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100
This is the year of the California Gold Rush.
What is 1849 (extra points for what is 1847)?
100
The event from Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
What is the Chicago fire of 1871?
100
World Record Holder in the men's 100 meter butterfly.
Who is Caleb Dressel?
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing and be nothing."
Who is Aristotle?
100
Argentine capital.
What is Buenos Aires?
200
This large American feline reportedly went extinct in 2011.
What is the Eastern Cougar?
200
This lower west side neighborhood next to Chinatown is known for its great latino food, culture and music.
What is Pilsen?
200
Michael Phelp's three kids.
Who are Boomer, Beckett and Maverick?
200
The largest organ.
What is the epidermis?
200
What is Laos?
300
What is the only European country to pay back the money given to them by the US under the Marshall.
What is...
300
This Italian physicist was known for creating the first nuclear reaction (hint: MAX WEST)
Enrico Fermi
300
British diving phenom.
Who is Tom Daley?
300
Photoreceptor molecule found in plants.
What is chlorophyll?
300
British food spread made from yeast extract, a by-product of beer brewing.
What is marmite?
400
Shaped like a bow tie this pasta has a name that means butterflies in Italian.
What is Farfalle?
400
"The Founder of Chicago" (the first non-indigenous man to permanently settle in Chicago).
Who is Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (don't have to say full name for points).
400
The year Jason Weber participated in the US Olympic Trials.
What is 2000?
400
Fundamental theorem of calculus
400
Raised by wolves, Rome's founders.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
500
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.
Who is Lady Gaga?
500
Train line that serves both Wrigley Field, the north side home of the Cubs, and US Cellular Park, the south side home of the White Sox.
What is the Red Line?
500
The year diving made its Olympic debut.
When is 1904?
500
“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.” Dystopian novel
What is 1984, George Orwell?
500
City of the 1980 Olympics.
What is Moscow?