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100

This Baroque composer, known for The Four Seasons, was nicknamed the "Red Priest" due to his red hair.

Antonio Vivaldi

100

Stanford University was founded in memory of this individual, the only child of Leland and Jane Stanford, who died at age 15.

Leland Stanford Jr.

100

This type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms and is commonly found in molecules like water.

Covalent

100

This social media platform, known for short videos and viral challenges, was originally launched as musical.ly in 2014 before rebranding.

Tik Tok

100

This 1963 speech by Martin Luther King Jr., delivered in Washington, D.C., became a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement.

"I Have a Dream" speech

200
This college a capella group was the first to be founded on the west coast.

The Stanford Mendicants

200

Before adopting "Cardinal" as its official team name, Stanford's athletic teams were known by this now-controversial mascot.

Stanford Indian

200

This element, with the atomic number 79, is prized for its use in jewelry and electronics due to its malleability and resistance to corrosion.

Gold

200

This 2019 film, directed by Quentin Tarantino, features Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt as struggling actors in 1969 Los Angeles.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

200

This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.

Brown v. Board of Education

300

This type of triad consists of a root, a minor third, and a diminished fifth.

diminished triad

300

This early 20th-century physicist and Stanford professor developed a scale for measuring the intensity of earthquakes, which bears his name.

Charles Richter

300

The phenomenon in which the frequency of a wave is shifted due to the relative motion between the source and the observer is known as this effect.

The Doppler Effect

300

This reality TV series, which began in 2007, has become a cultural touchstone, following the lives of a family famous for their media empire, including Kim, Kourtney, and Khloé.

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

300

This ancient Greek philosopher, known for his method of questioning, was sentenced to death for corrupting the youth of Athens.

Socrates

400

This advanced compositional technique involves creating two or more independent melodic lines that are played simultaneously.

Counterpoint

400

This notable Stanford alumna became the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State.

Condoleezza Rice

400

This particle, discovered in 2012 at CERN, is often called the "God particle" because it is believed to give other particles mass.

The Higgs Boson

400

This pop duo, known for their quirky style and hits like Hey Ya! and Ms. Jackson, rose to fame in the early 2000s.

OutKast

400

This treaty, signed in 1215, limited the powers of the English king and is considered a precursor to constitutional law.

Magna Carta

500

This symmetrical scale alternates whole and half steps and is often associated with jazz and 20th-century classical music.

octatonic scale

500

The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, also known as SLAC, is located on this nearby mountain range.

Santa Cruz Mountains

500

The process by which cells divide to produce gametes, involving two rounds of division and resulting in four non-identical daughter cells, is called this.

Meosis

500

This 2020 album by Taylor Swift was released during the COVID-19 pandemic and marked a departure from her previous pop sound, embracing indie folk and alternative styles.

Folklore

500

This 1815 battle, fought between Napoleon Bonaparte's French forces and the British-led coalition, marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

Battle of Waterloo

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