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100

This #1 hit by Beck begins, "In the time of the chimpanzees, I was a monkey"

What is "Loser?"

100

Visual Effects, 2000: John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke & Rob Harvey, for this film about MMA in ancient Rome

What is Gladiator?

100

This 2-word invention of mine saved my house during a bad storm...and saved the lives of countless bell ringers!

What is the lightning rod?

100

Little did she know that she would create the biggest seasonal hit in history with "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

Who is Mariah Carey?

100

The chorus of "Romeo & Juliet" tells us it's in this city "where we lay our scene"

What is Verona?

200

In a 1999 Britney Spears hit, these words follow "When I'm not with you I lose my mind, give me a sign, hit me baby..."

What is one more time?

200

This actor as Forrest Gump: you might know him better as an animated toy cowboy

Who is Tom Hanks?

200

From his "Advice to a Young Tradesman": "Remember that" this "is Money"

What is time?

200

Can't you hear that boom-badoom-boom of this artist's "Super Bass", making the list's top 20 in 2010

Who is Nicki Minaj?

200

Also in the play: Casca, Cinna, and a soothsayer

What is Julius Caesar?

300

This old Elvis tune resurrected by UB40 in 1993 begins, "Wise men say, only fools rush in"

"Can't Help Falling in Love"

300

Mauro Fiore, cinematographer of this 2009 film that had a 10-foot-tall Blue Man Group on an alien world

What is Avatar?

300

"In this world nothing can be... certain, except" these 2 things

What are death and taxes?

300

His country albums "No Fences" & "Ropin' the Wind" earned top spots on the Billboard charts

Who is Garth Brooks?

300

In a few words: Witches, Dunsinane, ghost, blood? Womb, doom

What is Macbeth?

400

At the time of her death in 1995, her song "Fotos Y Recuerdos" was No. 4 on Billboard's Latin chart

Who is Selena?

400

This producer, winner of the first 8 awarded to the best short subject cartoon; he knew a little about animation

Who is Walt Disney?

400

In his native Boston, Ben wrote that the kids of status-seeking parents come out of this college as blockheads

What is Harvard?

400

"Boom Boom Pow" by this "leguminous" group satisfied onomatopoeic musical cravings in 2009

Who are the Black Eyed Peas?

400

In Act I of this rom-com which followed Romeo & Juliet, a ship captain informs Viola, "This is Illyria", which is in the Balkans

What is Twelfth Night?

500

This Nirvana singer boosted the career of the Raincoats when he declared himself a fan

Who is Kurt Cobain?
500

Him, for directing "Schindler's List"

Who is Steven Spielberg?

500

This state "resembles a beer barrel, tapped at both ends," with the beer "running into Philadelphia & New York"

What is New Jersey?

500

Wham! took the top spot in 1985 with "Careless Whisper"; 3 years later this singer had "Faith"

Who is George Michael?

500

In the play named for him, he says, "To be or not to be, that is the question"

Who is Hamlet?