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100

Founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström, from Sweden, and Janus Friis, from Denmark. This app was all the rage for video conferencing before Zoom.

Skype

100

To make an action or process easier.

Facilitate

100

The coldest, windiest and most remote continent on Earth.

Antarctica

100

Fragment or complete thought? 

Even though I love the winter.

Fragment

100

What did Eckels have to retrieve from the Tyrannosaurus?

Bullets

200

Fly into this popular haircut salon based out of Austin, TX.

Birds

200

of little significance when compared to an overall purpose

Expendable

200

What is the highest-grossing film of all time?

Avengers: End Game
200

Fragment or complete thought? 

Even though I love the winter, I typically prefer the summer.

Complete thought

200

What's the name of the chain reaction that occurs when you alter the events of time?

The Butterfly Effect

300

The siren calls. The caffeine awaits.

Starbucks

300

To lessen or make less severe

Mitigate

300

The president of the United States of America from 2001-2009.

George Bush Jr.

300

Correct or Incorrect?

Haymitch Abernathy found a great costume for the City of New York's Autumn Harvest Festival.

Correct (capitalize a season if it is apart of a proper noun)

300

Diminishing ____ is a superior strategies for viruses to survive.

Virulence

400

What year was the first iPhone released?

2007

400

Deserving Blame

Culpable

400

What chemical substance is the opposite of a base?

Acid

400

Fix the following grammar mistake: 

He said "i"m going to write a great essay".

He said, "I'm going to write a great essay."

400

What was the nickname for the community in Tulsa that was attacked by a white mob?

"Black Wallstreet"
500

This restaurant's logo keeps it spicy.

Chili's

500

a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.

Vestige

500

This is the power plant of the cell.

Mitochrondria

500

Fix the following sentence: Johnny loves cookies however his friend does not like cookies.

Johnny loves cookies; however, his friend does not like cookies.

500

Identify the figurative language: "And Daphne, becoming a laurel, dares you to become the wind." 

Allusion