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200

It replaced the former stadium located on the east bank of the Iowa River and was renamed in 1972 in honor of this Iowa halfback

Nile Kinnick

200

Minnesota & Wisconsin have each won 6 titles at the Women's Frozen Four, the NCAA championship of this

Ice Hockey

200

Considered "The Birthplace of California", it's home to the Padres & a world-renowned zoo

San Diego, CA

200

Hydra & Zakynthos are 2 of the around 200 inhabited islands of this European nation

Greece

200

Genes may be either of these 2 adjectives, depending on their strength in "expressing" themselves

dominant & recessive

400

The Iowa-Minnesota football rivalry rivals any other in college football—a trophy shaped like a pig and named this goes to the winner of the game each year

Floyd (of Rosedale)

400

Led by 125-pound Spencer Lee, in 2021 the Iowa Hawkeyes captured their 24th NCAA title in this sport of reversals & falls

Wrestling 

400

Incorporated in 1911, this city 30 miles northwest of Hoover Dam has had a busy 111 years

Las Vegas, NV

400

Term for the line of latitude approximately 23 1/2 degrees north of the equator

Tropic of Cancer

400

This protective layer of the stratosphere can be depleted by the release of refrigerants & other chemicals

Ozone

600

A major pit stop on the campaign trail is this Iowa City’s restaurant, which has served Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, among others. Its status in the race to the White House was immortalized in an episode of “The West Wing.”

Hamburg Inn No. 2

600

Despite their name and colour, the gold medals presented to winners at the Olympic Games haven’t been made from solid gold since 1912. The modern gold medals are made from

Sterling Sliver

600

Founded on a peninsula in 1565, it would become Spain's military & religious headquarters in North America

St Augustine, FL

600

With about 15 million people, it's Canada's most populous province

Ontario

600

In 2017 scientists recorded ripples in space-time called gravitational waves, which emerged when 2 of these collided

Black Holes

800

Former Hawkeye, Ashton Kutcher, was actually discovered at this local bar and grill in 1997

The Airliner

800

This 'city of brotherly love' is the only city where all the major sports teams (MLB,NHL,NFL) have the same colors: Black and gold.

Philadelphia 

800

"Take a ride" in this oft-mispronounced Pennsylvania city named for the ancestral hometown of the Penn family

Reading, PA

800

Built in the 14th century, Sankore Mosque is found in this historic city of Mali

Timbuktu

800

The heart, blood vessels & lymph vessels make up the bulk of this body system

Circulatory 

1000

The University of Iowa was the first the first school to create what graduate degree

MFA (Master of Fine Arts)

1000

Because they both lost so many players to WWII military service, these two Pennsylvania cities combined to become the Steagles during the 1943 NFL season.

Pittsburg and Philadelphia 

1000

At about 90,000 it's the most populous U.S. city on North America's biggest lake?

Duluth, MN

1000

It's from Chinese for "fragrant harbor" & in the 1840s it was ceded to the British**

Hong Kong

1000

For your next science experiment, you might create this type of environment, from a word for "barren"

Sterile