The city of Seattle in located in this Washington county
What is King County?
100
Born in Baltimore, his works include "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum," and "The Raven."
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
100
With 21 awards, he has won more Grammys than any other rap artist even though he has not won since 2013.
Who is Kanye West?
200
What chess piece can move in an "L" shape?
What is the knight?
200
This instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure. It is also used to help forecast the weather.
What is a barometer?
200
A system of government in which a single person or group exercises complete power over others.
What is a dictatorship?
200
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck, this character claims, "There is a devil in this pearl. You should have sold it and passed on the devil. Perhaps you can still sell it and buy peace for yourself."
Who is Juan Thomas?
200
On the cartoon show "Spongebob Squarepants," Mr. Krabs inexplicably has a whale daughter who is named after this round gemstone.
Who is Pearl?
300
The 32nd President of the United States, who is featured on the dime.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
300
The path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity.
What is orbit?
300
In the feudal hierarchy, these persons exchanged military support and mutual protection for land and other privledges.
What are vassals?
400
This book, written by Charles Darwin, was published in 1859 and was the first to introduce the world to the theory of evolution by natural selection.
What is "On the Origin of Species"?
400
This document gave the British aristocracy various protections against the King, including the guarantee that "no free man shall be…imprisoned or dispossessed… except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.”
What is the Magna Carta?
500
Excluding Alaska, which U.S. state is furthest north?
What is Minnesota?
500
Known as the founder of the science of genetics, this Austrian scientist's pea plant experiments established many of the rules on inherited genes.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
500
At its largest, parts of these 4 future states made up the Washington Territory until its final borders were established in 1863.
What is Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming?
500
Eye color is given by this circular part of the eye.