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400

William Howard Taft is 1 of only 2 presidents buried in this cemetery outside Washington, D.C.

What is Arlington National Cemetery?

400

The theoretical tachyons are said to exist only at speeds faster than the speed of this

What is light?

400

to hide or to avoid attention, often to wait for a favorable opportunity.

What is Lie low?

400

Thomas Welch invented this drink in 1869 as an alternative to wine

What is grape juice?

400

An octopus has this many hearts.

What is 3?

800

He's the first president who wasn't a signer of the Declaration of Independence

Who is George Washington?

800

Term for the intrisnic angular momentum of a particle, or more simply, rapid rotation

What is spin?

800

a harmless or trivial lie told to avoid hurting someone's feelings or for politeness.

What is a white lie?

800

Some bottled drinking water may lack this compound important for healthy teeth

What is Fluoride?

800

In Roman numerals, this number is represented solely by the letter "L".

What is fifty?

1200

The only Secretary of Commerce to become president

Who is Herbert Hoover?

1200

To get an element's mass number, add its protons & these

What are neutrons?

1200

an expression suggesting that data and statistics are objective and truthful.

What is Numbers don't lie?

1200

The milk substitute derived from these legumes is also curdled to make tofu

What are Soybeans?

1200

There are currently this many men on the U.S. Supreme Court

What is 5?

  • John G. Roberts, Jr. (Chief Justice)
  • Clarence Thomas (Associate Justice)
  • Samuel A. Alito, Jr. (Associate Justice)
  • Neil M. Gorsuch (Associate Justice)
  • Brett M. Kavanaugh (Associate Justice) 
1600

Due to his frequent use of the veto power, especially during the Reconstruction era when he often clashed with a Republican-controlled Congress, this 17th U.S. President was derisively nicknamed 'Sir Veto'.

Who is Andrew Johnson?

1600

Some say particle physics goes back to the discovery of this particle in 1897

What is the electron? 

1600

meaning to leave a problem or dormant controversy undisturbed so as not to cause trouble.

What is Let sleeping dogs lie?

1600

This red, cherry-flavored mocktail, named after a famous child actress, typically combines lemon-lime soda or ginger ale with a splash of grenadine.

What is a Shirley Temple?

1600

Combining all voting representatives from both the House and the Senate, this is the total, fixed number of full voting members in the U.S. Congress.

What is 535?

2000

This President of the United States holds the distinction of being the first chief executive to have his voice transmitted over the airwaves via radio in 1922.

Who is Warren G. Harding?

2000

Color is a property of these fundamental particles that come in strange & charm types

What are quarks? 

2000

the formal public display of a deceased person's body before burial.

What is Lie in state?

2000

Authentic Moroccan mint tea is brewed using a strong Chinese green tea, specifically this variety, named for the rolled pellets' resemblance to an explosive powder.

 What is Gunpowder tea?

2000

This is the fixed number of permanent member nations on the United Nations Security Council.

What is 5?