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100

What year did World War 2 Start?

1939

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  1. What startup, acquired by Facebook for $1 billion in 2012, became the fourth most downloaded app in the 2010s and is known for the posting of pictures?


Instagram

100

What is the largest country in South America?


Brazil.



100

Who famous proposed the theory of relativity in 1905 and published in 1915 ?

Albert Einstein

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USD is the only school in the state of SouthDakota with a ______ School and _____ School

Medical and Law

200

Republican Presidential candidate in 1860 whose primary focus was to stop the expansion of slavery.

Abraham Lincoln


200

What does the acronym URL stand for?

Uniform Resource Locator

200

Which country has the longest coastline in the world?


Canada.



200

Not only did this English scientist create the universal law of Gravitation, he also invented Calculus.

Sir Isaac Newton



200

What is the full name of Beede Hall

Grace L Beede Hall

300

This battle, fought on July 1-3 1863, proved to be the turning point for the North in the east.

Gettysburg


300

Steve Jobs is famously one of the two men who co-founded Apple in 1976. The other co-founder was also named Steve. What was this other man's surname?

Wozniac

300

What is the smallest country?


Vatican City.



300

which blood type is the universal donor? 

 O negative

300

Which president made the cherry street stop light the fastest stop light in South Dakota

President Abott

400

From 509-27 BC Rome was ruled by this form of government, one in which elected officials make decisions.

Republic

400

What is the name of the algorithm used by Google Search to rank web pages in their search engine results.

The Page Rank algorithm

400

What is the oldest active volcano on Earth?


Mount Etna, Italy.



400

What element is a diamond composed of?

Carbon

400

which famous nobel prize winner attended university of south dakota

Ernest O Lawrence

500

Nothing symbolizes the idea of Absolutism more than this vast palace with its famous Hall of Mirrors, built outside Paris. HINT: The treaty to end World War 1 was named after it.

Versailles

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What North Carolina-based game company created the 2018 game “Fortnite?”

Epic Games

500

Which country shares borders with 14 countries but only has one time zone?




China.



500

What is the splitting of atomic nuclei called?

Nuclear Fission


500

which building was the first residence hall at USD

Old main

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