After the 13th century, this city became a cultural center of Russia.
What is Moscow?
100
Atomic number 7, atomic symbol N.
What is nitrogen?
100
What profilic journalist and essayist, the younger brother of a conservative commentator, supported a burqa ban in France?
Who is Christopher Hitchens?
100
This member of Nirvana went on to become the frontman of the Foo Fighters.
Who is Dave Grohl?
100
This meal of cooked rice, seaweed, and raw or cooked fish is associated with Japanese cuisine.
What is sushi?
200
This first space satellite was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4th, 1957.
What is Sputnik?
200
Atomic number 14, atomic symbol Si.
What is silicon?
200
This author of The End Of Faith and Letter To A Christian Nation has a PhD in neurology.
Who is Sam Harris?
200
The rap-rock hybrid of bands such as Rage Against The Machine, Faith No More, and Limp Bizkit became known by this term in the middle of the 1990s.
What is nu metal?
200
Feijoada, a stew consisting of black beans, pork, and spices, is typical of the cuisine of this South American country.
What is Brazil?
300
This leader is credited with bringing autocracy into Russia; by the end of his reign, Russia was a world power.
Who is Peter the Great?
300
Atomic number 20, atomic symbol Ca.
What is calcium?
300
Richard Dawkins has made it very clear that he refuses to debate what Christian apologist, labeling him an apologist for genocide?
Who is William Lane Craig?
300
This album by Dr. Dre is credited with "providing [the] template" for modern gangsta rap.
What is The Chronic?
300
The spiciness of peppers is measured using this scale.
What is Scoville?
400
This Russian leader, known for his belief in the "shock therapy" economic theory, retired just hours after the year 2000 had begun.
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
400
Atomic number 84, atomic symbol Po.
What is polonium?
400
What figure portrayed in Epic Rap Battles of History has stated that philosophy is dead and has been replaced by science?
Who is Stephen Hawking?
400
In the back half of the decade, this subgenre of metal rose to prominence, claiming Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, and Fear Factory as members.
What is industrial metal?
400
The name of this casserole of beans, meats, and vegetables means "white bean stew" in French.
What is cassoulet?
500
Bound by treaty, Tsar Nicholas II entered World War I to protect Serbia from this country.
What is Austria?
500
Atomic number 101, atomic symbol Md.
What is mendelevium?
500
This developer of the No True Scotsman and atheism advocate fallacy shocked academia when he converted to deism extremely late in life.
Who is Antony Flew?
500
This former bassist became passionate about politics and democracy, eventually authoring the book, Of Grunge And Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy.
Who is Krist Novoselic?
500
Before 1860, this debunked scientific theory was assumed to be the source for changes in food.