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NOT-SO-EASY KIDS' TV
100

REM sleep when most dreaming takes place stands for this activity.


RAPID EYE MOVEMENT

100

1903: A dog runs with the wolves


CALL OF THE WILD


100

The 3 basic states of matter are solid liquid & this; superfluids plasmas & superconductors got defined later


GASES

100

In the version compiled by these brothers in the 1800s bird friends of Cinderella blind her 2 evil stepsisters


GRIMM


100

A magical young unicorn & her friends live in Equestria on this TV show: Friendship is Magic


MY LITTLE PONY


200

Sir yes sir it's the T in ROTC.

TRAINING

200

1847: Heathcliff is a bad cat


WUTHERING HEIGHTS


200

Energy & matter can be converted into each other says this notable equation from 1905


E=MC2


200

In the 1998 film Ever After Dougray Scott plays this key role in the tale


THE PRINCE


200

A boy named Ryder leads this program's plucky pups who pine for professions like policeman


PAW PATROL

300

Metro San Francisco's rapid transit system is known by this 4-letter acronym

BART
300

1813: Ms. Bennet confronts 2 specific things


PRIDE AND PREJUDICE


300

Hydrogen & helium which make up 98% of atomic matter were formed during the first few minutes after this event not caught on film


THE BIG BANG


300

Stephen Sondheim wove the story into the wider action of this fairy tale musical in 1987


INTO THE WOODS


300

Dudes the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are Leonardo Donatello Raphael & this party-loving guy


MICHELANGELO


400

The D in DC Comics refers to this profession.

DETECTIVE

400

1939: On the Joad again


THE GRAPES OF WRATH


400

All forms of matter have this property the resistance of an object to a change in its state of motion


INTERTIA

400

Known for another children's lit reboot this author sent up Cinderella with Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister


(GREGORY) MAGUIRE


400

On PBS he's The Science Kid


SID

500

It's the acronym for the organization that runs soccer's World Cup

FIFA
500

1908: Oh the Rat & the Toad should be friends


THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS


500

A 1964 prediction said this 2-named subatomic particle imparts mass to all known elementary particles


THE HIGGS BOSON


500

The best-known versions of the rags-to-royalty story are based on the one by this French fairy tale author in the 1600s


CHARLES PERRAULT


500

This German shepherd was a kids' favorite in the '50s & returned as a K-9 cop in an '80s & '90s show


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