Royalty
Elements
Drugs
News Anchors
High School Reading
100

In 1492, Christopher Columbus received sponsorship from Queen Isabella I who ruled over this European country

Spain

100

The Periodic Table is made of this amount of elements confirmed by scientist

118

100

This drug was once found in Coca-Cola

Cocaine

100

This Dorchester born URI grad received widespread praise for his legendary 2020 election coverage

John King

100

Nick Carraway was the narrator of this 1925 novel

The Great Gatsby

200

With 25,203 days on the throne, this person is the longest reigning monarch in British history

Elizabeth II

200

This is the lightest element in the periodic table with an atomic weight of 1.008

Hydrogren

200

"Speedball" is a combination of these two drugs, meant to counteract the negative side effects of each other

Cocaine and heroin

200

This NBC Nightly News anchor was demoted to breaking news correspondent for MSNBC after misrepresent events which occurred while he was covering the Iraq War in 2003

Brian Williams

200

This American author of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "A Farewell to Arms" earned the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954

Ernest Hemingway

300

In order to cheer up his wife, Nebuchadnezzar II built this structure which became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

300

This Russian chemist first published the periodic table in 1869

Dmitri Mendeleev

300

This drug is usually prepared as a liquid but is generally sold on small pieces of paper called "tabs"

LSD

300

After 14 years at Fox News, this anchor's NBC talkshow was cancelled after 1 year due to comments defending blackface in 2018

Megyn Kelly

300

Mark David Chapman murdered John Lennon in hopes to model his life after this popular fictional character synonymous with teenage angst and rebellion

Holden Caulfield

400

This couple's royal wedding was the first to be broadcast on TV and was viewed by an estimated 20 million people

Princess Margaret and Prince Anthony

400

This element is the only Noble Gas that is radioactive

Radon

400

This popular party drug is sometimes referred to as "Scooby Snacks"

Ecstasy/MDMA

400

In August 2008 this anchor became the first openly gay news anchor in primetime

Rachel Maddow

400

This 1815 novel by Jane Austen about teen hubris was the inspiration for the 1995 high school comedy "Clueless"

Emma

500

In order to ban men from growing facial hair, this Russian king instituted a beard tax in 1698

Peter the Great

500

In 1937 Carlo Perrier and Emilio Segrè isolated this element, making it the first artificially produced element

Technetium

500

In 2012 actress, Demi Moore was hospitalized for seizure like symptoms after using this recreational drug

Whip-its

500

In 2018 his longtime Fox News anchor from Glastnobury, CT described LeBron James' criticism of Donald Trump as "ungrammatical" and told him to "shut up and dribble"

Laura Ingraham

500

Mary Shelley was largely credited with creating the science fiction genre following the release of this 1818 novel

Frankenstein