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Hodge Podge
100

This mafia flick was the first sequel to win the Oscar for Best Picture

The Godfather Part II

100

This guacamole base is actually a fruit

Avocado

100

This athlete holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals in history, with 23, most earned while swimming laps very quickly.

Michael Phelps

100

This composer wrote the famous four-note motif in Symphony No. 5 that sounds suspiciously like fate knocking at the door.

Ludwig van Beethoven

100

This long-running animated series created by Matt Groening debuted in 1989

The Simpsons

200

This South Korean commentary on class made Oscar history as the first non-English language film to win Best Picture

Parasite

200

This Mediterranean staple is made from crushed chickpeas, tahini, lemon, and garlic

Hummus

200

This tennis tournament, the oldest in the world, is famous for grass courts and a strict all-white dress code.

The Championships, Wimbledon

200

This band released the 1973 concept album The Dark Side of the Moon, which spent over 900 weeks on the Billboard charts.

Pink Floyd

200

This gas giant planet has the shortest day in the solar system, spinning once in just under 10 hours.

Jupiter

300

Renee Zellweger became the first actress to win an Oscar portraying this real-life, ruby slipper clad Oscar winner

Judy Garland

300

This starch from South America is the primary ingredient in tapioca pearls 

Cassava

300

In baseball, this statistical metric—abbreviated WAR—attempts to estimate a player’s total value compared to a “replacement” player.

Wins Above Replacement

300

This gospel-influenced collective led by Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine gained massive popularity with songs like “Jireh.”

Maverick City Music

300

This dystopian novel by George Orwell introduced the concept of “Big Brother.”

1984

400

This Hitchcock classic, known for its shower, revolutionized the horror genre and was nominated for four Oscars

Psycho

400

This is the term used when food may come in contact with allergens during preparation

Cross Contamination

400

 This boxer known as “The Greatest” famously proclaimed he would “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”

Muhammad Ali

400

This musical term indicates a tempo faster than allegro but slower than prestissimo

Vivace

400

This physicist developed the theory of relativity and equation E=mc^2 

Albert Einstein

500

This filmmaker has won more Oscars than any other individual in history

Walt Disney

500

This grain-like seed is popular in health food bowls

Quinoa

500

In the Tour de France, this jersey, yellow in color, signifies the overall race leader.

Maillot Jaune

500

This composer of The Four Seasons was nicknamed “The Red Priest” because of his hair color and profession.

Antonio Vivaldi

500

This 1994 movie about hope and friendship inside a prison is frequently ranked among the greatest films ever made.

The Shawshank Redemption

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