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400
In Pinochle, an A-K-Q-J-10 of trump is a royal sequence; in poker, it would be a royal this.
What is a royal flush?
400
In 1804 French jeweler Marie-Etienne Nitot designed a sword that featured the Regent Diamond for this emperor.
Who is Napoleon?
400
In 1975 Jack Nicholson and Gena Rowlands won Golden Globes, but amateur boxer Aaron Pryor won these.
What are the Golden Gloves?
400
If the bottom stripe falls of your USA flag, you're left with this many.
What is twelve?
400
Seven weeks after the Alamo, Sam Houston took this Mexican leader prisoner at the 1836 Battle of San Jacinto.
Who is Santa Anna?
400
A landing made by an aircraft, a space vehicle, or a wide receiver in the opponent's end zone.
What is a touchdown?
800
Chutes & Ladders began as a Hindu game of these and ladders.
What are snakes?
800
When buying a diamond, you judge the quality and cost through color, clarity, cut, and this weight.
What is a carat?
800
Britain's 200-year-old Rumford Medal is given for discoveries about heat or this form of energy.
What is light?
800
If a third of the U.S. Supreme Court suddenly quits, there will be this many justices left on the bench.
What is six?
800
Site of a fierce September 1914 WWI battle, this river joins the Seine north of Paris.
What is the Marne?
800
Eliot Ness' team of lawmen
What are the Untouchables?
1200
One of the tiles in the first word put on a Scrabble board must cover the square with this symbol on it.
What is a star?
1200
In the 17th century, Italian lapidary Vincenzo Peruzzi developed this rounded cut that has 58 facets.
What is brilliant? (again!)
1200
Named for a man killed on the job, this award was inspired by that man doing this type of work
What is journalism?
1200
If one of your nonet gets bumped off, you're left with a group called this.
What is an octet?
1200
Fought in Maryland in September 1862, it was the bloodiest one-day engagement of the Civil War with about 5,000 dead.
What is Antietam?
1200
Named for a Phrygian king, someone has this if he's got the ability to make lots of money with little effort.
What is the Midas Touch?
1600
A Parcheesi player begins with four pieces and can move a maximum of this many of them on one roll of the dice.
What is two?
1600
South Africa's diamond industry began in 1867 after a child found a diamond beside this "colorful" river.
What is the Orange?
1600
In 2003 engineering's prestigious Draper Prize went to the co-inventors of this 24-satellite system.
What is the GPS?
1600
If 31 of the gross of personalized pencils you ordered were sent back due to typos, you would still have this many.
What is 113?
1600
The Revolutionary War's Battle of Bennington was not fought in Vermont, but in this neighboring state.
What is New York?
1600
The ability to appeal to the interests and sensibilities of the ordinary person
What is the common/human touch?
2000
The French called this floor/table game "Jeu de puce," "The flea game," as the disks act like jumping fleas.
What are tiddlywinks?
2000
It's said owners of this diamond, once the personal possession of the Mogul emperors, will rule the world.
What is the Koh-i-Noor?
2000
Thomas Mann won the prize named for this German author in 1949, his bicentennial.
Who is Goethe?
2000
Congratulations! You won the Nobel Prize in Economics, which leaves you this many other categories to go after.
What is five?
2000
The last military clash on mainland Britain, the 1746 Battle of Culloden, routed the forces of this Jacobite prince.W
Who is Bonnie Prince Charlie?
2000
An Orson Welles thriller.
What is Touch of Evil?