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It's "Lit"
100
This vice president starred in an Oscar-winning documentary & won a Nobel prize, but missed out on the White House
Who is Al Gore?
100
In Nov. 1921 it was observed with the burial of an unknown soldier from World War I at Arlington National Cemetery
What is Veterans Day?
100
At about 840,000 square miles, this island near Canada is the world's largest
What is Greenland?
100
SMS stands for this "message service", so keep your text brief
What is short?
100
Adept with an axe, Abraham Lincoln earned the nickname the "rail" this
What is splitter?
200
Carl Albert, holder of this House of Representatives leadership job, crept 1 heartbeat closer in 1974
What is Speaker of the House?
200
The Texas Cavaliers River Parade is a centerpiece of this annual San Antonio event, "party" in Spanish
What is fiesta?
200
In July 1913 this appropriately named California valley recorded the highest temperature ever in the U.S., 134°
What is Death Valley?
200
In addition to emoji, you can use kaomoji, a Japanese type of this, which also starts with "emo"
What is emoticon?
200
You might have used this in a science class or laboratory, which identifies the pH of a substance
What is litmus paper?
300
In 2012 Jill Stein received 470,000 votes as the nominee of this "colorful" party
What is the Green Party?
300
If you're fasting on the 10th day of Tishri, you're observing this Jewish holiday
What is Yom Kippur?
300
Africa's highest mountain is this one whose "snows" were made famous in a short story
What is Kilamanjaro?
300
This singer says her husband Russell Brand broke up with her via text message on New Year's Eve
What is Katy Perry?
300
It means to move lightly & swiftly from one place to another
What is flit?
400
She was a popular 20th century first lady, & in a different era, might have eventually run for the job
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
400
In many places in the South, this festive season opens on Twelfth Night & climaxes with Mardi Gras
What is Carnival?
400
Africa's Kariba Dam created the largest by volume of these man-made water-storing lakes, capacity 180 billion cubic meters
What is reservoir?
400
Text "IRL" & it stands for this, the opposite of the imaginary internet world
What is "in real life"?
400
At home, these services, like water, gas & electricity really add up
What are utilities?
500
Henry Clay, who ran for president 5 times unsuccessfully, was a longtime senator from this state
What is Kentucky?
500
The date of this annual event honors a June 14, 1777 resolution of the Continental Congress
What is Flag Day?
500
The longest river in southeast Asia, it flows 2,700 miles through Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam
What is the Mekong?
500
While working for Microsoft, Dean Hachamovitch invented this texting feature that suggests words for you
What is autocorrect?
500
It's another name for a courtroom lawyer
What is a litigator?