Scissors Beware
The Pen Is NOT Mightier Than The Sword
Shootin' Some B-Ball Outside The School
Old-Child Books
Beans and Guanc and Guanc and Beans
100

Which famous wrestler-turned-actor starred in movies such as "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" and "Jumanji: The Next Level"?

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

100

This famous French swordswoman was declared a saint over 450 years after her work in the Hundred Years' War

Joan of Arc

100

The Celtics logo depicts a leprechaun holding a basketball in its right hand and what in its left hand?

A cane

100

Each book in this sci-fi series is inspired by different fairy tales.

The Lunar Chronicles

100

List 2 different ways to cook beans

Fried, baked, grilled, roasted, etc.
200

What are the three types of rocks?

Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic

200

Name the two legendary swords King Arthur owned

Caliburn/Collbrande and Excalibur

200

How many NBA teams are there (+/- 3)

30

200

In the Inkheart series, people who are able to pull characters out of stories by reading out loud are called what?

Silvertongues

200

Guancamole was originally invested by which ancient culture?

The Aztecs

300

What is the name of the scale that rates a rock's hardness?

Moh's scale

300

Joaquin Murrieta, AKA "The Robin Hood of El Dorado", is believed to be the inspiration behind which fictional vigilante?

Zorro

300

Who is the oldest player to have scored 60+ points in a single game?

Kobe Bryant (at 37)

300

This gang of rich kids was the rival to the Greasers in The Outsiders

The Socs

300

Due to its bumpy skin, avocados (the main ingredient in guancamole) was originally called what name? (Hint: It involves an animal)

Alligator pear

400

What rock is able to float in water thanks to gases in its pores?

Pumice

400

Julie d'Augbigny fought (and defeated) how many jealous swordsmen after kissing a girl at a public ball?

3

400

Who won the 2020 NBA Slam Dunk Contest?

Derrick Jones Jr.

400

This book, which tells the story of a boy on trial for murder as a screenplay and diary entry, won the first Printz prize in 2000

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

400

Which famous mathematician avoided beans at all costs and ironically may have died after being chased by an angry mob to the edge of a bean field (which he refused to enter)?

Pythagoras 

500

Corundum is more commonly referred to by what two names?

Rubies and sapphires

500

Miyamoto Musashi, a Japanese "sword-saint" known for besting opponents using wooden swords, wrote this book about combat (much to Frodo's dismay)

"The Book Of Five Rings"

(Also wrote "The Path of Aloneness")

500

Which player has the record for most freethrows attempted and missed in a single game?

Shaquille O'Neal (with 11 shots taken, and 11 shots missed in December 2000)

500

What 2018 novel took inspiration from West African mythology, Yoruba culture, and other fantasy novels?

Children of Blood and Bone

500

The tallest bean plant on record was how many feet tall (+/- 5)?

46 feet (and 3 inches) (taller than 2 or 3 full-grown giraffes stacked on top of each other)

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