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100

A quarter, a dime, and two nickels add up to how much?

What is 40 cents?

100

What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?

What is mercury?

100

What figure of speech compares two things using “like” or “as”?

What is a simile? 

100

In what decade did the first man land on the Moon?

What are the 1960s? 

100

Which fruit floats in water because about 25% of its volume is air?

What is an apple?

200

A number is doubled, and then 6 is added to get 30. What is the original number?

What is 12?

200

Which blood type is known as the universal donor?

What is O negative?

200

What do we call a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?

What is an antonym?

200

Which U.S. president served four terms in office?

Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?

200

What is the only letter that does not appear in the spelling of any U.S. state name?

What is Q?

300

 If you leave at 2:45 and the drive takes 1 hour and 20 minutes, what time do you arrive?

What is 4:05?

300

This is the largest organ of the human body. 

What is the skin?

300

“To be, or not to be” is the opening of a famous soliloquy from this Shakespeare play.

What is Hamlet?

300

Which ancient civilization built Machu Picchu? 

Who were the Incas?

300

What was the original name of the search engine Google before it became Google?

What is BackRub?

400

A $60 shirt is marked down 25%. What is the sale price?

What is $45?

400

What is the name of the force that opposes motion when two surfaces rub together?

What is friction?

400

 What is the term for a phrase whose meaning cannot be understood literally, such as “kick the bucket”?

What is an idiom?

400

This famous ocean liner sank on its maiden voyage in 1912 after hitting an iceberg. 

What is the Titanic?

400

What is the name of the plastic tip at the end of a shoelace?

What is an aglet?

500

A dozen eggs costs $4.80. What is the cost per egg? 

What is 40 cents?

500

What is the name for animals that are most active at dawn and dusk?

What are crepuscular animals?

500

What is the term for a word formed by combining two words, such as “brunch” or “smog”?

What is a portmanteau?

500

This 1960s television series featured the characters Don, Betty, Sally and Bobby Draper.

What is Mad Men?

500

What is the collective name for a group of crows?

What is a murder?