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This traditional fiddle-and-song style is one of the roots of country and bluegrass. In Ontario it has its own distinct sound, and in Quebec it lives on in French-Canadian folk traditions with step dancing. Cape Breton and the prairies also have their own local flavours. Which style is it?

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Which 2022 blockbuster from director James Cameron, a sequel to a 2009 movie about the blue-skinned Na'vi people, made over 2.3 billion dollars worldwide, with a Tianjin box-office tracker predicting a huge Chinese opening for it matched by strong sales in Barcelona and across Spain?

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Which 2001 South Korean romantic comedy, based on a series of online love letters, became a blockbuster across East Asia, was a big hit in Japan and Taiwan, and by 2006 was the best-selling Korean DVD in Japan?

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Which Mexican-origin rodeo style, in which riders try to stay on the back of a bucking bull, is also practised across Central America in countries such as Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, and even further south in Chile?

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Which 19th century Russian artist has several war-scene paintings held by the Brooklyn Museum in New York, including images of British rule in India, and has also had his work studied at Manchester University, published in book form?

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Which fast Irish stick-and-ball sport had its modern rules set out at the founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Hayes Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary in 1884, and is played across Ireland, including Ulster, and in the diaspora as far as the Scottish Highlands?

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Which NHL franchise, based in Canada's National Capital Region, counts an American Hockey League team playing out of Belleville, Ontario as its top minor league affiliate since the 2017–18 season?

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Which American gym chain, founded in California in 1983 and based in San Ramon, operates 249 clubs in nine states as of May 2025 (including California and Oregon), and also once ran a subsidiary called California Fitness in Singapore and Hong Kong?

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In Mishawaka, Indiana, Italian immigrants and their descendants still play this traditional lawn-bowling game, while in the Brazilian city of Paulínia it once rivalled soccer as the most popular sport in the locality before emancipation. Which Italian-origin game is it?

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Which 12th century Jewish philosopher and physician first settled in Alexandria before moving to Fustat in 1171, and today has schools named after him in Casablanca and across the United States?