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H2O below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, it's considered a mineral if it's formed naturally.

What is Ice?

400

Winning 4-2, France claimed victory in the 2018 men's soccer World Cup final held in this Russian capital.

What is Moscow? 

400

As a unit of time, an eon generally lasts for this many years.

What is a billion?

400

This carrot-topped Viking explorer colonized Greenland.

Who is Erik the Red?

400

Drop an "E" from a lavish meal to get this verb meaning to abstain from food.

What is fast? (feast) 

800

Lodestone, a naturally magnetic rock, contains this elemental metal.

What is Iron?

800

The oldest of pro tennis' 4 Grand Slam tournaments is this one held in England since 1877.

What is Wimbledon? 

800

A standard "hour" of treatment with a therapist lasts this many minutes, 83.33% of an hour.

What is 50?

800

In 1492 he was given the title "Admiral of the Ocean Sea"

Who is Christopher Columbus?

800

Drop the "L" from a type of bedspread to get this verb that means "to resign"

What is quit? (quilt)

1200

Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of this 4-letter substance, particles of soil smaller than .002 millimeter.

What is clay?

1200

The IJF is the International Federation for this martial art that gives belts of rank from white to black.

What is Judo?

1200

The days-in-each-month mnemonic that starts with these 4 words has been traced back to 1425.

What is "30 days hath September?"

1200
Once he started working for Spain in 1517, he was known by a Spanish form of his name, not the Portuguese Fernão.

Who is Ferdinand Magellan?

1200

Drop the "T" from intense fear to get this mistake.

What is error? (terror)

1600

To make quartz you need oxygen & this element--& lots of crystallization.

What is silicon?

1600

In 2018 Jessie Diggins & Kikkan Randall dashed across the snow for the 1st Olympic gold by U.S. women in this sport.

What is cross country skiing? 

1600

Leap seconds are sometimes added to clocks because this is slowing down.

What is the rotation of the Earth?

1600

DAILY DOUBLE

He set sail from England in December 1577 & completed his circumnavigation of the world on Sept. 26, 1580.

1600

A synonym for "vision" drops its "T" & becomes this sound of relief or weariness.

What is sigh? (sight)

2000

Crystals fall into seven systems based on the arrangement of the axes they form; the three axes are equal length & all perpendicular in this this symmetric one, known by a 5-letter adjective.

What is cubic?

2000

A tournament in this sport named after a school is held yearly among Argentina, South Africa, Australia & New Zealand.

What is Rugby?

2000

DAILY DOUBLE

Jet lag is a disruption in these rhythms of the body, from Latin words for "about the day"

2000

In 1911 local Quechua speaker Melchor Arteaga led Hiram Bingham to this "lost" Incan city.

What is Machu Picchu?

2000

Drop the "F" from a word meaning very cold & it comes this, stiff or unyielding.

What is rigid? (frigid) 

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