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200

Term for what's left over after subtraction or division

what is a remainder

200

This stately river is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela Rivers

What is the Ohio River
200

These eye parts shrink up to 0.4 millimeters per decade, helping explain why it gets harder to see in dim light as you age. 

What are Pupils

200

In Washington State a charge of this in the second degree is coming, if with criminal negligence, you cause a person's death.

What is manslaughter

200

The name of this music form is actually an abbreviation of an Italian phrase meaning "work in music"

What is opera

200

Though he famously played for Detroit, baseball's Ty Cobb was known by this nickname based on his birthplace.

What is the Georgia Peach

400

A supposed emanation surrounding the body of a living creature. 

What is aura

400

Designated the fifth ocean, it surrounds Antarctica.

What is the Southern Ocean

400

A 2024 study found that a massive earthquake 2,500 years ago abruptly shifted the course of this river near the Bay of Bengal

What is the Ganges River

400

Did fear of physical injury make the victim give up property? We'll see if we can use the Hobb's act to indict for robbery or this

What is extortion

400

In 1899 a critic wrote "If" this "was called tempo di raga... it might win honor more speedily"

What is ragtime

400

This video game character is the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom

Who is Princess Peach

600

Those worshipping only one deity are practicing this belief system.

What is monotheism

600

This large lake formed by the building of the Hoover Dam is at the center of a national recreation area. 

What is Lake Mead

600

UVA says outdoor gait training may help treadmill users who suffer from these pains in the lower legs caused by repetitive stress

What are shin splints

600

So you made $116 mil. but didn't pay Uncle Sam a dime (in a non-legal way)? We'll indict you for this 2- word crime, like Pete Rose

What is Tax evasion

600

Aubades were sung in the morning; these courtship tunes, like Mozart's "Oh, Come to the Window", were meant to be sung at night.

What are serenades

600

Using peach containers in the 1890's, James Naismith created this recreational activity.

What is basketball

800

Known for brutal repression, this system of Soviet labor camps imprisoned many enemies of state. 

What is the gulag

800

The Gulf of Corinth separates this peninsula from central Greece.

What is the Peloponnesus

800

Genetic analysis of Otzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy from the Alps shows that he had dark skin and MPB, this form of hair loss. 

What is Male patterned baldness

800

This, continuously going online to harass or threaten people with physical harm, got an ex-privacy consultant 9 years in 2024.

What is cyber stalking

800

Experts in this "anatomical" form of singing practiced in Central Asia can produce 2 tones simultaneously

What is throat singing

800

One of this pair's original 31 flavors of ice cream was peach. 

Who are Baskin and Robbins

1000

To do this is to drain a body of all of its blood

What is exsanguinate
1000

This bay noted for its high tides separates Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

What is the Bay of Fundy

1000

A species of desert moss may help to colonize mars, as it can survive extreme temperatures and the deadly rays known by this Greek letter. 

What are gamma rays

1000

Indict someone for intent to maim that may include body-part severance and be "better protected from" this felony "like me"

What is mayhem

1000

Francesco Landini composed this type of vocal chamber piece that, like him, originated in the 14th century; "Deh, dimmi tu" is one

What is a madrigal

1000

Vanilla and raspberries are part of the recipe for this dessert invented at the Savoy Hotel for a famous opera singer.

What is a peach Melba