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400

Past participle of shear

What is shorn?

400

The Iron Age of human culture immediately followed the age of this metal

What is bronze?

400

In 2013 Jeezy dropped this word from his name because "I'm grown now"

What is young?

400

Your school's sports teams may have these enthusiastic fans & promoters who form entire "clubs"

What are boosters?

400

In Roman Catholic countries, the celebration known as carnival takes place immediately before this austere season

What is Lent?

800

The loose skin at the back of an animal's neck

What is scruff?

800

There's an armor collection at Le Musee national du Moyen Age, the museum of these

What is the Middle Ages?

800

Fans of this female rapper & former "Idol" judge call themselves the Barbies

Who is Nicki Minaj?

800

Sister Carrie lives in "a moderately well-furnished" this type of "house", not to be confused with a bawdy house

What is a boarding house?

800

Pasto, Colombia's Carnaval de Negros y Blancos, these colors, celebrates the country's cultural diversity

What are black & white?

1200

What have you got?

What is flush?

1200

Josh Homme has led this band since the 1990s

What are the Queens of the Stone Age?

1200

With his third studio album released in 2017, this hip-hop artist is the first of his genre to win a Pulitzer Prize

Who is Kendrick Lamar?

1200

To you it may mean a fun party dancing to Solar Spectrum; to the CDC it means "ecstasy overdoses!"

What is a rave?

1200

The 90,000-seat Sambadrome hosts the samba parade for the world-famous Carnival in this city

What is Rio de Janeiro?

1600

It means punctual & also starts with "P"

What is prompt?

1600

An 1870s novel about greed & corruption gave us the name of this "age"

What is the Gilded Age?

1600

Public Enemy named some "straight-up racist"s in their classic urging listeners to do this 3-word title

What is Fight the Power?

1600

If you're the youngest, mom & dad's gloom after you leave home has been medically identified as this syndrome

What is an empty nest?

1600

In New Orleans, Carnival commences on Twelfth Night, the 6th of this month

What is January?

2000

Rot-causing type of disease seen here

What is blight?

2000

Communications Workers of America calls itself the union for this "knowledgeable" age

What is the Information Age?

2000

Better known by this stage name, Chicago native Fatimah Nyeema Warner gained recognition for her feature on Chance the Rapper's "Acid Rap" mixtape

Who is Noname?

2000

In the '60s flower children was another name for these people

What are hippies?

2000

It's pleasant to watch the flower battles at this French Riviera resort city's huge annual carnival parade

What is Nice?