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100

The name for a group of stars.

What is a constellation?

100

This is the Star Wars movie containing the famous line “No, I am your father."

What was "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back"?

100

In Harlem Nights, ___ _____ ___ is the name of the speakeasy where Eddie Murphy's character works. 

What is Club Sugar Ray?

100

This variety of quartz, with chemical formula SiO2, is pink and seems to be named after a red flower with prickly stems.

 

What is Rose quartz?

100

The song “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts is a cover. Which band sang the original?

What is Arrows.

200

A lightyear is a measure of ______."

What is length?

200

This is the first (and, so far, only) Disney princess with a tattoo.

Who is Pocahontas?

200

The total number of dots in a "Pac-Man" maze = ____.

What is 244?

200

This type of rock is formed by the accumulation of minerals at the Earth’s surface.

What is sedimentary?

200

Before he was the frontman for Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl was the drummer for this band.

What is Nirvana?

300

Halley's comet is visible from earth every __ years.

What is 75 years?

300

Ken Jeong used to work as a _______ before he became an actor and comedian.

What is a "physician."

300

In The Breakfast Club, this song plays during the opening and closing credits. 

What is "Don't You (Forget About Me)" ?

300

Sometimes called the "fire of the desert," this is the national gemstone of Australia.

What is Opal?

300

This was the year was Britney Spears’ album "Oops!… I Did It Again" was released.

What is the year 2000?

400

Titania and Oberon are moons of this planet.

What is Uranus?

400

The name of the ice cream parlor Steve and Robin work at in season three of Stranger Things is ______ ____.

What is Scoops Ahoy?

400

The name of the dog in the sitcom Punky Brewster.

What is Brandon?

400

On May 18, 1980, this Washington State volcano erupted, killing more than 50 people and darkening the skies for hundreds of miles.

What is Mount Saint Helens?

400

____ is Paul McCartney’s middle name.

Paul—his real name is James Paul McCartney!

500

This is the term for "the partial or total obscuring of one celestial body by another."

What is an eclipse?

500

Finish this quote from the US version of The Office: “I’m not superstitious, but I am a ___ ___.”

"little stitious"

500

In Sixteen Candles, Jake Ryan’s father drives this kind of car. 

What is a Rolls-Royce?

500

This 18th century Scottish scientist, noting the physical transformations of the terrain of the Scottish lowlands, is considered the founding father of modern geology.

 He shares a last name with an actor who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for “Ordinary People” in 1980.

Who is  James Hutton?

500

Fans of Lady Gaga affectionately call themselves ______ ________.

Who are "Little Monsters?"

600

This fast-approaching date in 2024 is when we are expecting the next solar eclipse in North America, when the Moon will cover the Sun from Mexico to Canada.

When is April 8, 2024?

600

________ was Stephen King's first published novel.

What was "Carrie" ?

600

This is the NBA team Magic Johnson played for throughout the 1980s. 

Who are the Los Angeles Lakers?

600

This Greek philosopher of the 4th century BC created one of the first evidence-based systems of geology, theorizing that the Earth changes over time in ways one individual cannot see. He is known for being a student of Plato, and for writing such books as “Poetics.”

Who was Aristotle?

600

Whitney Houston famously covered “I Will Always Love You”—who sang the original?

Who is Dolly Parton?

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