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Judy Garland's body double was painted in sepia tones to help achieve the iconic 1-shot transition to color in this film

Wizard of Oz

200

Eleanor Abbott created this board game for kids confined to polio wards; the goal was to avoid the Cherry Pitfall & get home

Candy Land

200

Made from tomatoes, onions, garlic & herbs, this sauce takes its name from the Italian for "in sailor style"

Marinara

200

Mendeleev's first of these contained 17 columns with several incomplete sequences

Periodic Table

200

The Iraq War began: the first No. 1 hit from this rapper, who was "In Da Club" partying "like it's your birthday"

50 Cent

400

In a 1964 film Disney pioneered a sodium vapor process that allowed this title nanny & her sooty boo to dance with penguins

Mary Poppins

400

In this classic game you can grab Yakutsk & Irkutsk

Risk

400

The Brits use this word for food ordered & removed from a restaurant's premises to be eaten elsewhere

Takeaway

400

The Brunswick company says that in 1850, Abraham Lincoln bought one of these made by them

Pool Table

400

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Canada’s sesquicentennial anniversary: this hit featuring a Canadian reaches 6 of a record 16 consecutive weeks on top.

600

For a scene in this 2007 film where a Decepticon wrecks a bus, Michael Bay used a real vehicle cut in half & then rejoined with wires

Transformers

600

A strategy game is called The Quest for this legendary place that has a Spanish name meaning "the gilded one"

El Dorado

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Want to say esprit de corps in one word? Try this synonym for fellowship among colleagues or friends

Camaraderie

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Formerly known as Tabletop due to its flattish shape, Mount Jacques Cartier is in this Canadian province

Quebec

600

Prince Harry & Meghan Markle got married: "This Is America" by him

Childish Gambino

800

This film franchise has won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for each of its editions, most recently with Fire and Ash in 2026.

Avatar

800

This Hasbro game involves getting a quartet of your 21 red or yellow discs arranged in a row before your opponent does

Connect Four

800

Mark McCulloh's invention of a winch boat really helped this high-flying sport get soaring

Parasailing

800

Usually adorned with a mirror, this bedroom table has a name meaning self-adoration

Vanity

800

China became the first country to land on the far side of the Moon: this Ariana Grande song with a kiss-off title

Thank U, Next

1000

Digital water and mini models were among the techniques used in the 1997 film recreation of this disaster.

Titanic Sinking

1000

Surrounding the "In Jail" space on a classic Monopoly board are these 2 words indicating you are only passing through

Just Visiting
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In the human foot, these bones are found between the toes & the ankle

Metatarsals

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"Table" in Latin, this constellation was mapped by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

Mensa

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The Cuban Missile Crisis ended: this alliterative Halloween novelty song that's less scary than the Cuban Missile Crisis

Monster Mash