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100

The closest star to Earth

The Sun

100

This spider was smarter than the average pig

Charlotte

100

This war ended the rule of Great Britain in Colonial America

Revolutionary War

100

If it weren't for this pigment, plants wouldn't be green

Chlorophyll

100

Raritan Township is what this city used to be called in the 17th century.

Edison

200

What a meteoroid becomes when it enters Earth's atmosphere

meteor, or shooting star

200

Middle Earth is the setting for this series

The Fellowship of the Ring

200

The most famous queen of Ancient Egypt

Cleopatra (acceptable: Nefertiti)

200

The most abundant element in Earth's crust

Oxygen

200

Thomas Edison had his main laboratory in this area of Edison

Menlo Park

300

What a group of billions of stars is called

Galaxy

300

The Dursley's are this characters very unpleasant family

Harry Potter

300

The year the first humans landed on the moon

1969

300

The most expensive chemical element is named after this U.S. State

California

300

This Edison street was the first in the world to have electric lights

Christie Street

400

What a group of many galaxies is called

Galaxy cluster

400

This character spent many days floating down the Mississippi River

Tom Sawyer (acceptable: Huckleberry Finn)

400

In 1991, this communist country's government  collapsed, becoming the Russian Federation.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Union

400

This egg-laying mammal has a venomous spur in it's hind leg

Duck-billed Platypus

400

Edison has "sister cities" in these two countries

China and India

500

If you enter an event horizon, you're about to go into what?

Black Hole

500

The Oompa Loompas are the workers in this Roald Dahl book

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

500

This explorer is credited with having circumnavigated the globe, but was killed before it was completed

Magellan

500

This species of bird became extinct in 1914 when the last one died in a zoo.

Passenger Pigeon

500

This Edison park was the site of a Revolutionary War battle

Oak Tree Pond Park