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Disney animator Glen Keane studied this rapper’s videos before designing the character of Aladdin.

>!Who is M.C. Hammer?!<

$200 - This parodist had a hit with “I Lost on Jeopardy” 17 years before losing on “Rock and Roll Jeopardy.” - >!Who is "Weird Al” Yankovic?!<

$400 - 4 actors from a Japanese production of “Jersey Boys” formed JBB, covering this group’s songs. - >!Who are the Four Seasons?!<

$600 - Is that a real-life McDowell’s from this Eddie Murphy flick? No, it’s just MaDonal in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. - >!What is “Coming to America”?!<

$800 - Russia invaded this former Soviet republic in 2008, just as predicted in “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon.” - >!What is Georgia?!<

$1,000 - 1914 saw this British sci-fi author coin the term “atom bomb” in his novel “The World Set Free.” - >!Who is H.G. Wells?!<

$200 - He investigates Linnet Doyle’s murder on the steamship Karnak in Agatha Christie’s “Death on the Nile.” - >!Who is Hercule Poirot?!<

$400 - In Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi,” the title character is stranded in a lifeboat with Richard Parker, this animal. - >!What is a tiger?!<

$600 - “Death’s Deputy” by this Scientology founder is about an Air Force pilot who seemingly cannot be killed. - >!Who is L. Ron Hubbard?!<

$800 - This vampire played by Anna Paquin on “True Blood” first appeared in “Dead Until Dark” by Charlaine Harris. - >!Who is Sookie Stackhouse?!<

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$200 - He won a posthumous Oscar in 2009 for his performance as the Joker in “The Dark Knight.” - >!Who is Heath Ledger?!<

$400 - Jonathan Larson died hours before the 1996 premiere of this musical based on “La Bohème.” - >!What is “Rent”?!<

$600 - Max Brod ignored this author’s wishes when he published “The Castle,” “The Trial," and “America.” - >!Who is Franz Kafka?!<

$800 - 17th century critics described this “View of Toledo” painter’s work as “contemptible” and “worthy of scorn.” - >!Who is El Greco?!<

$1,000 - 24-year-old Alice Ball never saw the impact of her treatment for Hansen’s disease, better known as this. - >!What is leprosy?!<

$200 - Born Temijun, this Mongol conqueror called his 4 closest lieutenants his “dogs of war.” - >!Who is Genghis Khan?!<

$400 - As a second lieutenant, William T. Sherman battled this Native American tribe in Florida. - >!Who are the Seminole?!<

$600 - This Navy lieutenant and Plains native helped shut down Canada’s NRX reactor in 1952. - >!Who is Jimmy Carter?!<

$800 - Lt. Willa Brown, the first Black woman to earn a U.S. pilot’s license, trained many in this fighter group. - >!Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?!<

$1,000 - May 1944 saw this baseball “Kid” commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the Marine Corps. - >!Who is Ted Williams?!<

$200 - In Pennsylvania, a self-uniting license for this only requires the bride, groom, and witnesses’ signatures. - >!What is marriage?!<

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$600 - This agency has granted broadcast licenses to TV and radio stations since 1934. - >!What is the FCC?!<

$800 - As of 2015, new drivers in this “Old Line State” don’t have to learn parallel parking to get their licenses. - >!What is Maryland?!<

$1,000 - Did you really read the terms and conditions of the software’s EULA, short for this? - >!What is an end-user license agreement?!<

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$400 - LiMu, this type of bird, and Doug appear in TV ads for Liberty Mutual. - >!What is an emu?!<

$600 - Due to anti-German sentiment during World War I, this condiment was called “liberty cabbage.” - >!What is sauerkraut?!<

$800 - Mobster Tony Cipriani is the protagonist of this video game franchise’s “Liberty City Stories.” - >!What is “Grand Theft Auto”?!<

$1,000 - Commemorating France’s July Revolution, he painted “Liberty Leading the People.” - >!Who is Eugène Delacroix?!<

They got their name from a dictionary entry for “the soul...showing gratitude to someone who...arranged their burial."

>!Who are the Grateful Dead?!<

$200 - Ben Kingsley told Liam in this film, “Oskar, there are eleven hundred people who are alive because of you.” - >!What is “Schindler’s List”?!<

$400 - Although he was Jean Valjean in this Victor Hugo adaptation, he didn’t sing “Who Am I?” - >!What is “Les Misérables”?!<

$600 - Liam had to hunch down while fighting Christian Bale in this alliterative superhero flick. - >!What is “Batman Begins”?!<

$800 - In his screen debut, Liam played the Evangelist in a 1978 adaptation of this John Bunyan work. - >!What is “The Pilgrim’s Progress”?!<

$1,000 - Liam in this sequel: “I've been led to understand that Trix are exclusively for children. Is that correct?” - >!What is “Ted 2”?!<

$200 - This many plagues are inflicted on Egypt to convince the Pharaoh to free the Israelites. - >!What is 10?!<

$400 - After looking back at Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot’s wife is turned into a pillar of this. - >!What is salt?!<

$600 - Haman, a viceroy in this empire, is hanged after Queen Esther thwarted his plan to kill the Jews. - >!What is Persia?!<

$800 - In Numbers 12, she’s struck with leprosy and quarantined for a week for gossiping about her brother Moses. - >!Who is Miriam?!<

$1,000 - Jonah is swallowed by a fish after trying to flee from God’s mission to this 7-letter city. - >!What is Nineveh?!<

$200 - If the president does this to a bill, Congress can override it with a two-thirds majority in both houses. - >!What is a veto?!<

$400 - Unsurprisingly, this kind of committee contains members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. - >!What is a joint committee?!<

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$800 - Elizabeth MacDonough currently holds this Senate title that sounds more British than American. - >!What is the Parliamentarian?!<

$1,000 - The GAO, this nonpartisan agency, provides auditing, evaluating, and investigative services for Congress. - >!What is the Government Accountability Office?!<

$200 - He was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for his role as Rhett Butler in “Gone with the Wind.” - >!Who is Clark Gable?!<

$400 - A 2020 documentary about this late civil rights activist and Georgia congressman was subtitled “Good Trouble.” - >!Who is John Lewis?!<

$600 - In 2022, this WNBA star encouraged $22 donations to Iowa’s Coralville Community Food Pantry. - >!Who is Caitlin Clark?!<

$800 - This “Forget Me” singer has a range of frozen pizza called Big Sexy Pizza in U.K. supermarkets. - >!Who is Lewis Capaldi?!<

$1,000 - Her Lamb Chop puppet first appeared on a March 1956 episode of “Captain Kangaroo.” - >!Who is Shari Lewis?!<

$200 - In “Phantasmagoria,” one of the Phantom’s brothers is this short Irish supernatural being. - >!What is a leprechaun?!<

$400 - Henry Holiday’s illustrations accompanied Carroll’s 1876 poem “The Hunting of” this creature. - >!What is the Snark?!<

$600 - Carroll long lectured in mathematics at this university’s Christ Church College. - >!What is Oxford?!<

$800 - "The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing” this bird while playing croquet in Wonderland. - >!What is a flamingo?!<

$1,000 - As a boy, Carroll attended this Warwickshire boys’ school that shares its name with a sport. - >!What is Rugby School?!<

$200 - In 1806, this U.S. president appointed Meriwether Lewis Governor of Upper Louisiana. - >!Who is Thomas Jefferson?!<

$400 - 1996 saw Clark posthumously given a star on this “Gateway to the West’s” Walk of Fame. - >!What is St. Louis?!<

$600 - As a child, Lewis grew up at the Goosepond Community in what is now this state’s Oglethorpe County. - >!What is Georgia?!<

$800 - As part of the Virginia militia, Lewis helped put down this boozy revolt in western Pennsylvania. - >!What is the Whiskey Rebellion?!<

$1,000 - William Clark served as a lieutenant in the Legion of the United States under this “Mad” major general. - >!Who is Anthony Wayne?!<

A prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by yacht is named for this author.

>!Who is Jules Verne?!<