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This man hosted events in which immigrants would walk through a giant “melting pot” as part of his Sociological Department. Walter Reuther’s unionbusters beat protestors of this man’s River Rouge Plant at the Battle of the Overpass. This American was praised in Mein Kampf for publishing anti-semitic articles through his newspaper The Dearborn Independent. A five-dollar work day and mass usage of the assembly line were pioneered by this man for the creation of a product he joked was available in any color “so long as it was black.” name this Detroit-based industrialist whose namesake car company created the Model T.

Who was Henry Ford?

100

In this novel, Poirot solves a murder while stranded in Croatia due to a snowdrift. In this novel, it is determined that all twelve possible suspects in the stabbing of Samuel Ratchett committed the crime.

What is Murder on the Orient Express?

100

Which designer created the little black dress?

What is Coco Chanel?

100

Purdue Pharma’s overprescription of OxyContin has contributed to the ongoing “epidemic” related to this pain-relieving class of drugs, which includes heroin and fentanyl.

What are opioids?

100

A server in this video game displays journalism from oppressive countries in the Uncensored Library. Kristoffer Zetterstrand created most of the paintings in this game, including one of a pixelated fighter touching a giant hand; the only painting not by him shows three black skulls atop a brown-colored “T,” depicting how to summon an in-game boss. Absurd luck with blaze rod drops in this game was used to accuse the streamer Dream of cheating a speedrun. A mix-up in the height and width coordinates of a pig gave rise to an iconic enemy from this game known as the Creeper. Name this sandbox game with blocky, 3-D characters.

What is Minecraft?

200

This future president negotiated the release of Thomas Paine from French prison and traveled with Robert Livingston to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase. This president’s defeat of Rufus King led to the end of the First Party System due to the collapse of a rival party. During this president’s tenure, the Adams-Onís treaty acquired Florida and the Missouri Compromise was signed. The Roosevelt Corollary expanded a policy named for this president. The Era of Good Feelings occurred during the tenure of, what fifth president who opposed European intervention in the Americas via a namesake “Doctrine?”

Who was James Monroe?

200

When was the first Harry Potter book published?

When was 1997?

200

Alternatives to partaking in fast fashion include shopping at these stores that recycle donated clothes. Examples of these stores include Salvation Army and Goodwill.

What are thrift stores?

200

Name this now-bankrupt drug company that pleaded guilty in 2007 to misleading the public about the addictiveness of OxyContin.

What was Purdue Pharma?

200

This horror franchise’s latest installment, Security Breach, was silently pushed to late 2021. In this franchise, players survive as a night-time employee against animatronic characters like Bonnie and Chica.

What is Five Nights at Freddy’s 

300

The documentary Pumping Iron followed this bodybuilder on a quest for a Mr. Olympia title. This actor was elected Governor of California after starring in movies such as The Terminator.

Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?

300

In this novel, a character who constantly says “certainly” is accused of being a “flit” while at the Wicker Bar. While at Radio City, the protagonist of this novel suggests running away into the wilderness, ruining his date with Sally Hayes. The brother of this novel’s protagonist wrote “The Secret Goldfish” before becoming a Hollywood screenwriter, and is named D.B. The protagonist of this novel asks a taxi driver if he knows where the ducks at Central Park go during the winter. The main character of this novel leaves for New York after getting expelled from Pencey Prep. Name this J.D. Salinger novel about Holden Caulfield.

What is Catcher in the Rye?

300

Name this business model, in which trendy clothing styles are mass-produced and cycled rapidly through retail stores. Brands that follow this business model include Zara and H&M.

What is fast fashion?

300

This medication is made by adding an acetyl [uh-SEE-til] group to salicylic acid. This drug can be used to treat Kawasaki syndrome.

What is aspirin?

300

Hula dancing is a tradition in this archipelago, which was raised from the sea by Māui’s fish hook.

Where is Hawai’i?

400

4. Songs by this artist include “Come On in My Kitchen” and “They’re Red Hot.”  Name this 1920’s guitarist who supposedly sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads.

Who was Robert Johnson?

400

Name this novel by Milan Kundera whose characters include Tomas, a womanizing surgeon who becomes a window washer, and Sabina, an artist who despises kitsch.

What is The Unbearable Lightness of Being?

400

Diane von Fürstenberg, Gwen Stefani, and Anna Sui are among the many designers that have sued this fast fashion brand for copying their designs. This brand gives customers bright yellow plastic bags with John 3:16 printed on the bottom.

What is FOREVER 21?

400

In May 2022, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill eliminating co-pays on this opioid antagonist delivered nasally to victims of overdoses. You may give either the drug’s name or the brand name.

What is naloxone or Narcan?

400

Like many Hindu schools of thought, the Charvaka school rejects the existence of the self, while also espousing this position. The term nāstika [NAH-stih-kuh] is often mistranslated as referring to this heterodox view.

What is atheism?

500

A character created by this author mistakes a pile of receipts for a secret manuscript of General Tilney due to her imagination from reading novels with Isabella Thorpe like The Mysteries of Udolpho. In another novel by this author, a cleverness competition during a Box Hill picnic upsets Ms. Bates and a man who deters a protagonist’s romance with Frank Churchill. The estate of Pemberly names a massive fanfiction collection for this author’s six “novels of manner.” This author of Northanger Abbey wrote a novel in which Mr. Knightley marries the aspiring matchmaker Emma. Name this author who depicted Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice.

Who was Jane Austen?

500

 In this novel, the ghost of Communist revolutionary Joseph D’Costa inspires one character to confess to a crime. In this novel, Wee Willie Winkie plays the accordion for William Methwold. One character in this novel falls in love with a landowner's daughter after examining her through a perforated sheet. Mary Pereira switches the protagonist of this novel with Shiva-of-the Knees at birth. The protagonist of this novel falls in love with Parvati-the-Witch and gains telepathic powers from his large, constantly runny nose.  Saleem Sinai is born at the exact moment India gains independence in what novel by Salman Rushdie?

What is Midnight’s Children?

500

Which First Lady influenced women's fashion in the 1960s?

Who was Jacqueline Kennedy?

500

What is the five-letter word that is used to refer to a dosage of fast-acting insulin that is given via the continuously-attached "pump" device worn by some diabetics?

What is Bolus?

500

Nasser’s government and the rise of Ba’athism were part of an “Arab” form of this ideology in which means of production are owned by the public. Supporters of a “democratic” form of this ideology include Bernie Sanders

What is socialism?

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