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100

Writer of the hit book series "Hunger Games"

Suzanna Collins


100

This ship carried the Pilgrims to what became Plymouth in 1620.

Mayflower

100

This type of market structure exists when there's only one seller dominating an industry.

What is a monopoly?

100

This streaming series features a group of kids in the 1980s fighting supernatural forces in Hawkins, Indiana

What is Stranger Things?

100

Shot through the heart, and you're to blame

Darlin', you give love bad name 

200

Singer-songwriter with the nickname "cougar"

John Mellencamp

200

This Native American from the Patuxet tribe helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching them to farm and fish.

Who is Squanto?

200

This classic novel begins with the line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

What is A Tale of Two Cities?

200

This HBO fantasy series is set in the continents of Westeros and Essos.

What is Game of Thrones?

200

Lately, I been, I been losin' sleep

Dreamin' about the things that we could be

300

Oldest bar in town

Nick's Bar and Grill


300

The very first Thanksgiving took place in this year.

What is 1621?

300

This rule states that the entropy of a perfect crystal at absolute zero is exactly zero.

What is the Third Law of Thermodynamics?

300

This artist broke the record for most Grammy wins in a single night in 2023.

Who is Beyoncé?


300

'Cause I've got friends in low places, where the whiskey drowns ... 

And the beer chases my blues away

400

Who is IU's first president?

Andrew Wylie

400

This tribe shared the first Thanksgiving feast with the Pilgrims.

Who are the Wampanoag?

400

This organelle is the site of ATP production through oxidative phosphorylation.

What is the mitochondrion?

400

This Netflix series follows the political drama of the Underwood couple in Washington, D.C.

What is House of Cards?

400

I'm cauterizing the veins you lacerate

In the end, you took it all away from me

500

IU's first female graduate

Sarah Parke Morrison

500

This U.S. president officially made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

500

This part of the brain is responsible for forming new long-term memories.

What is the hippocampus?

500

This director, known for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, also directed the 2023 film Asteroid City.

Who is Wes Anderson?

500

When I'm dead and gone, bury me in stardust

King of the River City, look at what it gave us