Math
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100

To convert kilograms into grams multiply by this

What is 1000?

100

This country's Ponta do Seixas is South America's easternmost point

What is Brazil?

100

It's the board game in which you could be ordered to Go directly to jail do not pass go do not collect $200

What is Monopoly?

100

The 49th state joins the Union

What is the ‘50s?

100

While men use foils epees & sabres in this Olympic event women use only foils

What is fencing?

200

There's no defense for not knowing this term for a 5-sided polygon

What is a pentagon?

200

Ecuador is the primary source for this light wood used to make model airplanes

What is balsa?

200

It's a popular game invented in 1948; you might want to have a dictionary handy while you play!

What is Scrabble?

200

Aleksey Leonov takes the first space walk

What is the ‘60s?

200

The team that wins the Super Bowl is awarded the trophy named for him

What is the Vince Lombardi Trophy?

300

Pi is an example of this type of number, which can’t be expressed as a quotient of 2 integers

What is an irrational number?

300

The name of this country comes from the Latin for silver

What is Argentina?

300

In this Checkers game the board is a 6-pointed star & every player starts with 10 marbles

What is Chinese checkers?

300

The last ad for cigarettes airs on U.S. television

What is the ‘70s?

300

In 1938 Don Budge became the first player to achieve the Grand Slam in this sport

What is tennis?

400

Euclid came up with the first proof that there are an infinite number of these integers with only 2 positive divisors

What are prime numbers?

400

Most of the precipitation that comes to the 600-mile-long Atacama Desert in this country is fog that blows in from the Pacific Ocean

What is Chile?

400

The L.A. Times called this the sport of kings, queens, & pawns

What is chess?

400

The first commercial radio station in the U.S. begins broadcasting

What is the ‘20s?

400

He's the only boxer to have won the World Heavyweight Title three separate times

Who is Muhammad Ali?

500

It's the radius of the circle x2 + y2 = 100

What is 10?

500

This 1,700-mile-long Venezuelan River is home to piranhas, electric eels & 20-foot crocodiles

What is the Orinoco River?

500

The object of this game with a 4-letter name is to occupy every country & thus conquer the world

What is Risk?

500

Sally Ride rides in space

What is the ‘80s?

500

For an ABC special this male U.S. 1988 Olympic gold medalist skated on a glacier

Who is Brian Boitano?