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100

Who was the first female pharaoh? 

Hatshepsut

100

What Actor played the Green Goblin in the original Spider-Man movies?

Willem Dafoe

100

Who wrote Oedipus Rex?

Sophocles

100

Edison and Tesla disagreed on many things. One was the merits of AC vs. DC. What do those letters stand for?

Alternating Currents vs Direct Currents.

100

Which Actress is mentioned in both Uptown Funk and Riptide?

Michelle Pfeiffer

200

Who was considered Italian Hitler?

Benito Mussolini

200

What are the dying words of the title character in "Citizen Kane"?

Rosebud

200

What's the name of the magical cat in Cats?

Mr. Mistoffelees

200

What bug is emerging on the east coast right now after a 17 year chill underground?

Brood X Cicadas

200

Which hindu god has the face of an elephant?

Ganesh

300

Which US president served the shortest term, of only 31 days, before dying of pneumonia?

William Henry Harrison

300

What 3 Movies have won the "Big 5" at the Oscars

"It Happened One Night", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", and Silence of the Lambs"

300

What female playwright do many historians ignore from the Middle Ages?

Hrotsvitha

300

What is the rarest blood type?

AB negative

300

What famous director fled to France to avoid sentencing for statutory rape? Honestly even more reasons to dislike the french.

Roman Polanski

400

What country invented fireworks around 2nd Century BC?

China

400

Three of Jim Carey's Block busters "The Mask", "Dumb and Dumber" and "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" were all released in what year?

1994

400

What was the name of the old man character in Commedia dell'Arte?

Pantalone
400

Dolly was the first ever animal to be cloned, what kind of animal was she?

Sheep

400

This special chess move allows you to move both your king and rook at the same time (under certain circumstaces). What is it called?

Castling

500

Which West African ruler was known for giving away gold?

Mansa Musa

500

What lauded Japanese film took King Lear and placed it in feudal Japan?

Ran

500

Who wrote "A Raisin in the Sun"?

Lorraine Hansberry

500

This animal’s fingerprints closely resemble that of a human’s. So much so in fact, that inspecting its fingerprint side by side with a human print might make it impossible to differentiate. What animal is it?

Koala

500

When is Garfield's Birthday?

June 19th

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