Shakespeare
US Geography
S"c"ience
The Olympics
Flags
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At 3,924 lines, this is Shakespeare's longest play; it is also the basis for a classic Disney movie.

What is Hamlet?

400

Only two state capital names include the name of their respective states; Indianapolis, and this capital.

What is Oklahoma City?

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Forty-six, or twenty three pairs of these are in the human body.

What are chromosomes?

400

The modern summer Olympic Games began in 1896 in this city, and have been held every four years since.

What is Athens, Greece?

400

The Gadsden flag, a symbol used by Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere, and the US Navy depicts this type of snake along with accompanying words "Don't Tread On Me".

What is a rattlesnake?

800

The inspiration behind the 2006 movie She's the Man was this Shakespeare play.

What is Twelfth Night?

800

This tallest mountain in the contiguous forty-eight states is located in the Sierra Nevada range in California.

What is Mount Whitney? 

800

This is the most abundant protein in the human body, and among other things, works to hold the skin together.

What is collagen? 

800

The summer Olympics have been held in three American cities: Atlanta, Los Angeles, and this city.

What is St. Louis?

800

This US state is the only one to have a flag that is not shaped like a rectangle.

What is Ohio?

1200

Shakespeare was the first person other than British royalty to be featured on this common item in England.

What is the British stamp?

1200

The discoverer of this, America's largest river, died on its banks from a fever in the year 1542.

What is the Mississippi River?
1200

If diamonds are a girl's best friend, then she should also get along well with this, the elemental basis of diamonds.

What is carbon?

1200

This country has won the most gold, silver, bronze, and total medals in the Winter Olympics to date.

What is Norway?

1200

This state flag was designed by a thirteen-year-old boy who won a $1,000 scholarship for his design including the Big Dipper and North Star. 

What is Alaska?

1600

William Shakespeare is well known for his popularization of new words and phrases; for example, this Shakespearean character first uttered the now famous phrase, "What's in a name?"

Who is Juliet?

1600

This is the only US state whose entire eastern and western borders are formed by rivers.

What is Iowa?

1600

This process leads to the formation of highly organized molecular structures such as salt, snowflakes, and quartz 

What is crystallization? 

1600

This event debuted in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. It features a 0.93 mile swim, a 25-mile cycle, and a 6.2 mile run.

What is the triathlon? 

1600

This color is the color most commonly found in national flags; purple is the least common showing up in only two flags.

What is red?

2000

Mustardseed, Mote, and Cobweb are all names of fairies in this classic Shakespeare play.

What is A Midsummer Night's Dream?

2000

This tallest mountain in Vermont is located in the town of Stowe, where the von Trapp family settled in when they left Europe.

What is Mount Mansfield?

2000

This element (Cm, 96) is the only element that is named for a married couple.

What is Curium?

2000

Badminton, sailing, and this sport are the only Olympic events where male and female athletes compete head-to-head, excluding mixed events.

What is equestrian?

2000

This country's flag features a cedar tree on it; this country is also the only country in the Middle East that does not have a desert.

What is Lebanon?