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100

What two memorials have statues of presidents sitting down?

The FDR and Lincoln Memorial 

100

This is the name for the movement of foreign bands taking over the American music scene.

The British Invasion

100

What does NCAA stand for?

National Collegiate Athletic Association

100

In this adventurous film series featuring the iconic archaeologist, John Williams has composed music for its 5 movies.

Indiana Jones

100

Airing between 1993-1998, the host of which popular children's science program often wore a blue lab coat and a bow-tie?

Bill Nye the Science Guy



Bill Bill Bill Bill Bill Bill -  BILL BILL BILL BILL

100

A Founding Father and author of the Declaration of Independence, who was the third president of the United States?

Thomas Jefferson

100

What kind of bank has no money?

A river bank

or 

The slight turn of an airplane

200

The White House took significant damage when the British almost burned it down during which major war?

The War of 1812

200

Known as the Mother of the Blues.

Ma Rainy

200

Which team won 10 titles between 1964 to 1975?



UCLA

200

What is the name of the magical creature that can only be seen by those who have witnessed death in the hit franchise about the wizarding world.

(Everytime it is shown in the films, it is highlighted by John Williams' glistening string composition.)

Thestral

200

What is the capital of Vermont?

Montpelier

200

What is the oldest European-founded city in the United States?

St. Augustine

200

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

Silence

300

This museum is known for its distinctive circular architecture and is a piece of the Smithsonian Institution which focuses on modern and contemporary art.

The Hirshhorn Museum

300

These musicians famously started a version of folk music in the 60's and 70's and soundtracked many scenes of the 1967 hit romantic comedy "The Graduate".

Simon and Garfunkel 

300

Which 15 seed shockingly advanced to the Elite 8 in March Madness 2022?

St. Peter's

300

John Williams' biggest inspiration came from which famous classical composer?

Gustav Holst

300

This reporter was famously known for saying this iconic sign off:

"and that's the way it is...."

Walter Cronkite

300

Name the presidents that have been assassinated.

Abraham Lincoln

James Garfield

William McKinley

John F. Kennedy

300

How can you take 3 away from five, but still have 5?

V

400

Who was the first president to live in the White House?

John Adams

400

Name 5 iconic rock & roll guitar players from the 70's and 80's.

Prince, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Mark Knopfler, Jimmy Page, Frank Zappa, Joe Perry, Ace Frehley, Ted Nugent, Neil Young, Brian May, Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Martin Barre, Tony Iommi, Duane Allman, Robert Fripp, Alex Lifeson, Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour

400

Which ACC team has been seeded No. 1 more than any other team in the March Madness tournament?

UNC 

(17 times)

400

Which movie that John Williams wrote the music for grossed the highest in the box office?

Star Wars the Force Awakens 

$2,068,223,624

400


What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise?

Venus

400

What city was the first capital of the United States?

New York City

400

I am an  odd number, takeout 1 letter and I become even, what number am I?

(S)even

500

In 1846, the District of Columbia underwent a "retrocession" in which it returned approximately 31 square miles of land to what U.S. state?

Virginia

500

This hilarious British character from the hit musical Hamilton only has 1:50 of stage time and argues with Hamilton himself before the American Revolution. 

Samuel Seabury

500

What college has had the highest-seeded ranking to ever win a March Madness Tournament?

Villanova 

8th seed in 1985

500

Name 7 iconic individual movies or franchises John Williams wrote the music for.


(Ex. You can't use the individual movies from Fast and Furious only the franchise itself because it has more than two movies.)

Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Jurassic Park, Jaws, E.T, Superman, Saving Private Ryan, Hook, Schindler's List, Catch Me If You Can, Empire of the Sun, Seven Years in Tibet, The Patriot, Lincoln. 

500

What is the lightest element in the periodic table?

Hydrogen 

Has a standard atomic weight of 1.008

500

What was the bloodiest single-day battle in the Civil War and American history?

The Battle of Antietam 

500

It comes once in a minute twice in a moment and never in thousand years.

The letter "M"

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