"A"-djectives
Smart People
Ancient Names
Sports
American Pop
100

It can mean "full of life", or describe characters like Rocky & Bullwinkle

animated

100

Christoph Scheiner said sunspots were satellites; this Italian armed with a telescope said, uh, no

Galileo

100

Aristotle described him as a great physician & implied he was small in stature

Hint: think about an oath

Hippocrates

100

This tennis player, known for his elegant and grace on the court, won 20 Grand Slams and 8 Wimbledons

Roger Federer

100

This singer & judge on TV's "The Voice" was People Magazine's 2013 "Sexiest Man Alive", known for songs like Locked Away and Sugar

Adam Levine

200

Above 66 degrees 33 minutes north latitude

Arctic
200

In 1603 Francis Bacon wrote a treatise supporting the union of these 2 kingdoms, an idea King James liked

England & Scotland

200

Hamilcar Barca put the hand of this 9-year-old son on a sacrificed animal & made him swear hatred of Rome --grew up to be one of the most legendary generals in history who led his army of elephants across the Alps

Hannibal

200

This UFC star was the longest reigning UFC lightweight champion ever, subject to many controversies due to his affliation with Ramzan Kadyrov (Chechnya's leader)

Khabib 

200

Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, she won the 4th season of "American Idol" in 2005

Carrie Underwood

300

Done without thinking or shifting

automatic

300

This famous French philosopher who uttered the phrase "I think, therefore I am" and developed the coordinate system we use today based on axes andpoints

Descartes

300

Around 60 A.D. this emperor began giving public performances playing the lyre & later appeared on stage as a actor -- also known for "fiddling" as Rome burned

Nero

300

This basketball player played in the NBA for 20 seasons for the Lakers, amassing multiple MVP awards and starring as an All Star for 19 of them. He starred in a Bruce Lee movie Enter the Dragon as an antagonist and was known as Lew Alcindor during his high school career.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar

300

Before the gaudy excesses of albums like "The Fame" & "Artpop", she was an extra on "The Sopranos"

Lady Gaga

400

Smelly, but in a good way

aromatic
400

Jack Dorsey co-founded Twitter & moved on to this "geometric" mobile payment company

Square

400

DNA analysis suggests that King Tut may have been the son of Akhenaten & this main wife

Nefertiti

400

This table tennis player is considered the most famous and arguably the greatest table tennis player in the world. He is a two-time Olympic champion, three-time World Champion, and three-time World Cup champion in men's singles. He is also the only male player to complete a career Double Grand Slam

Ma Long

400

This band Wentzed to No. 1 with the album "American Beauty/American Psycho" in 2015

Fall out boy

500

Los Angeles is classified as "semi-" this condition of little rain

arid

500

The "test" of A.I. named for him is whether a computer can make a person think it's a person

Turing

500

This Persian prophet founded a religion based on a supreme god named Ahura Mazda, the "wise lord"

(I will accept the religion itself as well)

Zoroaster

500

This F1 driver has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won consecutively from 2021 to 2024 with Red Bull, and has won 65 Grands Prix across 11 seasons. Born in Hasselt and raised in Maaseik, name this driver appointed an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2022.

Max Verstappen

500

In 2010 Shakira had a world smash hit with this double-talk song that sounds like something Fozzie Bear says

Waka Waka