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200

On Dec. 16, 1773, American patriots dumped 342 chests of tea into this city's harbor?

What is Boston?

200

This shiny Millennium Park sculpture is officially named “Cloud Gate,” but locals call it this.

What is The Bean?

200

This fuzzy eucalyptus lover is actually a marsupial.

What is a koala?

200

In bowling, a perfect score is this many points.

What is 300?

200

An acronym for "Graphics Interchange Format," this image file type was first released in 1987 by CompuServe

What is GIF?

400

In 1672, Spain began building a large masonry fort on the shore of this city in Florida?

What is St. Augustine?

400

Chicago briefly installed giant fiberglass sculptures shaped like this animal all over the city in 1999 — inspiring dozens of imitators nationwide.

What are cows?

400

This ocean creature has three hearts and blue blood.

What is an octopus?

400

Introduced in Tokyo 2020, this sport features moves such as popping and locking.

What is breakdancing (breaking)?

400

This animal, native to Australia and New Guinea, is the only mammal known to be unable to walk backwards.

What is a Kangaroo?

600

This prosperous neighborhood known as Black Wall Street was burned in a 1921 massacre in this city that left 10,000 homeless?

What is Tulsa?

600

The Chicago Cubs were once cursed by a fan who was told he couldn’t bring this animal into Wrigley Field.

What is a goat?

600

The collective noun for a group of this common corvid is a "murder."

What is a crow?

600

This winter sport was invented when Norwegian soldiers used wooden skis to hunt, scout, and deliver messages.

What is biathlon?

600

The name of this 1990s virtual pet toy, whose name is a mashup of "egg" and "friend" in Japanese, was feared by some to be a tool for foreign spies.

What is Tamagotchi?

800

This is the year the first iPhone was released.

What is 2007?

800

This North Side gang leader was the target of the 1929 Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre.

Who is Bugs Moran?

800

Barns were invented and this carnivorous bird said "bet".

What is a barn owl?
800

The Super Bowl trophy is named after this legendary coach.

Who is Vince Lombardi?

800

In this classic 1980 Stephen King novel, a massive blizzard traps a writer and his son in the isolated, haunted Overlook Hotel.

What is The Shining?

1000

One of two wives that Henry VIII had beheaded? (You can just pick one).

Who is Anne Boleyn or Katherine Howard?

1000

This Hall of Fame running back played his entire career for the Chicago Bears and retired as the NFL’s all-time leading rusher.

Who is Walter Payton?

1000

The taming of this tiny mouse-like mammal should be relatively easy, in spite of its long snout.

What is an elephant shrew?

1000

This NBA franchise has the most championships.

Who are the Boston Celtics?

1000

This ancient structure is the only one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that is still largely intact.

What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?