She "Roared" with her "California Girls" to be one of today's top Pop artists.
Who is "Katy Perry"
100
This movie took building blocks to the big screen
What is "The Lego Movie"
100
This hand held gaming system started out in 2D black and white, but can now be played in full color and 3D
What is "Nintendo 3-DS"
100
This nano-scientist is the single most cited chemist of the past decade (and probably wrote his own Wikipedia page).
Who is "Chad Mirkin"
100
This Northwestern alumnus and late night talk show host did a stint on SNL’s Weekend Update.
Who is "Seth Meyers"
200
This famous composer went deaf and then went on to complete 9 symphonies.
Who is "Ludwig Van Beethoven"
200
Adjusting for inflation, this 1939 civil war epic is the highest grossing movie of all time.
What is "Gone with the Wind"
200
This actor played the character of Sean Parker in the movie "The Social Network"
Who is "Justin Timberlake"
200
In 2004, this drug was approved for the treatment of nerve and muscle pain caused by diabetes, shingles, fibromyalgia, and partial-onset seizures in adults.
What is Lyrica
200
Students must guard this Northwestern landmark for 24 hours in order to gain license to paint it.
What is "The Rock"
300
"Satchmo" was the nickname of this famous jazz vocalist and trumpeter.
Who is "Louis Armstrong"
300
This actor is known for his roles in the following movies...
"The Ladykillers", "Splash", "The Green Mile", and "Cloud Atlas"
Who is "Tom Hanks"
300
Cartridges of this galactically bad 80s video game, developed for the Artari 2600, were recently unearthed from a New Mexico landfill.
What is "E.T"
300
This industry accounts for 14-22% of all greenhouse gas emissions.
What is "the meat production industry"
300
The portion of NU campus that was previously a stretch of Lake Michigan is known colloquially as this.
What is "The Lakefill"
400
This female singer/songwriter is the youngest artist to have won the Grammy for album of the year.
Who is "Taylor Swift"
400
He wrote his love interest a letter a day for a year in this movie. Name that movie and actor.
What is "The Notebook", who is " Ryan Gosling"
400
This multi-billionaire owns 23% of Tesla Motors, though he had no part in founding the company.
Who is "Elon Musk"
400
This recent NASA mission brought us up close and personal with Pluto.
What is "New Horizons"
400
In this eventful year, Northwestern University was founded, and Moby Dick was published.
What is "1851"
500
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This mid-20th century experimental composer is best known for his piece consisting of four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence.
Who is John Cage
500
We have this author to thank for the wildly popular series of films depicting the exploits of Agent 007
Who is "Ian Fleming"
500
Founded as Control Video Corporation in 1983 this company later changed the name with the help of Steve Case.
What is "AOL"
500
Earlier this year the Curiosity rover found water belwo the surface of this planet.
What is "Mars"
500
The fair city of Evanston is named after this man.