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100
You can tell the temperature by counting a _____ chirps!
cricket’s
100
Which musical features a group of drama students at New York’s High School for the Performing Arts?
Fame.
100
What major event happened in China on June 4, 1989?
Tiananmen Square.
100
He was nicknamed “The King of Cool.” His “anti-hero” persona, which he developed at the height of the Vietnam counterculture, made him one of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s. _____ received an Academy Award nomination for his role in 'The Sand Pebbles'.
Steve McQueen
100
First Color a Baby Sees
Red
Infants start to recognize the color red at two weeks old because red has the longest wavelength, which is easy to process. Babies can see the full spectrum of colors at five months.
100
What candy is made from spun sugar and often forms fluffy, cloud-like shapes on a stick?
Cotton candy.
100
A large portion of what 2001 Yann Martel novel features the title character stranded on a lifeboat after a shipwreck with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker?
Life of Pi
100
Kimchi is a pickled vegetable dish from which country?
Korea
100
Around 3000 BC was the first known use of what paper-like material by the Egyptians?
Papyrus
100
OFFICIALLY, THE LONGEST WAR IN HISTORY WAS BETWEEN THE NETHERLANDS AND ________, WHICH LASTED FROM 1651 TO 1986. THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES.
THE ISLES OF SCILLY
200
In July 2001 the rainfall in Kerala, India, was what color?
blood red!
200
What is the name of the carnivorous Venus flytrap plant in Little Shop of Horrors?
Audrey II.
200
What feminist was fined for voting in a US presidential election on June 6, 1872?
Susan B. Anthony
200
Who took on the role that became inextricably tied to his career, that of Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962)
Gregory Peck
200
What Was the Color of Royalty Because It Was Expensive to Obtain
Purple
Until 1856, the color purple came from snail mucus. The snails used were almost extinct, and 20,000 were required to get one ounce of purple dye. Since purple was a rare and expensive color, it was only worn by royalty. For commoners, wearing purple was a crime punishable by death.
200
What are the two main ingredients in traditional taffy candy?
Sugar and butter.
200
A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg?
The Polar Express
200
Blinis are small savory pancakes from which country?
Russia
200
What was the two-letter name of the Falcon-headed God of the Sun in ancient Egyptian mythology?
Ra
200
ALBERT EINSTEIN WAS OFFERED WHAT ROLE FOR ISRAEL IN 1952, BUT DECLINED.
THIER SECOND PRESIDENT
300
What do you call the halo that often forms around the sun when it is low on the horizon?
A sun dog
300
What is the name of the lead teen character in the hit musical Hairspray?
Tracy Turnblad.
300
When Connecticut tried to ban this, the US Supreme Court struck it down on June 7, 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, leading to privacy and freedom of choice in matters of what?
Birth control
300
who was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films?
Sean Connery
300
Who started the White Wedding Gown Tradition
Queen Victoria
In 1840, red was the popular color of bridal gowns. Queen Victoria didn’t follow this tradition, wearing a white gown to her wedding instead. Within a few years, white wedding dresses were regarded as the best color for brides.
300
During World War II, American soldiers were given what candy in their rations?
Tootsie Rolls, because of the candy's ability to withstand all weather conditions. Tootsie Rolls were invented by an Austrian, Leo Hirshfield
300
Named after a London railway station, what fictional literary bear was originally a stowaway from "Darkest Peru?"
Paddington Bear
300
Up until the Middle Ages, which popular vegetable was always purple in color?
Carrot
300
In ancient Egyptian mythology, the god Geb, who is often depicted with the head of a goose, is the father of what underworld god who married his sister Isis
Osiris
300
ANTHONY BURGESS, ALDOUS HUXLEY, AND C.S. LEWIS AND WHO ELSE ALL DIED ON THE SAME DAY.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
400
Who are more likely to get struck by lightning?
Men, the data shows that they are four times more likely to get struck!
400
What poetry collection was Cats based on?
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot.
400
On June 15, 1215, King John set his seal on a document that has become the foundation of modern democracy around the world. What’s the document?
The Magna Carta
400
famous for "little black dress" from Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Audrey Hepburn
400
Was Once Seen as a Low-Class Color
Blue
In Ancient Rome, royalty wore white, red and black. Those in lower society wore blue. Because the color blue was associated with the working class and barbarians, it was not mainstream. Blue became more acceptable when it became the color of the Virgin Mary’s cloak in the 12th century.
400
What is the world’s best-selling candy bar?
Snickers.
400
"The Cricket on the Hearth" is a holiday novel" by what British author?
Charles Dickens
400
What type of protein does a bouillabaisse mainly contain?
Fish
400
One of the first writings about Singapore was when what “P” Ancient Egyptian astronomer and geographer identified a place on the Malay Peninsula that he called “Sabana?”
Ptolemy
400
According to official biography Kim Jong-il wrote how many operas in two years. According to one version of his official biography, they are all “better than any in the history of music.”
SIX
500
What is the fastest speed a raindrop can fall?
23 mph
500
Which musical features characters with the names: Emile De Becque, Ensign Nellie Forbush, Luther Billis?
South Pacific.
500
The first American mint was opened on June 10, 1652, in what US state?
Massachusetts
500
His acting earned him an Academy Award, while his military service earned him a Purple Heart Medal, a Navy Presidential Unit Citation, an American Campaign Medal, an Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, a World War II Victory Medal and a Combat Action Ribbon
Lee Marvin
500
Orange Used to Have Another Name What Was It?
geoluhread
In the 13th century, “orange” was the name of the citrus fruit, and the color was “geoluhread,” which means yellow-red. In the 16th century, Europeans started calling the fruit and the color the same name.
500
President Nixon regularly had this Candy Bar for breakfast?
Milky Way
500
_________is a satirical allegorical novella, in the form of a beast fable, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945.
Animal Farm
500
The tandoor oven is used in the cooking of which country?
India
500
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS USED WHAT AS PILLOWS?
SLABS OF STONES
500
PRINCETON RESEARCHERS SUCCESSFULLY TURNED A LIVE _____ INTO A FUNCTIONING TELEPHONE IN 1929.
CAT