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100

Pizza was first made in this Italian city in the 18th century.

What is Naples?

100

This word ending is '-ics' is the study of production, distribution, and consumption of goods or services.

What is Economics?

100

This South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and philanthropist passed away in 2013.

Who was Nelson Mandela

100

This Scottish author invented the fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes in the 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet.

Who was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

100

A 5,150 kilometer border separates these two countries along the Andes.

What is Chile and Argentina?

200

This mountain range runs down the length of Italy.

What are the Apennines?

200

People who have abnormally high blood glucose levels due to poor insulin production or effectiveness are called this word ending in '-ics'.

Who are diabetics?

200

On Christmas night of 1776 this military leader crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack on Hessian forces.

Who was George Washington?

200

Scotsman James Chalmers invented this sticky envelope adornment in 1838 as part of his postal reform attempt.

What is the adhesive postage stamp?

200

The international border between these two countries is the longest border between two countries in the world.

What is the U.S. and Canada?

300

This popular brand of scooter was invented in Italy in 1941.

What is a Vespa?

300

In this branch of philosophy ending in '-ics' the nature of art and beauty is studied.

What is Aesthetics?

300

Born in Pella c. 356 B.C., this King of Macedon also became Pharaoh of Egypt, King of Persia, and Lord of Asia until his death in 323 B.C.

Who was Alexander the Great

300

Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was born in this city in 1847.

What is Edinburgh?

300

This country on the Atlantic coast of northwest Africa only borders one other country.

What is The Gambia?

400

This Italian opera superstar of the 19th century had a name roughly translating to 'Joseph Green'.

Who was Giuseppe Verdi?

400

In linguistics, this word ending in '-ics' is the study of meaning.

What is Semantics?

400

Sebastian Kurz became the Bundeskanzler or Chancellor of this country in 2017.

What is Austria?

400

This method of transportation was first invented in Scotland by Kirkpatrick Macmillan.

What is the bicycle?

400

Russia borders these 5 countries with Baltic Sea coastlines.

What is Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland?

500

Italy has a surface area slightly larger than this U.S. state.

What is Arizona?

500

You may want to apply these substances to prevent infection, particularly after surgery.

What are antiseptics?

500

Born Ying Zheng, this Chinese emperor later in his life became obsessed with "the elixir of life" which would supposedly allow him to live forever.

Who was Qin Shi Huang?

500
This mathematical concept was invented/discovered by the Scottish mathematician John Napier in the 16th century to speed up the calculation of the converse of powered numbers by hand.

What is the logarithm?

500

The border along these two countries is defined by the deepest channel of the Straits of Johor.

What is Singapore and Malaysia?