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100

The name of the Netflix documentary starring Joe Exotic.

What is Tiger King?

100

This city was the planned site for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.  

Where is Tokyo, Japan?

100

This is her favorite non-canine animal which is able to curl into a ball.

What is the Hedgehog?

100

She's a mudblood witch who goes to school with her best friends Harry and Ron.

Who is Hermione Granger?

100

A major advancement in book printing technology. Allowed for the mass production of books, and the formation of more libraries.

What is the Gutenberg Printing Press?

200

This Broadway show debuted on DisneyPlus on July 3, 2020.

What is Hamilton?

200

There was a rush on grocery stores when there was shortage of this bathroom product at the beginning of the pandemic    

What is toilet paper?

200

This is the name of her stuffed animal which has served as her main partner during her programs.

What is "Cinnamon?" 

200

This is a young girl picked (subbed in for her sister) in a national lottery called "The Reaping." She must now compete in a no rules bloodsport against other young teens. What is her name?

Katniss Everdeen

200

This is an organizational system allowing for the easy shelving and retrieving of books, while using letters to mark subject areas, was specifically designed to replace the fixed location system developed by Thomas Jefferson.

What is the Library of Congress Classification (LCC?)

300

Top streaming show on Disney+

The Mandalorian

300

Sightings of this vicious insect in the US has prompted fears that the bee population may become at risk.

 murder hornet

300

This fruit, which she dislikes, was first cultivated 7,000 years ago in Mediterranean regions and is used as the first name of a cartoon character in the early 1900s. 

What is the Olive?

300
This boy is from a popular children's book series where he uses a wax stylus with a particular color with a history of being made from crushed mollusk shells.

Who is Harold (and the Purple Crayon?)

300

The first of these started delivering books in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1905.  It was horse-drawn.

What are bookmobiles?

400

This highest-grossing movie of 2020.

Bad Boys for Life

400

This couple announced on Instagram that they were leaving their "royal" life behind and moving to California.  

Who is Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?

400

This one-word nickname for the PIC phone is part of a common phrase, originating from Shakespeare's The Tempest, where being in such a thing is considered difficult.

What is a pickle? 

400

What is the name of Percy Jackson's father?

Who is Poseidon?

400

In a 1961 speech, this President proclaimed that "libraries should be open to all—except the censor."

Who is John F. Kennedy?

500

Last year, it was announced that CBS All Access will be rebranded under this name once it's officially released this year.

What is Paramount+?

500

This fitness company became unintentionally famous after a holidy commercial released making everyone concerned for the main character's emotional wellbeing including a spoof response from Ryan Reynolds? 

What is Peloton?

500

This is a phrase, in the form of a three-word list, which she uses when a situation goes awry.

"Crumb-buns, rats, phooey!"

500

What is the alias for Samantha Cooke, the heroine of Ready Player One, used when she enters the virtual reality environment called OASIS?

Who is Art3mis (from Ready Player One?)  

500

The Tougaloo Nine were a group of African-American college students who held a read-in at a public library in this Deep South state.

What is Mississippi?

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