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

  • What is French onion soup?
300
  • This composer’s works include “The Magic Flute” and “The Marriage of Figaro.”
  • Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
300
  • This invention by Alexander Graham Bell was patented in 1876.
  • What is the telephone?
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  • This disease, caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, was known as the “Black Death” in the 14th century.

what is the plague

300
  • This document declared the independence of the 13 American colonies from Britain.
  • What is the Declaration of Independence?
600
  • Originating from India, this is a popular spiced, creamy tomato sauce dish.
  • What is butter chicken?
600
  • Known as the “March King,” he composed “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”
  • Who is John Philip Sousa?
600
  • This man invented the first practical incandescent light bulb.
  • Who was Thomas Edison?
600
  • In physics, this is the term for the amount of matter in an object.
  • What is mass?
600
  • He was the first President of the United States.
  • Who is George Washington?
900
  • This Japanese dish is a type of fermented soybean.
  • What is natto?
900
  • This German composer is famous for his nine symphonies and “Moonlight Sonata.”
  • Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
900
  • Known as the father of the computer, he conceptualized the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century.
  • Who was Charles Babbage?
900
  • This element has the highest atomic number that occurs naturally.
  • What is uranium?
900
  • This war was fought between the North and South regions of the United States.
  • What is the Civil War?
1200
  • This national dish of Spain is a rice dish typically made with saffron and seafood.
  • What is paella?
1200
  • Known for his “Four Seasons,” this Italian composer was a virtuoso violinist.
  • Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
1200
  • This revolutionary product, released in 2007, reshaped mobile communications and technology.
  • What is the iPhone?
1200
  • This is the term for when a solid turns directly into a gas.

what is sublimation

1200
  • This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
  • What is the Louisiana Purchase?
1500
  • A traditional dish of Ethiopia, typically made from teff flour.
  • What is injera?
1500
  • This Russian composer’s works include “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake.”
  • Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
1500
  • This invention allows us to see the bones inside our body without surgery.
  • What is the X-ray?
1500
  • Known as the “Father of Modern Physics,” he developed the theory of quantum mechanics.
  • Who is Werner Heisenberg?
1500
  • The “Gettysburg Address” was delivered by this president.
  • Who is Abraham Lincoln?