New York Boroughs
Animal Potpourri
Atomic/Nuclear Physics
Military History
North Korea
100

The Bronx is home to this MLB team, who are affectionately given the nickname "the Bronx Bombers"

What are the New York Yankees?

100

This raptor is widely considered to be the fastest animal, with a top speed of over 200 miles per hour.

What is the peregrine falcon?

100

Schrödinger's famous thought experiment concerning quantum superpositions involves this animal.

What is a cat?

100

World War I ended at 11 A.M. on 11/11 of this year.

What is 1918?

100
It's the full official name of North Korea.

What is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea?

200

In Pokemon Black and White (and B2/W2), this bridge leading to Castelia City is based off of the Brooklyn Bridge.

What is Skyarrow Bridge?

200

The phrase "If it's black, fight back; if it's brown, lay down; if it's white, say 'good night'" applies to variants of this animal.

What are bears?

200

"Little Boy," dropped on Hiroshima, was primarily composed of Uranium. "Fat Man," dropped on Nagasaki, was primarily composed of this radioactive element.

What is Plutonium?

200

Ancient Greek hoplite warriors fought in this formation, where soldiers stood side-by-side in a shield wall.

What is a phalanx? 

200

The Korean People's Army found great success early in the Korean War, having hemmed UN Coalition forces into a perimeter surrounding this city on the southernmost part of the peninsula. 

What is Busan (aka Pusan)?

300

A common tip given to tourists by New Yorkers is to take the Staten Island Ferry, which is free and offers excellent views of this famous landmark.

What is the Statue of Liberty?

300

After Mosquitos and other Humans, this animal is statistically the third deadliest to humans.

What are snakes?

300

To date, only two events have been designated the highest level, "7-major accident", on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES). Chernobyl was one of these events; this disaster was the other.

What is the Fukushima (Daichii) nuclear disaster?

300

Many historians consider the Ottomans' use of this siege weapon at the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to be the end of the Medieval Era.

What are cannons? 

300

This is Kim Jong Un's grandfather, who founded North Korea and is technically still the current president.

Who is Kim Il Sung?

400

While most are familiar with the famous Chinatown in Lower Manhattan, New York City is actually home to three. The one located in this Queens neighborhood is the largest, being more than twice as large as its Manhattan counterpart.

What is Flushing?

400

Unlike other vertebrates, lobsters continue to produce telomerase into adulthood. This technically makes them immortal, if not for their eventual inability to do this, which would claim their lives.

What is molting? 

400

Of the three most common types of radioactive decay, this is the least penetrating. 

What is Alpha decay?

400

John Brown's raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859 was stopped by forces led by this man, then a Colonel in the U.S. Army. 

Who is Robert E. Lee? 

400

Film buff Kim Jong Il kidnapped South Korean directors Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee to create films such as Pulgasari, a North Korean version of this popular monster film.

What is Godzilla?

500

It's the one neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan that is no longer geographically located on Manhattan island.

What is Marble Hill?

500

Despite its threatening colloquial name, there are no recorded instances of fatal attacks on humans by this cetacean. 

What are orcas? (Killer Whales)

500

LASER is an acronym meaning this. 

What is Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation?

500

Perhaps the most famous example of the "double envelopment" maneuver was at the Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, where this general used it to defeat a much larger army.

Who is Hannibal? 

500

According to NBA superstar Dennis Rodman, this is the name of Kim Jong Un's daughter, whose existence was not widely known until her first public appearance at a missile test in November 2022.

Who is (Kim) Ju-Ae?

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