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Who wrote The Lord of the Rings trilogy?

JRR Tolkien

100

Who is often referred to as the “Queen of Soul”?

 Aretha Franklin

100

Which artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Michelangelo

100

What is the scientific name for the process plants use to make food from sunlight?

Photosynthesis

100

Which actor stars in the Indiana Jones franchise?

Harrison Ford

200

What was the pen name of the author Samuel Clemens, who wrote the classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

Mark Twain

200

What band was known for hits like “Good Vibrations” and “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”?

The Beach Boys

200

What Spanish artist was famous for a painting titled The Persistence of Memory, which featured melting clocks?

Salvador Dalí

200

What is the only metal that’s liquid at room temperature?

Mercury

200

Who founded Microsoft?

Bill Gates

300

Which classic novel features the characters Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy?

Pride and Prejudice 

300

Which classic song by Don McLean is 8 and a half minutes long?

American Pie

300

Which floaty water bloom transformed Claude Monet’s canvases into a dreamscape wonderland?

Water lillies

300

Which scientist is famous for his 3 laws of motion?

 Isaac Newton

300

Which U.S. athlete has the most Olympic medals?

Michael Phelps - he has 28 medals

400

Which novel by George Orwell is set in a society under constant surveillance by Big Brother?

1984

400

What state does the devil go down to in the famous song by Charlie Daniels?

Georgia (“The Devil Went Down to Georgia”)

400

Which spanish artist co-founded an art movement known as cubism because his work is "full of little cubes?" 

Pablo Picasso

400

At what temperature does water boil?

 212 degrees Fahrenheit (100 degrees Celsius)

400

Which famous aviator became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932?

Amelia Earhart


500

Which playwright wrote A Streetcar Named Desire?

Tennessee Williams

500

What instrument does Stevie Wonder play?

 Piano/keyboard

500

What painting by Georges Seurat inspired the sculptures in Lindsay Park, Davenport?

"Sunday in the Park"  

500

What blood type is known as the “universal donor”?

O -

500

Which U.S. president resigned in 1974 following the Watergate scandal?

Richard Nixon

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