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100

In 2019 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of this island territory let the U.S. president know it's "not for sale"

What is Greenland?

100

It means "to conduct criminal proceedings in court against"

What is prosecute?

100

It can mean melancholy or refer to indecent material

What is blue?

100

Once used by monarchs, Iolani Palace is a royal residence in this U.S. state

What is Hawaii ?

100

Trying to steal a secret formula, Plankton tells this animated TV character to "Join me! & we'll be rich & powerful, until I eventually betray you!"

Who is SpongeBob?

200

Name shared by the state where St. Joseph is located & the river it's on

What is Missouri? 

200

"A dictionary of synonyms", words with the same meaning... similar words... interchangeable words... 

What is a thesaurus?

200

Amy Ray & Emily Saliers perform as these girls

What is Indigo?

200

Also called "Sunrise County", Washington County is in this state that sees the sun before the rest of us

What is Maine?

200

It's estimated that in Finland, population 5.5 million, there are between 2 & 3 million of these steamy rooms

What is a sauna?

300

John Tyler, James Monroe & Jefferson Davis are all buried in this Virginia city's Hollywood cemetery

What is Richmond?

300

"A person who receives and disposes of stolen goods"

What is a fence?

300

"To scorch slightly in cooking" is one Random House Dictionary definition

What is to brown?

300

Yellowstone National Park lies mainly in this "Cowboy State"

What is Wyoming?

300

Not the Seine, but this river that enters the Atlantic south of Brittany is the longest in France 

What is the Loire?

400

Three nations--Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania--border this lake

What is Lake Victoria?

400

"(Of a disease) having long duration (opposed to acute)"

What is chronic?

400

Close to russet, it's also a policeman in old-timey slang

What is a copper?

400

4 U.S. states touch Mexico; this state's 140-mile border is the shortest

What is California?

400

This big burg was founded in 1886 following the discovery of gold in the Transvaal

What is Johannesburg?

500

The British South Africa Company's Fort Salisbury later became Harare, capital of this present country

What is Zimbabwe?

500

"Needlework done with a needle having a small hook at one end for drawing the... yarn through intertwined loops"

What is crochet?

500

A color, or a princely dynasty important in the Netherlands

What is orange?

500

Named for the wife of King Charles I, this state is one of the original 13 Colonies that lies at the center of the Eastern Seaboard

What is Maryland?

500

You can climb the Hangayn Mountains in this country that's sandwiched between China & Russia

What is Mongolia?

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