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The 1994 Academy Awards
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28 sets of this Danish brick-building toy are sold every second during the Christmas season

LEGO

100

This flower central to Buddhism has seven petals

Lotus Flower

100

This teenager was Time's person of the year for 2019

Greta Thunberg

100

This is the fastest land animal in the world

Cheetah

100

This classic film featuring a lovable, if dim-witted, Tom Hanks swept the Oscars, winning six awards, including best picture

Forest Gump

200

This classic Christmas novella, featuring the three ghosts of Christmas, was written in part to stave of mounting debt

A Christmas Carol

200

In "12 Days of Christmas" there are seven of these

Swans a Swimmin'

200

On April 15th, flames engulfed this famous French cathedral

the Notre Dame

200

When looking at registered ownership, this is the most popular dog breed

Labrador

200

The Tarantino film featuring Sam Jackson features mobsters discussing Big Macs. It won best original screenplay.

Pulp Fiction

300

This Christmas "Jingle" was the first song to be broadcast from Space

Jingle Bells

300

There were seven of these in Disney's first full-length animated feature

Dwarves

300

On May 24th, this prime minister announced her resignation in London

Theresa May

300

When Jaguars and Lions mate, you end up with this official, natural hybrid

Jaglions

300

This won awards for best animated feature and best original score. A Disney film based on African folk legends.

The Lion King

400

According to the internet, this fast food chain is a popular destination for Christmas dinner in Japan.

KFC

400

This actor stars alongside Brad Pitt in the film Seven

Morgan Freeman

400

A museum made headlines when it paid $120,000 at auction for this piece of art. One week later, someone took it off the wall in the museum and ate it.

A Banana

400

Giraffes and Sheep are both ruminants, since they both have this as part of their digestive system

A four-chamber stomach

400

This German-speaking Bohemian famous for works like "The Metamorphosis" and "The Trial" was honored in the best short film from this year. He is the namesake of the term "Kafkaesque."

Franz Kafka

500

Many historians cite this author as the origin of the modern "Santa Claus." He would later write about a certain horseman in Sleepy Hollow.

Washington Irving

500

The Colossus of Rhodes is one of them

The seven wonders of the world

500

On May 31, something strange happened at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This many kids won after the tournament ran out of words.

Eight

500

The rhino's horn is not made of bone, but is rather made from this substance

Compacted hair

500

The Best Documentary from this year was about this architect, who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial among other things.

Maya Lin