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100
Civil rights activist Malcolm Little is more commonly known by this name
What is Malcolm X
100
This company released its Wii gaming console in 2006
What is Nintendo
100
This famous French art gallery had a glass pyramid added to it in 1989
What is the Louvre
100
This John Steinbeck novel tells of the itinerant workers George and Lennie
What is "Of Mice and Men"
100
Official New York City taxis are this color
What is yellow
200
This 1862 edict issued by President Abraham Lincoln which allowed for the freeing of all slaves is known as this
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
200
This measurement describes the value of all goods and services that have been produced in a country within one year
What is gross domestic product (GDP)
200
This is the largest city in New Jersey
What is Newark
200
This band reached number one in 1978 with "Y.M.C.A."
What is Village People
200
Goldfish originate from this country
What is China
300
This is the world for a person who holds that knowledge of a supreme being is impossible
What is "agnostic"
300
In a 1981 Nintendo arcade game, Mario had to rescue a damsel in distress from this character
What is Donkey Kong
300
This is how many micrometers are in one meter
What is 1 million
300
The Impressionist movement originated in this country
What is France
300
Founded by the Greeks in 667 BC, Byzantium is known as this today
What is Istanbul
400
This French term describes a comment that seems innocent at first, but has a more risqué second meaning
What is double entendre
400
The abbreviation "IBM" stands for this
What is International Business Machines
400
The Andes-dwelling "guanaco" belongs to this genus
What is Lamas (lama guanicoe)
400
This man directed "Taxi Driver" in 1976
Who is Martin Scorsese
400
This is the capital of San Marino
What is San Marino
500
The Watergate scandal began in this year
What is 1972
500
This tennis player won her 20 Wimbledon titles between 1962 and 1979
Who is Billie Jean King
500
This cattle disease can be transmitted to human beings in the form of Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD)
What is BSE (Mad cow disease)
500
This book by Leo Tolstoy, set during the Napoleonic Wars, contains over 500 characters
What is "War and Peace"
500
This French term grants people complete discretion
What is "carte blanche"