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100

This Don Johnson series was derived from a two-word note by NBC's president: "MTV Cops"

What is Miami Vice?

100

Sophocles' "complex tragedy"

What is Oedipus Rex?

100

It's slang for a potato

What is a spud?

100

1973 Album Cover: Against a black background, a prism bends a beam of light into a colorful spectrum.

What is 'Dark Side of the Moon?'

100

Na is the symbol of this element that makes up about 2.8% of the Earth's crust.

What is sodium?

200

Peter Capaldi replaces Matt Smith as the Time Lord on this British TV series. 

What is Doctor Who?

200

This film with Ray Liotta & Joe Pesci was based on the book “Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family”

What is "Goodfellas"

200

Once you turn 18 it's your "duty" as a U.S. citizen to serve on one of these groups in court when called  

What is a jury?

200

In the 1960s and 1970s, he was professional golf’s leading money winner eight times.

Who is Jack Nicklaus?

200

By mass, it's the most abundant element in the Earth's crust and in your body.

What is oxygen?

300

Cast: Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford

What is Friday Night Lights?

300

A futuristic society revolves around science & efficiency in this 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley

What is Brave New World?

300

A female horse, of course

what is a mare?

300

Full name of the show on which Bill Bixby became angry, became too big for his shirt, and became Lou Ferrigno.

 What is 'The Incredible Hulk?'

300

Surprisingly, the Earth is closest to the sun during this winter month.

What is January?

400

Laura Flynn Boyle played high school senior Donna Hayward, Laura Palmer's best friend on this series. 

What is Twin Peaks?

400

Her first published book: 1940- “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter”

Who is Carson McCullers?

400

James Beard described it as "our common ground, a universal experience"

what is food?

400

One story says this 1970s daredevil got his rhyming nickname after crashing his motorcycle while being chased by police as a teen

Who is Evel Knievel?

400

Scientists use triangulation to locate this, the point on the Earth's surface right above a seismic event.

What is the epicenter?

500

In this TV drama's "The Supremes" episode, Oscar winner Jessica Yu directed Glenn Close as a court nominee. 

What is "West Wing"

500

Thornton Wilder’s novel about the time of Julius Caesar in Rome has this title, like an unlucky date for Julius

What is the ides of march?

500

Zest, or the sound of the strings of Judy Garland's heart  

What is Zing?

500

In the 1970s you paid a $40 adoption fee for Little People, the precursor to these dolls that came with birth certificates.

What are Cabbage Patch Kids?

500

A plume of magma rising from the Earth's mantle can split a continental plate in two and form this type of valley.

What is a rift valley?

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