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100

The capital of the land down under is this. It’s not Sydney.

What is canberra?

100

bananas are considered berries while this fruit with berrie in its name isn’t.

What is a strawberry?

100

This scientist is credited with making the telephone.

Who is Alexander graham bell?

100

This pre-digital technology was used to perform arithmetic with beads sliding on rods.

What is an abacus?

100

In 1492, he sailed west from Spain and “discovered” the Americas.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

200

The only letter that does not appear in a us state name.

What is q?

200

In the thousands there are this many varieties of apples. 

What is 7,500?

200

This scientist developed the theory of relativity.

Who is Albert Einstein?

200

Before digital cameras, people took photos using these light-sensitive sheets or rolls.

What is film?

200

This Portuguese explorer was the first to sail directly from Europe to India around Africa.

Who is Vasco da Gama?

300

This fruit has seeds on the outside rather than on the inside.

What is a strawberry?

300

This soda originally started out as something as a mix for moonshine, as that is where its name originates.

What is Mountain Dew?

300

This scientist was the son of a pastor and invented calculus.

Who is isaac newton?

300

Before USB drives and cloud storage, people saved data on spinning magnetic disks that came in sizes like 5.25 inches and 3.5 inches.

What are floppy disks?

300

He led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, though he died before completing the journey.

Who is Ferdinand Magellan?

400

The country whose flag is exactly half red and half white Horizontal stripes.

What is poland?

400

It was in this year in the late 19th century that raffaele Esposito created the first tomato, mozerella, and basil pizza for queen margherita.

What is 1889?

400

This scientist discovered the process of pasteurization and developed vaccines for rabies and anthrax in the 19th century.

Who is Louis Pasteur?

400

Before email, people sent typed messages over phone lines using this machine that printed text on paper.

What is a teletype (or telex machine)?

400

This English explorer charted much of the coast of Australia in 1770.

Who is James Cook?

500

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In 1908 this country became the first in the world to introduce license plates for automobiles 

What is france?

500

This was the first snack food cake ever sold. It was first sold in 1919 and is still on the shelves today.

What is the hostess cupcake?

500

This 19th-century chemist is considered the “father of the periodic table” for organizing elements by their atomic weights.

Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?

500

Once a common office device, this machine made multiple copies of documents using carbon paper.

What is a mimeograph?

500

In 1911, this Norwegian explorer was the first to reach the South Pole.

Who is Roald Amundsen?

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