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100

The ring of asteroids orbiting the sun.

What is the asteroid belt?

100

In this Sci-Fi movie, Marty McFly and a disgraced nuclear scientist go on an adventure in a DeLorean with some extra parts. 

What is Back to the Future?

100

The titular "star-crossed lovers" of this famous Shakespeare play.

Who are Romeo and Juliet?

100

This abandoned building shares a name with the Houston baseball team.

What is the Astrodome?

100

The Kingdom that Anna and Elsa rule over in Frozen.

What is Arendelle?

200

This part of the cell contains the basic genetic material for life (DNA).

What is the nucleus?

200

Running for nine seasons, this popular American TV show features misadventures at work.

What is The Office?

200

Her most famous work features a mad scientist and his reanimated science experiment.

Who is Mary Shelly?

200

Founded in 1932 under the name, "Houston Fat Stock Show," this event has expanded to include everything from concerts to art contests.

What is the Houston Rodeo and Livestock Show?

200

Yummy sour candies; don't bite their heads off!

What are Sour Patch Kids?

300

These jungle-dwelling mammals groom each other.

What are monkeys?

300

Born as Sméagol, he ends up falling in a volcano.

Who is Gollum?

300

Double Points:

The author of works such as "The Picture of Dorian Grey" and "The Happy Prince".

Who is Oscar Wilde?

300

Houston was founded in 1836 by these brothers.

Who are the Allen brothers?

300

The main character (Tom)'s older brother in My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish. 

Who is Mark?

400

Double Points:

These are the prevailing winds that the Europeans used to trade with the Americas.

What are the trade winds?

400

Forget Hamilton, this play adaptation is Lin Manuel Miranda's real masterpiece. 

What is In the Heights?

400

Jane Austen's final work, it features a romance between the humble Anne Elliot and Capitan Wentworth.

What is 'Persuasion?'

400

Located in the heart of Houston's museum district, this place contains exhibitions such as "Perpetual Bloom," and "Connecting Currents."

What is the Museum of Fine Arts Houston?

400

The Hogwarts Champion for Hufflepuff in the Triwizard Championship.

Who is Cedric Diggory?

500

Don't mistake this subatomic particle for a Ferengi. 

What is a quark?

500

This extremely popular Sci-Fi movie franchise shares a name with a rarely engaged in type of Mayan war. 

What is Star Wars?

500

In this 100-chapter Chinese novel, the monk Tang Sanzang is accompanied by the monkey king Sun Wukong on his travels to India.

What is 'Journey to the West?'

500

This is the tallest building in Houston

What is the JP Morgan Chase Tower?

500

This Disney character eats five dozen eggs every morning.

Who is Gaston?