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Halloween
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What is the capital?

Sacramento

100

What did Rosa Parks refuse to do in 1955?

Give up her seat

100

In 1932, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to:

first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

100

What are both of our names?

Ivy and Mr. Jamal

100

What day does Halloween fall on?

October 31

200

What  is the hottest, driest AND lowest National Park in the country?

Death Valley

200

Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?

Harriet Tubman

200

Who is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history.

Kamala Harris

200

When is Mr. Jamal's birthday?

August 6

200

Only one holiday surpasses Halloween in annual consumer sales. What is it?

Christmas

300

What is the biggest city in California?

Los Angeles

300

What is Ruby Bridges famous for?

Being the first Black student to attend an all-white school

300

Lizzie Magie was the inventor of the original Monopoly game. What was it called?

The Landlords Game

300

When is Ivy's birthday?

February 14

300

What was candy corn originally called?

Chicken Feed

400

What is the state bird?

California valley quail

400

What were “Jim Crow” laws?

Laws in the U.S. that made it legal for places to be racially segregated.


400

What was the first state to allow women to vote?

Wyoming became the first state with women suffrage

400

What college/university does Ivy attend?

San Jose State University

400

What famous magician died on Halloween?

Harry Houdini

500

What the name of the world’s largest tree is?

General Sherman

500

Where was “Black Wall Street” located?

Tulsa, Oklahoma

500

On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride broke two barriers, what were they?

she became the first female astronaut in space and first gay astronaut. 

500

Where was Mr. Jamal born and also where is Mr. Jamal from?

Missouri. Oceanside 

500

When was Halloween first celebrated in the United States?

Around the 1840s

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