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Before establishing his theory of evolution, this natural scientist spent his youth preparing to become an Anglican parson at Cambridge University?

Chalres Darwin 

100

This microscopic, eight legged animal is famous for surviving the vacuum of outer space, extreme radiation, and boiling temperatures. 

Tardigrade "water bear"

100
Sharing a border with 14 countries, this massive nation spans 11 different time zones across Europe and Asia 

Russia

100

Despite popular lore popularized by Parson Weeems, this U.S. President  never actually chopped down his father's cherry tree and confessed to it?

George Washington 
100

You might find a heavy burden if you try to lift a block of I M M U M  L N U  A

Aluminum 
200

Long before managing the Office of Personnel Management, this future U.S. President spent his summers working as a park ranger ay Yellowstone, where he was once attacked by a bear. 

Gerald Ford 
200

No botox needed. This species, "turritopsis dohrnii" is nicknamed "immortal because it can revert its cells back to their earliest polyp stage after reaching maturity. 

Jellyfish 

200

This island sits just east of Africa ?

Madagascar 

200

Historical evident shows this this 18th- century French queen never actually uttered the phrase " Let them eat cake" during the bread shortage. 

Marie Antoinette 
200

Breathe easy, because this vital gas can be found hidden inside GO NY EX

Oxygen 
300

Prior to writing Catch-22, this author worked as a blacksmith's helper and a file clerk before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps

Joseph Heller 

300

The Allosarus was an ancient dinosaur. They had longer and stronger arms with three sharp claws in comparison to their "cousin" who only had two claws on their mitts. 

Tyrannosaurus Rex/ T-rex
300

Shaped liked a boot kicking a football, this European country is home to the nicety city of Rome

Italy 
300

Contrary to Hollywood depiction, Biking never actually wore helmets adorned with these animal features into battle 

Horns

300

This Liquid Metal requires a steady hand to extract from C R U M E R Y 

mercury 

400

Before becoming a master of cinematic suspense, this director's very first job in the film industry was designing title cards for silent movies. 


Hint: Batman's Butler + Will Smith Movie

Alfred Hitchcock

400
This bizarre deep-sea fissures a bioluminescent lure dangling from its head to attach prey in the midnight zone
Anglerfish 
400

This South American nation is uniquely named after the imaginary line of latitude that runs rights through it 

Ecuador 

400

While he famously discovered the laws of gravity, there is no historical record that this scientist was ever actually struck on th head by a falling apple ?

Sir Isaac Newton 

400
A prized previous metal  hiding under the alias of


M U N I T A L P
Platinum 
500

In the early 1970's, this future master of horror fiction works as an industrial laundry worker and supplemented his income by pumping gas 

Stephen King 

500
Thriving at temperatures above 176 F. , this specific type of extremophile bacterium was first discovered in the hot springs Yellowstone National Park?

Hyperthermophile 

or Thermus Aquaticus 

500

Though it an island nation located entirely in Asia, this country's cleat continental neighbor to the west is South Korea ?

Japan 

500

The Roman Emperor did not " fiddle while Rome burned tin 64 AD., primarily because th fiddle hadn't been invented yet 

Nero

500
This dense, highly non-reactive gas will require patience to pull from K T O N N YP 
Krypton