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100

This country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.

What is Canada?

100

The only metal that is liquid at room temperature.

What is Mercury?

100

This wall was built primarily to protect ancient Chinese states from northern invasions.

What is the Great Wall of China?

100

The largest organ in the human body.

What is the skin?

100

Name the only U.S. state that starts with "P."

What is Pennsylvania?

200

The capital city of New Zealand.

What is Wellington?

200

This particle has the same magnitude of charge as an electron but is positive.

What is a proton?

200

This ship sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.

What is the Titanic?

200

The longest river in South America.

What is the Amazon River?

200

What is the only letter not found in any U.S. state name?

What is Q?

300

This African nation has the highest population.

What is Nigeria?

300

The branch of science that studies fungi.

What is Mycology?

300

He became the first Roman Emperor in 27 B.C.

Who was Augustus?

300

This city has been the capital of three major empires: Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman.

What is Istanbul?

300

How many hearts does an octopus have?

What is 3?

400

Despite its name, this country's capital is not Sydney.

What is Australia (capital: Canberra)?

400

This planet has the shortest day in our solar system.

What is Jupiter?

400

This empire was ruled by Mansa Musa, one of history's wealthiest individuals.

What was the Mali Empire?

400

Toilet paper was first widely used in this country.

What is China?

400

What is the rarest blood type?

What is AB Negative?

500

This nation contains the world's highest navigable lake, Lake Titicaca.

What is Bolivia? (Accept Peru)

500

 The strongest naturally occurring biological material known.

What is spider silk?

500

This is the oldest continuously inhabited capital city in the world?

What is Damascus (commonly accepted trivia answer)?

500

This country has the most time zones in the world.

What is France? (Reunion Island, and other overseas territories.

500

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

What is Mercury?