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Mathematics
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Video Games
Literature
100
He is the front man for a popular band from the 90s, named after a halloween tradition. 

Billy Corgan

100

This is what you get when you take the square root of a negative number. 

What is an imaginary number?

100

When you cook something in an oven using dry heat, you are using this technique.

What is baking?

100

The nominative characters in the nintendo franchise featuring a pair of brothers that are plumbers. 

Who are Mario and Luigi?

100

This series of books features the tales of a young wizard and his friends at magic school. 

What is Harry Potter? 

200

While made famous by Jimi Hendrix, the song All Along the watchtower was actually composed by this musician. 

Who is Bob Dylan

200

The square root of 2 is an example of this type of number. 

What is an irrational number? 


200

This chemical, found in pasta water helps sauce stick to the noodles.

What is starch?

200

These two characters in the Streetfighter series share the same moves?


Who are Ken and Ryu?

200

Mac Barnett, Kid Spy works for this monarch.

Who is the Queen of England?

300

A motown session bassists who played on such hits as Bernadette, My Girl, and You Can't Hurry Love

Who is James Jamerson?

300

This allegory, featuring a hotel with an infinite number of rooms is used to illustrate some fun properties of infinity.

What is the Hilbert Hotel?

Also accept: What is the infinite hotel paradox/ what is Hilbert's Paradox of the Grand Hotel?

300

When you cook an egg in simmering water, you are using this cooking technique. 

What is poaching?

300
While not the first in the series, this Legend of Zelda game is accepted as the beginning of the convoluted time line. 

What is Skyward Sword?

300
A prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

What is the Hobbit?

400

You might think he is a bee, but he is actually with the Police

Who is Sting

400

This mathematical constant is equal to the circumference of a circle divided by it's diameter.

What is Pi

400

A chef's knife that is traditionally curved on the end, rather than pointed. 

What is a French chef's knife?

400

This gaming console was the first to feature Mario Kart.

What is the SNES?

400

This author is responsible for several silly novels, including Lizard Music, and Borgel.

Who is Daniel Pinkwater?

500

Dave Moustane left Metallica to form this heavy metal band.  

What is Megadeth

500

A number with both an imaginary part and a real part. 

What is a complex number?

500

These are the three basic ingredients of s'mores. 

What are chocolate, graham crackers, and marshmallows?

500

In this video game you are tasked with missions such stealing a farmer's keys, and trapping someone in a phone booth.  

What is Untitled Goose Game? 

500

In greek mythology, this goddess of wisdom and intellect is said to have sprung fully formed from her father Zeus's forehead. 

Who is Athena?