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400

This band wrote songs such as Say it Ain't So, Africa, and Beverly Hills.

What is Weezer?

400

In The Lord of the Rings movie series, Sean Astin plays this faithful companion to Frodo Baggins, who carries him atop his shoulders to Mount Doom.

Who is Sam(wise) Gamgee?

400

Ernő Rubik created this colorful toy, which is now being solved in competitions all over the world.

What is a Rubik's cube?

400
This man led the Confederate Army in the Civil War.

Who was Robert E. Lee?

400

This is the color of the pill that is taken to get out of the Matrix.

What is red?

800

This Bon Jovi song from the 1986 album Slippery When Wet has sold over 800,000 individual copies, and is considered the band's signature song.

What is Living on a Prayer?

800

This 2008 trilogy The Hunger Games sees tributes Katniss and Peeta being mentored by this man, who has a weakness for alcohol.

Who is Haymitch Abernathy?

800

Frank Epperson invented this dessert treat when he left out soda mix in a bucket on a freezing night.

What is a Popsicle?

800

This King was the king of England during both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812

Who was King George III?

800

James Bond, who has been played by Pierce Brosnan and Sean Connery among many others, was conceived of in the book series of the same name by this author.

Who was Ian Flemming?

1200

The Nirvana songs 'Smell Like Teen Spirit', and 'Come as you Are' both come from this 1991 album, which spent 253 weeks on the Billboard 200.

What is Nevermind?

1200

Charles Baker Harris and Jean Louise Finch are the real names of two characters from this 1960's work of classic literature.

What is To Kill A Mockingbird?

1200

A car company is named after this inventor, who invented the radio.

Who was Nikola Tesla?

1200

The assassinaton of this man in 1914 led to World War I.

Who was (Archduke) Franz Ferdinand?

1200

The person with the most Oscar nominations of all time.

Who is Meryl Streep?

1600

The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame is located in this city.

What is Cleveland?

1600

In Enders Game by Orson Scott Card, Peter and Valentine take the pen names of Demosthenes and this famous philosopher, best known for his tabula rasa theory.

Who was (John) Locke?

1600

Engineer Richard T. James was inspired to create this toy after he saw a spring fall from a high shelf.

What is a slinky?

1600

Five days after the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was shot by this man.

Who was John Wilkes Booth?

1600

This Harry Potter movie made the most money out of the film series.

What is The Deathly Hallows Pt. 2?

2000

This band, originally called 'New Yardbirds' has acheived success with albums such as Physical Graffiti and Mothership

What is Led Zepplin?

2000

In the political satire Animal Farm, the pig Snowball represents this communist leader of Russia.

Who was Leon Trotsky?

2000

Alexander Fleming changed the world when he discovered the pneumonia could be treated with this, which is the #1 antibiotic nowadays.

What is penicillin?

2000

After the French and Indian War, this Native American chief rebelled against the British to ensure that the Europeans couldn't go past the Appalatian Mountains to settle.

Who was Chief Pontiac?

2000

The skyscraper in Die Hard that John McLane has to save from terroists.

What is Nakatomi Plaza?