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The annual sled dog team race across Alaska. The race takes 9-15 days and covers approximately 1,161 miles.
What is the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race?
100

Major War. Intercontinental. Fighting primarily took place in Europe. Axis v Allies. 

What was WWII?

100
The highest mountain peak in the world?
What Mt. Everest? Mt. Range: Himalayas Location: Nepal / Tibet Height: 29,035 ft.
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Revolutionized communication. Clicks. No voices.

What is morse code?

100
This planet has a continual debate about whether it actually is a planet or not and is currently being called a dwarf planet.
What is Pluto?
200
This sport has the speed of basketball, the contact of football and the strategy of chess. The players on each team are divided into two groups - forwards and backs. The ball can not be passed forward - rather the ball moves backwards and laterally from player to player, or it may be kicked forward. Players wear almost no protective equipment - ouch!
What is Rugby? Rugby is most popular in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, France and South Africa.
200

Allowed for the mass distribution of information and ideas. Got words on to paper!

What was the invention of the printing press?

200
The polar region where Polar bears live.
Where is the Artic?
200
Galileo, an Italian math professor invented a tube comprised of two lenses aligned inside a tube, providing a 9x magnification. It is the simplified version of what we now call...
What is the telescope?
200
The body of water where the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill that happened in April of 2010.
Where is the Gulf of Mexico? **Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and are known as the Gulf States.
300

First major league baseball player to break the color barrier 

Who is Jackie Robinson?

300

Destroyed a third of the known European population. A deadly disease

What is the Black Plague / or the Bubonic Plauge?

300
The largest continent with 30% of the total land area of the planet.
What is Asia?
300
Originally developed in 1978 as a navigation system by the U.S. military, this technology uses a network of satellites around the Earth to pinpoint the exact position of the receiver anywhere on the planet. It is now used in cars, aircraft, and boats.
What is GPS (Global Positioning System) Technology?
300

President Biden and likely candidate, Former President Donald Trump, will run for the office of the President in an election that is voted on in this month, in 2024.

What is November?

400
This NBA basketball star was the youngest player (18 yrs. old) ever to appear in an NBA game and he became the youngest all-star in NBA history in 1998.
Who is Kobe Bryant? Guard/forward for the LA Lakers
400

Colonization. Ocean blue. 1492.

What is Columbus discovers the Americas?

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The U.S. City with the largest population.
What is New York, NY? Over 8 million people
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Revolutionized travel. Made the utilization of rivers more feasible. We can go both ways efficiently now!

What is the steam engine?

400

These two groups of people are currently at war regarding land disputes in the middle east

Who are Israel and Palestine?

500

The first sport played on the moon.

What is golf?

500

Roman Emperor. Accepted Christianity. 

Who was Constantine?

500
This "city in the clouds" was built 8,000 feet above sea level in the 15th century by Incan emperor Pachacutec. Abandoned by the Incas, the city remained unknown until it was rediscovered by an explorer in 1911. Hint: It is in the South American country of Peru.
Where is Machu Picchu?
500
Period of time in which we moved from the farm, to the factory for work as our technology improved dramatically. 

What is the Industrial Revolution?

500
The first presidential library to go online. Hint: This president is no longer alive and held office for only 3 years.
What is The Kennedy Presidential Library? Thousands of audio recordings, video files, film, photographs, documents, personal papers and home movies will be available on line at www.jfklibrary.org