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Time's up! The correct answer was Pink

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WORLD CAPITALS

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It's the largest English-speaking city in the Caribbean, mon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kingston

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FAMILIAR SAYINGS

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It's a poor workman who blames these

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Time's up! The correct answer was tools

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5-LETTER WORDS

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A big fishing net, maybe in the river of the same name

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Time's up! The correct answer was a seine

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ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS

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Pope Leo X named Henry VIII "Defender of the Faith" for his written attack on this German Protestant leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Martin Luther

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THE "I"s HAVE IT

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Arabic for "son of", it comes before names like Saud

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ibn

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ORGANIZED LABOR

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This board was created in 1935 to correct or prevent unfair labor practices by employers or unions

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Time's up! The correct answer was the National Labor Relations Board

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19th CENTURY POLITICIANS

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As Territories Committee chair, this Midwest senator helped draw the borders of 7 territories, including Kansas & Nebraska

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Douglas

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BUGS

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Also known as a devil's darning needle, it may have as many as 28,000 lenses in its compound eyes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dragonfly

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CAPITOL THINKERS

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This Vermont senator wrote, "You get 15 Democrats together in a room, and you get 20 opinions"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Patrick Leahy

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"EZ" DOES IT

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In the classic sitcom he's the patriarch of "The Addams Family"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gomez

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CROSSWORD CLUES "R"

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South American ostrich cousin (4)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rhea

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THE SUPREME COURT

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He served as Chief Justice the longest; 34 years from 1801-1835

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Marshall

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SONGS

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Willie Nelson must be "wond'rin' what in the world did I do" by writing this Patsy Cline hit

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Crazy"

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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It was the last name of the 17th & 36th presidents

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson

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CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS

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In 1954 this Wisconsin senator ws condemned for insulting other senators & obstructing investigations

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Time's up! The correct answer was McCarthy

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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This Army general headed American-led forces during the initial combat phase of the Iraq War as it began in 2003

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy Franks

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PAINTERS

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She called her New Mexico home, where she spent the last half century of her life, Ghost Ranch

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Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia O'Keeffe

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SNACK ATTACK

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Wow! The Chocolate Delight snack bar named for this "Miami" diet has just 100 calories! I'll have 6 of them

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Time's up! The correct answer was the South Beach diet

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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS

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During the Seven Years' War, this king gained great military prestige & land for Prussia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frederick the Great

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TAYLOR, SWIFT

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Taylor Kitsch is Gambit in this 2009 X-Men flick

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wolverine

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21st CENTURY MUSIC

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"Ordinary People" singer John Stephens took on this last name, the stuff that myths are made of

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Time's up! The correct answer was Legend

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NATIONAL MONUMENTS

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Seminole Indian leader Osceola is buried at this fort where the Civil War began

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Sumter

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"TRI" HARDER

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The ironman category for this sport includes a 2.4 mile swim, a 112-mile bike race & a marathon run

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Time's up! The correct answer was Triathlon

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RUN, RUN, RUN

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In 1925 N.Y. Journal-American writer Bill Corum first called the Kentucky Derby the "run for" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was the roses

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I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...

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This tragedy has got to be set in a small village, hence the title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet

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EARLY AMERICA

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In 1562, in what is now S.C., these French Protestants established a colony named Port Royal

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Huguenots

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DON'T MESS WITH SICILY

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The father of this US Supreme Court Justice was a romance language professor who had emigrated from Sicily

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scalia

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NAME THE POET

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"Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote the droghte of March hath perced to the roote"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geoffrey Chaucer

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"B" IN GEOGRAPHY

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Since 1969 this Northern Ireland port city of 300,000 has been the site of violent religious conflict

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Time's up! The correct answer was Belfast

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OSCAR-WINNING ROLES

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1942: Kay Miniver

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greer Garson

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MISC.

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This N.H. school was the last U.S. institution of higher learning to be founded by royal decree

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dartmouth

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KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI

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Died in 1989

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khomeini

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SKIP TO MY "LOO"

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5-letter word for "remote in manner"

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Time's up! The correct answer was aloof

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THAT'S SOME NERVE

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A slipped disc can cause pain along this largest nerve that runs down the leg

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Time's up! The correct answer was the sciatic nerve

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LITERARY GENRES

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The name of this literary form also means "to try"

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Time's up! The correct answer was an essay

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NOVELS

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This 1939 Steinbeck novel helped publicize the plight of Dust Bowl refugees

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Grapes of Wrath

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FOUND

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In the early 1900s William Durant put together Buick, Oldsmobile & other companies to found this corporation

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Time's up! The correct answer was General Motors

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GAME SHOWS

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The first letter ever turned by Vanna White on this game show was a "T"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wheel of Fortune

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EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES

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Outlaw: "Murdered by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse James

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"PH"UN WORDS

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This Olivia Newton-John recording spent 10 weeks at No. 1, the longest of any single in the 1980's

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Physical"

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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This flagship of Columbus' first voyage was chartered from Juan de la Cosa & was his largest ship

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Santa Maria

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BERRIES

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This small berry shares its name with a dried fruit once shipped from Corinth

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Time's up! The correct answer was Currant

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LITERATURE

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In the final scene of "Rebecca", this stately mansion of Maxim De Winter burns

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manderley

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A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS

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This play opens on the battlements of the castle at Elsinore as Barnardo asks, "who's there?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet

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AUTHORS

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A member of the Algonquin Round Table, this petite brunette wrote a story called "Big Blonde"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dorothy Parker

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I WANT TO RIDE THAT!

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Six Flags Great America unleashed a roller coaster named for this bat-tastic 2008 blockbuster

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Dark Knight

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TAUNT "O"

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After a wrong response, we may need to use one of these cathode-ray "scopes" to check for brain activity

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Time's up! The correct answer was an oscilloscope

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KING ARTHUR

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The title of this T.H. White book refers to the object that made Arthur king

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sword in the stone

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POOR & FAMOUS

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She fled her rich Assisi family to found an order of "poor" nuns

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Clare

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OOH... A WISE GUY

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Peachy thoughts from this uber philosopher include "God is Dead" & "Is Man only a blunder of God?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nietzsche

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FATHERS-IN-LAW

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United Farm Workers president Arturo Rodriguez' father-in-law was this man who died in 1993

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Time's up! The correct answer was César Chávez

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THE BLUE ANGELS

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(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) Using only 5 planes, this formation pays tribute to fallen heroes & comrades

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Time's up! The correct answer was Missing Man Formation

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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE

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The seafood in this Mexican dish is "cooked" not by heat, but by the acid in lime juice

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Time's up! The correct answer was ceviche

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TOUGH BODIES OF WATER

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Rivers that flow into this sea include the Dnieper, Dniester & Danube

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Black Sea

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B FOLLOWS A

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As a noun, it's a mop used to clean a ship's deck; as a verb, it's what you do with the mop

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Time's up! The correct answer was swab

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AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM

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When Slim gets this hand it reminds him of Bob Saget, Lori Loughlin, & the Olsen Twins

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Time's up! The correct answer was Full house

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"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY

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Check out this famous British woman's 2002 book "Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher

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NAME THE POET

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"Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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FRANCE

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"Jet" over to this largest Paris place, site of the guillotine during the French Revolution

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Place de la Concorde

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___ OG

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Hey, "don't just sit there like a bump on" one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a log

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THEY REST IN NEBRASKA

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Grover Cleveland Alexander was inducted into this sport's Hall of Fame in 1938 & interred in Nebraska in 1950

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baseball

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LOW CUT GENES

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Since the 1980s this hormone used by diabetics has been produced by genetically engineered bacteria

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Time's up! The correct answer was insulin

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HAVE A WHISKEY

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The Maker's Mark bourbon distillery in Loretto in this state is a national historic landmark

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky

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"AD"JECTIVES

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It refers to the behavior of teenagers, or of immature adults

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adolescent

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"PUN" JAB

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Furry Phil's Pennsylvania place for fanciful February forecasting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Punxsutawney

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SODA POP QUIZ

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It's what gives soda pop the bubbles

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Time's up! The correct answer was carbon dioxide

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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Inducted in 1973, he "earned patents for more than a thousand inventions, including... the phonograph"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edison

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ANIMAL TERMS

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This expression meaning to crease a page in a book for later reference dates back to 1659

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Time's up! The correct answer was dog-ear

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THE RULE OF THIRDS

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You have to go through this ceremony in order to become a Freemason

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Third Degree

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4-LETTER WORDS

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A raisin can be called by this other fruit's name when it's added to a pudding or a cake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plum

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MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS

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1983: "Speak, Speak, Speak"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Say Say Say"

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE

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This type of felt hat that Dick Tracy wore is named for a play by Sardou

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fedora

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TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE

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This long-running Agatha Christie drama references the play-within-a-play in "Hamlet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Mousetrap

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"EVE"NING

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It's the "A" in JA, the youth organization begun in 1919 to teach young people about American business

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Time's up! The correct answer was Achievement

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TV THEME LYRICS

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"It's like you're always stuck in second gear, well it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Friends

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OLD VIRGINIA

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In 1716 Virginia's governor claimed possession of this scenic valley for England

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Shenandoah Valley

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SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER

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"It's" one of these "that blows nobody any good"

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Time's up! The correct answer was an ill wind

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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"

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To drink heartily (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was quaff

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WHO'S THE BOSS

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Kelly Garrett, Jill Munroe & Sabrina Duncan all went undercover for this mysterious boss

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Townsend

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THE LENIN CLOSET

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Lenin got a degree in this in 1891, then went on to court a lot of trouble

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Time's up! The correct answer was law

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TAKE A GUESS

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Of a pogo stick injury, a dense winter fog or the bite of a comic strip possum, what a pogonip is

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Time's up! The correct answer was a dense winter fog

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THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR

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He surprised many in 1996 when he told the Pontifical Academy of Science that evolution was no mere hypothesis

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pope John Paul II

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FUN WITH BALLET

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The Roanoke Ballet's dancers raced around with logos on their unitards in a ballet named for this auto assoc.

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Time's up! The correct answer was NASCAR

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

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When the earth is at perihelion, it is having its closest encounter with this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the sun

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AMERICAN NICKNAMES

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The "Plant Magician" was Luther Burbank; this man was the "Plant Doctor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver

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MORTAL MATTERS

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Willie, the animal Wiarton, Canada used for this celebration, died Jan. 31, 1999, 2 days before his next appearance

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Time's up! The correct answer was Groundhog Day

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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Pick up a GT from this car co. for a tidy $169,000, or maybe start out with a Focus for a more reasonable $13,715

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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This state capital is located on the Merrimack River about 15 miles north of Manchester

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Time's up! The correct answer was Concord

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WOOD & WIND

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The line "O wild west wind, thou breath of autumn's being" starts an 1819 ode by this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Shelley

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THE BUTLER DID IT

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Giles was the first name of this Sebastian Cabot character on "Family Affair"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. French

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CONVENTIONS

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(Hi, I'm Paula Poundstone) I heard stories of Bob Dole in a towel at the 1996 Republican Convention in this California city

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Time's up! The correct answer was San Diego

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CHEESE

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Sonny Chiba, star of such memorable films as "The Bushido Blade", appeared in "Volume One" of this Tarantino epic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kill Bill

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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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He was 24 years older than his friend Mozart, but outlived him by almost 20 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Franz Joseph Haydn

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A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE

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Oh no, it's the cruel headmaster of Salem House, Mr. Creakle, & his peg leg buddy, Tungay--will this never end?!

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Time's up! The correct answer was David Copperfield

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TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES

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Policeman Ichabod Crane is sent to a small town to investigate a series of decapitations

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sleepy Hollow

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20th CENTURY NOVELS

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Ironically, this 1953 science fiction book began appearing in a censored version in 1967

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fahrenheit 451

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NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE

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"Mr. Badger"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Wind in the Willows

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WEBSITES

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Instead of .com, Amnesty International's website is www.amnesty. this

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Time's up! The correct answer was .org

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NATIONAL MONUMENTS

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George Custer's men are buried in a cemetery in the national monument named for this river

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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Bighorn

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PERFUME

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Mimosa, mayflower & musk mingle in this, Yves St. Laurent's "capital" perfume

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris

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SOCIOLOGY

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Going from rags to riches is what sociologists call "social" this, specifically the "upward" type

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Time's up! The correct answer was mobility

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DOUBLE MEANINGS

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Maybe Don needs to get more exercise; he _____ just from pulling up his _____

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Time's up! The correct answer was pants

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DRIVING

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Do this if you love Jesus but don't do it just as the light turns green

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Time's up! The correct answer was honk

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AIN'T THAT AMERICA

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Ice cream cones were reportedly first served at the 1904 World's Fair in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Missouri

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I KNOW THAT SONG

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"Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead!" is a song from this famous movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Wizard of Oz

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STORM

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The probe used to investigate tornados in this film is aptly named Dorothy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twister

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GIVE THE BUCHAREST

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In 1977 one of these phenomena devastated Bucharest, killing about 1,500 people

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Time's up! The correct answer was an earthquake

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COME, HO CHI MINH

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The trail bearing Ho's name was a series of Viet Cong supply routes mostly through this neighboring nation

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Time's up! The correct answer was Laos

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THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE

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"Bosom Buddies", "The Green Mile"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Hanks

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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Arthur Kornberg won for showing how DNA duplicates in bacteria; son Roger's work was on the conversion of DNA into this

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Time's up! The correct answer was RNA

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QUOTATIONS

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"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori", wrote Horace, "It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was one's country

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MESOPOTAMIA

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The epic poem of this Sumerian king includes an account of a great flood

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gilgamesh

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CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS

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This co-author of "Manifest Der Kommunisttischen Partei" was born May 5, 1818

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marx

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BUGS

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This bloodsucking insect, cimex lectularius, is often found in mattresses; don't let 'em bite

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbugs

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NICE TO MEAT YOU

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Be vewy quiet; the most common small game animal is this, which is mostly white meat & can be grilled, fried or roasted

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Time's up! The correct answer was rabbit

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POTPOURRI

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On an NHL rink, it's the color of the center line

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Time's up! The correct answer was red

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THE 19th CENTURY

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1853 purchase that brought the contiguous U.S. about up to its present area

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Gadsden Purchase

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WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?

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This play says, "Beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Othello

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HEADQUARTERS

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First the "E"s were sold, then its Houston HQ building was auctioned off in December 2003 for $55.5 million

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Time's up! The correct answer was Enron

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SPORTS FACTS

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In 1962 this country's Dawn Fraser became the first woman swimmer to break one minute in the 100-meter freestyle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia

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SPORTS HOME CITIES

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MLS' Burn

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dallas

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GREAT DAMES

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She starred as Cleopatra and Olivier's Juliet, long before booking "A Passage to India"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dame Peggy Ashcroft

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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In 1950 he threatened a music critic who had unkind words for daughter Margaret's singing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harry S. Truman

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THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS

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The Tebenna, an Etruscan mantle, evolved into this garment perhaps worn most strikingly by John Belushi

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Time's up! The correct answer was a toga

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LITERARY ANIMALS

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This brown bear in Kipling's "The Jungle Book" taught the wolf cubs the law of the jungle & was later Mowgli's teacher

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baloo

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WHY SO BLUE?

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The blue type of this game fish, M. Nigricans, has a long pointed bill

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Time's up! The correct answer was a marlin

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THE BIG APPLE

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A mast to moor dirigibles was added to this skyscraper, but only one ever moored successfully

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Time's up! The correct answer was Empire State Building

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STATE: THE OBVIOUS

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The Mississippi River begins at Lake Itasca in this "M" state (not Mississippi)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota

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AFRICAN ISLANDS

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Parts of this capital city lie on the islands of Gezira & Roda in the Nile River

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo

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SAY "CHI"s

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Deception or trickery

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Time's up! The correct answer was chicanery

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BACH IN THE SADDLE

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A count's insomnia prompted these pieces that were to be played by a 14-year-old harpsichordist

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Goldberg Variations

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ANCIENT TIMES

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Because of his work there, you could call the astronomer Hipparchus "the colossus of" this island

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhodes

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SCORING

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Figure skating has scrapped the old system, where this number was perfect, for a new one with triple-digit scores

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Time's up! The correct answer was 6

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REALLY BIG

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Growing over 20 feet, it's the largest predatory fish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Great White Shark

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AMERICANA

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Suffragettes were women who wanted the right to do this (& got to with the 19th Amendement)

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Time's up! The correct answer was vote

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WORLD UP!

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In 1980 Luis Garcia Meza took power in this landlocked S. Amer. country that's had more than 180 coups in its history

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia

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ANIMAL GROUPS

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A group of vipers, even if the snakes don't live in a bird's dwelling

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Time's up! The correct answer was a nest

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IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL

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He perked up his career by letting Starbucks release his album "Memory Almost Full"

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Time's up! The correct answer was McCartney

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ANTIQUES

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Used as early as the 15th century, apostle spoons usually came in sets of this number

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Time's up! The correct answer was 12 or 13

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BASEBALL HISTORY

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2 of the 5 cities that had both National League & American League teams in 1903

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis

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ENGLISH CLASS

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Capt. Kirk's mission was "to boldly go" where no man had gone before, but he split one of these along the way

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Time's up! The correct answer was an infinitive

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MY PLACE?

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A western camper pitches a tent; a central Asian nomad pitches this

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Time's up! The correct answer was yurt

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PARTS OF PEACH

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These parts of a peach tree grow at nodes along the shoots of the previous season's growth; they're usually pink

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Time's up! The correct answer was blossoms

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GETTING TICKED OFF

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In 2005 this ex-diplomat wasn't so diplomatic, saying, "I believe Karl Rove should be fired" for outing his CIA wife, Valerie Plame

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wilson

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THE EYES HAVE IT

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A hollow area that holds a light bulb

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Time's up! The correct answer was Socket

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OFF TO A GOOD START

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A baker who never uses packaged mixes always "starts from" here

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Time's up! The correct answer was scratch

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THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM

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1881: Charles Guiteau

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Garfield

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WHEN THE SAINTS

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Santa Rosa de Lima is honored with festivals each August 30 in this country where she's patron saint

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peru

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THE FALL

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On Nov. 8, 1519 the sight of his forces made the Tenochtitlaners feel like they'd "eaten stupefying mushrooms"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cortés

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

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In 1934 he plugged Bulova "Lone Eagle" watches

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Lindbergh

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& CROWN THY GOOD

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In 336 B.C. at age 20, he succeeded his murdered father as Macedonia's king & was just super...wait, that's not the right word

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great

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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS

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David Mamet won in 1984 for this salesman drama whose title includes 2 4-letter words

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glengarry Glen Ross

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LET'S HIT IT

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Aaron Fechter invented this carnival game where you hit a mammal with a mallet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Whack-A-Mole

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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

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2 names that follow Gerald, who speaks in weird sounds instead of words in a Dr. Seuss story

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Time's up! The correct answer was McBoing-Boing

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CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES

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The L. in Samuel L. Jackson stands for this, like a certain bad, bad Mr. Brown of song

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leroy

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EMOTICONS

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;-) Ocular act that sends a signal

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Time's up! The correct answer was winking

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WORD"Z"

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Last name of German engineer Karl, who in 1885 developed a 3-wheeled vehicle called the Motorwagen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benz

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WORLD LEADERS

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Serzh Sargsian is its president, Tigran Sargsian is its prime minister

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Time's up! The correct answer was Armenia

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RADIO DISNEY

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"Everybody Else" knows these huggable toys precede "On Fire" in the name of a Radio Disney top 30 band; do you?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Care Bears

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AT THE KENNEDY CENTER

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Can you hear me? This rock opera by The Who was a big hit at the Kennedy Center in 1994

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy

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THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956

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Teams were pulling out left & right, some in protest of the Soviet invasion of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary

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THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC

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A drum machine christened "Echo" helped launch this hopping band to fame & fortune

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Time's up! The correct answer was Echo & the Bunnymen

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ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE

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It's the color in the name of New Hampshire's state bird, a finch, & a state flower, a lilac

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Time's up! The correct answer was purple

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"PH"UN WORDS

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This Olivia Newton-John recording spent 10 weeks at No. 1, the longest of any single in the 1980's

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Physical"

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THE OLD WEST

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He tried to help the town of Dolores, N.M. in 1900 by using static electricity to extract gold out of gravel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Edison

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IN THE FIRE

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Many 17th century New York City households had one of these to form a brigade in case of fire

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bucket

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FLOWERS

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The white petals of this flower are usually pulled to see if "she loves me" or "she loves me not"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a daisy

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DEATH BY...

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Firing squad, at the Utah State Prison, January 17, 1977

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Gilmore

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SPORTS

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In 1992 Viktor Petrenko won the world championship in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was ice skating

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I SERVED IN HIS CABINET

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Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barack Obama

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1984

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This science fact & fiction writer published his 300th book which he called "Opus 300"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac Asimov

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COLORFUL GROUPS

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They'd like you to "Shake Your Money Maker": The ____ Crowes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Black

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Y1K

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Circa 1000 Polynesian migrants reach New Zealand where they settle & become this ethnic group

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maoris

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CORAL REEF LIFE

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Just off Australia, it's the largest chain of coral reefs in the world

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Barrier Reef

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___ OG

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Something can do this to your bad memory; it's also a wheel on a Sony Clie

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Time's up! The correct answer was jog

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PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS

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HCH

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Time's up! The correct answer was Herbert Clark Hoover

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IT'S A DATE!

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You'll find this date on a calendar only once every 4 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was February 29

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OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s

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(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) I'm overlooking this Oahu beach that attracts about 65,000 visitors a day

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Time's up! The correct answer was Waikiki

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BUT IS IT ART?

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Tattooed showman The Enigma had tiny versions of these embedded in his skull, perhaps for a Satanic look

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Time's up! The correct answer was Horns

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YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!

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Calls for an opinion--only allowed for this type of witness with special knowledge of a subject

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Time's up! The correct answer was an expert witness

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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Shopkeepers aren't meeting when "introducing the shoemaker to the tailor" -- you've just done this to someone's rear

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Time's up! The correct answer was kicked it

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THE CONTINENTS

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This continent has a lot of marsupials, like the native wombat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia

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"NIGHT"

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A bedtime nip of alcohol, or the second game of a doubleheader

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Time's up! The correct answer was a nightcap

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ART & ARTISTS

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On September 29, 1910, this painter known for his seascapes died in his studio in Prouts Neck, Maine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winslow Homer

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FUN WITH OPERA

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Lord Lechery, Madam Wanton & Madam Bubble are all characters in the 1951 opera based on this John Bunyan work

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Pilgrim's Progress"

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THIS IS JEOPARDY!

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On this late night host's list of 10 Things Communists Are No Damn Good At, #1 was "Guessing Final Jeopardy"

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Time's up! The correct answer was David Letterman

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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

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This West Lafayette, Indiana school's Hall of Music has seating for more than 6,000

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Time's up! The correct answer was Purdue

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"IND" THE KNOW

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This adjective refers to the original natives of any region

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Time's up! The correct answer was indigenous

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OF MILK

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Many countries have laws requiring that milk undergo this process that guards against pathogens

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Time's up! The correct answer was pasteurization

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HAIR TODAY

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In 2004 this real estate tycoon told People magazine that his signature swept-forward style is his own handiwork

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trump

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TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES

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In a northern England mining town, a young boy takes up ballet dancing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Elliot

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'65

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On January 20, 1965 he was inaugurated as U.S. vice president

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hubert H. Humphrey

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3-LETTER THE BETTER

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Saturated

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Time's up! The correct answer was wet

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WORLD "P"s

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World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peru

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STATE BIRDS

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Virginia: This bird, not Albert Pujols

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albert ross

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Time's up! The correct answer was the cardinal

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THE 17TH CENTURY

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In 1682 he founded the "City Of Brotherly Love"

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn

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RECORD LOSSES IN 2005

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Data on 4 million customers were lost by this group formed by a 1998 merger with Travelers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Citigroup

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AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

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"Northanger Abbey"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Austen

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NEWS ON THE MARCH

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Nationalists from this Commonwealth attacked the U.S. Capitol March 1, 1954, injuring 5 representatives

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Time's up! The correct answer was Puerto Rico

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WORD ORIGINS

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The name of this bread spread goes all the way back to bous, a Greek word for "cow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was butter

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HEADS OF STATE

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In July 1994 this Jordanian king signed a peace agreement with Israel's prime minister Yitzhak Rabin

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Time's up! The correct answer was King Hussein

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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Pick up a GT from this car co. for a tidy $169,000, or maybe start out with a Focus for a more reasonable $13,715

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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JUST DESSERTS

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Perfect for dipping in wine or coffee, biscotti are twice-baked cookies from this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Italy

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ACTRESSES ON TV

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She portrays real-life research medium Allison DuBois

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arquette

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THE 19th CENTURY

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One of the 3 large empires of 19th century Eastern Europe was this "Sick Man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Ottoman Empire

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HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN

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The Khalifa clan, which has ruled Bahrain for 2 centuries, belongs to this majority branch of Islam

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HAIRY

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This term for a knight's apprentice is also the name of a bobbed, usually jaw-length hairstyle

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Time's up! The correct answer was page boy

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AWARDS

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Richard Pryor was the first recipient of a Kennedy Center humorists' prize named for this American author

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain

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STARTS WITH A PRONOUN

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It can mean transparently thin, or perfectly vertical, like a cliff

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COLORS

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Broadway's nickname

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Great White Way

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PRINCETON

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In 1974 this Princeton grad & PBS host wrote "How to Make Money in Wall Street"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Rukeyser

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GIVE ME AN "A"!

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The name Zog is not as much in vogue as it once was, when King Zog I ruled this European country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Albania

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DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY

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We've got Bud & Amstel Light in bottles, or Sam Adams "on" this syncopated style

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THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION

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In April 1803 Napoleon renounced this territory in America "with the greatest regret"; so we bought it

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Louisiana Territory

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"IP" SO FACTO

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Landing or Gaza

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NEWS TO ME

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In a surprise, Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in this state went to a Republican in a January 2010 election

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Time's up! The correct answer was Massachusetts

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CALL ME A"LEX"

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3 housing units all under one roof

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Time's up! The correct answer was a triplex

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LITERARY BADDIES

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This villainess of "The Wizard of Oz" ruled over the Winkies

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Wicked Witch of the West

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LIBRARIES

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Salinas, California, has a public library named for this novelist

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THAT'S MY LAW

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The Law of Independent Assortment is one of the laws of heredity named for this 19th C. Austrian monk

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gregor Mendel

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RHYME TIME

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A humorous Scandinavian dwarf of folklore

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MODES OF TRANSPORT

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These ships were nicknamed "blubber ships"

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TRADING SPACES

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Dealers seal transactions with a handshake in the 47th Street "district" for these gems

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THE FALL

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On Nov. 8, 1519 the sight of his forces made the Tenochtitlaners feel like they'd "eaten stupefying mushrooms"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cortés

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CROSSWORD CLUES "G"

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Disgruntled Disney dwarf (6)

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THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS

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Newly born calves of this "colorful" mammal can measure 28 feet in length & weigh up to 3 tons

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Time's up! The correct answer was the blue whale

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"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?

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Elton John saw the light of the Top 5 with this song twice, in 1974 & 1992

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"

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BACKWARDS

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In competitive rowing, this is the only person in the boat whose back is not to the finish line

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Time's up! The correct answer was the coxswain

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ANGELS

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ABBA sang about these & Curtis Lee sang about "Pretty Little" these

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RHYME TIME

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A public recreation area devoid of light

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Time's up! The correct answer was a dark park

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GONE TOMORROW?

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Picoides Borealis is the red-cockaded species of this bird, still on the endangered list in 2004

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Time's up! The correct answer was the woodpecker

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MEN OF THE WORLD

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Armando Munoz Garcia sculpted a 55' statue of a nude woman & lived in it in this Mexican city near San Diego

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CARY GRANT FILMS

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This 1957 Cary Grant-Deborah Kerr weepie was a major plot device in "Sleepless In Seattle"

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Time's up! The correct answer was An Affair To Remember

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FATHER'S IN LAW

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Father learned about the quaint problems of the poor at Chicago's "Edwin F. Mandel" this type of "Clinic"

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QUOTATIONS

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The preamble to the U.S. Constitution begins with these 3 words

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COMPANIES

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This co. agreed in 1993 to lease the New Amsterdam Theatre, & the old Times Square of degradation & filth was history

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Time's up! The correct answer was Disney

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"PU"

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The third of these wars wiped Carthage off the map, though it was later rebuilt

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Punic Wars

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HELLO, DELI!

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I'll have one of these "city" omelets stuffed with ham, onions & green peppers

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Denver omelette

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EARLY AMERICA

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His 1699 proposal for a permanent French trading post on the Detroit River didn't include a car dealership

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cadillac

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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At 15 on the modified Mohs' scale, this substance still has the highest hardness number

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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Dancers clomp around in wooden shoes at the Holland, Michigan festival honoring this flower

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Time's up! The correct answer was the tulip

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IT BORDERS INDIA

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Of the 6 nations India borders, this one is the most populous

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IT'S OURS!

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Montserrat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain

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BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES

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Her daughter Julie says this future first lady was offered a movie contract in the 1930s when she was a USC student

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. Nixon

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FOUNTAINS

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You'll find the Fountain of the Centaurs on the Missouri capital grounds in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jefferson City

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EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI

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A man's harrowing escape from torture during the Spanish Inquisition is recounted in this Poe favorite

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Pit and the Pendulum"

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CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS

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1967 folks "flock" to this sign that represents the essence of the Yin, the feminine passive principle

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Time's up! The correct answer was the sheep

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AIN'T THAT AMERICA

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On June 17, 1969 this controversial erotic revue opened off-Broadway; oh my!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oh! Calcutta!

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THE COLOR PURPLE

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2 centuries late, this unstable British king was diagnosed with an excess of purple pigments in the blood

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Time's up! The correct answer was King George III

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ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS

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Variety called it "a horse picture" with "a new dramatic find-- moppet Elizabeth Taylor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was National Velvet

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FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS

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In 1632 this court painter to England's Charles I & Queen Henrietta Maria was knighted

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anthony van Dyck

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FEELING "ANCY"

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Janet Leigh was sorry she found one of these at the Bates Motel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vacancy

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TELEVISION

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In 1996 Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy & other actors from this series reunited for a TV movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Dallas"

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RED SOX IT TO ME

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In 1918 he extended his streak of scoreless World Series innings pitched to 29.2 & tied for the most HRs in the league

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Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth

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CANADIAN CAPITALS

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In 1947 huge oil deposits were discovered in this city 175 miles north of Calgary; it's now Canada's oil capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edmonton

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MYTHICAL CREATURES

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This winged creature sprang from the blood of Medusa after Perseus beheaded her

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pegasus

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THE FRENCH CONNECTION

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Campari & Pernod are good options for this pre-meal potent potable

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Time's up! The correct answer was apéritif

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OPERA

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Musetta has her very own waltz in Act II of this Puccini opera

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Time's up! The correct answer was La boheme

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I LOVE L.A. KERS

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This flashy Lakers forward was nicknamed "Big Game" for his clutch playoff performances

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Worthy

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WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?

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Theon's greatest work, available on Amazon.com, has mathematics useful for understanding this "Republic" author

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plato

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SCIENTISTS

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This botanist was hailed as "The Wizard of Tuskegee"

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver

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BROADWAY LYRICS

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"I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then, I remember the time I knew that happiness was"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cats

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THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC

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In the 2000s "Makes Me Wonder" got this group noticed

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maroon 5

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SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN

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Comedy which features the wedding of Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Midsummer Night's Dream

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BON APPE-"T"

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A yellow cheddar from Oregon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tillamook

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IT'S OURS!

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Saint-Pierre & Miquelon

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Time's up! The correct answer was France

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1933

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The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established this corporation that guarantees the savings of bank customers

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Time's up! The correct answer was FDIC

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"L.B."s

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In 1893 this horticulturist published his first nursery catalog offering his "New Creations in Fruits and Flowers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Luther Burbank

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DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR

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"Rachel, Rachel" (1968)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Newman

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BRITISH NOVELS

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This 1895 novel is subtitled "An Invention"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Time Machine

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WOMEN OF THE WORLD

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This Norwegian beauty is noted for her work with Ingmar Bergman & with UNICEF

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Time's up! The correct answer was Liv Ullmann

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FETAL ATTRACTION

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For the first 8 weeks after fertilization, an unborn child is called this, from the Greek for "full"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Embryo

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MOVIE TRIVIA

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In his best English Bronx accent he cried "Yonder lies the castle of my father"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Curtis

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PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME

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Zachary's wardens

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taylor's jailers

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THREE

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Stalin, FDR & Churchill were known by this collective nickname when they met in Teheran in 1943

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Big Three"

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WORDS OF THE WRITER

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"'...Why look'st thou so?'--'With my crossbow I shot the albatross'"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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THE SUMMER OLYMPICS

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In 2004 the USA's Bryan Clay, with 8,820 points, took the silver in this 10-event contest

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Time's up! The correct answer was the decathlon

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POETIC TERMS

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16th century poet who perfected in "The Faerie Queene" the stanza named for him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edmund Spenser

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THE ENGLISH BEAT

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Centenary Square, in the center of this city, is its main cultural center; Alabama has a city by that name as well

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Time's up! The correct answer was Birmingham

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THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC

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Last name of Gary, the former Tubeway Army leader who charted with New Wave hits like "Cars"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Numan

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FLY COUNTRIES

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Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatshappij (you might know it by its abbreviation)

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Netherlands

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RHYMES WITH SMART

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Blood pumper

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Time's up! The correct answer was heart

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THE GODFATHER

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This British philosopher who won a Nobel Prize in 1950 was the godchild of John Stuart Mill

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bertrand Russell

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47

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The heavenly strains of the concert grand pedal type of this instrument come from its 47 strings

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HISTORY

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Year in which Franklin Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented 3rd term as president

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1940

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THE YEAR IN SPORTS

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Bruce Jenner & Ray Leonard were American Olympic champs in this red, white & blue year

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1976

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THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID

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After her election, this British prime minister said that she owed "everything to my father"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher

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CROSSWORD CLUES "J"

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Jettisoned goods (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was jetsam

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TAKE-OFFS

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This late author's representatives sued over "The Cat Not in the Hat", a rhyming account of the O.J. Simpson trial

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Seuss

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LITERATURE

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Chapter 13 of this classic novel is called "Another View of Hester"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Scarlet Letter

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DISNEY VILLAINS

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Clayton

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tarzan

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SEE THE USA

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The science museum in this Virginia capital called its 1987 Science Circus "The Greatest Earth on Show"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richmond, Virginia

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COLOGNE RANGER

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Taking nearly 600 years to complete, Cologne Cathedral is the largest in this style in Northern Europe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gothic

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LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS

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Since 1935 this agency that originated in the 1820s has operated as a branch of the Texas Dept. of Public Safety

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Texas Rangers

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LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER

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American ambulance driver Frederic Henry satirizes romantic ideas about war in this work by Hemingway & Shaw

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Farewell to Arms and the Man

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4-LETTER WORDS

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It's a song of praise, like "Rock Of Ages"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hymn

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JUST DESSERTS

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A rich custard topped with caramelized sugar, its name means "burnt cream" in French

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Time's up! The correct answer was crème brûlée

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1984

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After a lengthy hiatus, Garry Trudeau brought this strip back to 810 daily papers

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Doonesbury"

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THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS

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This large dinosaur-like creature possibly lives in a large Scottish lake near Inverness

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Loch Ness Monster

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ORGANIZED LABOR

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This union withdrew from the AFL-CIO in 168 under Walter Reuther, but rejoined in 1981

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Time's up! The correct answer was the United Autoworkers Union

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BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE

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In "Harlequinade" the hero tries to rescue Columbine with the help of the magical "La Bonne Fee", this in English

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Time's up! The correct answer was the good fairy

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POTPOURRI

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The national conference of these two religious groups sponsors Brotherhood-Sisterhood Week

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Time's up! The correct answer was Christians and Jews

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INITIAL T.V.

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This '60s police drama with Jack Warden was missing the "blue" of the series that began in 1993

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Time's up! The correct answer was N.Y.P.D.

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I READ THE NEWS TODAY

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This "Post" is one of Israel's largest English-language daily newspapers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerusalem

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'ALLO, GOVERNOR!

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Karl F. Rulvagg, Floyd Bjornsterne Olson, Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota

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WORLD LEADERS

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Born in Kiev & later a U.S. citizen, this leader became prime minister in 1969 of a country founded in the 20th century

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Time's up! The correct answer was Golda Meir

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DREAMY MUSIC

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In 1975 this outlaw released "Dreaming My Dreams" & his wife Jessi Colter released "I'm Not Lisa"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Waylon Jennings

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DREAMY MUSIC

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He's the singer heard here: "In dreams, I walk...."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roy Orbison

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FOOD CHAIN

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Offering "Home Style Meals" & a line of frozen entrees, this chain is headquartered in Colorado, not Massachusetts

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston Market

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ADJECTIVES

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It can refer to a person without mercy or to a Bible missing the book between Judges & Samuel

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Time's up! The correct answer was ruthless

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CARDS & DICE

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It's the number of dice you toss on your first roll of Yahtzee

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Time's up! The correct answer was 5

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ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV

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Fred Armisen as Barack Obama

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saturday Night Live

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"PER"CUSSION

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A type of fish, or to sit on an elevated platform

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Time's up! The correct answer was perch

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I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY

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This highway that Bob Dylan "Revisited" begins in Thunder Bay, Ontario

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Time's up! The correct answer was Highway 61

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BACK IN 1906

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In September the Platt Amendment was invoked, allowing U.S. intervention in this Caribbean country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba

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PEN NAMES

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Dublin-born playwright John Casey changed his name to this, which sounds more Irish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sean O' Casey

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"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY

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Line preceding "Fire burn and cauldron bubble"

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Time's up! The correct answer was **"Double double, toil and trouble" **

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THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN

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He dealt with ophthalmological issues in the 1972 hit "Doctor My Eyes"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson Browne

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TAUNT "O"

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After a wrong response, we may need to use one of these cathode-ray "scopes" to check for brain activity

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Time's up! The correct answer was an oscilloscope

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THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN

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This rapper & producer co-founded N.W.A. & is the stepbrother of Warren G

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Dre

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KNOTS TO YOU

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Alexander the Great cut it with his sword after being told that whoever could undo it would rule Asia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gordian Knot

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TECHNOLOGY

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Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and this person founded Apple Computer in 1976.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Wayne

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STATE CAPITALS

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It's nicknamed the "Center of the Pineapple Industry"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu

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CITY FOLK

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Varsovians

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Time's up! The correct answer was residents of Warsaw

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SHIPS

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The flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry was named for this captain who said, "Don't give up the ship"

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Lawrence

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DANCE

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Late black choreographer whose American Dance Theatre became multiracial in the 1960s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alvin Ailey

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HISTORY IN MOVIES

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In this famous film Scarlett O'Hara doesn't let the South losing the Civil War slow her down

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gone With the Wind

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COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU

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While a student at Northeastern, Shawn Fanning started this P2P music-sharing service that now gone legit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Napster

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SEXPERTISE

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Kim Campbell, Kim Philby, Kim Jong Il

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Campbell

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ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS

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In kiddy lit Jack didn't kill the titan or the colossus, he killed this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the giant

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GEORGE WASHINGTON

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In July 1749, at age 17 George was appointed to this position for the county of Culpeper, Virginia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Surveyor

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FURNITURE

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Jean-Pierre Rampal can tell you it's the term for the shallow channels cut into a column

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fluting

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DICE ROLL NICKNAMES

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Boxcars, or Hobo's Delight on a Rainy Night

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sixes

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BRITISH HISTORY

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Though it sounds like a grim volume, it's just William the Conqueror's survey of the British kingdom

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Domesday Book

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THE 1960s

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Turning down ABA offer of 3,500 head of cattle & 40,000 acre ranch in 1969, he signed with NBA Bucks

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lew Alcindor

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JAZZ IT UP

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Milt Jackson, heard here, was one of the masters of this instrument

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Time's up! The correct answer was vibes

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LONG WORDS

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Adjective for an act done without meaning to; legally, it's a type of manslaughter

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Time's up! The correct answer was involuntary

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INTERIOR DESIGN

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Some 18th C. chairs had footrests to accommodate the swollen feet of sufferers from this disease

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gout

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WEAPONS

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One might be fired "out of the blue"--from a crossbow

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bolt

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VEGAS, BABY

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A legendary weapon that emerged from a lake, or a Las Vegas hotel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Excalibur

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CREATION STORIES

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In some Native American myths, this animal helps a deity create the world, with no help from the Acme Co.

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Time's up! The correct answer was a coyote

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SPEECH! SPEECH!

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This onetime governor of Texas delivered the keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Richards

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AYE! IT'S IRELAND

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Also called Trinity College, the university of this capital was founded in 1592

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin

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JUST PLANE GEOMETRY

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In the 3rd century B.C., this "Father of geometry" taught at the Museum, an institute in Alexandria, Egypt

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Time's up! The correct answer was Euclid

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WOOD & WIND

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The line "O wild west wind, thou breath of autumn's being" starts an 1819 ode by this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Shelley

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FLAGS OF THE WORLD

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Seen here is the flag of this nation (the home of Bollywood)

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Time's up! The correct answer was India

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CANDY & GUM SLOGANS

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"Packed with Peanuts", it "Really Satisfies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snickers

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WHO'S THE BOSS

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Miss Jane Hathaway reluctantly schemed with this miserly banker

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Time's up! The correct answer was Milburn Drysdale

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A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS

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Wayne State, Kalamazoo College, Madonna University (it's Franciscan Catholic, not Material Girl)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan

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NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES

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The 1945 headline "Bomber Hits" this skyscraper meant a plane, not a person

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Time's up! The correct answer was Empire State Building

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THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY

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Manila, Jakarta, Canberra

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manila

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NAME THE PLAY

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Inez: "I prefer to choose my hell; I prefer to look you in the eyes and fight it out face to face"

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Time's up! The correct answer was No Exit

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HOW DO YOU...

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Churn a sweet dairy mix in a container that's surrounded by frozen water & salt

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Time's up! The correct answer was make ice cream

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I LOVE L.A. KERS

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Kobe called it "idiotic criticism" that he hadn't (until 2009) won an NBA title without this teammate

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shaquille O'Neal

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HAVE A WHISKEY

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Whiskey is usually about 40% alcohol, which is equal to this number in proof

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Time's up! The correct answer was 80

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"T"ELEVISION

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Reminiscent of "Highway to Heaven", this popular series stars Roma Downey & Della Reese

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Time's up! The correct answer was Touched by an Angel

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BIOPIC-NIC

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1992: Jack Nicholson as this labor leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Hoffa

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BRAND NAMES

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Formulated in 1953, its first purpose was "water displacement" to prevent corrosion on missiles

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Time's up! The correct answer was WD-40

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NAME THE WORK

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Jack London: "'The Ghost' was rolling slightly on a calm sea without a breath of wind"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sea Wolf

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2-LETTER WORDS

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Don't have a cow, man, it's just the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet

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Time's up! The correct answer was mu

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WORD ORIGINS

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A Middle Eastern chieftain, this 4-letter term is from the Arabic for "commander"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Emir

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RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE

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Oh, come on! On Feb. 28, 2008 this TV "Kitchen Nightmares" man added a touch of bell to his resume

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gordon Ramsey

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GOOD CAUSES

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A "Mission" to help the homeless is named for this Lower Manhattan street known as a skid row since the 1800s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bowery

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THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

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Colchian jilted by Jason (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Medea

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PARDON MY "FRENCH"

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It was waged in North America from 1754 to 1763

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Time's up! The correct answer was French and Indian War

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CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES

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"Solutions for a small planet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was IBM

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ANY FIRST WORDS?

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Meaning "first", it can precede color, election or health care

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Time's up! The correct answer was primary

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20th CENTURY NOTABLES

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Einstein said of him, "Generations to come will scarcely believe" one such as he "walked the Earth in flesh & blood"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mohandas Gandhi

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NAME THE POET

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"Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you, by the livin' gawd that made you, you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rudyard Kipling

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& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR

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Shakespeare's Puck: If we have" done this, "think but this, and all is mended"

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Time's up! The correct answer was offended

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"LESS" IS MORE

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It's Southwest Airlines' name for the paper-free type of travel it introduced on all routes in January 1995

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ticketless

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EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI

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Spoiler alert! "The Cask of" this potent potable tells of a man sealing his enemy up behind a wall... alive!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amontillado

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ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS

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Variety called it "a horse picture" with "a new dramatic find-- moppet Elizabeth Taylor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was National Velvet

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SWEET TREATS

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This almost cube-shaped candy was named for the developer's granddaughter, a "hefty" baby

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chunky

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AN E FOR AN I

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"To replenish" becomes "to knock down"

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Time's up! The correct answer was to fill & to fell

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FEELING POSSESSIVE

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In a 1981 hit song, Rick Springfield wished that he had her

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Jessie's Girl"

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MINORITY REPORT

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Justice Brennan, dissenting in Paris Adult Theater v. Slaton, said this quality is too vaguely defined to regulate

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Time's up! The correct answer was obscenity

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SECRET MENUS

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Wendy's will make you a grand slam burger with this many patties, but don't tell everyone

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Time's up! The correct answer was four

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1984

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98% of voters in Pakistan elected this leader killed 4 years later in a plane crash

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zia Ul-Haq

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HARRISON FORD MOVIES

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"Replicants are like any other machine -- they're either a benefit or a hazard"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blade Runner

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MAGAZINES

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In 1953 Triangle Publications began publishing this media magazine...& boy was it successful!

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Time's up! The correct answer was TV Guide

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HISTORIC WOMEN

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Anna Ivanovna, empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740, was the niece of this great ruler

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great

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LANGUAGES

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Punjabi is spoken by about half of all households in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan

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BIG BANDS

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As famous for his marriages as his music; once wed Ava Gardner & Lana Turner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Artie Shaw

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CONSUMER PRODUCTS

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This product was reintroduced in 1906 with trimethylxanthine as the sole remaining stimulant

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coca-Cola

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TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS

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1993: "The Who's Tommy"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Townshend

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20th CENTURY ARTISTS

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In 1958 he tripled up on his patriotic painting of "Three Flags"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johns

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DAYS

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In 1954 Armistice Day was renamed this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Veterans Day

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NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY

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Long before it empties into the Bay of Fundy, the Saint John River divides Maine from this province

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Brunswick

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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A brave French soldier might receive the award known as the "Croix de Guerre", meaning "Cross of" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was War

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FIRE!

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Though the 1871 Chicago fire began in this family's barn, their house suffered only minor damages

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Time's up! The correct answer was the O'Learys

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GREEK LIFE

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Crowds flock to Dodona, Philippi & Thassos to see festivals of this art performed in ancient venues

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Time's up! The correct answer was Theater

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RUSSELING

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Republican John McCain and this Wisconsin Democrat co-sponsored a campaign finance reform bill

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Time's up! The correct answer was Russ Feingold

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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For helping to end the Russo-Japanese War, he was awarded the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize

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Time's up! The correct answer was Theodore Roosevelt

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NICE TO MEAT YOU

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USDA grades of this "other white meat" are 1, 2, 3, 4 & utility; mmm... utility this

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Time's up! The correct answer was pork

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FACTS & FIGURES

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Since 1970 the number of U.S. men aged 25-34 still living here has increased from 10% to 15%

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Time's up! The correct answer was at home

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MUSICALS

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This show features a concubine from Burma named Tuptim

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The King And I"

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ONE-WORD RHYMES

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I've come to the ashram so this person can show me the unreality of material things -- oops, I scratched his Mercedes

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Time's up! The correct answer was guru

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BIRDS

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The akepa & akiapola'au are found in forest areas, only in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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PHOTOGRAPHERS

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In April 1875 the Library of Congress gained possession of his Civil War photographic plates for $25,000

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mathew Brady

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CARDS & DICE

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Instead of pips, poker dice have 6 card values on them that run 9 through this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ace

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ALSO A VEGAS CASINO

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A weapon removed from a stone

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Time's up! The correct answer was Excalibur

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AT THE KENNEDY CENTER

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In 1995 Luigi Bonino starred in a ballet about this "Little Tramp" of silent films

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Chaplin

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IT'S EXTINCT

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Steller's Sea Cow was a relative of this rare aquatic mammal found in Florida

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Time's up! The correct answer was the manatee

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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Like father like son--Cronus deposed his father Uranus & this god deposed his father Cronus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zeus

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PSYCHOLOGY

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In the psychology of learning, it’s “the retention of association”; in “Cats”, it’s a showstopping song

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Time's up! The correct answer was memory

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BILL GATES' 50 BILLION

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If his employee's price is $50.00, Bill could buy a billion of the "98" version of this operating system

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Time's up! The correct answer was Windows

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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Susan B. Anthony was arrested in 1872 for doing this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Voting

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POLITICS & SHOW BIZ

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Artists like Gladys Knight have recorded the songs of this senior senator from Utah

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Time's up! The correct answer was Orrin Hatch

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NAME THE FILM

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1939: "I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Wizard Of Oz

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PROVERBS

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It "seldom knocks twice", so make the most of it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Opportunity

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MEASURING DEVICES

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The amount of this in a solution can be measured by a saccharometer

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Time's up! The correct answer was sugar

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THREE

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It beats 2 pair, but not a straight

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Time's up! The correct answer was Three of a kind

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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES

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Tony Blair was born there

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland

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THE TEENS

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In "The Sound of Music", Liesl was "going on" this number

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Time's up! The correct answer was 17

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WORD ORIGINS

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The name of this bread spread goes all the way back to bous, a Greek word for "cow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was butter

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WHO'S THE MRS.?

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Mrs. James Carville

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Time's up! The correct answer was Matalin

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NAME THE POET

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"Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you, by the livin' gawd that made you, you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rudyard Kipling

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I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS

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Reza Khan, born in Iran in 1878, & his son were these for a combined 54 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was shahs

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CARTOONS

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On screen, he's a "tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winnie the Pooh

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10-LETTER WORDS

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Lionel Hampton's instrument

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vibraphone

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THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE

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This Wild West town might still be wild if native son Dennis Hopper still lived there

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dodge City

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VERBS

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You can fluff pillows or do this, also meaning "chubby"

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Time's up! The correct answer was plump

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"H" CITIES

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This capital was founded by Sweden's King Gustav I Vasa in 1550

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Time's up! The correct answer was Helsinki, Finland

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AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM

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According to Hoyle, before Slim deals, the player to his right has to do this with 5 to 47 cards

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cut the deck

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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1 of the 2 Central American countries with only 1 sea coast

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Time's up! The correct answer was Belize & El Salvador

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"O" YOU ANIMAL!

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When the giraffe invites all its taxonomic "family" to a party, this is the only animal that shows up

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Time's up! The correct answer was Okapi

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CANDY & GUM SLOGANS

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"4 Out of 5 Dentists Surveyed Recommend Sugarless Gum for their Patients who Chew Gum"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trident

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THE 1990s

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Pierce Brosnan played this superspy for the first time in "GoldenEye"

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Bond

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FEMALE ATHLETES

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This basketball star whose name rhymes with hoops named her son Jordan, after Michael Jordan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sheryl Swoopes

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BIG BANDS

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As famous for his marriages as his music; once wed Ava Gardner & Lana Turner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Artie Shaw

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THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC

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The Green Hornet's car, or Anna Sewell's horse

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Time's up! The correct answer was Black Beauty

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CNN

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It's the territory where the ceremony seen here took place on the night of June 30 - July 1, 1997

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hong Kong

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HOMOPHONES

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It's a sausage, or the absolute least best

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Time's up! The correct answer was wurst/worst

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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This striped mammal reportedly can fire 6 shots of its foul spray before having to "resupply"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Skunk

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WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?

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Melanie Griffith

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tippi Hedren

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KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI

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Died in 1989

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khomeini

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"DEM"-ONS

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The DM in Korea's DMZ

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Time's up! The correct answer was demilitarized

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4-LETTER FRIENDS

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You were a fool to move that bishop! This 4-letter term in 3 moves

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Time's up! The correct answer was mate

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CAMERA

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The names of TV cameras & videocassette recorders are combined in this device

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Time's up! The correct answer was a camcorder

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WHO'S THE BOSS

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On "Bewitched" Darrin Stephens worked his advertising magic for this partner of McMann

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Time's up! The correct answer was Larry Tate

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SLOGANEERING

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"The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection" is the goal of this automaker

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lexus

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THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS

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Hey, y'all, this CNN legal analyst made the list with her novel "The Eleventh Victim"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Grace

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SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE

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This threatening sound can also mean "to become tangled"

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Time's up! The correct answer was snarled

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HEADQUARTERS

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Where on earth is Earthlink headquartered? In this city, same as Coca-Cola

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Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta

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GREEK LIFE

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Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind, the klarino

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clarinet

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PARTY OF "FIVE"

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This type of "discount" is slang for shoplifting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Five-finger discount

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JULIUS CAESAR

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After defeating Pharnaces II at Zela, Caesar dispatched this 3-part message to the Roman Senate

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Time's up! The correct answer was Veni, vidi, vici

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HEADLINES

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A Sept. 13, 1901 Buffalo News headline read, he "Passed Away... from Effects of Cowardly Assassin's Bullet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was President McKinley

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THE EMPEROR NERO

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Nero's indulgences included poetry, acting & racing these vehicles

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Time's up! The correct answer was chariots

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WOMEN OF THE WORLD

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This British dame, Rudolf Nureyev's dance partner, was married to a Panamanian diplomat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Margot Fonteyn

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RICH & FAMOUS

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The William who runs this chewing gum company is the grandson of the William who founded it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wrigley

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THE MAINE ATTRACTION

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It's the only National Park in all of New England

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Time's up! The correct answer was Acadia

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PARTS OF THE WHOLE

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Mars light, tower ladder, water pressure gauge, hydrant intake

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fire truck

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TITLE 9

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J.D. Salinger: "Nine ___"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stories

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AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM

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Slim's numerical term for a bluffer who doesn't have the fifth card to fill out a hand of all the same suit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Four-flusher

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RODENTS

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Contrary to popular belief, mass drownings by the Norway species of this rodent are not suicidal in nature

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Time's up! The correct answer was lemmings

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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Elaine Stritch plays Capt. Andy's wife Parthy in the current revival of this Jerome Kern musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Show Boat

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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS

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Alexander Wood & Charles Pravaz are credited with developing this device in 1853 first used to inject morphine

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Time's up! The correct answer was asyringe

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MUSIC VIDEOS

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This former "Moesha" star rides around on the bus in her "Who Is She 2 U" video

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brandy

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WORLD HODGEPODGE

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From the old French for "ice", these cover about 1/8 of Iceland; some are 3/4 of a mile thick

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glaciers

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MUSIC VIDEOS

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Her video for "Baby It's You" features Bow Wow & takes place at an amusement park

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jojo

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BIBLICAL QUOTES

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In Exodus Moses & Aaron inform pharaoh that the lord has this very strong 4-word suggestion

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Let my people go"

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EXPLORERS

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Tho he didn't find the Northwest Passage, this Frenchman established France's claim to Canada

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Cartier

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IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD

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The Australian cattle dog was first bred in the 19th century from collies, kelpies & this wild canine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dingo

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DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY

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If you wash your hair in the sink, you might have to deal with this heavy-shoed dance

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Time's up! The correct answer was clog

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THE LENIN CLOSET

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Lenin spent WWI in this country, but he was far from neutral on the subject

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Time's up! The correct answer was Switzerland

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WEBSITES

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"Sari Says" is an advice column in the online version of this teen magazine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Teen People

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MUSCAT LOVE

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The 3 main forts in Muscat date from the 1580s when this small Iberian nation conquered & occupied it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal

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GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP

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J.P. Hayes cost himself a 2009 spot on this tour by confessing to using an unapproved ball

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Time's up! The correct answer was the PGA tour

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CANADIAN CAPITALS

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This Manitoba capital annexed the adjacent community of Saint Boniface in 1972

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winnipeg

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ANCIENT VIP's

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Books about him were written by Plato & Xenophon, both students of his

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Time's up! The correct answer was Socrates

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DIALING FOR DIALECTS

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Dialects of this language include Wu, Yue & Hakka

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chinese

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MUSICAL TRAINS

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This "Modern Girl" first hit the Billboard Top 10 with "Morning Train (Nine To Five)"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Easton

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TRANSPORTATION

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There are no knife or spoon varieties of these vehicles used in warehouses to raise & carry merchandise

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Time's up! The correct answer was forklifts

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JAY

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He drafted the constitution of New York state & was appointed chief justice of the state in 1777

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Jay

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NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS

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1970: "I Want You Back"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Jackson 5

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ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?

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Luc Montagnier identified the AIDS virus while working at the institute named for this 19th c. Frenchman

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pasteur

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COMPOSERS

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G. Strepponi sang in "Nabucco", the opera that made this composer famous, & later married him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Giuseppe Verdi

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"PER"CUSSION

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11-letter word for the sac containing the heart

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Time's up! The correct answer was pericardium

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SCIENTISTS

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Despite his advocacy of megadoses of vitamin c, he & his wife Ava got cancer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Linus Pauling

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SIMILES

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Something that turns out well "comes up smelling like" these flowers

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Time's up! The correct answer was roses

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HOMETOWNS

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Daphne DuMaurier

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Time's up! The correct answer was London

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NAMES IN THE NEWS

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This former U.N. ambassador is a co-chairman of the host city's committee for the 1996 Olympic Games

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Young

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HELLO, DELI!

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I'll have one of these "city" omelets stuffed with ham, onions & green peppers

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Denver omelette

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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If you don't mind the cold, you can pan for this metal at Tankavaara in Finland

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Time's up! The correct answer was gold

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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When Marie Osmond toured in this play in 1994, her eldest son, Steven, played Kurt Von Trapp

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sound of Music

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IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?

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This slang synonym for oil is mentioned in the theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas tea

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METALLICA

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To buy this precious metal, visit Taxco, Mexico; it's the city's best-known product

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Time's up! The correct answer was silver

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GEORGIAN ON MY MIND

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Dinah Shore, Sally Field & Loni Anderson were longtime loves of this hunk from Waycross

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Time's up! The correct answer was Burt Reynolds

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JAY

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It's the magical group heard here ["This Magic Moment"]

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jay and the Americans

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"PU"

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The third of these wars wiped Carthage off the map, though it was later rebuilt

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Punic Wars

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VERMONTERS

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George Franklin Edmunds wrote most of this antitrust act of 1890

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sherman

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SPACE MISSIONS

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The Hinode mission showed magnetic waves are critical in driving the flow of charged particles called this wind

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Time's up! The correct answer was the solar wind

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BEFORE & AFTER

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"Bouncy" 1965 Beatles album that took over for Don Cornelius as host of a dance show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rubber Soul Train

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ROCK FORMATIONS

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This Southern California group was originally assembled as a backup band for Linda Ronstadt

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Eagles

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

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SA's website's "Ask the Experts" column answers key questions like "Why does bruised fruit turn" this color

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Time's up! The correct answer was brown

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MUSEUM HOPPING

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"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" to keep music fans from visiting this record co.'s Detroit museum

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Time's up! The correct answer was Motown

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WAR STORIES

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"Marching On", "By Antietam Creek"

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