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100

This period of classical music falls after the classical era and before 20th century. 

What is the romantic period?

100

This company’s most notable games are Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, and Brawl Stars.

What is Supercell?

100

This phenomenon is when a change in perceived audio pitch is caused by the sound source moving relative to the observer. 

What is the Doppler effect?

100

This is the suffix used in medicine that denotes a blood disease.

What is ‘-emia’?

100

This is the ancient Japanese art of growing miniature trees.

What is bonsai?

200

This song is the greatest hit of an incredibly well known 70s songwriter. The song tells a story based on the songwriter’s real-life experience gigging as a lounge singer. 

What is Piano Man by Billie Joel?

200

This video game’s skin market went through a big crash in October 2025, causing many players to lose millions of dollars.

What is Counter-Strike?

200

This is the most distant human made object from Earth.

What is Voyager 1?
200

This device is a type of defibrillator found behind glass in public buildings. Commonly known by a 3 letter acronym.


What is an automatic external defibrillator (AED)?

200

This is a general name for plants that don’t stay alive for multiple years (seasonal).

What is an annual?

300

This medieval instrument features a hand-cranked circular bow that slides against several strings.

What is the hurdy gurdy?

300

This name for a type of video game was derived by combining the names of 2 older games of this style. Hollow Knight is the most popular example of this type of game.

What is metroidvania?

300

This is a licensed and regulated radio communication service used by many individuals across the world. Has the nickname ‘ham radio’. 

What is amateur radio?

300

This is a protocol used in first aid that describe steps taken during an emergency. Known as the 3 Cs.

What is check, call, care?

300

This is a general name for plants that stay alive for multiple years (not seasonal).

What is a perennial?

400

This term is abbreviated as ‘LFO’ in music technology.

What is a low frequency oscillator?

400

In Minecraft, gunpowder was named this before beta 1.3.

What is sulfur?

400

This is a type of manufacturing that strictly involves cutting away material. CNCs, lathes, water jets, and plenty more systems fall into this category of manufacturing.

What is subtractive manufacturing?

400

This disease is most notable for its unusual risk to pregnant women in the vicinity of cats.

What is toxoplasmosis?

400

This is the act of rooting plant cuttings in soil for growing.

What is soil propagation?

500

This is a type of Latin groove played by a piano. Its defining features include octave doubling and syncopated rhythms. It is heavily used in salsa, mambo, and other Latin jazz.

What is a montuno?

500

This Russian folk song is used as the theme for the incredibly notable blocky game, Tetris.

What is Korobeiniki?

500

This new type of autofocus was (and still is) revolutionary when first introduced in the Canon 70D in 2013.

What is dual pixel autofocus?

500

This is a test that verifies functionality of the cochlea by sending a sub-audible sound into the ear and recording how the inner ear hair cells react.

What is an otoacoustic emissions test?

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