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100

The oldest religion still practiced today

Hinduism

100

First Prime Minister of Canada

John A. Macdonald 

100

What creature is the only species on Earth where the male carries the unborn offpsring?

SEAHORSE 

100

In the classic 1957 children's book, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," what is the name of the town the Grinch steals holiday presents and decorations from?

Whoville

100

Pick one - heads or tails?

Tails

200

Which is feminine, yin or yang?

yin

200

One of the ancient world wonders, the “Hanging Gardens,” was found in which city?

Babylon 

200

The two subunits of the organelle known as the endoplasmic reticulum are typically abbreviated RER and SER. What do the "R" and "S" stand for in these abbreviations?

Rough and Smooth

200

What dystopian novel by George Orwell told of life in a future totalitarian state dominated by “Big Brother”?

1984

200

Left or Right?

RIGHT

300

The angel Gabriel gave divine revelation to this illiterate man while he was meditating in a cave

the prophet Muhammad 

300

Greenland was a colony of which country until 1981?

Denmark

300
Photoreceptor cells in the eyes contain cones and ____
rods 
300

A large portion of this novel features the title character stranded on a lifeboat after a shipwreck with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker

Life of Pi

300

Yes or no?

No

400

The 5 precepts for ethical conduct in Buddhism are: do not steal, do not kill, do not lie, do not commit sexual misconduct, and _______

do not take mind numbing drugs 

400

 In which country did the Easter Rising take place in 1916?

Ireland 
400

What is the most common element in a human body?

Oxygen 

400

Which state is To Kill a Mockingbird set in?

Alabama 

400

Pick a number: 1, 2, or 3

1
500

A member of this religion must wear a metal bracelet called a kara.

Sikhism 

500

Which King of England was executed in 1649 during the English Civil War?

Charles I

500

The adult human body has approximately this many bones? 

(I will grant a margin of error of 5)

206-213

(acceptable response, 201-218)

500

Chronologically, this novel comes first in C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia series.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

500

heads or tails?

tails