AMERICAN REVOLUTION
LIVING IN A VACUUM (SPACE)
HISTORY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY & MAPS
WEIRD MUSIC FACTS
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This man coined the popular phrase 'Give Me Liberty or Give me Death!' in a speech to the Second Virginia Convention

Patrick Henry

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Prepping for one of these can take astronauts hours, during which time they breathe pure oxygen 

Space Walk

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Commonplace since 2010, this device meant to simulate deep frying without submerging food in oil through application of the Maillard reaction 

Air Fryer

200

This continent, usually believed to be small in size, can fit the continental US, China, India, and nearly all of Europe within its land mass

Africa 

200

Not a single member of this band, most popular for songs like 'Hey Jude' or 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' could read or write music 

The Beatles

400

On September 28, 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege that ended the Revolutionary War known as this

The Battle of Yorktown

400

When a massive star dies it can either collapse into a white dwarf, black hole or be completely destroyed in this explosion

Supernova

400

Dating back centuries, coffee is said to have been discovered in the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau after herders noticed this animal couldn't sleep after eating the berry. 

Goats

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Although the linear scale is equal in all directions around any point, thus preserving the angles and the shapes of small objects, this conventional world map distorts the size of objects as the latitude increases from the equator to the poles, where the scale becomes infinite.

Mercator Projection/Map

400

The most expensive instrument in the world, sold in 2011 for $15.9M is this stringed instrument, fondly named “Lady Blunt”  

Stradivarius Violin

600

This man, killed in the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770 later served as a prominent symbol of abolition. 

Crispus Attucks

600

As Earth's only natural permanent satellite, the moon is actually larger than this dwarf planet, which in 2006 was declassified from full planetary status

Pluto

600

Initially intended to be an indoor grill that would provide a unique benefit of cooking on both sides at once, this product is named after a former boxing champion. 

The George Foreman Grill 

600

This Portuguese man from was reportedly the first to circumnavigate or sail completely around the world from 1519 - 1522 

Ferdinand Magellan

600

This founder of the iconic electric guitar and bass brand and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, never learned to play either instrument.

Leo Fender

800

Typically 25 years of age or younger, these civilian colonists were chosen for their enthusiasm, reliability, and physical strength as part of this small hand-picked elite force. 

The Minutemen

800

Launched in 1977, this probe was the first object made by humans to enter interstellar space. 

Voyager I

800

This device, first appearing in 1679 hermetically seals a pot to produce steam to cook food quickly. 

Pressure Cooker

800

9 miles (14 km) at its narrowest, this body of water separates Europe and Africa

Strait of Gibraltar

800

In “Bohemian Rhapsody”, this front runner of Queen plays on the very same piano used by Paul McCartney in “Hey Jude”.

Freddie Mercury

1000

Convinced to fight against the British Crown by King George III's own brother this French Aristocrat went to America at the age of 19 to aid the American Revolution

Marquis de Lafayette

1000

Located on Mars this is the largest volcano in the solar system

Olympus Mons

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Invented in 1922 by Stephen Poplawski, owner of Stevens Electric Company, this device, now mostly used for liquids, was actually instrumental in the development of the polio vaccine in the 1950s. 

The Blender

1000

This US state is simultaneously the western-most and eastern-most 

Alaska

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In 2016, this Viennese child prodigy composer sold more CDs than Beyoncé in 2016.

Mozart