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100

According to a centuries-old proverb, "Its mother is necessity".

What is “Invention"?

100

You know, this place... London's West End... 775 rooms, 4 main wings, a 40-acre garden... Ah, geez whizz!

What is “Buckingham Palace”?

100

This legendary actor and former acrobat, who was initially given the dismissive nicknamed "Mr. Muscles and Teeth", won the Academy Award for Best Actor in the film "Elmer Gantry" in 1960.

Who is “Burt Lancaster"?

100

Slang for 1,000 bucks, or an aerospace unit of acceleration.

What is "G"?

100

As you can probably guess, this is the featured color of the fins of the flame tetra.

Answer: What is “red”?

200

Types of this plant include English, ground Boston & poison.

What is “Ivy"?

200

No, no, no, singing this way... Like Tyrolean mountaineers... Going from ordinary voice to falsetto & back... Ah, it's right there!

What is “yodeling"?

200

This famous pop artist's 1974 film "Dracula" was actually directed by Paul Morrissey.

Who is "Andy Warhol"?

200

A withering review by Dorothy Parker said Katharine Hepburn "ran the gamut of emotions from A to" this. 

What is "B"?

200

This hooded snake of India is the longest of the venomous snakes, with one on record measured 18 feet 9 inches long at the London Zoo, and has enough neurotoxic venom to kill 20 adult humans within a few hours.

What is “ The King Cobra”?

300

This branch of the Justice Department controls the entry of aliens.

What is “INS ( Immigration & Naturalization Service )"?

300

It's a weather term... Perhaps from a word for "long grass on damp ground", it describes a daze... I'm in one now...

What is “fog"?

300

Known for her elegant jazz phrasing and "scat" technique, this jazz legend played herself in film "St. Louis Blues", a biography of composer W.C, Handy.

Who is "Ella Fitzgerald"?

300

Often a math symbol for an unknown quantity, it's also defined by Random House as a semivowel.

What is “Y"?

300

One popular breed of cat bears the name of this enormous mountain system that covers countries like Nepal, India, China, Bhutan, and Pakistan.

What is “The Himalayas”? 

400

"The Crossroads of America" is its state motto.

What is “Indiana"?

400

Oh yeah, this car company... It makes the Explorer & the Excursion... I can't believe I'm blanking out here...

What is “Ford"?

400

Topol was tops as this Italian astronomer in the 1973 film based on Bertolt Brecht's play.  

Who is "Galileo"?

400

The letter "U" found in former prominent Burmese diplomat U Thant, who served as the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, is a highly respectful surname that literally means both Mr. and this type of relative.

What is “Uncle”?

400

While not The Desert Fox Edwin Rommel's, Ruppell's sand fox, named after zoologist Eduard Ruppell, lives in this desert.

What is "The Sahara"?

500

The first Pope to bear this name tried to prevent Alaric from sacking Rome and although it didn't work, he was never guilty as charged.

What is “Innocent"?

500

Oh man, this guy... Was director of scientific studies at the Ecole Normale in 1857... Him"-ization"... something with milk; Aw, somebody help me out here!

What is “Louis Pasteur"?

500

Cartoonist Jules Pfeiffer wrote the screenplays for two 1971 films: "Little Murders" & "Carnal Knowledge", the latter starring Paul Simon's counterpart.

Who is "Art Garfunkel"?

500

C + C + C + C + C + = this?

What is "D ( 500; C = 100 )"?

500

The Roc, the mythical bird of Arabian legend, is found in the collection of Arabic tales called "The Thousand and One Nights", or by this alternate title.

What is "The Arabian Nights"?

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