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100

What Shakespearean character said he would put "a girdle round the earth in 40 minutes," meaning he could fly that fast?

Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream

100

Stan, the nearly complete skeleton of this species sold at auction in 2020 for almost $32M, devouring the previous record bid for a fossil.

What is a T-Rex?

100

In September, 2020, she won her second US Open title and third Grand Slam overall

Who is Naomi Osaka?

100

In the '60s and '70s, Mike Connors played this detective

Who is Joe Mannix?

100

Little Eva and Grand Funk Railroad both had a number one hit with this song

What is The Loco-Motion?

200

1960s TV
First aired on September 30, 1963, "Opie the Birdman" has become a classic episode of this sitcom

What is The Andy Griffith Show?

200

This kids TV series with an animal title character ran from 1954-1974.

What is Lassie?

200

Virginian biochemist Camille Schrier won this award in 2020.  No it wasn't a Nobel or even for her professional work.

What is Miss America?

200

In 2016,  American Crime Story:  The People vs this person featured Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark

Who is OJ Simpson?

200

Ed Robertson is the lead singer of this Canadian band with an odd female name

What is Barenaked Ladies?

300

Balaeniceps rex:  a bird's name that is a compound word: a piece of footwear + a greenback, for example

What is a shoebill?
300

Hathor, sometimes shown nursing a man, is the Egyptian cow goddess of this emotion

What is love?

300

Reporter Bob Woodward’s second book on President Trump, titled this one-word emotion, was released Sept. 15, 2020.  The previous book was Fear.

What is Rage?

300

This 2008 James Bond film wasn't about small physics amounts, but you can take "solace" that it starred Olga Kurylenko

What is Quantum of Solace?

300

"I Still" am looking for the name of the 93rd greatest song of all time, according to Rolling Stone

What is "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2

400

AIRLINE CODES
Dermot Mannion was CEO and oversaw its privatisation in 2006:EI

What is Aer Lingus?

400

The pigeon guillemot is a member of this 3-letter family of birds

What is the auk?

400

This Ukranian energy firm hired Hunter Biden, making some controversial news in the 2020 Presidential campaign

What is Burisma?
400

CLASSROOM FILMS
1955: Idealistic Glenn Ford tries to reach troubled students like Sidney Poitier

Blackboard Jungle

400

Mahalia Jackson performed the song "How I Got Over" at this big 1963 event?

What is the March on Washington?

500

SVO is the code for the main airport for this largest population city entirely in Europe

What is Moscow? (Sheremetyevo International Airport)?

500

The oxpicker or this "bird” warns its host animal of danger and eats this off of the beast

What is a tick?

500

This eastern city's mayor Jack Young took over from embattled Catherine Pugh in 2019 over a children's book scandal

What is Baltimore?

500

2001: Christian Slater & Kevin Costner dress like Elvis to rob a casino

What is 3000 Miles to Graceland?

500

This Smiths song with an adverb-filled title says, "I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar"

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