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100

The nickname given to Denver given its elevation

What is the mile high city?

100

Created in 1995 by Brendan Eich for Netscape, this language runs in virtually every web browser and is named after an island nation.

What is JavaScript?

100

This Harry Potter sport is played on brooms

What is quidditch?

100

This common yellow fruit is classified as a berry

What is a banana?

200

Rising nearly 750 feet high, these massive sandy formations comprise the tallest examples of their kind in North America, creating a surprising desert-like landscape against the backdrop of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

What are the great sand dunes?

200

Released by Sun Microsystems in 1995, this programming language was designed to "write once, run anywhere"

What is Java?

200

This multiplayer online battle arena game released in 2009, developed by Riot Games, has become one of the most-watched esports events globally.

What is League of Legends?

200

This philosopher and mathematician best known for his theorem a2+b2=c2 thought that beans contained human souls.

Pythagoras

300

This popular adult animated cartoon takes place in a small Colorado mountain town.

What is South Park?

300

this block-based visual programming language was designed to teach coding to children and features a cat mascot named Sprite

What is Scratch?

300

This sport appeared for the first and last time in the 2024 Summer Olympics

What is break dancing?

300

This common weather related sky occurrence can weigh up to 1.1 million pounds

What is a cloud?

400

This singer named after his hometown wrote one of Colorado's official state songs "Rocky Mountain High"

Who is John Denver?

400

Developed in the 1960s, this language is widely recognized as the first to implement object-oriented programming concepts

What is Simula?

400

An olympic biathlon combines these two sports.

What are Cross Country Skiing and Rifle shooting?

400

This common food item contains enough natural radiation that trucks carrying large quantities of it can sometimes trigger radiation detectors at international borders.

What is a banana?

500

The song "America the beautiful" was inspired by this mountain near Colorado Springs

What is Pikes Peak?
500

One of the first high-level languages still around today. This imperative, procedural, and object-oriented language is still active mainly to maintain and support existing business, finance, and administrative systems.

What is COBOL?

500

The name for getting three strikes in a row in bowling

What is a turkey?

500

It is said that this renowned inventor had a deep fear of pearls and would refuse to speak to women wearing them.

Who is Nikola Tesla?