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Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?
100

The Milwaukee Bucks play in this sports league. 

What is the NBA / basketball? 

100

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this speech during the March on Washington.  

What is "I Have a Dream"?

100

This South American landmark is know as "The Lost City of the Incas."

What is Machu Picchu? 

100

This "Harry Potter" series was written by this author.  

Who is J.K. Rowling?

100

This is the chemical symbol for water.  

What is H20?

200

Hank Aaron wore this jersey when he hit his 715th home run on April 8, 1974.

What is the Atlanta Braves?

200
He was the president of the United States during the Civil War.  

Who is Abraham Lincoln

200

Butter chicken is a popular spiced, creamy tomato sauce dish from this country.  

What is India?

200

"To be or not to be" is a famous line from this Shakespeare play.  

What is Hamlet?
200

Known as the "Eternal City", it is the capital of Italy. 

What is Rome?

300

Given out since 1957, this award honors the best defenders at each position in each league in Major League Baseball.     

What is the Gold Glove?

300

This is the number of colonies that wanted independence from England.  

What is thirteen?

300

This Dutch artist is famous for his works "The Starry Night" and "Sunflowers."

Who is Vincent Van Gogh?

300

This French novelist is famous for "Les Miserables."

Who is Victor Hugo?

300

This doubled the size of the United States in 1803.  

What is the "Louisiana Purchase"?

400

This person was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in women's singles, a ten-time World champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European champion (1931–1936).  

Who is Sonja Henie? 

400

This Queen rules over the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901, the longest reign of any British monarch at the time.  

Who is Queen Victoria? 


Queen Elizabeth II's reign exceeded Queen Victoria'ds 64 years at 70 years and 214 days.  

400

These two countries are located in the Iberian Peninsula.  

What are Spain and  Portugal? 

400

A central figure in Mark Twain's masterpiece, this character's journey with Huck Finn explores themes of freedom and friendship. 

Who is Jim?

400

The Iberian Peninsula contains these two countries.  

What are Spain and Portugal?

500

The Olympic Charter, Rule 8 defines the Olympic symbol as representing this.   

What is the five continents that participated in the 1912 Olympic Games? 

EXTRA:  (Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania)  

500

Out of the many wars the United States participated in, these two lasted the longest.  

What are the Vietnam War and the War in Afghanistan?  

Vietnam War was 1955 to 1975.

Afghanistan was October 7, 2001 to September 11, 2021.  

500

The northern city of Chiang Mai is in this country and is home to many elephant sanctuaries.  

What is Thailand?

500

Bob Dylan won which award in 2016?

What is the Nobel Prize in Literature?  (Making him one of only 2 songwriters to win this honor).  

500

Leading the first successful expedition to the South Pole in 1911, this Norwegian explorer became a polar hero.  

Who is Roald Amundsen?