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What is the area of a pyramid?

100

What battle was "The Shot Heard Round the World" shot in? 

What is The Battle of Lexington and Concord?

100

An infamous emperor of Rome whose name means "Little Boots".

Who is Caligula?

100

Biology is the study of what?

What is life?

100

Who said "Cogito, ergo sum?"

Who is Rene Descartes?

200

There are 6 cats. Each cat is eating six mice. These six mice have eaten six kernels of corn each. How many objects are mentioned?

What is 258?

200

The writer of "The Star Spangled Banner".

Who is Francis Scott Key?

200

The Battle of Kadesh was a very famous battle. Very famous, as it established a step towards modern warfare. Who were the people fighting against each other? 

Who are The Hittites and The Egyptians?

200

What is the Periodic Table symbol for silver?

What is Ag?

200

Who wrote "Letters From a Stoic"?

Who is Seneca?

300

Calculate the area of a trapezoid. B1 = 3 inches, B2 = 4 inches, height = 16 inches. NO CALCULATOR!!!

What is 11.5 inches?

300

Who was the oldest person to sign the Declaration of Independence? (Age: 70)

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

300

Which famous Greek Athenian leader had such a high forehead that sculptors sculpted his bust with a helmet on?

Who is Pericles?

300

The first person to propose that the sun was in the middle of the universe.

Who is Nicholas Copernicus?

300

Which Ancient Greek Philosopher forbade his followers from eating beans?

Who is Pythagoras?

400

Euclid was "the father" of what?

What is geometry?

400

The only state which has a Spanish motto.

What is Montana? (Oro y Plata).

400

What was the revolt that threw the Yuan, the Mongol Dynasty from power in China?

What is the Red Turban Revolt?
400

The country with the most active volcanoes in the world.

What is Indonesia?

400

Who was the Ancient Greek Cynic that lived in a ceramic tub naked and walked around Athens like that?  

Who is Diogenes?

500

The first man to calculate the area of a circle.

What is Archimedes?

500

The Anasazi people, which lived in the American Southwest are known by another name, a more common name. 

What is the Pueblo people?

500

The famous samurai Minamoto no Yorishama compared himself to something at the Battle of Uji, which he lost, in his death poem. Hint: Something to do with dinosaurs and plants.

What is a fossil tree?

500

What is the largest dinosaur ever discovered?

What is the Argentinosaurus?

500

A short paradoxical story used by Buddhist monks to break rational intellect to open the door to enlightenment.

What is a Zen Koan?