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This pathegen uses gp120 and gp41 to infect microglia and macrophages. This virus causes AIDS
What is HIV
100
This man predicted the gravitational lensing of distant objects. In 1905 he published on Brownian motion, the photoelectric effect, and the idea that time dilates for objects nearing light speed.
Who is Albert Einstein
100
This novel's protagonist briefly works for the undertaker Mr. Sowerberr. In it, the pickpocket Jack Dawkins, who calls himself the "Artful Dodger," introduces the protagonist to Fagin.
What is Oliver Twist
100
Joseph Warren died at this battle after handing over command to Israel Putnam and William Prescott. Prescott ordered troops not to fire "till you see the whites of their eyes!" Name this 1775 British Revolutionary War victory.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
100
This man was hidden by the Elector of Saxony in Wartburg Castle, where he translated the New Testament. He attacked preachers of indulgences in a document posted on the church door at Wittenburg in 1517.
Who is Martin Luther
200
The lower portioin of this region of Earth's atmosphere contains nacreous clouds. It's not the thermosphere, but its temperature increases with height due to absorption of UV radiation.
What is the stratosphere
200
Newt Gringrich criticized this man's "right-wing social engineering."
Who is Paul Ryan
200
This author moved the death of a New York cigar store worker, Mary Rogers, to Pari for his story "The Mystery of Marie Roget". That story featured the same detective, C. Auguste Dupin, who solved "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".
Who is Edgar Allen Poe
200
This city was the site of the Battle of Germantown as well as the drafting of the Olive Branch Petition.
What is Philadelphia
200
These organs secret the hormone EPO to stimulate red blood cell production.
What are the kidneys
300
Gilbert Lewis had a "cubic" model of these entities whose diameter is roughly twice the Bohr radius. Other old models included the "plum-pudding."
What is an atom
300
This is "Why Women Should Vote"
Who is Jane Addams
300
In this story, the protagonist's horse, Gunpowder, is found without a saddle. Name this short story by Washington Irving.
What is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
300
A clause of the 1783 Treaty of Paris referring to this river led to the founding of the Indian Stream Republic. It flows past Springfield and divides New Hampshire and Vermont.
What is the Connecticut River
300
This song addresses "a time when you fade to blackness." One singer talks about "trying to get a trip at Subway" and says, "I could use a dream or a genie." Name this B.o.B song.
What is Airplanes
400
Swelling of one of the nine long tendons passing thorugh this structure can compress the median nerve, causing numbness in fingers. What is the resulting syndrome
What is carpal tunnel
400
Five days before retiring, this baseball player had three home runs in a game at Forbes Field.
Who is Babe Ruth
400
A character in this novel with three forms of cancer commits suicide after killing Alexander Zalachenko. Its heroine begins in intensive care, continuing the story of The Girl Who Played With Fire.
What is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
400
The 1999 Pigford v. Glickman suit involved discrimination by this Cabinet department.
What is the Department of Agriculture
400
Rachel Ray was the last participant on this show's April 2012 finale. It features "Shout Outs" for help, "double-or-nothing" Video Bonuses, and has Red Light Challenges.
What is Cash Cab
500
This moon's Galileo Regio is a large surface feature that is darker than its surroundings. It is the only moon to possess its own magnetosphere and it is locked into a 1:2:4 obital resonance with Europa and Io.
What is Ganymede
500
Lady Caroline Lamb claimed this man was "mad, bad, and dangerous to know," and rumors say he had an affair with his half sister Augusta. He died at the age of 36 fighting for Greek independence.
Who is Lord Byron
500
This man published Missonary Tavels and Researches in South Africa after discovering Victoria Falls, but disappeared while seeking the source of the Nile.
Who is David Livingstone
500
Starting in 1356 this position was awarded by seven nobles known as "electors." Pope Clement VII was the last to crown its holder, doing so for Charles V, its third Hapsburg holder. Name this imperial title.
What is Holy Roman Emperor
500
This city is nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets." Giza is in the outskirts of what most populous city in Africa and capital of Egypt.
What is Cairo
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