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200

Every planet in our solar system is named after the Greek or Roman pantheon except __

Earth

200

This was the first place to be designated as a national park in 1872

Yellowstone

200

Your local library can be found at 4978 [this] street in Mariposa

10th

200

Jurassic Park's proprietor, John Hammond, is played by this prestigious Scottish actor (not to be confused with his brother David)

Richard Attenborough

200

These two are currently taking turns hosting Jeopardy

Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik

400

This Aztec creator god lent his name to a flying dinosaur (makes sense--he was a feathered serpent)

Quetzalcoatl (quetzalcoatlus)

400

This national park is home to the largest wilderness east of the Mississippi

Everglades National Park

400

The Mariposa Library lets you print in this many dimensions

3

400

This Seinfeld actor played the film's villain, Dennis Nedry

Wayne Knight

400

Despite the ongoing strike by this screen writers' union, Jeopardy! will return for a fortieth season this September, using recycled clues

WGA (Writers' Guild of America)

600

This "spinner" beat the goddess Athena in a weaving contest and was cursed to weave forever more--as a spider!

Arachne

600

This is the northernmost park in the National Park system (and the least visited, as there are no roads that lead to it)

Gates of the Arctic National Park (and Preserve)

600

The Mariposa Library opened in its current location in this year

2000

600

There are many signs that a dinosaur is getting close to you. One is their giant visage in the rearview mirror of your Jeep. Another is a force striking the ground with enough weight to make ripples in your glass, a phenomenon known as an __ (according to Ian Malcolm)

impact tremor

600

Jeopardy! first hit the airwaves in this year

1964

800

Before entering the Egyptian afterlife, your heart would be weighed on a scale against this object (which--uh oh--seems pretty light)

the Feather of Truth

800

This is the most recent site to be designated as a national park/monument last Tuesday, August 1

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument

800

This is the name of the service contracted by Mariposa Library to help with legal research

(Thomson Reuters) Westlaw

800

The film Jurassic Park was based on a novel by this author 

Michael Chrichton

800

This late actor, not Alex Trebek, was the first person to host Jeopardy! 

Art Fleming

1000

As this Hindu god sprouts multiple arms, he boasts, "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

Vishnu

1000

This national park is on both sides of the continental divide

Rocky Mountain National Park

1000

Your Mariposa library card allows free access to this national newspaper

the New York Times
1000

We meet Drs. Ellie Sattler and Alan Grant at a dig site excavating this dinosaur, whose name means "fast thief"

velociraptor

1000

After Ken Jennings, this woman has won the most consecutive Jeopardy! games with 40 in a row

Amy Schneider