tennis
biology
landmarks
rom coms
portmanteau
100

 It's the only Grand Slam to have been played on 3 different surfaces: grass, clay &, since 1978, hard courts

the US open

100

Nidologists know male wrens build an array of these abodes to impress females who come into their territory

nests

100

The heads that make up this national memorial are each about 60 feet tall & each was dedicated at separate times during the 1930s

mount rushmore

100

Vanity Fair called this film with Bill Murray as weatherman Phil Connors a "rom-com for curmudgeons"

groundhog day

100

This 9-letter word for a procession of cars is often used to refer to that of the U.S. president

motorcade

200

It's the call made when a serve clips the net & then bounces inside the service box, basically a 3-letter word for "redo"

let

200

Study of isolated species, called this "biogeography", can look at a peak or a national park, not just a place surrounded by water

island
200

We'll point out this 605-foot landmark opened in 1962 for the World's Fair in Seattle & was built for a reasonable $4.5 million

Space needle

200

Director Rob Reiner's mom delivered the immortal line "I'll have what she's having" in this rom com

When Harry Met Sally

200

It's the trademark name for the device used by police to measure a driver's alcohol intake

Breathalyzer

300

Back when he had hair, this flashy player boycotted Wimbledon for 3 years on account of its all-white dress code

Agassi

300

 AlphaFold, a Google-developed AI system, has predicted the complex structures of 200 million of these substances

proteins

300

As long as you're here, let's also play the Pyramid & check out the Venus de Milo & the Galerie des Antiques in this museum

The Louvre

300

"Something's Gotta Give" is a ditty starring Jack & Diane, these 2 legendary actors

Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton

300

It's the code of online social behavior

netiquette

400

Over 130 nations compete annually for this, formerly called the International Lawn Tennis Challenge trophy

The Davis Cup

400

Knowing mitos is Greek for "thread" helps you name this cell structure loaded with the energy-carrying molecule ATP

mitochondria

400

 Frank Gehry said the landmark seen here that opened in this city in 1973 "changed the image of an entire country"

Sydney

400

In 2005 Will Smith played a "date doctor" who fell in love with Eva Mendes in this comedy

Hitch

400

It's the smallest element of an image on a computer monitor

pixel

500

In 2025 Iga Swiatek became the first player from this country to win a Wimbledon singles title

Poland

500

"By Means of" this 2-word process was fit enough to survive as a subtitle for Darwin's "Origin of Species"

natural selection

500

Now that's a construction project! 13,000 miles long & found in part in Gansu province, this dates to the 600s B.C.

Great Wall of China
500

This movie had Julia Roberts tell Hugh Grant, "I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her"

Notting Hill

500

This word refers to the visible path in the wake of an aircraft

contrail