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Though originally cancelled in 1970 due to low sales, this Marvel property has become one of the company's most recognizable franchises and usually contains social commentary on bigotry, justice, and other political themes through its characters and story arcs.

What is "X-Men"

200

A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse.

What is a "pronoun"

200

The thing you store your hammer, screwdriver, and other equipment in. 

What is a "toolbox"

200

This is what the acronym CIA stands for.

What is "Central Intelligence Agency"

200

What you call ice cream in Italy.

What is "Gelato"

400

A fictional language spoken in Star Trek, this language can be learned in our universe on the app of Duolingo.

What is "Klingon"

400

A word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning or in spelling. For example: "new" and "knew".

What is a "homophone"

400

Originally a hardware store, this retail company has become a place where you can buy almost anything you want in Canada. It also used to handle its own form of currency that was valid from store to store.

What is "Canadian Tire"

400

The location of CIA Headquarters in the United States.

What is "Langley"

400

According to a 2020 study, this flavor of ice cream is the most popular one in Canada. It is also one of the most common forms of candy in the world.

What is "Chocolate"

600

The meaning of the follow acronym: ROTFLOL.

What is "Rolling On The Floor Laughing Our Loud"

600
A comma used after the penultimate item in a list of three or more items, before ‘and’ or ‘or’.

What is the "Oxford comma"

600

Founded in 1964, this Canadian hardware store has over 1000 stores across the country and is known for its bright red and yellow logo.

What is "Home Hardware"

600

Usually shown as members of the CIA, these government agents dress in dark suits and usually interrogate/threaten UFO witnesses in order to keep things under wraps.

Who are the "Men in Black"

600

Also referred to as Harlequin ice cream, this Prussian ice cream is famous for selling vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream all together in one tub with no barriers between the flavors.

What is "Neapolitan Ice Cream"

800

Written in 1988 by Stephen Hawking, this book about cosmology appeared on the Sunday Times bestseller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks and talks about two theorems in particular: general relativity and quantum mechanics.

What is "A Brief History of Time"

800

The shortened form of a word or group of words, formed by omitting letters and replacing them with an apostrophe.

What is a "contraction"

800

Headquartered in North Carolina, this hardware store has grown to global recognition and has over 2000 locations across North America. It was the long-time sponsor of NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson.

What is "Lowe's"

800

This CIA human experiment lasted from 1953 to 1973 and aimed at developing techniques and drugs for interrogation, brainwashing, and psychological torture. The Unabomber was one of the thousands of people who were unknowing participants in these experiments.

What is "MKUltra"

800

The result of the nerve endings in the roof of your mouth sending a message to your brain about a loss of heat.

What is a "Brain Freeze"

1000

Though displaced by modern languages like C++, this programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth is used as an introduction for structured programming and data structuring to promote good programming practices.

What is "Pascal"

1000

A function word that typically combines with a noun phrase to form a phrase which usually expresses a modification or predication

What is a "preposition"

1000

The third-largest hardware store chain in the United States, this company is most known for getting involved in auto racing with its signature bright neon yellow cars.

What is "Menards"

1000

Called Operation PB Success, this 1954 CIA operation led to the overthrowing of this Central American country, and was the first in a series of US-backed dictatorships that popped up across Latin America.

What is "Guatemala"

1000

Found in this Latin American country, Heladeria Coromoto is world famous for selling 860 flavors, a Guinness World Record. Certain ice cream flavors on display include spaghetti & cheese, garlic, chili pepper, and "I Don't Know".

What is "Venezuela"

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