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100

What was the name of the first manned mission to land on the moon?

Apollo 11

100

The process of making cow's milk safe for human consumption is called what?

Pasteurization

100

Basketball great Kobe Bryant played his entire 20-year career with which team?

Los Angeles Lakers

100

Who are the four members of the Beatles?

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

100

This beer drinking festival, the largest in the world, is hosted in Germany

Oktoberfest

200

Which gland in the human body regulates metabolism?

Thyroid

200

Believed to grow as large as 60 feet (18 meters), what is the largest species of shark currently living in the ocean?

Whale Shark

200

Which NFL Quarterback has been to the most Super Bowls?

Tom Brady

200

In 1962, this person became the new host of The Tonight Show

Johnny Carson

200

Who was the German composer that went deaf but still composed music by placing his ear on his piano?

Ludwig van Beethoven

300

How many electrons does a hydrogen atom have?

One

300

The aardvark is native to which continent?

Africa

300

Every Major League Baseball team retired uniform number 42 to honor what barrier-breaking player?

Jackie Robinson

300

In 1960, four black college students sat in protest at the lunch counter in this store in Greensboro North Carolina

Woolworth's

300

This German dance is known as the "Dance of Ribbons"

Maypole Dance

400

Introduced by Edward Jenner in 1796, what was the first successful vaccine to be developed?

Smallpox Vaccine

400

"Dazzle" is a term used for a group of which animal?

Zebra

400

In baseball and softball what do the initials RBI stand for?

Runs batted in

400

The show "Sesame Street" first aired on television in this year

1969

400

What pickled vegetable is the main ingredient of sauerkraut?

Cabbage

500

Which scientist is considered the father of modern genetics?

Gregor Mendel

500

What is the only mammal born with horns?

Giraffe

500

Which team won the National Football League's first Super Bowl?

Green Bay Packers

500

In 1967, Dr. Christian Barnard performed the first transplant of this in South Africa

Heart transplant

500

At Christmas, this German fruit bread is eaten

Stollen