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Chef Ramsay blows up on Hell’s Kitchen when contestants serve an incomplete dish, demanding to know where this sauce is.

What is lamb sauce?

100

 In 1958, Congress passed this act—it shares an acronym with one of the agencies it helped create.

The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (it created NASA, which stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

100

: In this 1975 movie, Roy Scheider’s Chief Brody quips, “You're going to need a bigger boat.”

What is Jaws?

100

 This 9-letter word for an insect may have come about because people believed this bug ate uncovered dairy products.

What is butterfly?

100

It's the election year that the campaign slogans "The Moose is Loose" and "Ready for Teddy Again" were used.

What is 1912?

200

Hawaiian pizza originated in this wintry country

 What is Canada?

200

Clue: The first two Black senators, Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce, both represented this Deep South state.

What is Mississippi?

200

 In Clueless, Alicia Silverstone responds to male advances with this two-word phrase.

What is “as if”?

200

This word for one who cuts a trail comes from a name of a character in an 1840 novel.

 What is pathfinder

200

On September 17, 1862, this bloody battle in Maryland ended the first Confederate invasion of the North.

What is the Battle of Antietam?

300
  • Clue: A butterfly carries the majority of its taste receptors on this body part.
  • Answer: What are its feet?
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He appointed more justices (nine) to the U.S. Supreme Court than any other president in the 20th century.

 Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

300

 Babe: "That'll do, ___. That'll do.

What is pig?

300

 Theories on the origin of this, a style of journalism, include Cajun slang for unhinged jazz and Boston slang for a person on a bender.

What is gonzo

300

On February 1, 1960, four students held a historic sit-in at a lunch counter in this North Carolina city, protesting segregation.

What is Greensboro

400

 This popular fruit is known to be mildly radioactive

 What are bananas?

400

 This Bronx native with a hyphenated name wowed politicos with a Big Apple win in 2018.

Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

400

Directed by Spielberg: "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire

What is Schindler’s List?

400

Originally relating to a story of suffering, this word now more commonly refers to strong emotion of any kind.

What is passion

400

On February 21, 1965, he was killed in the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.

Who was Malcolm X?

500

 Norville Rogers is the real name of this Scooby-Doo characte

Who is Shaggy?

500

In 2003, this South Carolinian retired at age 100 after 47 years in the Senate

 Who is Strom Thurmond?

500

 Tom Hanks: "Are you crying? There's no crying. There's no crying in

: What is baseball?

500

The word for a type of building or institution comes from Greek for a place sacred to a mythical group of 9.

What is a museum?

500

This document declared the independence of the 13 American colonies from Britain.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

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