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100

What is the capital of Mexico

Mexico City

100

When was the Declaration of Independence signed

1776

100

What are the two families from Romeo and Juliet

Montague and Capulet

100

First element of the periodic table

Hydrogen

100

How many squares are there on a chessboard?

64

200

Largest ocean in the world

Pacific ocean

200

In which ancient empire was Jesus born

Roman Empire

200

This famous novella follows the struggle of a man with a large fish

The Old Man and the Sea

200

Who invented Calculus?

Isaac Newton

200

The baking ingrdient "ladyfingers" is popular in what desert?

Tiramisu 

300

What is the capital of Venezuala

Caracas

300

Who shot JFK

Lee Harvey Oswald

300

In which author's work can you find Scrooge

Charles Dickens

300

What is the term given to the idea of chaos in thermodynamics

entropy

300

Most amount of money ever paid at a cow auction?

1.3 million

400

What is the most recently formed country

South Sudan

400

Who was the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

Charlegmane

400

Who is the villain from the Sherlock Holmes series?

Moriarty

400

What is the only animal that can not jump?

Elephant

400

Who was the first president born in a hospital

Jimmy Carter

500

Which country is home to the Skeleton Coast

Namibia

500

Which recent pope was the third of all time to resign

Benedict XVI
500

What is the holy grail according to The Da Vinci Code

blood/ mary magdelane 

500

What is the term for the two-word Latin naming of animals and plants?

Binomial Nomenclature

500

What did Franz Kafka do for a day job?

Insurance worker