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This word may refer to either a cleaning implement or a light coat meant to protect the underlying outfit.

What is a duster?

400

The building has King Kong has climbed in his movies (hint: you can see it from our window!)

What is The Empire State?

400

This country won the 2026 World Cup, marking its second win of the title.

What is Spain?

400

This Central American country is bordered by Nicaragua and Panama as well as the Carribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.

Where is Costa Rica?

400

This 1961 children's book by Roald Dahl features the titular child having magical adventures alongside a group of human-sized insects inside of a large fruit.

What is James and the Giant Peach?

800

Fossils of insects are commonly found in this material, which derives its name from the waxy substance found inside sperm whales.

What is amber?

800

NYC's original name, given to it by the Dutch.

What is New Amsterdam?

800

The NYC Knicks wins its first championship since 1973, winning in game __ against the San Antonio Spurs.

What is "Knicks in 5"?

800

By definition, a country of this type--of which there are three--must border exactly one other country.

What is an enclave?

800

This novel by Mark Twain is a scathing satire beneath its veneer of childhood adventures along the Mississippi river.

What is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

1200

These devices, which feature promimently in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl, measure the amount of ionizing radiation absorbed over a period of time.

What is a dosimeter?

1200

Broadway's longest running show, running 35 years before closing in February 2023, with over 13,500 performances for 19.5 million people. 

What is Phantom of the Opera?

1200

Before this woman won gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics, the last American woman to win an individual Olympic gold medal in figure skating was Sarah Hughes in 2002.

Who is Alysa Liu?

1200

This landlocked Southeast Asian country is bordered by China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia.

Where is Laos?

1200

Despite being the host, alongside Larry the Cucumber, of Veggie Tales, this main character of the children's show is actually a fruit.

Who is Bob the Tomato?

1600

This word refers to several groups of venomous snakes in the Viperidae and Elapidae families, or to an arithmetician.  

What is an adder?

1600

This iconic pizza spot appears in Raimi's Spider-man 2.

What is Joe's Pizza?

1600

These two characters star in a show about hockey that features a steamy romance between two rival players, one from Canada and one from Russia.

Who are Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozenov?

1600

By sharing borders with this many members of the Union, Tennessee and Missouri tie for the highest number of other States bordered.

What is eight?

1600

This 1999 R-rated film--unrelated to the 1971 tune by Don McLean--includes a scene in which Jim, played by Jason Biggs, violates a warm apple pastry.

What is American Pie?

2000

This word refers to a 17th century "investigator", likely to be found in Salem.

What is a witchfinder?

2000

This NYC borough was the last to join the city in 1898.

What is Queens?

2000

On September 10, 2026, the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Los Angeles Rams in this country, the first time an NFL game has been hosted here.

Where is East Melbourne, Australia?

2000

The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) runs along this latitude line across the Korean Peninsula, creating a 160-mile long and 2.5-mile wide buffer between the North and South.

What is the 38th Parallel?

2000

William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry, coined this term for a politically and economically unstable country that is dependent on exporting its natural resources in his 1905 book Cabbages and Kings after observing the activities of the United Fruit Company in Honduras and Guatemala.

What is a Banana Republic?