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100
The Harry Potter series was written by this author.
Who is J.K. Rowling?
100
Name the fourth president of the United States.
Who is James Madison?
100
This French soup is made from onions and beef stock, usually served with cheese-topped croutons.
What is French onion soup?
100
This disease, caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, was known as the “Black Death” in the 14th century.
What is The Plague?
100
This famous mountain peak is an active volcano and a notable symbol for the country in which it is located.
What is Mt. Fuji, Japan?
200
"To be, or not to be" is a line from this Shakespearean play.
What is Hamlet?
200
In 1867, the United States bought Alaska from this country for 7.2 million dollars - less than 2 cents per acre.
What is Russia?
200
This national dish of Spain is a rice dish typically made with saffron and seafood.
What is paella?
200
In physics, this is the term for the amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
200
These famous ancient landmarks of three pyramids and a great sphinx can be found in this city.
What is Giza, Egypt?
300
This epic poem by Homer is about the fall of Troy.
What is The Iliad?
300
The name for this era marked a switch from agricultural practices to industrial practices.
What is The Industrial Revolution?
300
The mung bean is native to this country.
What is India?
300
This is the name of the tallest grass on earth.
What is bamboo?
300
Located in one of the oldest cities in the world, this landmark is packed with intricately sculpted tombs. In fact, it is one of the largest royal tomb complexes in the world, with approximately 1,000 individual tombs identified to date.
What is Petra, Jordan?
400
In Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, this is Romeo’s last name.
What is Montague?
400
These two Native American leaders led Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in the fight against Lieutenant Colonel George Custer’s troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Who are Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull?
400
This food from the Middle East is a paste made of chickpeas, olive oil, garlic, and sesame seeds.
What is Hummus?
400
This is the most abundant element in the universe.
What is hydrogen?
400
This skyscraper is the highest in the world.
What is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates?
500
This author wrote a book titled A Brief History of Time.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
500
Finish the line President Franklin D. Roosevelt said during his speech addressing the attack on Pearl Harbor: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941…”
What is "a date which will live in infamy"?
500
This Hungarian stew is made with meat and onions and eaten by Magyar shepherds has been traced to the 9th-century.
What is Goulash?
500
This is the largest desert in the world.
What is Antarctica?
500
This castle in Germany is best known as the inspiration behind Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.
What is Neuschwanstein Castle?