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100

What 630 foot high landmark is in St. Louis, Missouri?

The Gateway Arch

100

What President signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, to grant freedom to slaves?

Abraham Lincoln

100

What state is known as the Evergreen State

Washington


100

What is the force between objects in space called?

Gravity

100

This NBA player from Zaire used $15 million dollars of his earnings to build a hospital in his homeland.

Dikembe Mutombo

200

What TV show-inspired, space-themed museum is in Riverside, Iowa?

Star Trek Museum

200

What President is responsible for writing much of the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

200

What state is known as the Volunteer State?

Tennessee

200

What is the common name for electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye?

Light

200

This sports figure was nicknamed The Golden Bear. 

Jack Nicklaus

300

Where are there four US Presidents carved into the rock on a mountain?

Mount Rushmore 

For an extra 300 points, name the four Presidents on Mount Rushmore  

Answer: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln 

300

What President challenged the country to land a man on the moon?

John F. Kennedy

300

What state is nicknamed The Land of Enchantment

New Mexico

300

A light year is a measure of 

a. Star brightness

b. Time

c. Distance

Distance.  The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year. 

300

What major league baseball player and humanitarian from Puerto Rico played 18 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates?

Roberto Clemente

400

What National Park of rugged scenery is located near Rapid City , South Dakota?

Badlands National Park

400

What US President led the first volunteer US Cavalry named the Rough Riders?

Theodore Roosevelt 

400

What state is nicknamed the Sunflower State?

Kansas

400

Nebulae are

a. Giant clouds of gas and dust

b. Dead stars

c. Galaxies beyond the Milky Way

a. Giant clouds of gas and dust

400

What 1924 Olympic champion and missionary was depicted in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire?

Eric Liddell

500

What National Park located in Florida is the largest subtropical wilderness in the US?

Everglades National Park

500

What President supported the idea for a 41,000 mile interstate highway system?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

500

What state is nicknamed The Gem State?

Idaho

500

Our sun is how many million miles from earth:

a. 362

b. 93

c. 27

B. 93 million miles

500

What female figure skater was the 1968 Winter Olympic Champion and the only American gold medalist at those games

Peggy Fleming

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