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The Dewey Decimal System is unlikely to be the answer to any of these questions, but is certainly not out of the question
100

The highest prize at an arcade or casino. 

Jackpot

100

The act of removing ones clothes and trespassing onto the playing surface of an athletic competition 

Streaking

100

Breakfast but if an Irish person was talking:

M _ ple    _ yrup    o_   me     p _ n _ _ ke _

Maple syrup on me pancakes

100

While it would not behoove one to do so, it would technically not be forbidden from consuming snow that is this color. 

Yellow 

100

The only difference between ice cream and custard is that custard contains this nutrient rich portion of a common breakfast item that is used to provide nourishment for a developing embryo. 

Egg yolks

200

In the first season of South Park, Cartman repeatedly implores his pet cat to refrain from eating this dish, a meat and vegetable mixture enclosed in a deep dish flaky crust. 

Pot pie

200

4 NFL teams have never even been to a super bowl, let alone won one. Points for every team you get. Once, you get one wrong, other team has a chance to get the rest. 

Detroit Lions (1930)

Cleveland Browns (1946)

Jacksonville Jaguars (1995)

Houston Texans (2002)

200

Category: Things Necessary for Crossing a River


_ e _ _ in _       you _     boo _ s       _ e _    

Getting your boots wet

200

My fiancé and I are going to this state which constantly has a man in the news named after it for our winter break.

Florida 

200

Started watching this show which is #1 on Netflix over the weekend about a girl that goes to live with like 10 other kids after her family gets in an accident. Not bad tbh

My Life With the Walter Boys

300

This corporation has nearly 500,000 employees with stores in all 50 states. From lugnuts to home appliances, get all your household improvement needs with this major sponsor of college football with a bangin theme song. 

Home Depot

300

The mascot for the University of California Santa Cruz athletic teams is this slow moving shell-less gastropod mollusk named after a fruit high in potassium

Banana Slug

300

Category: The Holiday Season

_is     _ _ e    se_son   _o   _ i _e      _resen _s

Tis the season to give presents

300

Point for all of the elf food groups you can name 

Candy

Candy Cane

 Candy Corn 

 Syrup 

300

It took me playing just the prologue of Baldur's Gate 3 last week to learn why it got game of the year. It is basically a video game version of this table top game that the kids in Stranger Things play. 

Dungeons and Dragons 

400

Having great power, influence, or respect. More commonly used when referring to things with strong fragrances. 

Potent

400

This 3 time Big Ten Football Champion Head Coach and 15 year NFL veteran quarterback's greatest accomplishment is likely having 5 more rushing yards in the NFL than the great Bo Jackson.

Jim Harbaugh 

400

Category: A Rather Unfortunate Scenario

 A _ _ iden _ _ lly     ge _ _ ing     pu _     in   a   _ox  and     s _ ipped   _ o   Fresno     _ alifornia             ins _ ead     of     _ _e     _opaz     you   were   _rying   _o   send   your     aun _        _ ea _ri _e

Accidentally getting put in a box and shipped to Fresno California instead of the topaz you were trying to send your aunt Beatrice.

400

One time my roommate from college snuck into this shut down water park in Aurora, Ohio and went sled riding down the old waterslides during our Christmas break sophomore year.

Wildwater Kingdom 

400

My in-laws old cat's name was Zoey, but I insisted on calling it this name. The same name as the youngest son in Malcolm in the Middle and also the name of a common decimal system.

Dewey

500

An archaic English term for somebody who sold medicines and drugs

Apothecary

500

The Detroit Lions had two of the best NFL players to ever exist (both are in the hall of fame) to straight up retire in the middle of their primes. Points for each player you get. 

Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson 

500

Category: Red Flags in a Potential Partner

W _ en    _ _ ey    _on't   _now   a _ out   _ an _ ea

When they don't know about pangea

500

This activity, which is a felony in all 50 states and D.C., would not be advisable. An example could be putting a neurotoxin in a man made lake used for recreation and for increased water quantity in the watershed.

Poisoning a reservoir 

500

This highly coveted modern commodity (which I still don't understand the value of) was first launched in 2009 under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto

Bitcoin

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