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200

This Greek God shares a name with the 12-mission NASA project, ultimately responsible for bringing the first humans to the moon.  

Who is Apollo? 

200

She played Alex Russo in Witches of Waverly Place.

Who is Selena Gomez?

200

These rocks might not look like much from the outside, but crack one open to find their internal cavity lined with oftentimes beautiful minerals.  

What is a geode?  

200

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is largely cited as the beginning of this war.  

What is WWI?

200

The fourth letter of the Greek Alphabet.  

What is Delta?

400

Usually occurring near a sunspot, these ejections of plasma from the sun, if aimed in the direction of Earth, can disrupt long range radio communication.

What are solar flares?

400

She played Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter series. 

Who is Maggie Smith?

400

One of the three main rock types, these rocks are formed by the accumulation of mineral or organic particles.  

What is sedimentary rock?


400

This series of conflicts in Western Europe is commonly divided into three phases: the Edwardian War (1337–1360), the Caroline War (1369–1389), and the Lancastrian War (1415–1453).

What is the 100 Years War?

400

While you are not licensed to practice law until passing the Bar Exam, you are still qualified to include "JD" after your signature if a law school issues you one of these.

What is a diploma?  

600

Crossing this threshold surrounding a black hole means that nothing, not even light, will escape the the blackhole's gravitatitional pull.  

What is an event horizon? 

600
She was the first to play Elphaba on the Broadway stage in the musical Wicked?  

Who is Idina Menzel?

600

This outermost shell of the Earth, composed of the Earth's crust and upper mantle, is subdivided into tectonic plates that drift over the course of thousands of years.  

What is the lithosphere?  

600

This ancient Greek war is celebrated in the Iliad and the Odyssey.  

What is the Trojan War?

600

Someone with this learning disorder likely prefers books on tape.  

What is dyslexia? 

800

This thought experiment, designed to critique the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, can not answer the question of whether that mammal in the box is dead or alive.  

What is Schrödinger's cat?


800

In addition to appearing in the first, second, third, and eighth installments of this FX anthology series, this actress also appeared in American Horror Story: Coven playing as Fiona Goode, the instructor of young witches at Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies.

Who is Jessica Lange?  

800

This ancient city, located in what is now the Campania region of Italy, has been largely preserved by the 4 to 6 meters of ash it was buried in following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.

What is Pompeii?

800

The internal explosion of the USS Maine began this war.  

What is the Spanish-American War?

800

DAILY DOUBLE

A problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is unambiguously preferable.

1000

At 21km high, this Martian volcano is the tallest in the solar system.  

What is Olympus Mons?

1000

She played The Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.  

Who is Margaret Hamilton?

1000

This isotope of Carbon, prone to radioactive decay, is the basis of radiocarbon dating, the method by which researchers can determine the age of an object containing organic material.   

What is Carbon-14?

1000

This power skirmish was triggered by the death of the childless Charles II of Spain.  

What is the War of the Spanish Succession?

1000

A society that is undesirable or deeply frightening.  

What is dystopia?