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What in the World?
The Seven Seas
So Many Books, So Little Time
100
In 1783, the first free flight of a hot air balloon carrying a human occured in this city.
What is Paris, France?
100
The original Starbucks was established in 1971 in this U.S. city.
What is Seattle?
100
Lemurs, a type of primate, are native to this island nation.
What is Madagascar?
100
The largest animal currently on Earth.
What is Blue Whale?
100
Quasimodo is a fictional character from this novel.
What is The Hunchback of Notre-Dam?
200
Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president born in this.
What is a hospital?
200
This fast food franchise has the most worldwide locations.
What is Subway?
200
This is the tallest building in the world.
What is The Burj Khalifa?
200
By area, this is the smallest ocean in the world.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
200
This American author wrote the novel "The Great Gatsby", published in 1922.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
300
In 1867 the United States purchased Alaska from this country.
What is Russia?
300
Roquefort is a French blue cheese made from the milk of this animal.
What is sheep?
300
This was the name of the passenger train service created in 1883 that connected Paris and Constantinople.
What is The Orient Express?
300
The deepest point in the world.
What is Mariana Trench?
300
The full name of British novelist C. S. Lewis.
What is Clive Staples Lewis?
400
This is what the letters "ZIP" stand for in the United States postal code.
What is Zone Improvement Plan?
400
This popular soda beverage was originally developed as a mixer for whiskey.
What is Mountain Dew?
400
In this sport, the bowler delivers the ball to the batsman.
What is Cricket?
400
The percentage that the ocean has been explored.
What is less than 5%?
400
This author wrote the fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling".
Who is Hans Christian Andersen?
500
This battle was fought on June 18th, 1815 in present-day Belgium.
What is The Battle of Waterloo?
500
In French cuisine, this is the name for the following: béchamel sauce, espagnole sauce, hollandaise sauce, tomato sauce, and velouté sauce?
What is Mother sauces?
500
The island of Saipan is a commonwealth of this country.
What is the United States?
500
This is the only sea on Earth with no coastline.
What is the Sargasso Sea?
500
This phrase, often used in typing practice, includes every letter in the English alphabet?
What is "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
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