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Which planet is referred to as the "jewel of the solar system"?

Saturn

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When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

December 7, 1941

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What was the capital of East Germany?

East Berlin

100

What is the Latin word for poison?

Virus

100

Five towns on the coast

Astoria, Tillamook, Seaside, Lincon city, Newport 

200

What is the explosion at the end of a star's life cycle called?

Supernova 

200

In 1975, what city tried to reduce crime by playing classical music in its subway stations?

New York City

200

What city is the capital of Nevada?  

Carson City

200

The Abel Prize is referred to as the "Nobel Prize" in which field?

Mathematics

200

Five counties with the same name as a president

Grant, Jackson, Jefferson, Polk, Washington 

300

Titan orbits what planet of the solar system?

Saturn

300

What state saw the start of the American Revolution?

Massachusetts

300

How many states does the Appalachian Trail cross?

14

300

How many nights can a vampire bat go without blood before it dies?

Two nights

300

Five Oregon newspapers

Oregonian, Albany Democrat Herald, Eugene Register Guard, Corvallis Gazette Times, Bend Bulletin, Daily Astoria, Keizer Times

400

What two planets in our Solar System possess no moons?

Mercury and Venus

400

Who was the US vice-president during the presidency of Bill Clinton?

Al Gore

400

What was the official name of East Germany?

German Democratic Republic

400

Which herb is used to make "Pesto Sauce"

Basil

400

Five good white-water rivers

Clackamas, Santiam, Mckenzie Rouge, Klamath, Columbia 

500

Which element of the periodic table is named after a US state?

Californium 

500

Who uttered the line "There you go again" during a debate?

Ronald Reagan

500

Which state is located directly west of Louisiana?

Texas

500

What was the first vegetable ever to be grown in space?

The potato

500

Five Ski resorts

Hoodoo, Timberline, Mt Bachelor, Mt Hood, Meadows, Cloud Cap, Anthony Lakes

600

This part of the brain deals with hearing and language.

Temporal lobe

600

Who composed the marching song "The Stars and Stripes Forever"?

John Philip Sousa -- It was designated as the official march of the U.S. in 1987.

600

Armenia is considered to be part of which continent?

Aisa

600

What is the only food that can never go bad?

Honey

600

Five rivers running into Oregon

Yaquina, Siletz, Rouge, Klamath, Columbia,
Nehalem

700

What is the study of soils in their natural environment called?

Pedology

700

What year was the first computer mouse prototype built? A.1964 B.1970 C.1958

A.1964

700

What became the tallest building in London after its official opening in October 1965?

Post Office Tower

700

Which U.S. President was a law professor?

Bill Clinton

700

Five Capes

Arago, Foul weathers lookout, Kiwanda, Cascade Head, Yaquina Head 

800

This type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between different atoms. What do you call this bond?

Covalent

800

Who was the only president to also have been Speaker of the House?

James K. Polk

800

Which nation is the world’s largest producer of whisky?

Scotland

800

Which three states share a border with California?

Arizona, Nevada and Oregon

800

Five Mountains grater than 10,000ft 

Hood, Jefferson, North, middle, south sister

900

By what more common name is the star cluster, Pleiades, better known as?

Seven Sisters

900

Construction of the Colosseum began under the ruling of which emperor?

Vespasian

900

What state has the oldest operating amusement park in the U.S.?

The oldest operating amusement park in the U.S. is Lake Compounce, located in Bristol, Connecticut, which opened in 1846.

900

The unicorn is the national animal of which country?

Scotland

900

Five Oregon tide pools organisms

Anemone, sea urchin, starfish, snails, hermit crabs, Sculpin, Chitin  

1000

What is the nearest spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way?

The Andromeda Galaxy  

1000

Which national reserve ended in 2015 after the Supreme Court declared it was unconstitutional?

National Raisin reserve- The National Raisin Reserve was established in 1949 to stabilize raisin prices in the U.S. but was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2015 due to its practices of seizing farmers' crops without compensation.

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Which continent would you find the "Strait of Magellan" in?

South America! - also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and the Tierra del Fuego archipelago to the south.  

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Which soft drink once contained cocaine as one of its original ingredients?

Coca-Cola

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Top Five visited towns in Oregon 

Cannon Beach, Portland, Columbia River Gorge, Ashland, Astoria

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