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Author: Suzanne Collins

Director: Gary Ross

What is the Hunger Games?

100

This 20th c. British physicist said, "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can & will create itself from nothing"

Who is Hawking?

100

The speedy dog breed the Whippet may have developed from this even faster breed

What is a greyhound?

100

In the "Odyssey" Odysseus has a brief but memorable reunion with Argus, one of these, as he returns to Ithaca

What is his dog?

100

Heard here, it's the smallest & highest-pitched woodwind instrument in an orchestra

What is a piccolo?

200

Author: J.K. Rowling

Director: Chris Columbus

What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?

200

Seen here, this American advised President Theodore Roosevelt & Mahatma Gandhi about agriculture

Who is George Washington Carver?

200

This word now meaning sociable & outgoing comes from the Latin for flock

What is gregarious?

200

Anne Sexton's poem about this "Eve" mentions 12 grandchildren at the family reunion & "the bulbs of the tree"

What is Christmas?

200

Pesto sauce makes a tasty topping for these small potato dumplings

What is gnocchi?

200

CATEGORY

HEALTH MATTERS

300

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Director: Greta Gerwig

What is Little Women?

300

In 1957, long before she had her own institute, she met Louis Leakey, who guided her to Gombe Stream to study chimps

Who is Jane Goodall?

300

This symbol of the U.S. has an eagle on the front & an unfinished pyramid on the reverse

What is the Great Seal?

300

This title woman finally returns to Rochester, blinded after a fire; but fear not! He regains some sight after they marry

Who is Jane Eyre?

300

The sword-billed species of this tiny bird has the longest bill in relation to its body size of any bird in the world

What is a hummingbird?

300

ANSWER

This term for sudden severe head pain that typically lasts only a few minutes was trademarked by 7-Eleven in 1994

400

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

Director: Peter Jackson

What is the Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring (take any book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy)?

400

Once a resident of Smiljan, he immigrated to the U.S. with 4 cents & later patented a polyphase system of A.C. dynamos

What is Tesla?

400

Traditionally made from pomegranates, this red syrup is an ingredient in Shirley Temples

What is grenadine?

400

In her 2018 novel "Normal People", Connell & Marianne meet up again at university in Dublin & resume their situationship

Who is Sally Rooney?

400

This tiny & remote kingdom has the smallest population of any country in mainland Asia

What is Bhutan?

400
QUESTION

What is brain freeze?

500

Author: Jane Austen

Director: Joe Wright

What is Pride and Prejudice?

500

He had a pretty good 19th century run, including saving France's beer, wine & silk industries

Who is Pasteur?

500

John Gardner wrote a novel from the point of view of this monster from an Old English epic

Who is Grendel?

500

Some 20 books in, he won a Pulitzer for "American Pastoral", which delves deep into the psyche at a 45th high school reunion

Who is Philip Roth?

500

Lasting a mere 2 months, 17 days in 1483, the fifth king of this name was the shortest-reigning male monarch of England

Who is Edward V?