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100

This sea creature has three hearts and blue blood.

What is an octopus?

100

“Call me Ishmael” is the opening line of this novel.

What is Moby-Dick?

100

This 1215 English document limited the power of the king.

What is the Magna Carta?

200

This planet takes longer to rotate once than it takes to orbit the Sun.

What is Venus?

200

“Rosebud” is the mysterious final word in this classic film.

What is Citizen Kane?

300

This is the only nonmetal that is liquid at room temperature.

What is bromine?

300

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are minor characters in this Shakespeare tragedy.

What is Hamlet?

400

The “Cas9” part of CRISPR is a specialized version of this type of protein.

What is an enzyme?

400

In this novel by Margaret Atwood, women are forced into assigned social roles in the Republic of Gilead.

What is The Handmaid’s Tale?

500

This Mexican amphibian (once thought to be a fairy tale) is famous for regenerating limbs and other body parts.

What is an axolotl?

500

This George Orwell novel features the characters Winston Smith and Julia.

What is 1984?

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