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Building Blocks
100
Considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, this National Geographic Explorer hails originally from the United Kingdom.
Who is Jane Goodall?
100
Oscar Gutierrez Rubio, professionally known as Rey Mysterio, used to cross the US border from Tijuana into this major metropolitan area to get to school every day.
What is San Diego?
100
This individual is a self-proclaimed "Shovel Bum".
Who is Alden?
100
This competition is considered to be the most prestigious tennis competition in the world, along with being the oldest.
What is Wimbledon?
100
This is the smallest unit of information in computer systems.
What is a bit?
200
Made famous by early support and publications by National Geographic, this 15th century citadel is often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas".
What is Machu Picchu?
200
This recognizable vehicle representing food giant Oscar Mayer will take you from 0-60 in a blistering 24 seconds.
What is the Wienermobile?
200
This individual spent time working at the National Park Service.
Who is Grant?
200
This game is widely believe to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day.
What is Go?
200
The first LEGO was made of this material.
What is wood?
300
This Norwegian explorer lead the expedition that was the first to reach the geographic South Pole in 1911.
Who is Roald Amundsen?
300
Written by Oscar Hammerstien II, the lyrics in this famous musical are based on the tales of the Von Trapp family in the late 1930s.
What is The Sound of Music?
300
This individual attended Rick Ross' Birthday party.
Who is Ryan?
300
Considered the hottest running race in the world, the Badwater Ultramarathon is held in this infamously hot locale.
What is Death Valley?
300
Name one of the four biological building blocks required for life.
Nucleic Acids
Glycans
Proteins
Lipids
400
In 1960, explorers Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard were the first two humans to reach this valley in the floor of the Mariana Trench.
What is Challenger Deep?
400
Actor Oscar Isaac assumed the voice of one of many famous web-slinging superheros in this 2023 animated movie.
What is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse?
400
This individual was born in the United Kingdom.
Who is Jason?
400
This trophy represents the longest running international competition in sports.
What is the America's Cup?
400
Named after a famous German theoretical physicist, this unit of measurement is the smallest measure of distance in the physical world.
What is a Planck length?
There are four universal constants defined to have a numeric value of 1 when expressed in planck units:
- c, the speed of light
- G, the gravitational constant
- h, Planck's constant
- kB, Boltzmann constant
500
This National Geographic explorer, filmmaker, and mountaineer has crossed Tibet's Chang Tang Plateau, was part of the first American team to ski off Mount Everest, and directed and produced the 2019 documentary film, Free Solo.
Who is Jimmy Chin?
500
Famed architect Oscar Niemeyer helped in the design of this South American nation's capital city when it was relocated 600 miles from the coast in 1960.
What is Brazil?
Fun Fact: The city in question, Brasilia is designed to resemble the shape of an airplane or bird.
500
This individual is a licensed notary.
Who is Keith?
500
The Six Nations Championship is held annually between six international rugby teams. Name two.
What are:
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
France
Italy
500
This is the smallest unit of speech distinguishing one word (or word element) from one another.
What is a phoneme.
the element p in “tap,” which separates that word from “tab,” “tag,” and “tan" is an example of a phoneme.
