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100

In middle school years, Bella Mendieta consumed this precious treat that belonged to Evil Principal Southerland.

What is bundt cake?

100

This actor’s 2022 courtroom battle with ex-wife Amber Heard was livestreamed and dominated social media.

Who is Johnny Depp?

100

This Lin-Manuel Miranda musical uses hip-hop and R&B to tell the story of an American founding father.

What is Hamilton?

100

The English word "tsunami" was borrowed from this language.

What is Japanese?

100

In this controversial 1971 study, college students were assigned roles of guards and prisoners, leading to alarming behavior shifts.

What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?

200

In high school, this student prompted a concerned email from Mrs. Santos to his parents after he threw his phone at her.

Who is Max Rice?

200

In 2022, this long-running daytime host ended her show amid allegations of a toxic work environment behind the scenes.

Who is Ellen DeGeneres?

200

This Pulitzer-winning musical by Jonathan Larson tells the story of struggling artists in New York and includes the song “Seasons of Love.”

What is Rent?

200

French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian all come from this ancient language family.

What is Latin?

200

He is considered the father of psychoanalysis and introduced concepts like the id, ego, and superego.

Who is Sigmund Freud?
300

In Mrs. Hess' room, Jeremy Gregory broke this piece of furniture when his heavy body came in contact with it.

What is a table?

300

This internet personality named her first daughter Malibu Barbie.

Who is Trisha Paytas?

300

This Tony-winning powerhouse originated the role of Elphaba in Wicked and later starred in If/Then.

Who is Indina Menzel?

300

This country has 11 official languages, including Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, and English.

What is South Africa?

300

According to Freud, this is the third stage of psychosexual development, where the Oedipus complex emerges.

What is the phallic stage?

400

Charles Childers once lip synced to a song by this artist on Musical.ly, which later led to a temporary cancellation scandal.  

Who is Da Baby?

400

In 2023, this YouTuber known for her Miranda Sings character posted a non-apology video singing with a ukulele, which only worsened her “toxic gossip train” scandal.

Who is Colleen Ballinger?

400

This opening number begins with “Dear Evan Hansen, today is going to be a good day,” and it never is.

What is ‘Waving Through a Window’?

400

This language has no word for “please” and uses tone to change word meaning — just slightly wrong pronunciation can be insulting.

What is Mandarin Chinese?

400

This neurotransmitter is associated with movement and reward, and imbalances are linked to both Parkinson’s and schizophrenia.

What is dopamine?

500

This student returned to school with Chick-fil-A just hours after leaving early by claiming she had a chemotherapy appointment.

Who is Bella Rodriguez?

500

This makeup mogul was part of “Dramageddon,” feuding with James Charles and later disappearing from YouTube after a string of scandals.

Who is Jeffree Star?

500

This 1985 epic based on a Victor Hugo novel gave us “On My Own” and “Do You Hear the People Sing?"

"What is Les Misérables?"

500

Despite having fewer than 9 million residents, this European country recognizes four official national languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh.

What is Switzerland?

500

This problem-solving obstacle occurs when you can only think of using objects in their traditional way, such as only using a paperclip to hold papers.

What is functional fixedness?

600

Final Jeopardy: This mammal is the only known non-human animal to have a specific name-like vocalization used by others in its group to refer to it — essentially, a “name.” 

What is a dolphin?