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The tallest living bird in the world
Ostrich (or Common Ostrich)
100
This Florentine master spent four years on his back painting biblical scenes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
100
Welcome to Dead House from 1992 was the first of the books in the Goosebumps series by this author who by now has sold a spooky number of copies
R. L. Stine
100
In 2019's "Acid for the Children", this bassist writes that pre-Red Hot Chili Peppers "I was born Michael Peter Balzary"
Flea
100
The name of a virtual assistant was inspired by this ancient library, once said to contain all the world's knowledge
The Library of Alexandria
100
One of the 2 animated movies about insects from a major studio released in 1998
Antz or A Bug's Life
200
The nocturnal owl curator of the museum in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Blathers
200
This 20th-century American artist became the face of Pop Art with his screenprints of Campbell's Soup cans
Andy Warhol
200
The story "Carmilla" features an early appearance of one of these creatures in fiction
Vampires
200
Formed in Brooklyn, this indie folk-rock band fronted by Adrianne Lenker received critical acclaim for their albums U.F.O.F. and Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Big Thief
200
A hairless Sphynx cat played the role of Mr. Bigglesworth, pet feline of a supervillain, in this film franchise
Austin Powers
200
David Lynch wrote & directed the 1984 adaptation of this Frank Herbert novel; Denis Villeneuve directed & co-wrote the 2020s version
Dune
300
Technically North America's most common species in the Columbidae family, this bird's name stems from the emotional cooing noises they make
Mourning Dove
300
Salvador Dalí’s melting clocks in The Persistence of Memory are a prime example of this movement inspired by dreams and the subconscious
Surrealism
300
In "Dracula" Van Helsing says, "You would in time...have become" this creature "as they call it in eastern Europe"
Nosferatu
300
Her "Hot Pink" & "Planet Her" were 2 of the top-selling albums in 2021
Doja Cat
300
If you pursue a career in "GLAM," you aren't doing makeup -- you are working in these four cultural institutions
Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
300
In this 2023 film old man Paul Giamatti & Dominic Sessa check out the 1970 Dustin Hoffman film "Little Big Man"
The Holdovers
400
Like many other birds, the feathers on an owl’s body replace themselves once a year due to this natural process
Molting
400
Known for her colorful depictions of flowers and New Mexico landscapes, she is often called the "Mother of American Modernism"
Georgia O'Keeffe
400
2010's Easy A re-imagined this decidedly unfunny 1850 novel as a comedy
The Scarlet Letter
400
Rosa Parks sued this duo for using her name on a 1998 hit, but it still made Rolling Stone's list of the 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs
Outkast
400
In "Dracula" Van Helsing says, "You would in time...have become" this creature "as they call it in eastern Europe"
Nosferatu
400
As keepers of the title beacon, Robert Pattinson & Willem Dafoe really let the isolation get to them in this 2019 film
The Lighthouse
500
European settlers named this bird after a certain group within the Roman Catholic church because the church officials' robes matched the color of the birds' bright plumage
Northern Cardinal
500
Rendered in shades of black, white, and gray, this famous 1937 mural by Pablo Picasso is named for the Basque town in Spain that it commemorates
Guernica
500
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife"
Pride & Prejudice
500
This Sheffield-born rock group released the 2013 breakthrough album Sempiternal featuring the hit track "Shadow Moses"
Bring Me the Horizon
500
Newer research suggests that cutting calories doesn't actually ease symptoms of PCOS, short for this syndrome
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
500
This 2001 film starring Audrey Tautou as a shy waitress working in a Paris cafe received 5 Oscar nominations
Amelie
600
This is one of my favorite birds!
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
600
"Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" is probably the most famous of the Tahitian paintings by this French Post-Impressionist
Paul Gauguin
600
The warrior goddess Athena protects Odysseus on his long journey home, but he has to battle storms & many other nautical perils after earning the enmity of this god
Poseidon
600
In 2012, Pierce the Veil and Sleeping with Sirens teamed up for this massive, certified-gold collaborative track
King for a Day
600
A bog is fed by rainwater; this type of marshy area is fed by groundwater
Fen
600
This sinister mastermind is the main antagonist of the 1993 Wallace and Gromit short film The Wrong Trousers
Feathers McGraw