Villains
Food
Plates
Inventions
Gems
100
Superman’s archnemesis Lex Luthor is often portrayed with what physical feature?
Bald Head
100
This Hormel product was once simply known as "spiced ham".
Spam
100
Some of its plates depict the space shuttle in flight.
Florida
100
By 1877 Otto Lilienthal had invented one of these engineless airplanes with birdlike wings.
Glider
100
MORGANite is a pink or rose-colored gem named for this American financier.
J. P. Morgan
Why? It was an honor bestowed upon him in recognition of the encouragement he has always extended to the arts and sciences and for his presentation to the American Museum of Natural History of collections of precious stones and minerals in 1889, 1900 andn 1902.
200
What villain’s red-and-green sweater was chosen specifically because its clashing colors are hard to look at?
Freddie Kreuger
200
It's the Spanish-named appetizer of tortilla chips, often beans, beef & onions topped with melted cheese.
Nachos
200
You will find 4 presidents on this plate.
South Dakoata
200
This man, a goldsmith by trade, invented (press) printing from movable type in Europe.
Gutenberg
200
The Hope (not diamond), a famous Baroque one of these mollusk gems, is 2 inches long & weighs several ounces.
Pearl
300
What villain’s on-screen costume was inspired by samurai helmets and World War II-era gas masks?
Darth Vader
300
Paper-thin and often served for dessert, it's the French equivalent of a pancake.
Crepes
300
A depiction of this 1607 settlement appears on some of Virginia's plates.
Jamestown
300
Herman Hollerith invented a system of encoding data on cards by means of these.
Holes (punches) Keypunch cards
300
The "blazing" name of these opals is misleading; many do not give off brilliant flashes of color.
Fire Opals
400
When DC Comics let a call-in poll decide the ending of a cliff-hanger, what villain killed Batman’s sidekick Robin?
The Joker
400
Where did Cesar salad originate?
Mexico
400
A palmetto tree graces the center of its license plates.
South Carolina
400
As a Harvard freshman, this photographic inventor became fascinated by polarized light and created what?
Edwin H. Land (Polaroid Land Camera)
400
In 1830 these GREEN gems were discovered in mica schists in Russia's Ural Mountains.
Emeralds
500
The mask worn by Scream villain Ghostface was used because it resembles art by what painter?
Edvard Munch
500
Traditionally, shepherd's pie contains this meat, ground or diced.
Lamb
500
This state's license plate says it's "The Crossroads of America".
Indiana
500
His most important invention kept an elevator car from falling even if its cable broke.
Elisha Otis born in Montpelier, Vermont
500
Often a shade of orange, spessartite is a variety of this reddish-brown gem. HINT: January Birthstone
Garnet