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100

Guinness draught is to stout as Guinness blonde is to this 5-letter beer type

a lager

100

Used when referring to your former school, it's Latin for "nourishing mother"

alma mater

100

This classic video game featured a protagonist trying to accomplish its task while avoiding death-inducing characters named Clyde, Pinky, Inky, & Blinky.

Pac-Man

100

In 1786 this state's senate voted & Columbia beat out Washington as the name of the new capital

South Carolina

100

This country's Amalfi Coast never fails to impress

Italy

200

Damassine is to plums as kirschwasser is to this fruit

cherry

200

"God from the machine" is the English translation of this literary device

deus ex machina

200

This Sega Genesis game followed the quest of a mammal who travels through time to combat hostile extraterrestrials in Earth's oceans and on an alien spacecraft.


Ecco the Dolphin

200

Appropriately, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is in the capital of this western state

California

200

Stop by this landmark & take in the amazing vista from Yavapai Point to the North Rim

The Grand Canyon

300

Olive is to martini as this vegetable is to Gibson

an onion

300

"Let the buyer beware" with this 2-word phrase

caveat emptor

300

A derivative of the 1962 computer game Spacewar!, this 1971 game was the first commercially available arcade game.

Computer Space

300

This northern state capital bears the first name of Monsieur Chouteau

Pierre

300

Headed to Paris? Check out the Impressionist and Postimpressionist works at this museum in a former train station

Musée D'Orsay

400

Burgundy is to Pommard as this other "B" wine region is to Saint-Émilion

Bordeaux

400

Julius Caesar summed up his victory in a 47 B.C. campaign with these 3 Latin words

Veni, vidi, vici

400

This Nintendo Entertainment System game came packaged with Super Mario Bros. in the console's Action Set and requires a CRT to work with the NES Zapper light gun

Duck Hunt

400

Ransom Eli Olds created 2 major car companies in this capital city

Lansing

400

Chile has a beautiful "district" of mountains & water that shares its name with this similar one in north England

the Lake District

500

Vodka is to Russia as soju is to this country

Korea

500

John Wilkes Booth shouted this, meaning "thus always to tyrants", as he leaped to the stage after shooting Abraham Lincoln

Sic semper tyrannis

500

Like the Atari 7800, this console was backward compatible with games made for its predecessor, the Master System

Sega Genesis

500

This capital city is the only one comprised of three words

Salt Lake City

500

This B&B island paradise northwest of Tahiti would be a perfect place for some R&R

Bora Bora