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Famous Canadians
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"The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters", "The Sorting Hat"

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

100

Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America was the world's first inverted, outside-looping one of these rides

A Roller Coaster

100

One who does this threatens to reveal damaging information if not paid to keep quiet

Blackmails

100

It's the term for a chord that goes through the center of a circle

A diameter

100

MJFF stands for this Canadian actor's foundation, which raises money to find a cure for Parkinson's disease

Michael J Fox

200

"Baskerville Hall", "First Report of Dr. Watson"

The Hound of the Baskervilles

200

At the Grammys from the Staples Center in 2020, Alicia Keys said, "We are... heartbroken in The House That" this Laker "Built"

Kobe Bryant

200

When one of these is "raised", it's a warning of danger

A Red Flag

200

A congruent number is a positive integer that can be the area of a rational right triangle; in the case of the right trianglewith the measurements of 3, 4, and 5, this is the congruent number

6

200

After his mom posted videos of him on YouTube, Usher signed him to a record deal & he became a global pop icon as a teen

Justin Bieber

300

"Tom Shows His Generosity--Aunt Polly Weakens"

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

300

This tiny 4-letter green plant covers forest floors; what's called this on the north side of trees is often actually algae

Moss

300

Not a full but a partial loss of electrical power

A Brownout

300

To indicate a factorial for a given integer, you put this punctuation mark after it

An exclamation mark

300

This star of "John Wick" bought Harley-Davidson motorcycles for the stunt crew he worked with on "The Matrix Reloaded"

Keanu Reeves

400

"Huts on the Beach", "Castle Rock"

Lord of the Flies

400

The female of this animal named for an Australian island gives birth to 20-40 joeys but only 4 survive

A Tasmanian Devil

400

A drawing made in designing a building, or any plan, as in one "for success"

A blueprint

400

It's the bottom edge of a geometric figure, or a number that is raised to a power

The base

400

This Canadian star of "La La Land" has written letters to KFC & McDonald's on behalf of PETA

Ryan Gosling

500

"Mowgli's Brothers"

The Jungle Book

500

President Carter's executive orders 12127 & 12148 set up this agency that's ready for disaster

FEMA

500

More verdant paddocks, or something more promising, like a new job

Greener pastures
500

Vector calculus involves 2 or more of these changeable quantities, either dependent or independent

Variables

500

He was just 18 & really "Sid the Kid" in 2005-06, when he racked up 102 points for the Pittsburgh Penguins

Sydney Crosby

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