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100

September use to be the _____ month, until Julius Caesar's rein then July and ____ were added. 

Seventh

October

100

In what year did World War II End

1945

100

Who is "Ol' Blue Eyes

Frank Sinatra

100

What has hands but cannot clap?

A Clock

100

What television family lived at 742 Evergreen Terrace

The Simpsons

200

What season begins in September in the Northern Hemisphere?

Fall/Autumn

200

What famous passenger ship sank on its maiden voage in 1912

Titanic

200

What singer recorded "New York, New York"

Frank Sinatra

200

If you have three apples and take away two, how many do you have

Two--- the two you took

200

What 1970s television show featured three women working under a mysterious boss named Charlie

Charlie's Angels

300

What is the Birthstone and Flower for September?

Sapphire

Aster

300

What was was fought between the Union and Confederacy

The American Civil War

300

Which famous singer was nicknamed "The King of Rock and Roll"

Elvis Presley

300

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years

The letter M

300

What Arcade game featured a yellow character eating dots through a maze

Pac-Man

400

What is the name of the autumnal event when day and night are approximately equal in length?

The Autumnal Equinox

400

What year did the United States enter World Was II after the attack on Pearl Harbor

1941

400

What female singer became famous for songs including "Big Spender" and "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend"

Shirley Bassey/ Marilyn Monroe

400

A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many remain?

9

400

What 1980s movie featured a time-traveling DeLorean

Back to the Future

500

What is the Latin word for Seven, the reason September is named the way it is.

septem

500

The Korean War Began in what decade

The 1950s

500

Frank Sinatra was famously associated with group of entertainers known as the "Rat Pack" Name two member besides Sinatra

Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop

500

You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don't see a single person on the boat. Why? 

Everyone on the boat is married. There aren't any "single people"

500

In the television show The Golden Girls, what was Dorothy's mother's name?

Sophia