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200
Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford were all presidents during this war.
What is the Vietnam War?
200
Legend says that it was founded by Dido - this was the main colony of Phoenicia until Hannibal lost to Julius Caesar.
What is Carthage?
200
Although the red sky in Edvard Munch's The Scream is thought to have originated from Indonesia, his work comes from this more Northern country.
What is Norway?
200
This 20th century author was a prolific writer of mysteries, often including the adventures of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
Who is Agatha Christie?
200
Mentioned specifically in Newton's Second Law of Motion and every year on May the 4th, work is this times distance, torque is this times radius, and pressure is this divided by area.
What is force?
400
Richard Nixon was caught wire-tapping this hotel, where the Democratic National Convention was staying, forcing his impeachment and eventual resignation.
What is Watergate?
400
The Great Pyramids of Giza feature the tombs of Khafre, Menkaure, and this other pharaoh.
Who is Khufu?
400
This 1480s work was created by Sandro Bottishelli - or rather, Botticelli.
What is The Birth of Venus?
400
This alliterative 1813 work tells the tumultuous story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
What is Pride and Prejudice?
400
This is the negative logarithm of the concentration of H+ ions present in a chemical, with 7 being "neutral".
What is pH?
600
After the Soviet-Afghan war, this group emerged victorious from the chaos that ensued.
Who are the Taliban?
600
The downfall of this Middle-Eastern empire is pictured in the Alexander Mosaic featuring the shocked expression of Darius III at the Battle of Issus.
What is the Persian empire?
600
This is Grant Wood's oft-imitated work.
What is American Gothic?
600
Charles Dodgson warns: Beware the Jabberwock, my son!, but you probably know him better by this name.
Who is Lewis Carroll?
600
Also the first word in the lyrics of a Soulja Boy classic, this letter base is present in RNA but not in DNA.
What is U?
800
This game featured Mike Eruzione and Herb Brooks defeating the Soviets at their own sport in Lake Placid.
What is the Miracle on Ice?
800
This Babylonian king was notable for inscribing his code of law onto a large black pillar, also known as a stele.
Who is Hammurabi?
800
This style of painting, as seen in Monet's Water Lilies, is characterized by small, visible brushstrokes, ordinary subject matter, and the inclusion of movement.
What is Impressionism?
800
This mid-20th century novel by Eric Arthur Blair begins It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
What is Nineteen Eighty-four?
800
Deepwater Horizon is a type of one - this acronym describes the behaviour of ions during a redox (reduction-oxidation) reaction.
What is OIL RIG?
1000
This leader of the USSR hated the novel Doctor Zhivago, placed missiles in Cuba, crushed a Hungarian revolt, and famously slammed his shoe on the United Nations podium.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
1000
Not to be confused with the villain of the Smurfs, this Sumerian epic was written in cuneiform, and is one of the earliest intact pieces of literature.
What is (the Epic of) Gilgamesh?
1000
This woodblock print by Hokusai has been described as "possibly the most reproduced image in the history of art".
What is The Great Wave off Kanagawa?
1000
An early 19th century poem from this author begins: I met a traveller from an antique land...
Who is Percy (Bysshe) Shelley?
1000
The 4 fundamental forces of nature are gravitational, weak nuclear, strong nuclear, and this other force.
What is electromagnetic?