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200
This group debuted with the claim "We've Got it Goin' On".

Backstreet Boys

200

The name of this branch of mathematics comes from the Arabic for "reuniting".

Algebra

200

Debuting November 18, 1985, the caption in its first box was "So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap!"

Calvin & Hobbes

200
This food, only possible through agriculture, had its first known appearance 14,000 years ago in Jordan. 

Bread

200

What is the 2nd smallest U.S. state by land mass?

Delaware
400

What Aerosmith ballad accompanied the late 90s film Armageddon?

I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing

400

Before this word came to mean an extraterrestrial, it was used as an adjective meaning "warlike".

Martian

400

Of the Spiderman villains featured in the movies (Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland), which villain is the oldest, as in the first to appear in the comics?

Doctor Octopus

400

All cheese starts the same -- it becomes this type of cheese when Penicillium roqueforti is sprinkled over the cheese and left to age.

Blue cheese

400

What is the longest river in North America?

The Missouri River

600

Which woman was the best selling musical artist in the 90s?

Mariah Carey

600

This physics word means "relating to the motion of projectiles" or "very angry'.

Ballistic

600

The first of the 7 commandments in this 1945 satire novel is "Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy".

Animal Farm

600

Cilantro's seeds, cultivated in Ancient Egypt and now commonly used to flavor Indian curries and gin, are also known as this spice.

Coriander

600

The Empire State Building says that on a clear day you can see 5 states from the top: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and these 2.

Pennsylvania and Massachusetts 

800

Which song was re-written and re-released to be dedicated to Princess Diana, becoming the 2nd best selling single of all time?

Elton John's "Candle in the Wind"

800

This verb is the last word in Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening".

Sleep

800

When we first meet her in the 1930s novel, she's wearing a green dress with 12 yards of fabric and matching slippers from Atlanta.

Scarlett O'Hara

800

This dessert was thought to be served at the first Olympic games. Greek grammarian Athenaeus wrote in 230 AD: "Take cheese and pound it till smooth and pasty; put cheese in a brazen sieve; add honey and spring wheat flour. Heat in one mass, cool, and serve."

Cheesecake

800

How many states border Mexico?

4

1000

Fill in the missing line of lyrics from this Nirvana chorus. "With the lights out, it's less dangerous. ------- I feel stupid and contagious."

Here we are now, entertain us

1000

Differing by one letter, these 2 words mean job and time away from the job.

Vocation and vacation

1000

What comic book series (and now TV show) features Animal-Vegetable-Mineral man?

DC Comics - Doom Patrol

1000

In this method, named for one of the baked goods it's used for, you mix liquids and dry ingredients separately and then stir them together until just combined.

Muffin method
(Stirring or Quick Bread method is also acceptable)

1000

What is the only national park south of the equator? 

National Park of American Samoa