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100

These are the only two planets in our Solar System that do not have moons.

Mercury and Venus

100

She had a #1 hit in every year of the 90's (the only singer to do so.)

Mariah Carrey

100

This 9-letter word for an insect may have come about because people believed it ate uncovered dairy products.

Butterfly

100

Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner

Francis Scott Key
100

The Colorado River runs through this national park in the state of Arizona

The Grand Canyon

200

This geologic formation may be found overhead if you are in a cave.

Stalactite

200

This is the highest voice type in a choral ensemble.

Soprano

200

Though it means "seasickness" in Latin, this six-letter word now refers to a more general feeling of illness. 

Nausea

200

This purchase doubled the size of the US in 1803.

The Louisiana Purchase.

200

This is an ancient Greek temple that sits above the city of Athens and was designed to honour Athena, the Greek Goddess.

The Parthenon

300

This living animal has the heaviest brain.

Sperm Whale

300

She originally wrote "Titanium" for Alecia Keys, but ended up providing the vocals herself, collaborating with David Guetta.

SIA

300

This Sanskrit word, referring to a spoken word or phrase, comes from the word "to think."

Mantra

300

He was the first US president to appear on paper money, on a $10 demand note authorized in 1861.

Abraham Lincoln 

300

DD: This South American landmark is known as the Lost City of the Incas.

Machu Picchu

400

This popular fruit is known to be mildly radioactive.

Bananas

400

This composers work include "The Magic Flute" and "The Marriage of Figaro"

Mozart

400

From the Greek word for ring, the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000 people.

Circus

400

In 1945 scientists in this state witnessed the detonation of the world's first atomic bomb.

New Mexico

400

This waterway is famous for finally opening a passage for ships from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, thereby avoiding the treacherous trip around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.

Suez Canal

500

It's the most plentiful element in the Earth's atmosphere.

Nitrogen

500

This is Jay-Z's real name.

Sean Carter

500

DD: P.T. Barnum, whose travelling show carried musicians, coined this term that now represents something growing in popularity.

Band-Wagoning 

500

In his teens, this Pittsburgh pickle king was running a business to supply grocers with fresh produce.

Henry Heinz

500

This landmark is located at 41 degrees North, 74 degrees West

The Statue of Liberty