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100

Who hosted You Bet Your Life on NBC from 1950-1961?

Groucho Marx

100

What word precedes both "blood" and "streak" to make two colorful idioms?

Blue

100

In what city is England's prestigious Oxford University located?

Oxford

100

When the Library of Congress was rebuilt (after the British burned down the first one), it was stocked with nearly 6,500 books from this Founding Father's library?

Thomas Jefferson

100

Originally, only people from New England had this nickname, but now it refers pretty much worldwide to any American.

Yankee

200

Who was known as the Wizard of Menlo Park?

Thomas Edison

200

What week-long December holiday, created in 1966, celebrates Black heritage, unity, and culture?

Kwanzaa

200

In what US state would you find the Berkshire Mountains?

Massachusetts

200

When the 21st century began, many people expected a "Y2K crisis." What did Y2K stand for?

Year 2000. Many people feared that computers couldn't handle the calendar date of 2000 and would revert back to 1900. However, the crisis never materialized, and there were only a few minor problems

200

The word that pairs with the Yin in Chinese philosophy.

Yang

300

Who are the two Beatles that are still living?

Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr

300

What is the name of the multi-branched candelabra that is used on Hanukkah?

Menorah

300

Where is the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Cooperstown, NY

300

When this game, initially called Pretzel, was played on TV by Eva Gabor and Johnny Carson, sales soared.

Twister

300

You'll find Old Faithful in this National Park.

Yellowstone

400

Who is the New Hamshire-based author of The World According to Garp, published in 1978?

John Irving


400

What 2000 movie told the story of a single mom who led the legal fight against Pacific Gas & Electric, the company that was accused of contaminating the water in Hinkley, California?

Erin Brokovich
400

Where would you find Three Mile Island, the site of the 1979 nuclear power plant accident?

In central Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg

400

When this film, starring Omar Shariff and Julie Christie, came out in 1965, Russian-inspired fashion became all the rage, and the Maxicoat was introduced.

Doctor Zhivago

400

Which 1968 Beatles animate film (and album) features this song "All You Need is Love" and set in a paradise called Pepperland, which falls under attack by the music-hating Blue Meanies?

Yellow Submarine

500

Whom did the British press label as "Bush's poodle" in 2002?

Prime Minister Tony Blair was given that moniker to suggest that he was overly supportive of US President George W. Bush, especially regarding the Iraq War

500

What 164-foot-tall Paris landmark, standing at the western end of the Champs- Elysees, was commissioned by Napoleon to celebrate his military victories?

The Arc de Triomphe

500

Where would you find the home of Nancy and Ronald Reagan? 

Near Santa Barbara, California

500

When Dr. Ben Carson failed in his bid for the presidency, he threw his support to Donald Trump and was rewarded with this cabinet position.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

500

This westernmost territory is Canada's smallest (in land area) and shares a 1538-mile-long border with Alaska.

Yukon

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