Identify the sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, won in 1998 by Jeff King for the 3rd time.
What is the Iditarod?
100
He is the author of the short story Matilda which is the basis for a 1996 film of the same name. He also wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Who is Roald Dahl?
100
Name the instrument that was found to be flawed after taking its first photograph of Theta Carina, an obscure star cluster, in 1990.
What is the Hubble Telescope?
100
Term meaning "middle period" which designates the "Age of Reptiles" or the geologic era during which birds evolved from the dinosaurs.
What is the Mesozoic Era?
100
Two circles, one with a radius of 4 cm. and one with a radius of 3 cm., have the same center. Calculate the area enclosed by the larger circle that is outside of the smaller circle.
What is 7 pi square cm.?
200
This movie won a record-tying 11 Oscars, including best picture, best director, and best original song.
What is Titanic?
200
He wrote the famous book The Three Musketeers.
Who is Alexander Dumas?
200
Planet known for its "Great Dark Spot".
What is Neptune?
200
"Tyrant-lizard king"- traditionally the most feared meat-eating dinosaur.
What is the tyrannosaurus rex?
200
Infinite repeating decimal point one, one, one, one, et cetera expressed as the quotient of two whole numbers in reduced terms.
What is 1/9?
300
This Canadian provincial capital in a province whose name means "New Scotland" had a boom in tourism because of this film since 150 of the victims are buried there.
What is Nova Scotia (Halifax)?
300
He wrote the famous line "'Rabbit's clever' said Pooh thoughtfully, 'Yes,' said Piglet, 'Rabbit's clever.'"
Who is A.A. Milne?
300
Planet that has just one natural satellite.
What is Earth?
300
One with a bony crest on the neck and a horn on the nose and over each eye, whose name means "Three Horned Eye".
What is triceratops?
300
Power to which 10 is raised in expressing 1,230,000 in scientific notation form.
What is 6?
400
President Clinton toured Robben Island Prison where President Mandela was once helf prisoner in this country.
What is South Africa?
400
He created the fantasy world in Never-Never-Land through his adventures of Peter Pan.
Who is J.M. Barrie?
400
Planet whose moon, Triton, is the only one orbiting its planet backward and is the coldest body ever measured.
What is Neptune?
400
"Arm lizard"- at 50 tons and 80 feet long, the biggest dinosaur of all time.
What is the brachiosaurus?
400
Year equivalent to DCCLIX in Roman numerals.
What is 759?
500
The remains of the widow of Confederate General George Pickett were buried in the all-male soldiers' section of Hollywood Cemetary in this state capital.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
500
He wrote the book "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".
Who is Lewis Carroll?
500
Other than Neptune, the 3 planets Voyager II saw on its "grand tour".
What are Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus?
500
Other name for the apatosaurus, the animal whose front legs were shorter than its hind legs.