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100
This scientist believed, without proving, that the sun was the center of the universe.
Who was Copernicus?
100
William Harvey observed how this important muscle works in the body.
What is the heart?
100
The country from which Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama sailed. Its merchants became very wealthy because of the trade route they established.
What is Portugal?
100
The first European explorer to make it around the Cape of Good Hope.
Who was Bartolomeu Dias?
100
The winner and score of yesterday's Indians game.
What is Indians win 9-3.
200
This scientist is famous for using mathematics to prove the theories of planetary motion through his laws of motion and gravitation.
Who was Newton?
200
The meaning of heliocentric.
What is sun-centered?
200
Pedro Cabral landed in what is now this country.
What is Brazil.
200
This sailor got credit for what his crew completed.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
200
The Browns first pick in the NFL draft.
Who is Trent Richardson.
300
This scientist believed that you can only use known facts to arrive at conclusions.
Who was Descartes?
300
This scientist believed that the universe operates in a machine-like way according to the basic laws of physics.
Who was Descartes?
300
The meaning of the word "Pacific"?
What is calm and peaceful?
300
The first European explorer to actually use the trade route around the Cape of Good Hope to make it to India.
Who was Vasco da Gama?
300
28-year old Brandon Weeden holds this NFL record already.
What is the oldest ever first-round draft pick?
400
This astronomer based his laws of planetary motion on mathematics.
Who was Kepler?
400
The meaning of geo-centric.
What is earth-centered?
400
This explorer died in a fight with natives from an island he visited and never completed his famous voyage.
Who was Magellan?
400
This scientist was both a mathematician and a philosopher. He is famous for his quote: "I think, therefore I am."
Who was Rene Descartes?
400
The Cleveland Indians starting pitcher for this afternoon's game.
Who is Zach McAllister?
500
These two facts are explained by Newton's law of universal gravitation.
What are the force that holds planets in their orbits, and the force that causes objects to fall to the ground?
500
This scientist was the first scientist to view the mountains and valleys of the moon, the rings of Saturn, sunspots and the moons of Jupiter.
Who was Galileo?
500
This explorer thought he was sailing to India, but ended up landing in South America.
Who was Pedro Cabral?
500
This scientist is credited for the invention of the telescope, even though he based it on a Dutch invention already in use at the time.
Who was Galileo?
500
The first round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2012 draft.
Who is David DeCastro?
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