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100

This professor is head of the WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) program at Saint Mary's College of California

Doctor Sonya Schuh

100

What was the name of the first Jedi given the rank of high council but was not honored as a Jedi Master?

Anakin Skywalker

100

What are the names of the lovable plumbers of the mushroom kingdom

Mario and Luigi

100

This singer had two very popular duets with Riahnna. Who is Marshall Bruce Mathers III better known as?

Eminem

100

Babies have approximately how many more bones than adults?

~100

200

This person and and her husband jointly won the Nobel Prize in 1903 for their research in radioactivity.

Marie Curie

200

Who wrote Fahrenheit 451?

Ray Bradbury

200

 What is the name of the main protagonist of the Tomb Raider series of games

Lara Croft

200

Which Team won FIFA Woman's World Cup in 2019?

USA

200

A teaspoon of what kind of star would weigh 6 billion tons?

Neutron Star

300

The first woman ever to earn a medical degree in the United States, ________ pushed for reforms in education, medicine, and women's rights.

Elizabeth Blackwell

300

What is the name of the computer that kills much of the crew in 2001: A Space Odyssey

HAL

300

What does PvE stand for?

Player vs Environment 

300

McDonalds has used the slogan “I’m Lovin’ it” since 2003. What superstar and former boy band member did they use to record the vocals for this jingle?

Justin Timberlake

300

What is the only planet in our solar system to spin counter clockwise?

Venus

400

While James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins are often credited for discovering the double helix shape of DNA, who was the first person to actually discover the shape using  X-ray diffraction imaging?

Rosalind Franklin

400

Who was the 9th Doctor in the show Doctor Who

Christopher Eccleston

400

Which pokemon has the following pokedex entry: 

"If your nose becomes itchy while you are sleeping, it's a sure sign that one of these Pokémon is standing above your pillow and trying to eat you dream through your nostrils. "

Drowzee

400

Who was named Highest paid Celebrity (singer) as of September 2019

Taylor Swift

400

What is the largest organ of humans

Skin

500

What percent of STEM workers are women?

28% (as of March 2019)

500

In Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End, what did the aliens look like?

Devil/Demons

500

What video game has the largest playable "open-world map" 

No Man's Sky (256 unique galaxies with 18 quintillion planets each.)

500

What is the the theme of Pam and Jim's room at Dwight's bed and breakfast?

Irrigation

500

What is the name of Saint Mary's award winning scientist known for his work on predatory bacteria and second metabolite synthesis?

Z!