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100

This author wrote a short story revolving around a mentally insane man who kills the old man living in his flat because of his cataract and flings his dismembered body around the room after the police come to his flat and question him. Name the author of the Tell-Tale Heart 

Edgar Allen Poe (except "Poe")

100

This Qb for the Patriot and the Buccaneers, led the NFL in passing yards and touchdowns, along with winning 5 MVP awards. He has won 7 Super bowls and is considered the best NFL of all time

Tom Brady

100

This scandal was a whisky distilling business run by the government, Ulysses S. Grant was the president during this scandal 

The Whiskey Ring scandal

100

This explorer “discovered” America by accident while trying to find a route to india.He used the ships Niña,Pinta,Santa Maria

Christopher Colombus

100

An American painter, best known for his paintings depicting the rural midwest. Most known for painting American Gothic

Grant Wood

200

Name this wisest king of the Old Testament that appeared in the books of 2nd Samuel, 1st Kings, and 2nd Chronicles. He is most famous for his scene where he says to cut an infant in half to see which of the 2 women are the mother. 

King Solomon

200

This current Qb for the Kansas City Chiefs, has one 2 MVP awards and 3 superbowls, and most recently had the chance to win 3 in a row but lost to the Philadelphia Eagles

Patrick Mahomes

200

 This scandal was a major controversy during the presidency of Warren G. Harding, and was considered the most damaging presidential scandal ever. 

The Teapot Dome scandal

200

These venetian merchant brother explorers traveled to China in 1261,they were captured by the genoese.

Marco Polo

200

Norwegian painter and printmaker known for his intense colors, semi-abstraction, and mysterious themes. Most known for painting The scream

Edvard Munch

300

This short story is set during Christmas with the couple Jim and Della exchanging gifts that are rendered useless after the couple sells their hair and watch to get each other gifts. Name this O. Henry short story

The gift of the Magi

300

Name this 21st century quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. He is famous for being the first African-American person to be a first round pick, and his career in Atlanta ended after facing charges for running an illegal dog-fighting ring.

Michael Vick

300

This scandal split the Republican Party over conservation issues during the presidency of William Howard Taft. After succeeding his friend Theodore Roosevelt as president, Taft controversially appointed Richard Ballinger

The Pinchot-Pallinger

300

He sailed on the endeavor to observe the transit of the planet venus from Tahiti.He now has a straight named after him.

James Cook

300

This art gallery in Florence, Italy; was designed by Giorgio Vasari for the Florentine Magistrates. The name of this gallery means the word office

Uffizi Gallery

400

This play is a comedy that lampoons Athenian Philosophers, especially Socrates. The play follows Strepsiades who tries to convince Pheidippides to join the Phrontisterion or Thinkery so that he can avoid paying debts

The Clouds

400

Quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos from 1998 to 2015. His brother, Eli, and him have both won 2 superbowls. 

Peyton Manning 

400

This scandal involved burglars breaking into Democratic headquarters, the reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein ended becoming the investigators and received their information from an anonymous source known by "Deepthroat", this scandal involved President Richard Nixon.

Watergate Scandal

400

Elizabeth I of England sent this explorer to find the unknown southern continent in 1576. Ship was the Pelican, which he renamed the Golden Hind.

Sir Francis Drake

400

Perhaps the world’s most famous museum,next to the seine river.steel-and-glass pyramid designed by I. M. Pei was installed at its entrance

The Louvre

500

This short story author wrote about Seymour and Muriel Glass on a vacation at a Florida resort in "A Perfect Day for Banana fish" which appears in his "Nine Stories" collection

J.D. Salinger

500

Quarterback for 49ers from 2011 to 2016, is most known for protesting police violence and Black Lives Matter movement. He tried suing the NFL for blackballing him out the NFL once he started standing up for this stuff.

Colin Capernick

500

 This scandal rocked Ronald Reagan’s second term. Reagan’s administration wanted to send aid to a right-wing rebel group in what country

The Iran-Contra scandal

500

Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Cuba.left Cuba secretly and began a mission of conquest rather than exploration. On the coast of the Yucatán, the expedition was joined by the Spanish castaway Gerónimo de Aguilar and a Nahua captive known as “La Malinche” or “Doña Marina,” who served as translators.

Hernan Cortes

500

The Art Museum is located in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Founded as “The Museum of Non-Objective Painting,” in 1959 it moved into its current home, a Frank Lloyd Wright building that features a spiral ramp connecting the exhibition areas

Guggenheim