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The counterpart to the Kentucky Derby for this type of horse racing is called the "Hambletonian"

harness racing

100

Tear from book, close cover before striking against rough strip

how to strike a match

100

Italy has set $324 million aside to start to repair this water ravaged canal city

Venice

100

In football cheer it usually follows "rah rah rah"

sis boom bah

100

To get to the point, a saguaro, for example

a cactus

200

In this sport's freestyle flight shooting, you lie on your back & strap the bow to your feet

archery

200

Put 2 all-beef patty special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, & onions on a sesame seed bun

how to make a Big Mac

200

Country whose southernmost point is Middle Island, Lake Erie

Canada

200

It picks up the sounds that the movie stars utter

microphone boom (boom mic)

200

From the Latin for "to look at", it's something you don't really see

a mirage

300

From the Latin for "one who fights with his fists" comes this name for boxing

pugilism

300

Shut eyes and touch nose with finger, walk straight line, or breathe into a balloon

how to prove you're either drunk or not drunk (a sobriety test)

300

River which joins with the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab before emptying into the Persian Gulf

the Tigris

300

Whenever you got his Irish up, Clancy would do this

lower the boom

300

Soil particle considered larger than silt but smaller than gravel

a grain of sand

400

In January '62, he tied for 50th in the L.A. Open; in June '62, he won the U.S. Open

Jack Nicklaus

400

When your name's announced really loud, come out from curtain & tell joke about Doc's clothes

how to be Johnny Carson (how to host The Tonight Show)

400

Diggings on this Greek island have unearthed 4 magnificent 3500-year-old Minoan palaces

Crete

400

Trivial Pursuit has this edition for post WWII people

the Baby Boomer Edition

400

Early Spanish explorers called this Arizona spot "el desierto pintado"

the Painted Desert

500

She went against Bobby Riggs before Billy Jean did

Margaret Court

500

Rest bottom 1 against base of thumb and 4th finger, move top 1 with thumb, index, & middle fingers

how do you use chopsticks

500

The Curzon Line, rejected as boundary between Poland & this country in 1919, now is the boundary

the Soviet Union, but nowit is Belarus and Ukraine after World War II

500

Clark Gable & Spencer Tracy struck it rich in the oil fields in this 1940 film

Boomtown

500

The only populated continent without a desert

Europe

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