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100

In 1974, this daredevil parachuted to the bottom of the Snake River Canyon; that was plan B.

Who is Evel Knievel?

100

This private Utah university is controlled by the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

What is Brigham Young University?

100

In a 2000 remake, Samuel L. Jackson took over for Richard Roundtree as this cool detective.

Who is Shaft?

100

In the '30s this aviator used some of his fortune to fund films like "Hell's Angels" and "Scarface".

Who is Howard Hughes?

100

This Roman fell victim to assassins on the Ides, or 15th, of March, 44 B.C.

Who is Julius Caesar?

200

This entertainer earned the nickname "The Handcuff King" for his ability to escape manacles.

Who is Harry Houdini?

200

In 1987 pranksters from this Pasadena school changed the Hollywood sign to the name of the school.

What is Caltech?

200

A sleuth named Kinsley Millhone is the heroine of her alphabet mysteries.

Who is Sue Grafton?

200

A stock that's a low risk investment is a blue this

What is chip?

200

It's said that on this date King George III wrote in his diary, "Nothing of importance happened."

What is July 4, 1776?

300

In 1926 Gertrude Ederle swam this in 14 1/2 hours, breaking the men's record by 2 hours.

What is the English Channel?

300

James Madison and Woodrow Wilson both graduated from this New Jersey university.

What is Princeton?

300

A carefully waxed moustache is a prominent facial feature of this Agatha Christie detective.

Who is Hercule Poirot?

300

The two mammals used to describe a rising or declining stock market are the bull and this.

What is bear?

300

The Egyptian government opened his famed mummy case on March 6, 1924.

Who is King Tut?

400

In September 1984 Joe W. Kittinger became the first to solo across the Atlantic Ocean in one of these.

What is a hot-air balloon?

400

In 1253 Robert de Sorbon founded a school of theology in this city.

What is Paris?
400

Morgan Freeman has played Detective Alex Cross twice: "Kiss the Girls" and this film:

What is "Along Came a Spider"?

400

This alliterative type of account invests in short-term instruments for safe but piddly returns.

What is money market?

400

Day on which Mexico's Battle of Puebla is celebrated.

What is May 5?

500

He crossed the Atlantic on Ra II to prove the Ancient Egyptians could have sailed to America.

Who is Thor Heyerdahl?

500

The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes is a well-known landmark at this Midwestern school.

What is Notre Dame?
500

First serialized in "Black Mask", "The Maltese Falcon" introduced the world to this detective.

Who is Sam Spade?

500

After running pyramid schemes, he was deported back to Italy in 1934.

Who is Charles Ponzi?

500

1944 date on which more than 5,000 ships carried allied troops across the English Channel.

What is June 6?

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