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Love Thy Neighbor
100

He said something about taxes, and not having new ones.

Who is George H. W. Bush

100

This iconic blocky puzzle game was invented by a Russian programmer in the mid '80s and is available on almost every platform.

What is Tetris

100

This highly influential band from Birmingham, England wrote anti-war tracks such as Children of the Grave, War Pigs, and Electric Funeral.

Who is Black Sabbath

100

Often stated that it needs not to be innovated upon, this concept is the backbone of many modern commodities such as vehicles, shopping carts and office chairs.

What is the wheel

100

This country's only bordering country is Spain.

What is Portugal

200

When he wasn't busy catching syphilis, this guy got zapped while trying fly a kite.

Who is Benjamin Franklin

200

This very popular sandbox game allows players seemingly limitless freedom and creative options. It is also the best-selling video game of all time.

What is Minecraft

200

This all-Armenian, politically conscious band released their sophomore record, Toxicity, one week before the events of September 11th, 2001.

Who is System of a Down

200

This form of currency, made of paper and metal, has been largely replaced by plastic in most developed countries across the globe.

What is cash

200

This country borders on Finland and Norway.

What is Sweden

300

Some idiots got mad about tea and threw a tantrum over it in 1773. I can't remember what it was called...

What is The Boston Tea Party

300

This innovative PC first-person shooter, created by Id Software, was often blamed for inspiring the 1999 Columbine school shooting.

What is Doom

300

Used in the intro to Fallout 3, this song by The Ink Spots is a light-hearted love song about a person who just wants to start a flame in your heart.

What is I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

300

Sporting two screens as part of it's marketing campaign, this handheld console has sold more units worldwide than any other.

What is the Nintendo DS

300

This country's neighbors are Russia and Latvia.

What is Estonia

400

A bunch of dudes with guns and cameras went to war with a bunch of flightless birds and lost.

What is the Great Emu War

400

Originally nicknamed "Medal of Honor killer", this long-running and extremely successful first-person shooter has had games in multiple eras of war, including World War II, Vietnam, Cuba, Iraq/Afghanistan, and fictional.

What is Call of Duty

400

Released in May of 1980, this Dead Kennedys single mocks the life of a rich, privileged college kid who believes they are cultured, suggesting they should "vacation" in this location to get a taste of the world around them.

What is Holiday in Cambodia

400

This plastic object, encoded with indents to represent 1's and 0's, was the most popular format for storing music, photos, and data of all kinds in the 90's and early 2000's.

What is the Compact Disc

400

Laos, Cambodia, and China are the bordering countries to this nation.

What is Vietnam

500

A crazy, alcoholic Soviet naval officer sunk this German passenger liner with almost 10,000 civilians killed at the end of World War II.

What is the MV Wilhelm Gustloff

500

This over-hyped Atari 2600 game was so unsuccessful, roughly 700,000 copies of the game were buried in a landfill in New Mexico.

What is E.T.

500

This song, released in 1985, depicts the world during the Cold War, in which Sting rejects the agendas of the US and USSR and threats of Mutual Assured Destruction.

What is Russians

500

Replaced by LCD and LED technology, these were used to cast beams of light to a phosphor screen in TVs and computer monitors.

What is a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)

500

The only neighbors this country has are Guinea, Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast.

What is Liberia

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