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100

This beef stroganoff ingredient can be "sour" or "whipping"

Cream
100

This river that rises at Lake Itasca drains about 1/8 of the North American continent

Mississippi River

100

It follows "lover's" & precedes "frog"

leap

100

Coconut drop cookies whose name comes from the same root as "macaroni"

macaroon

100

If you know what house your moon is in, you're into this study

astrology

200

This ground beef dish was named for J. Salisbury, a physician who advocated dietary reform

Salisbury steak

200

Of New York City's 5 boroughs, the one that is New York County

Manhattan

200

Lincoln, Leicester, Romney & Shropshire are breeds of these raised in England

sheep

200

This symbol of all that's American was first popular in Europe, especially England

apple pie

200

From the Greek "oikos", "house", comes this science of how organisms relate to their environments

ecology

300

To make chicken a la this, you usually need mushrooms & pimientos

Chicken a la king

300

This lake was created when Hoover Dam was built on the Colorado River

Lake Mead

300

Last name of the actress who played Alan Alda's lover in "The Seduction of Joe Tynan"

Streep

300

Legend has it that Queen Elizabeth I invented this cookie with a human shape

gingerbread cookie

300

Not the study of Star Trek characters, vulcanology is the study of these

volcanoes

400

Quite simply, this is melted butter with the sediment removed

clarified butter

400

In Kansas more people live in this city than in Topeka & Kansas City combined

Wichita

400

This type of tide occurs during the first & third quarters of the moon

neap

400

Cheesecake was the first dessert sold by this company named for the owner's daughter

Sara Lee

400

This -ology doesn't just get to the heart of the matter, the heart is what matters

cardiology

500

The name of this French dish means "pot on the fire

pot-au-feu

500

The 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty fixed this state's border with New Brunswick

Maine
500

Sometimes it means profound, but other times it means abysmal

deep

500

The name of this tiny frosted cake is French for "small oven"

petit four

500

New finds of old fossils are studied by experts in this field

archaeology or paleontology 

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