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Potpourri
100
This 18th-century Franciscan mission, located in San Antonio, Texas, was the site of a historic resistance effort by a small group of determined fighters for Texan independence from Mexico.
What is the Alamo?
100
His only rock and roll hit was 1958's Its Only Make Believe. On the country charts, he had 40, including several duets.
Who is Conway Twitty?
100
Roughly two-thirds of all those killed in the Civil War were lost to disease rather than weapons predominantly these two diseases, one a childhood illness (currently having a resurgence in this time of antivaccination) and the other brought on by mosquitos
What are Measles and Malaria?
100
Though this vegetable also comes in orange, purple and green, its usually white because the broad outer leaves wrap around the head, blocking sunlight and preventing chlorophyll from forming
What is Cauliflower?
100
This popular Ben & Jerry's flavor made with banana ice cream, fudge chunks, and walnuts.
What is Chunky Monkey?
100
This luxury car brand just announced its first electric car, at a miniscule $640,000.
What is Ferrari?
100
The 5c piece is only made of about 25% nickel. The rest is made of this metal.
What is Copper?
100
These animals are about 30x more likely to be struck by lightning that humans.
What are giraffes?
100
This aquatic worm's body is divided into 32 distinct segments, and each segment has its own nerve cluster, each acting as a mini brain.
What are leeches?
200
An unofficial slogan coined in 2000 by Austin Community College librarian Red Wassenich notes the importance of keeping this capital city "Weird."
What is Austin?
200
Following a 440 ft fall from a mountain in Montana, this country nepo baby began to wear sunglasses, a full beard and cowboy hat in order to cover the extensive scars his incurred.
Who is Hank Williams Jr. ?
200
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in this courthouse at the end of the Civil War
What is Appomattox?
200
Before its modern rise to wealthy Hollywood superfood status, this vegetable was primarily a cheap, hardy staple crop in Europe, colloquially known as peasant's cabbage.
What is Kale?
200
This is the most popular nut chunk, adding texture to ice cream in the US.
What is PECAN?
200
Our current president is trying to convince the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to make a bill of this denomination with his face on it.
What is a $250 bill (to commemorate the US 250th birthday)
200
This currency is the most counterfeited in the world.
What is the US $20 bill?
200
These sports professionals are required to wear black underwear, in case their pants split.
What are baseball umpires?
200
This cephalopod holds the record for the world's largest eyes
What is the Colossal Squid? (up to 11 inches in diameter)
300
This breed of cattle is associated with Texas, and is the mascot of The University of Texas.
What is Longhorn?
300
She was the first woman to win the Country Music Association's (CMA) Entertainer of the Year award, in 1971, thanks to an autobiographical song.
Who is Loretta Lynn?
300
This was the first state to secede from the union.
What is South Carolina?
300
This legendary baseball player used to wear a fresh cabbage leaf under his baseball cap to keep his head cool, often swapping it every few innings.
Who is Babe Ruth?
300
Ice cream cones were invented at the 1904 World’s Fair in this city, made by concessions vendors as a way for people to eat ice cream easily while they enjoyed the fair.
What is St Louis, MO?
300
According to a new expert analysis, rising sea levels will swallow this city faster than many realize. Scientists say people should begin relocating now before the city's risks become much more difficult to manage.
What is New Orleans?
300
This US coin has the most ridges along the outside.
What is the Quarter? (119 ridges. a dime has 118)
300
This small shelled gastropod can have anywhere from 1000 to 12000 teeth.
What are snails?
300
Ancient Egypt is credited with being the first to develop this toiletry item, using crushed ox hooves
What is toothpaste?
400
The largest medical center in the world is located in this Southeast Texas city.
What is Houston?
400
This country music star played in Buddy Holly's backing band and gave up his seat on the plane so the Big Bopper could recover from the flu. A joke about hoping the plane crashed haunted him till his death in 2002
Who is Waylon Jennings?
400
The first battle between ironclad warships pitted these two ships against each other in the mouth of the James River.
What are the Monitor and the Merrimack?
400
Before the tradition switched to pumpkins, Celtic people carved scary faces into this cruciferous vegetable to ward off evil spirits.
What are turnips?
400
Fudgie the Whale and Cookie Puss are two of the distinct varieties of this made and sold by the Carvel company.
What are Ice Cream Cakes?
400
The 2026 NBA Finals begin tonight, a match up between these two teams.
Who are the Knicks and the Spurs?
400
He was featured on the US $100,000 bill which was only used for official transactions between Federal Reserve Banks.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
400
These two varieties of tissue are the only parts of the human body without blood vessels.
What are corneas and cartilage?
400
Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon all share this US financial distinction.
What is They don't charge a sales tax?
500
A public art installation in Amarillo, TX created by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, it took 10 of this kind of car and buried them nose-first in the dirt, showing the evolution of their tailfins..
What are Cadillacs?
500
In 1969, this National Guard helicopter pilot altered a training flight plan in order to land in Johnny Cash's backyard to pitch his song "Sunday Morning Coming Down."
Who is Kris Kristofferson?
500
This man led a band of armed abolitionists in the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 which made him a martyr to the antislavery cause and was a catalyst for the US Civil War.
Who is John Brown?
500
Overcooking or boiling this Vitamin K powerhouse named for a capital city releases sulfur compounds, resulting in that infamous rotten-egg smell. Roasting or pan-frying caramelizes their sugars, making them taste nutty and sweet.
What are brussels sprouts?
500
Four flavors of ice cream became readily available to the public in 1929 - chocolate, strawberry, vanilla and this amalgamation, "to give folks something to smile about in the midst of the Great Depression"
What is Rocky Road?
500
Yes, you may now legally tell your boss its against your religion to use AI, thanks to this man and his first major theological document of his pontificate rallying against AI being controlled by a "powerful few,"
Who is Pope Leo XIV?
500
Only these two real women have appeared on US paper currency; one on a $20 bank note and the other on a $1 silver certificate.
Who are Martha Washington and Pocahontas?
500
The Eiffel Tower was originally offered to this European city, but they declined; stating it was ugly.
What is Barcelona?
500
He is the only US President to hold a patent, Patent No. 6,469 was for an ingenious mechanical system designed to lift riverboats over shoals and sandbars.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?