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100

What is the state bird?

Mountain Bluebird

100

Which moo-ving invention, dreamed up by William Murchland in 1889, turned milking into a breeze?

Milking Machine

100

Which civilization totally rocked the papyrus game by inventing this scroll material before paper was cool?

Egyptian

100

What country’s national anthem has no official lyrics and is known in English as ‘The Royal March’?

Spain

100

What number between one and ten, when said out loud, sounds like the past tense of the verb "eat"?

Eight

200

Who is the Governor of Idaho?

Brad Little

200

When cattle get 'polled', what do they lose that once crowned them as nature’s horned celebrities?

Horns removed

200

Which ancient Greek temple stands as a timeless icon of classical beauty, rivaling any modern-day wonder?

Parthenon

200

Sofia is the capital of what country?

Bulgaria

200

What seven-letter “D” word describes a comedian’s seemingly serious and stoic expression while telling a joke or could weirdly describe a deceased culinary object?

Deadpan

300

It was once Idaho's most valuable mineral in the late 1800s. What is it?

Gold

300

What’s the globe’s numero uno plant, flexing its wheat game in fields everywhere?

Wheat

300

Which fearless fighters battled in the Roman arenas, earning a reputation as death-defying entertainers?

Gladiators

300

What animal is the emblem of Canada?

Beaver

300

What four-letter “L” word is a bobcat or a member of Minnesota’s WNBA team?

Lynx

400

Sun Valley Resort has the world's first-ever outdoor __________, which is part of the resort's original design and has been open since 1936.

Ice skating rink.

400

Which sunny blossom moonlights as a cooking oil superstar, lighting up kitchens worldwide?

Sunflower

400

Which empire dazzled us with its engineering marvels like aqueducts and roads, still admired today?

Rome

400

Where would you find Loch Ness?

Scotland

400

If you combine a word meaning the opposite of “old”, and a shirt that athletes wear that links them to their team, you get what 30th state alphabetically in the U.S.?

New Jersey

500

Milky gray fish found in some Idaho reservoirs and rivers that can grow to 12 feet and live more than 100 years. They are older than sharks.

White Surgeon

500

Which blooming buddy boosts soil’s nitrogen like a sidekick on a mission?

Clover

500

Which god, so influential that a day of the week bears his name, continues to echo through our calendars?

Saturn

500

From what country did the US purchase Alaska in the early 18th century?

Russia

500

What profession anagrams, quite appropriately, to the term "moon starer?"

Astronomer