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100

What dozy treetop mammal can hold its breath underwater for a whopping 40 minutes, even longer than dolphins?

Sloth

100

The United States bought Alaska from which country?

Russia

100

What famous playwright wrote Macbeth?

William Shakespeare

100

In which city and country is The Louvre art museum located?

Paris, France

100

What geometric shape is generally used for stop signs?

Octagon

200

Twenty percent of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere is provided exclusively by what large rainforest?

The Amazon

200

What do the stripes on the American flag represent?

The 13 original colonies

200

What part of speech is the word "triangulate"?

Verb

200

Which famous painter was also a sculptor, an architect, and an engineer?

Leonardo Da Vinci

200

What is the least statistically common M&M color?

Brown

300

An anoxic environment wouldn’t be great for humans, but certain organisms thrive in them. Anoxic means that which element needed by most life to survive is absent?

Oxygen

300

Who was the 16th president of the United States?

Abraham Lincoln

300

What famous novel, known as the most important American novel, was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

The Great Gatsby

300

Which period has a French name that translates to “rebirth” in English?

Renaissance

300

How long is an Olympic swimming pool (in meters)?

50 meters

400

Omphalophobia is the specific fear of what body part biologically classified as the navel?

Belly button

400

What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during The Great Depression?

The New Deal

400

How many syllables are in the word heavily?

3

400

What art form uses clay in the process?

Sculpting

400

Which is the only edible food that never goes bad?

Honey

500

All amino acids contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and what other element that starts and ends with the same letter?

 Nitrogen

500

In what year did child labor laws start in the United States?

1938

500

Who is the protagonist of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?

Brutus

500

What are the three primary colors?

Red, yellow, blue

500

What is "cynophobia"?

Fear of dogs