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It’s the name of the Duke School mascot.

What is Sparky?

100
Their second season of Stranger Things premiered on Halloween.

Who are the Duffer Brothers?

100

An example of this poetic technique would be:
“The day was as hot as the sun.”

What is a simile?

100

These four—Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate—were so destructive that their names were retired.

What are hurricanes?

100

America's first public university to admit and graduate students.

What is UNC-Chapel Hill?

100

The largest university in the Carolinas.

What is NC State University?

200

This gathering place goes by the acronym “UTOT.”

What is Under the Oak Tree?

200

She portrayed Wonder Woman in the 2017 film.

Who is Gal Gadot?

200

This famous equation relates the three side lengths of any right triangle

What is the Pythagorean Theorem?

200

He was fired as the FBI director in May.

Who is James Comey?

200

Its former names include Brown School, Union Institute, Normal College, and Trinity College.

What is Duke University?

200

Duke is to UNC as Ohio State is to this school.

What is The University of Michigan?

300

This sports team had its inaugural season in spring 2017.

What is boys' lacrosse?

300

The real Academy Award winner for Best Picture after LaLa Land was mistakenly announced.

What is Moonlight?

300

Two top level website domains that are most likely to have authoritative information.

What are .edu and .gov?

300

Allegations against film executive Harvey Weinstein contributed to this movement.

What is #MeToo?

300

University of Pennsylvania students throw this on the field at all home football games.

What is toast?

300

Nicknamed the Mountaineers, this school has the highest elevation of any U.S. university east of the Mississippi River.

What is Appalachian State University?

400

Viewers were reminded that "no one is alone" in this spring MS musical.

What is Into the Woods?

400

This team came from 24 points behind to win the Super Bowl in overtime.

What are the New England Patriots?

400

Charles Sumner was the leader of this category of Republicans, who fought against Andrew Johnson's lenient reconstruction plan.

What is radical?

400

His SpaceX company became the first to successfully re-launch and land the first stage of an orbital rocket.

Who is Elon Musk?

400

Students at this NC university bring apples to the Statue of Minerva (Goddess of Wisdom) for good luck during exams.

What is UNC-Greensboro?

400

Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame is a graduate of this Connecticut university.

What is Wesleyan University?

500

A term for respect in the poem “Once They All Believed in Dragons”.

What is obeisance?

500

UNC defeated this team to win the NCAA mens' basketball championship.

What is Gonzaga?

500

Population, viral spread, and compound interest are all examples of this—the first non-linear relationship encountered in algebra.

What is exponential growth?

500

The first in the US since 1918, it lasted one hour and 33 minutes.

What is a total solar eclipse?

500

Its mascot is Willie the Wave.

What is Pepperdine University?

500

A graduate of this university in Louisiana invented chocolate-based toothpaste.

What is Tulane University?