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This South Carolina city is home to Fort Sumter National Historical Park, where the Civil War began in 1861.

What is Charleston?

100

In this 1942 film, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman meet again in a Moroccan city during World War II.

What is Casablanca?
100

This document lists the names of candidates and the offices they are seeking.

What is a ballot?

100

A person who makes sure the rules are followed in a baseball game.


What is an umpire?

100

This classic diner sandwich is made with sliced turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and three slices of toast.

What is a club sandwich?

200

This North Carolina chain of barrier islands includes Cape Hatteras and is known for its lighthouses and sand dunes.

What is the Outer Banks?

200

In this 1954 Hitchcock film, James Stewart plays a photographer who suspects a neighbor has committed murder.

What is Rear Window?

200

This term describes an election in which voters choose candidates to represent their political party in the general election.

What is a primary?

200

In theater, this person learns a particular actor's role and is ready to perform it if the actor is unable to appear.


What is an understudy?

200

This dish, popular in the American South, consists of a breaded and fried cut of beef, typically served with creamy gravy.

What is chicken fried steak?

300

This South Carolina city is the capitol and home to the University of South Carolina.

What is Columbia?

300

In this 1959 comedy, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon disguise themselves as women to escape gangsters, alongside Marilyn Monroe.

What is Some Like it Hot?

300

The 26th amendment, ratified in 1971, changed the voting age from this age to 18.

What is 21?

300

Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.


What is unique?

300

This British comfort food consists of mashed potatoes baked over a filling of ground meat and vegetables.

What is shepard's pie?

400

This North Carolina city is home to the NASCAR Hall of Fame and is one of the country's major banking centers.

What is Charlottte?

400

In the classic 1941 film Citizen Kane, this mysterious word is spoken by Charles Foster Kane just before he dies.

What is Rosebud?

400

The 19th amendment, ratified in 1920, did this. 

What is give women the right to vote.

400

This word describes something that is difficult to explain or understand because it is mysterious.

What is unfathomable?

400

This Hungarian dish is a slow-cooked stew seasoned heavily with paprika.

What is goulash?

500

This North Carolina city, badly damaged in 2024 by Hurricane Helene, is known for its vibrant arts scene, craft breweries, and location in the Blue Ridge Mountains.


What is Asheville?

500

This 1960 Billy Wilder comedy stars Jack Lemmon as an office worker who lends his keys to company executives.

What is The Apartment?

500

This is the number of electoral votes needed to win the U.S. presidency when all 538 electoral votes are allocated.

What is 270?

500

A sudden, unexpected change in events or a reversal of fortune.


What is upheaval?

500

This Pennsylvania Dutch dish consists of cornmeal mush that is chilled, sliced, and fried.

What is scrapple?