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Puzzles
100
Daily Double!
What are Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North and South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming.
100
"In the fight between you and the world, back the world."
Who is Franz Kafka?
100
This is the language in which The New Testament was originally written.
What is Greek?
100
Among the G20, these countries include: China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the U.S.
What are the major countries that have never had a female head of state?
100
These are the letters that complete the sequence: 'TATLT'.
What are 'C', 'T', 'S'?
200
This is the cognomen for the U.S. Department of State.
What is 'Foggy Bottom'?
200
"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
200
The top picture represents that state.
Which of these is Kentucky?
200
Strom Thurmond switched parties in 1964 due to opposition of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and his support for the candidacy of the Republican nominee. What other politician famously supported the Republican candidate in 1964?
(Hint: AuH2O Girl)
Who is Hillary Rodham Clinton?
200
It is dark. You have just one match, but you also have a candle, a lamp, and a newspaper. What do you light first?
The match...
300
This is the only solecism that occurs in the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America.
What is the phrase "more perfect"?
300
"[Capitalism is] that commercial system in which supply immediately answers to demand,
and in which everybody seems to be thoroughly dissatisfied and unable to get anything he wants.”
Who is G.K. Chesterton?
300
This is the shortest sentence in The Bible (King James version)
What is "Jesus wept." (John 11:35)?
300
This set of jurisdictions includes Australia, California, Lithuania, Michigan, and Afghanistan.
This set excludes U.K., Turkey, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein.
What is a description of the set of jurisdictions that granted universal female suffrage before the United States of America (1920)?
Australia (1902), California (1911), Lithuania (1917), Michigan (1918), Afghanistan* (1919).
U.K. (1928), Turkey (1930), France (1945), Switzerland (1971), Liechtenstein (1984).
300
A decedent, a will, and two horses and a wise man.
What is "that they switch horses"?
400
This person was the most successful '3rd party' presidential candidate (in terms of electoral votes) since Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party in 1912, whom the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared was "perhaps the most dangerous racist in America today".
Who is George Wallace of the American Independent Party?
George Wallace ran in 1968 and earned 46 electoral votes.
Ross Perot got greatest share of popular vote since 1912 (18.9%), but won zero electoral votes.
Strom Thurmond, another famous racist / 3rd party candidate, won just 39 electoral votes in 1948.
400
"Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."
Who is Sun Tzu?
400
What is Computer Science?
400
This US Secretary of State was among the first women admitted to the Augusta National Golf Club in 2012.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
400
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500
Among the cast of the film "Predator" (1987), these two people became governors of these two states.
Who and what are Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, California, and Colorado, respectively?
500
"A friend and I were leaving the bar late one night when we were confronted by a mugger. He said, 'Quick, gimme all your money.' So I said, 'Wait!' and I turned to my friend and said, 'Hey, here's that $20 I owe you.'
Who is Steven Wright?
500
In addition to Saint Ambrose, Pope Gregory I, and Saint Jerome, he was among the Doctors of the Western Church.
Who was Saint Augustine?
500
This is the first mainstream video game with a gay female protagonist that features openly trans characters.
What is "The Last of Us: Part II"?
500
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What number has all numeric digits arranged alphabetically?