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200
This was the first animal to orbit Earth aboard Sputnik 2.
Laika
200
This dish combines vinegared rice with raw fish or seafood, often wrapped in seaweed.
What is Sushi?
200
This author wrote Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
This fish migrates upstream to spawn, famously swimming against strong currents.
What is Salmon?
200
This gemstone is formed from carbon under extreme pressure and is the hardest natural substance.
What is a diamond?
400
This NASA program successfully landed humans on the Moon multiple times between 1969 and 1972.
What is the Apollo program?
400
This classic Italian pasta dish is made with eggs, cheese, pancetta, and black pepper.
What is Spaghetti alla carbonara?
400
This George Orwell novel depicts a dystopian society under constant surveillance.
What is 1984?
400
This large predatory fish is known for its role in the movie Jaws.
What is the Great White Shark
400
This red gemstone shares its name with July’s birthstone.
What is a ruby?
600
This telescope, launched in 1990, has provided some of the most detailed images of distant galaxies from orbit around Earth.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope
600
This spicy, fermented cabbage dish is a staple in Korean cuisine.
What is Kimchi?
600
This novel by Leo Tolstoy follows Pierre Bezukhov and Prince Andrei during the Napoleonic Wars.
What is War and Peace?
600
This fishing technique uses an artificial fly to mimic insects on the water’s surface.
What is fly fishing?
600
This green gemstone was famously favored by Cleopatra.
What is an emerald?
800
This galaxy, the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way, is expected to collide with it billions of years in the future.
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
800
This North African dish features small steamed grains served with vegetables and often meat like lamb.
What is Couscous?
800
Name four major works written by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky.
- Crime and Punishment
- The Brothers Karamazov
- The Idiot
- Demons (also known as The Possessed)
- Notes from Underground
- The Gambler
800
This fish is known for its long, pointed bill and is one of the fastest swimmers in the ocean.
What is a marlin?
800
This term refers to the measurement of a gemstone’s weight, especially diamonds.
What is a Carat?
1000
This term refers to the boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape.
What is the event horizon?
1000
This British dish features a beef tenderloin coated in mushrooms and wrapped in puff pastry before being baked.
What is Beef Wellington?
1000
This novel tells the story of a man who spends years seeking revenge after being wrongfully imprisoned in the Château d’If.
What is the Count of Monte Cristo
1000
In Finding Nemo, these stinging sea creatures provide a safe home for clownfish like Nemo and Marlin due to their unique immunity.
What are sea anemones?
1000
This scale, ranging from 1 to 10, is used to measure a mineral’s resistance to scratching.
What is the Mohs hardness scale?