Science
US History
Geography
Musicals
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100
This English "natural philosopher" determined that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
He said "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation."
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.
100
Lisbon is the capital of this country.
Where is Portugal?
100
"The hills are alive" is in this musical.
What is the Sound of Music?
100
This man wrote the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?
Who is C.S. Lewis?
200
James Watson and Francis Crick received a Nobel prize for this discovery.
What is the structure of DNA?
200
This President received the nickname "old hickory" because of his bravery in the Battle of New Orleans.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
200
This is the longest finger lake.
What is Cayuga lake?
200
This musical has the songs, "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" and "Castle in a Cloud"
What is Les Mis?
200
This epic poem by Homer covers a man's journey home to Ithaca.
What is the Odyssey?
300
This Austrian friar experimented with pea plants and coined the terms "recessive" and "dominant" traits.
Who is Gregor Johann Mendel?
300
This US President founded a close friendship with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, which paved the way for the US involvement in WWII?
Who is FDR?
300
This mountain range includes the highest mountain in the world
Where are the Himalayas?
300
The prequel to Wizard of Oz, and has the song "Defying Gravity"
What is Wicked?
300
This author wrote 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Who is Jules Verne?
400
This Nobel-prize winning female scientist was renowned for her pioneering research on radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie?
400
This was the most expensive weapons project undertaken by the US during WWII.
What is the Boeing B-29 Superfortress? (1-1.7 billion dollars more expensive than the Manhattan project)
400
This is the capital of South Sudan.
Where is Juba?
400
What is the name of the female lead in Phantom of the Opera?
Who is Christine?
400
This book features East and West Egg, the green light, and the Eyes of TJ Eckleburg.
What is the Great Gatsby?
500
This element is the most dense one on the periodic table.
What is osmium?
500
Ronald Reagan appointed this woman as the first female supreme court justice.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
500
Where is the largest lake in the world, Lake Urmia?
Where is Iran?
500
This musical opens with the song "Good Morning Baltimore"
What is Hairspray?
500
Who wrote "Where the Wild Things Are?"
Who is Maurice Sendak?