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American City Newspapers
100
The number of eggs if you have half a dozen and ten dozens
What is 126?
100
3 - 16
What is -13?
100
The 2008 Disney Pixar movie about the last robot on Earth spending its days tidying it up
What is Wall-E?
100
Final price of a $100 item taxed at 12%
What is $112?
100
Ranked #1 in the nation, this Journal beat out the Times in this famous cosmopolitan city
What is New York City?
200
21 pairs, 1 trio and a single
What is 46?
200
5 • -5 • 5
What is -125?
200
The office closest to the wall of UPrep students' pictures, from sixth graders to seniors
What is the admissions office?
200
Final price of a $50 item discounted at 20%
What is $40?
200
Ranked 24th in the top US 25, but the Globe is #1 in this major Massachusetts city
What is Boston?
300
The area, in square feet, of two identical squares. Their sides are, of course, identical: 7 feet long.
What is 98 square feet?
300
-7 - 8 - 9
What is -24?
300
The country with the longest wall on Earth
What is China?
300
Final bill on a $120 meal with 10% tax and a 20% tip not counting the tax
What is $156.
300
This 9th ranked newspaper, The Post, has a 50/50 chance of placing its football team as Superbowl champions on its Monday headlines
What is Denver?
400
In years, remove 36 months from 17 decades
What is 167 years?
400
(-4)(-2) + (6)(-9)
What is -46?
400
City whose wall symbolized the tensions of the Cold War. It was built beginning in 1961 and was listed as officially demolished in 1992
What is Berlin?
400
Final price of a $1000 item discounted at 25% but then taxed 100%
What is $1,500?
400
It certainly isn't the Times--The Stranger is this city's free weekly alternative arts and culture newpaper
What is Seattle?
500
The number of babies in a ward that has 7 quadruplets, 3 quintuplets, and 1 septuplet?
What is 50?
500
[(-2)^2(5^2 - 3^2) - 1] ÷ 3^2
What is 7?
500
Band whose epic album, "The Wall" was released in 1979
What is Pink Floyd?
500
ORIGINAL price of an item sold on sale at $170 if it was marked down 15%
What is $200?
500
This Texan major city's newspaper came in two spots behind The Dallas Morning News and didn't quite make it in the top ten. The Chronicle came in 11th.
What is Houston?