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100
A woman in Canada used an existing R to place “quizzers” on 2 triple word scores to help score 365 points at once in this game
What is Scrabble
100
On Aug. 8, 2022 FBI agents executed a search warrant here, which Donald Trump calls “my beautiful home”
What is Mar-a-Lago
100
“Easy come, easy go, little high, little low”, says “Bohemian Rhapsody” by this group
Who is Queen
100
Sauerkraut is fermented this
What is cabbage
100
A Sony exec wanting to hear opera was the original impetus for this portable cassette player
What is the Walkman
100
In 2022 a possible 7th game of this, baseball’s “Fall Classic” would be played Nov. 5, the latest date ever
What is a World Series
200
For me, it’s left hand, green, right foot, blue & left hamstring, pulled playing this Hasbro game
What is Twister
200
The latest sad result of climate change: drought has largely deprived France, where Grey Poupon was born, of this condiment
What is mustard
200
This ‘60s group loved the waves with hits like “Surfer Girl”, “Surfin’ Safari” & “Surfin U.S.A.”
Who are The Beach Boys
200
It can mean both clothes to wash & a place to do it
What is laundry
200
Captain Hook made prisoners do this, involving a board leading over the water; real-life pirates, not so much
What is walk the plank
200
Its grower says the Autumn Glory type of this fruit has “subtle notes of caramel”, so it must be good for making caramel ones
What is an apple
300
Sweden’s Mojang Studios is best known for this video game where you can build volcanoes or underground cities
What is Minecraft
300
In the 2022 U.S. Open, likely the last tournament of her incredible career, she lost in a valiant third-round match
Who is Serena Williams
300
"Valerie" is a soulful tune from this singer who died too young in 2011
Who is Amy Winehouse
300
In Judaism, observance of this seventh day of the week begins just before sunset on Friday
What is shabbat (or the sabbath)
300
Someone going home early Sunday morning in Saturday night’s clothes is taking this stroll
What is the walk of shame
300
Autumn is the season for this gathering of crops found in the title of the painting seen here
What is the harvest
400
In 2021 a Wisconsin teen pulled 32 of these blocks & placed them back atop a tower of them in one minute without toppling it
What is Jenga
400
This 3-digit national hotline phone number for suicide prevention went live in 2022
What is 988
400
In a 2018 release, Childish Gambino told us in this song, “Don’t catch you slippin’ now, look what I’m whippin’ now”
What is "This Is America"
400
As the song says, life is a this, a restaurant with booze & live entertainment
What is a cabaret
400
There’s tension in the wire & among the crowd when these circus performers take their walk high in the air
What is a tightrope walker
400
The colors in autumn leaves are from carotenoids, such as this Greek-letter one that also turns carrots orange
What is beta carotene
500
Cricket, 501 & Around the World are games involving these, perhaps in a bar
What are darts
500
Subject to Islamist death threats since the 1980s, this author was savagely attacked at a speaking engagement
Who is Salman Rushdie
500
A hit from 2012, “I Will Wait” is by this band who despite the "Sons" in their name, are unrelated
Who is Mumford and Sons
500
This pain reliever went on the market in 1899, long before ibuprofen
What is aspirin
500
When Nancy Sinatra sang "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'", she probably meant these repetitive boots she favored
What are go-go boots
500
October is the history month for this Asian-American ethnic group that includes Olivia Rodrigo & Jo Koy
What are Filipinos