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200

50 + 275 + w = 500; Solve for W

w = 175

200

This state of matter has a definite volume, but no definite shape.

Liquid

200

The capital of the largest country in the world by land area.

Moscow

200

Greek mythology – Better not look at Medusa, or you’ll turn to this mineral matter.

Stone

200

This conflict, also known as the War of Independence, saw the thirteen American colonies fighting for their independence from British rule.

Revolutionary War

400

Joe has these three coins that add up to 40 cents.

A quarter, a dime, and a nickel

400

These two planets are the only ones in our solar system without a moon--Think "Freddie," the singer, and "Williams," the tennis player.

Mercury & Venus

400

This is the major bridge that goes through San Francisco, not to be confused with the Asian restaurant in downtown Jackson.

Golden Gate Bridge

400

The name of the Holy Book in Judaism.

Torah

400

This amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery in the United States.

13th Amendment

600

2/5 in decimal form

.4

600

A universal doner would have this blood type

O Negative

600

The Bermuda Triangle is located in this ocean.

The Atlantic Ocean

600

Confucius was born in this country.

China

600

Our third president--Also, on the two-dollar bill.

Thomas Jefferson

800

4 x 3 x 13

156

800

The biology term “Deoxyribonucleic acid” is a two-stranded polymer better known by this three-letter acronym.

DNA

800

Producing 70% of the world’s cocoa beans, this continent is the second largest—It also comes first alphabetically.

Africa

800

“Friendly fire,” “live recording” and “least favorite” are all examples of this figure of speech.

Oxymoron

800

Room 214 of this Washington DC hotel has been converted to “The Scandal Room,”—its décor includes newspaper headlines about Richard Nixon’s resignation.

The Watergate Hotel

1000

1/8 + 1/2

5/8

1000

According to the Mohs hardness scale, the hardest mineral is diamond, while the softest mineral is this—composed of hydrated magnesium silicate

Talc

1000

This island nation boasts the largest city in the world by population.

Tokyo, Japan

1000

Ophelia, Claudius, and Horatio are all characters in this Shakespearian work-circa 1600.

Hamlet

1000

The Black Tuesday stock market crash happened in this year.

1929

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