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"Royal" name of the singer & guitarist who was first popular in the 1980s & performed at the 2007 Super Bowl

Prince

400

It's a network of nerves, like the solar one

plexus

400

If someone uses the acronym "GAL", they don't think you're female, but rather that you should "get" this

a life

400

Her "Little Women" appeared in 1868; a mere 127 years later, her "A Long Fatal Love Chase" arrived

(Louisa May) Alcott

400

This highest natural singing voice for women is Italian for "what is above"

soprano

800

The song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by this band was a No. 1 hit way back in 1965

The Rolling Stones

800

Nephrology is a medical specialty concerned with these organs

kidneys

800

"DQYDJ" has nothing to do with your turntable gig; in fact, it means "Don't quit" this

your day job

800

In addition to "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", he wrote an 1887 story on the Civil War, "North Against South"

(Jules) Verne

800

This wood-eating insect gets its name from the Latin for "wood-eating worm"

a termite

1200

Of Alex Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen or David Lee Roth, the one who was the lead singer for Van Halen

David Lee Roth

1200

The hip is this type of 3-word joint

ball and socket

1200

Provoking people in an online forum could get you this moniker, like the nemesis of the Billy Goats Gruff

troll

1200

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" in a 1945 book by this author

(George) Orwell

1200

This ground-meat sandwich gets its name from a German port city

a hamburger

1600

This singer used religious imagery in her 1989 "Like A Prayer" music video & in her 2006 "Confessions" world tour

Madonna

1600

These 5 bones make up the palm of the hand

metacarpals

1600

If someone uses the term "PEBCAK", it's a dis meaning the "problem exists between" these 2 places

chair and keyboard

1600

In 1840 he hit a Bumppo in the road & penned "The Pathfinder"

(James Fenimore) Cooper

1600

This word for a kind of land mass comes from a word meaning "to contain"

continent

2000

This "Piano Man" has had hits with "Uptown Girl", "My Life" & "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me"

Billy Joel

2000

It's also called the auditory tube, & when it's blocked, an earache can result

eustachian tube

2000

If you lack technology like Gameboys & iPods, you could be called "Urban" this, like a Mennonite sect

Amish

2000

In 1863 this Russian wrote "The Cossacks", a short novel based on his travels with the army

Tolstoy

2000

This term for a leading character of a literary work comes from the Greek for "first combatant"

protagonist