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200

The Weeknd, no. 1 for four weeks in 2019.

What is "Blinding Lights?"

200

During this war, American spies would hide secret messages in musket balls.

What is the Revolutionary War?

200

Aquatic reptiles will sometimes swallow these in order to weigh themselves down in the water while they seek out prey.

What are rocks?

200

They're known as the fathers of the airplane, having invented the first fixed-wing aircraft in 1903.

Who are the Wright Brothers?

200

Cherilyn Sarkisian.

Who is Cher?

400

Los Del Rio, no. 1 for fourteen weeks in 1996 (you might have danced to it in elementary school).

What is the Macarena?

400

In order to reveal invisible ink, spies could use heat on the paper, or they could use the juice of this fruit.

What is a lemon?

400

Iguanas and turtles are the only reptiles that follow an herbivorous diet, which means they eat this rather than invertebrates or other vertebrates.

What is plant life?

400

Walter Camp, the proclaimed father of this sport, was the first to introduce the snap, the line of scrimmage, eleven-player teams, and the concept of downs in the game.

What is American football?

400

Cassius Clay.

Who is Muhammad Ali?

600

The Black Eyed Peas, no. 1 for fourteen weeks in 2009 (and way overplayed when I was in college).

What is "I Gotta Feeling?"

600

This ancient militaristic people employed a cipher device called the scytale for secret communication between army commanders as early as 400 BCE.

Who are the Spartans?

600

Crocodilians, a certain classification of reptile, are the closest living relatives of both modern birds and these now extinct animals.

What are dinosaurs?

600

The father of the collectible card game, Richard Garfield is most known for creating this tabletop card game released in 1993.

What is Magic: The Gathering?

600

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.

Who is Lady Gaga?

800

Carlos Santana featuring Rob Thomas, no. 1 for twelve weeks in 1999 (Rob Thomas was Matchbox Twenty's lead singer).

What is "Smooth?"

800

The term cryptology comes from two words, meaning “hidden” and “word,” in this language. 

What is Greek?

800
Believe it or not, reptiles are air-breathing animals. They just breathe through these instead of lungs.

What are scales?

800

María Remedios del Valle is known as the Mother of the Homeland in this South American country, having been a recognized soldier during the War of Independence.

What is Argentina?

800

Dana Elaine Owens.

Who is Queen Latifah?

1000

Bobby Darin, no. 1 for nine weeks in 1959 (a classic jazz standard).

What is "Mack the Knife?"

1000

This Native American language was used by U.S. Army units during World War I to transmit secret tactical messages and proved instrumental in a successful surprise attack against the Germans.

What is Choctaw?

1000

Out of all reptiles, only two types of snakes give live birth rather than lay eggs: The boa constrictor and this other constricting serpent.

What is a python?

1000

Her work was recognized by historians as the writer of the world's first computer program which was for the Charles Babbage Analytical Engine, but it was never completed. Still, she gets an honorary mother title.

Who is Ada Lovelace?

1000

Eric Marlon Bishop.

Who is Jamie Foxx?

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