RANDOM U.S. STATE FACTS
POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE
OUT OF BREATH
BOOK DEDICATIONS
MEDITATION
FROM Z TO A
Final Jeopardy
200
The state with the most counties east of the Mississippi is this one, also the biggest U.S. peanut producer
Georgia
200
Will Smith was so smitten with his canine co-star in this 2007 film that he wanted to adopt her
I Am Legend
200
In a typical human body, this organ beats about 100,000 times per day
heart
200
Morbidly true to form, Lemony Snicket dedicates the first book in this Y.A. series "to Beatrice -- darling, dearest, dead"
A Series of Unfortunate Events
200
Consistent meditation practice has been shown to shrink the amygdala, known as the "fight or flight" center of this organ
the brain
200
A football referee gets this animal-inspired nickname thanks to the standard black & white striped uniform
a zebra
200
ASTRONOMY
Discovered in the '60s and '70s, Cygnus X-1 was the first of these light-trapping gravitational bodies to be identified
400
California closes down state offices on March 31, the day honoring this labor leader
Cesar Chavez
400
In his first-ever TV interview, Cormac McCarthy sat down with Oprah Winfrey after she selected this bleak novel for her book club
The Road
400
It's the only planet in our solar system whose name is not derived from Greek or Roman mythology
Earth
400
Can we talk? This comic legend dedicated her 2014 autobiography to Kanye West, "because he'll never ...... read it"
Joan Rivers
400
"The Atlantic" described this 4-letter meditation app as "one of the most popular apps in existence, full stop"
Calm
400
You'd say this four-letter word while reciting the Greek alphabet, or, when greeting Michael Douglas' wife
zeta
400
Discovered in the '60s and '70s, Cygnus X-1 was the first of these light-trapping gravitational bodies to be identified
black holes
600
Yeehaw! Paniolos are Hawaii's equivalent of these workers, also the name of a Texas pro sport team
cowboys
600
Over 11 total seasons of "The Walking Dead", this "Z" word was surprisingly never used by a character
zombie
600
According to a 2006 song, when they tried to make Amy Winehouse go here, she said "no, no, no"
"Rehab"
600
This author of "The Fountainhead" dedicated 1957's "Atlas Shrugged" to 2 different men: her husband and her lover
Ayn Rand
600
"Om" is a familiar example of one of these, a word or phrase repeated over & over as the focal point for a meditation
a mantra
600
In a classic 1986 Nintendo game, Link tries to rescue this title princess from Ganon
Zelda
800
Massachusetts and Virginia are two of four states that have this word in their official names
Commonwealth
800
Moviegoers were snack-shamed for chewing popcorn too loudly during this mostly silent film directed by John Krasinski
A Quiet Place
800
During World War I, Germany deployed a massive, fort-demolishing howitzer nicknamed Big this
Bertha
800
She dedicated 1946's "The Hollow" to "Larry & Danae, with apologies for using their swimming pool as the scene of a murder"
Agatha Christie
800
Time magazine once called this meditation guru "the poet prophet of alternative medicine"
Deepak Chopra
800
Last name of the musician who had kids named Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet & Diva
Zappa
1000
One of this state's claims to fame is being first with a moving assembly line for manufacturing an entire car
Michigan
1000
Kevin Costner starred in two post-apocalyptic films in the 1990s: "Waterworld" and this misfire about a nameless drifter
The Postman
1000
As Taylor Swift knows all too well, this type of person has an intense dislike of something
hater
1000
Toni Morrison dedicated this masterpiece to "sixty million and more"--the number of African victims claimed by slavery
Beloved
1000
A state of attention often cited as the goal of meditation practice; it's loosely defined as "being present in the moment"
mindfulness
1000
This fitness program began when an aerobics instructor swapped out his usual music with salsa & merengue songs
Zumba