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100

This standardized college entrance exam has 3 required and 2 optional sections.

What is the ACT?

100

This sequence of two numbers, often repeated by schoolchildren, has no exact meaning. 

What is 6-7?

100

All living beings are made of these. 

What are cells?

100

This NFL team won the Super Bowl LIX in 2025. 

Who are the Philadelphia Eagles?

100

This is the only mammal known to lay eggs.

What is a platypus?

200

This is the number of years Mike and Deb have been running the Rochester HLC.

What is 21 years?
200

This musical movie released in summer 2025 is about three women who fight a rival demon boy band. 

What is Kpop Demon Hunters?

200

This man had the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence.

Who is John Hancock?

200

This university sports team is Mike's favorite.

Who are the Iowa Hawkeyes?

200

This English playwright is colloquially known as "The Bard"

Who is William Shakespeare?

300

Huntington Learning Center Corporation was first founded in this year.

When is 1979?

300
This popular Latin artist recently finished up a residency in Puerto Rico.

Who is Bad Bunny?

300

This is the state capital of Wyoming.

Where is Cheyenne?

300

This Olympic medalist is only 4'8" tall. 

Who is Simone Biles?

300

This common class of over the counter medication includes ibuprofen and aspirin. 

What are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)?

400

This couple founded the original Huntington Learning Center.

Who are Dr. Ray and Eileen Huntington?

400

This musical girl group went viral in 2025 after participating in an ad for GAP. 

Who is KATSEYE?

400

This former country dissolved in 1992.

Where is Yugoslavia?

400

This baseball player was named National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player for 2025. 

Who is Shohei Ohtani?

400

This city was used as the location for King's Landing from HBO shows Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. 

Where is Dubrovnik, Croatia?

500

This is the reason the Rochester Huntington moved locations in 2017. 

What is the loud kickboxing studio next door?

500

This play about wife of Abraham Lincoln won the Tonys for Best Actor in a Play and Best Direction of a Play. 

What is Oh, Mary!

500

This structure was built for the 1889 World's Fair Expo.

What is the Eiffel Tower?

500

This athlete has the most American World Cup wins in alpine skiing and two Olympic gold medals. 

Who is Mikaela Shiffrin?

500

Ban Ki-moon, Kofi Annan, and Antonio Guterres all have this job in common.

What is the Secretary-General of the UN?