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Which of the early founding fathers is featured on the current one-hundred-dollar bill?

Benjamin Franklin is on the one-hundred-dollar bill, a founding father who never served as president.

100

What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?

YOUR NAME

100

What is the sun?

 A STAR

100

What continent has the most countries?

Africa

200

Who served as the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.

200

What gives you ability to walk through walls?

DOORS

200

What is the third planet from the sun?

Earth

200

Name the only continent on which spiders and snakes don't live.

Antarctica

300

What was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas?

Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement, founded in Virginia in 1607.

300

If an electric train is traveling south, then which way is the smoke going?

There is no smoke. It's an electric train

300

Why does the sun appear to be the largest star in the sky?

It's the closest star to Earth

300

What's the smallest planet in our solar system?

Mercury

400

What conflict broke out between the United States and Great Britain in the early nineteenth century?

The War of 1812!!   confirmed US sovereignty and ended in an effective draw with Britain.

400

What can’t talk on its own but will reply when spoken to?

AN ECHO

400

What is the sun made of 

Burning balls of gas

400

What was the original capital of Japan?

Kyoto

500

What famous 1803 land deal with France roughly doubled the geographic size of the country?

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 added 828,000 square miles for $15 million, nearly doubling the country.

500

If you have me you want to share me, if you share me you won't have me. What am I?

A SECRET

500

The process when leaves on trees use sunlight for energy

Photosynthesis

500

Who painted The Scream?

Edvard Munch