Famous Kisses
Band Members
Food Idioms
Scientists of Note
State Fruits
US History
Potpourri
100

This aptly named Jamaican sprinter and 8-time gold medalist famously kissed the track after setting records in the 100m and 200m races in record times at the London Summer Games in August 2012. 

Who is Usain Bolt?

100

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr

Who are the Beatles?

100

Don't let one of these spoil the whole bunch, or in other words, don't let one negative element ruin something for an entire group.  

What is a bad apple?

100

Along with the Prize that shares his name, Alfred Nobel is known for inventing this high explosive.

What is dynamite?

100

They say everything is bigger in this state, including their state fruit, the red grapefruit. 

What is Texas?

100

This amendment to the constitution was ratified in 1920, giving women (or at any rate, white women) the right to vote 

What is the 19th?

100

This band, lead by Brian Wilson, has had four number one hits on the Billboard charts. The first was I Get Around in 1964, the most recent was Kokomo in 1988. 

Who are the Beach Boys?

200

The caption for Alfred Eisenstaedt’s photograph in the August 27, 1945, issue of LIFE was “In the middle of (this New York City location), a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers.” Today, the caption would hopefully read, "That's assault, bro."

What is Times Square?

200

Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael

Who are the Jackson 5?

200

Apparently taking this from a baby is pretty easy. Odd, every baby I've ever known has an iron grip. 

What is candy?

200

This French scientist found a cure for rabies and anthrax as well as making milk safer to drink by boiling it first. 

Who is Louis Pasteur?

200

This southern state (Roll Tide!) has both a state fruit (the blackberry) and a state tree fruit (the peach)

What is Alabama?

200

He was the English monarch when the colonies that would eventually become the USA decided to fight for their independence.

Who is King George III?

200
One an illusionist and the other an animal trainer, this duet performed at the Mirage in Las Vegas from 1990 until a 2003 incident with a white tiger name Mantacore.

Who are Siegfried and Roy?

300

in 1896, he used his Vitascope cinema projector to film Mary Irwin and John Rice kissing for 19 seconds.

Who is Thomas Edison?

300

Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham

Who are Fleetwood Mac?

300

If you are extra cautious around something volatile, you may be walking on this food item. 

What are eggshells?
300

Shortly after Israel became a country, this scientist was offered the presidency... and turned it down, saying he lacked people skills and didn't have a head for problems of state.

Who is Albert Einstein?

300

This landlocked state in the Northwest claims the noble Huckleberry as its state fruit

What is Idaho?

300

Construction of this obelisk was halted for nearly 20 years, starting in 1854, because of the Civil War. The space around it was used for grazing cattle in the interim. 

What is the Washington Monument?

300

Cornelius is the name of the mascot used to sell this Kellogg's breakfast cereal.

What is Corn Flakes?

400

It’s a story as old as time in this 1955 Disney film; two star-crossed lovers meet,  they fall in love, and they kiss — kind of. The titular characters share a plate of spaghetti and end up eating their way along the same strand.

400

Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Phil Lesch and Bill Kreutzmann

Who are the Grateful Dead?

400

All 50 U.S. states have laws named after this fruit to protect consumers who purchase new vehicles with defects, but those laws vary by state. 

What is a lemon?

400

This Italian polymath who invented the first practical parachute wrote everything backward while looking in the mirror to circumvent plagiarists.

Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?

400

Minnesota adopted this variety of apple as its state fruit, because it was first cultivated at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Its  the result of a cross between the Macoun and Honeygold apple varieties. 

What is the Honeycrisp?

400

Sometimes known as Hatchet Granny, this prominent face of the Temperance Movement was known for busting up taverns and bars with wood splitter

Who is Carrie Nation?

400

Sometimes referred to this part of a horse saddle, the Stapes is the smallest bone in the human body. Its in the ear with the malleus and incus.

What is the stirrup?

500

Speaking of kisses that changed the world, the one that this apostle planted on Jesus of Nazareth to point him out to the guards who would arrest him, tops the list.

Who is Judas?

500

Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, Randy Meisner,  Don Felder, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit.

Who are Eagles?

500

When my parents found out that I wrecked the car, I knew this water fowl was cooked.

What is a goose?

500

This Scottish physician and microbiologist is best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin.

Who is Alexander Fleming

500

Grown in wetlands and bogs, this Wisconsin state fruit (and Thanksgiving staple) is known for its health benefits as well as for getting a good bounce when they are at perfect ripeness.

What is the cranberry?

500

John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison took on the writing of these 85 essays to promote the ratification of the US Constitution. 

What are the Federalist Papers?

500

At its peak, the ratio of this animal to humans in New Zealand was approximately 22 to one. That ratio has dropped significantly and is currently closer to 5 to one. 

What are sheep?