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100

This Abingdon based band reached No. 34 in 1993 with their song 'Creep'.

Radiohead

100

Largest animal in the Atlantic Ocean

Blue Whale

100

Author of Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

100

Invention of the internet

1983

100

In 2023 this Argentina Soccer player joined the Miami Soccer Club

Messi

200

This London based band spiced up the Billboard 100 reaching No. 1 with their song 'Wannabe'.

Spice Girls

200

The continents in contact with the Atlantic Ocean

North and South America, Europe and Africa

200

Author of Hamlet

Shakespeare

200

The first cell phone

1973

200

The oldest grand slam tennis tournament

Wimbledon

300

This London based band never reached No. 1 on Billboard 100, even through their song 'Stairway to Heaven' was named the 34st best song in 2004 by Rolling Stone Magazine.

Led Zeppelin

300

Year of the first transatlantic flight

1919

300

First billionaire author

J.K. Rowling

300

Landing on the moon.

1969

300

Winner of the 2023 Rugby World Cup

South Africa

400

This London based artist won a Grammy in 2018 for song "Shape of You".

Ed Sheeran

400

Fastest time to sail cross the Atlantic

4 Days 11 Hours

400

This American author worked as a ambulance driver during WW1.

Ernest Hemingway

400

The first movie to gross over $1 billion

1997 (Titanic)

400

Winner of the 2023 Ryder Cup

Europe

500

This performer from Pinner, United Kingdom, took the Grammy stage in 200 with Eminem to perform the song "Stan".

Sir Elton John

500

First person to swim across the Atlantic

Ben Lecomte

500

This 1838 Philadelphia poet wrote 'The Raven'

Edgar Allan Poe

500

Release of the first Harry Potter Novel. 

1997

500

The score of the US / UK group play match in the 2022 world cup.

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