2005: The costliest hurricane in U.S. history; it flooded New Orleans, scattered its residents and devastated the Mississippi and Alabama coastline
What is Hurricane Katrina?
100
The first time we heard of Voldemort
What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?
100
Bollywood actress who played the lawyer of a wrongfully accused prisoner in the movie,”Veer~Zaara”; she is also the cousin of Bollywood actress Kajol
Who is Rani Mukherjee?
100
United States, Canada, and Aruba
What are Washington, D.C., Ottawa, and Oranjestad?
100
Rope-pulling sport that directly pits two teams against each other in a test of strength
What is tug of war?
200
1986: A Ukrainian nuclear power plant exploded here, sending radioactive fallout over Europe; more than 330,000 people had to be resettled
What is Chernobyl?
200
The religious thriller about Jesus’s love affair with Mary Magdalene
What is The Da Vinci Code?
200
This American Rapper found international recognition after his single based on persuading girls to come to his "Candy Shop"
Who is 50 Cent?
200
The Netherlands, Spain, and France
What are Amsterdam, Madrid, and Paris?
200
Guardian having care or custody of some institution
What is a warden?
300
1997: Her death in a Paris car crash evoked extraordinary public expressions of grief; her funeral at Westminster Abbey drew more than a million mourners and a worldwide television audience
Who is Princess Diana?
300
Toni Morrison’s masterpiece about an escaped slave who kills her baby to save the child from slavery
What is Beloved?
300
ABC sitcom staring Teri Hatcher as Susan, Felicity Huffman as Lynette, Marcia Cross as Bree, and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle
What is "Desperate Housewives"?
300
India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
What are New Delhi, Islamabad, and Dhaka?
300
Collective group of animals of similar size which aggregate together, perhaps milling about the same spot or perhaps moving en masse or migrating in some direction
What is a swarm?
400
1989: The spirit of China’s student-led pro-democracy protests here was dramatized by one scene: a lone man standing defiantly before a column of tanks in the heart of Beijing
What is Tiananmen Square?
400
In 1949 San Francisco, four Chinese women gathered to play mahjong and forget the pain of the past
What is The Joy Luck Club?
400
Famous dance the “King of Pop” introduced to the world back on March 25, 1983
What is the "Moonwalk"?
400
Iran, Egypt, and Palestine
What are Tehran, Cairo, and Jerusalem?
400
To oppose successfully or to defeat the hopes or aspirations of
What is thwart?
500
1990: This South African nationalist spent 27 years in prison under the white racist regime; his release in 1990 was the beginning of apartheid’s end
Who is Nelson Mandela?
500
Wheelchair-bound Cambridge University professor and author of A Brief History of Time, which explained topics in theoretical physics such as black holes and the Big Bang Theory
Who is Stephen Hawking?
500
Song by a beautiful Bagan Singer named after a common household item that’s a must have when "it’s raining"
What is "Umbrella"?
500
Nigeria, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago
What are Abuja, Caracas, and Port of Spain?
500
His debut novel Q & A is the story upon which Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire" is based