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100

What scoring system replaced the old 15-point system in international badminton in 2006?

What is the rally point scoring system to 21 points?

100

What is the only U.S. state that borders Lake Superior but is not part of the Great Lakes region?

What is Minnesota?

100

What is the largest country in the world by land area?

What is Russia?

100

What planet is known as the “Red Planet”?

What is Mars?

100

This magical phrase somehow makes your parents better at finding things you “already looked for.”

What is “Mom, where is it?”

200

What country is widely known for dominating badminton internationally?

What is China, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, or Denmark

200

Which U.S. president is on the $1 bill?

Who is George Washington?

200

Which country has the world’s longest coastline?

What is Canada?

200

What is the hardest natural substance found on Earth?

What is diamond?

200

This is the unofficial Olympic sport people compete in when walking past someone and both move the same direction three times.

What is the awkward sidewalk dance?

300

What is the maximum speed a badminton shuttlecock has reached in professional smash records?

What is over 306 mph or 493 kmh? By Lee Chong Wie during a match in 2005.  

300

What river, one of the longest in North America, starts in Minnesota?

What is the Mississippi River?

300

What country has the most islands in the world?

What is Sweden?

300

This country invented paper according to most historians.

What is China? Cai Lun, a Han Dynasty Official, around 105 AD.

300

This creature suddenly appears in your room the moment you turn off the lights and try to sleep.

What is “a random scary thought”?

400

Which country won the first Olympic gold medal in men’s singles badminton in 1992?

1. Japan

2. Malaysia

3. Indonesia

What is Indonesia?

400

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote nationally?

What is the 19th Amendment?

400

Minnesota shares a northern border with this Canadian province.

1. Manitoba

2. Saskatchewan

3. British Columbia

4. Alberta

What is Manitoba?

400

This is the only letter that does not appear in any U.S. state name.

What is the letter Q?

400

This is the scientifically unproven ability to open the fridge 14 times hoping new food appears.

What is being hungry but having “nothing to eat”?

500

This country has won the most Thomas Cup titles in badminton history.

What is Indonesia?

500

What was the first U.S. national park established in 1872?

What is Yellowstone National Park?

500

This country contains the city of Istanbul, which lies on two continents.

What is Turkey?

500

This is the largest internal organ in the human body.

What is the liver?

500

This is the exact amount of confidence people gain after saying “watch this” before doing something dangerous.

What is way too much confidence?