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100

This leader of the Teamsters vanished in 1975.

Who is Jimmy Hoffa?

100

Tales of Roman and Greek gods and goddesses fall under this ology.

What is mythology?

100

“Reach Out and Touch Someone”became AT&T’s slogan in 1979 to promote this service.

What is long-distance calling? 

100

The first train car is sometimes called an engine. Its proper name is this.

What is a locomotive?

100

This natural water wonder spans Canada and the United States.

What is Niagara Falls? 

100

Durum, semolina, self-rising, bread, and whole wheat are types of this.

What is flour?

200

The name of this most famous/infamous and controversial FBI leader appears on the current agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Who is J. Edgar Hoover?

200

This ology is a collection of literary works

What is an anthology?

200

He brought Chrysler back from the verge of bankruptcy.

Who is Lee Iacocca?

200

The yellow rose is linked to this state.

What is Texas?

200

Fruit and vegetable production relies heavily on these stinging pollinators.

What are bees?

200

The United States grows avocados in California and this state.

What is Florida?

400

He led the Cultural Revolution in China.

Who is Mao Zedong?

400

This is the study of religious questions.

What is theology? 

400

The idea for this sports channel was conceived in 1978, and the channel launched in 1979.

What is ESPN? 

400

In 1920, this competitor of Macy’s hosted the first Thanksgiving Day parade in New York.

What is Gimbels?

400

Today we have regulations and technologies to help lower carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But we still depend on these living things to pull the greenhouse gas out of the air.

What are plants or trees?

400

This apple bears the partial name of a Japanese company that still makes camera film.

What is Fuji? 

600

This military leader ruled Cuba twice—first from 1933–44 and then again when he seized control in a bloodless coup in 1952.

Who is Fulgencio Batista?

600

This is a set of doctrines or beliefs.

What is ideology?

600

This is the world’s most expensive stock.

What is Berkshire Hathaway?

600

This is the world’s largest rainforest.

What is the Amazon?

600

This dwarf planet was discovered in 1930 and hasn’t made a revolution around the sun since then

What is Pluto?

600

Dates are this dried fruit.

What are figs?

800

He was the first Russian leader after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Who is Boris Yeltsin?

800

This ology is the study of the antiquities from the land of the pharaohs.

What is Egyptology?

800

In 1979, R. J. Reynolds acquired this canned-fruit company.

What is Del Monte?

800

Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, and Marilu Henner worked for this company in the TV sitcom Taxi.

What is the Sunshine Cab Company? 

800

It is often repeated that this crustacean never dies of old age.

What is the lobster?

800

Farfalle belongs to this group of Italian staples.

What is pasta?

1000

He became chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve System in 1979 and is credited with ending the sky-high inflation of the 1970s.

Who is Paul Volcker?

1000

This is the study of the nature of disease.

What is pathology?

1000

Kleenex, Viva, and Scott are all brands of this company.

What is Kimberly-Clark? 

1000

This Eastern European country gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1878 and has its own arc, similar to France’s Arc de Triomphe.

What is Romania? 

1000

This peak in the Himalayan Mountains straddles Nepal and Tibet.

What is Mount Everest?

1000

These are Mediterranean/Middle Eastern fried or baked balls or patties made with chickpeas, herbs, and spices and often drizzled with tahini.

What are falafel?