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100
A statewide vote recount began in this state
What is Florida?
100
Wilhelm Roentgen's experiments with electricity accidentally led him to take the first of this type of images in 1895
What is an X-ray?
100
This Paris museum opened to the public for the first time in 1793
What is the Louvre?
100
This popular game show host died in 2020 after a battle with pancreatic cancer
Who is Alex Trebek?
100
In 1971 this influential rock band released their fourth album.
Who is Led Zeppelin?
200
The 35th President of the United States was elected
Who is John F. Kennedy?
200
This populist narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, leaving the venue where he held a speech just 13 minutes before a time bomb would detonate
Who is Adolf Hitler?
200
While not the first literary depiction of vampires, this writer's novel gave life to popular vampire cliches
Who is Bram Stoker?
200
14,000 episodes and still on the air, this soap opera made its debut on NBC in 1965
What is Days of Our Lives?
200
This video game let players pretend to play an instrument for the first time in 2005
What is Guitar Hero?
300
The "Corps of Discovery" of this expedition reached the Pacific Ocean in 1805
What is the Lewis and Clark expedition?
300
One of the most powerful cyclones ever, the super typhoon Haiyan struck this country in 2013
What are the Philippines?
300
Late in his career, this painter known for idealizing American life, portrayed 6-year-old Ruby Bridges on her way to school.
Who is Norman Rockwell?
300
Elgin Baylor sets a scoring record after a 64 point outing for this NBA team in 1959.
Who is the Minneapolis Lakers?
300
This angel from Montgomery, born in 1949, has spent 50 years as a blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, and activist
Who is Bonnie Raitt?
400
In 1889 this territory became the 41st U.S. state
What is Montana?
400
In 1990 Mary Robinson is elected as this catholic country's first woman president
What is Ireland?
400
Five paintings by this artist, valued at $52 million, were stolen from a Stockholm museum in 1993
Who is Picasso?
400
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a tax bill in 1966 that cleared the way for a merger between these two sports leagues
What are the AFL and NFL?
400
The Tokens assured us that it's safe as long as the big cat snoozes with piercing falsettos on this 1961 song
What is "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"?
500
In 1966 Edward W. Brooke became the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate from this state
What is Massachusetts?
500
You couldn't leave a popular bar room in Munich because of this 1923 attempted coup d'etat
What is the Beer Hall Putsch?
500
In deciding on a name for their new car brand, this manufacturer turned down 18,000 suggestions by its advertising agency, and named it after the company president's father, Edsel, in 1956
What is the Ford Motor Company?
500
This cable television company debuted as it aired a film starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda in 1971
What is HBO?
500
This singer certainly gained respect from her Hawaiian fans for performing two shows in a wheelchair after breaking her leg in 1968
Who is Aretha Franklin?
