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What am I?

100

This river flows through Egypt before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.

What is the Nile?

100

This singer released the albums SOUR and GUTS.

Who is Olivia Rodrigo?

100

In economics, this term describes the value of the next-best alternative you give up when making a choice.

What is opportunity cost?

100

In this sport, “love” means a score of zero.

What is tennis?

100

I have keys but no locks, a space but no room, and you can enter but not go inside.

What is a keyboard?

200

This country has the world's largest population of Spanish speakers.

What is Mexico?

200

This 2019 South Korean film became the first non-English-language movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

What is Parasite?

200

This organelle is commonly called the “powerhouse of the cell.”

What is the mitochondrion?

200

The Summer Olympics are traditionally held once every this many years.

What is four years?

200

The more you take away from me, the larger I become.

What is a hole?

300

Spanish, French, and Portuguese are all descended from this ancient language.

What is Latin?

300

Rihanna was born in this Caribbean country.

What is Barbados?

300

In statistics, this value divides an ordered dataset exactly in half.

What is the median?

300

A regulation soccer match is this many minutes long, excluding stoppage and extra time.

What is 90 minutes?

300

I can travel around the world while staying in one corner.

What is a stamp?

400

This country is completely surrounded by South Africa.

What is Lesotho?

400

Before Wicked, Ariana Grande made her Broadway debut in this musical named after a number.

What is 13?

400

The Treaty of Versailles formally ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers following this conflict.

What is World War I?

400

This country has won the most men's FIFA World Cup championships.

What is Brazil?

400

I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish.

What is a map?

500

This African nation has more pyramids than Egypt, largely due to the ancient Kingdom of Kush.

What is Sudan?

500

The fictional nation of Genovia is central to this early-2000s film franchise.

What is The Princess Diaries?

500

Named for a Greek philosopher, this theorem states that there are infinitely many prime numbers.

What is Euclid's theorem?

500

In volleyball, this specialized defensive player wears a different-colored jersey and generally cannot complete an attack hit above the net.

What is a libero?

500

I am taken from a mine, enclosed in wood, and used by millions of people, but I'm never released from that wood.

What is a pencil lead?

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