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This country is known for geysers and volcanoes in the Atlantic.

What is Iceland?

100

This noun means humor or sarcasm used to ridicule human vices or societal problems.

What is satire?

100

This is a popular squash that many people carve for a Halloween scare or make into pies.

What is a pumpkin?

100

According to this widely accepted theory, the universe began in an extremely dense and hot state and then expanded around 14bn years ago.

What is the Big Bang?

100

This popular US filmmaker has written and directed films like Inglorious Basterds and Kill Bill.

Who is Quentin Tarantino?

200

The official code for this country is CH

What is Switzerland?

200

An exaggeration used for emphasis, such as saying "I have a million things to do today." It sounds like it comes from the Greek langauge.

What is a hyperbole?

200

It is one of the few German words having entered the US English lexicon and means "a region remote from urban areas".

What is "hinterland"?

200

This is our neighboring galaxy. The closest on with only  2.5mil lightyears away.

What is the Andromeda galaxy?

200

In this city of "Brotherly Love" the declaration of independence was signed in 1776.

What is Philadelphia?

300

This country is the second smallest in South America.

What is Urugay?

300

When a text uses bitter, sharp, or cutting language to mock or hurt someone, it is using...

What is sarcasm?

300

F.Scott Fitzgerald wrote this literary masterpiece in 1923 about the roaring 1920s. Leo di Caprio played the lead role in the Hollywood Film.

Who is the Great Gatsby?

300

They were two of the astronauts who made the first trip to the moon and land on it.

Who are Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstron? (two out of three)

300

In this city in the state of Georgia you find the busiest airport in North America.

What is Atlanta?

400

This country's capital sits higher than any other at about 3650m.

What is Bolivia?

400

This 10-letter word describes a story, anecdote or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden, deeper moral meaning.

What is allegory?

400

It is the highest mountain in the US

What is Mount Denali?

400

Sent deep into space in 1977 this famous probe contains a golden record of sounds and images of the Earth.

What is Voyager?

400

This is the number of senators per state.

What is two?

500

This country is the only one without a rectangular or square flag.

What is Nepal?

500

For example: deafening silence, bittersweet, open secret.

What is oxymoron?

500

He allegedly shot President Kennedy in Dallas, Tx.

Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?

500

This is the theoretical point of no return surrounding a black hole, past which nothing can escape.

What is the Event Horizon?
500

President Theodore Roosevelt has arguably this most common toy of the planet named after him. 

What is a teddy bear?