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200

According to legend, Delaware gets the nickname "Diamond State" because it was once called "a jewel among the states" by what third U.S. President?

Thomas Jefferson

200

Depending on who you ask, “B.C.” can mean “Before the Common Era,” “Before the Current Era,” or before which Biblical figure?

Christ

200

Known as the hottest ticket on Broadway for years after its 2015 debut, what is the name of the musical penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda that was loosely based on a biography written by Ron Chernow?

Hamilton

200

Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp, and McIntosh are all popular varieties of what fruit?

Apple

200

What spin-off of “All In The Family”, starting in 1975, features Sherman Helmsley and Isabel Sanford as the titular African-American couple, moving into a white high rise building due to the success of the family dry cleaning business?

The Jeffersons

400

Abraham Lincoln was the first elected president for what American political party?

Republican

400

Which Southeastern European country with ancient history is technically named the Hellenic Republic?

Greece

400

Talk about a circle of life! Rafiki hoisted a fuzzy baby one more time as what movie musical-turned-musical musical took home six Tony Awards in 1998?

The Lion King

400

The answer is under your desk: vandalism and littering led Singapore to ban the import and sale of which chewy confectionary in 1992?

Gum

400

The running joke was that the TV family was so wholesome they never used the bathroom started because the network wouldn’t allow a toilet to be shown on screen. What was the title of the groovy 1969 sitcom?

The Brady Bunch

600

Who is the oldest person to assume the United States presidency, having been born before four of his predecessors?

Joe Biden

600

Said to have been the brainchild of Odysseus, what construction from ancient Greek mythology gives its name to software that misleads users of its true intent by disguising itself as a standard program?

Trojan Horse

600

Named for a major Midwestern city, what long-running Broadway musical features songs like "All That Jazz," "Cell Block Tango," and "Mr. Cellophane?"

Chicago

600

First coined by Julia Burchill in a 1992 article in the London-based magazine Modern Review, what member of the British royal family was often nicknamed “The People’s Princess”?

Princess Diana

600

Premiering in 1999 as the second series in the successful "Law & Order" franchise, what does the SVU stand for in "Law & Order: SVU?"

Special Victims Unit

800

George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush are one of two pairs of presidents who were father and son. What is the last name of the other pair?

Adams

800

Around 3000 BC was the first known use of what paper-like material by the Egyptians?

Papyrus

800

Billing itself as a "farm-to-fable" musical, the wildly popular new Broadway show "Shucked" is about farmers raising what staple crop?

Corn

800

Mammals and birds experience a unique phase of sleep characterized by random quick motion in the eyes accompanied by low muscle tone throughout the body and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly. What’s the common three-letter abbreviation for this phase?

REM

800

In a 1965 TV cartoon special for what comic strip character does he get small holiday tree with almost no leaves on it?

Charlie Brown Christmas Special

1000

The 1942 film "Desperate Journey" stars Errol Flynn and what former U.S. President as downed Allied airmen trying to repatriate a Lockheed Martin Hudson that had been captured by Germans?

Ronald Reagan

1000

His name lives on in the form of an oath of ethics taken by medical practitioners. Which ancient Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine"?

Hippocrates

1000

The 1932 election of FDR over Herbert Hoover serves as the backdrop to what 1977 Broadway musical that sees the orphaned protagonist actually meeting Roosevelt during Act II?

Annie

1000

Milkshakes! Piña coladas! Frappuccinos! Oh, my! They're all much easier to make thanks to Stephen Poplawski's 1922 invention of what electrical kitchen appliance?

Blender

1000

What popular ABC sitcom, running from 1964 to 1972, was about ad exec Darrin and his marriage to Samantha, who has magical powers? It was reimagined into a 2005 Will Ferrell romantic comedy movie that was not as popular.

Bewitched

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