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100

The plant I (Vivian) left and abandoned in an Airbnb over break, also the namesake of an athletic conference of eight northeastern American universities.

What is ivy?

100

I (Vivian) got lost at this state park, named after the creamy(?) looking cascade at its center.

What is Buttermilk Falls State Park?

100

The most downloaded game on the app store in 2021.

What is Among Us?

100

Muhammed Ali famously refused to enlist in this war, known for being long, costly, and America's first international loss.

What is Vietnam?

100

This Reese's-loving alien must have "phoned home" by 1999, when he appeared as a member of the Galactic Senate in The Phantom Menace.

Who is E.T.?

200

The subject of a heart-wrenching TWICE song, varieties of this plant include Golden Barrel and Prickly Pear.

What is a cactus?

200

The highest single-drop waterfall east of the Rockies.

What is Taughannock?

200

Join team Mystic, Instinct, or Valor in this game that drove millions to the polls (probably) in 2016.

What is Pokemon Go?

200

Having such a good time in 1991, the US invaded this country again in 2003 backed by patriotic fervor and a totally valid claim of weapons of mass destruction.

What is Iraq?

200

This English singer-songwriter's disastrous Game of Thrones cameo had him singing alongside Arya Stark as a member of the Lannister army, for some reason.

Who is Ed Sheeran?

300

Named after the Greek goddess of rainbows because of its variety of colors, this perennial flower is also the name of a Goo Goo Dolls song.

What is an iris?

300

Located at the south end of Cayuga Lake, you can play tennis or golf, feed ducks, and clean up trash at this park.

What is Stewart Park?

300

This addictive tapping game was taken off the app store after its creator "couldn't take it anymore".

What is Flappy Bird?

300

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

After president Jacobo Arbenz's land reform policy threatened the United Fruit Company, the US sponsored a coup in this company to install a far-right authoritarian dictatorship to ensure Americans can keep eating Chiquita bananas.

What is Guatemala?

300

Try to spot this "Master of Suspense" in his many movies, as he helped pioneer "cameo-ing.

Who is Alfred Hitchcock?

400

Isabella wants to grow a hurricane of this purple-blue flower in Encanto.

What is a jacaranda?

400

See super-fragile works of art by artists like Dale Chihuly at this museum, less than an hour away from Ithaca.

What is the Corning Glass Museum?

400

"Banter", "graft", and "crack on" with a selection of British chaps in this mobile adaptation of a popular TV show.

What is Love Island?

400

In The Godfather II, mafia bosses are run out of this country following Revolution, a parallel to real life when the CIA enlisted crime bosses to assassinate/coup its comandante.

What is Cuba?

400

This tropical fruit appears in every episode of Psych.

What is a pineapple?

500

The narcotic drug derived from this plant triggered two wars between the Qing dynasty and western powers in the 1800s.

What is a poppy?

500

One of the Finger Lakes' signature wine varieties, an acidic and fruity white* 

*APO is a dry frat

What is Riesling?

500

Combine fire and earth to get lava in this 2011 game where you collect a certain mythical reptile.

What is Dragonvale?

500

After assisting this nation's fight for independence from Spain, the US then went back to war to prevent their independence from America, a conflict lasting 14 years and including our first (international) war crimes!

What are the Phillippines?

500

The California Institute of Arts classroom used by many well-known graphic design and animation students, a 4 character easter egg found in most Pixar movies.

What is A113?