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The 70's
100

This was a cowboy's favorite tool for herding cattle

What is a Lasso?

100

This prophet said "Pick me up and hurl me into the sea."

Who is Jonah? (Jonah 1:12)

100

This is a light, pleasant-smelling liquid made of essential oils, alcohol, and water that men put on their skin.

What is Cologne?

100

This president said, "I took care of him, first term, and it was a big thing because I think he probably would be a lot stronger had he been around because he was a bad guy. But he was an evil genius but a bad guy, and he was the father of the roadside bomb, the roadside bomb is a bomb that goes off when you're driving your little vehicle around, and it goes off and you have no legs, no arms, and no face."

Who is Donald Trump?

100

This was the year of the Boston Massacre, and the marriage of Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI.

What was the year 1770?

200

This popular Wild West woman was known as a sharpshooter.

Who is Annie Oakley?

200

This patriarch said "Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?"

Who is Abraham? (Genesis 18:23-24)

200

This means to make a bad situation, problem, pain, or negative feeling worse or more severe.

What is Exacerbate?

200
This president said "And then today, a guy sends me something, his name is actually Abdullah somthadalalah, It's Abdullah baba ba ba ba, Mohamed, El-Sayed. So his middle name is Mohammed, so I was right, almost."

Who is Donald Trump?

200

This septuagenarian thespian fought in WWII and Vietnam, went to space, conducted a train, and started a shrimping company.

Who is Tom Hanks?

300

This pack animal was brought into the Wild West for exploration and to haul military equipment.

What is the Camel?

300

This man said "As I lay in bed, the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me. So I made a decree that all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream."

Who is Nebuchadnezzar? (Daniel 4:5-6)

300

This is an administrative system of organization characterized by a clear hierarchy, specialized division of labor, and strict adherence to established rules managed by unelected officials.

What is Bureaucracy?

300

This president said "His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And- although, she's- wait- your mom's still- your mom's still alive. Your dad passed. God bless her soul."

Who is Joe Biden?

300

This was the year of the Siege of Jerusalem, and the destruction of the second temple.  

What was the year 70 AD?

400

This is where the first American train robbery occured

What is Jackson County, Indian?

400

This man did not say "His name is John."

Who is Zacharias / the father of John the Baptist? (Luke 1:63)

400

This is to criticize or call into question someone's character, motives, or truthfulness by suggesting they are dishonest or wrong.

What is to Impugn?

400

This president said "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

Who is George W. Bush?

400

This 70-year-old studious gentleman earned a mechanical engineering degree from Cornell and appeared in Boeing training videos before his eventual career in educational television.

Who is Bill Nye?

500

This state was known as the Wild West's last frontier.

What is Arizona?

500

This man said "Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name. With this, the words of the Prophets agree..."

Who is James? (Acts 15:14-15)

500

This is a diplomat or official representative who has full, independent power and authority to act, negotiate, and sign agreements on behalf of their government without needing further approval.

What is a Plenipotentiary?

500

This president said "It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a great man."

Who is Calvin Coolidge?

500

This was the year of the unification of Italy, and the first Vatican Council. 

What was the year 1870

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