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Sharing its name with a super hero sidekick. The Turdus migratorius is the state bird of Wisconsin.
What is the American robin (robin)?
100
Famous for coining the term "redshirt." This show often introduced characters wearing red shirts who would frequently die shortly after being introduced, used to dramatize the potential peril that the main characters face.
What is Star Trek (1966-1969)?
100
Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish Researcher, is credited for discovering this antibiotic in 1928, changing modern medicine forever.
What is penicillin?
100
This NFL team has won the most NFL championships with a grand total of 13.
Who are the Green Bay Packers?
100
He was the only US president to be unanimously elected.
Who is George Washington?
200
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Virginia Dare, believed to be the first English child born in America, was borne on Roanoake Island in 1587, which is part of this modern day state.
What is North Carolina?
200
Released in 1977, this character spoke the first lines in the now famous Star Wars: A New Hope.
Who is C-3PO?
200
After Germany lost World War I, the company Bayer was forced to give up two trademarks as part of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, which were the trademarks for heroin and this famous drug.
What is aspirin?
200
This tennis player has won the most Grand Slam tournament titles.
Who is Roger Federer?
Federer: 20
Nadal: 19
Djokovic: 17
200
Famous for his "fireside chats," this president gave a series of radio addresses during his presidency between 1933 and 1944.
Who is Franklin D Roosevelt?
300
In a country with many capitols and government buildings, this state is home to the only palace in the United States.
What is Hawaii?
The ʻIolani Palace was the royal residence of the rulers of the Kingdom of Hawaii beginning with Kamehameha III under the Kamehameha Dynasty and ending with Queen Liliʻuokalani under the Kalākaua Dynasty, founded by her brother, King David Kalākaua. The monarchy was overthrown in 1893.
300
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Released on May 25, 1983, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi concluded the first of now three Star Wars trilogies. The now famous movie was originally set to release under this title.
What is Revenge of the Jedi?
300
A pharmacist by the name of John Pemberton invented this non-alcoholic soda in 1886.
What is Coca Cola?
300
Holding the record for most points scored in a single NBA game, this player scored 100 points against the New York Knicks in 1962. The final score was 169-147.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
300
This president is a two-time Grammy winner.
Who is Bill Clinton?
400
This state is home to the only active diamond mine in the US.
What is Arkansas?
400
Not as short as you would think he would be, this actor played Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit" trilogy and Dr Watson in the British crime drama "Sherlock" (2010-2017) and actually is 5'7" tall.
Who is Martin Freeman?
400
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Often termed by patient's and pharmacists alike as "rat poison," the anticoagulant or "blood thinner" warfarin had it's name derived from this Wisconsin institution.
What is the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)?
400
While originally founded in 8th century BC, the modern day Olympics held under the International Olympic Committee started in 1896 in this country.
What is Greece?
400
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While giving a campaign speech in Milwaukee, WI in 1912, this president was shot in the chest. He refused medical attention and completed his 90 minute speech.
"I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose" he said. Doctors later examined him and decided it was safer to leave the bullet in his chest. It remained there for the remainder of his life.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
500
In 1867, Samuel W Soule, Carlose Glidden and Christopher Sholes invented the typewriter in this state in 1867. Sholes actually disowned the machine and refused to use or even recommend it, saying it looked "like something like a cross between a piano and a kitchen table"
What is Wisconsin?
500
JK Rowling's Harry Potter manuscript was rejected by 12 publishers. This publisher accepted it.
What is Bloomsberry?
500
One of the US Founding Fathers, he is credited with helping to establish the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital and first hospital pharmacy in the United States in 1751.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
During the 2012 Olympics, this 17 year-old swimmer won 5 medals, 4 of them being gold.
Who is Missy Franklin?
500
Part of the Founding Fathers and 4th president of the United States, he is the shortest president in US history, standing at 5'4".
Who is James Madison?