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100

This city is the capital of Australia, not Sydney, as many people mistakenly believe

Canberra

100

This 1994 film, directed by Quentin Tarantino, intertwines multiple stories of crime in Los Angeles        

Pulp Fiction

100

This country/pop singer had three songs that appeared on Billboard’s Top 20 songs of 2015; one such title was her top hit, “Bad Blood”.          

Taylor Swift

100

Also the name of part of an atom, this central part of a comet is its only permanent feature.        

Nucleus

100

This holiday, celebrated on February 14th, is associated with love and the exchange of cards and gifts

Valentines Day

200

This city is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world

Tokyo

200

Actor James Cromwell earned Oscar nominations by playing a role in this 1995 movie about a piglet                

Babe

200

This England-born Albanian woman discovered she was “levitating” to climb the music charts in 2021

Dua Lipa

200

This planet, known as the “Red Planet,” is the fourth from the Sun in our solar system    

Mars

200

This song is a traditional tune sung in the movie “Mean Girls” during the holiday talent show.      

Jingle Bell Rock

300

This European capital city is known for its canals and is often referred to as the “Venice of the North.”  

Amsterdam

300

His first featured role was playing the scarecrow in the 1985 film “The Wiz”.

Michael Jackson

300

With fans commonly known as the “Bey Hive”, this artist released her live album “Homecoming” in 2019.        

Beyonce

300

Hell, Billy and Julius Caesar are all a group of moon features given this name

Craters

300

The term “guising” refers to this common Halloween tradition

Dressing up

400

This African capital city is the political and administrative center of Egypt

Cairo

400

This film from the early 2000s was about a New York girl from Staten Island trying to make her mark in the big city  

Working Girl         

400

Ufologists’ knowledge was used for this Nicki Minaj song mentioning how these celestial objects were “meant to fly”.            

‘starships”

400

A Russian probe located on this planet captured the first close-up images sent back to Earth in 1975

Venus

400

Famous for turkey raising, this state sells the most Thanksgiving turkeys across America

Minnesota

500

This South American capital city is the highest in the world, sitting at an altitude of 11,152 feet  

La Paz

500

This 1989 movie starring Kevin Costner was based on a novel called “Shoeless Joe”        

Field of Dreams

500

this British band, formed in 1968, is known for iconic hits like “Stairway to Heaven.          

Led Zeplin

500

Scientists discovered that the 1998 asteroid QE2 had this following it when it went cruising by Earth in 2013  

Moon

500

This former United States president made Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day federal holidays during his presidency in 1870

Ulysses S. Grant