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This Gainesville local led the Heartbreakers to international fame, and Gators still won't back down

Who is Tom Petty?

200

Released November 22, 2024, this movie is based on a musical that is based on a novel that is based on a children's book (which had its own 1939 film)

What is Wicked?

200

This four sided object is spun during a game played often during Hanukkah

What is a dreidel?

200

Superstition follows this work, referred to as the Scottish Play

What is Macbeth?

200

This 843-acre park sits right in the middle of Manhattan

What is Central Park?

400

This local brewery has a popular brew named Forever Florida

What is Swamphead Brewery?

400

This 1997 romance epic became the first film to gross $1B, crossing the mark 74 days after its release on March 1, 1998

What is Titanic?

400

Kevin was the only one to miss the holiday vacation flight to this city in the first Home Alone film

What is Paris?

400

Originally constructed in 1599 by Shakespeare's play company, a modern version of this theater still performs Shakespeare's works to this day

What is the Globe Theater?

400

Home to Old Faithful, this national park was the first to be established and signed into law in the US, and widely accepted to be the first national park in the world

What is Yellowstone National Park?

600

Named the best college bar in the nation by Playboy in 2011, this staple restaurant and bar went through a brief closure and subsequent relocation east of campus

What is The Swamp?

600

A Hollywood icon, this actress with a 7 decade career who passed December 31, 2021 may be best known for her sitcom work as one of four senior women living together in Miami

Who is Betty White?

600

This Scots-language poem by Robert Burns translated to English is most often sung on January 1 at 12 am

What is Auld Lang Syne?

600

This Shakespeare character from the play Hamlet is a focus of many classical artworks, often depicting her as a calm, serene, and beautiful while submerged in water

Who is Ophelia?

600

Straddling the California-Nevada border, this park is the largest in the nation and is notable for its hot and dry desert climate

What is Death Valley National Park?

800

This wildlife haven has the distinction of being the first state preserve in Florida, and is home to wild horses, bison, alligators, and over 300 species of birds

What is Paynes Prarie?

800

Viewership of this HBO show shot up 350% in July 2024 given a major change in the US Presidential Race

What is Veep?

800

Pucker up! Or maybe don't, considering this holiday plant is actually poisonous and parasitic...

What is mistletoe?

800

A modern interpretation of this Shakespeare play follows Amanda Bynes as she goes undercover on a boy's soccer team in She's The Man

What is Twelfth Night?

800

Located in Utah, this park has various attractions, but the major draw is the 15 mile long canyon of red and tan Navajo sandstone

What is Zion National Park?

1000

This town just south of Gainesville is the oldest continually inhabited interior settlement in Florida, often dubbed "The Town the Time Forgot"

What is Micanopy?

1000
Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, this man found himself in hot water with media tycoon William Randolph Hearst over his classic film Citizen Kane

Who is Orson Welles?

1000

This man first illustrated the modern rendition of Santa Claus in 1862 for the Christmas season Harper's Weekly cover

Who is Thomas Nast?

1000

Before Juliet, Romeo pursued this character, the niece of Lord Capulet and Juliet's cousin

Who is Rosaline?

1000

This California location operated by the National Park Service opened to the public in 1973, after a troubled history as a fort, military prison, and federal penitentiary

What is Alcatraz Island?

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