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200

According to a Japanese proverb, "He who climbs" this mountain "once is a wise man, he who climbs it twice is a fool"


Mount Fuji

200

Bavarois, a creamy custard, refers to a region in this country

Germany


200

Big Blue is the nickname of this Fortune 500 company

IBM

200

Ulysses' angry tirades

Grant's Rants

200

In this novel & the TV series based on it, Beth Harmon pictures a chessboard on the ceiling above her in bed at night

the Queens Gambit

400

Ben Nevis in this country is the highest mountain of the British Isles


Scotland


400

"À la meunière" is cooking in the tradition of this worker's wife; she would have had access to a bunch of flour

A Miller's Life

400

The emoji seen here is commonly used in place of this exclamation of astonishment that actually goes back to the early 1900s

OMG

400

Gerald's bladed weapons

Ford's Swords

400

A nonfiction book subtitled "The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City" inspired this HBO series

Boardwalk Empire

600

Bring a chair and enjoy the view of this famous mountain that overlooks Cape Town

Table Mountain


600

From a French word meaning "to scrape" we get this term for a preparation of breadcrumbs & cheese

A Gratin
600

The electric i4 is one of its ultimate driving machines

BMW

600

Eisenhower's scares

Dwight's Frights


600

Tony Hale plays the rich benefactor who recruits a group of gifted orphans to take part in this "Mysterious" society

The Mysterious Benedict Society

800

These 2 highest mountains of Hawaii with similar names differ in height by just over 100 feet

Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea

800

A silent "X" comes at the end of this sautéed vegetable mix seen here, thought to be named for a duke whose cook popularized it

a mirepoix

800

Garmin is a leader in this technology that keeps you on track, wherever you go

GPS

800

Jimmy's official founding documents

Carter's Charters

800

John Cusack & Zoe Kravitz played the record store owner in the film & TV adaptations of this novel by Nick Hornby

High Fidelity

1000

Referring to its shape, this peak on which Brazil's Christ the Redeemer Statue stands has a name meaning "hunchback"

Mount Corcovado

1000

Place your steak in a sealed bag in heated water & you're cooking like the pros via this "under vacuum" method

Sous Vide

1000

Managed by Caltech for NASA, this facility was originally created in the 1930s for rocket research

the JPL

1000

William Howard's vertical gold mine passages

Taft's Shafts

1000

This 2021 miniseries based on a Beth Macy book goes from big pharma boardrooms to the struggles of opioid addicts

Dopesick

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