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This lovable yellow dog became an internet sensation in 2013.

What is Doge

100

This questionably mythical Anatolian/Greek city was said to have been tricked into defeat by a giant wooden horse.

What is Troy

100

This is the nearest star to earth.

What is the Sun

100

The largest country in Africa.

What is Algeria

100

Three movies are tied for the most Academy Awards ever. Name one.

What are: Ben-Hur (1959) Titanic (1997) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

200

This godly gorilla was shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016.

Who is Harambe

200

Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated <here>, marking the end of his second unsuccessful and costly military endeavour proceeding the violent French Revolution.

What is the Battle of Waterloo

200

This planet is 95% the size of earth, and it's days are longer than it's years.

What is Venus

200

Located in the southwestern hemisphere, this mountain range houses the tallest volcano in the world.

What are the Andes Mountians

200

This academy award winning film composer is best known for his work on Star Wars, Jurassic World, and Harry Potter.

Who is John Williams

300

Not quite Kermit...but the same species...and on a unicycle! 

Who is DAT BOI

300

Rhyming with the word "region" this roman battle unit consisted of 9-10 cohorts (groups of ~480 solders), and marched under the control of a Legatus.

What is a Roman Legion

300

A stellar explosion caused when a star begins fusing Iron at it's core.

What is a supernova

300

This body of water in central Asia is the largest lake in the world, however is very misleadingly entitled "sea".

What is the Caspian Sea

300

Which Home Alone movie does Donald Trump appear in?

What is Home Alone II, Lost in New York

400

This old school picture of a teenage boy was a popular meme between 2012 and 2015 and is widely regarded as one of the first truly ironic memes.

Who is Bad Luck Brian

400

Located in the Bosporus Straits and known by a different name today, this ancient city was attacked by fellow Christians during the 4th Crusade.

What is Constantinople/Byzantium

400

This star is the closest to our Sun, orbits Alpha Centauri A and B in a triple star system, who's name literally means "nearest".

What is proxima centauri

400

This region in the Himalayan mountains of central Asia remains contested between India, China, and Pakistan.

What is Kashmir

400

Ben Stiller's character in the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty goes on a quest to find what?

What is "To find photographer Sean O'Connell"

 

500

Your neighborhood sidewalk is the setting of this still popular 2017-18 meme.

What is "You know I had to do it to em"

500

This Gallic general lead an uprising against the roman occupation in Gaul (modern France), eventually being defeated by Julius Caesar in the battle of Alesia in 52 BC.

Who is Vercingetorix

500

The supercluster in which our galaxy resides, meaning "immense heaven" when translated.

What is the Laniakea Supercluster

500

Formerly known as Burma.

What is Myanmar 


500

This film (adjusted for inflation) is the highest grossing of all time.

What is Gone With the Wind