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300

This shoe company known for its 3-stripe design also created the familiar black-and-white hexagon look on soccer balls.

What is Adidas?

300

Before the discovery of oil, the city of Maracaibo in this country was chiefly a coffee port.

What is Venezuela?

300
In 1714, with help from astronomer Olaus Romer's work, a man with this last name invented the first mercury thermometer

What is Fahrenheit?

300

1600 is the top score on this college admissions test whose letters no longer stand for anything.

What is the SAT?

300

Johns Hopkins medicine says a normal one for healthy adults ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute.

What is pulse rate?

600

A women's shoe with no back, or the offspring of a donkey and a horse.

What is a mule?

600

A test named for cartoonist Alison Bechdel measures the representation of these people in film.

Who are women?

600

It's the process by which a potential scientific publication is checked by a group of experts.

What is peer review?

1000

The immigration I.D. known as a "green card" prominently features these two words at the top.

What is permanent resident?