Studebaker
Television
North Korea
South Korea
Marilyn Monroe
100

One Studebaker building was at 1600 this performative NYC street

What is Broadway?

100

Host of trivia game show Jeopardy! from 1984 until shortly before his death in 2020.

Who is Alex Trebek?

100

North Korea is 55th in the world by population, one place behind this Oceanic country.

What is Australia?

100
Roughly half of South Korea's population live in this city's metropolitan area. 

What is Seoul?

100

Monroe was rumored to have had an affair with John F. Kennedy, who was later shot by this man.

Who is Lee Harvey Oswald (CIA also acceptable)

200

Studebaker debuted these in 1902, 2 years before their first gas-powered car

What are electric cars?

200

The word "television" is derived from these two classical languages. (Hint: be specific)

What are Ancient Greek and Latin?

200

According to AP Human Geography, North Korea is in this region, along with countries like China

What is East Asia?

200

North and South Korea comprise this type of landform

What is a peninsula?

200

Though this man was likely her most famous husband, theirs was the shortest-lived of Marilyn Monroe's marriages

Who is Joe DiMaggio?

300

Studebaker was based out of South Bend, Indiana, directly south of this university. 

What is the University of Notre Dame?

300

Frequently-deceased character on South Park

Who is Kenny?

300

Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor as the leader of the Worker's Party of Korea

Who was Kim Jong Il?

300

Although the majority of South Koreans do not claim to be religious, 27.6% identify as a part of this belief system.

What is Christianity?

300

In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Monroe posits these as "a girl's best friend"

What are diamonds?

400

The ancestors of the Studebaker family arrived in America in 1736, having sailed from Rotterdam in this northwestern European country.

What is the Netherlands?

400

In a slight departure from its initial focus, this network now hosts such shows as Jersey Shore Family Vacation, RuPaul's Drag Race, and Ridiculousness.

What is MTV?

400

This body of water forms North Korea's eastern border. (Hint: it's named after a country)

What is the Sea of Japan?

400

Some Koreans believe that Imperial Japan standardized the spelling of Korea for this (quite petty) reason. 

What is alphabetical precedence? (equivalents accepted)
400

One of Monroe's costars in Some Like It Hot, Tony Curtis, fathered this daughter who became quite a successful actress in her own right

Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?

500

One of Studebaker's earlier offerings was this automobile, which shares a name with those of the ilk of DC Comics' Flash. 

What is the Speedster?

500

Unser Sandmännchen is, by episode count, the longest-running television show in the world (it sits at over 22,000 episodes). It has outlived this, its troubled country of origin, by just over 33 years.

What is East Germany?

500

Latitude line which roughly separates North and South Korea

What is the 38th Parallel?

500

Japan formally annexed Korea in this year, the same that the RMS Titanic sank. 

What is 1910?
500

Monroe's death was attributed to an overdose on this class of depressant drugs, which includes phenobarbital

What are barbiturates?