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100

This programming language, named after a type of coffee, is widely used for web and mobile applications.

What is Java?

100

This 2008 superhero film, directed by Christopher Nolan, features Heath Ledger as the Joker.

What is The Dark Knight?

100

This North American Commonwealth was where the first documented Thanksgiving celebration took place.

What is the Commonwealth of Virginia?

100

This Celtics Legend would light up a cigar to acknowledge his team’s victory.

Who is Red Auerbach?

100

In this game, players move their pieces around a board to collect clues and solve the mystery of who committed a murder, with what weapon, and in which room.

What is Clue?

200

This type of database management system uses tables to store data and allows for complex queries using SQL.

What is a relational database?

200

This 1975 film, directed by Ramesh Sippy, is considered one of the greatest Bollywood films of all time and features the iconic duo Jai and Veeru.

What is Sholay?

200

On October 31, 1939, this American President signed a presidential proclamation changing the holiday to the next to last Thursday in November in an effort to boost the economy.

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

200

This New England Team and city was host to the first EVER perfect baseball game, thrown by J. Lee Richmond on June 12, 1880.

Who were the Worcester, Worcester’s?  

Note: the game was played at the Agricultural Fairgrounds on Sever St., where Becker college used to be.

200

This game, also known as "Twenty Squares," was popular in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt and involves racing pieces to the end of the board while avoiding hazards.

What is The Royal Game of Ur?

300

This cloud service model delivers software applications over the internet, eliminating the need for local installation.

What is Software as a Service (SaaS)?

300

This 1972 film, directed by Youssef Chahine, is considered one of the greatest Egyptian films and tells the story of a poor man who becomes a famous singer.

What is The Sparrow?

300

In 1619, the Pilgrams of Plymouth Massachusetts celebrated Thanksgiving with this Native American tribe.

Who are the Wampanoag?

300

Three popular American sports were invented in New England, can you name two of them.

What is Basketball, Volleyball and Paintball?

  • Basketball – James Nasmith, 1891 Springfield, MA
  • Volleyball – William Morgan, 1895 Holyoke, MA
  • Paintball – 1981 Henniker, NH
300

This traditional Indian game, also known as "Pachisi," involves moving pieces around a cross-shaped board based on dice rolls.

What is Ludo?

400

Mistakenly thought of as the first AWS service, this product launched in March of 2006.

What is S3?

400

This 2004 song by OutKast, featuring the lyrics "Shake it like a Polaroid picture," became a major hit.

What is "Hey Ya!"?

400

This Southern Coastal City claims to have had the first Thanksgiving Celebration, although undocumented, on September 8, 1565.

Where is St. Augustine Florida?

400

The “Curse of the Bambino” began and ended in these years spanning 86 years.

What are 1918 and 2004?

400

This card based game, designed by Richard Garfield, involves players summoning creatures and casting spells to reduce their opponent's life points to zero.

What is Magic: The Gathering?

500

This algorithm, used in public-key cryptography, is named after its inventors Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman.

What is RSA?

500

This 2006 film, directed by Martin Scorsese, won the Academy Award for Best Picture and features an undercover cop and a mole in the police force.

What is The Departed?

500

This US city is where the longest running and oldest Thanksgiving Holiday Parade takes place.

Where is Philadelphia?

Bonus: 1920

500

This Quarterback & Tightend Duo holds the record for most touchdowns from a QB to a TE.

Who are Tom Brady and Rob Grankowski?

Note: 90 Touchdowns, 1 more than Phillip Rivers and Antonio Gates (Chargers)

500

This game, created by Klaus Teuber, involves building settlements, cities, and roads on an island made up of hexagonal tiles.

What is (The Settlers of) Catan?