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100

Number of states that touch the Pacific Ocean 

What is five?

100

Got that song "Pumped Up Kicks" stuck in your head? Blame this trio led by Mark Foster.

What is Foster the People?

100

In natural form, a mixture of 3 isotopes, this element is the most abundant in the Earth's crust and in the human body.

What is oxygen?

100

This US president wrote an article for “Sports Illustrated” (entitled “The Soft American”) and created fitness councils to come up with physical education curriculums for schools

Who is John F. Kennedy?

100

This is the number of campuses the University of Rochester has

What is six?

200

The green spaces of “Parks and Recreation” can be found in fictional Pawnee in this real Midwestern state

What is Indiana?

200

Dana Owens took this name, Arabic for "Gentle", at age 8; about 10 years later she put "Queen" in front of it

What is Queen Latifah?
200

This refers to the beams of matter and energy that spew forth a black hole

What is a quasar?

200

Basketball players learn not to move this foot, the term for the axle around which a wheel turns.

What is a pivot?

200

This entrepreneur, who pioneered popular photography and motion picture, was a presidential elector in 1900 and 1916

Who is George Eastman?

300

The King James Bible refers to it as the Salt Sea

What is the Dead Sea?

300

Taylor Swift changed up some lyrics in her hit song when performing live recently, singing “Karma is the guy on …” what NFL team “coming straight home to” her?

What are the Chiefs?

300

Sedimentary deposits near Lake Superior produce the largest U.S. annual yield of hematite, the main ore of this metal

What is an iron ore?

300

This NBA team has won the most consecutive championships

What is the Boston Celtics?

300

This famous musician performed with the Pied Pipers on the Women's Campus on Prince Street in May 1941

Who is Frank Sinatra?

400

Not far from the resort of Cancun, the islands of Cozumel & Mujeres lie off the northeast tip of this peninsula

What is the Yucatán?

400

In "The Princess Diaries", Mia Thermopolis finds out that she is the crown princess of this fictional country

What is Genovia?

400

The standard model of particle physics accounts for 3 of the fundamental forces, skipping this one, important in daily life

What is gravity?

400

Herb Brooks coached the U.S. to the "Miracle on Ice" hockey victory at this lake in the Adirondacks

What is Lake Placid?

400

Established in the 1970's by the Office of the Dean of Students, this Student Life Award is given to a student who has outstanding qualities in devotion to community service, and to the growth and development of children

What is the Simeon Cheatham Award?

500

Come visit Mongo /Not far from the Congo /Tibesti mountains are not that bad /Yes, we’re talking, talking ’bout…

What is Chad?

500

The year when the first Barbie doll was introduced

What is 1959?

500

A cluster of young stars, this group of astronomical siblings includes Electra, Maia, and Alcyone

What are the seven sisters?

500

This university has produced the most current players across the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL

What is Alabama?

500

This sophomore tradition back in the university's early days consisted of ceremonially burning, burying, drowning, or exterminating this course

What is calculus?