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Potpourri
100

"To be or not to be; that is the question," says the titular character of this play.

What is Hamlet?

100

This natural landmark, which is the highest natural point in Louisiana, is a popular go-to for a quick hike.

What is Mt. Driskill?

100

The location of the smallest bone in your body.

What is the ear?

100

Named for the Swahili word for "build", a round of this game only ends with a fall.

What is Jenga?

100

The VP prior to Mike Pence.

Who is Joe Biden?

200

A play where the titular character falls to madness, his wife's belittlement, and the desire for more and more power.

What is Macbeth?

200

The longest bridge over water in the entire world, at 24 miles long.

What is the Lake Ponchartrain Causeway? (the Causeway is also an acceptable answer)

200

A pair of observatories that have successfully detected gravitational waves six times.

What is LIGO?

200

Renowned four-time Olympic gold medalist, most famous for his feats at the 1936 Berlin Games.

Who is Jesse Owens?

200

The dinner of last resort for the Donner party.

What are people?

300

The only major character to survive in Hamlet.

Who is Horatio?

300

It's the bee's knees... or in this case, the knees of this swamp-dwelling tree.

What is a bald cypress?

300

Aside from the Laws of Gravity, Isaac Newton is also credited with inventing this mathematical discipline.

What is calculus?

300

The game of Monopoly gets its property names fro the streets of this New Jersey city.

What is Atlantic City?

300

A Roman emperor who converted to Christianity on his deathbed.

Who is Constantine?

400

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars..." John Green inspiration, or a quote from which emperor-centered play?

What is Julius Caesar?

400

This town, formerly a hideaway for pirates, is named after an infamous French smuggler.

Who is Jean Lafitte?

400

The protein that makes up hair, fingernails, and rhinoceros horns.

What is keratin?

400

Dubbed "The King's Game" in the Middle Ages, this game was viewed as a noble way to learn strategy.

What is chess?

400

The second place team in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Who is Argentina?

500

The gesture which starts a scuffle at the beginning of Romeo and Juliet.

What is biting your thumb at someone? (or variants thereof?)

500

Despite Louisiana's alcoholic reputation, the official state drink isn't a type of booze. Rather, it's something we're asked if we "got".

What is milk?

500

A vital gas that Joseph Priesley discovered in the 18th century.

What is oxygen?

500

The ace, once the least significant card in many games, was promoted above the king during this historical uprising against aristocracy.

What is the French Revolution?


500

"La Gioconda", a painting known its smiling subject, usually goes by another name.

What is the Mona Lisa?