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100

This pole doesn’t belong to a single country but is governed by multiple countries?

South Pole

100

 Buenos Aires is the capital of this South American country?

Argentina

100

Who, according to his show's theme song, was "feared by the bad, loved by the good"?

Robin Hood

100

What credit card company publishes Travel & Leisure magazine?

American Express

100

What color is the hottest kind of star?

Blue

200

These giant mammals, also known as Ursus maritimus, inhabit the North Pole?

Polar bears

200

New South Wales, Queensland, and Tasmania are three of the states of this country in the southern hemisphere?

Australia

200

What cartoon character is actually a Geococcyx californianus?

The Roadrunner

200

What's the full name of People magazine?

People Weekly

200

What is at the center of the Milky Way galaxy?

A black hole

300

This pole is land surrounded by water?

 South Pole

300

This country was part of an empire with Hungary from 1867 to 1918?

Austria

300

What was subtitled The Triumph of an American Family?

Roots

300

What color bookmark ribbon graced the hardcover edition of The Joy of cooking?

Red

300

Which is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god?

Earth

400

This is the warmest pole?

North Pole (Range -40ºF to 32ºF, south -76°F to -18°F)

400

Morocco and Tunisia flank this North African country, which lies on the Mediterranean Sea’s coastline?

Algeria (80 percent of the Saharan Desert is located within its borders)

400

Who was the first host of The GE College Bowl?

Allen Ludden

400

What publication was subtitled The What's New Magazine?

Popular Science

400

Which planet has the largest ocean?

Jupiter

500

He was the first explorer to reach the South Pole?

Roald Amundsen ( December 14, 1911 )

500

Once a colony of Portugal, this southwestern African country endured a 27-year civil war, involving troops from Cuba and South Africa, from 1975 to 2002?

Angola

500

What were the first names of the two spies who figured in Rocky and His Friends?

Boris and Natasha

500

What European country was the birthplace of spaced-out author Erich von Daniken?

Switzerland

500

Approximately how many miles is a lightyear?

5.9 Trillion miles