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100

The pope also holds the title "Bishop of" this city

Rome
100

Ben Franklin assured us that "Nothing is certain but death and" these

Taxes

100

Brainiacs know that M.I.T. stands for this Boston-area school

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

100

In one word, not guilty

Innocent

100

More than a mile deep in some places, it is found in Arizona

Grand Canyon

200

Meaning "my master" , this term refers to the chief religious official of a synagogue

Rabbi

200

"Blue" this day of the week in January is said to be the most depressing day of the year

Monday

200

Until disallowed by the L.A. Coliseum, a live bear would take the field at home football games for this school

UCLA

200

In the 1970s these department store models for clothing displays began to have belly buttons

Mannequins

200

This "colorful" place is the largest island in the world

Greenland

300

In eastern religion, it's the belief that the soul comes back in a new body & identity, perhaps that of a lawyer or a squirrel

reincarnation

300

You do this when you want to stop yourself from saying something; doing it by accident can be a painful mouth injury

Bite your tongue

300

Since 1917 Columbia University has announced these awards for fields including journalism & literature

Pulitzers

300

Born in the '80s & early '90s, they're often depicted as tech-savvy & maybe just a bit entitled

Milennials

300

Officially, it's known as the Hellenic Republic, but this is the name we usually use for it

Greece

400

The cult of this 2-letter sun god of ancient Egypt reached its peak during the Old Kingdom around 2500 B.C.

Ra

400

The FCC suggests entering your information on this list if your phone keeps blowing up with extended warranty calls

The Do Not Call List

400

In 1873, a university in Nashville was named for this wealthy commodore who eventually donated $1 million

Vanderbilt

400

This verb can mean to have your hiking companion for dinner, or to take resources from one project to finish another

Cannibalize

400

In separating Spain from Morocco, the strait of this also separates Europe from Africa

Gibraltar

500

DAILY DOUBLE

A time of fasting, this ninth month of the Islamic year is remembered as when the Koran was revealed to Muhammad

Ramadan

500

These uninvited insects likely make you itch; the Anopheles type can transmit malaria

Mosquitoes

500

Founded in 1693, the oldest college in Virginia is the college of this royal pair

College of William and Mary

500

"Astrophel and Stella" is a 16th century sequence of more than 100 of these 14-line poems

Sonnet

500

Nearly half the people of this country, the most populous in Central America, descend from the Maya

Guatemala