Literature
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STEM
Before & After
200

Two of the main characters in this novel are Ponyboy Curtis and Sodapop Curtis.

The Outsiders

200

This man founded Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline, with the purpose of connecting people across the globe to the love, wonder and awe created by space travel.

Richard Branson

200

Eminem will be inducted in the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This is his real name.

Marshall Mathers

200

Over 1000x larger than Earth, it's the largest planet in our Solar System composed primarily of hydrogen gas.

Jupiter

200

7th U.S. president splashes some paint around and creates high art.

Andrew Jackson Pollack

400

She is the author of the wildly popular Fifty Shades series.

E.L. James

400

Back in 2021, Mark Zuckerberg introduced this parent organization, which brings together apps and technologies such as Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, to help people connect, find communities and grow businesses.

Meta

400

Translating to "Slowly" in English, this Spanish-language pop hit song by Puerto Ricans Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee in 2017 is one of the best-selling digital singles of all time.

Despacito

400
It's the term for the longest side of a right triangle, opposite the right angle.

Hypotenuse

400

Whitney's ex overturns Plessy v Ferguson.

Bobby Brown v. the Board of Education

600
A white lawyer defends a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman, despite threats from the community, in this 1960 novel.

To Kill a Mockingbird

600

This BS term documents a company’s financial health at specific points in time, usually at the end of the quarter or fiscal year (typically includes assets, liabilities, and equity and follows the accounting equation).

Balance Sheet

600

Pete Best was the original drummer of the Beatles.  This man would eventually replace him in 1960, at the request of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison following the band's first recording session.

Ringo Starr

600
In the equation E=mc2, energy equals mass times this.

Speed of Light

600

Its two day shipping even covers 0 degrees longitude.

Amazon Prime Meridian

800
In this Shakespeare work, three witches tell this general that he will be King of Scotland. Encouraged by his wife, the general kills the king, becomes the new king, and kills more people out of paranoia resulting in a civil war.

Macbeth

800

The three major U.S. stock indexes are the Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ Composite, and S&P 500, which stands for this.

Standard and Poor's 500

800

DAILY DOUBLE

Released in 1992, this soundtrack went on to become not only the best-selling soundtrack of all-time, it is also one of the best-selling albums of all-time.

800
This "E" branch of biology deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

Ecology

800

This 7th largest US city hosts Zorro.

San Antonio Banderas

1000

DAILY DOUBLE

She is the second Golden Ticket winner in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, and is depicted as an immature, over-indulged and manipulative young girl. It is also the name of an alt-rock group that released their hit single "Seether" in 1994.

1000

In 2003, Elizabeth Holmes founded this American corporation that raised close to $1 billion from investors and was touted as a breakthrough health technology company. However, these claims were later proven to be false, and she was convicted of criminal fraud.

Theranos

1000

The Three Bs of classical music are known as Bach, Beethoven, and this man.

Johannes Brahms

1000

Name the Zi and Cu elements that combine to make brass.

Zinc and copper

1000

A book describing gender differences picks up 10 Grand Slam singles tennis titles for this American female.

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus Williams

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