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200

A mysterious animal in France's famed Lascaux Cave is known as this, even though it has two horns, not one  

What is a unicorn?

200

Withdrawing support from those who have erred in the eyes of the world leads to this alliterative phenomenon

What is cancel culture?

200

G. Gordon Liddy's 1972 Gemstone plan included kidnapping & prostitutes; it was scaled back but a remaining part led to this scandal

What is Watergate?

200

This little critter with a porcine name does something called popcorning, leaping & twirling when it's happy

What is a guinea pig?

200

Aside from English & Spanish, this is the most commonly spoken language in Vermont & Louisiana

What is French?

400

The black paint used in figures on the ceiling of Spain's Altamira Cave is mostly this stuff, radiocarbon-dated to 14,000 years ago

What is charcoal?
400

Spectral phrase for the place to prepare food that is consumed elsewhere

What is a ghost kitchen?

400

In 1960 PM Ikeda planned to double Japan's national income by 1970, with annual this of 7.8%; it was 10% & income doubled early

What is GDP (annual growth)?

400

Spoiler alert: the answer is finally yes in the kids' book about a boy who pleads, "I wanna" this reptile

What is an iguana?

400

This Native American language is the third-most commonly spoken one in both Arizona & New Mexico

What is Navajo?

600

Rock art depicting an animal's skeleton & internal organs is said to be in this electromagnetic-named style

What is an x-ray?

600

This peanut butter & marshmallow creme sandwich has been around for a long time, but only made it into Merriam-Webster's in 2021

What is a fluffemutter?

600

Winfield Scott's Anaconda plan was to strangle the Confederacy by means of these efforts to stop up the enemy's ports

What is blockade?

600

The American Kennel Club's seven dog groups include this grounded one, which includes the Bedlington

What is a terrier?

600

Hmong is big in this state; both the state & the language were featured in the movie "Gran Torino"

What is Michigan?

800

Though arid today, Libya's Messak plateau in this desert has prehistoric images of hippos & crocodiles

What is the Sahara?

800

It's the 4-letter abbreviation for the pleasant tingling sensation that starts on the scalp in response to certain stimuli

What is ASMR?

800

In 1990 the Shatalin plan for moving the USSR to a free market was too radical even for this reformer who ousted Shatalin

Who was Gorbachev?

800

As its very name speaks of sun-kissed islands, don't let this little songbird catch cold

What is a canary?

800

A refugee influx that began with a war's end in 1975 has led to this being identified as Nebraska's third-most spoken language

What is Vietnamese?

1000

A national monument in New Mexico is named for its many these, from Greek for "rock" & "carvings"

What are petroglyphs?

1000

It's the 4-letter abbreviation for the pleasant tingling sensation that starts on the scalp in response to certain stimuli

What is hygge?

1000

The 1791 plan for Washington, D.C. with diagonal axes over a more conventional grid was named for this Paris-born man

Who is (Pierre) L'Enfant?

1000

Silver, black & Dalmatian are types of this popular freshwater aquarium fish, also a female first name

What is a molly?

1000

An estimated 75,000 in Minnesota speak this language from the Horn of Africa

What is Somali?

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