Stevie at the Beach
Hotter Than July
Talking Book
Innervisions
Songs in the Key of Love
100

This site on the coast of France was the location of the Allied invasion on June 6, 1944, a pivotal event in World War II

Normandy Beach

100

On July 10, 1913, this desert in California recorded the highest temperature ever measured on Earth, a scorching 134°F

Death Valley

100

This Amazon-owned company is one of the leading subscription services offering a vast library of spoken-word content, from bestselling audiobooks to podcasts, often with exclusive narrations

Audible

100

This Austrian neurologist, often called the father of psychoanalysis, proposed that dreams are the "royal road" to the unconscious

Sigmund Freud

100

First a country hit for Dolly Parton in 1974, this emotional ballad found even greater worldwide fame almost two decades later when it was covered by Whitney Houston for a film soundtrack

I Will Always Love You

200

Nicknamed "Surf City, USA," this Orange County beach town is home to the International Surfing Museum and hosts the annual U.S. Open of Surfing near its iconic pier

Huntington Beach

200

This Ice/Psychic-type Pokémon, known for its sultry dance and signature move "Lovely Kiss," has a distinct appearance with purple skin, long blonde hair, and a penchant for causing controversy

Jynx

200

In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Party uses this deceptive language, like "War is Peace" or "Freedom is Slavery," to manipulate thought and control reality

Doublespeak

200

These tiny specks, cobwebs, or threads that drift across one's field of vision are actually small pieces of debris within the vitreous humor of the eye

Eye Floaters

200

Based on an old French love song, this 1961 Elvis Presley hit, featured in his film "Blue Hawaii," includes the lyrics: "Take my hand / Take my whole life too"

Can’t Help Falling in Love

300

This beach in the SpongeBob SquarePants universe is where you’ll find a gym filled with muscular sea creatures flexing their biceps, or Spongebob, lifting marshmallows and ripping his pants

Mussel Beach 

300

With a melting point of 6,192°F, this metal holds the record for the highest melting point of any element on the periodic table

Tungsten

300

Gathered around a campfire and starting each tale with "Submitted for the approval of...", this group of young storytellers spun chilling yarns on Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark

The Midnight Society

300

This bundle of more than a million nerve fibers transmits visual information from the retina at the back of the eye directly to the brain

Optical Nerve

300

Sarah McLachlan’s "When She Loved Me," which chronicles Jessie the Cowgirl's past, is a highlight of this Pixar sequel and is just one of many examples of Pixar’s tear-jerking uses of music

Toy Story 2

400

The band, formed in the early 1960s, initially adopted this name, reflecting the popular shirts worn by surfers, before deciding on their much more famous moniker, The Beach Boys

The Pendletones

400

This pepper, currently the hottest in the world, surpasses the Carolina Reaper with a scorching 3 million or more Scoville units

Pepper X

400

For decades, LeVar Burton encouraged young viewers to "take a look, it's in a book" on this beloved PBS series that celebrated the joy of reading

Reading Rainbow

400

Unlike perfect vision, this common refractive error occurs when the cornea or lens has an irregular, football-like shape, causing light to focus unevenly, resulting in blurry or distorted sight

Astigmatism 

400

First a hit for Jennifer Rush in 1984, this soaring power ballad achieved even greater international fame a year later when covered by Celine Dion

The Power of Love

500

This 1996 novel by Alex Garland - writer of such films as 28 Days Later and Ex Machina - centers on a young backpacker who stumbles upon a secluded island in Thailand, only to discover that paradise has a dark side

The Beach

500

At approximately 1.416 x 10^32 degrees Kelvin, this - owing its name to a 19th century German physicist - is the highest theoretically possible temperature in the universe

Planck Temperature

500

To save her life, the clever Scheherazade nightly spun captivating tales, leaving them cliff-hangers, for King Shahryar in this classic collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian folk tales

Arabian Nights / One Thousand and One Nights

500

This neurological phenomenon can cause someone to "see" sounds, "taste" words, or "feel" colors, as one sense involuntarily triggers another

Synesthesia

500

This poignant, hopeful anthem, often covered by artists like Beck and Wilco, is a signature song from outsider artist Daniel Johnston, a testament to enduring romantic optimism

True Love Will Find You in the End