Geography
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100

This holds more than 20% of the world's available fresh water

What is the Great Lakes? 

100

These brothers are credited as the inventors of the airplane.

Who are Orville and Wilbur Wright? 

100

This  jazz musician got his nickname by shortening "Satchel Mouth". 

Who is Louis Armstrong? 

100

This was the name of the first successful U.S. colony.

What is Jamestown, Virginia? 

200

This country has the longest coastline.

What is Canada?

200

This person invented the polio vaccine in 1953.

Who is Jonas Salk? 

200

This is the minimum number of musicians a band must have to be considered a "big band"

What is 10? 
200

This group orchestrated a terrorist attack against the United States on September 11, 2001

What is Al Qaeda? 

300

This is the southernmost point in the continental United States.

(not *just* state)


What is Key West, Florida? 

300

This first Seismograph was invented in approx. 200 AD in this country.

What is China? 

300

This singer holds three Guinness World Records: One for "Most Decades With a Top 20 Hit on the US Hot Country Songs Chart," one for "Most Hits on US Hot Country Songs Chart By a Female Artist," and one for "Most No. 1 Hits on the US Hot Country Songs Chart by a Female Artist."

Who is Dolly Parton? 

300

seven U.S. states seceded and formed the original Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and this state.  

What is Georgia? 

400

The southernmost point of South America is often said to be this. 

What is Cape Horn? 


The continent's southernmost point is often said to be Cape Horn, but Águila Islet of the Diego Ramírez Islands lies further south. 

400

The electric razor was invented in the United States in 1928 by this person. 

(Last name only is ok)

Who is (Jacob) Schick? 

400

This metal band is the first and only band to have played on all 7 continents. 

Who is Metallica? 

400

William Henry Harrison is the president known for this. 

What is the shortest Presidency?

William Henry Harrison died 32 days into his presidency, making his the shortest tenure as U.S. president.

500

Lake Baikal at 1,187 meters deep is located in this country and is the deepest lake in the world. 

What is Southern Russia? 

500

Count Alessandro Volta invented this. 

What is the first (electric) battery? 


( provided the first source of continuous current )

500

The 1943 song  “I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin’ Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues.” is the song that holds the distinction of longest song title and is by this artist. 

Who is Hoagy Carmichael? 

500

The Reign of Terror was a period during this major social and political event in Europe.

What is The French Revolution? 

( from 1789 to 1799 )

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