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Citizens of 19th Century Ireland carved jack-o-lanterns not out of pumpkins, but out of which vegetable?

What are Turnips? 

100

What does the company name IBM stand for? 

What is International Business Machines

100

Which animal has 10 hearts?

What is the Earth Worm? 

100

This actress, the daughter of famous Hitchcock film actress Tippi Hedren, grew up with pet lions.

Who is Melanie Griffith? 

100

A teaspoon of a neutron star would weigh approximately how much?

What is Six Billion Tons? 

200

The forget-me-not is the official flower of which US State?

What is Alaska? 
200

Disney’s EPCOT is an acronym for what?

What is Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.

200

A shiver is the collective term for which type of Animal? 

What is Sharks?

200

Finish the quote. “The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is______” – Mark Twain.

What is Laughter? 

200

A dodecahedron has how many sides?

What is 24?

300

What is the national animal of Scotland?

What is the Unicorn? 

300

The phenomenon known as the “Gruen transfer” relates to the feeling of being lost in which location?

What is the Mall? 

300

Hippotherapy is not the act of using hippos for therapy or giving therapy to hippos, but rather, a therapeutic process using which animal?

What are Horses? 

300

Before settling on the title “Friends” the famous 90’s TV show went by which name?

What is Insomnia Cafe? 

300

How many keys does a classic piano have?

What is 88 keys?

400

What is the ninth-largest country of the world?

What is Kazakhstan?

400

This famous Hollywood starlet is known as “the mother of WiFi,” because in addition to acting in dozens of films, she also co-invented a frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication later used as the basis of wireless internet.

Who is Hedy Lamarr?

400

Besides humans, which is the only other mammal that has been observed deliberately seeking out spicy food?

What is the Tree Shrew?

400

When challenged to write a book using no more than 50 words, Dr. Seuss created which children’s classic?

What is Green Eggs and Ham?

400

How many zeros are in one googol? 

What is 100? 
500

The Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships take place in which country?

What is Finland? 

500

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the certified hottest pepper in the world is what?

What is the Carolina Reaper.

500

This word is an animal, a city in NY, and also a verb that means to overawe or intimidate.

What is Buffalo?

500

The song “I Will Always Love You,” was popularized by Whitney Houston, but written by which artist?

Who is Dolly Parton? 

500

What is the Largest Desert on Earth? 

What is the Antarctic.