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100

The study of celestial objects like stars and planets.

What is Astronomy?

100

This country contains both the Sahara Desert and the Nile River and is Africa's most populous Arab nation.

What is Egypt?

100

This country has won the most World Cup titles, with five total.

What is Brazil?

100

This Greek cheese is made from sheep's milk, aged in brine, and crumbled over salads.

What is Feta?

100

To send goods to another country for sale.

What is Export?

200

This element, atomic number 18, is a colorless noble gas used in lighting.

What is Argon?

200

This narrow body of water separates Africa from Europe at its closest point.

What is the Strait of Gibraltar?

200

The 2022 World Cup was held in this Middle Eastern country.

What is Qatar?

200

This soft Italian cheese is traditionally used in lasagna and stuffed pasta dishes.

What is Ricotta?

200

This term describes a planet orbiting a star outside our solar system.

What is Exoplanet?

300

The largest blood vessel in the human body, carrying blood away from the heart.

What is the Aorta?

300

Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya surround this lake, the largest in Africa.

What is Lake Victoria?

300

This French striker scored a hat trick in the 2022 World Cup final despite his team losing to Argentina.

Who is Kylian Mbappe?

300

This blue-veined Italian cheese, aged in caves near Milan, is one of the world's oldest recorded cheeses.

What is Gorgonzola?

300

This legal process allows one country to surrender a criminal suspect to another country for trial.

What is Extradition?

400

The point in Earth's orbit when it is farthest from the Sun.

What is the Aphelion?

400

This Horn of Africa nation has been without a stable central government since 1991, making it one of the longest-running failed states in history.

What is Somalia?

400

The 1950 World Cup final is known as the "Maracanazo" — the shocking upset in which this country defeated host nation Brazil in Rio.

What is Uruguay?

400

This stretchy cheese from Mexico is wound into a ball and closely resembles string cheese in texture.

What is Oaxaca?

400

This philosophical movement, associated with Sartre and Camus, holds that individuals create their own meaning in an indifferent universe.

What is Existentialism?

500

The progressive motor neuron disease Stephen Hawking lived with for decades.

What is ALS?

500

The semi-arid region that acts as a transition zone between the Sahara and the Congo basin to the south.

What is The Sahel?

500

This Italian goalkeeper saved three penalties in the 2006 World Cup final shootout against France, sealing Italy's fourth title.

Who is Gianluigi Buffon?

500

This Spanish cheese from the La Mancha region is made exclusively from a specific sheep's milk.

What is Manchego?

500

This legal term refers to evidence or testimony that tends to clear an accused person of fault or guilt.

What is Exculpatory?

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