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100

What prolific American inventor said "Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration"?

Thomas Edison

100

In what city would you find the fashionable DuPont Circle neighborhood?

Washington, DC

100

How many sides does a snowflake have?

Six (6)

100

What late 19th century carriage maker switched to making bowling balls, billiard tables, and other bowling equipment, and continues to do so today?

John Brunswick

100

What color is the supposedly cursed "Hope Diamond"?

What is blue

200

What was Al Capone finally imprisoned for, in 1931?

What is Income-tax evasion

200

Mt Suribachi is the highest point on what island?

Iwo Jima

200

What's the voltage of most car batteries?

12 Volts

200

At just twenty-one, who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game History?

Who is LeBron James

200

What'a a whales leap out of the water called?

Breaching (lunging acceptable)

300

What CEO bounced back after being fired by Henry Ford II in 1978?

Lee Iacocca

300

The seismic belt called "The Ring of Fire" surrounds what body of water?

The Pacific Ocean

300

The space shuttles engines run on what two super-cooled liquids?

Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Oxygen

300

What state capital is the most populous city without a team in any of the four large N.American sports organizations?

Austin, Texas

300

What "bird" is Britain's VTOL vertical lift off "jump jet" named for?

The Harrier

400

Who sits behind the "Resolute desk" made from the timbers of HMS Resolute of the British navy?

The U.S. President (It's in the Oval Office)President Biden is acceptable

400

What's the only country that borders Syria and Jordan?

What is Israel

400

What's 10% alcohol and 90% unleaded gasoline?

Gasohol

400

What's both the NBA and NHL record for overtime periods in a game?

Six (6)

400

What was studied by Project Blue Book, perhaps to pacify the believers? 

UFO's

500

What president warned about he "Military Industrial Complex" in his farewell address?

Dwight Eisenhower

500

What river runs through four European capitals?

The Danube (Vienna,Austria-Bratislava, Slovakia-Budapest, Hungary-Belgrade,Serbia)

500

What two-words define the top speed reached by a free-falling object?

Terminal Velocity

500

On what golf course would you find the three tricky holes called "Amen Corner"?

Augusta National (Masters course)

500

What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent  for his invention of the "Model A Ice Resurfacer" used today at most ice rinks?

Who is Frank Zamboni