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Widely considered to be the country music capital of the world, this Tennessee city is home to the Grand Old Opry
What is Nashville?
While Nashville is known as the country music capital, the moniker "Music City" actually originated in the 1870s when a touring group called the Fisk Jubilee Singers performed for Queen Victoria, who declared they must come from a city of music.
100
Legends in this musical genre include John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Louie Armstrong.
What is Jazz?
100
This large wooden boat in the Bible was built to withstand 40 days and nights of a rainstorm.
What is Noah’s ark?
The ark is referenced in Genesis 6–9.
100
This horse-like creature with a single horn is said to possess healing powers and can only be approached by the pure of heart.
What is a unicorn?
100
This is the dance the bugle boy did while in Company B
What is the Boogie Woogie?
100
This Revolutionary-era upholsterer and seamstress became an enduring symbol of early American patriotism through her connection to the Stars and Stripes.
Who is Betsy Ross?
200
Every year, this Kentucky city is home to the annual Kentucky Derby horse race.
What is Louisville?
The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory features a 120-foot tall, 68,000-pound replica of Babe Ruth’s bat leaning against the building. [1]
200
While not as comprehensive as a test or an exam, teachers often give this assessment to see what students remember from a recent lesson.
What is a quiz?
200
This board game asks players to buy properties like Boardwalk and Park Place.
What is Monopoly?
200
This legendary ape-like creature is said to roam the forests of the Pacific Northwest, leaving behind oversized footprints.
What is Bigfoot?
200
This casino card name is also known as 21
What is Blackjack?
200
This pioneering aviator became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, however, her 1937 attempt to fly around the world ended with her disappearance.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
300
This city in northern Florida is home to the NFL's Jaguars.
What is Jacksonville?
Thanks to a 1968 government consolidation with Duval County, the city spans nearly 900 square miles, making it the largest city in the contiguous U.S. by area.
300
This prison on an island in San Francisco Bay closed on March 21, 1963
What is Alcatraz?
300
This is the natural disaster featured in the beginning of The Wizard of Oz
What is a tornado?
300
This legendary creature is said to inhabit a deep freshwater lake in the Scottish Highlands.
What is the Loch Ness Monster?
300
A compilation of recipes all bound together.
What is a cook book?
300
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize(physics), the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields(physics and chemistry)
Who is Marie Curie?
400
Home to the University of Virginia, this Virginia city was founded by Thomas Jefferson.
What is Charlottesville?
Monticello, the historic primary plantation and estate of Thomas Jefferson, is located in central Virginia, about 2 miles southeast of downtown Charlottesville.
400
In football, this defensive strategy that sends extra players rushing toward the quarterback to create pressure gets its name from a German word from World War II
What is Blitz?
400
The likeness of John F. Kennedy can be found on this demonintation of U.S. currency.
What is the half-dollar (50-cent) coin and the Presidential $1 coin?
The Kennedy Half Dollar was first authorized and issued in 1964 as a tribute to the late president following his assassination, and it remains a legal tender coin in U.S. currency. Additionally, the John F. Kennedy Presidential $1 Coin was issued in 2015 as part of the U.S. Mint's Presidential $1 Coin Program.
400
In many European legends, knights earn glory by slaying this fire-breathing beast.
What is a dragon?
400
When the military jets fly close to sports stadiums, like before a football game.
What is a flyby?
400
She became the first female Prime Minister of India in 1966.
Who is Indira Gandhi?
500
This city is home to the University of Tennessee, and was the site of the 1982 World's Fair, leaving behind the iconic Sunsphere
What is Knoxville?
Knoxville became known as the “Scruffy Little City” when it surpassed major expectations to successfully host the 1982 World’s Fair, attracting 11 million visitors during its six-month run.
500
This is the most popular brand of ketchup in the United States
What is Heinz?
500
The process by which plants use sunlight to make food is called this.
What is Photosynthesis?
500
This creature from Greek mythology has the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse.
What is a centaur?
500
A billionaire businessman living a life of luxury might be called this animal inspired nickname.
What is a fat cat?
500
Nicknamed "The Lady with the Lamp," she cared for wounded soldiers during the Crimean War, and she is known as the founder of modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
She transformed nursing from an informal, often disreputable job into a respected, evidence-based profession by pioneering strict sanitation and hygiene practices.
600
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center can be found in this Alabama city
What is Huntsville?
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, located just outside of Huntsville, developed the Saturn V rocket that successfully sent American astronauts to the moon.
600
This is a slang term for a scatterbrained, or silly person, often a woman, who is often forgetful or easily distracted
What is a ditz?
600
This once dangerous Mexican border town is now popular with San Diego locals and visitors.
What is Tijuana?
It has grown from a small, gritty border town to a travel destination with thriving food and cultural scenes
600
Half woman and half bird in Greek mythology, these creatures lured sailors to their doom with enchanting songs in stories like the Oddysey
What are Sirens?
600
This rhyming saying warns that hesitation, possibly due to sleep, can mean missing out on an opportunity.
What is "you snooze, you lose"?
While the exact phrase gained mainstream popularity in the 20th century, the underlying sentiment is as old as time.
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This teenage French heroine claimed to receive divine visions that inspired her to lead troops during the Hundred Years' War, however she was captured by the enemy at burned at the stake for heresy in 1431.
Who is Joan of Arc?
Her original conviction for heresy was nullified by a posthumous retrial in 1456, which cleared her name and declared her a martyr. She was later beatified by Pope Pius X in 1909 before finally achieving sainthood under Pope Benedict XV.