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100

This is what a geiger counter measures.

What is radiation?

100

In the 1990'a this was Pixar's first feature-length movie.

What is Toy Story?

100

This company's slogan is "You're in Good Hands".

What is Allstate?

100

DAILY DOUBLE Some of our favorite collective nouns for animals include a congregation of alligators, a business of ferrets, an ostentation of peacocks and a gaggle of this other fowl.

What are Geese?

100

DAILY DOUBLE   This civilization built the pyramids.

Who are the Egyptians?

100

After the events of April 14, 1865, the owner of this venue was jailed for a month, but cleared of any wrongdoing.

What is the owner of Ford's Theater?

200

DAILY DOUBLE. This is the largest mammal in the world.

Who is a blue whale?

200

This timeloop movie is also an annual celebration held on February 27.

What is Groundhog Day?

200

Originally, Amazon only sold this kind of product.

What are books?

200

This is the last name of the business tycoon behind the "No. 5" perfume.

What is Chanel?

200

DAILY DOUBLE. This historic event happened on July 20th, 1969.


What is the moon landing?

200

DAILY DOUBLE. After devoting his life to aiding victims of leprosy, this 19th Century Belgian Priest was made a saint.

Who was Father Damien?

300

This is the largest ocean on earth.

What is the Pacific Ocean?


300

DAILY DOUBLE. Marilyn Monroe sang Diamonds Are A Girls' Best Friend in this movie.

What is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?

300

DAILY DOUBLE She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.  (HINT:  M _______.  C _________)

Who is Marie Curie (1903)

300

This is where the "Mona Lisa" painting is on display.

What is the Louvre Museum?

300

DAILY DOUBLE.  This is the year that Word War Two ended.

What is 1945?

300

Created by a Hungarian design teacher, it was inducted into the national toy hall of fame in 2014. (HINT:  It is a 3D combination puzzle invented in 1974.)

What is the Rubik's Cube?

400

G is the symbol for acceleration caused by this.

What is Gravity?

400

DAILY DOUBLE.  The band ABBA is from this country.

What is Sweden?

400

She was the first woman pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic.

Who is Amelia Earhart?

400

This was the name of the coffee shop in the hit TV show Friends

What is Central Perk?

400

He was the President during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Who was John F. Kennedy?

400

Honorees in the Jewish-American Hall of Fame include Barbra Streisand and this subject of the movie "Maestro".

Who is Leonard Bernstein?

500

This is the fruit that is associated with Isaac Newton and gravity.

What is an apple?

500

He wrote the song I'm A Believer for the Monkees.

(HINT:  N _ _ _   D _ _ _ _ _ _  )

Who is Neil Diamond?

500

DAILY DOUBLE   "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll," were the first words spoken on this cable channel that launched at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981.

What is MTV?

500

This is the day known as Star Wars Day.

What is May 4th?  (May the 4th be with you)

500

He was the only President to resign from office.

Who was Richard Nixon?

500

DAILY DOUBLE   This art form is desribed as decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering.

What is Calligraphy?