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100

In Back to the Future, this speed must be reached for the DeLorean to time travel

What is 88 miles per hour?

100

The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus was written in the 17th century BC and contains the earliest recorded reference to this organ.

What is the brain?

100

This lawn lover is the city's bird

What is the pink plastic flamingo? 

100

With 32 in total, this Child of Destiny is the most decorated Grammy Award Winner

Who is Beyonce Knowles? 

100

This dance song classic provides 103 beats per minute, making it an unofficial anthem of providing chest compressions.   

What is Stayin' Alive? 

200

This Queen of Soul was the first woman to be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Who is Aretha Franklin? 

200

Since 1999, Dexcom has been making and distributing devices that can continuously monitor this substance in blood.

What is glucose? 

200

The infamous website began as a print publication in 1988 and was the brainchild of UW-Madison students Tim Keck and Christopher Johnson.

What is The Onion?

200

Rosalind Franklin played a crucial role in understanding the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. Her work largely contributed to the discovery of this structure.

What is the double helix structure of DNA?

200

Clara Barton founded this organization on May 21, 1881. Currently, it supplies approximately 45% of donated blood in the United States. 

What is the American Red Cross? 

300

This is the year the Berlin Wall fell

What is 1989?

300

In addition to claiming the nation's oldest hospital, this Ivy League University is home to the Perelman School of Medicine

What is the University of Pennsylvania? 

300

The dome of the state's capitol is made of this rock. It is the largest in the US.

What is granite? 

300

The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and in 1903, became the first person of any gender to win it twice

Who is Marie Curie?

300

The final day of Nurses Week, May 12th, is in recognition of the founder of modern nursing. 

Who is Florence Nightingale? 

400

In 1983, this country built the first Disneyland outside of the United States.

What is Japan? 

400

The NCI Cancer Centers Program was created as part of the National Cancer Act of 1971 and is one of the anchors of the nation’s cancer research effort. As of today, there are this many NCI-Designated Cancer Centers.

What is 72?

400

This Monroe Street restaurant has a 5.0 rating on Google

What is Lallande?

400

This novelist is the best selling fiction writer of all time

Who is Agatha Christie?

400

The nurses cap was modeled after this other life calling's headdress. 

What is a nun?

500

The 1980 the Moscow Olympics were boycotted by almost 70 nations. This alternative track and field event was hosted in Philadelphia.

What is the Liberty Bell Classic?

500

Known for his serpent-entwined staff, this is the ancient Greek god of medicine

Who is Askilopios?

500

These are the five lakes of Madison

What are Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, Lake Waubesa, and Lake Kegonsa 

500

This astronomer and physicist discovered the composition of stars

Who is Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin?

500

This modern nurse is accredited as the "mother of forensic nursing" and the founder of the Frontier Nursing Service.

Who is Virginia Lynch?

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