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100

This dance style involves dramatic movements and often tells a story.

Ballet

100

This 1803 deal doubled the size of the United States by acquiring land from France.

Louisiana Purchase

100

This organ pumps blood throughout the human body

Heart

100

This river runs through the city of Rome and was central to its early development.

Tiber River

100

This planet is known as the “Red Planet.”

Mars

200

This chant at Blue Bell park, can be heard all across the town.

"Ball Five/Six/Seven"

200

This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

Abraham Lincoln

200

This molecule carries genetic information in living organisms.

DNA

200

According to legend, these twin brothers founded Rome in 753 BC.

Romulus and Remus

200

This was the first artificial satellite launched into space in 1957.

Sputnik 1

300

A winter sport played on ice + a formal dance

Snowball

300

This 1929 stock market crash helped trigger the Great Depression.

Wall Street Crash of 1929

300

This part of the cell contains the genetic material.

Nucleus

300

This title, originally a family name, was given to Roman rulers like Augustus and later became synonymous with absolute power.

Caesar

300

This galaxy contains our solar system.

Milky Way

400

A famous NYC New Year’s event + a sport

Times Square ball drop

400

This amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote.

Nineteenth Amendment

400

This system includes the brain and spinal cord.

Central Nervous System/ CNS

400

This volcanic eruption in 79 AD buried the Roman city of Pompeii.

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

400

This telescope, launched in 1990, has provided detailed images of deep space for decades.

Hubble Space Telescope

500

A NASA nickname for Earth + a formal dance

Blue marble ball

500

This 1974 political scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Watergate Scandal

500

This protein is responsible for carrying oxygen in red blood cells.

Hemoglobin

500

This public figure was assassinated in 44 BC on the Ides of March.

Gaius Julius Caesar

500

This is the closest star to Earth after the Sun.

Proxima/Alpha Centauri