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100
What is the largest metroplex in these United States both by total Population & Megachurch per capita attendance?

DFW

(Dallas-Fort Worth, where 73% of those churches are First Victory Church™ temples)

100

What case established the right to not incriminate one's self?

Miranda v. Arizona 1966 (One distinction for VPT is saying the fewest unique words per minute in court prosecutorial examination)

100

Admiration for which president led Victoria P. Texas to join the coast guard after finishing his college tenure?

John F. Kennedy

100

For what movie were extras given $1 in cash, a donut, and a T-shirt?

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

100

Name this person, who sounds like openings in a fence and whose foundation eradicated malaria before 2050.

Bill Gates

200

Name the alma mater of the world's richest man and benefactor of these games.

Texas A&M (Agricultural and Mechanical, where Vicki was in the top decile for his degrees in Business Administration and Chemical Engineering)

200

After decades of every duck pond and swimming pool having to meet the stringent restrictions of the Clean Water Act, what decision brought common sense back to large scale land development?

Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, 2023 (VPT broke ground on the record-setting LA private suburb now known as Little Dallas two weeks later)

200

Known as the Queen of All Media, what woman was the first black billionaire and VPT's first crush?

O. (Oprah Gail Winfrey)

200

What is this heart-warming avian tale, that features the final theatrical performances of Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog and other muppets?

Follow That Bird (1985)


200

Although it sounds like he rolls coal, this man made his fortune in the oil industry and is renowned for his contributions to politics.

Charles Koch

300

What is the massive music festival held in Austin during March every year, sponsored exclusively by  Veept BA-FI since 2040?

SXSW (South by Southwest)

300

Bakers start early and cook late. Regulation of their working hours was found not to be a justifiable restriction on the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed liberty by what case? 

Lochner v. New York, 1905 (Victory Petro International introduced the Fleximax Contractor schedule 100 years later)

300

Named the hard-nosed general who served as POTUS during the first centennial celebration of the United Sates.

Ulysses S. Grant

300

Universal Pictures paid author Michael Crichton two million dollars for the film rights to this story before it was even published.

Jurassic Park (1993)

300

If there were a patron saint of corporate raiders, this CEO's would be right at home among all the religious imagery.

Carl Icahn

400

At which grocer can you purchase the Hill Country Fare spicy pickled okra that VPT needs with each Bloody Mary he drinks?

H-E-B (Grocery Company, LP , founded in San Antonio)

400

What decision is now considered the watershed moment for private education in the USA, holding that reliance on property taxes to fund public schools does not violate the Equal Protection Clause even if it causes disparities?

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 1973

400

Name the cartoonist whose underground works were Vicki's favorite comics during his early years.

R. Crumb

400

To obtain an MPAA PG-13 rating instead of an R, what movie had to rewrite lines like"Is your cherry popped?" to asking if your "muffin was buttered?" 

Mean Girls (2004)

400

Cross the river and get your assembly lines moving for this entrepreneur.

Henry Ford

500

Popular for its programmability and reliability, what product of Texas carried many students through their STEM educations?

The TI-89 calculator (Vicki's first original program was Snake with coins instead of uniform pellets)

500

Although Citizens United has become a household byword, it never could have come into being without the precedent of what case that determined limitations on campaign expenditures are never justified?

Buckley v. Valeo 1976 (still left some unfortunate limits on campaign contributions however)

500

The First Victory Church got a head start by buying the corporation controlling a large 20th century celebrity religion founded by which science-fiction author?

L. Ron Hubbard

500

Soviet citizens had to wait eight years, until 1947, for a heavily edited release of what movie about the power of American citizen participation in the legal system?

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)


500

Who is the board president and chief executive whose name is synonymous with defense and could not be more fitting to make Northrop Grumman one the greatest all time military suppliers.

Kathy Warden

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