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100
After more than 150 years, he’s still the tallest president in U.S history.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
It's the flag of this country.
What is Mozambique?
100
This L.A. landmark is heavily featured in Rebel Without a Cause.
What is the Griffith Observatory?
100
In natural form a mixture of three isotopes, this element is the most abundant in the Earth's crust and in the human body.
What is oxygen?
100
Weighing around eight pounds, this is the human body's largest organ.
What is skin?
200
In 1875 this Tammany Hall “boss” escaped from prison and fled to Cuba and then to Spain.
Who is William Magear “Boss” Tweed?
200
It’s the only continent with no active volcanoes.
What is Australia?
200
This actress played Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate.
Who is Anne Bancroft?
200
This is the study of fungi.
What is mycology?
200
This is what a group of flamingos are called.
What is a flamboyance?
300
The last time there were no living former presidents was when this man was president.
Who is Richard Nixon?
300
This number is how many time zones Russia has.
What is 11?
300
This is the movie that won Steven Spielberg his first Oscar for Best Director.
What is Schindler’s List?
300
This is the temperature at which Celsius and Fahrenheit are equal.
What is -40 degrees?
300
M&M’S Fruit Chews would eventually become this popular candy.
What is Starburst?
400
Before his raid on Harpers Fairy, this abolitionist consulted with Harriet Tubman.
Who is John Brown?
400
This is the largest airport in the United States.
What is Denver International Airport (DIA)?
400
This famous film composer wrote the score for Tim Burton's Batman (1989).
Who is Danny Elfman?
400
Sedimentary deposits near Lake Superior produce the largest U.S. annual yield of Hematite, the main ore of this metal.
What is iron ore?
400
This is the only U.S. state whose name can be typed using one row of a standard "QWERTY" keyboard.
What is Alaska?
500
In 1925, Nelly Taylor Ross became America's first female governor when she was sworn in to lead this equality state.
What is Wyoming?
500
This city is known as the Glass Capital of the world.
What is Toledo, Ohio?
500
This movie holds the record for the most Oscar wins without winning Best Picture (eight wins total).
What is Cabaret?
500
Around 1908, geneticist Thomas Morgan began using this insect to help establish the chromosome theory of heredity.
What is a fruit fly?
500
This is the only food that can never go bad.
What is honey?