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100

The accident at this nuclear generation station in 1979 remains the most serious commercial nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history.

What is Three Mile Island?

100

For 27 years, Greece’s northernmost administrative region and their northern neighbor shared this name, until both countries signed the Prespa Agreement in 2018, ending the naming dispute.

What is Macedonia?

100

He started out as a member of the English rock band The Herd and Humble Pie, but left in 1971 to establish himself as a solo artist.

Who is Peter Frampton?

100

Calvin Cordozar Brodis Jr. was born in Long Beach, California, and loved the cartoon Peanuts as a kid, which inspired his stage name.

Who is Snoop Dogg?

100

Early 19th century embalmers often used arsenic-based fluids, until August Wilhelm von Hofmann discovered this less toxic gas.

What is formaldehyde?

200

In 2020, an explosion in this Middle Eastern capital city was caused by the accidental detonation of improperly stored ammonium nitrate.

What is Beirut?

200

He’s the Titan from Greek mythology who stole fire from Mount Olympic to give to man, which made Zeus quite upset.

Who is Prometheus?

200

He lives in Quahog, Rhode Island with his wife Lois, three kids, and a talking dog.

Who is Peter Griffin?

200

Because her sister was named Hennessy, Belcalis Almanzar was often called Bacardi, which was eventually changed to this.

Who is Cardi B?

200

Due to safety concerns, there are more than 200 corpses here that are likely to never be recovered, though they remain largely preserved due to the temperature.

What is Mount Everest?

300

In 1815, this Indonesian volcano erupted and killed more than 71,000 people, the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history.

What is Mount Tambora?

300

This is the river that separates the living from the underworld; it’s what the dead must cross in order to enter the realm of Hades.

What is the River Styx?

300

He was raised in Queens by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and fought street crimes until his mentor Tony recruited him to fight bigger things.

Who is Peter Parker?

300

Elizabeth Woolridge Grant wanted a name that sounded classic old Hollywood to match her artistic persona and style of music, and she landed on this.

What is Lana Del Rey?

300

Scientists refer to all of the diseases and microbiomes that break down decaying organic matter as this.

What is the necrobiome?

400

Evangelos Florakis Naval Base, located on this island, experienced a significant accidental explosion of military materials in 2011, basically decimating nearby Vasilikos Power Station.

What is Cyprus?

400

She’s the queen of the gods and wife of Zeus who presides over weddings, guards marriages, and protests mothers.

Who is Hera?

400

He’s baseball’s all-time hits leader, but not exactly the player with the greatest moral character.

Who is Pete Rose?

400

By the time she became a well-known actress, Demetria Gene Guynes had already begun going by a shortened version of her first name, and had taken her then-husband’s last name.

Who is Demi Moore?

400

The idea that one should be buried this far underground comes from a 1665 plague outbreak in England, when the London mayor decreed the burial limit to prevent the spread of disease.

What is six feet deep/under?

500

The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) was designed during the war in Iraq for large surface targets; colloquially, MOAB is also short for this.

What is the Mother Of All Bombs?

500

The countries’ official name isn’t Greece, but this Republic.

What is Hellenic?

500

He plays Tyrion Lannister in The Game of Thrones.

Who is Peter Dinklage?

500

This man was born Eric Marlon Bishop, but changed his name to something more gender neutral when he noticed that female comedians would always score a time slot during comedy shows.

Who is Jamie Foxx?

500

Macklemore has heard that you die twice: “Once when they bury you in the grave, and the second time is the last time that somebody” does this.

What is “mentions your name?”