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100

In 1976, the FDA banned this color dye No. 2, citing studies that it was carcinogenic. 

What is red?

100

Keith Moon was the drummer for this English rock band, before Kenney Jones replaced him in 1978.

Who are the Who?

100

In 1981, fifty-two hostages were freed in Tehran, in this Middle Eastern nation.

What is Iran?

100

He is the inventor of the World Wide Web.

Who is Tim Berners-Lee?

100

What kind of bird is mentioned in the song “My Blue Heaven”?

Whippoorwill.

200

Trademarked in 1986, the name turducken refers to a specific method of combining these three meats.

What are turkey, duck, and chicken?

200

Alongside icons Freddie Mercury and Brian May, Roger Taylor held things down on drums for this group.

Who are Queen?

200

In the early ’90s, this former world power was split into 15 independent countries, including Georgia, Estonia, and Belarus.

What is the Soviet Union (USSR)?

200

 Due to scheduling conflicts with this television show, Michael J. Fox had to film the movie mainly at night and could not go on the promotional tour.

What is Family Ties?

200

What book features the characters Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan?

The Great Gatsby

300

Despite unclear origins (either invented in Italy or New York), this tomato-cream sauce made with this alcohol remains a favorite for penne lovers.

What is vodka?

300

He is the drummer and co-founder of Fleetwood Mac.

Who is Mick Fleetwood?

300

World leader Indira Gandhi was assassinated in this nation in 1984.

What is India?

300

 In 1976, she became the first female co-anchor of a national nightly news program, ABC Evening News.

Who is Barbara Walters? 

300

What is the plural of hippopotamus?

Hippopotami.

400

1973 saw the beginning of this science, often used in food production, in which an organism’s DNA is manipulated to alter its traits or produce desired characteristics.

What is genetic engineering?

400

Phil Collins joined forces with this band in 1970, serving as the drummer and lead singer.

Who is Genesis?

400

 In this tiny nation inside of Italy, Pope John Paul II was wounded in May 1981.

What is Vatican City?

400

In 1986, Swanson frozen dinners swapped out metal trays for plastic ones, in order to be cooked in this device.

What is the microwave?

400

What singer is known as the “King of Calypso”? 

Hint: He sang “The Banana Boat Song.”

Harry Belafonte.

500

In 1977, this New York town declared an annual “Chicken Wing Day” to honor a spicy invention by Teressa Bellissimo.

What is Buffalo?

500

This Rolling Stones drummer started his career as a graphic designer.

Who is Charlie Watts?

500

Across the pond in 1992, this church voted to allow female priests.

What is the Church of England?

500

The first artificial heart was implanted in a human, Dr. Barney Clark, on December 2, 1982, at a university in this nation.

What is the United States?

500

What chemical element beginning with C is named after the French word for charcoal?

Carbon