Science Class
In September
I Like American Music
Quotable 21st Century Movies
X Marks the Word
Final Jeopardy
100

In natural form a mixture of 3 isotopes, this element is the most abundant in the Earth's crust & in the human body

What is Oxygen?

100

A September 1666 fire destroyed much of this capital city, including its cathedral

What is London?

100

The 11 songs on "Ten" by this Seattle band include "Even Flow" & "Jeremy"

Who is Pearl Jam?

100

2012:
"I volunteer as tribute!"

What is The Hunger Games?

100

A person or thing that brings bad luck

What is a Hex or Jinx?

100

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES:

This Catholic university gets its name from the Latin for “new” & “house” & was in the news in Spring 2016

What is Villanova?

200

Used as a common medical treatment in the 19th century, laudanum is a tincture of this narcotic dissolved in distilled spirits

What is Opium?

200

September in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of this month in the north

What is March?

200

Chronicled in the miniseries "George and Tammy" the complex relationship of him & Tammy Wynette produced some country classics

Who is George Jones?

200

2010:
Spoken by Natalie Portman, "I was perfect"

What is Black Swan?

200

A social gathering for people to get to know each other

What is a Mixer?

200

TECH TALK:

In 1992 Jean Polly told new web users to do this & later explained they "need some skill... never know if there are going to be sharks"

What is Surf the Web?

300

Sedimentary deposits near Lake Superior produce the largest U.S. annual yield of hematite, the main ore of this metal

What is Iron?

300

On September 9 (not in spring) Japan observes Choyo No Sekku, a festival celebrating this flower

What is the Chrysanthemum?

300

This southern city is a hip-hop mecca & one of its temples is Lenox Square Mall, where the OutKast rappers met

What is Atlanta?

300

2008:
"Why so serious?"

What is Dark Knight?

300

An ability score in Dungeons & Dragons, it refers to skill with the hands or body

What is Dexterity?

300

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD:

Until 1991 this country named for a river had a capital whose name means "lakes" in Portuguese

What is Nigeria?

400

Alfred Nobel invented dynamite by mixing kieselguhr, a type of chalky earth, with this liquid explosive

What is Nitroglycerin?

400

Tajikistan, Armenia & Latvia all gained independence in September of this tumultuous year

What is 1991?

400

"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" propelled this rock 'n' roll legend to stardom in 1957

Who is Jerry Lee Louis?

400

Sulley: "I can still hear her little voice"
Boo: (from down the hall) "Mike Wazowski!"

What is Monster's, Inc?

400

From the Latin for "leap up", it means to feel triumphant jubilation

What is Exult?

400

WORLD CAPITALS:

In English, name of 1 of the 2 4-letter capitals with the same first & last letter, one in the N. & one in the S. Hemisphere

What is Apia or Oslo?

500

Around 1908, geneticist Thomas Morgan began using this insect to help establish the chromosome theory of heredity

What is a Fruit Fly?

500

Make a donation on September 27, the feast day of this saint "de Paul", the patron saint of charities

Who is Saint Vincent de Paul?

500

An ad in the Village Voice brought drummer Clem Burke into this band he's been playing with since the '70s

Who is Blondie?

500

2005:
"Noooo, Kelly Clarkson!"

What is The 40-Year-Old Virgin?

500

A relative of the elephant, this herbivorous mammal is also called a rock rabbit

What is a Hyrax?

500

CHEMICAL NAMES:

The name of this pungent gaseous compound is ultimately derived from the top god of the ancient Egyptians

What is Ammonia?