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100

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

Who is Jane Austen?

100

Excalibur

Who is King Arthur

100

A versatile word describing a tree, an appendage, or a storage compartment

What is a Trunk

100

Noël

What is French?

100

The single most profitable video game franchise.

What is Pokémon?

200

“Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.”

Who is C.S. Lewis?

200

Mjolnir

Who is Thor?

200

To prepare an individual in a specific skill, or a group of vehicles or animals moving in the same direction

What is Train?

200

Weihnachten

What is German?

200

Name a secret society.

Answers may include: The Illuminati, the Knights Templar, the Freemasons, the Knights of the Golden Circle, the Carbonari, the Ordo Templi Orientis, or something I haven't heard of, sell me on it.

300

“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed!"

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

300

Glamdring

Who is Gandalf?

300

Either the action of pulling something over a surface or the grip of a tire against a road

What is Traction?

300

Natal

What is Portuguese?

300

The stringed instrument version of a bagpipe.

What is a Hurdy Gurdy?

400

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”

Who is H.P. Lovecraft?

400

Rhindon

Who is Peter Pevensie?

400

A middling word referring to an attitude of moderation, or a climate without extremes.

What is Temperate?

400

Božić

What is Croatian?

400

What does ISO mean in photography?

What is International Organization for Standardization?

500

“It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.”

Who is Søren Kierkegaard?

500

Nægling

Who is Beowulf?

500

Try not to feel this one in your stomach: Air or water moving unsteadily, or a lack of control and calm.

What is Turbulence?

500

Jólin

What is Icelandic?

500

My most listened to artist last year (Bonus points based on how close you can guess the number of minutes)

Howard Shore

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