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200

The Troemner reflex hammer is mainly used to tap this; Troemner said why not use the handle as a tongue depressor

What is the knee?

200

Episodes of this sitcom include "The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell" & "Frank Sets Sweet Dee on Fire"

What is It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?

200

Although Bela Lugosi resented the typecasting, he was buried wearing the signature cape of this character

What is Count Dracula?

200

It was the first full year of the Great Depression

What is 1930?

200

This evil alter ego destroys the portrait of Dr. Jekyll's father

Who is Mr. Hyde?

400

This sea dweller has a funny-shaped head called a cephalofoil

What is a hammerhead shark?

400

As good cop Molly Solverson, Allison Tolman laid down the law in season 1 of this FX drama inspired by a movie

What is Fargo?

400

On New Year's Eve Bethlehem, Penn. drops a giant chick, a replica of these marshmallow candies that are made there

What is a Peep?

400

The Environmental Protection agency was established

What is 1970?

400

Chapter 9 of this Alexandre Dumas novel is titled "D'Artagnan Reveals Himself"

What is The Three Musketeers?

600

Judas Priest's song "Between The Hammer &" this is an idiom for equally unpleasant choices

What is the anvil?

600

On this CBS spin-off in 2016, les bons temps stopped for a petty officer murdered during Mardi Gras

What is NCIS: New Orleans?

600

One of the first companies in Ireland to provide pensions, it also gave workers a daily 2-pint beer allowance

What is Guinness?

600

Rome hosted the Summer Olympics

What is 1960?

600

Rostopchin is Moscow's governor-general in this author's famous novel "War and Peace"

Who is Tolstoy?

800

Legend says this sport originated when Celtic hero Cu Chulainn swung a chariot over his head & let it go

What is the hammer throw?

800

Lee Iacocca, G.Gordon Liddy & the Fat Boys guested on this 1980s Don Johnson superhip cop show

What is Miami Vice?

800

7-Eleven has trademarked this term, something its trademarked Slurpees can cause if you drink them too fast

What is brain freeze?

800

The Boston Massacre left 5 dead & several injured

What is 1770?

800

The hero of this Cervantes novel becomes obsessed with chivalry & decides to be a knight errant

Who is Don Quixote?

1000

The hammers on most pianos are covered with this soft 4-letter material

What is felt?

1000

Partners came & went, but Dennis Franz stayed on the beat for the entirety of this show's 1993 to 2005 run

What is NYPD: Blue

1000

This Yosemite photographer broke his nose at age 4 in an aftershock of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but never fixed


Who is Ansel Adams?

1000

19 years after his death, Napoleon's remains were returned to France where he was given a state funeral & a new resting place

What is 1840?

1000

This poet wrote the preface to his wife Mary's 1818 novel "Frankenstein"

Who is (Percy) Shelly?