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100

A child prodigy, he wrote his first symphony when he was eight years old and his first opera at 12. He went on to write some of the most important masterpieces of the Classical era.

Mozart

100

DNA is shaped into this kind of structure

Double Helix

100

A 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles. Pioneered by Claude Monet.

Impressionism

100

A board game currently published by Hasbro. In the game, players roll two six-sided dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties, and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents, with the goal being to drive them into bankruptcy.

Monopoly

100

The founder of Mormonism

Joseph Smith

200

A German pianist and composer widely considered to be one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time. His personal life was marked by a struggle against deafness.

Beethoven

200

In this technique, one assumes that some statement is true for some input n, and shows that it is also true for n + 1 after having proved a base case. Name this proof technique which shares its name with a type of logic that goes from the specific to the general.

Proof by induction

200

Began as a commercial artist - he brought the ethos of promotion into fine art, even going so far as to say, “Making money is art.” He’s recognized for captions such as Campbell’s Soup, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley.

Andy Warhol

200

A strategy board game of diplomacy, conflict and conquest for two to six players. The standard version is played on a board depicting a political map of Earth, divided into forty-two territories, which are grouped into six continents. Turn rotates among players who control armies of playing pieces with which they attempt to capture territories from other players, with results determined by dice rolls.

Risk

200

The number of times Muslims are expected to pray

5

300

 A 20th-century French composer and one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music. Known for "Claire de Lune"

Debussy

300

When tumors that primarily overproduce this molecule metastasize to the liver, carcinoid syndrome can develop. TPH catalyzes this neurotransmitter's synthesis from tryptophan. Its reuptake from the synaptic cleft is inhibited by sertraline and duloxetine. SSRIs work as antidepressants by blocking reabsorption of, for 300 points, what neurotransmitter which regulates appetite and mood?

Serotonin

300

The ear that Van Gogh cut off

Left

300

A fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG). It departs from traditional wargaming by allowing each player to create their own character to play instead of a military formation. These characters embark upon imaginary adventures within a fantasy setting. There is a game's referee and storyteller, while maintaining the setting in which the adventures occur, and playing the role of the inhabitants of the game world.

Dungeons and Dragons

300

This deliverer of the Flower Sermon gave his first sermon at the Deer Park in Sarnath, where he stated that eliminating craving, desire, and attachment would lead to moksha and the end of suffering. Name this man who preached the Four Noble Truths of his namesake religion.

Siddhartha Gautama, or Buhhda

400

The most popular Russian composer of all time, best known for his ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker.

Peter Tchaikovsky

400

Antenna complexes at the center of photosystems I and II are abundant in this green pigment, which absorbs light energy for the oxidation of water.

Chlorophyll

400

Her most famous works are the many surrealistic self-portraits in which she maintains a regal bearing even as she casts herself as a martyr to personal and physical suffering—anguishes rooted in a life of misfortunes that included contracting polio as a child and suffering a catastrophic injury as a teenager.

Frida Khalo 

400

The objective of the game is for a player to have their partners guess the word on the player's card without using the word itself or five additional words listed on the card.

Taboo

400

Has doctrines of samsara (the continuous cycle of life, death, and reincarnation) and karma (the universal law of cause and effect). One of the key thoughts of is “atman,” or the belief in soul.

Hinduism.

500

Widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history in a career spanning over six decades. His credits include Star Wars, Indiana Jones, ET, and Harry Potter

John Williams

500
The Element with the Atomic Number 9. 

Fluorine. 

500

A Spanish Surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Best known for "The Persistence of Memory" 

Salvador Dali

500

Players take on the roles of settlers, each attempting to build and develop holdings while trading and acquiring resources. Players gain points as their settlements grow; the first to reach a set number of points, typically 10, wins.

Catan

500

This religion states that God became human in order to save His people from sin. Other beliefs include transubstantiation, the changing of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ. It is larger than any other single religious institution in the United States

Catholicism.