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100

One of the highlights of this city is the Nelson A, Rockefeller Empire State Plaza

What is Albany?

100

Giant bell in the London clock tower that published “Poor Richards Almanack”

What is Big Ben Franklin?

100

This Star Wars villain is known for his iconic black suit, deep voice, and heavy breathing.

Who is Darth Vader?

100

In 2022 John Clauser won the nobel prize in this category for his work on entangled particles.

What is Physics?

100

A word for an underground cemetery hides the most common Mexican food served at the Bell.

What is a taco? [catacomb]

200

In the 1830s it replaced Vandalia as illinois’ capital

What is Springfield?

200

Condition of being unable to think of anything to pen for a long time that becomes a neighbourhood celebration

What is a writers block party?

200

This director of Jaws, E.T., and Jurassic Park is one of the most successful filmmakers in history.

Who is Steven Spielberg?

200

This late “notorious” justice to the supreme court actually transferred to Columbia law school.

Who is Ruther Bader Ginsburg?

200

Inside an egg-cellent livestock is this dating turnoff or term for disgust.

What is an/the ick? [chicken]

300

In 1864 gold was discovered at Last Chance Gulch, now the main street of this Montana Capital

What is Helena?

300

Golf short game practice area served up in the title of a Dr. Seuss book

What is a putting green eggs and ham?

300

This famous Pixar movie series about personified objects boasts the first feature-length computer-animated film.

What is Toy Story?

300

Alumni such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston were seminal figures in this intellectual and cultural revival of African American art music and literature.

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

300

A number greater than a trillion is pierced by this, a handy tool you’d expect a repairman to own.

What is a drill? [quadrillion]

400

Gettysburg Battlefield is located about 35 miles southwest of this capital

What is Harrisburg?

400

NYC nickname that refers to the most special person ever

What is a big apple of my eye?

400

This actor famously yells, “Here’s Johnny!” in the 1980 horror classic The Shining.

Who is Jack Nicholson?

400

Nobel prize winner for the economic sciences Simon Smith Kuznets was first to create the concept of this fundamental macroeconomic indicator.

What is GDP?

400

A small flowing body of water contains this, 500 sheets of paper.

What is a ream? [stream]

500

This city in the Green Mountains is home to the New England Culinary Institute

What is Montpelier?

500

A dangerous substance like asbestos that's a Madonna hit in which a “boy with the cold hard cash is…Mr. Right”

What is a Hazardous material girl?

500

In Jurassic Park, the dinosaurs are brought to life by “cloning” DNA preserved in this substance, a fossilized tree resin.

What is amber?

500

In 1913 Edwin Armstrong graduated from Columbia with an electrical engineering degree. He is credited for the invention of this, which got him a spot in the international telecommunication union.

What is FM Radio?

500

A synonym for booze has this 4-letter silver salmon inside of it.

What is coho? [alcohol]