$100: What country is home to the fairy-tale village of Hallstatt?
A) Switzerland
B) Austria
C) Germany
D) Slovakia
B) Austria β
$100: Wrote Matilda:
A) Roald Dahl
B) J.K. Rowling
C) C.S. Lewis
D) Judy Blume
A) Roald Dahl β
$100: Our galaxy is the:
A) Andromeda
B) Milky Way
C) Whirlpool
D) Triangulum
B) Milky Way β
$100: Chemical symbol for gold:
A) Ag
B) Au
C) Fe
D) Pt
B) Au β
$100: Currency of Japan:
A) Yuan
B) Yen
C) Won
D) Dollar
B) Yen β
$200: The glowworm caves are found in:
A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) Scotland
D) Chile
B) New Zealand β
$200: Wrote Anne of Green Gables:
A) Beatrix Potter
B) Louisa May Alcott
C) L. M. Montgomery
D) Jane Austen
C) L. M. Montgomery β
$200: The hottest planet in the solar system:
A) Mercury
B) Venus
C) Earth
D) Mars
B) Venus β
$200: Water is made of hydrogen and:
A) Helium
B) Nitrogen
C) Oxygen
D) Carbon
C) Oxygen β
$200: A person who studies fossils:
A) Botanist
B) Geologist
C) Paleontologist
D) Anthropologist
C) Paleontologist β
$300: Iguazu Falls is on the border of:
A) Brazil & Argentina
B) Peru & Bolivia
C) Chile & Ecuador
D) Mexico & Guatemala
A) Brazil & Argentina β
$300: Wrote The Old Man and the Sea:
A) Mark Twain
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) Steinbeck
D) Fitzgerald
B) Ernest Hemingway β
$300: Planet known for its βGreat Red Spotβ:
A) Saturn
B) Jupiter
C) Neptune
D) Uranus
B) Jupiter β
$300: Most abundant gas in Earthβs atmosphere:
A) Oxygen
B) Nitrogen
C) Carbon dioxide
D) Hydrogen
B) Nitrogen β
$300: Planet famous for rings:
A) Jupiter
B) Saturn
C) Neptune
D) Mercury
B) Saturn β
$400: The worldβs largest salt flat, Salar de Uyuni, is in:
A) Peru
B) Bolivia
C) Namibia
D) China
B) Bolivia β
$400: Wrote Murder on the Orient Express:
A) Patricia Cornwell
B) Agatha Christie
C) Mary Higgins Clark
D) Gillian Flynn
B) Agatha Christie β
$400: Stars primarily burn what gas?
A) Helium
B) Carbon
C) Hydrogen
D) Oxygen
C) Hydrogen β
$400: Salt is sodium and:
A) Carbon
B) Chlorine
C) Calcium
D) Phosphorus
B) Chlorine β
$400: The human body has how many bones?
A) 106
B) 206
C) 306
D) 406
B) 206 β
$500: Cappadocia, known for hot air balloons, is in:
A) Turkey
B) Egypt
C) Spain
D) Greece
A) Turkey β
$500: Wrote 1984:
A) T.S. Eliot
B) Aldous Huxley
C) George Orwell
D) Arthur Miller
C) George Orwell β
$500: A dying star that explodes is a:
A) Pulsar
B) Supernova
C) Nebula
D) Comet
B) Supernova β
$500: pH below 7 means substance is:
A) Neutral
B) Basic
C) Acidic
D) Metallic
C) Acidic β
$500: Study of weather is called:
A) Geology
B) Meteorology
C) Ecology
D) Astronomy
B) Meteorology β