5 OF A KIND
SILENT K IS GOLDEN
IT'S NOT YOU; IT'S ME
O IS THE ONLY VOWEL
STRAIGHT TO BILLBOARD NO. 1
100

In basketball the number 5 is used to represent this one of the 5 positions on a team

What is the center?

100

Dough! It means to press & stretch dough

What is to knead?

100

In 2019 this shipping company ended its U.S. air & ground delivery contracts with Amazon

Who is FEDEX?

100

It's a perch for chickens to rest on at night

What is a Roost?

100

2014: Her Shake It Off

Who is Taylor Swift?

200

Of the 5 largest Caribbean islands it's the only one that's a U.S. territory

Where is Puerto Rico?

200

The Garden of Eden had a tree of it

What is Knowledge (of good and evil)?

200

In 2013 this country stripped birthright citizenship from thousands: the resident children of migrants from neighboring Haiti

Where is the Dominican Republic? 

200

It was the alma mater of Hugh Grant & Sir Roger Bannister

Where is Oxford?

200

1997: The 1997 version of this Elton John song

What is Candle in the Wind?

300

Of the 5 current movie ratings put out by the MPAA this one has the strictest admissions requirement

What is NC-17?

300

This body part precedes down when you become serious about your studies

What is to knuckle down?

300

In 2020 all 10 seasons of this show will not be there for you on Netflix when WarnerMedia pulls it from the service

What is Friends?

300

A 2018 statement from the Latter-Day Saints says not to call them these

Who are Mormons?

300

1995: His You Are Not Alone

Who is Michael Jackson?

400

At mypiate.gov learn about the 5 food groups: fruits vegetables grains protein & this one (no not dessert)

What is dairy?

400

One can grow in a tree trunk or in your stomach if you're uneasy

What is a knot?

400

VP Richard Johnson lived openly with a female slave--one reason this party dropped him from the 1840 ticket with Martin Van Buren

Who is the Democratic party?

400

This '50s music style is what The Turbans are saying in their song When You Dance

What is Doo-Wop?

400

1998: Their I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

Who is Aerosmith?

500

[Flight Of The Bumblebee plays] That music was by one of The Five mighty Russian composers of the 19th century--this man with a hyphenated name

Who is Rimsky-Korsakov?

500

This U.S. political party was big in 1854 but apparently never hired a branding consultant

What is the know-nothing?

500

Only 1.17% of this new African country's population voted to stay with the old country in 2011

What is the Southern (South) Sudan?

500

Just one more thing--this Asian capital city is home to Gangaramaya Temple

Where is Colombo?

500

2005: This country beauty's Inside Your Heaven

Who is Carrie Underwood?