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100

Which New England state adopted Yankee Doodle Dandy as its song?

Connecticut


100
This West German tennis player begins her 186 consecutive  weeks atop the women's world tennis rankings
Steffi Graf
100

The Coca Cola Company renames this soda Diet Sprite

Sugar Free Sprite

100

Who did Georgette Franklin marry?

Ted Baxter

100

What did it cost an immigrant to cross the Atlantic in 1850?

$10

200

Which Civil Rights leader counselled: " We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools?"

Martin Luther King JR

200

Where does 7"6"  basketballer Manute Bol hail from

Sudan

200

This group has a Top 10 hit with the song "Rapture" which is one of the first pop music songs to reature a rap.

Blondie


200

Which dance show hostess was famed for saying "Put a little fun in your life- try dancing?"

Kathryn Murray


200

What was the biggest battle of the US Civil War?

The Battle of Gettysburg


300

Who defeated Alfred Smith in his 1928 bid for the Presidency?

Herbert Hoover

300

What city did Wilt Chamberlin play his High School Basketball in?

Philadelphia

300

Jay Leno replaces this woman as permanent gurst host of the Tonight Show when regular host Johnny Carson takes days off

Joan Rivers

300

What was the anme of Daniel Boone's Indian sidekick?

Mingo

300

Who thought up the name for The Beatles' first movie?

Ringo Staff

400

Which war saw feminist doctor Mary Edwards Walker win the Medal of Honor?

Th US Civil War

400

This pitcher becomes the frist to win four Major League Baseball Cy Young awards

Steve Carlton

400

In a vice presidential debate with incumbent George Bush, this candidate says, "Don't patronize me Mr. Bush."

Geraldine Ferraro

400

What was the showdown round on Jeopardy called?

Final Jeopardy

400

What rock king's mother answered to Gladys?

Elvis Presley


500

What poet wrote Boston Hymn in tribute to the Emancipation Proclamation?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

500

How many Super Bowl have the Minnesota Vikings won?

0

500

15-Day  old "Baby Fae" becomes the first human to successfully recieve a heart transplant from this animal

Baboon

500

Who did Che Fong file ballistics reports to?

Steve McGarrett

500

Who Sold the Sequoia?

Gimmy Carter