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100

In a kids' book, we meet this title character along with his siblings Flopsy, Mopsy & Cotton-tail

Peter Rabbit

100

In October 1990 Iraq, facing international isolation, restored diplomatic relations with this neighbor

Iran 

100

Promo or commentary? Cups from this ubiquitous coffee chain appear in nearly every scene in "Fight Club"

Starbucks

100

Low register for pop's Barry White or opera's Boris Christoff

Bass

100
Students from this university have to constantly explain that they did not go to the one in Seattle

Wash U (in St. Louis)

200

Quixada, Quesada or even Quexana may have been the original surname of the character who chose this name for himself

Don Quixote

200

One in Europe & one far from Europe, these 2 countries take their names from words meaning "eastern" & "southern"

Austria and Australia

200

A verse from Ezekiel (mis)quoted in "Pulp Fiction" is on this character's faux headstone in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier"

Nick Fury

200

As a verb it means to make unskilled efforts at repairing or improving something

Fiddle

200

This university claims to have invented the chicken nugget

Cornell University

300

At the end of an 1831 novel, his skeleton is found in a cellar with a curved spine & soon crumbles into dust

Quasimodo (Hunchback)

300

Santo Domingo & Roseau are the capital cities of these 2 Caribbean island nations

The Dominican Republic and Dominica

300

That's director Jordan Peele's voice saying "A mind is a terrible thing to waste" in an ad Lil Rel Howery hears in this horror film

Get Out

300

Partner of "whistles" when talking about something with every possible accessory

Bells

300

Clemson university’s football stadium is officially called Memorial Stadium, but is more commonly called this hottest California desert

Death Valley

400

This characters main characteristic is he’s quite portly in the novel “Lord of the Flies”

Piggy

400

These 2 European countries gained independence in the early '90s, & in 2018 their PMs Fico & Cerar confusingly quit the same week

Slovenia and Slovakia 

400

A newspaper owned by this character in an Orson Welles film makes an appearance in "The Magnificent Ambersons"

Kane

400

A geographic one on the Lower West Side of NYC begins below Canal Street

A Triangle

400

4.  A gold nugget found at the this university’s library is believed to be the the piece of gold that John Marshall discovered

Berkeley

500

Once the Master Chiefs mortal main rival on the side of the covenant, they actually ended up joining sides and he became the second playable character in the 3rd installment of the series

The Arbiter 

500

All you need to do is change the first letter of this country to the end of the alphabet to get an entirely new country in Africa (name both countries)

Gambia and Zambia

500

In "Toy Story", the production designer made the carpet in Sid's house look like one at the hotel in this 1980 horror film

The Shining

500

A public official responsible for documenting deeds

A recorder

500

This university has the only officially licensed Disney mascot in the NCAA

UO