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100

A herd of giraffes lives on the premises of the Giraffe Manor, a hotel in Nairobi, the capital of this country

Kenya

100

Not team Edward nor team Jacob, the Austin Chronicle "had mosquito bites that were more passionate than" this 2008 film

Twilight 

100

The Sword in the Stone" is the first part of an epic quartet of books by T.H. White that tells the story of this king

King Arthur

100

It's been in use by Heinz since 1896, despite never referring to an actual quantity of anything

57

100

A Baconator Combo & Tendys are provided by this fast food chain; ma'am, this is a...

Wendy’s 

200

Let's go snorkeling off Australia to view this largest & longest reef complex

The great barrier reef

200

A Letterboxd review of this 2018 Emily Blunt / John Krasinski film: "Why the (bleep) would you have another baby"?

A quiet place

200

No relation to the late night host, this sword-slinging barbarian created by Robert E. Howard debuted in the 1930s

Conan the Barbarian 

200

It's how many Spartans died fighting the Persian army at Thermopylae, at least according to the title of a 2006 film

300

200

This Vegas hotel has 7 pools, Colosseum strip view rooms & your dog is welcome, as long as Rex doesn't count cards

Cesar’s palace

300

Wanna see the Grand Canyon--of the Pacific? Then it's off to Waimea Canyon on this Hawaiian isle

Kaua’i

300

On 1994's "North", he wrote, "I hated (the) movie. Hated hated hated hated hated (the) movie. Hated it"; Siskel, also not a fan

Roger ebert 

300
"Contact" is a 1985 novel from this astronomer who taught us about space on his PBS show "Cosmos"

Carl Sagan

300

It's 2 numbers, actually, & together they mean "message received" in radio-speak

10-4

300

Hit up this brand to buy custom bats like Derek Jeter's DJ2 as well as Kyle Schwarber's KS12

Louisville Slugger 

400

Let's head to this St. Louis landmark; we can take a tram 630 feet to the top & see for 30 miles around us!

The arch

400

Sorry, Ms. Bullock! Rotten Tomatoes' "100 Worst Movies of All Time" included this "2: Cruise Control" & its "laughable dialogue"

Speed 2

400

A Catholic prayer is in the title of this Andy Weir book about a star-bound molecular biologist trying to save Earth

Project hail mary

400

In a Proclaimers hit it's the total miles the singer would walk just to be the man who had fallen down at a door after walking that far

1000

400

The Selectric helped this co. claim 94% of the market for elec. typewriters in 1978 & TBH, I liked the Selectric way more than Watson

IBM

500

You can be under the Tuscan sun along this principal river of that region, flowing 150 miles to the Ligurian Sea

Arno river 

500

An Amazon review of this 2013 film about Solomon Northup somewhat missed the point: "I did not like the treatment of people"; 1 star

12 years as a slave

500

Set in Westeros, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" is by this author

George R.R Martin

500

Come on, Christmas wasn't that long ago; this number comes right before "geese a-laying"

6

500

From 1939 to 1960 Howard Hughes was the principal shareholder in this 3-letter airline, but 2001 saw it on its final approach

TWA