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Sixteen
100

This is the residence of the President of the United States of America.

What is the White House?

100

This famous Disney elephant used a magic feather to fly.

Who is Dumbo?

100

This 1952 toy was the first to have its own commercial.  If you bought one, it gave you all the fun and wacky pieces, but no potato.

What is Mr. Potato Head?

100

These men, spoken of in Matthew 2, followed a star to present gifts to the baby Jesus.

The three wisemen

100

The square root of 16.

What is 4?

200

An small untruth said to spare someone's feelings or avoid an unnecessary conflict.

What is a white lie?

200

An elephant never does this (according to an old adage and suggested by the fact that their temporal lobe is larger and more dense than humans).

What is forgets?

200

This real estate board game got very popular after its orginal creator used the front page of the Washington Post to let the world know Parker Brothers had stolen her game in 1936.

What is Monopoly?

200

He brought back their snoof and their tringlers and fuzzles,
Brought back their pantookas, their dafflers and wuzzles.

Who is the Grinch?

200

In chess, each player starts with 16 of these.

What are pieces?

300

This song was written for the movie "Holiday Inn" but became so popular it eventually got a different movie named after it.  To this day, the original version has sold more physical copies than any other song in history.

What is White Chirstmas?

300

There are three species of elephants...African Savannah, African Forest and this.

What are Asian elephants? (includes Indian, Sri Lankan and Sumatran)

300

This most popular outdoor toy of 1922 was invented in Germany in 1919.  It didn't originally sell well because the wood warped in shipment making them impossible to use.  A switch to metal did the trick to make them (& kids) jump high.

What are pogo sticks?

300

This 4th century Greek bishop, mindful of the needs of the poor and of children, was known for secret gift giving.

St. Nicholas

300

This round device has 16 points, each marked with a unique label--for example ESE, WNW, SW and N,

What is a compass?

400

A job that does not require manual labor--an office worker, for example--is referred to as this type of job.

What is white collar?
400

An elephant is a symbol of this major political party in the United States of Amercia.

What is the Republican party?

400

These cards were the most popular gift of 1999. Law suits were filed by parents against the company for giving their children gambling addictions.

What are Pokemon cards?

400

Several years after starting a company that made him a millionaire at age 26 and a billionaire at age 31, this man stepped away from his company to focus on his philanthropic foundation.

Who is Bill Gates?

400

This song in the Sound of Music sung by Captain Von Trapp's oldest daughter, Liesl and her boyfriend Rolf.

What is "Sixteen Going on Seventeen?"

500

Before the internet was in full swing, most households used this book to look up residential phone numbers and addresses.  They used a yellow version for businesses.

What are the white pages?

500

This fictional elephant hears a who and hatches an egg.

Who is Horton?

500

This "pet" advertised for $3.95 in 1975 was supposed to just be a joke.  But it became a craze and sold over a million units.

What is a pet rock?

500

This famous and very rich talk show host loved to give every member of her stuido audience a special gift at Christmas time--including watches with 50 diamonds, 7 day cruises and one year, even a car.

Who is Oprah Winfrey?

500

16 is the atomic number of this smelly yellow element.

What is sulphur?

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