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100

1996

After three hours, world chess champion Garry Kasparov loses the first game of a six-game match against this opponent.

Who is Deep Blue?

100

A French gift

225 tons of steel

icon of freedom

What is the Statue of Liberty?

100

In this rhyme, he broke his crown and she came tumbling after.

What is Jack and Jill?

100

The color of the streak you'd expect to find on a coward

What is yellow?

100

A type of bed, apartment or marital status

What is SINGLE?

200

2014

We mourned the death of this plucky, curly-haired performer who sang, danced and acted in dozens of films by the time she was a teen; as an adult, she gave up making movies and served as a U.S. diplomat.

Who is Shirley Temple?

200
a gold mine

an elevator

an arrow

What are shafts?

200

A small lodging establishment (often private family homes) that offers overnight accommodation and free food in the morning

What is a bed and breakfast?

200

Wearing this "battleship" hue might make you feel like fighting

What is grey?

200

According to the old kids' riddle, 1 of the 3 people present when you're alone in a room

What is MYSELF?

300

1992

This former heavyweight boxing champion, accused of raping 18-year-old beauty-pageant contestant Desiree Washington, was found guilty by an Indiana jury.

Who is Mike Tyson?

300

Communal living

Free love

1960's

What are hippies?

300

The fun way to order lobster and steak at a restaurant

What is surf and turf?

300

You don't have to be a nut to wear the "nut" shade of this

What is brown?

300

Marcel Duchamp famously displayed an autographed one of these bathroom receptacles as an artwork

What is URINAL?

400

2005

Perhaps best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, Death of a Salesman—he died at age 89

Who is Arthur Miller?

400

an Emperor

a King

a Danaus Plexippus Butterfly

What are monarchs?

400

Narrow cylinders of sweet black licorice, coated in a hard candy shell to form a capsule shape.

What is Good and Plenty?

400

Webster's describes the serpentine shade of this color as "paler than citrine"

What is green?

400

Matthew 5:29 says, "If thy right eye" does this to "thee, pluck it out"

What is OFFEND

500

1763

The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending territorial conflicts between France and Britain in the Seven Years' War, the North American phase of which was called this

What is the French and Indian War?

500

General Custer

Sitting Bull

Crazy Horse

What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?

500

Before Amazon, you'd go here to get a good book and a cup of coffee

What is Barnes and Noble?

500

Brilliant shade of blue associated with the bird whose scientific name is Pavo cristatus

What is peacock blue?

500

Strip of wood used to secure a hatch or keep a sail flat

What is BATTEN?