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This is the name of an Amtrak train. 

What is Acela, Adirondack, Amtrak Cascades, Auto Train, Berkshire Flyer, Blue Water, Borealis, California Zephyr, Capitol Corridor, Capitol Limited, Cardinal, Carolinian, City of New Orleans, Coast Starlight, Crescent, Downeaster, Empire Builder, Empire Service, Floridian, Heartland Flyer, Hiawatha, Illini/Saluki, Lake Shore Limited, Maple Leaf, Missouri River Runner, Northeast Regional, Pacific Surfliner, Palmetto, Pennsylvanian, Pere Marquette, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Southwest Chief?

400

This is the length of the Artemis II mission. 

What is 10 days?

400

BAUEK

What is Latin?

400

The Blood Falls are in this continent are only accessible by helicopter. No, they aren't actual blood.


What is Antarctica?

400

...merican Airlines was one of the targeted airlines of this terrorist event. 

What is 9/11?

800

The Northeast Corridor, through which Amtrak runs multiple trains, is partially made up of these two cities. 

What are Boston, Providence, New Haven, Stamford, New York City, Newark, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore?

800

The Artemis II mission broke this space mission's record for the furthest distance travelled by humans in space. 

What is Apollo 13?

800

רחע₪פּ

What is Hebrew?

800

These, found in deserts from California to Africa, China to Qatar, produce different musical notes, often sounding like a deep hum of bees. 

What are sand dunes?

800

"...y, two pints o' Sam Adams but I'm workin' on three!" was sang by this character in Hamilton.

What is John Laurens?

1200

Amtrak was founded with the signing of the Rail Passenger Service Act, by this scandalous president. 

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Who is Richard Nixon?

1200

The crew onboard the Artemis II spaceship all reached new milestones by taking the flight. This is one of them. 

What are the first person of color, the first woman, the first non-U.S. citizen, the oldest person to travel beyond low Earth orbit (into Space). 

1200

ΑΓΖΘΞ

What is Greek?

1200

Some may drink cake at this pink lake in New Zealand, but you must tell the organisms responsible for it! 


What are algae?

1200

...nthropology is the study of this. I'm watching you...

What is the study of humans?

1600

Amtrak operates in 46 U.S. states. Alaska and Hawaii are two in which they don't operate. These are the other two. 

What are Wyoming and South Dakota?

1600

The astronauts aboard the Artemis II spacecraft are seeing the dark side of the moon for the first time with human eyes. This is because of this, the process that explains why we always see the same side of the moon from Earth. 

What is synchronous rotation?

1600

ВЗЛФУ

What is Cyrillic?

1600

The crooked forest in this country has baffled scientists for years - why does it happen? 


What is Poland?

1600

...glet is the name of this. It may hurt if you accidentally step on it. 

What is the metal tube at the end of a shoelace?

2000

This 62 mile line runs between New Haven and Springfield. 

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What is the New Haven-Springfield Line?

2000

These are the names of the four astronauts onboard the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission. 

Who are Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen?

2000

खजआणत

What is Devanagari?

2000

Stones of up to 300kg have been known to travel up to 250m across this national park in California.


What is Death Valley National Park?

2000

...BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ are the letters of the English alphabet. This one is the 7th most used. 

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What is S?