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100

Vodka is to Russia as soju is to this country

Korea

100

Celebrating this film's Oscars in 2020, director Bong Joon Ho partied on Galbi & Bibimbap in L.A.'s Koreatown until 5 A.M.

Parasite

100

Horse racing's biggest trio of events that the queen only wears on special occasions

Triple Crown Jewels

100

This Padres mascot was the first mascot featured on a baseball card

The San Diego Chicken

100

The black death that killed more than a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s was an epidemic of this infectious disease

Bubonic Plague

200

A classic martini gets an olive, but a Gibson martini has a pearl one of these instead

Onion
200

Mr. Potato Head was not enough! In a 2019 deal, this toy brand added Peppa Pig & of course gangster rap label Death Row Records

Hasbro

200

Golf short game practice area served up in the title of a Dr. Seuss book

Putting Green Eggs and Ham

200

In 2017 a Kiwi named Peter Burling became the youngest helmsman to win this quadrennial race

America’s Cup

200

 This ancient city grew powerful in part because the Tiber provides a convenient route to the sea 15 miles away

Rome

300

When King George VI visited this country in 1939, Crown Royal whisky was introduced there as a tribute

Canada

300

A 2019 film was called "Fast & Furious Presents": this pair

Hobbs and Shaw

300

Struggling in Hollywood, Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling time travel with paleontologist Will Ferrell & befriend a primate named Chaka

La La Land of the Lost

300

DAILY DOUBLE!! This "Brown Bomber" successfully defended his heavyweight crown 25 times, with 22 knockouts

Joe Lewis

300

 On May 2, 1670 this enterprise was granted a charter to trade in furs & to colonize North America

The Hudson’s Bay Company

400

A snifter of this clear anise liqueur may be served con la mosca, meaning "with the fly"; each fly is really one of the three espresso beans

Sambuca

400

This primetime game show was the USA's most watched TV program of the 2000s

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

400

Current slang term for a scornful glance at the optometrist's test for visual acuity

Side eye exam

400

I say, old chap, if you're dealing with a tricky situation, it might be this 2-word term from cricket

Sticky wicket

400

Heads up! Or off! the Reign of Terror ended in July 1794 with this man's execution

Robespierre

500

130 different herbs go into the green type of this liqueur made by French monks

Chartreuse

500

For producing a 2019 live version of "All in the Family" & "The Jeffersons", this man became the oldest Emmy winner ever at age 97

Norman Lear
500

French-named toasted sandwich with ham, cheese & a fried egg that's a London museum of wax figures

Croque Madam Tussauds

500

6'9" Dallas Cowboys defensive end Ed Jones was better known by this alliterative nickname

Too Tall

500

The Olmecs flourished form around 1200 to 400 B.C. along Mexico's Gulf Coast in what became Veracruz & this "hot" state

Tabasco