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100

If Air Force One is an airplane carrying the President, what type of vehicle is Marine One?

Helicopter

100

D-day was on 6/6. What does the D stand for?

Day

100

If I am born with 11 fingers, what condition do I have?

Polydactyly

100

Who did the San Francisco 49ers retire jersey #16 for?

Joe Montana

100

In a 21-gun salute, what type of weapon is typically fired?

Cannon / Artillery

200

Unlike the Dromedary, what type of camel has 2 humps?

Bactrian Camel

200

In 1955, the mayors of 7 US cities named Lebanon were invited to Lebanon by the Lebanese President. 

They each returned with this gift; the only one still alive today is in Lebanon, Ohio.

200

Of the 12 members of OPEC, which is neither in Asia nor Africa?

Venezuela

200

I was born on the 17th of which month and year?

January 2002

200

'22' by Taylor Swift has nearly a billion combined streams on Spotify. However, this David Guetta hit from 2011 has over twice as many -- and it has atomic number 22

Titanium, David Guetta ft. Sia

300

In 2022, he retired from acting, "unless the angels bring some sort of script that's written in gold ink".

In 2025, he returned for installment #3 of a video game movie, after receiving a script in 24-carat gold ink.

Jim Carrey (Sonic the Hedgehog 3)

300

Which of the 8 planets in the Solar System are named after Roman Gods?

All but Earth and Uranus

300

Which month of this year does Friday the 13th occur on?

June

300

The modern periodic table has 18 groups (columns). However, the elements of one group were entirely absent from Mendeleev's original table. Which group, and why?

Group 18 -- Noble gases were not discovered yet

300

This US president, #23, is the only one to be the grandson of a previous president

Benjamin Harrison

400

Name 4 of the 8 US Vice Presidents who ascended to President due to the sitting President's death.

Double points: which 4 of them never appointed a VP for themselves?

John Tyler [Harrison], Millard Fillmore [Taylor], Andrew Johnson [Lincoln], Chester A. Arthur [Garfield]

+ Theodore Roosevelt [McKinley], Calvin Coolidge [Harding], Harry S. Truman [FDR], Lyndon B. Johnson [JFK]

400

Name 9 of the 11 US federal holidays

New Year's Day, MLK Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas

400

In under two minutes, name 14 countries in the UN beginning with the letter B

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi

400

According to Guinness World Records, the 19-letter word saippuakivikauppias (a soapstone vendor) is the world's longest known palindromic word.

What language is it from?

400

All great apes have 24 chromosome pairs, except for humans. What happened to the 24th in humans?

It fused with another chromosome (to form our chromosome 2)

500

Name the Five Pillars of Islam.

For each Pillar that you name, you will receive 100 points, plus 100 bonus points if you have done it this year. Allah is generous

Faith, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, Pilgrimage

500

Describe the first 10 amendments (Bill of Rights) and the rights that they enshrine.

You will earn 50 points per amendment covered, plus 15 points for each specific right.

[See spreadsheet]

500

By placing 7 letters around an 8-letter word, one can play a 15-letter bingo which spans the entire Scrabble board.

Name a playable Scrabble word of this type. You will earn the maximum possible number of points that your play is worth, times two.

500

Let's play 20 questions!

You can ask me up to 20 questions to identify the object I am thinking of.

A tire

500

Rounded to the nearest hour, how many hours have you spent so far in 2025?

[Calculators allowed]

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