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100

Which appealing yellow fruit is slightly radioactive due to its high potassium content?

Banana

100

The answer is under your desk: vandalism and littering led Singapore to ban the import and sale of which chewy confectionary in 1992?

Gum

100

In which sport would you perform a slam dunk?

Basketball 

100

Which singer is known as the “Queen of Pop”?

Madonna

100

Mouselike boy in an E.B. White story traveling through the heavens as Ursa Minor.

Stuart Little Dipper

200

Obelus is the name for the mathematical symbol that has a horizontal line with a dot above and a dot below it. Which arithmetic operation is the sign used for?

Division

200

Presumably they all saw it as a wise choice - what animal is used as a mascot by Tripadvisor, Duolingo, and Hooters?

Owl

200

How long is a standard marathon?

26.2 Miles 

200

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what is Iron Man’s real name?

Tony Stark

200

A landmark Louisiana area featuring Bourbon Street gets a classic burger from McDonald's.

French Quarter Pounder

300

What Greek word, meaning "I have found it," was supposedly shouted by the mathematician Archimedes upon realizing that the volume of his body displaced an equal volume of water in his bathtub?

Eureka

300

What's blowing up, Doc? Exploding cigars, pianos, and watermelons are some of the unorthodox tactics used in a cartoon pitting Yosemite Sam in a mayoral race against what wascal?

Bugs Bunny

300

Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 2022?

Argentina

300

In the TV show Friends, what is the name of Ross’s second wife?

Emily 

300

NYC nickname that refers to the most special person ever.

Big Apple of my Eye

400

Which element, number 75 on the periodic table, is named after a German river and is considered a rare earth metal?

Rhenium

400

What is the only letter in SCRABBLE that has a score of five?

K

400

In tennis, what piece of fruit is found at the top of the men’s Wimbledon trophy?

Pineapple

400

What year was the first “Star Wars” movie released?

1977

400

A New Jersey governor tries a modeling career & marries Billy Joel (for a while).

Chris Christie Brinkley

500

What astronomy term describe the phenomenon when the Earth is farthest from the Sun during the year?

Aphelion

500

A hallmark of '70s automobile design was a small fixed window found behind the rear side window in cars with vinyl roofs. Without being too much of a diva, tell me what type of music inspired its name.

Opera

500

Which sport is also known as “the gentleman’s game”?

Cricket

500

Who won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2023?

Harry Styles

500

James Joyce's last novel goes back to school at a university in Winston-Salem.

Finnegans Wake Forest