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It features a leaf of the genus Acer

Canada

400

2-word term meaning to make an unresponsive program set you free; on a Mac it's command-option-escape

force quit

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H2O below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, it's considered a mineral if it's formed naturally

ice

400

About his crime he says, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more"

Brutus

400

This Dr. is in:
"Got a palace in the hills overlookin' the sea, it's worth 8 but I only paid 5.3"

Dr. Dre

800

It displays a symbol for first aid

Switzerland

800

Meaning overhyped, this word suggests a grilled meat sandwich without anything inside it

a nothingburger

800

Lodestone, a naturally magnetic rock, contains this elemental metal

iron

800

Macbeth tells him, "Your children shall be kings", to which he replies, "You shall be king"

Banquo

800

Just 10 days after its release, "This Is America" by this rapper had over 100 million views on YouTube

Childish Gambino

1200

It features a single G2 V dwarf star

Japan

1200

It's a less-than-chiseled paternal physique

a dad bod

1200

Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of this 4-letter substance, particles of soil smaller than .002 millimeter

clay

1200

Before love conquers all in "Much Ado About Nothing", she calls Benedick "the prince's jester, a very dull fool"

Beatrice

1200

Lil Duval provided a "Smile (Living My Best Life)" with help from this "canine" superstar & Ball Greezy

Snoop Dogg

1600

One of the world's oldest, it dates from 1219 & inspired other Scandinavian flags

Denmark

1600

Double-talk way of saying something or someone is insane or beyond understanding

cray-cray

1600

To make quartz you need oxygen & this element--& lots of crystallization

silicon

1600

She complains to the shrewish Kate, "Sister, content you in my discontent"

Bianca

1600

It's the "Mode" Travis Scott was in to go to No. 1 on the pop charts in 2018

"Sicko Mode"

2000

It's a former Soviet republic just east of the Black Sea

Georgia

2000

A 2018 conference on computational linguistics included 4 papers on detection of this untrue stuff you read & hear

fake news

2000

Crystals fall into seven systems based on the arrangement of the axes they form; the three axes are equal length & all perpendicular in this this symmetric one, known by a 5-letter adjective

cubic

2000

Appropriately, this "Romeo & Juliet" character whose name means "good will" says, "I do but keep the peace"

Benvolio

2000

Following "Licensed to Ill", this second "Ill" album by the Beastie Boys featured "Sabotage"

Ill Communication