Things that are straight
Second is the best
New York City under attack
What year is it?
Rats! (and mice)
100
Another term for drinking something straight, eg: a single unmixed liquor without water or ice 

Neat

100

The second largest Continent

Africa

100

The building King Kong famously scales in his 1933 film

The Empire State Building

100

The year Barack Obama was elected to be president

2008

100

Slang for being caught in a difficult situation

Rattrap
200

The expression for the "honest and morally acceptable way of living"

The straight and narrow

200

The second man on the moon

Buzz Aldrin

200

The major threat to New York City in the Rolland Emerick film “the day after tomorrow”

Massive ice storms

200

The year the Nintendo Wii first debuted?

2006

200

The American general who betrayed Washington during the Revolutionary War

Benedict Arnold

300

The two countries with the longest stretch of straight border between them.

The USA and Canada

300

The second longest river

The Amazon

300

The actor who co-stars alongside Bruce Willis in Die Hard with a Vengence as Zeus Carver, his reluctant partner in a race to save New York City from terrorists

Samuel L. Jackson

300

The year the dreamworks movie "Sharktale" released?

2004

300

The first country to launch rats into space

The Soviet Union

400

The name of the straight that passes between Alaska and Russia?

The Bering Straight

400

The second-tallest mountain above sea level

K2

400

DAILY DOUBLE

The slasher villain who features in a sequel film with the premise of being set in New York City

Jason Voorhees

400

The year that the Euro was introduced as the dominant currency in the European Union?

2002

400
The province famous for being completely rat-free

Alberta

500

The number of centimeters displayed on a 12 inch ruler.

30 centimeters.

500

The second fastest mammal

Pronghorn
500

The film during which New York City is attacked by sharks

Sharknado 2

500

The year designated the "International Year for the Culture of Peace" by the United Nations

2000

500

The US president who befriended a family of mice living in his bedroom, calling them "the little fellows"

Andrew Johnson

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