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100

What actress who starred in the hit series "Friends" also attended Vassar College?

Lisa Kudrow

100

Who is Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" about?

Drake

100

Which type of flower features heavily in the work of Claude Monet?

Water Lillies

100

Where did Albert Einstein live before moving to the United States?

Germany

100

Serena van der Woodsen is the lead character in what TV series about affluent teens living in New York City?

Gossip Girl

200

What year did Vassar become Co-Educational?

1969

200

Who are the three members of Boygenius?


Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker




200

Andy Warhol was born in which US state?

Pennsylvania

200

What was the name of the international group formed to maintain world peace after World War I?

The League of Nations

200

Michelle Yeoh took him a Best Actress Oscar in 2023 for her role in what film?

Everything Everywhere All at Once

300

What is the Native American tribe in whose land Poughkeepsie resides?

Munsee Lenape

300

Billie Eilish is the youngest person to win two Oscars. What songs did she win each award for?

She won her first Oscar for "No Time to Die" from No Time to Die and "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie.

300

How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell in his lifetime?

1

300

The United States bought Alaska from which country?

Russia

300

“I want the fairytale” is a memorable quote from what 1990 Julia Roberts and Richard Gere film?

Pretty Woman

400

What is the Vassar College Motto?

Purity and Wisdom

400

What is the best-selling album of all time?

Thriller by Micheal Jackson

400

Which artist said 'The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls'?

Picasso

400

What year did the French Revolution start?

1789

400

Phillipa Anne Soo, Leslie Odom Jr. and Jonathan Groff all notably starred in what Tony-winning Broadway show?

Hamilton

500

What board game was invented by Poughkeepsie native Alfred Mosher Butts in 1931?

Scrabble

500

What was Freddie Mercury's real name?

Farrokh Bulsara

500

Buonarroti was the surname of which artist?

Michaelangelo

500

Who sent Christopher Columbus to explore the New World?

King Ferdinand of Spain

500

What 1994-95 murder trial gripped the nation for more than 11 months?

O.J. Simpson vs. The People