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GAME 1
Shazam, an app which can identify media based on a short audio sample, recently released the list of the most Shazamed songs of 2018. There are nine credited artists on the five most-Shazamed songs in 2018. Name any one of those nine artists.
GAME 2
There are five U.S. states located east of the Mississippi River that are hosting exactly one NCAA bowl game each following the 2018 Division I FBS football season. Name three of those five states.
Game one answers:
Clean Bandit
Demi Lovato
Nicky Jam
J Balvin
Calvin Harris
Dua Lipa
Dynoro
Gigi D’Agostino
Ed Sheeran
GAME 2 answers:
Michigan
Georgia
North Carolina
Maryland
New York