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The video game "Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition" is the origin story of this woman

Lara Croft

400

The ancient Greek playwright Sophocles wrote that this "eases all things"; we've also heard that it heals all wounds

time

400

Sweet dreams in this building, from Latin for "sleeping place" (no, it's not the library)

dorm

400

Want to go faster? Step on it!

accelerate

400

Still played today, jeu de paume is an early version of this court & net game but using only the hands

tennis

800

The course of the Disney 5K Family Fun Run takes participants through this future world theme park

epcot

800

It's the "here" in the 1863 line "those who here gave their lives that that nation might live"

Gettysburgh

800

From Latin for "workplace", it's a workplace for scientists

Lab

800

It's the instrument heard here playing a jaunty tune

accordion

800

championships held in Nepal where they play polo matches using these largest land animals

Elephant

1200

More than 100,000 people signed a petition asking President Obama to deport this young Canadian

Justin Bieber

1200

This Roman began a book, "all Gaul" (which he'd just conquered) "is divided into three parts"

Julius Caesar 

1200

"Liberty, equality," this organization, like Sigma Lambda Beta

frat
1200

A pirate, from Tampa or not

buccaneer

1200

The WCBO challenges both brains & brawn in its combined matches of boxing & this board game

chess

1600

Peter Capaldi replaced Matt Smith as the Time Lord on this British TV series

Doctor Who

1600

This mid-20th century First Lady said, "no one can make you feel inferior without your consent"

Elenor Roosevelt 

1600

It's another name for a student activities center, or for the American Federation of Teachers

union

1600

Politicians vie for the votes of "NASCAR dads" & these moms

soccer mom

1600

Speed snorkeling through these peat moss wetlands of Europe can earn you a spot in the record books

bog

2000

"So let me ho-o-o-o-ld /
Both your hands /
In the holes of my sweater" - what music group 

The Neighborhood

2000

In 1776 he wrote, "these are the times that try men's souls"

Thomas Paine

2000

Yikes! The name of this facility is from the Greek for "to train naked"

gym

2000

A female demon who descends into a man's dreams & steals his soul

succubus 

2000

OK, it's an Olympic event as of 2014, but this snowboarding event still looks unusual with those rails

slope style