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100

Gin and vermouth, enjoyed in a two-piece swimsuit.

Bikini Martini

100

This famously bitter Chicago liquer takes its name from Swedish wormwood.

Malort

100

New Orleans annually holds the largest celebration in the US of this holiday, French for "Fat Tuesday".

Mardi Gras

100

Diversity of beaks on Galapagos finches led this Englishman to formulate a theory of evolutionary biology.

Charles Darwin

100

After Lula de Silva returned to the presidency in January, deforestation of this country's rainforests decreased 50% from 2022.

Brazil

200

Men's perfume with notes of mozzarella, sausage, and oregano.

Calzone Cologne

200

Spiritual practice of evicting demons from a person believed possessed. 

Exorcism

200

This trumpeter and jazz icon was born in New Orleans in 1901.

Louis Armstrong

200

One conspiracy theory holds that this royalty was killed in 1997 as a result of their dating Egyptian muslim Dodi Fayed.

Princess Diana (Spencer)

200

This Suomi sovereign joined NATO in April.

Finland

300

The preserved skeletons of Christ's 12 followers.

Apostle Fossils

300

This brand of vodka, derived from grapes, is partly owned by rapper P. Diddy.

Ciroc

300

The French Quarters' Cafe du Monde is known for its chicory root coffee and this pillowy pastry.

Beignets

300

The Theory of Everything (2014) film focused on the life and romance of this Cambridge physicist.

Stephen Hawking

300

This former US Secretary of State and war criminal died in November 2023.

Henry Kissinger

400

The 45th POTUS may take one these in his golden toilet.

Trump Dump

400

This many spirits visit Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.

Four

400

The 1815 Battle of New Orleans saw US forces led by this Major General, who would become president 14 years later.

Andrew Jackson

400

Hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light.

Tachyon

400

In August, this country was the first to land an unmanned craft on the Moon's south pole.

India

500

Colombian cartel's distributed ledger for shipments of blow.

Cocaine Blockchain

500

The Phantom is a model line of cars from this luxury motor company.

Rolls-Royce

500

France ceded New Orleans to this empire following the Treaty of Paris 1763.

Spanish

500

The Low End Theory (1991) was the second album released by this New York hip hop group.

A Tribe Called Quest

500

In July the FDA fully approved Lecanemab, an amyloid-targeting drug to slow progression of this disease.

Alzheimer's disease

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