Superhero Names
Agriculture
Music of the 2000s
Horror Stories
"C" for Effort
100

His birth father named him Kal-El, but this superhero received a new name when he was adopted by two Kansas farmers as a child.

Who is Clark Kent (Superman)?

100

Ethanol is an organic compound used as a fuel additive in gasoline, typically after being extracted from this crop.

What is corn?

100

This woman sold more albums than any other female musician in the 2000s, although she was equally famous at the time for her struggles with toxic family members.

Who is Britney Spears?

100

George Romero created the zombie genre as we know it today by releasing this film in 1968. However, the characters in the story call them "ghouls," not zombies.

What is Night of the Living Dead?

100

This U.S. state has the second highest number of school districts in the nation. Texas is first, in case you're wondering.

What is California?

200

According to the web-head's birth certificate, Peter Parker has this for a middle name. He shares it with a relative.

What is Benjamin?

200

This livestock animal, more famous for its milk and cheese than its meat, was first domesticated in what is now Iran over 10,000 years ago.

What is a goat?

200

Before becoming an international pop star, this artist broke into the country music scene in 2006 with hit singles like "Teardrops on My Guitar."

Who is Taylor Swift?

200

American remakes of Japanese horror films were a lucrative trend in the 2000s, especially for this smash hit about a ghostly girl who haunts your television.

What is The Ring?

200

If you're not interested in a subject at school, your parents might encourage you to give it the ol' this just to keep your grades up.

What is a college try?

300

This psychic member of the X-Men has gone by the codenames Marvel Girl and Phoenix, but her real name is this.

Who is Jean Grey?

300

The boll weevil is a notoriously troublesome pest for farmers who cultivate this crop in the southern U.S.

What is cotton?

300

Millennial music fans will often call members of this band the fathers of "emo rock" thanks to their 2004 album American Idiot.

What is Green Day?

300

This 1999 film about three students who go missing in the woods is credited with popularizing the "found footage" genre.

What is The Blair Witch Project?

300

This U.S. education initiative was started in 2010 to establish consistent testing standards in schools nationwide.

What is the Common Core State Standards Initiative?

400

Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, and Wally West have all taken up the mantle of this agile DC superhero at one time or another.

Who is the Flash?

400

Agronomists taking soil samples consider the presence of this noble gas to be a strong indicator of fertility and sustainability in a plot of land. The more, the better!

What is nitrogen?

400

She's a pop icon today, but because this artist only released one full album in the 2000s, she was arguably more famous for her eccentric outfits than her music at the time.

Who is Lady Gaga?

400

This Stephen King story with a numerical title stars a writer (unsurprisingly) who documents his stay in a haunted hotel room.

What is 1408?

400

This word for a long-term educational plan means "the course of a race" in Latin.

What is a curriculum?

500

In the Marvel Comics, this mighty hero originally went by the alias Donald Blake when he first came to Earth.

Who is Thor?

500

Irrigation has been a vital agricultural process since ancient times, but farmers who don't irrigate their crops are said to be practicing this kind of agriculture.

What is rain-fed agriculture?

500

This country music group had its albums boycotted in 2003 after the lead singer told fans she was "ashamed" of President George W. Bush.

Who are The Chicks (formerly Dixie Chicks)?

500

This compelling horror classic by William Peter Blatty has a 1983 sequel called "Legion."

What is The Exorcist?

500

In 1991, Minnesota became the first state in the nation to pass a law authorizing the creation of these educational institutions.

What are charter schools?

M
e
n
u