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100
This nutrient makes up about 60 percent of your body mass and is a basic part of blood.
What is water?
100
The United Nations has more than 190 members. This is the city where the United Nations headquarters is located.
What is New York City?
100
This fruit can be dried in order to promote long-term storage or to prevent spoiling by being processed by heat. This is the name of the fruit that is created by drying grapes.
What are raisins?
100
(Television) This cable television network has used slogans such as “Fair and Balanced,” “We Report, You Decide,” and “The Most Powerful Name in News.” This is the name of this station that was created by Rupert Murdoch and features the television personalities Greta Van Susteren, Shepard Smith, and Bill O’Reilly?
What is Fox News?
100
This president was born in Illinois, but is most associated with California, where he had an acting career before becoming the governor. This is the president that is sometimes called “The Great Communicator”.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
200
This scientific discovery was founded by Dr. Francis Crick, Dr. James Watson, and Dr. Maurice Wilkins. They were awarded the Nobel Prize for this discovery.
What is DNA?
200
As the 32nd state admitted to the union, this Midwestern state has 11,842 lakes over ten acres in size. On this state’s license plates is where the words “10,000 Lakes” appear.
What is Minnesota?
200
This kind of oil-rich fish includes such varieties as Coho, Chinook, and Sockeye.
What is salmon?
200
(Sports) Rules of ball handling are imposed in basketball to promote more offense rather than defense. This is how many seconds an NBA team has to shoot the basketball once they gain possession of it.
What is 24 seconds?
200
Located in Virginia, this settlement was founded by the London Company in the hopes of finding gold and silver. This is this location where 104 colonists disembarked three ships to establish the first permanent English settlement in the United States on May 14, 1607.
What is Jamestown?
300
My name is Edwin Aldrin. I became a famous astronaut when Neil Armstrong and I took our first moon walk. This is my nickname that I am better known by.
Who is Buzz?
300
This is the current acronym for the U.S. political party that was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists. This is the three-letter acronym that the Republican Party is also known by.
What is the GOP?
300
This U.S. state leads in both the production of pigs and corn.
What is Iowa?
300
(Movies) Starring Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman, this was the sixth Star Wars movie to be released. This is the complete title of the Star Wars movie that was released on May 18, 2005.
What is Star Wars Episode III- Revenge of the Sith?
300
This vice president took over the presidency when Richard Nixon resigned.
Who is Gerald Ford?
400
This type of mirror reflects so much light and shows such a large area that it is used in department stores to apprehend shoplifters.
What is a convex mirror?
400
The constitution is divided into different Articles based upon the classification of information located within each. Into this many Articles is the U.S. Constitution divided.
What is seven?
400
This is the name of the thermal cooking vessel used for fast and more efficient cooking of food with enormous savings in time.
What is a pressure cooker?
400
(Sports) This professional baseball player became the youngest player in major league history to hit 500 homeruns when he connected with number 500 on August 4, 2007.
Who is Alex Rodriguez?
400
Given to the United States in 1886, this statue commemorated the centennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This is where Emma Lazarus’s words, “huddled masses yearning to be free,” are inscribed.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
500
Ray is going to the hospital to have a CAT scan. These are the words that the letters C-A-T represent in this medical acronym.
What is Computerized Axial Tomography?
500
This person was the first Asian-American woman and the first Chinese-American to be appointed to a President’s cabinet in American history. She was appointed the Secretary of Labor in 2001 and was George W. Bush’s longest-serving cabinet member.
Who is Elaine Chao?
500
This breed of cow, originated in what is now the Netherlands, is easily recognized by its distinctive black and white, or red and white markings, and has outstanding milk production.
What is Holstein?
500
(Health and Fitness) This fat-soluble vitamin can be produced through bacteria in the intestines and has been proven to play a role in building bone. This vitamin, also found in tomatoes, soybean oil, leafy vegetables, and liver, is vital for proper blood clotting and for normal liver functioning.
What is Vitamin K?
500
Designated as a British ocean liner, this ship suffered a cruel fate when it sunk in just eighteen minutes of the coast of Ireland. It’s sinking caused great controversy as it was attacked by a German submarine, killing nearly 2,000 civilians. This is the name of passenger ship whose sinking contributed to America’s entry in World War I.
What is the RMS Lusitania?