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General Knowledge
100

Often called the Morning Star or Evening Star, which planet is usually the brightest in the night sky when visible?

Venus 

100

In the Pixar film Ratatouille what is the name of the rat who aspires to become a renowned French chef?

Remy 

100

What homograph can mean both to be able to or a metal container?

Can


100

Sharks are a group fish of which all have skeletons primarily composed of what?

Cartilage 

100

In auto racing, what color is the flag that is used to summon a driver to the pits?

Black 

200

Appearing almost stationary in the night sky and valuable for navigation, what is the official name of the North Star?

Polaris 

200

Who plays Ben Sanderson, a screenwriter who lost everything and moves to Las Vegas to drink himself to death in the 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas?

Nicolas Cage 

200

What homograph can mean both happening now or a flow of electricity?

Current 

200

Named for the unusual shape of their heads, there are eight known species of which shark?

Hammerhead shark 

200

What is the northernmost contiguous State in the US - nicknamed the North Star State and the Land of 10,000 Lakes?

Minnesota 

300

What is the name of the atmospheric streak of light often called a "shooting star"?

A Meteor 

300

Which 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter was based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella "Who Goes There?"?

The Thing 

300

What homograph can mean both a small burrowing mammal or a spy operating secretly?

Mole 

300

Reaching up to 62 ft in length, what is the largest fish in the world?

Whale Shark 

300

Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; was the first to hold which "post"?

Postmaster General 

400

Located in the constellation Canis Major and often called the "Dog Star", what is the second brightest star visible from Earth?

Sirius 

400

Which film stars Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet as a couple who erase memories of each other after their relationship fails?

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 

400

What homograph can mean both a piece of sports equipment with strings or loud disorderly noise?

Racket 

400

The earliest confirmed modern sharks are known from around 200 million years ago during what age?

Jurassic (Early Jurassic) 

400

What word describes the first appearance of a character, artist, or product?

Debut 

500

Unlike most religious holidays, which have fixed dates, which Christian festival moves from year-to-year falling on the first spring Sunday after the new moon?

Easter 

500

The 2017 film "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" written and directed by Rian Johnson was what number episode of the "Skywalker saga"?

Eight (VIII)

500

What homograph can mean both a small tower or a rotating gun mount?

Turret 

500

Shark skin was once used to improve the grip on swords and knives, and as what by carpenters? 

Sandpaper 

500

Featuring a famous upside-down kiss, which film became the first motion picture to reach $100 million in a single weekend?

Spider-Man 

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