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100

What was the last state admitted into the United States?

Hawaii

100

Which cosmetic gets its name from the Spanish or Italian word for "mask"?

Mascara

100

What were the sides of the U.S fighting ship nicknamed Old Ironsides made of?

Wood

100

Which renowned British author dreamed up such characters as Miss Havisham, Oliver wist and Tiny Tim?

Charles Dickens

100

Which primatologist was the first to observe chimpanzees making and using tools in the wild?

Jane Goodall

200

What is the longest river in Western Europe?

The Rhine

200

What is the prettiest town that George Hamilton IV has ever seen?

Abilene

200

Who is the patron saint of bakers, confectioners and pastry chefs, celebrated by the French with a feast day each May 16th?

St. Honore, a.k.a Honoratus

200

What nursery rhyme character was warned that the cow was in the corn?

Little Boy Blue

200

How many major blood types are there?

Four

300

Which airport's international airport code is ORD?

O'Hare

300

Who appeared in more than 30 Alfred Hitchcock films?

Alfred Hitchcock

300

Who was flying the 1905 airplane that his a bird in Dayton, Ohio becoming the first pilot involved in a recorded aviation bird strike?

Wilbur Wright

300

Which book, compiled by two brothers, was originally named Children and Household Tales, but was meant for an adult audience?

Grimm's Fairy Tales

300

What is the common name of the Asian plant in the ginger family that is often used in curry and gives food an orange color?

Turmeric

400

What city lay at the end of the 1,933 mile ride aboard the Orient Express, which left Paris daily in 1889?

Constantinople

400

What was Howdy Doody's sister's name?

Heidi Doody

400

Who was JFK's press secretary?

Pierre Salinger

400

Who is Shakespeare's Moorish general in the service of Venice?

Othello

400

Peanuts are categorized as which type of plant?

Legumes

500

Which London cathedral has a U.S Memorial Chapel, dedicated to the Brits' brothers in arms who lost their lives in World War II?

St. Paul's Cathedral

500

Which animated little characters are just "three apples high," according to their creator, Belgian cartoonist Peyo?

Smurfs

500

In 1976 the first recorded outbreak of which dead;y virus occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Ebloa

500

What do Mr and Mac mean when used in surnames?

Son of

500

What uninvited pest also goes by the Latin name Mus musculus?

House Mouse

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