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100

The Bay Area city known for its shopping

Walnut Creek

100

The world's oldest recorded civilization

Mesopotamia

100

The powerhouse of the cell

Mitochondria

100

A reference to another piece of literature, historical event, art, or mythology in a work

Allusion

100

The social media app most popular with Gen Z and Gen Alpha

TikTok

200

This Albany/Berkeley event was designated as a "National Local Legacy" by the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center

Solano Stroll

200

Julius Caesar was assassinated on this date

The Ides of March - March 15, 44 BC

200

A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances

An element

200

The irony when the audience or reader knows something that a character does not

Dramatic Irony

200

The four Hogwarts houses

Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Hufflepuff

300

The nine Bay Area counties

Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma

300

Austria declared war on this country to start World War 1

Serbia

300

This type of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape

Liquid

300

A Greek poet credited with creating the Iliad and the Odyssey

Homer

300

This film launched the "I can interfere. It's a canon event" social media trend.

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

400

The San Francisco park that is home to the Painted Ladies

Alamo Square Park

400

The largest empire in history

The Mongol Empire

400

These two planets don't have moons

Mercury and Venus

400

This novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was the author's only published work until 2015

To Kill a Mockingbird

400

The original name of Roblox

Dyna Blocks

500

Name 3/5 BART service lines

Antioch --- SFO + Millbrae 

Dublin/Pleasanton --- Daly City 

Berryessa/NorthSan Jose --- Richmond 

Berryessa/North San Jose --- Daly City 

Richmond --- Millbrae + SFO

500

The "shot heard 'round the world" began these battles in the American Revolution

The Battles of Lexington and Concord

500

A structure that is composed of two or more different types of tissues

An organ

500

This family travels from the dustbowl to California in John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath

The Joad Family

500

This generation of Pokemon had the least new Pokemon introduced to the game with 72 additions to the Pokedex

Generation 6 - Kalos

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