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200

This alkali element is the lightest metal.

What is Lithium?

200

Louis Armstrong was famous for playing this instrument.

What is the trumpet?

200

This trading port colony was initially leased to the Portuguese in 1557 by the Ming Emperor of China. 

What is Macau?

200

This modern nation of snaggletoothed tea-chuggers once ruled an empire on which the sun "never set."

What is the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)?

200

This whale is known for its enormous spiraled tusk, which can grow to 3 meters in length.

What is a Narwhal?

400

This is the unit that describes an electric charge.

What is a Coloumb?

400
A modern B-flat clarinet has this many tone holes.

What is 17?

400

This intrepid young general repeated Hannibal's bold crossing of the Alps on his way to the Battle of Marengo in 1800.

Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?

400

This Early-Christian nation is the only one on its home continent that was never colonized.

What is Ethiopia?

400

Dooly doot-doot!

This Canadian journalist is known for his interviews with celebrities and musicians, often exposing forgotten information or close-kept secrets.

Who is Nardwuar?

600

When electrically excited, this noble gas emits a light that is purple or bluish in color.

What is Argon?

600

This instrument's original name was the "sackbut."

What is the trombone?

600

This French philosopher created the (x,y) coordinate system that now bears his name.

Who is Rene Descartes?

600

This city is the northernmost capital city in the world.

What is Reykjavik?

600

This revolting "drink" is comprised of gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth.

What is a Negroni?

800

The meter is defined as the distance light travels within this many vibrations of a Cesium atom, rounded to the nearest whole number. Will accept +/- 10.

What is 31.

800

This mournful religious tune was the last song played by the band on the RMS Titanic as it sank.

What is "Nearer My God to Thee?"

800

With construction starting ~122 AD, this 73 mile long structure was built to prevent the Picts from attacking south into Roman territory.

What is Hadrian's Wall?

800

This city is the lowest elevation capital of any country in the world. Will also accept the name of the country.

What is Baku, Azerbaijan?

800

This Biblical king of Babylon demanded the Hebrew prophet Daniel interpret the writing left by a ghostly hand upon his wall.

Who was Nebuchudnezzar?

1000

The 1905 discovery of this "effect" led to Albert Einstein's only Nobel Prize in 1921.

What is the Photoelectric Effect?

1000

The lyrics of this popular African American spiritual were written by English slave trader John Newton when he heard the Africans chained in the hull of his ship humming a mournful song.

What is "Amazing Grace?"

1000

This notoriously corrupt American president was made infamous after his death when it was revealed his administration sold oil rights to private companies on land designated for the US Navy.

Who was Warren G. Harding?

1000

This river runs through more countries than any other in the world.

What is the Danube River?

1000

This chemical fumigant extracted from coal tar is the active ingredient in mothballs.

What is naphthalene?