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100
Which fast-food restaurant sells a “Happy Meal”?
McDonald's.
100
What kind of massive, terrorizing animal is 'King Kong'?
A gorilla.
100
Who refused to give up her bus seat, sparking national civil rights protests?
Rosa Parks.
100
In football, how many points does a touchdown hold?
6 points.
100
What classic Broadway musical, adapted for film in 1961 and again in 2021, features warring New York City gangs known as the Jets and the Sharks?
West Side Story.
200
What type of lettuce is the main ingredient used in a Caesar salad?
Romaine lettuce.
200
What was the name of Dorothy's dog from the Wizard of Oz?
Toto.
200
What was the name of the Pilgrims' ship?
The Mayflower.
200
Which MLB player was better known as “The Bambino”?
Babe Ruth.
200
One of Broadway's longest-running musicals, what Jonathan Larson show with a four-letter title featured characters singing about how they couldn't afford to pay their New York City landlord?
RENT.
300
What is the name of the rolled raw fish most usually served at Japanese restaurants?
Sushi.
300
What is the name of the cowboy in the children's movie "Toy Story"?
Woody.
300
What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
The original 13 colonies.
300
What do the rings in the Olympics represent?
The continents of the world.
300
Running on Broadway from 2005 to 2017, what musical tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and features songs like "Sherry" and "Big Girls Don't Cry?"
Jersey Boys.
400
What soup is made from onions and beef stock, usually served with cheese-topped croutons?
French onion soup.
400
Which Hitchcock film is notorious for its shower scene?
Psycho.
400
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
August 2, 1776.
400
Which golf tournament did Tiger Woods win by 12 strokes cementing his first-ever major championship win?
The Masters.
400
"The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" is a famous lyric from what classic Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe?
My Fair Lady.
500
Is watermelon technically a berry, a vegetable, or a fruit?
A berry.
It's a specific category of berries — one with a tough rind, multiple flat seeds and pulpy flesh.
500
Who directed "Reservoir Dogs"?
Hint: Some of their other popular films include Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs, etc...
Quentin Tarantino.
500
Fill in the blank: The 19th Amendment guarantees ____ the right to vote
Women.
500
In what game is “love” a score?
Tennis.
500
The 1932 election of FDR over Herbert Hoover serves as the backdrop to what 1977 Broadway musical that sees the orphaned protagonist actually meeting Roosevelt during Act II?
Annie.
600
What popular cereal brand was introduced in 1941, and released its popular “Honey Nut” spin-off in 1979?
Cheerios.
600
What 1990s rom-com features a character named Cher Horowitz?
Clueless.
600
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia.
600
What do you call it when a bowler makes three strikes in a row?
A turkey.
600
Although John Williams is known for writing original film scores, he also won an Oscar for adapting the score in the 1971 film version of what Broadway musical that's set in a shtetl?
Fiddler on the Roof.
700
Which nut is used to make Marzipan?
Almonds.
700
In which film does a reporter investigate the meaning of the word "Rosebud"?
Citizen Kane.
700
What was the name of the Category 5 hurricane that hit New Orleans and its surrounding areas in 2005?
Hurricane Katrina.
700
Which sport uses a net, a racket, and a shuttlecock?
Badminton.
700
Debuting in London's West End in 1986 and on Broadway in 1988, what Andrew Lloyd Webber musical features the songs "All I Ask of You" and "The Music of the Night?"
The Phantom of the Opera.
800
Which Mexican beverage is made with plant milk (usually rice) and sweetened with sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon?
Horchata.
800
In which movie does Meryl Streep play British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher?
The Iron Lady.
800
Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt
800
What color is the center line in volleyball?
White.
800
Elder Price dreams of being sent to Orlando for his Latter-Day Saints mission, but is instead sent to Uganda, in what hit Broadway musical that debuted in 2011?
The Book of Mormon.
900
Every summer, thousands of people come to Rockland for the annual crustacean celebration of which of Maine’s prized seafood exports?
Lobster.
900
Who directed 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'?
Milos Foreman.
900
What act were colonists protesting with the Boston Tea Party?
The Stamp Act, a British tax on print materials such as stamps and newspapers.
900
What NFL team was originally called the ‘New York Titans’?
The New York Jets.
900
Harold Hill sings, "I love you madly, madly, Madam Librarian, Marian" in the song "Marian the Librarian," in what classic and alliteratively titled Broadway musical?
The Music Man.
1000
Which country gets credit for developing French fries?
Belgium.
1000
What song does Ferris Bueller lip-sync in the parade in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"?
Twist and Shot by The Beatles
1000
When was the first U.S. dollar printed?
1862.
1000
Which country won the first ever women's World Cup?
United States.
1000
"There's No Business Like Show Business" is a song written by Irving Berlin for what classic Broadway musical about the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley?
Annie Get Your Gun.
1100
What is the most expensive spice in the world by weight?
Saffron.
1100
What was the first Disney princess movie, airing in 1937?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
1100
The “shot heard ’round the world” describes the beginning of which battles in the American Revolution?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord.
1100
According to the official FIFA rulebook, how long can a goalkeeper hold onto the ball?
6 seconds.
1100
What is the name of the musical penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda that was loosely based on a biography written by Ron Chernow?
Hamilton.
1200
What fruit is known as the “king of fruits”?
Durian.
1200
"Well, nobody's perfect" is the final line (and punchline) from what classic 1959 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe?
Some Like It Hot.
1200
Who was the shortest-serving United States president?
William Henry Harrison.
Harrison got sick and died only 31 days into his term after being elected in 1841.
1200
How long is the free skate in figure skating?
Four and a half minutes for men, four minutes for women.
1200
What 2004 smash-hit teen comedy movie opened as a musical on Broadway in Spring 2018? The Hollywood Reporter noted in its review that one character changed from an "imperious arbiter of high school hotness to full-blown arch villainess."
Mean Girls.
1300
What was the first fast-food restaurant in the United States?
White Castle.
Opened in 1921.
1300
What's the name of Charlie Chaplin's most famous, recurring character?
"The Tramp."
1300
Who was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress in 1916?
Jeanette Rankin.
1300
How long is an international soccer match?
90 minutes.
1300
What Hollywood-set 2016 film, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, will get the Broadway treatment in an upcoming live stage musical?
La La Land.
1400
What were the first vegetables ever planted in space?
Potatoes.
1400
Which 1948 Alfred Hitchcock movie starred James Stewart and was shot to look like one continuous take?
Rope.
1400
What was the first United States national monument?
Devil's Tower in Wyoming.
1400
What was the fastest goal in World Cup history?
11 seconds.
1400
A 2012 Adam Shankman movie adaptation of an 80s themed Broadway musical, about an aspiring singer falling in love with a bar employee, shares its name with what 1983 Def Leppard song where the titular period is still rolling?
Rock of Ages.
1500
When did pumpkin pie become a Thanksgiving tradition?
The 2nd Thanksgiving.
1500
What is the highest-grossing foreign-language film at the U.S. box office?
The Passion of the Christ.
1500
Who was the first president to receive a Secret Service code name?
President Harry Truman, who was called "General."
1500
What team won 3 Super Bowls in the 1990s?
The Dallas Cowboys.
1500
What is the minimum number of seats that a venue in the Theater District must have in order to be considered a "Broadway" theater, rather than "Off-Broadway"?
500 seats.