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100

The founder of Georgetown.

John Carroll

100

What is the name of the green compound and pigment in most plants active in photosynthesis?

Chlorophyll

100

Which nation is the smallest member of the Four Asian Tigers, in land area?

Singapore

100

The color vermilion is closest to which RGB color?

Red

100

In what classic novel did Heck Tate order the shooting of Tim Johnson, written by Harper Lee?

To Kill a Mockingbird

200

The undergraduate dorm that Bill Clinton lived in when he attended Georgetown.

Harbin

200

The bristle shaped filter in a whale’s mouth, composed of keratin, used to filter krill and other food out of the water.

Baleen

200

Which former governor of New York became president in 1933 and was responsible for the New Deal?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt FDR

200

Mr. Beast is a famous youtuber who has more than 90 million subscribers on his main channel. What is his real name?

Jimmy Donaldson

200

This character from Super Smash Bros was originally created by Masahiro Sakurai, and originally named Popopo. He loves to eat Maxim Tomatoes.

Kirby

300

On which days is Lau not open 24 hours?

Saturday and Sunday

300

Express 400 degrees in radians in terms of pi.

400/360 = 10/9 pi

300

This banking authority is currently chaired by Jerome Powell, and its headquarters are located in the Eccles building. It was founded in 1913.

Federal Reserve

300

Doner kebab, a food consisting of meat slices cooked on a long cone-shaped vertical rotisserie, is known as this in Arabic.

Shawarma

300

This Japanese author has written books including Norwegian Wood, IQ84, and Kafka by the Shore

Haruki Murakami

400

The number of steps in the Exorcist Stairs

75

400

What is the derivative of sin(3x)^2?

6sin(3x)cos(3x)

400

An empire that lasted from the 9th to 15th centuries CE located in present day Cambodia, which later inspired the name of a 20th century communist movement led by Pol Pot.

Khmer or Angkor empire

400

This country is entirely surrounded by South Africa, and its capital is Maseru.

Kingdom of Lesotho

400

This ballet by Igor Stravinskyis subtitled “Pictures from Pagan Russia” and is featured in Disney’s Fantasia, in a segment on dinosaurs.

The Rite of Spring (Le sacre du printemps)

500

The name of the CIA project studying behavior control on patients at Georgetown, made known to the public through a Freedom of Information Act release.

MK Ultra

500

Voyager 2 discovered 5 moons of this planet, including Thalassa and Proteus.

Neptune

500

Indira Gandhi taught which of her sons to be her successor before his death via plane crash in 1980?

Sanjay Gandhi

500

This company originally created seismic technology to search for petroleum, and is today known for producing calculators including the 84 plus and 89 titanium.

Texas Instruments

500

This Mesopotamian sun god is also the patron god of Bablyon, and was made the king of gods after he slayed the monster Tiamat.

Marduk.