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This Coen Brothers movie won best picture alongside nominees Michale Clayton, Atonement, Juno, and There Will Be Blood.

What is No Country for Old Men?

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The United States killed more than 20% of this country's population during the period of 1950 to 1953.

What is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea?

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This running back was traded to Washington from Denver, eventually launching and unsuccessful Presidential Campaign.

Who is Hillary Clinton Portis?


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This author wrote "Common Sense", a political pamphlet credited with fomenting revolutionary sentiment in the American Colonies leading up to the American Revolution.

Who is Thomas Payne?

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Robots are programmed with this many laws which are organizing principles to for how they must behave in society.  Their ambiguity often leads to ethical dilemas for humans and robots alike.

What is three?

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In the nomination process for the Democratic party, these people, comprised of governors and other distinguished party officials, are allowed to cast their vote for any nominee they wish regardless of the outcome of state primaries at the National Convention.

What are superdelegates?

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Steven Spielberg won his first oscar best director for this movie.

What is Schindler's List

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As a share of global GDP, this countries economy is the fastest growing of any in world history.

What is China?

200

Animated show about a "Whopper" restaurant located in Arlen, Texas.

What is Burger King of the Kill?

200

Well known for authoring the Communist Manifesto, he released three volumes of a planned eight volumes of his magnum opus before he died, titled this.

What is Das Kapital?

200

In the 31st milienium, this galaxy-spanning civil war is considered the founding event for the Imperium of Man.  It is named after the person whose betrayal of mankind initated the conflict.

What is the Horus Heresy?

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With his win in the 2024 Presidential election, Donald Trump became the first Republican to win the popular vote in a Presidential election since this man.

Who is George W Bush?

300

Denis Villeneuve chose to save money on actors' salaries with this movie featuring Jake Gyllenhal.

What is Enemy?

300

In this country, which features free access to abortion and contraceptives as well as 2 years of paid maternity leave, women comprise 49% of the states highest legislative body, making it the country with the third highest representation of women in government in the world.

What is Cuba?

300

Female race car driver who played Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

Who is Danica Patrick Stewart?

300

This author of Imperialism: The Highest Form Of Capitalism was exiled from Russia for what was scene as incendiary writing and speeches.

Who is Vladimir Lenin?

300

The deathly hallows refer to three power magical items: the elder wand, the cloak of invisibility, and this.

What is the resurrection stone?

300

A planned recount of Flordia would have found this man the winner of the 2000 Presidential election.  Instead George W. Bush became President after the a Supreme Court comprised of three judges appointed by his father overruled the recount and installed him in office.

Who is Al Gore?

400

This is the name of the serial killer in Silence of the Lambs.

Who is Buffalo Bill?

400

Ronald Regan illegally sold weapons to Iran and used the proceeds to fund right-wing death squads to overthrow the socialist government of this country.

What is Nicaragua?

400

Supreme court case having to do with political donations that possesses the first, second, and seventh biggest air forces in the world.

What is Citizens United States of America?

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Thomas Hobbes describes man's state of nature as "No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" in this, his most famous work.  Also the name of a Biblical sea monster.

What is Leviathan?

400

This is Hodor's real name.

What is Wylis?

400

After winning the Presidential election, this man died just a month after taking office, having caught Pneumonia from wearing wet clothes he refused to change out of after being caught in a rainstorm.

Who is William Henry Harrison?

500

10 Things I Hate About You is an adaptation of this Shakespeare Comedy.

What is Taming of the Shrew?

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Salvador Allende was elected President of this country in 1970.  His socialist reforms lead to sharp increase in employment and industrial output that continued until a US backed coup overthrew and killed him, installing far right dictator Augusto Pinochet.

What is Chile?

500

Condition of being unable to think of anything to pen for a long time that becomes a neighborhood celebration.

What is Writer's Block Party?

500

The Labor Theory of Value was originally proposed by David Ricardio and this man, though it later became a foundational theory in Marxian economics.

Who is Adam Smith?

500

This is the name of Sauron's central stronghold within Mordor.

What is Barad-dur?

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After winning the 1972 election over this man by carrying 49 states, Richard Nixon ultimately resigned his office when it came to light that during the campaign he had orchestrated a break in to the DNC's headquarters

Who is George McGovern?