Cardinal Direction
Name the Artist
Word Hidden in First Name
Simple Machines
D-Day
100

Mongolia is _____ of China.

North

100

"Born in the USA" and "Born to Run" are by this 70-year-old musician from New Jersey.

Bruce Springsteen

100

The legal document outlining the passage of your wealth and possessions after death is found in the first name of this playwright of "King Lear" .

William Shakespeare

100

This machine converts a torque to a linear force, and was used to move water for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and is often misattributed to Archimedes.

Screw

100

The Allied Invasion of Nazi-occupied France began with amphibious invasion of this Northwestern region of France.

Normandy

200

Alabama is _____ of Mississippi.

East

200

This color-named punk band out of Berkeley, California is known for hits like "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," "21 Guns," and "Time of Your Life."

Green Day

200

The word for the area at the front of the lower leg is found in this Japanese Prime minister's first name.

Shinzo Abe

200

Used to move loads vertically, it requires also moving the loads horizontally-- the more horizontal the movement the less power is required.

Inclined Plane (Ramp)

200

Under the command of Major-General Rod Keller, infantry and armored units from this country assaulted Juno beach alongside units from Britain and Norway.

Canada

300

Mont Blanc is _____ of the Matterhorn.

West

300

This violin virtuoso born in 1678 is best known for his composition series "la quattro stagioni."

Vivaldi

300

A word for a small, tasty plant is found in the first name of this President in office during the stock market crash of 1929.

Herbert Hoover

300

The mechanical advantage (ratio of input force to output force) of this device is dependent on two lengths around a fulcrum, or hinge.

Lever

300

The invasion was separated into 5 sectors of beach, of which this one was named after a U.S. state.

Utah

400

The Mouth of the Huang He (Yellow) river is ______ of the Mouth of the Yangtze river.

North

400

This chill band from Los Angeles wrote and performed "Earth Angel."

The Penguins

400

A word referring to one's level in the military is found in the first name of this bizarre and genre-diverse rock-multi-instrumentalist and creator of top-10 album "Apostrophe(')".

Frank Zappa

400

Another machine, referred to as a ____ and ____, converts a torque into a linear force, such as for lifting an anchor on a pirate ship. Despite its name, it does not have always have to do with cars.

Wheel and axle.
400

The invasion was codenamed aptly after this Roman god.

Neptune

500

Luzon is _____ of Mindanao.

North

500

This former member of a British boy-band has reaped solo success with songs like "Adore You," "Canyon Moon," and "Watermelon Sugar High."

Harry Styles

500

The English word for a small colonizing insect is found in the first name of this French chemist credited with discovering Oxygen and Hydrogen.

Antoine Lavoisier

500

The mechanical advantage (ratio input force to output force) of this machine is actually dependent on how many of them you attach to your load by a single rope or string.

Pulley (Block and tackle)

500

"Saving Private Ryan," one of the most well-known film-depictions of D-Day, had the landing scenes filmed in Curracloe in this country.

Ireland

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