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100

This fish common to the US northwest had 26 subspecies listed as endangered in the 1990s

What is Salmon?

100

She played Forrest's mother, Mrs. Gump

Who is Sally Field?

100

His silk-screened portraits of Mao Zedong and Bela Lugosi were among the ten priciest prints auctioned in the 1990s

Who is Andy Warhol?

100

This is how many hardcover copies a book must sell to earn "bestseller" status

What is 100,000?

100

This is what weight-loss diets should be based on, according to Dr. Peter D'Adamo's controversial Eat Right 4 Your Type

What is blood type?

200

This Jamaican port was named for the Spanish word for "hog lard," a big export at the time

What is Montego Bay?

200

She was Woody Allen's most frequent co-star during the 1980s

Who is Mia Farrow?

200

This law professor helped found the ACLU's women's rights project before becoming a member of the U.S. Supreme Court

Who is Ruth Beder Ginsburg?

200

This 1989 novel tells the tales of June, Rose, Waverly, Lena and their mothers

What is The Joy Luck Club?

200

Piaggio USA created a buzz about this make of motorscooter by hiring models to ride them and hang out in trendy L.A. cafes

What is Vespa?

300

These two southern U.S. cities are linked by a stretch of I-40 known as the "Music Highway"

What are Nashville and Memphis?

300

These two characters on TV's Newhart never speak

Who are Darryl and Darryl?

300

This computer CEO uttered what Vanity Fair considered the best business quote of 1997: "To heck with Janet Reno"

Who is Steve Ballmer?

300

This newspaper column is written by Pauline Philips and her daughter Jeanne

What is Dear Abby?

300

In 1999, scientists announced they would inject this 20,000-year-old creature's DNA into the egg of an Asian elephant

What is a woolly mammoth?

400

This Vegas hotel decided to build a $65 million theater after signing Celine Dion for 600 shows

What is Caesars Palace?

400

This kids' TV show host was surprised when car thieves returned his Oldsmobile with a note reading: "We didn't know it was yours"

Who is Fred Rogers?

400

This infamous date, when European Monetary Union members began using the euro for cash transactions, was dubbed "E-day"

What is January 1, 2002?

400

This name preceded magazine titles ending: "Weddings," "Baby" and "Kids," by 2001

Who is Martha Stewart's?

400

This duo was honored by having the garage where they invented an audio oscillator dubbed the official birthplace of Silicon Valley

Who are Hewlett and Packard? 

500

This city has more than 2,000 public murals, including a three-story portrait of Julius Erving

What is Philadelphia?

500

This sitcom mom needed her house-painter to stay home with her baby after insulting all of the moms in the Little Bitty Buddy Play Group

Who is Murphy Brown?

500

This M-word was banned by San Diego from public documents in April 2001, because it was deemed offensive to minorities

What is minority?

500

She is the triangled-haired engineer that doesn't take criticism well in Dilbert

Who is Alice?

500

This company's Quattro power tool gave Bob Vila wannabes a jigsaw, drill, screwdriver and sander in one gizmo, in 1998

What is Black & Decker's?