Laws of Nature
Turning Points
On the Grapevine
The State of Affairs
Explorers and Discovery
100

This outermost layer of the Earth is solid and includes both the surface of continents and the seafloor - as well as the outside of your toast.

What is the crust?

100

This document, signed in 1776, declared the independence of the 13 American colonies from Great Britain.

What is the Declaration of Independence?
100

This string instrument, often electric, uses vibrations and amps to create sound waves.

Guitar

100

While Philadelphia is the largest city in our state, it is not the seat of its government: instead, the General Assembly meets in this other city.

What is Harrisburg

100

This European explorer crossed the Atlantic in 1492 and sparked centuries of colonization in the Americas.

Who is Chrisopher Columbus?

200

This process, which allows plants to produce food using sunlight, involves converting carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen.

What is photosynthesis?

200

This U.S. president signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing enslaved people during the Civil War.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

 This pop singer is known for hits like "Shake It Off" and "Love Story," and she’s often in the spotlight for her relationships.

Who is Taylor Swift?

200

This Pennsylvanian football team is one of the oldest surviving NFL franchises.  Though they started as the Pirates, they are presently known by another name.

The Pittsburgh Steelers.

200

This Founding Father is famous for his discovery of electricity, particularly his experiment with a kite and a key during a thunderstorm in 1752.

Benjamin Franklin

300

This invisible force keeps planets in orbit and gives us weight on Earth.

What is gravity?

300

This tragedy saw the destruction of a British passenger ship after hitting an iceberg, resulting in the loss of over 1,500 lives.

What is the Titanic disaster?

300

This iconic video game franchise follows the adventures of a mustachioed plumber and his similarly mustachioed younger brother, as they save a princess from a monster.

What is Super Mario Bros?

300

This historical site in Philadelphia is where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were signed.

What is Independence Hall?

300

During the Space Race, this country competed with the U.S. to explore the stars and conquer the cosmos.

What is the Soviet Union / USSR?
400

This state of matter has a fixed shape and volume, and its particles are tightly structured and barely move.

What is a solid?

400

This treaty, signed after World War I, placed strict restrictions on Germany and stirred unrest across Europe.

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

400

This 1990s movie series, which was recently rebooted, features a group of dinosaurs brought back to life on an island, where things quickly go wrong.

What is Jurassic Park / Jurassic World?

400

This famous amusement park, located in Hershey, is known for its chocolate-themed attractions and is also home to the Hershey's Chocolate World.

What is Hersheypark?

400

This pair of famous explorers set out across the frontier of the American west to try and discover an easier route to California, which they called the "Northwest Passage."

Who were Lewis and Clark?

500

This source of solar energy travels in straight lines and moves faster than sound.

What is sunlight / light

500

This powerful Roman general famously crossed the Rubicon River and sparked a civil war that changed history forever.

Who is Julius Caesar?

500

This popular battle royale game has players fighting on an island until only one remains, and it features iconic dances like the "Floss."

What is Fortnite?

500

While there are four others in the United States, only this, the shallowest of the Great Lakes, shares a border with the state of Pennsylvania.

What is Lake Erie?

500

This astronomer, using a telescope, discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun, challenging earlier beliefs about the universe.

Copernicus

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