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100

This female author is considered responsible for the creation of science fiction.

Who is Mary Shelly, the author of Frankenstein? 

100

Ava Gardener sang Speak Low in this movie from 1948.

What is One Touch of Venus?

100

H20 is the symbol for this beverage.

What is water?

100

In 1836 Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops reclaimed this mission in what is now San Antonio Texas.

What is The Battle of The Alamo? 

100

This midwestern state capital is located in the "land of ten thousand lakes".  

What is St. Paul, Minnesota?

200

This author's real name was Samuel Clemens. What was his pen name?

Who is Mark Twain? Mark Twain is a river/steam boating term meaning "the mark between" two distances on a dock. 

200

The names of Judy Garland's two daughters.

Who are Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft? 

200

The symbol for oxygen is: 

What is O. 
200

This American pioneer and frontiersman became a folk hero for his settlement of what is now Kentucky.

Who is Daniel Boone? 

200

This important building,  once the tallest building in the world, was considered a modern marvel when. it was opened in 1931. 

What is the Empire State Building? 

300

John Milton famously wrote which novel, from the Devil's perspective.

What is Paradise Lost?

300

This Hollywood couple started Desilou Productions?

Who are Desi Arnes and Lucille Ball?

300

The Pythagorean Theorem.

A2+B2=C

300
This singer, famous for the song La Bomba died in a plane crash in Iowa. 

Who was Ritchie Valens? 

300

This American billionaire recently launched himself into space. 

Who is Jeff Bezos? 

400

Truman Capote wrote this story about a "huckleberry country girl" masquerading as a glamourous New Yorker. 

What is Breakfast at Tiffany's

400

This actor starred in Casablanca and African Queen, he also went by the nickname "Bogie". 

Who is Humphrey Bogart? 

400

The name of this equation/theory:

 E = mc2

What is Einstien's Theory of Relativity

and/or

"energy equals mass times the speed of light squared"

400
This bell sits in a tower at the north end of the Palace of Westminster. 

What is Big Ben? 

400

This mechanical device joins pages of paper by driving a thin piece of metal through the sheets and folding the ends.  

What is a stapler? 

500

This best-selling murder-mystery novelist used to write her novels while eating apples and relaxing in the bathtub.  

Who is Agatha Christie? 

500

The Grauman's Chinese Theatre is located along which strip of famous sidewalk? 

What is The Hollywood Walk of Fame? 

Accepted answers: the place where people put footprints/handprints. 

500

The sum of all of the numbers from 1 to 100. 

What is 5,050?

500

This children's toy is named for this former U.S. president, because of his former style of home. 

What are Lincoln Logs? 

500

This children's doll's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

What is the Barbie Doll?