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Child Stars
100
This state capital is the home to The Evergreen State College.
What is Olympia, Washington?
100
This ancient city was preserved under 4-6 meters of volcanic ash after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvias.
What is Pompeii?
100
This Roman god of war is also associated with Tuesday (the day of the week) and the 4th planet from our sun.
Who is Mars?
100
The slogan associated with this mark.
What is "Just do it"?
100
This famous historical character is said to have written many classic rhymes, including "Little Boy Blue" "Baa Baa Black Sheep" and "Humpty Dumpty".
Who is Mother Goose?
100
This actor tried out for the part of Dorothy in "Wizard of Oz", but the role was famously given to Judy Garland.
Who is Shirley Temple?
200
This large U.S. city, named after the state it is in, is often thought to be the capital, but is NOT.
What is New York City?
200
This politically charged U.S. disaster directly resulted in the deaths of 2,977 people, including 343 firefighters.
What are the 9/11 attacks?
200
This creature from Greek mythology is half-man and half-bull.
What is a Minotaur?
200
This two word phrase is the slogan of the popular sandwich chain, Subway.
What is "Eat Fresh"?
200
The three animals that make an appearance in the rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle"
What is cat, cow, and dog?
200
This young singer has been on several TV shows, including the masked singer.
Who is JoJo Siwa?
400
This city, located in a northern U.S. state, is the largest capital city in the country.
What is Juneau?
400
This scale is used to measure an earthquake's magnitude.
What is the Richter scale?
400
This mythical Chinese creature was once said to control the weather. One was named Ling-Yung and could make it rain.
What is a dragon?
400
This energy drink company paid over $13 million to settle a lawsuit after they were sued over not delivering what their slogan promised.
What is Red Bull?
400
The third little piggy gets this in the rhyme "This Little Piggy".
What is roast beef?
400
These twin sisters were made famous by taking turns playing the role of one character on a popular sitcom in the 80s and 90s.
Who are Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen?
800
Some countries have more than one capital. Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein are the three capital cities in this country.
What is South Africa?
800
This Category 5 Hurricane hit the Gulf Coast of the U.S. in 2005 killing over 1,300 people and costing over $100 billion in damages.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
800
This group of twelve children were the the gods before the Olympians overthrew them.
Who are the Titans?
800
"Can you hear me now?" was heard commonly in the 2000s in commercials for this company.
What is Verizon?
800
This type of shell was grown in the garden of "Mary Mary Quite Contrary".
What are cockle shells?
800
This (still) famous actor was only 7 when she was in E.T. in 1982.
Who is Drew Barrymore?
1600
The name of this capital city.
What is London?
1600
The name of this revolutionary airship that turned into a fiery nightmare.
What is the Hindenburg?
1600
The very famous person depicted in this marble statue.
Who is Hercules?
1600
The Washington State motto, which is a Chinook word that means "by and by" or "into the future".
What is Alki?
1600
In "Hush Little Baby", when it turns out that the diamond ring that Papa gave the baby is brass, what does Papa give to baby next?
What is a looking glass?
1600
These initials could be found all over desks, walls, binders, and backpacks in the 1990s due to the fact that many, many young people were in love with the actor the initials refer to.
What are J.T.T.?