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Less Important Things Born in 2008
Happy Halloween
"We're not in Kansas anymore"
Are You Smarter Than a Mary?
100

In this game the goal is to get your opponent's king into checkmate and both players start with sixteen pieces

What is Chess?

100

This song about kissing a girl was released by American singer, Katy Perry, on the 28th of April, 2008

What is I Kissed a Girl?

100

It has often been debated on whether this 1993 stop-motion animated film is a Christmas or Halloween movie, however the director, Henry Selick, has confirmed that it is in fact a Halloween movie

What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?

100

The capital of Kansas

What is Topeka?

100

A baby goat

What is a kid?

200

The sixteenth president of the united states

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

The first model of this popular phone brand was released on October 22, 2008 just a little over a year later than the first released model from it's more successful competitor, Apple  

What is Android?

200

The character of the headless horseman originated from this short story written by Washington Irving

What is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

200

The nickname for Kansas that comes from its state flower

What is the sunflower state?

200

An artistic technique that involves drawing lines in a crisscrossing pattern to create shading

What is cross-hatching?

400

This state known for whiskey and country music was the sixteenth state to join the U.S. in 1796

What is Tennessee?

400

The first beta version of this popular web browser was released on September 2, 2008 and by 2013 had become the most popular web browser in the world

What is Google Chrome?

400

This famous magician passed away on Halloween day, 1926

Who is Houdini?

400

Kansas shares the "Kansas City Metropolitan Area" with this other state

What is Missouri?

400

The birth flower of October

What are Cosmos?

800

This chemical element is symbolized by an "S" on the periodic table and has an atomic number of 16

What is Sulfur?

800

The first film of this popular movies series based on the incredibly beloved young adult vampire romance novel was released on November 21, 2008

What is Twilight?

800

Jack-o'-lanterns used to be carved out of either of these two vegetables

What are turnips and potatoes?

800

This female aviator was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897

Who is Amelia Earhart?

800

From the late 1600s to the late 1800s it was common for women to wear these tied around their waists, although today they are sewn into the inside of clothing

What are pockets?

1600

A shape with sixteen sides

What is a hexadecagon?

1600

This film premiered on June 30, 2008 and was based on a 1999 musical by the same name and various songs from the Swedish pop group ABBA

What is Mamma Mia!?

1600

What we now call Halloween originated as an ancient Celtic holiday know as this

What is Samhain?

1600

During the late 1800s it was illegal to serve this dessert in Kansas, though the reason for the law is not entirely known

What is cherry pie with ice cream?

1600

The font that this question is written in does not have the extending features at the ends of strokes known as serifs therefore it is categorized as this type of font

What is a Sans-serif?