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100
This U.S. river is longer than the Mississippi River.
What is the Missouri River?
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Missouri River is 2,540 feet, and the length of the Mississippi River is 2,340 feet.
100
Route 66 passes through eight states. Name one of them other than Illinois or California.
What is Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, or Arizona?
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100
This family is the richest in America and owns Walmart.
Who are the Waltons?
Sam Walton’s children are worth a combined total of $151.5 billion. That’s more than the combined wealth of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Sam Walton’s daughter Alice was the richest woman in 2017.
100
The original version of this popular real estate game sold for $146,500 in 2011.
What is Monopoly?
In the new millennial version, players collect experiences instead of money. The millennials are furious because this version includes every imaginable stereotype of their generation
100
A short test.
What is a quiz?
100
Royal & Azure
What is blue? 
200
Aside from Australia, which is a continent, this island has the largest landmass.
What is Greenland?
The country spans 840,004 square miles. It is the least-inhabited country in the world, with fewer than 60,000 people.
200
Route 66 is featured in this classic by John Steinbeck
What is Grapes of Wrath?
The book is set during the Depression and follows a family as they leave the Oklahoma dust bowl for California in search of work
200
This CNN anchor was born into one of the early industrialist families.
Who is Anderson Cooper?
He is a Vanderbilt but will not receive an inheritance from the estate. ABC reports that Cooper told Howard Stern, “My mom’s made clear to me that there’s no trust fund. There’s none of that, [and] I don’t believe in inheriting money.”
200
Before pantyhose, women held up hose with one of these undergarments.
What is a girdle or garter belt?
In the 1960s, teens preferred garter belts over girdles.
200
They were nervous and doing this in their boots.
What is quaking?
200
Mint & Moss
What is green?
300
This North American country has the longest coastline in the world
What is Canada?
The coastline is 125,567 miles, or 202,080 kilometers long.
300
Route 66 begins in Chicago, near this park where President Barack Obama gave his victory speech in 2008.
What is Grant Park?
300
This family boasts 14 heirs and owns the largest private food conglomerate as well as the largest privately held company in the United States.
What is Cargill?
300
Not as uncomfortable as rollers, these were used to keep curls in place after washing your hair or at night.
What are bobby pins?
300
A prefix indicating “four.”
What is quad? For example, a quadrant is one of four equal parts.
300
Maize & Dandelion.
What is yellow?
400
From the Four Corners in this state, you can see and touch Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and this state.
What is Arizona?
The Four Corners is the only point in the United States where four states meet.
400
Route 66 ends at this California pier.
What is the Santa Monica Pier?
400
The trust-fund heirs of this cosmetic company, founded in 1946, are now billionaires. The company bears the name of the native New Yorker who co-founded it.
What is Estée Lauder?
The founder was Josephine Esther “Esty” Mentzer, and she learned how to create lotions and potions in her kitchen from her uncle.
400
Before the modern respirator replaced it, this tank respirator used to help treat polio victims was better known by this common name.
What is iron lung?
Many polio patients were unable to breathe on their own due to paralysis and relied on the iron lung to breathe. In 1959, there were 1,200 people in iron lungs. By 2004, the number dropped to 39.
400
A small game bird.
What is a quail?
400
Battleship & Ash.
What is gray?
500
These four U.S. states share a border with Mexico.
What are California, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico?
BONUS: How many Mexican states border the U.S.?
BONUS ANSWER: Six Mexican states border the United States.
500
If you head due north from Williams, Arizona, and remain within the state, you run into this famous national park.
What is Grand Canyon?
500
This daughter and last remaining heir of a Greek shipping magnate died an untimely death in 1984. The cause was ruled as a heart attack.
Who is Christina Onassis?
Did you know her mother also came from a shipping family? After her mother divorced Onassis, she married his shipping rival.
500
If you have a 1943 penny made from this metal, it could bring as much as $4.50. Hint: it's not copper!
What is zinc? The penny was made with zinc only during 1943. The war effort required a lot of copper, so they substituted zinc in the penny.
500
Quality over this.
What is quantity?
500
Carnation & Amaranth.
What is pink?
600
The largest estuary in the United States is located in the mid-Atlantic region and is this bay.
What is Chesapeake Bay?
At 64,000 square feet, it borders six states (in addition to the District of Columbia): Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
600
The road that is now Route 66 received its numerical designation during this decade.
What is 1920s? Route 66 gave small towns access to major roads.
600
Brothers Charles and David run the privately held oil and refining company that was founded by their father and bears their last name. They are the world’s second-wealthiest family and one of the largest Republican party mega-donors.
What is Koch (pronounced “coke”)? The company is Koch Industries.
600
When sewing patterns were all the rage, these two brands were the most in demand.
What are Simplicity and McCall’s?
Both are still in business, and if you want an out-of-print Simplicity pattern, they offer a print-on-demand service.
600
A traitor or collaborator.
What is quisling?
600
Seal & Raw Sienna.
What is brown?