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400

This unit of measurement is commonly used to rate the heat of chilli. Spicy!

What are Scoville units?

400

Follow the yellow brick road and you'll eventually come to this bejewelled metropolis in the merry old land of Oz.

What is The Emerald City?

400

This little yellow fellow made his arcade debut in the US back in the 1980s. Waka-waka-waka-waka!

What is Pac-Man?

400

This is the name given to the feathered device used in the game of badminton.

What is a shuttlecock?

400

This restaurant chain is famous for its secret recipe that contains 11 herbs and spices.

What is KFC?

800

Nitrous oxide is the scientific name for this - pretty funny, if you ask me.

What is laughing gas?

800

Hedwig, Harry Potter's animal companion, was this animal - "who" would have thought?

What is an owl?

800

I'm sorry, but this princess is in another castle! She's the one that needs rescuing by Mario and Luigi.

Who is Princess Toadstool/Peach?

800

This sport originated in Scotland in the 16th century, but it hasn't exactly swept the world in terms of popularity.

What is curling?

800

Oh, what a feeling! This company owns the luxury car brand Lexus.

What is Toyota?

1200

Also the abbreviation for a common type of digital data storage format, this is also the Roman numeral representation of 400.

What is CD?

1200

Stolen from a museum in Oslo in 1994; no doubt it would have elicited quite a noise from the person who discovered it gone.

What is "The Scream"?

1200

In this amphibian adventure, a player needs to weave through traffic and jump on crocodiles to get to the other side.

What is Frogger?

1200

This form of Japanese martial arts, of which its name translates as "empty hand", was particularly popular in the 1980s.

What is karate?

1200

This four-letter truck company features a bulldog on its logo.

What is Mack?

1600

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After you cross the International Date Line, you may experience circadian dysrhythmia, which is more commonly known as this.

What is jet lag?

1600

This was the first name of Sherlock Holmes' brother ... not that elementary, if you think about it.

What is Mycroft?

1600

Game developer studio "Naughty Dog" shot to international fame after introducing this character.

What is Crash Bandicoot?

1600

This American tennis player won the US Open in 1990 at the tender age of 19.

Who is Pete Sampras?

1600

These Cuban brands: Montecristo, Cohiba and Romeo y Julieta, all produce these.

What are cigars?

2000

Quercus is the Latin name given to this type of tree; you might tie a yellow ribbon around it.

What is an oak tree?

2000

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This famous sci-fi character, who freed Neo from the Matrix, is named for the son of Hypnos, the Greek god of dreams.

Who is Morpheus?

2000

In this video game, players collect Sunlight as a form of currency to buy plants.

What is "Plants vs Zombies"?

2000

This term used in golf refers to a putt that gets close enough to the hole to be conceded.

What is a "gimmie"?

2000

Founded in 1911, this company was originally known as the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation (shortening the name was probably for the best).

What is IBM?