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100

In 1955 an amusement park was opened in California.  What was it called

Disneyland

100

What city is graced by the Arch of Titus 

Rome

100

Who is considered "the father of modern physics"

Albert Eistein

100

What is the singular of dice

die

100

What two wars did Ernest Hemingway cover as a correspondent

Spanish Civil War and World War II

200

In 1954 the ruling Brown vs Board of Education was passed.  What did it prohibit 

School segregation

200

What imaginary line encircling the Earth is 90 degrees from both Poles

The Equator

200

The Richter scale measures what

earthquakes

200

How many stitches are there in the seams of a tennis ball

none

200

What was Dennis the Menace's last name 

Mitchell

300

Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela are all original members of what organization formed in the 1960

OPEC

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

300

How many Canadian provinces border the Great Lakes

One

300

Why part of an atom has no electrical charge


neutron

300

Althea Gibson was the first black woman to do what

win a major tennis title

300

Who wrote "Darkness was cheap, and Scrooge liked it"   

Charles Dickens

400

What state did Bobby Kennedy represent as a U.S. senator

New York

400

What country's flag is made up of the Union Jack and the Southern Cross

Australia

400

What is the movement of water through rock and soil underground called  

percolation

400

How many lanes does an Olympic swimming pool have

eight 

400

What musical instrument did Sherlock Holmes play

the violin

500

What happened to the U.S. nuclear submarine "Thresher" in 1963


It was lost at sea off the coast of Cape
Cod

500

What U.S. national park contains the Gumbo Limbo Trail

The Florida Everglades National Park

500

Crater Lake, Yellowstone and California's Long Valley are examples of what feature that forms after a collapse of land following a volcanic eruption 

caldera

500

How many throws make up each turn in a game of darts

Three

500

Who painted The Blue Boy

Thomas Gainsborough