College Sports Dynasties
The Elements
World Geography
Your Parents' Music (Mommy and Daddy both get double the meg if they get it wrong)
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Minnesota & Wisconsin have each won 6 titles at the Women's Frozen Four, the NCAA championship of this

Whatis ice hockey

400

Pu-239 is an isotope of this silvery metal

What is plutonium

400

Hydra & Zakynthos are 2 of around 200 inhabited islands of this European nation

What is Greece

400

Dad wore flannel shirts & Doc Martens while listening to this music style of Nirvana & Pearl Jam

What is grunge

400

Of her address to a 2019 global climate summit: "If you choose to fail us, I say, we will never forgive you"

Who is (Greta) Thunberg

800

Led by 125-pound Spencer Lee, in 2021 the Iowa Hawkeyes captured their 24th NCAA title in this sport of reverses & falls

What is wrestling

800

Sir Humphry Davy used electrolysis to isolate it, symbol K

What is potassium

800

Ter for the line of latitude approximately 23 1/2 degrees north of the equator

The Tropic of Cancer

800

Mom bought tickets over the phone (that used to be a thing) for this rocker's 1984-85 "Born in the U.S.A." tour

Who is (Bruce) Springsteen

800

Of Rep. Shirley Chisholm's speech in favor of this proposed amendment: "There were no founding mothers--a great pity"

What is the Equal Rights Amendment

1200

With stars like her, the North Carolina Tar Heels have won 21 of the NCAA's 39 titles

Who is (Mia) Hamm

1200

Atomic No. 20, it's needed for kids' teeth to grow

What is calcium

1200

With about 15 million people, it's Canada's most populous province

What is Ontario

1200

In 1994 they watched this former Police-man win a Grammy for his vocal on "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"

Who is Sting

1200

Of her November 29, 1872 trial hearing: "Did you ever have any doubt yourself of your right to vote?" Her reply: "Not a particle"

Who is Susan B. Anthony

1600

From 2000 to 2016 UConn's Huskies won 10 NCAA women's basketball titles for this coach

Who is (Geno) Auriemma

1600

This element makes up about 25% of the mass in your average star

What is helium

1600

Built in the 14th century, Sankore Mosque is found in this historic city of Mali

What is Timbuktu

1600

In 1998 they were among the millions who bought "The Miseducation of" this Fugees singer

Who is (Lauryn) Hill

1600

Of the radio broadcast of this 1937 disaster: "There's smoke and there's flames . . . Oh, the humanity"

What is the Burning of the Hindeburg

2000

Coach Bob Reade led this Illinois school known as "Augie" to 4 straight Divison III football titles in the 1980s

What is Augustana College

2000

This English chemist & clergyman discovered oxygen in 1774

Who is (Joseph) Priestly

2000

It's from Chinese for "fragrant harbor" & in the 1840s it was ceded to the British

What is Hong Kong

2000

They heard Chuck D. & this band revolutionize hip-hop with albums like 1988's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"

What is Public Enemy

2000

Of this senator's hearings investigating the U.S. Army: "Have you no sense of decency?"

Who is (Joseph) McCarthy