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200
'As well as a list in a book, this word also means something that points out; hence this finger'
index
200
'1934: "Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of" this classic'
Little Women
200
'Hippos & rhinos are also these, thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates'
pachyderms
200
'There have been more than 130 million views on YouTube for "The Evolution of" this, including the twist & the robot'
Dance
200
'Study up for your GRE, short for this test; you're probably not hittin' grad school without it'
Graduate Record Exam
400
'Extensor digiti minimi is the muscle that lets you straighten this when holding a teacup'
pinkie
400
'1986: Her, "Plain and Tall"'
Sarah
400
'The state of being a mom or dad'
parenthood
400
'Thousands of prisoners in the Philippines re-enacted the moves of the video of this Michael Jackson hit'
"Thriller"
400
'Subjects in this grad field include food science & plant breeding; maybe you'll run the Cabinet dept. of it'
agriculture
600
'Olden tradition said the vena amoris, or vein of love, ran from this one of the 10 fingers'
ring
600
'1972: "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of" this group'
NIMH
600
'This term for a solid figure having many faces comes from the Greek for "many faces"'
polyhedron
600
'Fatso from Spokane is the lovable "Keyboard" this animal'
cat
600
'A 2006 study in N.J. found those going for this business degree are the most likely grad students to cheat'
M.B.A.
800
'In piano playing the fingers are numbered; a right-hand triad uses these 3 numbers'
5, 3, 1
800
'1995: "Walk Two" of these celestial bodies'
Moons
800
'The name of this plant is from the Greek for "fond of trees"'
philodendron
800
'"I'm On a Boat" is one of many popular parody songs that started on this TV show & then went viral on the web'
Saturday Night Live
800
'His will provided $2 million to an Ivy League univ. to establish a graduate school of journalism; quite the prize'
(Joseph) Pulitzer
1000
'All primates have 2 of these bones in each thumb & 3 in each other finger'
phalanges
1000
'1978: "Bridge to" this imaginary kingdom'
Terabithia
1000
'The Curies discovered radium in 1898 while working with this ore of uranium'
pitchblende
1000
'A popular animation about a unicorn with this name follows him to Candy Mountain, where he loses a kidney'
Charlie
1000
'"Hold" this last name of the medical family who put on a clinic & established a graduate school of medicine in 1915'
Mayo
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