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100

In "The Matrix", does Neo take the red pill or the blue pill?

The red pill

100

What a surgeon does for a living

Operate

100

What was the first commercially successful video game?

Pong

100

What is the world's largest desert?

The Sahara Desert
100

Which NFL team plays at AT&T Stadium?

The Dallas Cowboys

200

In "Star Wars", what is Princess Leia's last name?

Organa

200

What Sherlock Holmes does during work hours

Investigate

200

What was the first full-length animated movie ever released?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

200

On the periodic table, which element is represented by the letter N?

Nitrogen

200

Which athlete has most followed Instagram account in the world?

Cristiano Ronaldo

300

What is the name of the desert planet where most of Dune takes place?

Arrakis

300

To "brainwash" many people

Indoctrinate

300

Who was the first actor to play James Bond in a movie?

Sean Connery

300

According to the U.S. Constitution, the president is part of which of the three branches of government?

Executive

300

Which country has the most Winter Olympic medals?

Norway

400

What dystopian tale of surveillance and totalitarianism was written by George Orwell in 1949?

1984

400

From Webster's dictionary: "To make (something bad or unpleasant) worse"

Exacerbate

400

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

Marie Curie

400

The US Naval Academy is located in what city?

Annapolis, MD

400

Which D1 college basketball team has the most national championships?

UCLA

500

The 1938 radio broadcast of this sci-fi novel caused wide-spread panic, as people believed the broadcast was actual live news

The War of the Worlds

500

From Webster's dictionary: "To relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship"

Exonerate

500

What was the first fast-food chain to offer a drive-thru?

In-N-Out Burger

500

Bern is the capital of what European country?

Switzerland

500

Who is the first (and only) Japanese baseball player inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame?

Ichiro Suzuki