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100

Must be something in the water--this Olympian swimmer with 10 medals, including 7 gold, hails from Maryland like Michael Phelps

Who is Ledecky?

100

Located halfway between New York City and Toronto, this city is the birthplace of Tom Cruise, Post Malone, and one of our team's directors

What is Syracuse?

100

"Home Alone" & atop the stairs, this child actor tells 2 burglars, "I'm up here, you morons! Come & get me!"

Who is Macauley Culkin?

100

In the first "Harry Potter" book she says, "We could all have been killed--or worse, expelled"

Who is Hermione Granger?

100

This team member is married to their high school sweetheart

Who is Beth?

200

This fan favorite is the oldest winter game, debuting during the London Olympic Games in 1908 (a summer event, pre-dating the first official Olympic Winter Games)

What is ice skating?

200

The avocado capital of the U.S., this city is the birthplace of one of our team's assistants

What is San Diego?

200

In the '90s she won Oscars for her lead role in "Howards End" & also for Adapted Screenplay for "Sense and Sensibility"

Who is Emma Thompson?

200

This tribute from District 12 uses a bow & arrow to help her win the Hunger Games

Who is Katniss Everdeen?

200

This team member once won $75 on a scratch-off lotto ticket

Who is Michael?

300

The first Hmong-American Olympian, she won all-around gold in gymnastics

Who is Suni Lee?

300

The California State Railroad Museum in this capital city (birthplace of one of our managers) is the largest of its kind in North America

What is Sacramento?

300

Ted Levine played the serial killer known as Buffalo Bill in this 1991 film

What is Silence of the Lambs?

300

In 1999, 2000 & 2002 albums by this Muppet won the Grammy for best music album for children

Who is Elmo?

300

This team member can rap every word of The Real Slim Shady by Eminem and Conceited by Remy Ma. 

Who is Mallory?

400

Most of the material used to make the moving objects in this sport comes from a Scottish quarry on Ailsa Craig

What is curling?

400

It's a 29-hour, 2,000-mile drive from Oklahoma City (where one of our team's managers was born) to this state capital, the only other that begins with "O"

What is Olympia?

400

It's the rhyming title of the film (and book) about "how a gang of fame-obsessed teens ripped off Hollywood"

What is the Bling Ring?

400

On Fox he runs a burger joint that tries to lure customers with grand re-re-re-openings

Who is Bob Belcher?

400

This team member formerly (allegedly!) carried around a photo of Harrison Ford in their wallet

Who is Rachel?

500

Isabell Werth has won 6 Olympic gold medals in dressage, even though this, at times, was using illegal substances

What is her horse?

500

Headquarters to many U.S. corporations, including Frito Lay, JC Penney's, and Cinemark Theaters, one of our team's coordinators was born here

What is Plano, TX?

500

Chris Farley recorded most of his lines as this title ogre before his death; Mike Myers replaced him

What is Shrek?

500

Of the "dunces" in a 1980 book, this hero says, "I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one"

Who is Ignatius J. Reilly?

500

This team member plays both trumpet and trombone

Who is Aiyana?

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