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100

Unlike me and most other humans I know, horses can do this while standing up.

What is sleep?

100

This is the name for the process of low-temperature cooking by submersing food encased in plastic in boiling water.

What is sous vide?

100

Originally, based in Iowa, this now defunct computer company shipped their computers in iconic cow-patterned cardboard boxes.

What is Gateway (2000)?

100

Often sporting a green outfit, he is the fictional character in a Nintendo franchise who is constantly trying to find or save princess Zelda.

Who is Link?

100

He is an actor known for his roles as Mad Max, Bronson, Bane, and Venom.

Who is Tom Hardy?

200

A hairy animal that we often metaphorically groom, it makes its home in the Himalayas and surrounding regions.

What is a yak?

200

He is a former boxing champion who popularized a  double-sided, plate-based, electric grill that has over 100 million units sold worldwide.

Who is George foreman?

200

This short length of conductor, usually encased in plastic, is generally used to short two pins on a motherboard or other expansion card for configuration purposes.

What is a jumper?

200

Debuting in 1992, this arcade fighting game's glorified depictions of violence helped incentivize the creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board.

What is Mortal Kombat?

200

You should wear one of these on your head while in an active construction site.

What is a hard hat?

300

At work we often end up going down rabbit holes, but this is the proper name for where rabbits make their homes.

What is a burrow? (or warren)

300

This variant of the stovetop pot can prepare food more quickly by increasing the PSI inside.

What is a pressure cooker?

300

Introduced in 2002, HDMI is a digital replacement for analog video standards. HDMI is an initialism for this.

What is High Definition Multimedia Interface?

300

This console was famous for crashing and burning in the United States, setting the stage for Sega's final console and inevitable decline.

What is the Sega Saturn?

300

This is a "type of dense biscuit or cracker made from flour, water, and sometimes salt." (Thanks, wikipedia!)

What is hardtack?

400

Able to punch their prey with extreme force, Mantis Shrimp are beautiful and terrifying ocean creatures. This is one of the oceans where you might find one.

What is the Indian and/or Pacific oceans?

400

This is the name for a French delicacy consisting of snails.

What is escargot?

400

Driven largely by demand in AI and cryptocurrency, this company currently has a market cap of over 1 trillion dollars.

What is Nvidia?

400

Although referred to as the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States, this famous Nintendo console was referred to by this name in Japan.

What is the Famicom?

400

This is both a film and a song by the Beatles

What is "A Hard Day's Night?"

500

A common misconception that was promoted by a film from Walt Disney Productions, Lemmings do not, in fact, do this.

What is commit suicide/kill themselves/jump off cliffs to control population etc?

500

After a storied military career in World War 2, and graduating from the Cordon Bleu cooking school in France, she had a very successful cooking show on PBS called "The French Chef"

Who is Julia Child?

500

This company is responsible for the introduction of the OpenGL API for graphics programming, which was an evolution of their proprietary "IRIS GL" API.

What is SGI, or Silicon Graphics Inc?

500

Abbreviated BSP, this programming technique is considered to be a major factor in the Doom engine's ability to efficiently draw the parts of the level visible from the player's perspective.

What is Binary Space Partitioning?

500

Also a film and song, this Jamaican crime film from 1972 popularized reggae, and stars Jimmy Cliff.

What is "The Harder They Come?"