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200

How low can you go in this party dance? One girl passed under a bar set just 8 1/2 inches off the floor

The Limbo

200

It gets hot in El Azizia, near Tripoli, in this country--hot like 124 degrees one day in 1922

Libya

200

1980:
This pie-shaped character chomps its way into arcades

Pacman

200

He won the Nobel Peace Prize in Physics in 1921 for hid discovery of the photoelectric effect. 

Albert Einstein

200

The golden apples of the Hesperides were guarded by Ladon, one of these mythic creatures

a Dragon

400

2,865 fountains were created when participants dropped this brand of candy into bottles of soda

Mentos

400

Want variety? Over two days in 1916 the temperature in Browning, in this state, went from 44 to -56 degrees

Montana

400

1995:
Sony releases PlayStation, which loads games from these instead of cartridges

CDs

400

in 1903, she became the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in Physics.

Marie Curie

400

The Cloisters & the Costume Institute are both part of this vast New York City museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

600

In 2011 the world's longest living snake was a 25-foot, 2-inch reticulated one of these

a Python

600


Raidrops won't be fallin' on your head in Arica, in this south American country; it takes 30+ years to get one inch of rain 

Chile

600

2007:
This game from Harmonix is like "Guitar Hero" with mic & drums

Rock band

600

For his work on monetary theory, Milton Friedman won the 1976 Nobel Prize for this

Economics

600

Along the Mekong you see this symbol that represents the two complementary forces that makes up all aspects & phenomena of life

Yin and Yang

800

Fastest talker Sean Shannon set a record by reciting the "to be or not to be" soliloquy from this play in 23.8 seconds

Hamlet

800

On April 12, 1934 Mount Washington, in this state, got quite a blow - wind clocked at 231 mph

New Hampshire

800

2009:
Batman wins new fans as he fights bad guys who've seized this mental hospital

Arkham Asylum

800

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He got his job at age 4; 49 years later, in 1989, he won a Nobel Peace Prize

the Dalai Lama

800

goarmy.com has a section called "locate" this person whose job is to help you join up

a recruiter 

1000

In 2011 a robot solved this toy in a record 5.27 seconds

a Rubik's Cube

1000

Better bring an umbrella to Lloro, near this South American country's Pacific Coast, said to average 40 feet of rain a year

Colombia

1000

2010:
This Xbox motion-sensing system allows players to play games without a controller

Kinect

1000

The IAEA, the International this Agency, shared the 2005 Peace Prize for its efforts to make nuclear power safe

Atomic energy

1000

Clavicle is another name for this bone

Collarbone

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