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100

Boulder, Colorado is in the Flatiron Range, part of these mountains

Rocky Mountains

100

The geomagnetic one of these is somewhere near Greenland but won't stay still

North Pole

100

To put in the ground, or a small, juicy fruit

Bury/ Berry

100

Oxygen combines with lots of other elements; with this one it makes ZnO, used as an ointment

Zinc

100

The kids of 15th century B.C. Mesopotamia might have liked Samassamu Street; samassamu gave us this word

Sesame

200

What the Arabs call Jebel Musa, "Mountain of Moses", is better known as this

Mount Sinai

200

Created in 1953, a 487-square-mile demilitarized zone separates this Asian country from its southern neighbor

North Korea

200

To accumulate a lot of stuff, or a "Golden" Mongol group

Hoard/ Horde

200

Similar to reflex, humans' average for this time is roughly 1/4 second & we're going to test yours... right...now!

Reaction

200

A French word for "to talk" gives us the name of this type of legislative body

Parliament

300

You must be 42" tall to hop on this Disneyland ride; its 14,692-foot namesake in the Pennine alps is tougher sledding

Matterhorn

300

The Roanoke River flows into the northeastern part of this state & empties into Albemarle Sound

North Carolina

300

A painter's material, or to solicit votes

Canvas/ Canvass

300

Lack of camouflage & sensitivity to UV radiation doom any wild alligators with this condition from a mutation

Albino

300

This word that follows "land" in a term for a nautical newcomer is from the Middle English for "lazy lout"

Lubber

400

This peak is the only mountain in North America that exceeds 20,000 feet

Mount McKinley

400

The English Channel & the Strait of Dover connect this body of water with the Atlantic Ocean

The North Sea

400

A group of female deer, or to sleep lightly

Does/ Doze

400

A Mars rover found this, hydrated calcium sulfate, indicating not Martian drywallers but Martian water

Gypsum

400

The word "chime" is from the name of this other percussion instrument

Cymbal

500

Not quite 14,500 feet, this California peak is named for geologist Josiah

Mount Whitney

500

This oil-rich Alaskan area is situated between the Brooks Mountains & the Arctic Ocean

The North Slope

500

An old bowed musical instrument, or a small glass container for medicine

Viol/ Vial

500

Stomp rockets are powered by what's usually called this type of "air" that's been squished under greater than normal pressure

Compressed air

500

This type of cherry was developed at Seth Lewelling's nursery & named for his Manchurian foreman

Bing

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