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200

1998's Belfast Agreement is also named for this spring holy day

Good Friday

200

2017 saw the 8th film in the "Saw" franchise, & 3 additional letters were needed for this, its title

Jigsaw

200

Wham! He had a No. 1 hit as he was "Praying For Time" in 1990

George Michael

200

As in scientific classification, a nomenclator is someone who assigns these

names
200

A NASA astronaut did not carry a big bag of marijuana up to this in 2012

the International Space Station

400

Laissez les bons temps rouler, y'all! Mardi Gras translates to this

Fat Tuesday

400

Doris tries to play on this board alone (totally against the rules) & learns the "Origin of Evil" in a 2016 movie

a Ouija board

400

In 1995 this female trio was chasing "Waterfalls"

TLC

400

Paranym is another word for this, a word substituted for a more unpleasant one

a euphemism

400

An episode of "The Simpsons" did not predict the April 2019 fire here in Paris
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Notre Dame Cathedral

600

In a commercial Chris Sullivan gives voice to "Guess what day it is!... Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike! What day is it, Mike?"--this day

hump day

600

This 1931 film had the tagline "A monster science created but could not destroy!"

Frankenstein

600

She was "Coming Out Of The Dark" sans Miami Sound Machine in 1991

Gloria Estefan

600

As its name suggests, a pangram uses all of these at least once in one sentence

letters of the alphabet

600

A U.S. tourist in Saudi Arabia was not arrested for refusing to sell his wife for 45 of these animals

camels

800

In a song by The Cure, "Thursday I don't care about you, it's..." this title

"Friday I'm In Love"

800

In 1990 Christine Elise battled this homicidal doll; in 2019 it was Aubrey Plaza

Chucky

800

In 1998, she hit Number One with "Doo Wop (That Thing)" her first solo single

Lauryn Hill

800

It's a word that tells people you're in a group; in the Bible those who said "sib" instead of "shib" were slaughtered

a shibboleth

800

This Mexican-style fast-food chain's cinnamon twists are not made from deep-fried rotini

Taco Bell

1000

During WWI the U.S. Food Administration called for this alliterative, vegetarian day

Meatless Mondays

1000

What horror movie features a serial killer wearing a mask inspired by an Edvard Munch painting?

Scream

1000

In 1997 this late rapper had "Mo Money Mo Problems"

the Notorious B.I.G.

1000

2-word term for a common language for speakers of different tongues; it was once an actual language quoted by Moliere

lingua franca

1000

This House Speaker did not use $15,000 worth of pens to sign impeachment articles against Donald Trump

Nancy Pelosi

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