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100
The state touches seven neighbors—Illinois (across the Ohio River), Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri (across the Mississippi).
What is Kentucky?
100
A period of one thousand years.
What is millennium?
100
This is the only U.S. state that was once an independent country with its own president.
What is Texas?
100
To restart from the beginning after a failed attempt.
What is "Go back to the drawing board"?
100
Rodrygo Silva de Goes
What is Brazilian?
100
these four terms complete this sequence.
What is fa sol la ti?
100
This country gained the most people from 2010 to 2020—adding roughly 172 million.
What is India?
100
Though its summit (Britton Hill) peaks at just 345 ft, its lowest elevation is sea level, giving this U.S. state the smallest overall range.
What is Florida?
200
This is the only U.S. state to border only one other state.
What is Maine?
200
The dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background.
What is silhouette?
200
This year was the most recent leap year.
What is 2024?
200
This means to take what someone says skeptically.
What is "Take it with a grain of salt"?
200
Roger Federer
What is Swiss? (Switzerland)
200
This small semicircle with a dot in its center above a note tells you to hold it longer than its notated value.
What is a fermata?
200
This U.S. state added more people (nearly 4 million) between 2010 and 2020 than any other.
What is Texas?
200
From Mount Elbrus (5,642 m) down to the Caspian Sea (–28 m), this country spans Europe and Asia.
What is Russia?
300
Six states share a border with this Keystone State: New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio.
What is Pennsylvania?
300
A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other.
What is Hierarchy?
300
"Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and ___."
What is Neptune?
300
This means to accept a difficult situation and endure it without complaint.
What is "Bite the bullet" or "Grin and bear it"?
300
Ibrahima Konaté
What is French? (France)
300
This term is used to describe all of the following symbols.
What are accidentals?
300
This was the only G7 nation whose population declined between 1990 and 2020.
What is Japan?
300
With its highest point at 20,310 ft (Denali) and its lowest at sea level, this state has the single largest elevation range in the U.S.
What is Alaska?
400
Tied with Missouri for the most neighbors (eight), this state touches eight other states including Kentucky and Mississippi.
What is Tennessee?
400
A system of government with many departments and complex procedures.
What is bureaucracy?
400
This property of water allows it to "stick" to other substances, such as when water climbs up a paper towel.
What is adhesion?
400
To postpone or delay dealing with something unpleasant.
What is "Kick the can down the road"?
400
Zlatan Ibrahimović
What is Swedish? (Sweden)
400
A small comma‑like mark above the staff indicating where singers or wind players should inhale.
What is a breath mark?
400
The largest island country by population, with over 270 million people.
What is Indonesia?
400
From Badwater Basin (–282 ft) to Telescope Peak (11,043 ft), it boasts the greatest range in the contiguous United States.
What is California?
500
This “Gem State” touches six others—Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Montana.
What is Idaho?
500
A person who organizes and manages a business venture, assuming the risk for the sake of profit.
What is entrepreneur?
500
This Old Testament prophet’s visions, including the "Ancient of Days" and the "Son of Man," are frequently cited in end-times discussions.
Who is Daniel?
500
This means to take responsibility or control of a situation.
What is "Take the bull by the horns"?
500
David Alaba
What is Austrian? (Austria)
500
The word or symbol marking where to end after repeats, often found with D.C. or D.S.
What is Fine?
500
This country, located in South Asia, has the highest population density—over 1,200 people per km².
What is Bangladesh?
500
This island nation’s top, Puncak Jaya (4,884 m), and its sea‑level shore form a dramatic tropical range.
What is Indonesia?
600
This high plains state is bordered by Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah.
What is Colorado?
600
A characteristic, habit, or mannerism peculiar to an individual.
What is Idiosyncrasy?
600
This landmark Supreme Court case in 1803 established the principle of judicial review, giving the courts the authority to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
600
This means to do something with little preparation or knowledge.
What is "Fly by the seat of your pants"?
600
Jacob Kiplimo
What is Ugandan? (Uganda)
600
This term describes a group of five notes played in the time normally occupied by four, indicated by a bracket and a ratio.
What is a quintuplet?
600
It recorded the highest percentage population gain (18.4%) between 2010 and 2020, outpacing every other state.
What is Utah?
600
Its high point, Boundary Peak (13,147 ft), and its low, the Colorado River (479 ft), combine for the second‑largest elevation spread.
What is Nevada?