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The time it takes for Earth to orbit the sun.

What is a year (or 365 days)? Earth rotates every day but orbits the sun every 365.25 days.

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Common phrase: either…

What is or? The phrase either/or is used when you must make a choice between two possibilities.

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Steakhouse salad, with blue cheese dressing, blue cheese crumbles, and bacon, begins with a wedge of this lettuce.

What is iceberg?

100

These runners focus on endurance over the long haul.

What are marathon runners? Runners use cross-training to build strength and endurance.

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Born July 1, 1961, she is Prince Harry’s mother.

Who is Princess Diana? Diana kept her title of Princess of Wales but lost the title of Her Royal Highness after divorcing Prince Charles. In interviews, Prince Harry often talks about his mother.

200

Thirty days hath these months.

What is September, April, June, and November? It comes from a 16th-century nursery rhyme.

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First-person, plural pronoun.

What is we?

200

Every good salad starts by washing lettuce and drying it in this kitchen gadget.

What is a spinner? An alternate method to quickly remove water from fresh lettuce is to place the lettuce in a clean dishtowel, bring all four corners together and twist, and then swing the towel.

200

This type of rafting involves going through rapids.

What is white-water rafting? The 1972 film Deliverance features a scene of canoeing through rapids. You can also navigate white water in inner tubes.

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Born July 16, 1911, she was Fred Astaire’s dance partner and leading lady in films.

Who is Ginger Rogers? Her catchphrase, “Cigarette me, big boy,” is from her 1930 film debut in Young Man of Manhattan.

300

The number of years in a millennium.

What is 1,000?

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Another way to say exist.

What is be?

300

This backyard-grown lettuce comes in green and red varieties.

What is leaf? Leaf lettuce tolerates all types of soil, so it can be planted just about anywhere.

300

You’ll find the Seven Hills in this European city.

What is Rome? The ancient city of Rome was built on and around the Seven Hills.

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Born July 24, 1936, she wore a hairnet when she played Gladys Ormphby on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In.

Who is Ruth Buzzi? She attended Pasadena Playhouse for the Performing Arts along with Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman.

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The number of years in an eon

What is one billion? The term is more commonly used to define a very long, undefined time.

400

Exclamation.

What is oh? The archaic version found in poetry is capital “O.”

400

It’s another name for Boston lettuce.

What is butter or bibb? Boston and bibb are varieties of butter lettuce.

400

Tourists can learn to surf in Waikiki, but to watch the big-wave riders, they need to go to this shore on Oahu.

What is North Shore?

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Born July 26, 1856, this Irish playwright which was later adapted to My Fair Lady.

Who is George Bernard Shaw?

500

Jetlag causes a disruption in this rhythm.

What is circadian rhythm? Long-distance travel affects sleep patterns. When you’re affected by jet lag and want to take a nap, sleep no longer than two hours during the day so you can sleep that night.

500

Indefinite article preceding words that begin with vowels.

What is an? If a word begins with a consonant that sounds like a vowel, it takes an instead of a. For example, you would say, “An hour.”

500

Salads that begin with baby lettuce, spring lettuce, and baby spinach are often served with extra virgin olive oil and this aged, syrupy Italian vinegar.

What is balsamic vinegar? Dark balsamic vinegar is caramelized; white balsamic vinegar is not caramelized and is less sweet than the dark variety.

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A place for strolling, often by the sea. It’s also used as a verb meaning “to stroll” or as a noun for a specific dance move.

What is promenade? The Coney Island boardwalk and the Venice Beach boardwalk are examples of promenades.

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Born July 15, 1606, this Dutch Master mostly painted portraits and is commonly known by his first name.

Who is Rembrandt? His full name is Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.