LED lights making up the wall of this soon-to-be-opened entertainment complex.
What is the MSG Sphere?
- The men’s room at Main Street Station Casino houses a piece of this landmark that was destroyed in 1989
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“What is the Berlin Wall?”
(I have GOT to stop stumping the dope.)
- This entertainer who first performed in Vegas in the 1950s maintains a residency at the Flamingo to this day
Who is Wayne Newton?
(I thought he died!)
- This performer has played 1,141 shows in 16 years in Las Vegas.
Who is Celine Dion?
Next: O Canada
- This territory, which was separated from the Northwest Territories in 1999, is both the largest of Canada’s territories and provinces in area, as well as having the smallest population.
What is Nunavut?
- To get to this northwest US town by land, you must cross the Canadian border twice.
What is Point Roberts?
- You might get a funny look if you ask for a pastrami sandwich in Montreal - order this instead
What is smoked meat?
- This small province is the country’s largest producer of potatoes
What is Prince Edward Island?
- This formerly autonomous province joined Canada in 1949 after reverting to British colonial rule during the Great Depression
What is Newfoundland?
New category: Mythology
- Wednesday owes its name to this Norse god
Who is Odin?
- This Greek demigod had to perform twelve near-impossible tasks for King Eurystheus.
Who is Heracles?
- The Túatha Dé Danann are supernatural beings in the mythology of this European country.