This most recognizable of Italian Commedia dell'arte characters shares a name with a large Toronto-based publisher of "Women's Fiction".
What is Harlequin?
100
This lipid-soluble compound is the active ingredient in "longbottom leaf"
What is THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol)?
100
The NBA was founded (as the BAA) on this date exactly two years after the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
What is June 6th, 1946?
100
This word connoting emergency was originated in 1923 by a senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in London.
What is Mayday?
100
A good friend or, backwards, to lick up like a dog.
What is pal?
What is lap?
200
The P.E.A.R.L awards were given to authors for Excellence in this 'spooky' sub-genre of Romantic Literature.
Paranormal (romance)[PEARL = Paranormal Excellence Award for Romantic Literature]
200
The man Toni Morrison called 'our first black president' famously never did this.
What is inhaled?
200
The NBA incorporated the three point shot the same year as McDonalds introduced this jovial offering.
What is the Happy Meal (both 1979)
200
A grammar teacher might propose this alternative when asked "Can I ask a question?"
What is "May I"?
200
A pale beer or, backwards, kingly
What is lager?
What is regal?
300
Named for the illumination that is produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, this 2005 romance novel was set in Forks, Washington.
What is Twilight?
300
These modern cross-breeds of Indonesian indica strains with western sativa cannabis are enjoyed by Snoop Dogg while he sips on gin and juice.
What is "indo"?
300
This Animation Studio spun into independence out of Lucasfilm during Dennis Rodman's Rookie Year.
What is Pixar? (1986)
300
This emulsion of oil, egg yolk and either vinegar or lemon juice has been in use as a condiment for centuries.
What is Mayonnaise?
300
Survived or, backwards, another name for Satan
What is lived?
What is devil?
400
Kathleen Woodiwiss's 1972 Novel The Flame and the Flower was among the first to follow its principals into the bedroom and among the first to be initially published in this format.
What is paperback (or original paperback)?
400
Just one tablespoon of oil from these seeds easily provides human daily requirements for essential fatty acids.
What are hemp seeds?
400
The year of the Barcelona-winning dream team also saw Microsoft introduce this predecessor to Windows 95.
What is windows 3.1 (1992)
400
This Rod Stewart hit topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic in October 1971.
What is Maggie May?
400
To beat with a whip or, backwards, a sport employing clubs.
What is flog?
What is golf?
500
This author's smash hit 1996 debut Novel shares its title with a generic name for laptop computers.
Who is Nicholas Sparks?
500
This ubiquitous brand of hand rolled tobacco products invented the process of"interleaving" rolling papers in 1894.
What is ZigZag?
500
Seven days after the end of the 2011 NBA Lockout, the United States declared the end of this conflict.
What is the Iraq War?
500
This actress had success with such films as "She Done Him Wrong" and "I'm No Angel"
Who is Mae West?
500
A baby’s commode or, backwards, the “made good on debts” .