Animals
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100

It's a journey you might take to observe animals in the wild--or the web browser you might use to book the tickets

What is a Safari? 

100

This country, an enclave in Italy, is smaller than the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

What is the Vatican?

100

Prince's iconic song/movie needs to reschedule for another time

What is Purple Rain check?

100

A penalty kick shootout decided the 2022 men's World Cup soccer final, with this country led by Lionel Messi coming out on top

What is Argentina?

100

A terrorist attack on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, targeted a crowd of people who had gathered for this event.

What is the first night of Hanukkah?

200

Typically sporting 5 arms, these marine animals of class Asteroidea have no blood as well as no brain

What are starfish?

200

Choose letters wisely on this New York Times game that feted its 1,000th puzzle by lighting up the Empire State Building

What is wordle?

200

Golf short game practice area served up in the title of a Dr. Seuss book

What is a putting green eggs and ham? 
200

Palm Springs, Augusta, Naples, Pinehurst & Myrtle Beach all claim to be the "capital of the world" of this pastime

What is golf?

200

A new study found that the beaks on songbirds on the U.C.L.A. campus seemed to have become longer and thinner in response to this event. 

Hint: It was in 2021 that newborn birds had longer beaks.

What are the covid lockdowns?

300

These pinnipeds have been hunted for their blubber, hides & tusks, used as ivory

What are walruses? 

300

Wham-O first sold this in 1957 as a "Pluto Platter"

What is a frisbee?

300

E.B. White's most helpful spider launches a medical website

What is Charlotte's WebMD?

300

On Jan. 1, 1898 New York City was consolidated into 5 of these & Brooklyn Mayor Frederick Wurster was out of a job

What are boroughs?

300

The length of the televised address from the White House on Wednesday, where President Trump touted the accomplishments of his first year back in office and argued that the economy was booming.

What is 18 minutes? 

400

An insect who's scientific name is Bombus.

What is a (bumble)bee?

400

Until 2011 this country in northeastern Africa was the continent's biggest in area

What is Sudan?

400

A beloved TV scientist takes a detour from the lab to Flavortown with a spiky-haired chef

What is Bill Nye the Science Guy Fieri?

400

This city can be said to be twice on the Mediterranean coast; one as a world capital, the other in Lebanon

What is Tripoli?

400

In an explosive series of interviews, published in Vanity Fair this week, which this Trump administration official said that the president had an “alcoholic’s personality” and the vice president was a “conspiracy theorist.”

Who is Susie Wiles, white house chief of staff?

500

In 2021 scientists identified a new species of this based on a 16-foot female that had been washed ashore

What is a whale? 

500

Often seen in our category titles, this word literally means "rotten pot" in French.

What is Potpourri?
500

Condition of being unable to think of anything to pen for a long time that becomes a neighborhood celebration

What is a writers block party? 

500

This people whose religion has Islamic & gnostic elements live in Lebanon & Syria but also make up about 2% of Israel's people

What are the Druze? 

500

Trump affixed his own name this month to the building of this organization in Washington, D.C..

What is the Kennedy Center (for the Performing Arts)?