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100

"beware the ides of March" is a line from what Shakespeare play set in ancient Rome?

Julius Caesar

100

What six letter word names both a seed company and an exercise that combines a squat, a pushup, and a jump in the air?

Burpee

100

For what movie did Tom Hanks score his first Academy Award nomination?

Big

100

What is thought to be the first video game, created in 1958 and becoming popular in the 1970s?

pong

100

Richard Nixon retired.

1974

200

Which piece of Roman agriculture was built under the Flavian emperors, during the reign of Vespasian?

Colosseum

200

The second most popular sport in the world, after soccer, has these position names: gully, silly mid-off, and deep mid wicket.

Cricket

200

What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?

Snow white and the seven dwarfs

200

In May 2022, the government of what European nation banned its employees from using American gaming terms such as "e-sports," instead using their domestic language counterparts like "jeu video de competition?"

france

200

First world series

1903

300

The succession of Roman rulers known as the Five Good Emperors included Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, and who else?

Nerva

300

Which boxer fought and won against Muhammad Ali and won?

Joe Frazier

300

What shocking Wes Craven horror movie carried the marketing tagline, "To avoid fainting, keep repeating, 'It's only a movie...'"?

The last house on the left

300

Which video game console released in 2006 pioneered the use of motion controls in its gameplay?

nintendo wii

300

income tax is established in the US

1913

400

The words "planes", "more", and "testier" are all anagrams of cities found in which European country?

Italy (Naples, Rome, Trieste)

400

Who holds the record for most consecutive stolen bases without getting caught?


Vince Coleman (50 straight across the 1989-90 seasons)


400

The head of what kind of animal is front-and-center in an infamous scene from The Godfather?

horse

400

Mendicant Bias and Offensive Bias are fictional AIs in what "holy" video game franchise?

halo

400

in what year were women allowed to compete in modern Olympic games and in what sports?

1900. tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism, and golf. 

500

Julius Caesar invaded Britain but did not establish a Roman province there. Rome invaded and did establish a province under the rule of what emperor? 

Claudius

500

What US state has produced the most NBA players?



California

500

 What's the name of the anthemic dance near the beginning of The Rocky Horror Picture Show?

The Time Warp

500

Both first announced in 2006, name one of the two first non-Nintendo characters to appear in the Super Smash Bros. franchise

Solid Snake and Sonic

500

soviet russia makes the atomic bomb

1951