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100

Richard Dawson hosted a family game show and preceded the answers with this phrase.

What is “Survey says”? Richard Dawson was the original host of Family Feud.

100

This rock ’n’ roll musician stars in the 1961 film Blue Hawaii.

Who is Elvis Presley? In the movie, Elvis plays Chad Gates, a young man who defies his parents’ wishes and goes to work for his girlfriend’s agency as a tour guide.

100

This Southern entrée staple is rarely eaten with a fork and knife.

What is fried chicken? To promote its status as “poultry capital of the world,” Gainesville, Georgia, passed a law that prohibits people from eating fried chicken with a fork.

100

This common animal can kill up to 3.7 billion birds per year.

 What are domestic cats? If you’ve ever had an outdoor cat, you know they love to bring their “trophies” to the door for you.

100

In 1972, Frank Wills, a security guard at a hotel in Washington, D.C., was responsible for starting a series of events that brought down this American president

Who is Richard Nixon? Wills found tape over a lock in the basement on two occasions at the Watergate Hotel and called the police on the second occasion. The investigation launched a series of events that led to the demise of a presidency

200

This American political family is associated with Camelot

Who are the Kennedys? President John F. Kennedy’s years are referred to as Camelot, but it was after his death that his widow Jackie first coined the term “American Camelot.” Today, people who were alive during Kennedy’s presidency sometimes use it to refer to the family as well as the era.

200

When a diner asks for their steak to be cooked “blue,” they mean they want it cooked to this doneness.

What is rare? A rare steak really leans toward purple.

200

Mushrooms belong to this family.

What is fungi? They do not require sunlight to grow.

200

This bird was once used as a carrier.

What is pigeon? They were used until 1840. The last known passenger pigeon died in 1914.

200

He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, manifesting the first signs of his vocation at age 10 when he won a Charlie Chaplin imitation contest. He was known for his decades of overseas USO tours to entertain U.S. troops, and he received numerous awards and honours for his work as an entertainer and humanitarian.

Bob Hope

300

This band recorded “California Dreamin’,” “Monday, Monday,” “Dedicated to the One I Love,” and many more tunes.

What is the Mamas & the Papas? Band members John and Michelle Phillips were married from 1965–68.

300

Blue belongs to this category of three colors.

What is primary? A primary color is one that is not made from mixing other colors. When two primary colors are mixed, it creates a secondary color. For example, when you mix blue with yellow, you get green.

300

One of Andy Warhol's most famous artworks is a set of 32 canvases, each bearing an image of a red-and-white can of soup from what company SPAM is a combination of these two words.

Campbell's

300

This bird lays the tiniest egg.

What is hummingbird? The type of hummingbird is up for debate, but Guinness World Records currently states that the vervain hummingbird lays the smallest eggs

300

This young Black woman gained heroine status when she refused to give up her seat in the front of a bus and move to the back.

Who is Rosa Parks? She became a civil rights icon after this simple act of resistance.

400

This nighttime soap opera features the Ewing family.

What is Dallas? The Ewing family is Texas oil royalty

400

When searching for a used car, people turn to this authoritative reference guide to compare the prices to those offered through private and dealer sales.

What is Kelley Blue Book? People also use it to track the resale value of their current auto. Those in the industry call it the “Blue Book,” and the information is now also available online.

400

Lox is a fillet of the brined version of what type of sea critter? We're looking for a specific type of fish, not just the word "fish."

 Salmon

400

This bird eats algae and brine shrimp, giving it a pink hue.

What is flamingo? Flamingos eat with their head upside down in the water and their bill pointed at their feet. Then, they sweep their head side-to-side and pump water in and out of their bill to filter the food.

400

In the movie that bears her name, this real-life heroine was responsible for the lawsuit that compensated the victims of Pacific Gas & Electric’s poisoned water.

Who is Erin Brockovich? The fact that she was able to organize the class-action lawsuit was feat enough, but the generous settlement won by the defendants was a victory she helped them win, and it ran afoul of legal advice to take the lesser settlement.

500

Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis are parents to this award winning Actor famous for her roles in films like "Everything, Everywhere All At Once" and "A Fish Called Wanda"  

Jamie Lee Curtis

500

Tony Bennett first recorded a tune about a woman who wore this blue fabric.

What is velvet? The tune Blue Velvet was written in 1950 and has been performed by other vocalists, including Bobby Vinton, Brenda Lee, and Sammy Davis Jr.

500

What distilled alcoholic spirit has an English name derived from a diminutive form of the Slavic word for water? In essence, this means the word can be interpreted as "little water," which makes some sense as the beverage is said to originate from Poland or Russia.

Vodka

500

This is the term for the study of birds

What is ornithology? Ornithology is a branch of zoology and gets its name from the Greek prefix ornith-, which means “bird.

500

1950s star Audrey Hepburn was born in this European country

Belgium

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