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100

This filmmaker directed both Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds.

Who is Quentin Tarantino?

100

This is the only U.S. state that borders just one other state.

What is Maine?

100

This dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood inspired a Hulu series of the same name.

What is The Handmaid's Tale?

100

This artist’s 2022 album Midnights broke the record for most single-day streams on Spotify.

Who is Taylor Swift?

100

This tennis icon has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.

Who is Serena Williams?

200

This director of Oppenheimer is known for nonlinear storytelling in films like Memento.

Who is Christopher Nolan?

200

This country has three capital cities.

What is South Africa?

200

This author wrote both 1984 and Animal Farm.

Who is George Orwell?

200

This British rock band shares its name with a famous dirigible disaster.

Who is Led Zeppelin?

200

This gymnast has won the most Olympic medals in U.S. gymnastics history.

Who is Simone Biles?

300

This South Korean film became the first non-English-language movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars.

What is Parasite?


300

This mountain is the tallest in Africa.

What is Mount Kilimanjaro?

300

In The Great Gatsby, this character narrates the story.

Who is Nick Carraway?

300

This indie-folk band released For Emma, Forever Ago, recorded in a remote Wisconsin cabin.

Who is Bon Iver?

300

This NFL quarterback led the largest comeback in Super Bowl history in 2017.

Who is Tom Brady?

400

In The Silence of the Lambs, this actor portrayed Hannibal Lecter.

Who is Anthony Hopkins?

400

This country is both in Europe and Asia and has Ankara as its capital.

What is Turkey?

400

This Russian author wrote Crime and Punishment.

Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?

400

This 2001 garage rock revival band released Is This It.

Who are The Strokes?

400

This NBA team completed a 73–9 regular season in 2016.

Who are the Golden State Warriors?

500

This 2001 animated film from Studio Ghibli won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

What is Spirited Away?

500

This European city is split by the River Liffey.

What is Dublin?

500

This epic fantasy series begins with the novel A Game of Thrones.

What is A Song of Ice and Fire?

500

This singer’s real name is Stefani Germanotta.

Who is Lady Gaga?

500

This tennis player has won 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in men’s history.

Who is Novak Djokovic?