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Associated with a 'bright idea' appearing over someone's head, this common household invention by Thomas Edison replaced candles and oil lamps.

What is a lightbulb

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This word for a rodent is also the name of the handheld device used to control a computer cursor

What is a mouse

100

This comedy features a mischievous fairy named Puck who uses a love potion to cause chaos among four Athenians and a group of amateur actors

What is A Midsummer Night's Dream
100

In a 1950's classic, four siblings enter this magical realm through the back of a piece of furniture, finding the land locked in a 100-year winter.

What is Narnia

100

This is the largest planet

What is Jupiter

200

While pigments use red, yellow, and blue, these are the three primary colors of light that combine to create white

What are red, yellow, and blue

200

This word refers to a circular award given to champions. In The Olympics, the first-place version is actually made mostly of silver.

What is a medal

200

In this historical play, the title character is warned by a soothsayer to "Beware the Ides of March

What is Julius Caesar

200

In a 1937 novel, this "Lonely" destination is guarded by a dragon, who sleeps upon a hoard of stolen Dwarven gold.

What is Erebor/The Lonely Mountain

200

To the ancient Romans, this letter didn't just mark the spot; it represented this specific double-digit integer.

What is ten

300

This five-letter triangular piece of glass or plastic can separate white light into a full spectrum of colors through refraction

What is a prism

300

In a theater, this word refers to the space between the rows of seats; it’s also what a bride walks down during a wedding.

What is an aisle

300

This character, the clown of the play, famously deserts the service of Shylock to become the servant of Bassanio. (First and last name)

Who is Lancelet Gobbo

300

In a 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum, Dorothy Gale is whisked away from her farm to this colorful land following a "Yellow Brick Road.

What is the Land of Oz

300

This 1215 document, signed by King John Lackland at Runnymede, established that even the king was not above the law.

What is the Magma Carta

400

Situated just beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum, this type of "light" is responsible for both tanning and sunburns

What is ultraviolet or UV

400

This word refers to a fertile spot in a desert where water is found, often surrounded by palm trees

What is an oasis
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Most of Shakespeare's plays were performed at this circular London theater, which famously burned down in 1613 during a performance of Henry VIII

What is The Globe

400

This specific London address serves as the headquarters for Sherlock Holmes

What is 221B Baker Street

400

These are at least eight of the twelve Olympian gods and goddesses

Who are Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Athena, Artemis, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Demeter, Dionysus, Ares, Hermes

500

This 10-letter term describes the change in direction of a light wave as it passes from one medium, like air, into another, like water or glass

What is refraction

500

This  word refers to the colored part of the eye; it is also the name of a popular flower.

What is an iris
500

Of this person it was said by Mark Antony "This was the noblest Roman of them all."

Who was Brutus

500

In this George Orwell allegory, the animals overthrow Mr. Jones and rename Manor Farm to this

What is Animal Farm

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This mythical, horned creature is Scotland's national animal, it symbolizes purity, innocence, and power.

What is a unicorn