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100

What is Beyonce's biggest hit song?

(peaked at no.1 on the Hot 100, won video of the year at the VMA's and BET Awards, won Song of the Year at the Grammys, 2008)

Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)

100

What is Olivia Rodrigo's recent hit, written about her co-star Joshua Bassett? 

Driver's License

Vroom, vroom -- this is a literal child

100

In which Shakespeare play does Friar Lawrence marry two youngins that don't know what the fudge they're doing, oof -- would not recommend

Romeo and Juliet,

not to be confused with the critically-acclaimed masterpiece Gnomeo and Juliet

100

What popular video game has player try to avoid being killed by the Imposter on a Spaceship?


(Dammit, Turner, I'm not the imposter -- I swear)

Among Us


("You always look suspicious!" -- Turner, after literally killing me)

100

What does the Spanish Word "Hola" mean?

Hello


B!tc#es

200

What escaped African American Slave, turned hardened abolitionist, wrote his autobiography, The Narrative of the life of... in 1845 

Frederick Douglass

200

What band is known for their hit song How to Save a Life (2005)

The Fray

200

What character in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series starts his life as a normal hobbit but becomes obsessed with the Ring, which leads to his death in Mt. Doom?

Smeagol/Gollum

200

Which video game series has characters such as the Lone Wanderer, Pip Boy, and the Courier

Fallout


Not Boy, RIP

200

What branch is the English language derived from

Note: It has a similar name to a present language, but we will not accept the Verbatim Name.

Germanic Branch

300

Who was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist during the civil rights movement, known for his work in the Nation of Islam?

Malcolm X

300

What is the Musical Written about the Ex Wives of Henry VIII? 

(Hint: think numbers)

SIX

300

Who is the American novelist, poet, and activist famous for works such as Go Tell It on the Mountain, Giovanni's Room, Native Son, Nobody Knows My Name, and The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin --- LEts gooooooo, what a man!

300

Which pokemon is famous for blocking off roads and being a glutton?

Normal Type, evolved from Munchlax


Grandma Kidney recently crocheted this pokemon onto a blanket!!!

Snorlax,


My BABYYYYY -- bros, I would have like 2 snorlaxes -- every game. Love these bad boys -- all i want in life

300

In Ancient Greek, the phrase "I am Retired" is spelled with how many words?

Think about Hercules!!!! Good movie --> my satyr Phyl

2 Words!!!!

The soothing, velvety pipes of Danny Devito

400

Leland Devon Melvin is an American engineer and a retired NASA astronaut, well known for posing with what in his NASA portrait.

HIS PUPPIESS!!! OMG, so adorable!!!!

400

How many syllables per second can M&M rap?


(We're actually looking for the Eminem Wrapper.

P.S. We're looking for a whole number)

10 syllables/sec -- you try that

whoaaaaa, that's fast, freaky fast delivery

Bros, he should be a spokeperson for that :)

400

What famous book by Ken Kesey features Randall McMurphy wreaking havoc in a mental institution and changing the life of Chief Bromden?

(It became a movie with Jack Nicholson -- I love this boooook)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 

So good yesss

400

In Mario Bros 2, What world do you find Bowser In?


 Dun Dun DUNNNN

World 8 -- Yay!

400
How many known languages are spoken worldwide? 

Round to the nearest thousandth

7,000

(7,097)

500

Who was the first African American major league baseball player? 

What was his name, number, and the team that first recruited him?

(He's a bad@ssss -- this is a 500 level question, and our man deserves it :)    )

Jackie Robinson -- 42 --- Brooklyn Dodgers


Yessssssss, yesssirrrr for sureer whoooaaa

500

What is the heavy metal band Saboton's nation of origin?


(Yas, queen -- represent)

Sweden, heeheeheeee

500

In the Grimm's fairy tale The Robber Bridegroom, a girl hides within the home of her horrible fiancee, who murders a woman on the dining table. 

The fiance and his friends notice something of value that the murdered woman has. What is this jewelry that the protagonist later procures to justify why she doesn't wanna marry that creeeepy @ss man -- yikes!!!

It's a ring.

They can't get the ring off her finger, so they cut it off. Our main girl steals the finger and shows it at the wedding to be like, I don't wanna marry him. He scawy.

500

The Last Dragonborne by the power metal band Dragon Force is based off of which fantasy video game?


Dragooonnnssnsnsnsnsnsns --awwwww, I love dragons -- holy cow. Coolest in the world. Love dragons. Like I would sell my soul for one :)

Skyrim


(dragonssssssssss)

500

Languages go extinct at the rate of 1 every how many weeks?

1 language goes extinct every 2 Weeks.

33% of the world's languages are endangered.

Language extinction undermines identity, uproots community, causes a loss of history, and supports smaller cultures being swallowed by more mainstream ones.