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The acronym U.O.E.N.O. is commonly used on Twitter and means...
What is "You don't even know."
100
This number is retired for all major league baseball teams.
What is #42? (Jackie Robinson's number)
100
These German dumplings translate as "little sparrows".
What are spätzle?
100
This second-period element has valence electron configuration 2s22p2
What is carbon?
100
This famous Swedish chemist was the inventor of dynamite and has a series of prizes named after him.
Who was Alfred Nobel?
200
This legendary musician refused to get his toes amputated to avoid the spread of cancer and died at the age of 36.
Who is Bob Marley?
200
This person holds the single season rushing record in the NFL.
Who is Eric Dickerson?
200
In English grammar, this form allows a verb to function as a noun with the affixation of -ing.
What is a gerund?
200
This halogen is named after the Greek word for stinky.
What is bromine?
200
This elemental gas was first called dephlogisticated air by Joseph Priestley.
What is oxygen?
300
Jay Z and Beyoncé gave this name to their child.
What is Blue Ivy?
300
This nation won the last World Cup.
What is Spain?
300
This island, the third-largest in the world, is split between Malaysia and Indonesia.
What is Borneo?
300
These chalcogens are named after the moon and earth, respectively.
What are selenium and tellurium?
300
Ideal gas calculations are as easy as ABC. These three scientists gave their names to three fundamental ideal gas laws.
Who are Avogardo, Boyle, and Charles?
400
This common large piece of construction equipment was used in a controversial music video by the artist Miley Cyrus.
What is a wreaking ball?
400
Micheal Jordan was awarded the most valuable player this number of times.
What is 5?
400
This muscle, involved in turning the head, finds its origin on the sternum and clavicle, and is inserted into the mastoid process.
What is the sternocleidomastoid?
400
These four elements are all named after a small Swedish village.
What are yttrium, ytterbium, terbium, and erbium?
400
This mixture of concentrated nitric and hydrochloric acids was so named because of its ability to dissolve the "noble metals" like gold and silver.
What is aqua regia?
500
In the HBO series The Game of Thrones, this character is know as "The Mother of Dragons."
Who is Daenerys Targaryen? or Who is Khaleesi?
500
This player was named the Super Bowl XLVIII (2014) MVP.
Who is Malcolm Smith?
500
This modern dialect of the Persian language has a Central Asian nation named after it. (Hint: it's one of the -stans)
What is Tajik?
500
This recently-named element, formerly called ununhexium, is named after a major laboratory in Berkeley.
What is Livermorium?
500
This drug was discovered by Albert Hoffman in 1938, synthesized from the wheat fungus ergot.
What is LSD?