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100
This pop star made history at the 2024 Grammy Awards by becoming the most awarded artist in Grammy history.
Who is Beyoncé?
100
This genre of American popular music originated in the rural Southern United States in the early 20th century.
What is Country music?
100
This long-running animated show features a yellow cartoon family living in Springfield.
What is The Simpsons?
100
This planet is the closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
100
This document, signed in 1776, announced the American colonies’ independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
This billionaire entrepreneur bought Twitter in 2022 and rebranded it as "X."
Who is Elon Musk?
200
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Star were all part of this British rock band.
Who are the Beatles?
200
This 1997 film about a doomed ocean liner became the highest-grossing movie of its time.
What is Titanic?
200
This U.S. government agency is responsible for the civilian space program and aeronautics research.
What is NASA?
200
This ancient civilization built Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.
What is the Inca Empire?
300
Launched in 2004, this social networking site was initially only available to Harvard students before opening to the public and changing the internet forever.
What is Facebook?
300
This is the only major key that has no sharps or flats.
What is C Major?
300
This 1990s sitcom followed six friends living in New York City and made “We were on a break!” a pop culture catchphrase.
What is Friends?
300
This is the most abundant element in space.
What is Hydrogen?
300
The fall of this wall in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany.
What is the Berlin Wall?
400
In 2003, this NBA player signed a $90 million deal with Nike before ever playing a professional game.
Who is LeBron James?
400
Before it became a #1 hit for Whitney Houston, this song was originally recorded by Dolly Parton in 1973.
What is "I Will Always Love You"?
400
This 1985 cult classic film follows a group of high school students from different cliques stuck in Saturday detention.
What is The Breakfast Club?
400
Launched in December 2021, this space telescope succeeded Hubble and is designed to observe the universe in infrared, allowing scientists to see the first galaxies formed after the Big Bang.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
400
The worst nuclear accident in history occurred at this Soviet power plant in April 1986.
What is Chernobyl?
500
This company revolutionized online shopping with one-click purchasing and was originally launched to sell books.
What is Amazon?
500
This symbol means to play at a soft dynamic level.
What is Piano?
500
This chilling villain in The Silence of the Lambs offers psychological insight while imprisoned, yet still manages to kill after his escape.
Who is Dr. Hannibal Lecter?
500
This mysterious substance makes up about 27% of the universe and cannot be seen, but affects gravity and the motion of galaxies.
What is dark matter?
500
This 1942–1943 battle marked a major turning point on the Eastern Front, where Soviet forces surrounded and defeated the German 6th Army, ending Hitler’s advance into the Soviet Union.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?