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What occurs when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as viewed from Earth?

A solar eclipse

100

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed about 250 million years ago?

Pangaea

100

Frankfort is the capital of which US state?

Kentucky

100

 Who wrote the book "A Brief History of Time'' In 1988?

Stephen Hawking

100

What is the proper term for a young whale?

A calf

200

What is measured in Watts?

Power

200

Had pirates known about this vitamin, then they wouldn’t have suffered from scurvy. What vitamin is this

Vitamin C

200

Which country has the longest coastline in the world?

Canada 

200

What author created Oz?

L. Frank Baum

200

True or False: A light-year measures time.

False (It measures distance)

300

What type of rock forms from cooled lava or magma?

Igneous rock

300

What was Al Capone’s full first name?

Alphonse

300

What major ocean current brings warm water to the British Isles?

Gulf Stream

300

Who was known as the “First Lady of Song”?

Ella Fitzgerald

300

What insect did scientists send into space before people?

Fruit flies

400

What part of the eye controls how much light enters?

The pupil

400

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

Marie Curie

400

In what US state would you find Fort Point?

California 

400

Who owned a chimp called Chee-Chee?

Doctor Dolittle

400

What stadium was nicknamed "The House That Ruth Built"?

Yankee Stadium

500

 Which country has the most known animal species? 

Brazil

Brazil is the country with the most species of animals, including 1,816 bird species, 1,141 amphibian species, 4,738 fish species, 693 mammal species, 847 reptile species, and 34,387 plant species.

500

What do B.C. and A.D. stand for in terms of dates?

Before Christ and Anno Domini

500

Which hemisphere contains more land?

Northern Hemisphere

500

Which musical featured the song “Do-Re-Mi”?

The Sound of Music

500

What’s the difference between green and black olives?

Ripeness

600

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

Stratosphere

600

What were the first two Western countries that the Nazis invaded during World War II?

Norway and Denmark

600

Which mountain range separates Europe from Asia?

Ural Mountains

600

Author J.M. Barrie is best known for creating what fictional character?

Peter Pan

600

What game awards the Stanley Cup?

Ice Hockey

700

This man is responsible for reshaping the way early man believed the solar system worked. He proposed that the Earth was not the center of the universe, and that the sun was instead at the center of our solar system. Who was he?

Copernicus

700

What is the deadliest hurricane in modern history?

The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900

700

On which sea does Romania have a coastline?

Black Sea

700

Which shape-shifting creature appears every 27 years in Derry, Maine, in a Stephen King novel?

Pennywise the Dancing Clown

700

What is Alcatraz Island named after?

Birds -- The island was originally named "La Isla de los Alcatraces," which is Spanish for "The Island of the Pelicans."

800

What constellation does the Alaska state flag feature?

Ursa Major

800

What Scandinavians were known for their longboats and violent plunders during the Middle Ages?

The Vikings

800

Christmas Island is a territory belonging to which country?

Australia

800

Who wrote the novel "Cry, the Beloved Country"?

Alan Paton

800

What two alcoholic ingredients is the traditional Martini cocktail made of?

Gin and vermouth

900

What is the total of the angles in a triangle?

180 degrees

900

In 1958, a U.S. Air Force plane accidentally dropped an unarmed nuclear bomb on what U.S. state?

South Carolina

900

What is the only nation that borders both Belgium and Spain?

France

900

What tale of the cross-dressing Leonore was Beethoven's only opera?

Fidelio

900

Which country hosted the first Olympic Games after World War I?

1948 Summer Olympics -London, United Kingdom

1000

What is the chemical term for a peptide; two amino acids linked together?

An Amide

1000

The Mayflower is famous for being the first ship to transport what to the New World?

English Puritans

1000

What is the name of the Canadian territory that shares a land border with Alaska?

Yukon Territory

1000

What was the name of Ashley Wilkes' plantation in "Gone With the Wind"?

Twelve Oaks

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In telephony, what do the initials ISDN stand for?

Integrated Services for Digital Network