Math/Science
History
Arts/Literature
Pop Culture/Sports
Maddie' Special Interests
100

What value is the only whole number that can not be represented using Roman Numerals?

Zero

100

What nationality was Marco Polo?

Venetian

100

Who wrote The Catcher in the Rye?

J.D. Salinger

100

Which teams in the NFL have purple uniforms?

Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings

100

What is a narrative principle emphasizing that every element in a story should be necessary, while irrelevant elements should be removed?

Chekhov's gun

200

Which organ do insects not have

Lungs

200

Where were the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights stored during World War II?

Fort Knox

200

What style of art is Salvador Dalí known for?

Surrealism

200

What major 2025 sci‑fi film, announced at Comic‑Con, continues the Avatar saga and is set to release on December 19, 2025?

Avatar: Fire and Ash

200

What Game of Thrones spinoff is currently debuting its third season?

House of the Dragon

300

What dinosaur fossil was originally mistaken for a type of bison?

Triceratops

300

In what year was the Gregorian calendar adopted?

1582

300

What book was the musical Natsha, Pierre and the Great Commet of 1812 based on?

War and Peace

300

In what sport would you find a pommel horse?

Gymnastics

300

What wooden instrument has "drone" strings that resemble the sound of a bagpipe?

Dulcimer

400

Which famous Greek mathematician is known for having accurately calculated the circumference of planet Earth using only shadows and some simple geometry?

Eratosthenes

400

What disease is thought to have contributed to the demise of sailors exploring the Arctic on the HMS Erebus and Terror?

Tuberculosis

400

Which district in the West End of London gives its name to a group of intellectuals, artists, and writers, including John Maynard Keynes and Virginia Woolf, who were active in the first half of the 20th century?

Bloomsbury

400

Who in Hollywood is known as “The Voice of God”?

Morgan Freeman

400

In which Muppet movie is Kermit the Frog thrown into a Russian Gulag?

Muppets Most Wanted

500

What is the most common cause of visual impairment in children?

Amblyopia or "lazy eye"

500

The portrait of George Washington that appears on $1 bills is based on an unfinished painting begun in 1796 by what American artist?

Gilbert Stuart

500

"The Smurfs" were created by what Belgian artist?

Peyo

500

How many dimples does the average golf ball have?

336

500

Which Big East Basketball Men's Team, who Maddie's Dad also played for in 1991, won the Big East Tourement in 2017?

Xavier University