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100

Who was the First African American Player elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Who is Jackie Robinson

100

Which is the six-letter word refers to a Mexican blanket often slipped over the head and worn over the shoulders?

What is a Poncho

100

What is the first of the three races that make up the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing?

What is the Kentucky Derby

100

If a free-falling object has reached terminal velocity, what force is being balanced by air resistance?

What is gravity

100

Located about eight miles from Spain, what is the name of the African country located closest to Europe?

What is Morocco

200

Name the man who served as Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford and was a co-recipient of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to negotiate a peaceful settlement in the Vietnam War?

Who is (Henry) Kissinger 

200

In Greek mythology, who is considered the goddess of love and beauty?

Who is Aphrodite

200

What are the three events in a triathlon?

What is Swimming, Bicycling, and Running

200

What are the next two numbers in the sequence that begins, 7, 9, 13, 19, 27?

What is 37 and 49

200

What is the name of the first manned lunar lander to touch down on the moon?

What is the Eagle

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Name the author of the novel, Great Expectations.

Who is Charles Dickens

300

What cooking term refers to cutting meat or fish off of the one?

What is Filleting
300

What is the name of the 2014 NFL scandal in which Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady, allegedly ordered the air pressure to be decreased inside footballs used for the AFC championship?

Who is Deflategate?

300

Find the values of 7 cubed, or 7 to the third power.

What is 343

300

Name the largest tropical desert in the world that covers almost all of North Africa.

What is the Sahara Desert

400

Name three of the four U.S. presidents who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? (Any three will be accepted)

Who is Jimmy Carter, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Barack Obama.

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: In electrical terms, for what do the letters AC and DC mean?

What is Alternating Current and Direct Current

400

What is the name of the trophy awarded to the winner of football's Super Bowl?

What is the Lombardi Trophy

400

Using the Fahrenheit temperature scale, at what temperature does water boil?

What is 212 degrees Fahrenheit

400

What is a common name for Alcatraz?

What is The Rock

500

Who is the Norse explorer who is credited with being the first European to reach the North American continent nearly four centuries before Christopher Columbus.

Who is Leif Erikson

500

How many bones make up the human skull?

What is 22

500

Name the Argentine soccer player whose photo gallery of his team's 2022 World Cup win became the most liked Instagram post ever in February 2023?

Who is Leo Messi

500

If Tyler has 92 baseball cards, which is 4 less than 3 times as many cards as Dylan has, how many baseball cards does Dylan have?

What is 32

500

In what country did the short form of poetry, called the haiku, originate?

What is Japan

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