In the Breakaway Trivia Quiz

Answer: Breaking away from the pack

When the race is tight, the horse or horses who start running quicker than the rest are said to be breaking away from the pack.
This term can be used for any competition where one or two of the competitors start significantly out-running the opposition.

Answer: Africa

Alfred Wegener first coined the term continental drift in the early 1900s to describe the movement of whole continents which used to be connected in one large continent called Pangaea.

One of the most popular indications of this is to look at a map of the Atlantic and notice how the shapes of Africa and South America seem to fit together. Research has shown that the topographical patterns of the two continents coincide.

Answer: It is no longer part of the original party

In multi-party democracies, this is a common occurrence as in-fighting within a party leads to a splinter group breaking away. Sometimes the new party gets more votes than the original, older one.

Answer: Stop focusing on the computer game

To break away one's focus can sometimes be the hardest task to accomplish.
Just try to talk to me during a ballgame.

Answer: Breakaway

Here are some of the lyrics of the chorus:
"I'll spread my wings, and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway"

Answer: Seceded

It was the first state to secede from another since Maine separated from Massachusetts in 1820. They were admitted to the Union in 1863.
And of course, John Denver sang about West Virginia in his song 'Country Roads'.

Answer: Tonya Harding

She left ice skating in the wake of a 1994 scandal involving an attack on fellow skater, Nancy Kerrigan. She studied boxing and turned professional before turning her skill towards acting. She combined both skills for her movie, "The Prize Fighter".
In 2017, a biographical film, "I, Tonya", was released about the life of Ms. Harding.

Answer: Martin Luther

In 1517, Luther had been in correspondence with the pope.
His theses were meant to express his disagreement with the church's practices and caused a great stir in Germany where he lived which then spread through Europe.

Answer: Bicycling

This movie with Dennis Quaid was of a bicycling fanatic who took a year off after high school with some of his friends. He took on a false identity as well and dealt with this issue for most of the movie.
Great movie also dealing with romance, parent-child relations, career decisions and more.

Answer: He escaped

This may be the most common usage for the term 'break away' - being able to escape from some form of restraint. In almost all usages of the term, it is understood that it means separation from something or someone else.