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100

This MLB team just won the World Series this year.

Who are the LA Dodgers?

100

This news station is widely known for being heavily conservative.

What is Fox News?

100

This river flows from Minneapolis to Memphis to New Orleans.

What is the Mississippi River?

100

This is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.

What is Mercury?

100

This era marked a switch from agricultural practices to industrial practices

What is the Industrial Revolution?

200

This 2024 film, directed by Greta Gerwig, became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time, surpassing Deadpool and Joker.

What is Barbie?

200

This is likely the biggest newsroom in Nebraska.

What is The Daily Nebraskan?

200

This U.S. State does not have any documented poisonous snakes.

What is Alaska?

200

Sharks have this many bones

What is Zero? 

200

These four presidents are on Mount Rushmore

Who are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt?

300

After two years, this massive pop artist’s Eras Tour is wrapping up this month.

Who is Taylor Swift?

300

This is the format that all journalists use to write.

What is AP Style?

300

The U.S. has this many time zones

What is six?

300

At this temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal.

What is -40 degrees?

300

The Declaration of Independence was signed in this year. 

What is 1776?

400

This man won the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight?

Who is Jake Paul?

400

This is how you tell your editors about a story idea you have.

What is a pitch?

400

There are 5 Great Lakes, name 3 of them

Superior, Ontario, Erie, Michigan, Huron


400

These are the four states of matter.

What is Solid, liquid, gas, and plasma?

400

The year of the first successful American manned moon landing.

What is 1969? (Apollo 11)

500

In 2024, this popular animated franchise released its sixth installment, The Secret of the Lost City, which continued the adventures of its main characters.

What is Shrek?

500

These are the 5 freedoms the First Amendment protects

Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly, Petition

500

This is the lowest point in the U.S.

What is Death Valley?

500

This is the tallest type of grass

What is Bamboo?

500

The United States entered World War II in this year

What is 1941? (after the attack on Pearl Harbor)