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100
Pignoli, Biscotti, Pizzelles and Amaretti are traditional cookies made by Nonnas all over this country.
What is Italy?
100
The Talisman is a novel written by Peter Straub and this prolific horror writer from the state of Maine.
Who is Stephen King?
100
This was the first state in the US to allow women to vote and hold office.
What is Wyoming?
100
In 1932 in Australia, conflict broke out between the military and a too large swath if these animals. The conflict lasted 38 days and eventually the military conceded defeat.
What are emus?
100
The New York City Newsboys’ Strike of 1899 served as the inspiration for this musical film released by Disney in 1992.
100
Depending on the game, this card is usually worth one or eleven.
What is the ace?
100
The centigrade system of temperature measurement is name for this Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathemetician.
Who is Anders Celsius?
200
My favorite Christmas cookie recipe is inspired by Mexican hot chocolate. Its similar to American hot chocolate with the exception of adding these two spices that start with the letter C.
What are Cinnamon and cayenne?
200
This author is known for the Hunger Games trilogy, a series of young adult dystopian novels that started in 2008.
Who is Suzanne Collins?
200
In 1913, Emily Davison brought attention to the cause of suffrage when she broke past the barriers at the Derby Stakes in Surrey and was trampled by this king's horse.
Who is George V?
200
In 1914, an English man named William Trubshaw endeavored to cross the English Channel in one of these household items, armed with only an oar and a lifejacket. Due to storms, he only lasted a few hours.
What is a bath tub?
200
Philanthropist George Delacourt commissioned a statue in New York's Central Park in 1959 which depicts this fictional character sitting on a giant mushroom along side a cat, a rabbit, and a caterpillar.
Who is Alice? (From Lewis Caroll's story)
200
This is the highest possible hand in a game of poker.
What is a royal flush?
200
This inventor and agricultural scientist is responsible for developing hundreds of uses for peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes
Who is George Washington Carver?
300
A traditional Christmas favorite in this country, pfeffernusse cookies (which translated to Pepper Nuts) get their depth and spicy warmth from the combination of cinnamon, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, molasses, and freshly ground pepper.
What is Germany?
300
Maryann Shaffer and Annie Barrows wrote the bestselling novel about a "Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" set on this island in the English Channel.
What is Guernsey?
300
The first women's rights convention in the US was held in Seneca Falls, in this state.
What is New York?
300
In the 13th century, Pope Gregory IX declared that all of these animals were sent from Satan and had them exterminated. Without them, the rats ran rampant and brought on the Bubonic Plague.
What are cats>
300
Woodlawn Cemetery, Van Courtland Park, Pelham Bay Park, The New York Botanical Garden, and an eponymously named zoo are the reasons that one quarter of this borough of NYC is open space.
What is the Bronx?
300
This is the highest possible score in a single hand of cribbage
What is 29?
300
This polymath is often considered the world's first computer programmer.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
400
These red berries grow in the Scandinavian mountains and make a tasty, tart jam that is often spread on buttery sugar cookies.
What are lingonberries?
400
This Swedish author created the Pippi Longstocking character who goes on adventures with her neighbors, Tommy and Annika and her monkey, Mr. Nillson.
Who is Astrid Lindgren?
400
Suffrajitsu is a portmanteau of Suffragette and this form of self-defense, which many suffragists used as a means of persuasion and safety while marching for their right to vote.
400
Roman Emperor Caligula made many bizarre decisions during his reign. Certainly one of them was declaring war on this god of the sea. He ordered his soldiers to go to the beach and stab the sea and waves with their swords and throw spears at them.
Who is Neptune or Poseidon?
400
Forming in St. Louis in 1925, this precision dance company has performed in New York City’s Radio City Music Hall since 1932.
Who are the Rockettes?
400
During the first world war, Syracuse, NY outlawed the card game Pinochle, out of antagonism against this European immigrant population.
What is German? (Actually, Pinochle was most beloved by Eastern European Jews and Irish immigrants!)
400
For following scientific method and believing Copernicus' heliocentric theory, this scientist spent the last 8 years of his life under house arrest for the crime of heresy.
Who is Galileo?
500
Somewhere in almost every home, you will find this tin . . . if you open it up, You may find cookies from this European country, but its almost as likely you'll find sewing supplies. 
What is Denmark?
500
This author and alumnus of Bennington College in Vermont is known for her books, The Goldfinch and The Secret History.
Who is Donna Tartt?
500
Her famous "Ain't I A Woman?" speech was delivered at the 1851 Women's Convention in Akron, OH, which is now recognized as one of the most famous abolitionist and women’s rights speeches in American history.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
500
In January 1919, in the North End of Boston, a massive storage tank containing over 2 million gallons of this liquid suddenly ruptured, unleashing a colossal wave of the sticky substance that barreled through the streets.
500
There are two lions outside the New York Public Library, named for these two virtues.
What are Patience and Fortitude?
500
Due to its high point value and potential negative impact it can have on a score, this card played in Hearts is referred the Black Lady or the Black Maria.
What is the queen of spades?
500
This French chemist and microbiologist proved that germs cause disease, developed vaccines for anthrax and rabies, and created the process that makes dairy products safe for mass production
Who is Louis Pasteur?