This man said "A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
This was the year Hale Bopp was first seen.
What is 1995?
100
A bird, extinct by 1681, was named for the Portuguese word for "stupid".
What is the dodo bird?
100
This instrument widely used in Renaissance and Baroque music was the precurser to the piano.
What is the harpsicord?
200
This man said "How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments."
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
Neil Armstrong's middle name.
What is Alden?
200
A U.S. spider with venom 15 times as powerful as rattlesnake venom.
What is the black widow?
200
This composer is famous for his loss of hearing.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
300
This man said "But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."
Who is John Adams?
300
This is the amount of time it takes light from the sun to reach the earth.
What is Approximately 8 minutes?
300
A poisonous snake whose black, red and yellow bands are mimicked in the harmless milk snake.
What is the coral snake?
300
This woodwind instrument in the double reed family typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers.
What is the bassoon?
400
The first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
400
A powdered orange drink was introduced in 1965 by General Foods. NASA added it to the galley of the Gemini astronauts, and in July 1969 it traveled to the Moon on the Apollo mission.
What is Tan?
400
This snake is the longest venomous snake in the world.
What is the King Cobra?
400
This percussion instrument is a bar of metal, usually steel in modern instruments, bent into a special geometric shape.