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100

The primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain.

What is GABA?

100

This Netflix documentary about Joe Exotic became popular this year.

What is Tiger King?

100

He proposed the theory of relativity.

Who is Albert Einstein?

100

There are this many Harry Potter books and this many Harry Potter movies.

What is 7 books and 8 movies?

100

Name three types of bears.

What are black bears, grizzly bears, Kodiak bears, panda bears, and polar bears?

200

This neurodegenerative disease was named after a baseball player.

What is Lou Gehrig's disease?

200

This popular app was almost banned this year.

What is TikTok?

200
This female chemist's work was essential to the understanding of the molecular structure of the DNA double helix.

Who is Rosalind Franklin?

200

She is the artist of the song "Say So," which was turned into a popular TikTok dance in 2019.

Who is Doja Cat?

200

Kangaroos and Koalas are in this animal family.

What are marsupials?

300

Prozac relieves symptoms of depression by affecting this neurotransmitter.

What is serotonin?

300

Murder Hornets were first reported in this state.

What is Washington?

300

The Manhattan Project that largely took place in Oak Ridge, TN led to this.

What is production of the first nuclear weapons?

300

This day has been named "Star Wars Day" due to a popular quote from the movies.

What is May 4th?

300

This is the most visited National Park in the country.

What is Smoky Mountain National Park?

400

The part of the brain that is known as the biological clock.

What is the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)?

400

Name two famous figures who passed away this year...

Who are Kobe Bryant, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Van Halen, Chadwick Boseman, or Kenny Rodgers.

400

He is responsible for the discovery of penicillin.

Who is Alexander Fleming?

400

This is the name of the black cat from Hocus Pocus.

Who is Thackery Binx?

400

These are the longest living mammals.

What are whales?

500

The brain contains an average of approximately this many neurons.

What is 86 billion?

500

This is the date on which the World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus a pandemic.

What is March 11?

500

Katie Bouman is a computer scientist who made major contributions to this recent scientific breakthrough.

What is capturing the first ever image of a black hole?

500

This is the first non-English film to win Best Picture at the Oscars.

What is Parasite?

500

This is Tennessee's state tree.

Tulip Poplar