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100

This civil rights activist was part of the Civil Rights Movements of the 1950s and the 1960s and is most known for the speech titled "I have a Dream."

Who is Martin Luther King Jr?

100

This landmark was gifted from France back in 1886 and serves as a symbol of freedom - standing at 305 feet tall and modeled after the Roman goddess of Liberty, Libertas.

What is the Statue of Liberty?

100

This is known as the largest reef system on Earth that can even be seen from space.

What is the Great Barrier Reef?

100

This cartoon, that has had a number of variations over time from Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros, follows the mystery adventures of four teenagers and their Great Dane of the same name.

What is Scooby-Doo?

100

This country, whose emperors once considered themselves to be descendants of dragons, represents the year by one of twelve animals.

What is China?

200

This civil rights activist was born in Tuskegee, Alabama and is most known for their actions during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Who is Rosa Parks?

200

This landmark, which shares part of its name with the country it resides in, is held together by mortar made from sticky rice and is the world's largest military structure measuring at over 12,400-miles.

What is the Great Wall of China?

200

These natural occurrences get their name from the Roman god of fire, Vulcan, and can be classified as either active, dormant, or extinct.

What are volcanos?

200

This film franchise by George Lucas follows the saga from a galaxy far far away.

What is Star Wars?

200

This country is most well known for it's brave hearts, kilts, haggis, and for the creature, Nessie, that resides in one of its many lochs.

What is Scotland?

300

World War II started in September of 1939 between the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers but the United States did not get involved until the event on December 8, 1941.

What is Pearl Harbor?

300

One of the Seven Wonders of the World, this 481-foot monument is composed of an estimated 2.3 million stone blocks that each weigh up to 15 tons and remains a baffling engineering feat to this day.

What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?

300

This biome gets its name from the Greek word "Arktos", which means bear, in reference to the constellations seen in the northern sky - Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.

What is the Artic?

300
This television series is known for the phrase "Winter is coming" and the likes of Jon Snow.

What is Game of Thrones?

300

This Mediterranean country with Roman influence is known for its culture and for it's food, including a layered dessert which name means "pick me up."

What is Italy?

400

This luxury ship was built by the White Star Line and made her maiden voyage on April 10, 1912 from Southampton, England, to New York, USA.

What is the Titanic?

400

This circular landmark is comprised of more then 80 bluestones weighing up to 4 metric tons each and was once associated with aliens.

What is Stonehenge?

400

This mountain range is found underwater and is known to be the longest in the world, stretching over 56,000km.

What is the Mid-Oceanic Ridge?

400

This video game character is among the members of Task Force 141 from the Call of Duty franchise and has remained at the rank of lieutenant and best friends with one Johnny "Soap" MacTavish in both the original and the reboot of Modern Warfare.

Who is Ghost? (Simon Riley)

400

Once home to the likes of the Mayas and the Aztecs, this country is steep in cultural heritage, including the Aztec celebration known as Día de los Muertos.

What is Mexico?

500

 This legendary Creole practitioner was described by news sources as a "woman of great beauty, intellect, and charisma who was also pious, charitable, and a skilled herbal healer" and still is known as the "Queen" of her practice.

Who is Marie Laveau?

500

This archeological complex located northeast of Mexico City with the Avenue of the Dead linking together he Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the Pyramid of the Moon and the Pyramid of the Sun and was created by this civilization. (Points for the civilization, double for the complex.)

Teotihuacan - Aztecs

500

Plants found primarily in this biome, that comprises of 6% of Earth's land surface, make up a quarter of ingredients in modern medicines.

What is the rainforest?

500

This American singer from Memphis, Tennessee is known as the "Queen of Soul" back in the 1960s, was inducted in the National Women's Hall of Fame back in 2020, received the Pulitzer Prize in 2019, and is best known for her songs "Respect" and "A Natural Woman."

Who is Aretha Franklin?

500

This country is considered an archipelago, has one of the healthiest cuisines, and various festivals such as Hanami - a series of festivals honoring sakuras.

What is Japan?