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100

Which Civil Rights Leader believed in Non-violence?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

100

Who patented the first telephone? 

Alexander Graham Bell

100

What is Tom Riddle's middle name?

Marvolo

100

What was the first feature-length movie Pixar released?

Toy Story

100

What is the largest river in South America?


The Amazon

200

Which President's face is printed on a United States penny?

Abraham Lincoln

200

Who invented the first commercially successful lightbulb? 

Thomas Edison

200

What is the name of Sirius Black's family home?

12 Grimmauld Place

200

Which French food also serves as the title of a Pixar movie?

Ratatouille

200

The Philippines is a country made up of islands in what large body of water?


The Pacific Ocean

300

On December 16, 1773, colonists protested a tax on tea by dumping all the tea from British ships into the water. What was this protest called?

The Boston Tea Party

300

Who created the first gasoline-powered car: Karl Benz or Henry Ford?

Karl Benz

300

What kind of magical creature is Buckbeak?

Hippogriff

300

What is Pixar's highest-grossing movie that is NOT a sequel?

Finding Nemo

300

Which US state is in the far northwest corner of the country (bordered by Oregon and Idaho)? 


Washington State

400

There were 3 men who, on April 18, 1775, rode out from Boston on horses to warn the towns that the British troops were coming. Name 1 of the men.

 Paul Revere, William Dawes, Dr. Samuel Prescott

400

True or False: In 2012, fifth-grader Clara Lazen created a model for an undiscovered molecule, tetranitratoxycarbon. Her teacher sent a picture of it to a chemist and now it has been published in scientific journals.

True

400

What animal could Rita Skeeter turn into?

A beetle

400

Which Pixar film features almost no spoken dialogue in its first 45 minutes?

Wall-E

400

What is the name of the large island country that lies off the east coast of the African continent? 


Madagascar

500

What year did Congress approve the Declaration of Independence?

1776

500

Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, studied electricity, discovered the Gulf Stream, started the first library, etc. Among his many other inventions, what musical instrument did he invent? 

Harmonica

500

Which two teams played in the finals of the Quidditch World Cup at the start of book 4?

Bulgaria and Ireland

500

Who voices Woody from Toy Story?

Tom Hanks

500

Which four countries make up the United Kingdom?


England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland