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100

What country sent the first man into space?

The Soviet Union

100

What country is located the furthest South on the African continent?

South Africa

100

Elizabeth Bennet is the protagonist in what Jane Austen book?

Pride and Prejudice 

100

Name the song where these lines could be found:

"Up in the club (club)
Just broke up (up)
I'm doing my own little thing
You decided to dip (dip)
But now you wanna trip (trip)"

Single Ladies

100

In what Quentin Tarantino film does Samuel L. Jackson star alongside John Travolta?   

Pulp Fiction

200

What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

The Bill of Rights

200

Which country held the most recent Summer Olympics?

Brazil 

200

In the novel Beowolf, who does Beowolf defeat in his first battle, which takes place in the Danes region?

Grendel

200

Fill in the missing words:

"So rock me momma like a (add two words)
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey, momma rock me" 

Wagon Wheel

200

What long-running TV show followed the lives of Pawnee city government employees?

Parks and Recreation

300

Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike  was the first woman ever elected to lead a country. What country did she lead?

Sri Lanka

300

What two countries exist within Italy's borders?

Vatican City and San Marino

300

How does Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening end?

Edna walks into the ocean and commits suicide

300

What classic rock song begins, 

"There must be some kind of way outta here
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief"? 

All Along the Watchtower

300

Prior to the airing of Game of Thrones' 8th season, what film held the record for the longest battle on film?

Lord of the Ring's: The Two Towers

400

Mt. Everest was first successfully climbed by who?

Note: I am looking for the first confirmed success, not the first possible success. 

Edmund Hillary

400

What are the top five largest countries in the world?

5. Brazil

4. China

3. United States

2. Canada

1. Russia

400

What literary style is the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude written in?

The Magical Realist style

400

What band wrote the song that features these lyrics:

"I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel to scream
This terrible silence stops me" 

Metallica

400

What is the name of the Simpson family's neighbor and his children?

Ned, Rod, and Todd Flanders 

500

What was the first country to be come a democracy in Asia?

China in 1911

500

What are the only remaining countries with a communist government?

Laos, China, Vietnam, and Cuba

500

In the Divine Comedy, what sin resulted in people being sent to the 8th Circle of Hell?

Fraud against humanity

500

Please write out the entire first verse to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me

500

What was the first James Bond film ever created? 

Dr. No