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100

What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise when viewed from above its north pole?

Venus

100

What is the capital city of Australia?

Canberra

100

What is the name of the kingdom where Elsa and Ana live in Disney's "Frozen"?

Arendelle

100

What does "www" in an address stand for?

world wide web

100

What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

short

200

What is the smallest prime number greater than 100?

101

200

Which country contains the region of Transylvania?

Armenia

200

Which artist released the album 1989 in 2014?

Taylor Swift

200

Which company originally introduced the Macintosh computer in 1984?

Apple

200

What is the term for a word or phrase formed by rearranging the words of another? (like listen and silent)

anagram

300

What is the name for a word that reads the same forward and backward, such as racecar?

Palindrome

300

What is the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf?

Iran

300

In the Hunger Games, what is the name of the fictional nation where Katniss Everdeen lives?

Panem

300

Which auto maker introduced the Model-T in 1908?

Ford

300

What English word has three consecutive pairs of double letters?

bookkeeper

400

Which element has the chemical symbol "W"?

Tungsten

400

Which country was formally called the Gold Coast before gaining independence in 1957?

Ghana

400

Which 1994 film features the characters Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega?

Pulp Fiction

400
What Japanese company was originally founded in 1889 to manufacture playing cards?

Nintendo

400

What is the linguistic term for a word that sounds like the noise it describes? (such as buzz or hiss)

onomatopoeia 

500

What is the SI unit of electrical resistance?

ohm

500

What is the only country in the world who's national flag is not quadrilateral?

Nepal

500

What was the first feature-length animated film released by Walt Disney Productions?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

500

What is the term for a market dominated by a small number of large companies?

Oligopoly

500
What is the term for a word that can mean its own opposite? (such as dust)

contronym