Nature
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Geography
100

A large African hoofed mammal with a particularly long neck

Giraffe

100

A PBS children's show which first aired in 1969 and is still running today, featuring characters such as Elmo, Big Bird, and the Cookie Monster. 

Sesame Street

100

The main language spoken in ancient Rome

Latin

100

The American rock band who performed the song "Hotel California"

The Eagles

100

The capital of Tennessee 

Nashville

200

The only species of mammal that can freely fly

Bats

200

The 1975 Steven Spielberg film about a great white shark terrorizing a New England beach town

Jaws

200

The oldest city in the United States

St. Augustine, Florida

200

A rock and blues singer known for her songs "Piece of My Heart", and "Me and Bobby McGee". She passed away at only 27 years old.

Janis Joplin

200

The name of the world's tallest mountain

Mount Everest

300

The classification or "kingdom" to which mushrooms belong

Fungi

300

The artist known for his eccentric white hair who was at the forefront of the pop art movement in the 1960s. 

Andy Warhol

300

The year the Declaration of Independence was signed

1776

300

The title of the Beach Boys song which featured the use of a theremin instrument

Good Vibrations

300

The name of Earth's largest coral reef system

Great Barrier Reef

400

A flying, blood-sucking insect known to spread the disease Malaria

Mosquito

400

A now legendary music festival that took place in Bethel, New York in 1969.

Woodstock

400

The Italian renaissance artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo

400

A southern rock band whose lead singer and several other members tragically died in a plane crash in 1977

Lynyrd Skynyrd

400

The U.S. state with the longest coastline

Alaska

500

The largest living species of shark

Whale shark

500

A television series about an unconventional family that first aired in 1964, whose catchy theme song begins with the lyrics, "They're creepy and they're kooky"

The Addams Family

500

The name of the famous ancient Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

Homer

500

The lead singer of Creedence Clearwater Revival 

John Fogerty

500

The name of the salt lake bordering Israel. It is so salty, swimmers in the lake cannot sink.

The Dead Sea