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100
New York was originally known by this name.
What is New Amsterdam?
100
The surfing term for when a surfer curls all their toes over the nose of the board.
What is "Hang 10"?
100
This famous American artist is well known for his work, American Gothic.
Who is Grant Wood?
100
Mark Twain's given name.
What is Samuel Clemens?
100
This city was the first capital of the United States.
What is New York City?
200
In front of what memorial did Martin Luther King, Jr give his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
200
This is the most common nickname for a MLB pitcher.
What is "Lefty"?
200
Notable for the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions; characterizes himself as "___, Painter of Light."
Who is Thomas Kinkade?
200
He wrote the novel The House of the Seven Gables, which fictionalizes the legend of a curse placed on his family.
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
200
He was the first European explorer to come to America.
Who is Leif Erikson?
300
He was an escape slave, the leader of the abolitionist movement, an orator, and an author known for his autobiography.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
In 2004 this MLB team ended an 85 year championship drought.
Who are the Boston Red Sox?
300
His most famous painting Nighthawks (1942) was inspired by a diner in his home neighborhood in Manhattan.
Who is Edward Hopper?
300
This famous beat generation writer wrote On the Road.
Who is Jack Kerouac?
300
Those convicted at the Salem witch trials were...
What is hung from the gallows?
400
General Robert E. Lee famously lost the Battle of Gettysburg. He was the general who won...
Who is General George Meade?
400
These two NBA players won MVP trophy three times each among the years 1986-1992.
Who are Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan?
400
He originally envisioned painting the model standing up. However, his mother was too uncomfortable to pose standing for an extended period. Name the painting.
What is Whistler's Mother?
400
He wrote the poetry collection, Leaves of Grass.
Who is Walt Whitman?
400
With the world watching in 1986, this space shuttle exploded before ever leaving the atmosphere, killing all 7 crew members, including a schoolteacher.
What is Challenger?
500
The Declaration of Independence was signed on this date.
What is August 2, 1776?
500
This recreational activity is second in popularity only to walking in the United States.
What is swimming?
500
This artist completed more than 4,000 original artworks in his lifetime, 321 of those being Saturday Evening Post covers.
Who is Norman Rockwell?
500
She presented her philosophy of objectivism in the novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
Who is Ayn Rand?
500
In 1701, the Collegiate School at Saybrook was founded in Connecticut. It is better known as this university today.
What is Yale?