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Chinatowns Around the World
100
Massive stars go through this explosive process towards the end of their lives
What is a "supernova"?
100

Number 28 on the periodic table is a conductive metal that lends its name to this lower denomination of United States coinage

What is nickel?

100

Debuting in 1938, this alien superhero works as a reporter in his civilian identity and now gets his powers from the sun

Who is Superman?

100

This Californian author wrote classics such as East of Eden and Of Mice and Men

Who is John Steinbeck?

100

This city boasts the United States' first and oldest Chinatown to date, born from the Gold Rush of the mid 1800s

What is San Francisco?

200

DAILY DOUBLE

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Orbiting Jupiter, this moon with a very "continental" name possesses the prospect for life because of its vast subterranean sea

What is Europa?

200

This 28th President of the United States was governor of New Jersey and architected the League of Nations after World War I

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

200

Debuting in the Silver Age in 1962, this superhero raised in Forest Hill, Queens, stuck around because he was a major teen superhero who wasn't a sidekick to an adult

Who is Spider-Man?

200

This playright from Columbus, Mississippi is known for works such as A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Who is Tennessee Williams?

200

Following shortly after America's first Chinatown, Canada's oldest Chinatown is located in this British Columbian city

What is Victoria?

300

Aptly named because we cannot see it, this type of matter was discovered because the observed amount of ordinary matter could not account for the movement of galaxies

What is dark matter?

300

This 2002 movie which received a sequel in 2025 details the outbreak of a "Rage Virus" and its effects in England

What is "28 Days Later"?

300

In the hit series "Dragon Ball" by Akira Toriyama, in order to defeat Buu, Vegeta and Goku use this mystical item to fuse

What are the Potara Earrings?

300

Finally resting in Camden, New Jersey, this American poet known for "O Captain! My Captain"'s lifelong collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, was worked on for almost 40 years

Who is Walt Whitman?

300

Paris, France has the largest Chinatown in Europe located in this unlucky number arrondissement or "district" in English

What is the 13th?

400

This nearest star system to our Solar System was named after a Greek letter combined with the name of a hybrid half-horse mythological creature

What is Alpha Centauri?

400

The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 received royal assent on August 28th to abolish slavery in this world-spanning empire

What is the British Empire?

400

Hailing from the Lower East Side, this man called the "King of Comics" created legends such as Captain America and Darkseid

Who is Jack Kirby?

400

Mentor to James Baldwin, this author had a falling out with him after Baldwin criticized his work, Native Son

Who is Richard Wright?
400

DAILY DOUBLE

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This originally Chinese and Peruvian culinary tradition soon spread to Ecuador and Chile, becoming a word synonymous with a "Chinese restaurant"

What is "chifa"?

500

The elongation of wavelengths of light as light escapes a blackhole is captured by this colorful name

What is redshift?

500

28 is the fourth one of these types of spellbinding numbers in physics which denote a specific count of protons or neutrons that result in exceptional nuclear stability

What is a magic number?

500
Beginning publication in July 1997, the popular shonen manga One Piece was in this arc when I was born the following year in 1998

What is Baratie?

500

This author was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, conducting anthropological research at Barnard College, and known for writing Their Eyes Were Watching God 

Who is Zora Neale Hurston?

500

In Manila, this district is the oldest Chinatown in the world, established in 1594 by the Spaniards for Catholic Chinese

What is Binondo?