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100

This fruit is the only one to have its seeds on the outside.

Strawberry

100

This spacecraft carried the first humans to the moon in 1969.

Apollo 11

100

This city is the capital of Canada.

Ottawa

100

This wall in Germany became a symbol of the Cold War until it fell in 1989.

Berlin Wall

100

The Tennessee Titans were originally known by this name when they played in Houston.

Houston Oilers

200

This fruit is a true botanical berry, even though many fruits called berries in stores are not.

Banana

200

This woman became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.

Margaret Thatcher

200

This city is the capital of Australia.

Canberra

200

This city was the site of the famous Great Fire of 1666.

London

200

Before becoming the Arizona Cardinals, this franchise was originally known as the Chicago Cardinals and also spent time in this city. 

St. Louis

300

This country is the world’s largest producer of olive oil, accounting for more than one third of global supply.

Spain

300

This man made the first powered, controlled airplane flight in 1903.

Orville Wright

300

This capital city sits on two continents, Europe and Asia.

Istanbul

300

This French military leader declared himself Emperor of France in 1804.

Napoleon Bonaparte

300

This current NFL team was originally called the Decatur Staleys before relocating and changing its name.

Chicago Bears

400

This spice comes from the dried stigma of a crocus flower and is one of the most expensive in the world.

Saffron

400

This US president was the first to live in the White House.

John Adams

400

This European capital is split by the Danube River.

Budapest

400

This ancient city was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and later the Ottoman Empire.

Constantinople

400

This current NFL franchise was once known as the Portsmouth Spartans before moving to a larger city in 1934.

Detroit Lions  

500

This ingredient, harvested from the sap of a specific tree, was so valuable in ancient Mesoamerica that it was used as currency.

Cacao

500

This scientist proposed the first widely accepted model of heliocentrism in the sixteenth century.

Nicolaus Copernicus

500

This European capital is the oldest continuously inhabited capital city on Earth.

Damascus

500

This ancient empire was ruled by Darius the Great.

Persian Empire

500

This long gone NFL team from the 1920s was named after a famous car manufacturer and played in Ohio.

Dayton Triangles