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200

This scientist was said to have "discovered" gravity when an apple from the tree under which he was sitting fell on his head.

Who was Sir Isaac Newton?

200

This city, the capital of India, has a metropolitan area with a population of 26 million.

What is New Delhi?  

200

The Louisiana Purchase, which happened in 1803 at a cost of just 15 million dollars, and nearly doubled the size of the United States, was made when this country sold the land to the US.  

What was France?  

200

"Danke schoen!" means "Thank you!" in this language, which is spoken by more than 100 million people in Europe.  

What is German?  

200

Born in Ontario Canada and discovered when he was only 13 years old, this recording artist's biggest hits include Baby, Sorry, and a remix of Luis Fonsi's Despacito.   

Who is Justin Bieber?  

400

This substance, which is formed when carbon crystallizes under extreme heat and pressure, is the hardest mineral on the planet.  

What is a diamond?  

400

Also called "The Land of the Rising Sun", this country's flag is a simple white field with a red circle on it.  

What is Japan?  

400

This woman helped many of her fellow slaves escape to freedom as a "conductor" of the Underground Railroad.  

Who was Harriet Tubman? 

400

The country of Belgium has three official languages--French, German, and this, also spoken in Belgium's neighboring country to the north.  

What is Dutch? 

400

This singer from Barbados, with hits that include "Umbrella" and "Diamonds" is expecting her first baby.  

Who is Rihanna? 

600

This planet's biggest moon, Ganymede, is named after a mythological figure carried off by the god Zeus disguised as an eagle.  

What is Jupiter?  

600

This country, the biggest one in South America, is home to Pele, a famous soccer player, and Paolo Coelho, and famous author.  

What is Brazil?  

600

Throughout American history, multiple political parties have come and gone.  Today, we only have two political parties--Democrats and Republicans.  This president was the very first one to represent the Republican Party.  

Who was Abraham Lincoln?  

600

Hakuna Matata, a well-known phrase from Disney's Lion King comes from this language, spoken in Kenya Tanzania, and other countries in East Africa 

What is Swahili? 

600

Alecia Beth Moore, an American songwriter and singer born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania usually goes by this name, also used to describe a soft tint of red.  

What is Pink?  

800

A phobia is an extreme, irrational fear of something. The word is derived from Phobos, the god of fear and panic in Greek mythology.  Coulrophobia is the extreme and irrational fear of these usually jolly and fun characters.  Ronald McDonald would be so disappointed!  

What are clowns?  

800

When Portuguese sailors first saw this island off the southeastern coast of China, they named it Formosa, meaning beautiful.  Since that time, this island has broken away from China and is now its own country.  

What is Taiwan?  
800

This president was the one who sent Lewis and Clark on their journey to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase and to inspect the lands west of the Mississippi River.  

Who is Thomas Jefferson?  

800

This language, spoken by many people in India, and this language, spoken by a majority of people in Pakistan, are mutually intelligible, meaning that speakers of either language would readily understand each other.  

What are Hindi and Urdu?  

800

The musical symbol placed in the beginning of the music staff and is used as a reference for the lines of the staff is called by this name.  The most commonly used ones are the G, the F, and the C.  

What is a clef?  

1000

The periodic table of elements contains 118 elements within it, but if one were to count only the number of naturally occurring elements, the number would be this.  

What is 92?  

1000

This Asian country, with a population of 273.5 million, is the biggest Muslim country in the world.  

What is Indonesia? 

1000

Both Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President, and Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President, were born in this state.  

What is Texas?  

1000

This language, a close relative of Dutch spoken in the Netherlands, is the main language spoken in the country of South Africa.  

What is Afrikaans?  

1000

Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and Georg Friedrich Haendel are among the well known composers of this type of classical music.  

What is baroque?