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100

What Minnesota tourist attraction boasts Nickelodeon Universe (formerly called Camp Snoopy), the nation's largest indoor theme park? 

Mall of America 

100

What was the first rock group to play a nine-night stand at Madison Square Garden, in 1988? 

The Grateful Dead

100

What U.S. presidential candidate promised in 1968 to "see it like it is and tell it like it is"?

Richard Nixon 

100

What dog breed, prized by shepherds, first rose to prominence after Queen Victoria introduced them to the royal kennels? 

The Collie
100

What should you always follow to find Froot Loops, according to Toucan Sam? 

Your nose!

200

What U.S. state capital has the fewest residents? 

Juneau, Alaska

200

What rodent's voice was supplied by Michael J. Fox in a 1999 movie?

Stuart Little's

200
What decade saw the first aluminum soft drink cans sold in vending machines? 

The 1960's

200

What fearsome carnivore has the most highly developed brain of any living reptile? 

The crocodile 

200

Who coined the catch phrase: "Pork fat rules"?

Emeril Lagasse

300

What can be recalled, in order from largest to smallest, with the mnemonic SHMEO?

The Great Lakes (Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario)

300

What TV show opens by explaining: "Everything's made up and the points don't matter"?

Whose Line is it, Anyway?

300

What was the first nation to adopt the metric system, in 1795?

France

300

What are mare's-tails, cat's tails, and cocktails to a long-winded weather forecaster? 

Clouds

300

Who is Dilbert's canine sidekick? 

Dogbert

400

What's the only U.S. state with borders on both a great lake and an ocean?

New York
400

What country diva belted out an unlikely cover of Stairway to Heaven on her album Halos & Horns?

Dolly Parton

400

What Virginia-based newspaper boasts a whopping 2 million readers, more than ten times the population of its hometown? 

USA Today 

400

What Toyota model sold 23 million units in the 20th century, more than any other car? 

The Corolla

400

___ of every seven U.S. homes was equipped with a bathtub in 1900? 

One

500

What's the most populous metropolitan area in the Western Hemisphere? 

Mexico City

500

How many actors played members of the Three Stooges, from 1922 to 1971? 

Six

500

What 88-acre national memorial was dedicated on the 57th anniversary of Operation Overlord? 

The National D-Day Memorial 

500

What term denotes a lab tool that spins liquids as well as a giant device that accelerates astronauts? 

The centrifuge

500

What species of maple is represented by the leaf on the Canadian flag?

The sugar maple