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100

The 1932 election of FDR over Herbert Hoover serves as the backdrop to what 1977 Broadway musical that sees the orphaned protagonist actually meeting Roosevelt during Act II?

Annie

100

Who can shave 25 times a day but still have a beard?

A Barber

100

What breed of camelid is used for fleece production?

Alpacha

100

Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?

George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt

100

Home of Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays, the Rogers Centre opened in 1989 as the SkyDome – the world’s first sports arena to feature a fully retractable what?

Roof

200

Known as the hottest ticket on Broadway for years after its 2015 debut, what is the name of the musical loosely inspired by a biography written by Ron Chernow?

Hamilton

200

What is so fragile that just saying its name breaks it?

Silence

200

The San Diego Zoo's website hosts a popular live cam of Biarrung and Eve, the only two captive animals of what monotreme species outside Australia?

Platupus

200

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

August 2, 1776

200

The T206 Honus Wagner card was considered the most valuable sports card throughout most of the 20th century after it was sold for record-breaking sums at multiple auctions. It was initially designed and issued by the American Tobacco Company before Wagner refused to allow production because he did not want children to buy cigarette packs to get his card. What sport did Wagner famously play?

Baseball

300

What classic Leonard Bernstein Broadway musical re-envisioned Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" in the world of white and Puerto Rican gangs fighting in New York City?

West Side Story

300

What can devour 

Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;

Gnaws iron, bites steel;

Grinds hard stones to meal;

Slays king, ruins town,

And beats mountain down.

Time

300

Portland, Oregon holds a strange record likely to go without contest. In 2000, researchers in the city earned the title for creating what first-of-its-kind bioluminescent animal? Although they inserted jellyfish glow genes into a whole barrel of them, only one came out with the unique ability.

A Monkey

300

Which era marked a switch from agricultural practices to industrial practices?

The Industrial Revolution

300

Turkish-born athlete and activist Enes Kanter legally changed his name to Enes Kanter Freedom in 2021 to celebrate his American citizenship. Freedom has played what sport for Türkiye’s Fenerbahçe sports club, as well as the Jazz, Knicks, and Thunder?

Basketball

400

"The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" is a famous lyric from what classic Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe?

My Fair Lady

400

It’s full of keys but can’t open any door. What is it?

A piano

400

Which deep-sea cephalopod has three hearts that pump copper-rich blue blood to its eight limbs?

Octopus

400

The “shot heard ’round the world” describes the beginning of which battles in the American Revolution?

The Battles of Lexington and Concord

400

A large brown bear named Blades is the mascot of what Boston professional sports team?

Boston Bruins

500

In 1991, "Miss Saigon" premiered on Broadway, Miles Davis sadly passed away, and Mastercard launched what first online point-of-sale network?

Maestro

500

Why was Karl Marx buried at Highgate Cemetery in London? 



Because he was dead

500

Isle Royale National Park, whose isolation makes it perfect for studying animal behavior, boasts the world's longest study of predator-prey relationships, going back fifty years. Name either the species of predator or the species of prey involved in this longtime study.

Moose, and Wolves

500

 When did the construction of the Great Wall of China begin?

7th century BC

500

“Hammer And Rails” is a podcast on the SB Nation network, dedicated to sports fans of what “P” University located in West Lafayette, Indiana? The school’s mascot is the Boilermakers, and noteworthy alumni include former NFL quarterback Drew Brees, and many astronauts including Neil Armstrong.

Perdue University