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What is the molten rock magma called once it flows from a volcano?
Lava
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The Russian Revolution of 1917 led to the creation of what state?
The Soviet Union
100
Which U.S. state has the longest coastline?
Alaska
100
What Shakespeare play features the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Hamlet
100
What artist walked between the Twin Towers in 1974?
Philippe Petit
200
What’s the name of the science of growing plants in liquid nutrients instead of soil?
Hydroponics
200
Which battle was a turning point in the Pacific Theater during World War II
Battle of Midway
200
What European country has the most bordering nations?
Germany
200
Who starred as the original Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady?
Julie Andrews
200
How many inches is a span?
9 inches
300
What's the name of the technique for collecting measurements at a distance?
Telemetry
300
Which colony was originally established as a haven for Catholics in the 17th century?
Maryland
300
Which sea lies between Saudi Arabia and Africa?
The Red Sea
300
Who wrote Treasure Island?
Robert Louis Stevenson
300
What does an archer keep his arrows in?
Quiver
400
"Underwater Rainforest" is another name for what marine ecosystem?
Coral reefs -- Although they cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, coral reefs support about 25% of all known marine species.
400
Which state was the last of the original 13 to ratify the U.S. Constitution?
Rhode Island
400
What is the only continent without a desert?
Europe
400
What novel begins with a young boy named Pip meeting a convict?
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
400
In what European country is the headquarters for the World Health Organization?
Switzerland
500
What is the term for an organism that lives on or in another?
Parasite
500
Which colony was originally called “New Netherland” before being seized by the English in 1664?
New York
500
Which country is the only one to have coastlines on both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
South Africa
500
What Broadway musical includes the song “Some Enchanted Evening”?
South Pacific
500
Who wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude?
Gabriel García Márquez
600
What is the fattiest human organ?
Brain
600
The U.S. and Soviet Union came closest to nuclear war during what 1962 event?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
600
Which river is known as the longest river in Europe?
The Volga
600
What novel tells the story of the Compson family?
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
600
What celebrity had their dog cloned, twice?
Barbara Streisand
700
What month is the Earth closest to the sun?
January
700
Which American diplomat helped secure the Franco-American alliance in 1778?
Benjamin Franklin
700
Which country’s territory includes the Galápagos Islands?
Ecuador
700
What musical is set in the cabaret Kit Kat Klub in Berlin?
Cabaret
700
What parts of a sailor's uniform can be used for a floatation device?
The pants and hat
800
What element combines with sodium to make ordinary table salt?
Chlorine
800
Which colony briefly issued paper money called “bills of credit” in 1690, sparking one of the first financial crises in North America?
Massachusetts
800
Which river in the world has the largest discharge volume?
Amazon River
800
Which musical is about performers trying to get into a Broadway show?
A Chorus Line
800
What is the official flower of Easter?
White Lilly 
900
What organisms are known as the oldest fossils is what?
Blue-green algae
900
The 12th Amendment, ratified in 1804, changed the procedure for electing which two offices?
President and Vice President
900
What is the only country whose coastline lies entirely on the Arctic Ocean?
Russia
900
What musical is set on a riverboat and includes the song “Ol’ Man River”?
Show Boat
900
Who was America's first billionaire?
John D. Rockefeller
1000
What layer of the Earth's atmosphere sits between the troposphere and mesosphere?
Stratosphere
1000
The Emancipation Proclamation declared freedom for enslaved people in Confederate states, but it did not apply to which specific area?
Border states (Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and certain Union-occupied Confederate areas)
1000
Which country has coastlines on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, but is entirely in Africa?
Morocco
1000
Which musical includes the song “Getting to Know You”?
The King and I
1000
What does the abbreviation NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration