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100
He wrote "Bech: A Book", "Bech is Back", and "Bech at Bay" in addition to his "Rabbit" novels
Who is John Updike?
100
The people were seeking gunpowder and guns when they stormed this Paris landmark July 14, 1789
What is the Bastille?
100
Breezes often transfer these tiny grains from male flower parts to female seed cones
What is pollen?
100
This adjective that can mean disrespectful or lively is an alteration of "saucy"
What is sassy?
100
John Quincy Adams called this, which his father signed, "a light of salvation and redemption to the oppressed"
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
Actually the third book in the series, this kids' classic recounts the Ingalls family's move to Kansas
What is Little House on the Prairie?
200
In 1981 this country formally annexed the Golan Heights, land it had held militariliy since 1967
What is Israel?
200
Black spot is a serious fungal disease that affects these flowers; rugosas have good resistance
What is roses?
200
The name of this leader of a Jewish congregation is from the Hebrew for "my master"
What is rabbi?
200
In 2005 on the "Today" show, this actor told Matt Lauer, "You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do."
Who is Tom Cruise?
300
In this detective's 1892 "Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", the carbuncle was a blue garnet hidden in a goose
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
300
In 1971 this country's constitution set up 3 cultural regions: Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels
What is Belgium?
300
You have "receptors" in your ears for this fundamental force, and they get upset when you're weightless
What is gravity?
300
From the Latin for "earth", it's any of several types of small dogs bred to hunt animals underground in burrows
What is a terrier?
300
This Russian empress wrote to Voltaire, "Your wit makes others witty"
Who is Catherine the Great?
400
This 1953 novel by James Baldwin is based on his own experiences as a teenaged preacher
What is Go Tell It on the Mountain?
400
During his 67 year reign, this pharaoh completed many projects, including the temple at Karnak
Who is Ramses (the Great)?
400
The third law of thermodynamics implies that a system can never be brought to this temperature point
What is absolute zero?
400
Greek for "wood sound", this instrument's name refers to its tuned wooden bars
What is a xylophone?
400
In 1939 Churchill said the action of Russia "is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside" this
What is an enigma?
500
This 1898 Henry James novella is considered one of the greatest ghost stories ever written
What is The Turn of the Screw?
500
The African nation of Zimbabwe was formerly named for this Englishman
Who is Cecil Rhodes?
500
By definition, this adjective describes certain organisms that can or must live in the absence of oxygen
What is anaerobic?
500
From a French phrase meaning "of good nature", this adjective is synonymous with suave and urbane
What is debonair?
500
Nixon's Secretary of State, he once quipped, "There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full."
Who is Henry Kissinger?
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