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100

The electric razor was invented in 1928 in this country. 

United States.

100

This eleven-letter word comes from the French verb that means "to know" a subject well and appreciate high quality.

Connoisseur

100

This is the second-largest island in the world and is part of Indonesia.

New Guinea 

100

These were the dying words of Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane.

Rosebud.

100

This is the first stage of a tropical cyclone. 

Tropical depression.

200

Thomas Edison recited this into the very first gramophone. 

"Mary Had a Little Lamb"

200

This five-letter word comes from the Spanish word for brick and is typically made of dried mud.

Adobe

200

This country is made up of 7,000 islands. 

The Philippines 

200

She played Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate.

Anne Bancroft

200

This is the most dangerous part of a hurricane.

Storm surge.

300

He invented scissors.

Leonardo Da Vinci

300

This seven-letter word comes from the Greek words meaning, "no memory".

Amnesia.

300

This country has the most pyramids.

Sudan.

300

This 1927 musical was the first "talkie".

The Jazz Singer

300

This was the most deadliest hurricane in the history of the United States.

The Galveston Hurricane of 1900

400

Venetian blinds were invented in this country.

Japan

400

A six-letter word that comes from a Latin word meaning seasickness, but now refers to a more general feeling of sickness. The word also shares a root with "nautical", which means ships.

Nausea

400

This is the capital of New Hampshire.

Concord.

400

The head of this kind of animal is front-and-center in an infamous scene from The Godfather.

A horse.

400

This 2005 hurricane was 500 miles wide and broke the levees in Louisiana and wiped out several parishes.

Hurricane Katrina

500

Alexander Fleming famously discovered this.

Penicillin. 

500

An eight-letter word that comes from an engineering term for a jolt caused by a gap in machine parts. The term is also used to describe a reaction against a trend.

Backlash

500

This is the world's smallest ocean.

Artic.

500

Marlon Brando "could have been a contender" in this iconic 1954 crime drama.

On the Waterfront

500

Once the entire alphabet has been used to name storms, they use these for names.

Greek letters are used.

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