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The New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor published a report that exposes sexual abuse allegations against this powerful Hollywood producer.

Who is Harvey Weinstein?

200

Founded in the 1950s by L. Ron Hubbard, this controversial religious movement has faced criticism for its practices and belief.


What is Scientology?

200

The PGA Tour, the dominant force in men’s professional golf for generations, announced in June it would merge with LIV Golf, a league backed by this country.

What is Saudi Arabia?

200

He became a household name after starring as Kevin McCallister in "Home Alone."

Who is Macaulay Culkin?

200

To be slightly drunk or tipsy.


What is buzzed?

400

The United States ratifies this Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

What is 19th?

400

The Branch Davidians, a splinter group of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, became widely known after a violent confrontation with law enforcement in 1993 in this town.

What is Waco?

400

This rocket, the most powerful ever made with 33 booster engines, launched in its historic first test flight from Boca Chica, Texas, exploding four minutes into flight.

What is Starship?

400

This actress gained fame as the adorable Gertie in "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and continued her acting career into adulthood.

Who is Drew Barrymore?

400

To unlawfully seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.

What is hijack?

600

In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned this decision, returning abortion regulation to the states.

What is Roe v. Wade?

600

The People's Temple, led by this charismatic leader, ended in tragedy with the mass suicide/murder event in Jonestown in 1978.

Who is Jim Jones?

600

In 2021, a large container ship named the Ever Given became stuck in this canal, disrupting global trade for several days.

What is the Suez Canal?

600

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor.

What is "I'm Glad My Mom Died"?

600

A distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave.

What is mezcal?

800

In her teenage years during the early 1810s, she started writing her most famous novels, like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.

Who is Jane Austen?

800

This religious movement, founded in the 1950s, gained notoriety for its polygamous practices and isolationist beliefs.

What is the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS)?

800

This popular prime-time host was fired from Fox News in April 2023.


Who is Tucker Carlson?

800

This actor rose to fame as the young star of "The Sixth Sense" and later continued his acting career.

Who is Haley Joel Osment?

800

To dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground.


What is exhume?

1000

She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, as well as the first person and only woman to win two Nobel Prizes.

Who is Marie Curie?

1000

This Japanese doomsday cult carried out a deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995.

What is Aum Shinrikyo?

1000

Former American start-up founder Elizabeth Holmes begins her 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors with her blood-testing company, named this.

What is Theranos?

1000

This show stared Neil Patrick Harris in the title role as a teenage physician who balances the challenge of practicing medicine with the everyday problems of teenage life.

What is Doogie Howser M.D.?

1000

A principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom, equivalent to the division in botany.


What is phylum?