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100

After more than 150 years, he's still the tallest president in U.S history.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

100

Wyoming’s largest lake, it lies right in the middle of a national park.

What is Yellowstone Lake?

100

 These are the only two planets in our solar system that do not have moons.

What are Mercury and Venus?

100

The blonde preferred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

 Who is Marilyn Monroe?

100

This French soup is made from onions and beef stock, usually served with cheese-topped croutons.

 What is French onion soup?

200

Within a 3½-year period, he became mayor of Buffalo, governor of New York, and president of the U.S.

Who is Grover Cleveland?

200

Number of states that touch the Pacific Ocean.

 What is five?

200

This living animal has the heaviest brain.

What are sperm whales?

200

 In this 1961 movie, Audrey Hepburn had a cat with no name.

What is Breakfast at Tiffany's?

200

 Virtually Brazil's national drink, caipirinha is an icy concoction of fresh lime and cachaca, a liqueur distilled mainly from this sweet crop.

What is sugar cane?

300

Founded in 1874, this political party advocated printing more money to help farmers.

What is the Greenback Party?

300

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

What is the Dead Sea?

300

This was the first genetically engineered organism.

What is Tabacco?

300

Original wording of the Hollywood sign.

What is "Hollywoodland"?

300

 Invented by German scientist Justus von Liebig from brewer's yeast, this spread is big in the U.K., an acquired taste, and 100% vegetarian.

 What is Marmite?

400

This city was destroyed in 79 CE due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

What is Pompeii?

400

Auckland, the chief port city of this country, was once its capital.

What is New Zealand?

400

The first Earth Day was celebrated in this year.

What is 1970?

400

The three stars of Rebel Without a Cause who met with untimely deaths.

Who are Natalie Wood, James Dean, and Sal Mineo?


400

 If you see "lumache" on an Italian menu, find out if they're these gastropods or the pasta shaped like them.

What are snails?

500

Historians believe that the Bubonic Plague started in Europe in this year.

  • Answer: When is 1347?
500

The smallest and shallowest of the world’s five oceans is this one.

What is the Arctic?

500

The three main parts of a comet are the nucleus, the tail, and the _____.

 What is the coma?


500

The first Academy Awards, held at the Roosevelt Hotel in 1929, saw this war movie winning for "Outstanding Picture."

What is Wings?

500

 Originating from India, this is a popular spiced, creamy tomato sauce dish.

What is butter chicken?