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100

What is Canada's national animal?

The Beaver 

100

The No Child Left Behind Act was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and was signed into law by what U.S. President?

George W Bush

100

What is the common term for a chain or cluster of islands?

An archipelago.

100

Who said "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

Nelson Mandela 

100

What is a secondary field of study within a major called?

Minor

200

What are the two official languages of Canada?

English and French

200

Which 37th US president began to normalize relations with China, culminating in his 1972 visit?

Richard Nixon

200

What was the name for the group of large statues on Easter Island?

Moai 

200

Who said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,"

Franklin D. Roosevelt 

200

What university has the lowest acceptance rate in the US?

Harvard University

300

The parliament buildings in this city include the restored office of Canada's first Prime Minister 

Ottawa 

300

FDR gave the first of these talks March 12th, 1933 from the White House Diplomatic Reception Room 

Fireside Chat 

300

The Maldives are made of what geological material, sitting atop ancient volcanoes?

Coral

300

Truman said that he fired this General "Because he wouldn't respect the authority of the President" 

MacArthur 

300

This University in New York City that was founded as King's College in 1754 uses a crown as its logo 

Columbia 

400

Canada honors the Birthday of this monarch with a holiday named for her on the Monday before May 25th 

Queen Victoria 

400

In January 1918 he set forth his "fourteen points" on which he thought lasting peace could be made 

Woodrow Wilson 

400

This "valley island" is found between the islands of Molokai and Hawaii 

Maui

400

On July 19, 1988 he said, "We are all precious in God's sight- the real rainbow coalition" 

Jesse Jackson 

400

The Southernmost University of California campus bears the name of this city 

San Diego 

500

"Old" this city lies between Rue Berri and Rue McGill 

Montreal 

500

Daniel Webster's son gave this man the news of William Henry Harrison's death, making him President 

John Tyler

500

It's the second largest island in the world 

New Guinea

500

In 1798 he told his troops in Africa, "Pyramids forty centuries look down upon you" 

Napoleon  

500

Evanston resident Rebecca Hoag was the first female student to enroll at this Illinois University 

Northwestern 

600

Yukon is alphabetically the last of these 3 geographical divisions of Canada 

Territories 

600

He carried 40 states in the 1928 election, 6 in 1932 

Herbert Hoover

600

This island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is Canada's smallest province 

Prince Edward

600

"A fool and his money are soon elected", said this humorist who died in 1935

Will Rogers 

600

Robert Frost taught on and off for over 40 years at this mass. College in Emily Dickinson's home town 

Amherst College 

700

Oddly this province is 1/2 an hour ahead of Atlantic Standard Time 

Newfoundland 

700

This former President was 90 when he died on the same day as Thomas Jefferson 

John Adams

700

As its name indicates, it's a big island-in fact, the largest of Spain's Balearic islands

Majorca

700

This teamsters leader told reporters, "I do unto others what they do unto me, only worse" 

Jimmy Hoffa 

700

This historically black college was first founded as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary in 1881 

Spelman 

800

This third-largest island in the world is shared by Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia 

Borneo

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