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100

“What a Wonderful World” is a forever memorable tune by this artist, whose nickname is Satchmo.

Who is Louis Armstrong?

100

This beloved side to sandwiches was created because of a customer’s complaint that the potatoes were too thick.

What are potato chips?

100

This shoe-free dance is usually held in a school gym.

What is a sock hop?

100

 It is the most abundant element in the human body.

What is oxygen?

100

This Austrian composer was a child prodigy who composed works like The Magic Flute and a famous Requiem before his early death.

Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

200

This variety TV host’s signature tune is “Everybody Loves Somebody.”

Who is Dean Martin?

200

This continent’s countries occupy the top four positions in chocolate product exports.

What is Europe?

200

This five-letter word that starts with T is one of the five senses, and it’s not taste.

What is touch?

200

This is the process by which green plants use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

What is photosynthesis?

200

In 2026, this legendary band embarked on an immersive residency at the new Sphere in Las Vegas.

Who is The Eagles?

300

No one sings “Folsom Prison Blues” like this Tennessee performer who wrote it.

Who is Johnny Cash?

300

This is the most widely eaten meat in the world.

What is pork?

300

Ray Walston costars as the otherworldly character Uncle Martin in this 1960s sitcom.

What is My Favorite Martian?

300

This is the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.

What is friction?

300

The iconic lead singer of Queen, he was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar and wowed crowds with his four-octave vocal range.

Who is Freddie Mercury?

400

A hit from 1962 is “I Left My Heart in” this city.

What is San Francisco?

400

Chicken cordon bleu includes this generic kind of cheese.

What is Swiss?

400

On the large beads of the Catholic rosary, you say this prayer.

What is the Lord’s Prayer?

400

This scientific study is dedicated to the weather and the atmosphere.

What is meteorology?

400

Originally starting his music career as a DJ for D.J. Jazzy Jeff, this rapper later starred in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Who is Will Smith?

500

“Mr. Tambourine Man” is performed by this artist with a distinctive, gravelly voice.

Who is Bob Dylan?

500

This French blend consists of fennel, marjoram, parsley, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, and lavender.

What is herbes de Provence?

500

This planet in our solar system has the most moons.

What is Saturn? It has 274 moons!

500

It is the hottest planet in our solar system, despite not being the closest to the Sun.

What is Venus?

500

This "Material Girl" dominated the 1980s with chart-toppers like "Like a Virgin" and "Material Girl."

Who is Madonna?