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100

There are two mammals that lay eggs. Name one. 

What are the platypus and the echidna?

100

This country is 11% of the earth's landmass, making it the largest country in the world. 

What is Russia?

100

This theater, sharing a name with an American automobile company, is the location of President Lincoln's assination.

What is Ford's Theater?

100

You get a book! You get a book! You get a book! For 15 years, starting in 1996, this daytime talk show megastar’s book club recommended a total of 70 books leading to total sales of over 55 million copies.

Who is Oprah Winfrey?

100

He was the first basketball star to appear on a cereal box. 

Who is Michael Jordan?

200

This is the larges mammal on earth.

What is the blue whale?

200

This country has more than 1.43 billion people making it the largest country by population.

What is India?

200

"We the people" is the start to this important document.

What is the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America?

200

A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in this classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg.

What is The Polar Express?

200

This artist made history as the youngest winner of the Grammys‘ four main categories in 2020.

Who is Billie Eilish?

300

This place is the largest desert on earth. 

What is Antarctica? 

Because it receives less than 6 inches of rain per year, Antarctica counts as a desert. The Sahara Desert is the second largest.

300

This modern-day Italian city is now next to Mount Vesuvius, the volcano exploded in 79 AD and destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

What is Naples?

300

While the Declaration was signed in 1776 and is generally regarded as the “start” of the United States of America, the Constitution was not written until this year.

What is 1787?

300

In the classic 1957 children's book, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," this is the name of the town the Grinch steals holiday presents and decorations from.

What is Whoville?

300

This is the year the iPad was first released.

What is 2010?

400

There are four gaseous planets in our solar system. Name two. 

What are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus?

400

13,171 miles is the length of this structure, also capable of being seen from space. 

What is the Great Wall of China?

400

Washington, DC was not the first capital city of the early United States of America. In 1790, Congress moved the capital from this city to Washington. Where was the original capital located?

What is Philadelphia?

400

This classic Leo Tolstoy novel, first released serially from 1873-1877, tells the story of a titular woman and her affair with Count Vronsky? Keira Knightley played the title character in a 2012 movie adaptation directed by Joe Wright.

What is Anna Karenina?

400

This is the flower that vanilla flavor comes from.

What is the orchid?

500

Less than 1% of humans have this, the rarest human blood type. 

What is AB negative?

500

The Grand Canyon, while huge, is not the deepest canyon in the world. The Yarlung Tsanpo Grand Canyon is actually two miles deeper and located in this country.

What is Tibet?

500

Slavery—the ownership and forced labor of other human beings—was legal in the United States until the ratification of the 13th Amendment in this year.

What is 1865?

500

Iambic pentameter is a type of metric line used in English verse, most famously by William Shakespeare. While "iambic" describes the unstressed/stressed pattern of each two-syllable "foot," the word "pentameter" indicates that there are this many feet within a given line.

What is five?

500

Stan Lee made his last cameo in this Marvel movie.

What is Avengers: Endgame?