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100

Oh this word! When attached to ginger often indicates a perfectly crispy cookie.

What is snap?

100

Wham! He had a No. 1 hit as he was Praying For Time in 1990.

Who is George Michael?

100

This complex organic compound is found in many plants & is used as a sweetening agent.

What is sucrose?

100

The lives of 3 women centuries apart intertwine along the shores of this lake in Danielle Sosin's The Long-Shining Waters.

What is Lake Superior?

100

The year Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

What is 1492?

200

Here's a plate of the beef type of these fried rolled Mexican treats. Made 'em myself.

What are Taquitos?

200

She was Coming Out Of The Dark sans Miami Sound Machine in 1991.

Who is Gloria Estefan?

200

It's the second most abundant element in the earth's crust.

What is silicon?

200

A series by Vilhelm Moberg opens with The Emigrants who are headed for Minnesota departing from Småland in this country.

What is Sweden?

200

In 1789, Benjamin Franklin stated nothing is certain, except these two things.

What is death and taxes?

300

The navigator of this food brand sails the milky seas on his ship the S.S. Guppy.

Who is Captain Crunch?

300

In 1995 this female trio was chasing Waterfalls.

Who are TLC?

300

It functions as a junction with the help of neurotransmitters.

What is synapse?

300

According to Garrison Keillor's book titled this town Days the town is somewhere near St. Cloud.

What is Lake Wobegon?

300

This 4-word motto was on many early American flags.

What is "Don't Tread on Me"?

400

Lay's potato chips that are cooked in small batches in one of these are thicker & crunchier than the regular chips.

What is a Kettle?

400

In 1998 this group reached No. 1 with the hit “One Week.”

Who are the Barenaked Ladies?

400

This species name is also the title of a bestselling history of humanity by Yuval Noah Hariri.

What are sapiens?

400

Minnesotan Tim O'Brien wrote books like Going After Cacciato & Lake of the Woods about those who fought in this war.

What is The Vietnam War?

400

The witchcraft trials were held in this city and state.

What is Salem, Massachusetts?

500

This crunchy salad containing apples celery & mayo was named for the New York hotel where it was created.

What is the Waldorf?

500

In 1995 this singer was falling Head over Feet.

Who is Alanis Morissette?

500

In geology, it's the normally hidden mineral-rich layer just above bedrock.

What is subsoil?

500

He wrote his first novel This Side of Paradise in his parents' house on Summit Avenue in St. Paul.

Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?

500

In May 1844 he sent a telegraph message using the code he invented.

Who is (Samuel) Morse?