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Indigenous to East Africa, this burrowing rodent, known for its lack of fur and eusocial behavior similar to that of ants and bees.
What is a Naked Mole Rat?
100
This common phobia, the fear of spiders, affects many people worldwide.
What is arachnophobia?
100
This city was the starting point of the historic Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804.
Where is Saint Louis?
100
This university's football team has won the most NCAA Division I Football Championships, with their victories spanning several decades.
What is the University of Alabama?
100
This English author wrote the famous dystopian novel "1984," which introduced concepts like "Big Brother" and "Newspeak."
Who is George Orwell?
200
This animal's droppings, known as guano, were so valuable as a fertilizer that they led to the Guano Islands Act of 1856.
What are seabirds, bats, or seals?
200
This phobia involves an intense fear of being in small or enclosed spaces, such as elevators or crowded rooms.
What is claustrophobia?
200
This state was the location of the pivotal Battle of Antietam, known as the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, fought in 1862.
Where is Maryland?
200
This tennis player holds the record for the most Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era, with a total of 23 titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
200
This American author penned the classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," which addresses themes of racial injustice in the Deep South.
Who is Harper Lee?
300
A venomous lizard, native to the southwestern United States and known for its distinctive black and orange patterned skin.
What is a Gila Monster?
300
The fear of heights, which can cause dizziness and anxiety when looking down from high places, is known by this term.
What is acrophobia?
300
This city was the location of the 1942 Doolittle Raid.
Where is Tokyo?
300
This university's men's basketball team completed an undefeated season in 1976, the last time any team has achieved this feat in NCAA Division I men's basketball.
What is Indiana University?
300
This Russian author is known for his epic novels "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina," both of which explore themes of Russian society and history.
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
400
This large, fully aquatic salamander, native to the eastern United States and known for its flattened body and wrinkled skin
What is the hellbender?
400
This term describes the fear of public speaking or performing in front of an audience, a common anxiety among many individuals.
What is glossophobia?
400
This city was the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, an event that triggered the start of World War I.
Where is Sarajevo, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA?
400
This Major League Baseball team broke the "Curse of the Bambino" by winning the World Series in 2004, their first championship in 86 years.
What are the Boston Red Sox?
400
This Irish author is celebrated for his modernist novel "Ulysses," which chronicles a day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin.
Who is James Joyce?
500
This endangered primate, native to the forests of Bhutan and northeastern India, is known for its striking golden fur and long tail.
What is a golden langur?
500
This rare and specific phobia, known as alektorophobia, involves an irrational fear of these barnyard animals.
What are chickens?
500
This city witnessed the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which ended the Thirty Years' War and marked a turning point in European history.
Where is Munster, Germany?
500
This city, which hosted the Summer Olympics in 1900, featured the only Olympic events in history where live pigeons were used as targets in shooting events.
What is Paris?
500
This 19th-century American poet is famous for her reclusive life and posthumously published poetry, which often explores themes of death and immortality.
Who is Emily Dickenson?