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100

The license plate ECTO-1 appears in movies featuring this title team

What is Ghostbusters?

100

Fountains, Roman candles & ground spinners are types of these

What are fireworks?

100

Time to conjure up Book 6 in the series, where Harry Potter deals with this title person (as you probably know, it's Snape)

Who is the Half-Blood Prince?

100

Weakening cell phone batteries need them

Who are the Chargers?

100

September's birthstone is this precious gem that's a variety of corundum

What is sapphire?

200

In a TV theme song, Will Smith raps that he "whistled for a cab &, when it came near, the license plate said" this

What is Fresh?

200

Let's take a pregnant pause for this term of 3 months

What is a trimester?

200

Oo, we've got you in this wrestling move, where one arm goes under your foe's & your hand is on the back of their neck

What is a half nelson?

200

Nye & Hader

Who are the Bills?

200

The third Saturday in September is the start of this German festival first observed in 1810 to celebrate a royal wedding; cheers!

What is Oktoberfest?

300

In the 1996 live-action version of this animated film, the villain drives a car with the license plate "DEV IL"

What is 101 Dalmatians?

300

Found in Motrin, it's derived from propionic acid

What is ibuprofen?

300

He's the biblical king who says, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other"; it works out

Who is Solomon?

300

A "Sacred College of" these meets in the Holy See

Who are the Cardinals?

300

September is the heritage month for this style of music that rose to new heights in the Black church

What is gospel music?

400

The opening credits of this TV series give a glimpse of the New Mexico license plate of "LWYRUP"

What is Better Call Saul?

400

This verb can mean to create through skill, or to construct a lie or forgery

What is fabricate?

400

A half bath, with toilet & sink but no bath or shower, is also called this "room" where you can at least touch up your face

What is a powder room?

400

Sautees in a pan, with a slight scorch

Who are the Browns?

400

Sept. 8-14 is the national week for this type of facility housing seniors who need help but not full-time nursing care

What are assisted living centers?

500

The 1991 Emmy for Best Drama went to this legal series whose title, a total of 5 letters, is on a license plate in the show's opening

What is L.A. Law?

500

You could "transcend blockchain barriers" at 2023's Icon Hyperbuild, this type of event for computer programmers

What is a a hackathon?

500

Half-timbered houses as on Funen Island, are a nostalgic symbol of this country, & are seen on tins of its butter cookies

What is Denmark?

500

Rhea & Mnemosyne were female ones on Hesiod's list of 12

Who are the Titans?

500

These heavenly occurrences include the Southern Taurids

What are meteor showers?

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