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The five nations of Central Asia all share this common Persian suffix in their country names, which means "land of" or "place of."

What is -stan?

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This document, ratified in 1791, comprises the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms.

What is the Bill of Rights?

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The female of what animal species is called a ewe?

What is Sheep?


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This highly successful American sitcom, which ran from 1994 to 2004, followed the lives of six friends living in New York City.

What is Friends? 

100

What was the first animal to be cloned?

What is a sheep?

200

The Tajik people of Central Asia speak a language related to Persian (Farsi), while the majority of people in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan speak languages belonging to this family.

What are Turkic languages? 

200

This country is notoriously nicknamed as the “Graveyard of Empires”

What is Afghanistan?

200

In Which Country Are The Most Languages Spoken?

Where is Papua New Guinea?

200

Often nicknamed the "King of Pop," this American singer and dancer holds the title for the best-selling music artist of all time, with sales estimated to be over 400 million records worldwide.

Who is Michael Jackson?

200

Which popular condiment was once sold as a medicinal cure for diarrhea?

What is ketchup?

300

This historical name, which translates to "Land of the Turks" in Persian, is often used to describe the Greater Central Asian region, which includes the five modern republics plus the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in western China.

What is Turkestan?

300

On December 7, 1941, the surprise attack on this U.S. naval base in Hawaii officially brought the United States into World War II

What is Pearl Harbor?

300

In colonial America, what was the Sugar Act?

What is a tax on molasses and wine?

300

Released in 2009, this science-fiction film by James Cameron surpassed his earlier film Titanic to become the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide, until it was briefly surpassed by Avengers: Endgame.

What is Avatar?

300

What U.S. state grows coffee beans?

Where is Hawaii?

400

This famous conqueror cemented his control over Central Asia in 327 BC by marrying the local Bactrian or Sogdian noblewoman Roxana (also known by her local name, Roshanak).

Who is Alexander the Great?

400

 The name of the vast system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union, primarily established during the Stalin era, where millions of people were imprisoned and often died.

What is the Gulag?

400

In the initials of the federal agency known as NASA, what does the first "A" stand for?

What is Aeronautics?

400

This book is widely considered to be the best-selling book of all time, with estimated sales and distribution in the billions.

What is The Bible?

400

Who owns the Patent to Google’s original search algorithm?

Where is Stanford University? 

500

The C5+1 is a diplomatic platform established in 2015 for the five Central Asian republics to engage collectively with this SINGLE world power, often discussing issues like security and trade.

What is the United States?

500

This ancient code of law, from roughly 1754 BC, is one of the earliest known written legal codes, famous for its principle of "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth."

What is the Code of Hammurabi?

500

What is the most abundant element in the universe?

What is Hydrogen?

500

What two chemical element symbols are visible in the logo of the hit TV series Breaking Bad?

What are Bromine(Br) and Barium(Ba)?

500

What does Yahoo stand for?

What is Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle?