Submarine
Watching Paint Dry
Botanical Bonanza
Knights Templar
The Director's cut
100

This sandwich chain, founded in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1965, grew into the world’s largest fast-food franchise by number of locations.

What is Subway?

100

Crayola made this colorful product for kids starting in 1903 — but it’s really just dried colored paint in a stick.

What are crayons?

100

This tall yellow flower follows its namesake during the day, turning its face as it moves across the sky.

What is a sunflower?

100

Founded in the 1100s, the Knights Templar were originally created to protect these travelers on their way to the Holy Land.

Who are pilgrims?

100

Peter Jackson’s extended version of this fantasy trilogy added over 200 minutes of footage across all three films.

What is The Lord of the Rings?

200

With giant eyes, ink pouch and 8 arms plus 2 longer tentacles, this deep-sea dweller can live its whole life without surfacing.

What is a squid?

200

Home improvement stores sell or give away this; a little cards or strips so you can pick just the right color for your walls.

What are paint samples or swatches?

200

Bamboo is technically not a tree but this type of plant, which makes it the fastest-growing in the world.

What is grass?

200

The Templars were recognizable by the symbol on their white mantles: a red one of these shapes.

What is a cross?

200

Zack Snyder’s 2021 four-hour version of this DC superhero film restored his original vision and added new characters.

What is Justice League?

300

In 1960, the U.S. Navy’s Trieste reached the bottom of this deep ocean trench.

What is the Mariana Trench?

300

This American company, famous for its yellow-and-blue logo, has been selling house paint since 1866.

What is Sherwin-Williams?

300

This prickly desert plant blooms with beautiful flowers and stores water in its thick stems.

What is a cactus?

300

At their height, the Templars weren’t just warriors; they also ran an early version of this modern institution, letting nobles deposit money in one city and withdraw it in another.

What is a bank?

300

Ridley Scott released this 1992 sci-fi film in a “Final Cut” in 2007, incorporating deleted scenes and restoring the director’s intended ending.

What is Blade Runner?

400

Before Subway, this East Coast sandwich shop chain popularized the “sub” and still operates mainly in the Northeast, founded in 1956.

What is Blimpie?

400

In the 20th century, this kind of paint became popular because they made painting fast and easy — just press the button!

What is spray paint?

400

This (mostly) three-leafed plant is Ireland’s national symbol, famously linked to St. Patrick.

What is a shamrock (a type of clover)?

400

Some legends say the Templars hid away priceless treasures, including this biblical artifact said to hold the Ten Commandments.

What is the Ark of the Covenant?

400

This 2004 fantasy epic by Guillermo del Toro received a “Director’s Cut” that included 30 extra minutes of footage featuring more of the faun and otherworldly scenes.

What is Pan’s Labyrinth?

500

In 1954, the USS Nautilus became the first submarine powered by this type of energy.

What is nuclear power?

500

Before synthetic pigments, this brilliant blue was made from ground lapis lazuli and was more expensive than gold.

What is ultramarine?

500

These giant trees living in California are among the oldest and largest living things on Earth.

What are Sequoia's?

500

The order’s full official name was The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of this city

What is Jerusalem?

500

In 2001, this Ridley Scott historical epic about a Roman general gained a “Director’s Cut” adding over 30 minutes of scenes that enhanced its character development.

What is Gladiator?