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What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Hydrogen.
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What is the highest point on Earth?
Mount Everest.
100
Who was the fourth president of the United States?
James Madison
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1803- What Country was paid $15 million for 828,000 square miles west of the Mississippi River, essentially doubling the size of the United States and opening access to the West Coast?
France
100
Name three of the seven inhabited Hawaiians Islands
Hawai'i, Kauai, Maui, Oahu, Lana'i, Ni'ihau, Moloka'i
200
What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?
Carbon Dioxide
200
Morocco is located on which continent?
Africa
200
What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during the Great Depression?
The New Deal
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1805- On November 15, 1805, the corps of Discovery Expedition reached the Pacific Ocean near what modern- day city?
Astoria
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What island lies between Siberia and the U.S.
Diomede
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What element did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774?
Oxygen
300
Which ocean lies between the United States and Europe?
The Atlantic Ocean
300
Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt
300
15th Century- Eager to expand the Oregon territory, what was the slogan of the campaign to extend the U.S boundary into further in Canada?
"Fifty-four- forty or Fight"
300
What chain of 69 islands separate the Bering sea and the North Pacific Ocean?
Aleutian Islands
400
What inorganic molecule is produced by lightning?
Ozone
400
Which country has the highest population in the world?
India
400
Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
400
What is the oldest university in the Western United States, founded in Salem, Oregon?
Willamette University
400
On what pacific island can you walk with moai?
Easter Island
500
What is the tallest type of grass?
Bamboo
500
On which continent will you find the Alps Mountain range?
Europe
500
In which year was George H.W. Bush elected president?
1988
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What aids to navigation were installed to improve ship safety along the treacherous coast?
Lighthouses
500
What pacific desert island is where lizards swim?
The Galápagos Islands 
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What part of the brain deals with hearing and language?
Temporal lobe
600
What is the largest active volcano in the world?
Mauna Loa in Hawaii
600
In what year did child labor laws start in the United States?
1938
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1843-1916- With a growing and diverse population, how many counties was Oregon divided into?
36
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On June 4-7, 1942-what Island on the way to Japan was the site of as definitive air/sea battle in World War II?
Midway
700
How many elements are there in the periodic table?
118
700
What country is shaped like a boot?
Italy
700
Who was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt
700
1861- What began as a local festival featuring food, music, arts and crafts competition went on to become what annual statewide event?
State Fair
700
What island did the bounty mutineers flee to?
Pitcairn Islands
800
The earth has three layers that are different due to varying temperatures. What are its three layers?
Crust, mantle, and core
800
Which country has the most pyramids in the world?
Sudan
800
What is considered the largest empire in history?
The Mongol Empire
800
1902- What 15 1/2-ton, iron nickel celestial messenger, sacred to native Americans was recovered from, near West Linn Oregon and now resides in the American museum of natural history?
Willamette Meteorite
800
What Canadian providence is smallest in size and population?
Prince Edward Island
900
What disease stems from the medieval term that means ‘bad air’?
Malaria
900
What is the largest city in North America?
Mexico City
900
What was the name of the battle in the Pacific fought between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy in June 1942?
Battle of Midway
900
As part of FDR's New Deal, what 55,000 square foot recreation facility was built at 6,000 feet on Mount Hood using local craftsmen?
Timberline Lodge
900
Disputed ownership of what south Atlantic Island is led to a brief between Argentina and great Britten?
The Falklands
1000
What type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between different atoms?
Covalent
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What is the name of the only sea without a land boundary?
The Sargasso Sea
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How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she became the queen of England?
25
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1945- What was the only Japanese attack on the U.S main-land in World War 2?
A hydrogen filled paper ballon intended to start massive forest fires landed near Bly, Oregon and exploded, leading to the deaths of 6 people (5 children) on a church picnic
1000
No trespassing: What Colombian River Island was a sacred Native American burial site
Memaloose Island
1100
What animal was the first ever animal to be cloned?
Sheep
1100
What percentage of Earth’s water is not held in oceans?
3%
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During World War II, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Which country is this in?
France
1100
What baby animal born at the Portland Zoo was the first of his kind born in 44 years, becoming one of the most popular attractions and sired seven off springs?
Packy The Asian Elephant
1100
About 7,700 years ago the tallest mountain in Oregon became what island?
Wizard Island
1200
Which two elements on the periodic table are liquids at room temperature?
Mercury and Bromine
1200
How many countries are there in Africa?
54
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Who fought in the Hundred Years’ War?
Britain and France
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With growing confrontation between tourism and privatization of beaches, what bill was passed to ensure public access between the water line and left above the low tide mark?
Beach Bill
1200
From 1946-1958, what atoll was the site_23 nuclear bomb tests, including 20 Hydrogen bomb tests?
Bikini Atoll
1300
How do you calculate density?
Density is mass divided by volume
1300
The Java Trench is located in which ocean?
Indian Ocean
1300
What year did the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) go into effect?
1994
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To reduce a growing litter problem what bill was passed to collect a container deposit?
Bottle Bill
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in 1883, what Caldera in the south pacific went off with a BANG 13,000 times the bomb on Hiroshima and was heard 2,200 miles away
Krakatoa
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Around what percentage of animal species are invertebrates?
95%
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How many countries sit on the equator?
13
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Who was the first woman to make a million dollars in the United States
Madam C.J. Walker
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To reduce the last-minute rush to the voting booth during elections. What innovation was Oregon's first in the country to introduce?
Vote by Mail
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What island was Ben Gunn marooned on?
Treasure island
1500
The process of weathered material moving due to gravity is called what?
Erosion
1500
What is the flattest country in the world?
The Maldives
1500
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia
1500
To improve participation in elections, what bill was passed allowing voter registration at the DMV offices?
Motor-Voter Act
1500
When their ship was crushed by pack-ice and sunk, what Antarctic island did the crew of the Endeavor survive on until rescue?
Elephant Island