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This kind of light can be used to show things the human eye can’t see, coming in handy for forensic scientists

Ultra violet (UV)

200

This brand’s Core Custom 4-Cup Mini Chopper is a great food processor if you have limited space

Cuisinart

200

After coming into the playoffs as the fifth seed, this New Jersey team won the 1995 Stanley Cup

The Devils

200

A nerd

geek

200

Love him? He knows. He recently reprised his role as Indiana Jones in 2023.

Harrison Ford

400

Light takes 1.255 seconds to get from the Earth to this

The moon
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The iOttie iTap 2 Magnetic Dashboard Car Mount Holder comes in handy, unless you’re catching your ride in one of this company’s robotaxis in Arizona or California

Waymo

400

The New York Yankees had won 10 out of the last 12 pennants coming into the 1960 World Series when they were defeated by this Pittsburg team

The Pirates

400

A vegetable related to onions

leek

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He played Spock on the original Star Trek

Leonard Nimoy

600

Scientists study the properties and behaviors of light in a branch of physics known as this

Optics

600

Tired of Edible Arrangements? Send your friends a Maui Gold one of these tropical fruits

Pineapple

600

This team defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, despite going into the game as 12-point underdogs

The New York Giants

600

A baby game that gets a lot less fun once you have object permanence

peekaboo

600

You might know her best as Kate Hudson’s mother

Goldie Hawn

800

The color with the highest energy and the lowest wavelength is this

Violet

800

Wirecutter recommends this palindromic kitchen utensil company’s tabletop spiralizer

OXO

800

He came into his February 1990 fight with Buster Douglas as a 42-1 favorite and lost

Mike Tyson

800

An apiarist

beekeeper

800

Long after he jumped the shark on Happy Days, he played acting teacher Gene Cousineau on Barry

Henry Winkler

1000

He observed that a thin beam of sunlight hitting a glass prism on an angle creates a band of visible colors that includes ROYGBIV

Isaac Newton

1000

These Japanese-style lunchboxes are often segmented with different parts of the meal placed in different sections

Bento boxes

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This team went into the 2015 season with 5000-1 odds to win the Premier League and won

Leicester City

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Also called the zygomatic bone or malar bone

cheekbone

1000

He was the lead singer of Van Halen for 3 stints, including from 2006 until they disbanded in 2020

David Lee Roth

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