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100
As the Pilgrims sailed from the Old World on the Mayflower, this was their intent once they reached the New World.
What is spreading their religion?
100
This is the process of the gradual destruction of tissue or tooth enamel by physical or chemical action.
What is erosion?
100
This is a 2003 American religious comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac and written by Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe and Steve Oedekerk. The film stars Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan, a down-on-his-luck television reporter who complains to God.
What is "Bruce Almighty"?
100
This is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.
What is Christmas?
100
This person was mainly known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his science fiction and horror story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and I Sing the Body Electric! (1969).[3] Most of his best known work is in fantasy fiction, but he also wrote in other genres, such as the coming of age novel Dandelion Wine (1957) and the fictionalized memoir Green Shadows, White Whale (1992).
Who is Ray Bradbury?
200
This person (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
Who was George Washington?
200
This is the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
What is gravitational force?
200
These people were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best known for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures that have been regularly airing on television since 1958. Their hallmark was physical farce and slapstick.
Who are the Three Stooges?
200
This is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of the first President of the United States, who was born on February 22, 1732. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1971 moved this holiday to the third Monday, which can fall from February 15 to 21, inclusive.
What is George Washington's Birthday?
200
This is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, published in 1961 by Random House (USA).
What is "The Phantom Tollbooth"?
300
This person was the first African-American president.
Who is Barack Obama?
300
What is Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation?
300
This film series is a comedy film series initially based on John Hughes' short story "Vacation '58" that was originally published by National Lampoon magazine. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. and consists of five main films, two of which are not sponsored by National Lampoon, and one spin-off. In recent years, the series has been the inspiration for various advertising campaigns featuring some of the original cast members. The series portrays the misadventures of the Griswold family, whose attempts to enjoy vacations and holidays are plagued with continual disasters and strangely embarrassing predicaments.
What is "National Lampoon's Vacation"?
300
This holiday is a Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. It is also known as the Festival of Lights.
What is Hanukkah?
300
This is an American author and philanthropist. Among his works are the Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, NYPD Red, Witch and Wizard, and Private series, as well as many stand-alone thrillers, non-fiction and romance novels. His books have sold more than 300 million copies and he was the first person to sell 1 million e-books. In 2016, he topped Forbes's list of highest-paid authors for the third consecutive year, with an income of $95 million. His total income over a decade is estimated at $700 million.
Who is James Patterson?
400
This person was the first female Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
400
This theory determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers, and that the speed of light in a vacuum was independent of the motion of all observers.
What is the Theory of Relativity?
400
This is an American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron, starring Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. It was made by Lightstorm Entertainment and released by 20th Century Fox on December 18, 2009. The film is set in the year 2154 on Pandora, a fictional Earth-like moon in a distant planetary system.
What is "Avatar"?
400
This is a major Jewish holiday that occurs in the spring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan. One of the biblically ordained Three Pilgrimage Festivals, this holiday is traditionally celebrated in the Land of Israel for seven days and for eight days among many Jews in the Diaspora, based on the concept of yom tov sheni shel galuyot.
What is Passover?
400
This book was published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin that is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. The book presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin included evidence that he had collected on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings from research, correspondence, and experimentation.
What is "The Origin of Species"?
500
This person was the first African-American astronaut to go into space.
Who is Guion Stewart Bluford Jr.?
500
This is a hypothetical region of spacetime and singularity which cannot be entered from the outside, although energy-matter, light and information can escape from it.
What is a white hole?
500
This film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the American South against the backdrop of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era.
What is "Gone With The Wind"?
500
This is an African-Americans celebration of life from 26 December to 1 January. Karenga created this festival for Afro-Americans as a response to the commercialism of Christmas.
What is Kwanzaa?
500
This is a popular-science book on cosmology by English physicist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988. Hawking wrote the book for readers without prior knowledge of physics and people who are just interested in learning something new.
What is "A Brief History of Time"