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100

What is the world's smallest and shallowest of the five oceans?

The Artic

The five oceans of the world are the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean, the answer to this November 22, 2013 question. Sea lovers will want to learn these 13 amazing trivia facts about the world’s oceans.

100

This movie grossed $90,000 its opening weekend in 1933, the biggest opening ever at the time. Merian C. Cooper's first vision for the film was of a giant ape on top of the world's tallest building, fighting airplanes. He worked backward from there to develop the rest of the story. 

King Kong

100

On July 9, 1776 this state's legislature met in White Plains & ratified the Declaration of Independence.

New York

100

The part of speech (or word class) that modifies a noun or a pronoun.

Adjective

100

What instrument did Benny Goodman play?

Clarinet

200

What is the name of Wyoming’s largest lake, lying right in the middle of a national park?

Yellowstone Lake 

200

This 1966 movie was was the last Rodgers And Hammerstein musical.


The Sound of Music

200

On April 4, 1949, the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, France & 8 other nations signed this mutual defense pact

NATO ((North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) 

200

A type of determiner that precedes a noun

Article

200

What is the smallest & highest sounding brass instrument in an orchestra?

Trumpet/cornet

300

What is the country with city of Chiang Mai and home to Baan Chang Elephant Park?

Thailand 

300

Alfred Hitchcock taught us all the dangers of spying on your neighbors with this critically-acclaimed thriller that was released in 1954. 

Rear Window 

300

After answering a NASA newspaper notice in the '70s, she became America's first woman in space

Sally Ride

300

A verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun.

A gerund

300

What is the military flute that derives its name from the German word for "pipe"?

Fife

400

The King James Bible refers to it as the Salt Sea.

The Dead Sea

400

This film's director took 12 dives underwater to visually capture the movie. During his first trip, he was so goal-oriented that he managed to film the shots he wanted, but as soon as he was back on the surface, he broke down in tears after finally realizing the magnitude of the historic tragedy that he had just witnessed. 

Titanic

400

In 1919 this future president mobilized the Massachusetts Militia to restore order in the Boston police strike.

Calvin Coolidge 

400

A pronoun used to indicate ownership.

My, Mine, Your, Yours, Her, Hers, His, Its, Our, Ours, Your, Yours, Their, Theirs.

possesive pronoun 

400

What country does the cylindrical drum called the okedo come from?

Japan

500

Not far from the resort of Cancun, the islands of Cozumel & Mujeres lie off the northeast tip of this peninsula.

Yucatán

500

Claudette Colbert was originally to play the character of Margo in this film, alongside Bette Davis. 

All About Eve 

500

8 Americans were killed April 24, 1980 in a failed attempt to rescue American hostages held in this city

Tehran

500

A literary device that uses contrast to create meaning. 

Juxtaposition 

500

What is the type of this percussion instrument made of logs instead of wooden bars, from Africa?

Xylophone/marimba