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100
In 1960, engineer Buckminster Fuller planned a 2 mile dome to be built over part of this city.
What is New York City?
100
This Founding Father invented bifocals.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
This bird carried messages in World War I.
What is the pigeon?
100
Aquaphobia
What is fear of the water?
100
This color became standard for bubble gum in 1928.
What is pink?
200
This Founding Father and original Secretary of the Treasury once lived in Harlem and currently "stars" in a popular Broadway musical.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
200
All of this settlers in this early North Carolina colony mysteriously disappeared.
What is Roanoke?
200
This structure in Paris, France, was originally supposed to be torn down after 20 years.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
200
Toxiphobia
What is fear of poison?
200
President Andrew Jackson was presented with a 1,400 wheel of this food.
What is cheese?
300
Another name for "Clinton's Ditch," which once bisected New York State.
What is the Erie Canal?
300
The only royal palace in the United States is located in this state.
What is Hawaii?
300
In Sweden, there is a hotel made out of this natural but temporary material.
What is ice?
300
Leukophobia
What is fear of the color white?
300
This is the most recently added color to plain M & M's.
What is blue?
400
Mattydale was once home to this classic children's author.
Who is L. Frank Baum? (Author of The Wizard of Oz)
400
Benjamin Franklin believed that this bird better represented the United States than the bald eagle.
What is the turkey?
400
India has its own movie industry, which goes by this nickname.
What is Bollywood?
400
Ophidiophobia
What is fear of snakes?
400
In 1919, 2 million gallons of this sticky substance flooded Boston, Massachusetts.
What is molasses?
500
New York's largest lake is northeast of Syracuse.
What is Oneida Lake?
500
This man was the first American to orbit Earth and later, the oldest person to fly in space.
Who is John Glenn?
500
A nuclear meltdown in this Ukranian power plant forced nearly 50,000 people out of their homes.
What is Chernobyl?
500
Triskaidekaphobia
What is fear of the number 13?
500
A chef in a restaurant in Saratoga Springs, NY, is credited with first inventing this popular snack food in 1853.
What are potato chips?
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