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100

This failed attack on Cuba was intended to lead to the overthrow of Fidel Castro.

Bay of Pigs Invasion

100

In Shrek, what does Shrek compare ogres to?

Onions

100

What is my favorite type of soda?

Orange

100

In motor racing, what color is the flag they wave to indicate the last lap?

White

100

What color cat is supposed to be "bad luck"?

A black cat

200

What is considered to be the very first city-state?

Sumer or Mesopotamia

200

In the first Ice Age, which main character is a mammoth?

Manny

200

Which instrument did I play in high school and college band?

The flute

200

In what game is “love” a score?

Tennis

200

What do you knock on to avoid "tempting fate"?

Wood

300

This period of time was a "rebirth" in arts and culture in Europe. 

Renaissance

300

Who played Cady in Mean Girls?

Lindsay Lohan

300

What is my favorite TV comedy?

Parks and Recreation

300

Who has won more tennis grand slam titles, Venus Williams or Serena Williams?

Serena Williams

300

You throw this over your shoulder to avoid bad luck. 

Salt

400

The guillotine was heavily used in which revolution?

The French Revolution

400

If you watched the Star Wars movies in order based on storyline, which one would come first?

Episode One: The Phantom Menace

400

What was the mascot of my high school?

A hawk

400

What team won the very first NBA game in 1946?

New York Knicks

400

In Celtic folklore, this is a screaming woman and an omen for the death of a loved one.

A banshee

500

He was a famed military leader and the founder of the Mongol Empire.

Genghis Khan

500

Which 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller is notorious for its shocking shower murder scene?

Psycho

500

What class did I teach at my first job that I haven't taught at EHS?

Current events

500

The Triple Crown Award is given to a horse who won the Belmont Stakes, Preakness Stakes, and this other race. 

The Kentucky Derby

500

How many years of bad luck is one supposed to receive after breaking a mirror?

Seven years

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