BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT
NONFICTION
POP CULTURE
MOUNTAINS
IN THE CURRICULUM
200

He was a member of the Missouri National Guard

Who is Truman?
200

"Apple", "Cancer" & "Legacy" are chapters in a biography about him, "The Man Who Thought Different"

Who is Steve Jobs?

200

This former "Victorious" actress was very pop-u-lar in her role as Galinda in the 2024 blockbuster, Wicked

Who is Ariana Grande?

200

China's Mount Huang translates as the mountain of this color

What is yellow?

200

An ol' pal, or chopped up fish used to attract bigger ones

What is chum?

400

He was a Rhodes Scholar

Who is Bill Clinton?

400

This bestselling memoir about a woman's quest to find balance in her life was published in Spanish as "Come, reza, ama"

What is Eat, Pray, Love?

400

2021 saw the first stand-alone movie about this Marvel-ous title female, set during the time of "Captain America: Civil War"

Who is Black Widow?

400

The world's fourth-highest peak, Lhotse is found in this range

What is the Himalayas?

400

An old special object kept due to its association with a saint

What is a relic?

600

He defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista

Who is Zachary Taylor?

600

Edward Gibbon's historical work "The Decline and Fall of" this was published in 6 volumes between 1776 & 1788

What is the Roman Empire?

600

In 2019, this young rapper moseyed onto the scene in a really big way topping the charts with country-singer Billy Ray Cyrus

Who is Lil Nas X?

600

The peak of Ben Nevis, Scotland's highest peak, part of this geographic region named for its altitude

What are the Highlands?

600

You rang? It's a sudden move in an unexpected direction

What is lurch?

800

He killed lawyer Charles Dickinson in a duel

Who is Andrew Jackson?

800

"The Immortal Life of" this woman tells how her HeLa cells aided medical research, without her knowledge or consent

Who is Henrietta Lacks?

800

Season 2 of this critically acclaimed Korean dystopian survival thriller series debuted on Netflix at the end of 2024

What is Squid Game?

800

Uhuru & Mawenzi are peaks of this African mountain

What is Mt. Kilimanjaro?

800

From a 1933 play, "When I hear" this artsy word "I reach for my pistol" is often wrongly attributed to Hermann Goering

What is culture?

1000

He was sheriff of Erie County & mayor of Buffalo

Who is Grover Cleveland?

1000

He wrote "Between the World and Me", about racial injustice, in the form of a letter to his teenage son

Who is Ta-Nehisi Coates?

1000

Drake is suing his record label for spreading a  "false and malicious narrative" when it released and promoted this diss track by Kendrick lamar

What is "Not Like Us"?

1000

First summited in 1966, this 16,000-foot peak overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf

What is Vinson Massif?

1000

This stomach trouble is caused by the H. pylori bacterium & can be made worse by too many pain relievers

What is an ulcer?