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Neature!
100

In the first Lord of the Rings book, what title is usually used for the group that sets out from Rivendell?

The Company

100

Prancer & Cupid were famous ones

Reindeer
100
Our beautiful planet shares this feature with pizza

Crust

100

The statue of this top Greek god at Olympia stood nearly 40 feet high & showed him seated on a gold- & jewel-encrusted throne

Zeus

100

Except for a painful bite, these intimidating spiders are generally not harmful to humans; some people even keep them as pets

Tarantulas

200

"Five golden rings" is a line from this famous holiday song

The Twelve Days of Christmas

200

In 2017 the maximum length of this went from 140 to 280 characters

Tweet

200

What does NASA stand for?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

200

The only still-standing ancient wonder, they lie near Giza on a plateau on the Nile's west bank

Pyramids

200

This calm, circular center of a hurricane is typically 20 to 40 miles in diameter, but can be over 100

The eye

300

in the late 1990s Galileo images revealed that this largest planet has a ring made of dust particles

Jupiter

300

A short bit of praise from a critic or a fellow author on the cover of a book

Blurb

300

What is the proper name for this guiding star, which is the brightest in the Ursa Minor constellation?

Polaris

300

The Pharos of Alexandria was one of these that stood on an island in the city harbor, with a fire lit at the top every night

Lighthouse

300

These waves, from Greek for "shake," that pass through the Earth's rocks are caused by earthquakes

Seismic Waves

400

When it was first published in 1922, The Ring called itself "The world's foremost" magazine about this sport

Boxing

400

Larry Bird, or currently, Jayson Tatum

Celtic

400

This constellation contains twin "brothers" Castor and Pollux

Gemini
400

The temple of Artemis was wrecked by these invaders who sound like they were wearing black & listening to Joy Division

The Goths

400

Research suggests that despite its reputation, this flightless bird that went extinct in the 1600s wasn't so dumb after all

Dodo Bird

500

This lab-grown gem is a popular alternative to the diamond in the wedding ring community.

Moissanite

500

A fancy design of your initials that you use on stationery or clothing

Monogram
500

Stay away from a black hole unless you want this food inspired phenomenon to occur

Spaghettification

500

The ancient Greek Strabo said that this city's Hanging Gardens were watered from the Euphrates River

Babylon

500

This vascular term is used to describe a mineral-filled fissure within a rock

Vein