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This is used to give people features to inhuman objects or other living things.

What is Personification?

100

This lady has been the star of several movies, such as The Wolf of Wall Street, The Suicide Squad, and more recently, Barbie.

Who is Margot Robbie?
100

A sci-fi book written by Islamophile Frank Herbert, set in a desert planet. It had 2 recent movie adaptations starring Timothee Chalamet.

what is DUNE?

100

This Italian dessert is uniquely made with ladyfinger biscuits dipped in coffee, and mascarpone, delicately layered.

What is Tiramisu?

100

This German word refers to a school level below primary school, a pre-school, if you will.

What is Kindergarten?
200

This one is used to compare something as if it's another thing.

What is Simile?

200

This bald Samoan actor is famously known for his Pro Wrestling career, and the fact that he wants to never lose in any movie he stars in.

Who is Dwayne Johnson?

200

A video game series centered around a ring-shaped superweapon, with an armored super soldier as the main character

What is HALO?

200

This topping, often seen in Okonomiyaki and Takoyaki, is made by shaving a certain type of deliberately sun-dried fish.

What are Bonito Flakes (Katsuobushi)?

200

This English word means 'meeting', or 'date', in the original French.

What is Rendezvous?

300

This figurative language is often used in a way that exaggerates things, to give a bigger impact.

What is Hyperbole?

300

This filmmaker is known for his eccentric movies, which usually are shot in a very specific 'flat' perspective.

Who is Wes Anderson?

300

A manga series set in a world of martial arts, featuring high-impact action scenes and laserbeams going all over, it tells the story of a young man in search of 7 wish-granting balls.

What is DRAGON BALL?

300

A classic dish from Jogjakarta, this subspecies of Sate has the chef skewer lamb on bicycle spokes, as opposed to wood or bamboo.

What is Sate Klathak?

300

This English word, which means 'having a large variety of something', comes from the name of a Swedish buffet, with, well, a large variety of food.

What is smorgasbord?

400

This figurative language translates sounds into textual form.

What is Onomatopoeia?

400

This actress is a 2-time Oscar winner for Best Actress, winning it in 2017 for her performance in La La Land, and in the most recent Oscars, for her performance in Poor Things.

Who is Emma Stone?

400

This popular and violent TV series puts a more gritty and realistic spin on a zombie apocalypse.

What is The Walking Dead?

400

This Indian snack is a mish-mash of flavors and textures, brought upon by a crunchy shell filled with potatoes, chickpeas, and/or onions, and dipped in a variety of flavored water.

What is Panipuri?

400

This synonym for leader or chief, which is often paired with the word 'head', comes from the Japanese word with the same pronunciation and meaning.

What is Honcho?

500

If it isn't figurative, it's this.

What is literal?

500

A local superstar, this Indonesian Actor has been making waves over in Tinseltown by acting and doing action choreography in such films as The Raid, The Night Comes For Us, and Expend4bles.

Who is Iko Uwais?

500

This 2000's Indonesian movie, whose title, main character, and main actress feature one person's name, got a sequel 23 years later.

What is Sherina's Adventure?

500

This dish from Rochester, NY may be in the running for the least-appetizing name for a food, and it consists of 2 varieties of fried potatoes, macaroni salad, baked beans, a meat topping of one's choice (patty, sausage, etc.), served with a side of bread, and slathered in ketchup or mustard, or both.

What is The Garbage Plate?

500

This word, in it's original Italian, translates to 'hunting cottage', and is used to refer to a place where people can stake it all and win big, or lose everything and perish.

What is Casino?