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This famous French figure's last name literally translates to "good part". Who is that?
Napoleon Bonaparte
100
In this photo, you see figures, yet both made the exact same mistake. Question: What mistake did both of them make? 
Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, Hitler's invasion of the USSR in 1941, same mistake repeated
100
This author is often called the "father" of science fiction - in the 1800s, he wrote about submarines, moon travel, and helicopters decades before any of them were actually invented, describing details so accurate that real engineers later said his books inspired their work. Question: Name this author.
Jules Verne
100
An ancient, supernatural board game summons a wild jungle into a quiet town and traps a young boy inside its realm for 26 years until two kids roll the dice and accidentally set him free.
Jumanji
100
This country is the only one in the world with a flag that isn't rectangular - it's made of two separate triangular pennants instead. Question: Name this country.
Nepal
200
This was actually invented in Austria - but France adopted it, perfected it, and turned it into a globally famous thing. What is it?
The croissant
200
In the 13th century, two massive Mongol invasion fleets tried to conquer Japan, and both times, a typhoon destroyed the ships right before they could land, saving the country almost by accident. The Japanese believed the storms had been sent by the gods themselves. Centuries later, Japan gave this same name to a completely different kind of "storm" - what is that word?
Kamikaze
200
In 2006, a group of scientists voted to take away something's official title. This thing had been called by one name for 76 years — and then suddenly, it wasn't allowed to have that name anymore. People were so upset about this decision that some U.S. states even passed laws rejecting it. Many people are still angry about it today.
Question: What lost its title, and what was it changed to?
Pluto — it lost its status as a full planet and was changed to a "dwarf planet"
200
A brilliant computer hacker discovers that his entire reality is actually a virtual simulation created by machines to harvest humans for power, leading him to take a red pill, learn martial arts instantly, and dodge bullets in slow motion alongside a resistance leader named Morpheus.
The Matrix
200
The very first person in history to hold this role came from Israel. Today, the person holding this position comes from the United States before taking the position from someone from Argentina.
What is the position/role?
The Pope
300
France was the first country in the world to use this method — and one of the very last to stop, finally abandoning it in 1977. What are we talking about?
The guillotine
300
In the 19th century, as diplomatic and trade relations were being established between the Emirate of Bukhara and England, British envoys visiting the emir's court brought several "mechanical wonders" as gifts. But the Bukharan nobles, upon seeing them, advised the emir not to accept the gifts and to get rid of them quickly — because of the constant "ticking" sound coming from inside, they believed the objects were cursed or touched by the devil. Question: What did the British give the Emir of Bukhara as a gift?
Pocket watches / mechanical clocks
300
In 1920, Czech writer Karel Čapek wrote a science fiction play called "R.U.R.,". After the play became famous around the world, one word from it entered almost every language on Earth and became a permanent part of the science fiction genre. In the original Czech, this word actually means "hard labor" or "labor." Question: What word are we talking about?
Robot
300
A man with an extremely low IQ sits on a park bench waiting for a bus, telling strangers how he accidentally became a college football star, a Vietnam War hero, a ping-pong champion, and the owner of a multimillion-dollar shrimp company—all while pursuing his childhood love.
Forrest Gump
300
US President Ronald Reagan once famously declared: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the _______ and I'm here to help.'"
Government
400
The Mona Lisa, the Louvre's most famous piece, was brought to France by Leonardo da Vinci himself and sold to King Francis I. But until the late 1800s, it wasn't nearly as world-famous as it is today. In 1911, something happened involving the painting that put it on every newspaper's front page and turned it into the most famous painting in the world overnight. Question: What happened to the painting in 1911?
It was stolen from the Louvre - by an Italian handyman, Vinccenzo Peruggia
400
During medieval times, both in the East and in Europe, castles under siege were often surrounded by moats filled with water. Most people assume this was simply to stop enemies from getting close to the walls. But the real, more dangerous purpose was something else. Question: What danger were water-filled moats actually designed to prevent?
(Answer: Tunneling under the castle walls — if attackers tried to dig a tunnel beneath the walls, water from the moat would flood in and collapse or drown them)
400
This 1994 film was based on a novel that sold poorly and was largely forgotten — until the movie adaptation became so beloved that the book's author himself said the film was better than what he wrote. The film later became the #1 movie on IMDb's all-time list, a spot it still holds decades later. Question: Name this film.
"The Shawshank Redemption"
400
If you look closely at Australia's coat of arms, you'll see two native animals featured on it — the kangaroo and the emu. Australians didn't choose these two animals just because they looked nice; they were specifically chosen because of one shared anatomical feature. Question: What movement are both of these animals physically unable to do, which is the real reason they were chosen for the coat of arms?
They cannot walk or move backward — both the kangaroo and the emu can only move forward, symbolizing a nation that always moves forward, never backward
500
When the Eiffel Tower was built in the late 1800s, many French writers and intellectuals — including Guy de Maupassant — hated it, calling it an ugly iron eyesore ruining the beauty of Paris. Yet Maupassant, despite despising the tower, ate lunch almost every day in the restaurant on its first floor. Why did he prefer to eat there, of all places?
Because it was the only place in Paris from which he couldn't see the tower
500
In the ancient Roman army, military discipline was extremely strict. If a unit fled the battlefield or showed cowardice, a brutal punishment called "Decimation" (Latin: decimatio) could be carried out against them. Question: What does this Latin word mean, and what did the punishment actually involve?
Removal of a tenth - every tenth soldier in the unit was chosen by lot and executed by the others
500
This animated film was the first ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, competing directly against live-action films for the first time in Oscar history. Question: Name this film.
Beauty and the Beast
500
In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was very common among European pirates and sailors to wear an eyepatch over one eye. Most people assume this was because pirates had lost an eye in battle. But the eyepatch was almost always worn over a perfectly healthy eye, and its real purpose was something completely different.
Question: Why did pirates constantly keep one eye covered?
So that eye would stay adjusted to darkness — when they moved quickly from the sunlit deck down into the dark cargo hold below, the "dark-adapted" eye under the patch could see immediately, instead of having to wait for their eyes to adjust