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100

This force is driven by the Pauli exclusion principle and is generally perpendicular to a surface.

What is the normal force?

100

This musical artist attained new heights of fame in the past year with his feud with Drake and his Super Bowl performance.

Who is Kendrick Lamar?

100

This soccer player, widely considered to be the greatest of all time, currently plays for Inter Miami.

Who is Lionel Messi?

100

This French artist was the father of the Impressionist movement, creating famous series of works like Water Lilies and Haystacks.

Who is Monet?

100
My brother goes to this college in upstate New York, even if he's in Geneva right now.

What is Colgate?

200

This author fought for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War and is most famous for his dystopian work 1984.

Who is George Orwell?

200

I played these two sports for the longest when I was a kid. Name both.

What are baseball and soccer?

200

An n x n matrix with this property has n pivots. The zero matrix is never this type of matrix.

What is invertible?

200

This musical artist gained fame for her album "Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess," which included the songs "Hot to Go" and "Pink Pony Club."

Who is Chappell Roan?

200

This American sprinter won the 100 m dash in the Paris Olympics of 2024 and has famously clashed with other American sports stars about being a "world champion." 

Who is Noah Lyles?

300

This is a common nickname for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers based on their old orange jerseys, which are objectively hideous but subjectively glorious.

What are the Creamsicles?

300

This author wrote about the right way to rule in his book The Prince. He names an adjective often associated with the principle "the ends justify the means."

Who is Machiavelli?

300

My sister's dance teacher has this first name. My sister has serious beef with her right now.

Who is Nancy?

300

This largest moon of Saturn is scientifically very interesting because of its atmosphere and hydrocarbon lakes.

What is Titan?

300

In this movie, Han Solo is encased in carbonite by the galactic gangster Jabba the Hutt and Luke Skywalker's hand is cut off by Darth Vader.

What is The Empire Strikes Back? (Star Wars NOT acceptable alone)

400

My dad grew up mainly in the suburbs of Chicago, but he briefly lived in these three states before moving there. Name any of the three.

What is Florida, California, or Texas?

400

Although many factors are involved, this is the general protein that facilitates transcription in eukaryotes.

What is RNA polymerase?

400

This band won acclaim for its albums "London Calling" and "Combat Rock," which contained the songs "Rock the Casbah" and "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"

Who are the Clash?

400

This designated hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers recently became the first player to have 50 stolen bases and 50 home runs in a season, winning his third MVP.

Who is Shohei Ohtani?

400

This country consists of Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia and hosts the European Parliament.

What is Belgium?

500

This movie stars Dan Aykroyd and Jon Belushi as namesake brothers in Chicago who hate Illinois Nazis and are constantly attacked by Carrie Fisher.

What is the Blues Brothers?

500

This basketball coach recently retired from coaching the San Antonio Spurs. He is the career leader in NBA coaching wins.

Who is Gregg Popovich?

500

This Carthaginian general won great battles against the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimene, and especially Cannae, but lost the Battle of Zama to end the war.

Who is Hannibal?

500

This geographically-named Chicago neighborhood is where I live.

What is North Center?

500

This is the lightest non-naturally-occurring element in the periodic table, reflected in its name.

What is technetium?

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