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The First Nobel
Greek Mythology
100

Chekhov's The Seagull opens with a man asking an unhappy woman Why do you always wear this color

What is black?

100

In 2001 this Friends character married Chandler Bing

Who is Monica?

100

In football a field goal is worth this many points

What is 3?

100

The first Nobel Prize in Physics went to Wilhelm Roentgen for his discovery of these

What is X-rays?

100

In Greek mythology, this is what the golden arrow of Eros made people do

What is fall in love?

200

The presidential oath of office begins I do these 2 words

What is solemnly swear? 

200

Much like Lost the TBS comedy Wrecked begins with one of these mishaps

What is a plane crash?

200

Most human cells contain this many pairs of chromosomes

What is 23?

200

The first Peace Prize was shared by French pacifist Frédéric Passy & Henry Dunant the Swiss founder of this organization

What is the red cross?

200

This is the king of all gods in Greek Mythology

Who is Zeus?

300

The first line of an Old Testament book is The proverbs of him the son of David king of Israel

What is solomon?

300

HBO's Avenue 5 stars Hugh Laurie & Josh Gad stuck on one of these for a while

What is a spaceship?

300

Batch number of a bestselling grease-cutting Formula created by Detroit scientists years ago

What is 409?

300

The first Literature Prize went to poet Sully Prudhomme who'd been elected to this prestigious French literary body 20 years earlier

What is the French Academy?

300

The last letter in the Greek alphabet

What is Omega?

400

I am the first accused. I...practiced as an attorney in Johannesburg began a 1964 opening statement by him

Who is Nelson Mandela?

400

On a classic sitcom Lenny & Squiggy were a couple of friends of this title pair from Milwaukee

Who are Laverne and Shirley?

400

There are this many cards of each suit in a traditional deck of playing cards

What is 13?

400

1901 laureate Emil von Behring used antibodies to cure diphtheria making him a pioneer of this -ology coined in the same decade

What is Immunology?
400

The Oracle

What is a priestess?

500

A screaming comes across the sky begins this 1973 Thomas Pynchon novel

What is gravity's rainbow?

500

Gavin Belson was the conniving chief innovation officer of tech company Hooli on this show

What is Silicon Valley?

500

Recent British prime ministers have resided at this number Downing Street as the flat is larger than the traditional lodging

What is 11?
500

Whoever claps first after I read this question gets the points

YAYAYAYAYAY!

500

The author of the Odyssey

Who was Homer?