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Time's up! The correct answer was Liz Taylor

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"D" IN HISTORY

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In 1578 a Mongolian ruler first gave the leader of Tibet's Yellow Hat sect of Buddhism this title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dalai Lama

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NONFICTION

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The New Yorker's 1959 review of this said in its brevity & clarity it is "unlike most such manuals, a book as well as a tool"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Elements of Style

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KIDDIE LIT

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The first line of the early 19th century nursery rhyme whose original title was "The Star"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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His will gave a total of $110,000 to grandchildren Alexander & Melanie Eisenhower & Christopher Cox

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nixon

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THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION

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On July 12, 1808 this large city's Missouri Gazette became the first newspaper published west of the Mississippi

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Louis

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2-LETTER WORDS

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Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on...your definition of" this word

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

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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Stoichiometry is defined as the study of the quantities involved in these chemical events

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chemical reactions

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SPOILER ALERT!

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1932: The unusual circus performers discover Olga's murderous plans & turn her into a "chicken woman"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Freaks

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

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In meteorology, when a cold one has a close encounter with a warm one & takes it over, it's called an occluded one

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Time's up! The correct answer was a front

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SRO

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A song in this Disney musical asks, "How long must this go on?" ---4 years & counting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beauty And The Beast

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CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS

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1956: The Red Sea is parted

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Ten Commandments

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BROADWAY LYRICS

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"Immigrant goes to America, many hellos in America; nobody knows in America, Puerto Rico's in America!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was West Side Story

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DICTATORS & TYRANTS

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On Sept. 9, 1948 the DPRK, aka North Korea, was established with this man as its supreme leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Il-sung

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HISTORY

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For the last 8 years of his life, Galileo was under house arrest for espousing this man's theory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Copernicus

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20th CENTURY INVENTION

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Newsweek reports Westinghouse made one in 1952 that played "How Dry I Am" at the end of each cycle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clothes dryer

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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This Stephen Sondheim musical was based on the Ingmar Bergman film "Smiles Of A Summer Night"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "A Little Night Music"

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THE TITANIC

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Gates prevented 700 of these passengers from getting up to the main deck, though they didn't stop Leo in the movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was third class

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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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BESTSELLERS

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This writer got her bestselling groove back with "The Interruption of Everything"

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Time's up! The correct answer was McMillan

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PRIME NUMBERS

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Columbus' first voyage to the new world ended in this year

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1493

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I READ THE NEWS TODAY

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Political theorist Nikolai Bukharin edited this "truthful" Soviet newspaper from 1917 to 1929

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pravda

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ROCKS & MINERALS

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Largest block ever found of it in U.S., 56 tons, was used for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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Time's up! The correct answer was marble

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THE 20th CENTURY

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In 1974 the military overthrew this African leader who claimed to be descended from Solomon & the Queen of Sheba

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Time's up! The correct answer was Haile Selassie

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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"

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L.A. restaurant Locanda Veneta serves this veal dish con risotto

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Time's up! The correct answer was osso bucco

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ITALIAN ART

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Andrea del Sarto's 1527 version of this Biblical banquet is similar to that of Leonardo, a man he admired

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Last Supper

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THE CIVIL WAR

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Robert E. Lee saved this capital from capture with his June 1862 attack on McClellan's forces

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richmond

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ANGELS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Angel Eyes

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FUN WITH OPERA

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Pride! Envy! Gluttony! Lust! All that & more are dramatized in a 1933 opera named for this septet of vices

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Seven Deadly Sins"

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ONE-WORD RHYMES

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Nicole Kidman is one; so was Lucille Ball & Vincent Van Gogh

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Time's up! The correct answer was redhead

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"ANT" INFESTATION

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B or D, as opposed to A or O

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Time's up! The correct answer was a consonant

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PHILMOGRAPHIES

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"Doubt", "Capote"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Philip Seymour Hoffman

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RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS

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For Muslims: witnessing, prayer, alms giving, fasting & pilgrimage

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Time's up! The correct answer was Five Pillars of Faith

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THE CINEMA

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The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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WOOD & WIND

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This Frost poem ends with "And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

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POP CULTURE

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This late country singer called his autobiography "Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years of Ham"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Dean

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TAYLOR, SWIFT

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In a 2008 film he played Drillbit Taylor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Owen Wilson

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was a diamond

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THE ONION HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056

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This country "Bombed Back into the Renaissance"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Italy

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"IRA"

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This type of medieval play often shows the Virgin Mary coming to the rescue

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Time's up! The correct answer was a miracle play

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NEWS ON THE MARCH

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On March 29, 2004 Latvia & 6 other ex-Communist nations joined this organization

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Time's up! The correct answer was NATO

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CELEBRITY RHYME TIME

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Amanda's avenues

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peet's streets

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4-LETTER WORDS

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From the Welsh, it's a steep, rugged rock, or a rough, broken projecting part of a rock

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Time's up! The correct answer was a crag

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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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LITERATURE

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Modern novels with biblical titles include Jane Hamilton's "The Book of Ruth" & Toni Morrison's "Song of" him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Solomon

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IT'S EXTINCT

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The name of this extinct elephant-like creature comes from Greek meaning "breast tooth"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mastodon

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CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD

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He was the voice of Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Disney

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FUN WITH OPERA

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In an 1893 opera, the Sandman puts this young title duo to sleep & the Dew Fairy wakes them up

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hansel & Gretel

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6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR

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Catherine Earnshaw

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Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Brontë

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TREES

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Of the Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge, or the Tree of Righteousness, the 1 forbidden to Adam

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Time's up! The correct answer was Knowledge

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THE BIG 10

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In Israel Tevet is the tenth of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was month

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JURY DUTY

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The general type of this military tribunal must have at least 5 members & the defense attorney may be military or civilian

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Time's up! The correct answer was court martial

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WORLD CITIES

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Recife is called "The Venice of" this South American country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brazil

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APT ANAGRAMS

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It's decorated in December: SEARCH, SET, TRIM

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Time's up! The correct answer was Christmas tree

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PLAYWRIGHTS

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"May All Your Fences Have Gates" is a book of "Essays on the Drama of" this African-American playwright

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Time's up! The correct answer was August Wilson

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MANIAS

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A lycomaniac has a howling time believing he is one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wolf

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& THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH

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When this fish is "red", it's been smoked; if "red" in slang, it's a misleading clue

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Time's up! The correct answer was a herring

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PETER, PAUL & MARY

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This American silversmith & patriot was noted for his courier service

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Revere

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ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER

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This "Das Kapital" author stands between comedian Oliver Hardy & H.G. Wells

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Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx

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THE "B.G."s

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A small piano about 5 feet long

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Time's up! The correct answer was baby grand

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WORLD CITIES

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Recife is called "The Venice of" this South American country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brazil

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SIMPLE SCIENCE

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Number of sides on a honeycomb cell or on a snowflake

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Time's up! The correct answer was 6

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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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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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DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY

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The wood of the Eastern red this tree (actually a juniper) has a distinct aroma familiar from closets

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cedar

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EMOTICONS

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:-b.. Doing this means either you're hungry or you're a pig

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Time's up! The correct answer was drooling

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HISTORIC QUOTES

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In 1973 he warned Nixon, "We have a cancer within, close to the presidency, that is growing"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Dean

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CITY FLAGS

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Its flag features a pioneer family, a covered wagon & 2 sea gulls

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Time's up! The correct answer was Salt Lake City

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"NIGHT"

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Any of the various plants of the family Solanaceae; some may be "deadly"

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Time's up! The correct answer was nightshades

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FOOD

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A raw egg yolk usually accompanies this raw meat dish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steak Tartare

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WHEREFORE "ART" THOU

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One of these might be thrown in an English pub or shot from a blowgun in Peru

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dart

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AUSTRALIA

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The name of this capital city is Aboriginal for "meeting place"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra

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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS

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Talent ran in the family: this first woman to join the Impressionists was a granddaughter of the Rococo painter Fragonard

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Time's up! The correct answer was Berthe Morisot

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ACTRESSES ON TV

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On "Brothers & Sisters", she plays right-wing TV pundit Kitty Walker

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Time's up! The correct answer was Calista Flockhart

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ANCIENT COINS

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The animal featured on the electrum coin of Lydia, it got the world's coinage off to a roaring success

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lion

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CAPITOL THINKERS

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This Tennessee senator is a practicing physician

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Frist

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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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COLOSSUS

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Rabelaisian adjective meaning "enormous", like a task

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Time's up! The correct answer was gargantuan

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ANNIVERSARY GIFTS

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It's a nice gift for the 35th, but if you take it out of a U.S. reef you may be arrested

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coral

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HOMOPHONES

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A native of Copenhagen, or to stoop to do something

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Time's up! The correct answer was dane/deign

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ALWAYS SAY NEVER

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In his "Ballad of East and West", this Brit wrote, "east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kipling

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HOMOPHONES

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A negative vote, or a horse's whinny

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Time's up! The correct answer was nay/neigh

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TOM JONES

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Singer Tom Jones is the son of one of these workers; Loretta Lynn is famous for being the daughter of one

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coal miner

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KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI

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Published "Fear of the Wave" in 1993

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khatami

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STARTS WITH "W"

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It found no evidence of a conspiracy involving Oswald & Ruby

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Warren Commission

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COVER ME!

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A No. 1 hit for The Eurythmics in 1983, "Sweet Dreams" was covered in '95 by this goth rocker, the former Brian Warner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Manson

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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS

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From 1682 to 1689 he shared the throne with his half-brother Ivan V

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

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WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?

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Red-shouldered or red-tailed

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Time's up! The correct answer was a hawk

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4-LETTER WORDS

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Pronounced one way, it's the top of the head; pronounced another, it's French chopped liver

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Time's up! The correct answer was pâté or pate

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A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS

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DePaul, Wheaton, Northwestern

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Time's up! The correct answer was Illinois

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WORLD RELIGION

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Sukkot, a Jewish festival, began as a harvest celebration & was a model for this centuries-old American holiday

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thanksgiving

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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS

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In the 18th century she founded a medical college & the first Russian school for girls

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

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BRAND-O

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You'll go really fast in this swimwear brand worn by Olympic gold medalists

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Time's up! The correct answer was Speedo

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NOVEL QUOTES

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"...They ought to find a way of being inoculated against love" is a line from his "Anna Karenina"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leo Tolstoy

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NEWS ON THE MARCH

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On March 29, 2004 Latvia & 6 other ex-Communist nations joined this organization

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Time's up! The correct answer was NATO

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OXYMORONS

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Roberto Benigni's film "Life Is Beautiful" is a beautiful example of this oxymoronic genre

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Time's up! The correct answer was tragic comedy

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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Dustin Hoffman starred as this controversial entertainer in a 1974 biopic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lenny Bruce

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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Austria

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Time's up! The correct answer was German

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CELEBRITY RHYME TIME

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Aykroyd's blueprints

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dan's plans

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TREES

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Of the Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge, or the Tree of Righteousness, the 1 forbidden to Adam

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Time's up! The correct answer was Knowledge

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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The deepest gorge in the U.S. is this state's Hells Canyon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Idaho

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DICTATORS & TYRANTS

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By murdering all his brothers around 1413, Mehmed I took power as the fifth ruler of this empire

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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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A causeway linking Bahrain & Saudi Arabia is named for this man who became Saudi king in 1982

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Time's up! The correct answer was King Fahd

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SPORTS EVOLUTION

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By the time the British discovered this sport in India around 1860, it used a ball, no longer a goat's or enemy's head

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Time's up! The correct answer was polo

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BRITISH FASHION

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Katharine Hamnett created the '80s T-shirt telling us to "choose" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Life

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MOVIES BY ROLES

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1982: Mr. Hand, Stacy Hamilton, Jeff Spicoli

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU

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It's the "A" in the advocacy group known as MADD

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Time's up! The correct answer was Against

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THE "FIRST" STATE

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This nuclear capability is designed to completely knock out an enemy's ability to respond to your attack

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Time's up! The correct answer was first strike

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CROSSWORD CLUES "R"

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A stuffed pasta pocket (7)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a ravioli

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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s

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Cyril Ritchard hooked a 1955 Tony for playing Captain Hook in this musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Pan

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THE MAINE ATTRACTION

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Parson's Way, a scenic walkway in Kennebunkport, passes near this former president's home, Walker's Point

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bush

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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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WATERFALLS

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This scenic waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border actually consists of about 275 individual cataracts

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iguazu Falls

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ANATOMY

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The nephrons function as filtering units in this pair of organs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kidneys

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AMERICAN INDIANS

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This chief once called "The Apache Napoleon" died in the Arizona territory in 1874

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cochise

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HE WAS IN THAT?

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He appeared fleet-ingly in "Sailor Beware" with Martin & Lewis before "East of Eden" made him a star

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Dean

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CELEBS

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"You Stand Watching" this "Shine On" singer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ryan Cabrera

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FROM B TO C

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Branch of the Indo-European family of languages

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baltic

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SPORTS

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In 1991, after 12 seasons at the Salt Palace, this NBA team moved its home games to the Delta Center

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Utah Jazz

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BARD BITS

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In "Henry VIII" this cardinal bids "a long farewell to all my greatness"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cardinal Wolsey

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OSCAR NIGHT 2003

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Seen here, the Chub Chubs won the Oscar in this category

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Time's up! The correct answer was Animated Short

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ON THE STAGE

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This playwright hit the right note with "Amadeus" & then horsed around with "Equus"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Shaffer

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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How peachy: Tbilisi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia

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WHAT AILS YOU?

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Nearly 90% of all malaria cases occur on this continent

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Time's up! The correct answer was Africa

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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES

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Roy E., the son of its co-founder, died in December 2009

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Time's up! The correct answer was Disney

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"IP" SO FACTO

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A bon mot

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Time's up! The correct answer was a quip

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POLITICS

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When he ran for president in 1884, the Democrats called him the "Continental Liar From the State of Maine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was James G. Blaine

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18th CENTURY AMERICA

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These 85 essays arguing for adoption of the Constitution appeared between October 27, 1787 & May 28, 1788

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Federalist Papers

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EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....

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Of this deaf composer she wrote, "Sweet sounds, oh beautiful music, do not cease!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was L.V. Beethoven

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THE ENGLISH TOP 100

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No. 2, this verb form is a homophone of a letter of the alphabet

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Time's up! The correct answer was be

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THE "UNDER" WORLD

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It means to weaken support for something or to unearth too little ore

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Time's up! The correct answer was undermine

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BEES

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A large crowd of bees on the move

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Time's up! The correct answer was a swarm

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"COURT" BRIEFS

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Marsupial term for a self-appointed tribunal that parodies existing principles of law

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kangaroo court

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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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AFRICANA

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In 2000 Durban in this country hosted the 13th International AIDS Conference & the first held on the continent

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Time's up! The correct answer was South Africa

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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"

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From the Italian for "bad air", this disease kills more than one million people each year

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Time's up! The correct answer was malaria

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AND I QUOTE

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Kim Walker's character in "Say Anything" has this annoying habit when quoting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Making quotations with your fingers

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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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IRAQNOPHOBIA

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The name of this Iraqi currency is derived from a Latin word for "ten"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dinar

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STATE: THE OBVIOUS

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Florida's in the southeast corner of the 48 contiguous states; this state is in the northwest corner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.

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The Peacock room at the Freer Gallery shows the fun-loving side of this artist known for that dour depiction of mama

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Time's up! The correct answer was Whistler

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PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS

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The end finally came for this Pres. in Elberon, New Jersey from blood posioning after being shot

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Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield

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WORLD HISTORY

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This Portuguese "Admiral of the Indian Seas" discovered & named the Amirante Islands

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vasco da Gama

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"IP" SO FACTO

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A bon mot

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Time's up! The correct answer was a quip

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CELEBRITY RHYME TIME

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The vistas seen from Ms. Barrymore's home

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Time's up! The correct answer was Drew's views

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NOVEL QUOTES

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"Never laugh at live dragons", warned this author in "The Hobbit" -- good advice

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Time's up! The correct answer was J.R.R. Tolkien

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IT'S "BIG"

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This cosmology theory's name came from Fred Hoyle's joke about it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Big Bang

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KIDS IN SPORTS

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Park View of Chula Vista, California beat Taipei 6-3 to win this organization's 2009 World Series

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Little League

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CAPITAL IDEA

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This capital was created because Rio de Janeiro was overcrowded & isolated from the rest of the country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brasilia

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ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?

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Philippe of this family is Chief Ocean Correspondent for Animal Planet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau

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SPIELBERG MOVIES

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Spielberg wasn't paid for directing this film; he said it would be "blood money"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Schindler's List

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THE LAW

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From the Latin "to refer", it's the way by which laws proposed by a legislature are put to popular vote

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Time's up! The correct answer was Referendum

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WEATHER WORLD

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The Australian mountains that include the Charlotte's Pass ski area, or the weather there in July

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snowy

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THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS

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The wolf in the Capitoline Wolf statue may be Etruscan; these 2 babies she's suckling were added around 1509

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romulus & Remus

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THE 1970 TV SEASON

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The prime time spellcaster wasn't Sabrina, but Samantha in this series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bewitched

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WORLD FACTS

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In area this country whose capital is now called Yangon is the largest in mainland southeast Asia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar

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BRITISH INVENTIONS

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A perambulator or pram to the Brits, it was invented in 1733 by William Kent for the Duke of Devonshire's kids

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Time's up! The correct answer was a baby carriage

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LITERARY EPITAPHS

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Beloved father of Cordelia, less beloved father of Goneril & Regan

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Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear

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CELEBS

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Her 18th birthday party was "A Cinderella Story" with 300 guests & red velvet cake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hilary Duff

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THE BODY WOMAN

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Location of the zygomatic bones; fashion models may have prominent ones

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Time's up! The correct answer was cheekbones

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HOMOPHONES

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Quote an authority, or catch a glimpse of something

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Time's up! The correct answer was cite/sight

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MEET THE PARENTS

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CBS, Blockbuster, Simon & Schuster

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Time's up! The correct answer was Viacom

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OF "RATH"

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It's an adjective meaning really, really angry

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Time's up! The correct answer was wrathful

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WORLD COINS

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In 1999 it issued its 1-oz. silver kookaburra coin with honor marks reproducing several U.S. state quarters

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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia

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WORLD CITIES

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From Bei Hai Park in this city, pass the Great Hall of the People, bear left, & then it's straight on to Mao's mausoleum

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing

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NOVELISTS

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This Scottish novelist is buried at the summit of Mt. Vaea on Upolu, an island of Western Samoa

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Louis Stevenson

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18th CENTURY AMERICA

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In 1792 Robert Thomas founded this almanac that contained useful weather info; the "Old" was added later

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Farmers' Almanac

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ARCHITECTS

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Dallas-Fort Worth Airport architect Gyo Obata helped design this Smithsonian museum

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Time's up! The correct answer was Air & Space Museum

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DECADES OF BESTSELLERS

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"The Power of Positive Thinking" & "Marjorie Morningstar"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1950s

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ACTORS' RHYME TIME

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Nolte's films

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nick's flicks

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"F"OOD

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The name of these long, flat egg noodles means "little ribbons"

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Time's up! The correct answer was fettuccine

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SPORTS EQUIPMENT

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A curved wicker basket called a cesta is used to catch & throw the ball in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was jai alai

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BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS

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Maker's ___ Sanchez

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark

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U.S. CITIES

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Principal routes through this capital include Ala Moana Boulevard & Pali Highway

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Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu

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"R"OCK MUSIC

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UB40 sang that this makes me "feel so fine, you keep me rocking all of the time"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red Red Wine

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PLANTS

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Name for a low, enclosed bed covered with glass or plastic for starting plants before the season

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cold Frame

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'ALLO, GOVERNOR!

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Henry S. Thibodaux, P.B.S. Pinchback

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana

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FORE!

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This hazard is simply a depression in the ground; if it contains sand it's called a sand trap

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bunker

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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He directed Jessica Tandy's Oscar-winning performance in "Driving Miss Daisy"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Beresford

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PARTS OF PEACH

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If this part of a peach is downy or fuzzy, the fruit's called a peach; if it's smooth, a nectarine

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Time's up! The correct answer was the skin

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THE MISFITS

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1965's "The Outlaws Is Coming" was the last movie featuring this wacky trio of comedy misfits

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Three Stooges

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BOTANY

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Prized for its oil, this evergreen shrub of the American southwest is also known as the goat nut

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jojoba

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ODDS & ENDS

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Muhammad received the first of the Koran's revelations during this holy month

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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Administrative units in this country include Giza, Aswan & Suez

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Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt

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LOW CUT GENES

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Because they develop from a single ovum, this variety of twins has the same genetic makeup

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Time's up! The correct answer was identical

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AMERICAN COUNTIES

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All the letters in this state's name are found in the name of its Uintah County

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Time's up! The correct answer was Utah

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AT THE BUILDING SITE

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A teacher could handle this, the moving of earth to form a smooth surface for a roadway

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Time's up! The correct answer was a grader

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FROM THE GREEK

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The name of this solid figure used to disperse light into a spectrum is from the Greek for "something sawed"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a prism

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COLONIAL ARTS

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Meaning "tobacco peddler", it's the title of a 1708 Ebenezer Cooke poem & a 1960 John Barth novel about Cooke

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sot-Weed Factor

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TECHNOLOGY

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Eli Whitney's nephew invented a crusher used to grind up rock for surfacing these

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Time's up! The correct answer was roads

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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To audition for this musical, Yul Brynner sang while sitting cross-legged on the floor

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

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SPORTS NAME ORIGINS

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This racket sport takes its name from the country home of the 19th century Duke of Beaufort

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Time's up! The correct answer was Badminton

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ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN

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Symphony Beethoven "composed to celebrate the memory of a great man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eroica

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THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS

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This clam named for a sharp instrument can burrow almost as fast as you can shovel

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Time's up! The correct answer was a razor clam

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TURNING 40 IN '98

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Damon, Marlon & Kim's big brother, he turned 40 on June 8

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Time's up! The correct answer was Keenan Ivory Wayans

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"BLACK" OR "WHITE"

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John Archibald Wheeler coined this term in the '60s for a collapsed star so dense, no light can escape it

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Time's up! The correct answer was black hole

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"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH

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Carol Channing's Broadway ballad from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"

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ASIAN NATIONS

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The Baath party rules these 2 Mideast countries

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq & Syria

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TOP O' THE CHARTS

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In 1977 this "sleepy" song became Fleetwood Mac's only No. 1 hit

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

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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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YOUTH IN ASIA

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With songs like "Fly Away", rock star Cui Jian is one of the leading pop musicians from this Asian country

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Time's up! The correct answer was China

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EDUCATION JARGON

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65 out of 100 students did the same as or worse than you if your grade is in the 65th of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was percentile

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IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL

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"Who Knew" this colorful singer could be so "M!ssundaztood"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pink

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THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD

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Cozy, wax or quilt

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Time's up! The correct answer was cozy

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LANGUAGE QUESTIONS

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In Latin, the "5 W's" are mostly Q's; quid means what, quare means why and quando means this

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Time's up! The correct answer was when

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RADIO

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Instrument struck when a contestant failed on the "Original Amateur Hour"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a gong

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SAY "CHI"s

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In the Army today no one outranks General George W. Casey Jr., because he's this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chief of Staff

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GETTING TICKED OFF

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Jealous of this Prussian chancellor's fame, Wilhelm II sank him by forcing his resignation in 1890

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bismarck

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I WANT TO RIDE THAT!

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The Pitt Fall is a scary free fall ride at Kennywood, near this second-largest Pennsylvania city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh

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MEET THE PARENTS

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Hyperion Books, Mammoth Records, Miramax Films

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Time's up! The correct answer was Disney

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AGRICULTURE

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The type of irrigation seen here, it was used in Israel to make the desert bloom

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Time's up! The correct answer was drip irrigation

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EDGAR AWARD WINNERS

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Writing about the world of horse racing, he's won for "Forfeit" & "Come to Grief"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Francis

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THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS

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Nicole Kidman dropped out of playing Brad Pitt's wife in this film; you may have heard Angelina Jolie got the part

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. & Mrs. Smith

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DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA

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Giving the devil his due, Fr. Karras invites the devil inside himself, then exits from the second floor in this 1973 movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Exorcist

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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS

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Proved nice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Providence

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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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PIANO KEYS

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They're adjacent on the keyboard as well as in an abbreviation for a popular format of recorded music

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Time's up! The correct answer was C & D

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ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES

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The 19th century's "Widow of Windsor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Victoria

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ODDS & ENDS

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For about $200 a whack, you can spend the night at the Fall River MA home of this alleged murderess

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lizzie Borden

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FAMOUS JACQUES

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He composed both "The Tales of Hoffmann" & that scandalous "Cancan" music

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Time's up! The correct answer was Offenbach

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SPORTS

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Earl Anthony rolled on to a record 41 titles in this sport, Mark Roth is second

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bowling

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WORLD CITIES

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The Tsarina's Stone is the oldest monument in this city that was made Finland's capital by Russian insistence

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Time's up! The correct answer was Helsinki

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BREAKING NEWS

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Before this hotel mogul's elbow broke through it, a Picasso he owned was worth $139 million; after, $85 million

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Wynn

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"D" IN HISTORY

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In 1868 he became the first person of Jewish ancestry to become prime minister of Great Britain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin Disraeli

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THE PRODUCERS

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It leads the states in apple production

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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U.S. STATES

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This state got its nickname, "Badger State", from the 1820s miners who dug into its hillsides

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wisconsin

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SPOILER ALERT!

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1968: The baby's father, could it be... Satan?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rosemary's Baby

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ETIQUETTE

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After a family meal, you may fold this item & place it back inside its ring

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Time's up! The correct answer was a napkin

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A VIOLENT CATEGORY

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To hit with a fist, or to herd cattle like a cowboy

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Time's up! The correct answer was punch

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20th CENTURY DESIGN

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The U.S. pavilion at Montreal's Expo 67 was covered by one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a geodesic dome

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POETIC TERMS

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It's an echoic term for words like hiss that imitate an actual sound

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Time's up! The correct answer was onomatopeia

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BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR

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Quebec &, a year later, Trenton

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Revolutionary War

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DANGER IN WONDERLAND

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These 2 brothers may look like dimwits but they're vicious; beware the sword & umbrella, their weapons of choice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tweedledum & Tweedledee

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Star of "The Exorcist" who disappears from the Maryland woods in a scary 1999 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Linda Blair Witch Project

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LITERATURE

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"Eugenie Grandet" is considered one of the finest novels in his series "La Comedie Humaine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Balzac

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FROM THE FRENCH

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This light tannish color gets its name from the French for "raw", as in raw vegetables

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Time's up! The correct answer was ecru

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"TOO" MUCH

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It's a small porch on the front of the house

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Time's up! The correct answer was a stoop

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UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS

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While Harvard has the Crimson, this university has the Crimson Tide

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama

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SRO

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3-letter word that's the title of Yasmina Reza's hit play about an all-white painting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Art

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KNIGHTS

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This adjective, a synonym for "wandering", describes the type of knight satirized by Cervantes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Knight-errant

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5-LETTER WORDS

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It's the zodiac sign symbolized by a ram

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aries

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AUTHORS

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He wrote his last short story, "The Betrothed", shortly before his play "The Cherry Orchard"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chekhov

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ART

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In 1920 this impressionist, known for his water lilies, painted another plant, "Wisteria"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Monet

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PRESIDENTS IN IOWA

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In 1975 Ford attended this, the subject of a 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein film musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa State Fair

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ALL MY Xs

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In a 2002 film, number of Xs on Vin Diesel's neck tattoo

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Time's up! The correct answer was 3

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EARLY AMERICA

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In 1610 the Spanish began building the Palace of the Governors in what is now this Southwest city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Fe

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ON THE STAGE

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This playwright hit the right note with "Amadeus" & then horsed around with "Equus"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Shaffer

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TECHNOLOGY

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In 1835 C.S.A. Thilorier froze this gas to create the first "dry ice"

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Time's up! The correct answer was carbon dioxide

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A LA "CART"

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While 2 of its wheels head toward produce, 1 goes to dairy, the other to checkout

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Time's up! The correct answer was a shopping cart

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HEADS OF STATE

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In 1976 this current president of France founded the Rally for the Republic Party

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Chirac

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LIVE IN TEXAS

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This billionaire Texan was asked to testify on his Plano company's involvement in California's energy crisis

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Time's up! The correct answer was H. Ross Perot

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WEATHER WORLD

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In addition to helping commerce, these ocean winds bring pleasant weather to islands like Hawaii

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Time's up! The correct answer was trade winds

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RIVERS

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It was once believed that this river "originated in the Mountains of the Moon"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile

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RUSSIAN

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A shapka is this: mikhavaya shapka is a fur one, to keep your ears warm

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Time's up! The correct answer was a hat

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20th CENTURY BOOKS

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Chapter I of this book tells us: "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Angela's Ashes

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THE NAACP

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This future Supreme Court justice won 29 of the 32 cases he argued before the court as a lawyer for the NAACP

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thurgood Marshall

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ALSO A TOOL

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This drink consists of 2 ounces of vodka & 5 ounces of orange juice

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Time's up! The correct answer was a screwdriver

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PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME

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Arthur's school terms

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chester's semesters

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I'M GOING "INN"

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2-word term for a tuxedo

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Time's up! The correct answer was dinner jacket

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"DEM"-ONS

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A formal reduction in rank, status or position

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Time's up! The correct answer was demotion

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JUBAL EARLY

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Confederate general Jubal Early idolized this general, who called him "My Bad Old Man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert E. Lee

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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES

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Playwright who made his film debut in "Renaldo and Clara" in 1978 & won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in '79

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sam Shepard

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AskOxford.com

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Brits don't like this name for a phone keypad symbol--reminds them of a unit of currency that has another symbol

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Time's up! The correct answer was pound

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FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS

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Perkins & Stafford Loans & Pell Grants are for these people

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Time's up! The correct answer was college students

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NAME THE POET

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"Drink to me only with thine eyes, / And I will pledge with mine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ben Jonson

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SCULPTURE

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This country's 12th century sculptor Unkei is known for his wooden statues carved for Buddhist temples

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES

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Pfounded in 18P49

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pfizer

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EUROPE

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Descriptive term for the flag of Italy & the flag of France

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tricolor

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A LA "CART"

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The 1st graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy to become president

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Carter

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I DID IT NORWAY

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On the scenic Lofoten Islands, you can stay in Rorbuer, cottages traditionally used by those in this profession

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Time's up! The correct answer was fishing

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FOR THE FASHIONISTA

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Style.com stated that your spring 2006 wardrobe must include a baby-doll dress in the style of this decade

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Time's up! The correct answer was the '60s

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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS

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In a Chekhov play, Mme. Ranevsky is the owner of this title area of land

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Cherry Orchard"

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THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH

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In 1893 the queen seen here (Liliuokalani) became the last monarch of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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THE BIG APPLE

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He was inaugurated for his second time as mayor of New York City January 1, 1998

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rudolph Giuliani

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PEARLS OF WISDOM

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A 17th century writer: "Angling can be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully learnt"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Izaak Walton

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20th CENTURY DESIGN

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The firm of Piano & Rogers is famous for this high-tech Paris landmark built 1971-77

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Pompidou Centre

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BRITISH FASHION

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Designer Vivienne Westwood ran a shop with Malcolm McLaren, who launched this Johnny Rotten band

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sex Pistols

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TECHNOLOGY

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A fault in the rotation speed of this device produces a sound called a "wow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a turntable

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WATERFALLS

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The height of Shoshone Falls on this river in Idaho exceeds that of Niagara Falls

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snake River

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FROM B TO C

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1829 novelist of "Les Chouans"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Balzac

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ARE WE THERE YET?

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This oldest national park has entrances in Wyoming & Montana

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yellowstone

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PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE

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Parmesan is named for Parma, & this other grated cheese is named for Italy's capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romano

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OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT

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1964: Joe Frazier; 1996: Wladimir Klitschko

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Time's up! The correct answer was boxing

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CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?

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This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ontario

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THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...

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Genesis

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Time's up! The correct answer was Exodus

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

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Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gotham

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BIG "STAR"

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In WWI Germany introduced this chemical weapon, C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>8</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>S

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Time's up! The correct answer was mustard gas

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MAY DAYS

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On May 6, 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte won this country's presidential election with 54% of the vote

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Time's up! The correct answer was El Salvador

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MEN OF THE WORLD

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This media mogul from Melbourne has been called a real-life Citizen Kane

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch

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AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE

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Australia has the only all-black species of this bird, Cygnus atratus

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Time's up! The correct answer was a swan

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KIDDY LIT

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The wedding meal eaten by this odd Edward Lear pair is "mince and slices of quince"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the owl and the pussycat

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CAPITOL THINKERS

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This Tennessee senator is a practicing physician

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Frist

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PLAY ADJECTIVES

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Mark Medoff's "Children of a ____ God"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lesser

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ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE

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Native Americans grew these together with corn & at harvest time combined them into "M'sickquatash"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lima beans

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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Oxford University's fall term is named for this -mas, not Christmas; it's a saint's Sept. 29 feast day

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michaelmas

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THE RULE OF THIRDS

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Twice in the 1990s, he came in third in U.S. presidential elections

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ross Perot

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MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER

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Writing about this author's "The Deerslayer", Twain called its pathos "funny" & "its love-scenes odious"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cooper

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INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME

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An automobile for any former Russian emperor

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Czar car

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JURY DUTY

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The general type of this military tribunal must have at least 5 members & the defense attorney may be military or civilian

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Time's up! The correct answer was court martial

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MOVIE TAG LINES

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1982 film that showed "A world inside a computer where man has never been. Never before now"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tron

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BASIC SCIENCE

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Graphite is a soft form of this element

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Time's up! The correct answer was carbon

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TURKISH LITERATURE

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A religious kaside poem praised God, this man or his son-in-law, Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph

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Time's up! The correct answer was Muhammad

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WOMEN'S HEALTH

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Joint pain is one symptom of SLE, a common disorder in women that's also called by this 5-letter name

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Time's up! The correct answer was lupus

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RELIGION

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In this Asian religion, a lohan is not an actress but a holy person, & monasteries have images of lohans

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buddhism

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BUSINESS LEADERS

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In 1886 he started his first successful business, the Lancaster Caramel Co.; the chocolate came later

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hershey

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CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AUTHORS

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In May 1973 Sports Illustrated ran one of his short stories under the title "A Day of Wine and Roses"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Francis

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AYE! IT'S IRELAND

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Held each year in County Kildare, the Irish Derby is a famous event in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was Horse racing

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MISC.

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This noble gas glows orange-red when an electric current is passed through it

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Time's up! The correct answer was neon

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THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS

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In 1775 his leg was severely wounded in an assault on Quebec & he was promoted to brig. gen.; 5 years later, he'd be in disgrace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benedict Arnold

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I WANT TO RIDE THAT!

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The Pitt Fall is a scary free fall ride at Kennywood, near this second-largest Pennsylvania city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

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Heading to Valparaiso, a seaport in this South American country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chile

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FOUND

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Fritz & Laura Perls founded this school of psychotherapy, from German for "form"

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THE CIVIL WAR

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Northerners who sought advantage in the post-war South were said to tote their belongings in these

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Time's up! The correct answer was carpetbags

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IRAQNOPHOBIA

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During the Gulf War, foreign journalists used this city's Al-Rashid Hotel as their base of operations

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baghdad

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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS

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Jean Duvet created a series of engravings depicting the hunting of this 1-horned mythical beast

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Time's up! The correct answer was unicorn

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IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY

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Canada

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Time's up! The correct answer was the United States

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& CROWN THY GOOD

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George I, king of this country from 1863 to 1913, supported a movement to revive the Olympics, abolished in 393

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece

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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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JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST

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(Hi, I'm Leonard Maltin) I like to think of this 2000 Julia Roberts movie as an "Energetic, engaging David vs. Goliath story"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Erin Brockovich

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DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB

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He quit as the Beatles' bass player to become a painter in 1961

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stuart Sutcliffe

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ROGUE

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This country's acceptance of responsibility for the Pan Am 103 bombing helped it lose its rogue status

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Time's up! The correct answer was Libya

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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Character who is “corny as Kansas in August”

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nellie Forbush

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U.S. STATES

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It's the only U.S. state named for a French king

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana

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MOTTOES

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"All power to the people" was the motto of this African-American political organization of the 1960s

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

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TELEVISION

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In 1999 an ABC sitcom dropped "a Pizza Place" from its name, which changed to this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Two Guys and a Girl

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EARLY AMERICA

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The Molasses Act of 1733 placed high duties on molasses & this potent potable from non-English possessions

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Time's up! The correct answer was rum

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IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY

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Brunei

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Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia

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THE PRODUCERS

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This West Coast state procuces the most wind-generated energy

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Time's up! The correct answer was California

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VERBS

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Appropriate last name of Captain William of 18th century Virginia, who promoted vigilante justice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lynch

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PEANUTS

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Charlie Brown's parents bought Snoopy at this puppy farm

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daisy Hill Puppy Farm

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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To fight with the fists, "put up" these noblemen

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Time's up! The correct answer was your dukes

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CLIMBING

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In "Vertical Limit" Robin Tunney is menaced by this high-altitude condition of fluid leaking into the lungs

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Time's up! The correct answer was pulmonary edema

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POP MUSIC

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In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia

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ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS

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It's an abbreviation for Grand Prix auto racing

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Time's up! The correct answer was F1

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THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS

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The wolf in the Capitoline Wolf statue may be Etruscan; these 2 babies she's suckling were added around 1509

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romulus & Remus

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COLOGNE RANGER

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Born in Cologne in 1876, he was the first chancellor of West Germany following World War II

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Time's up! The correct answer was Konrad Adenauer

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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This continent's Mali empire reached its apogee under Mansa Musa in the 14th century

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Time's up! The correct answer was Africa

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AFRICANA

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The southern part of Africa is often called "Sub-" this 3 1/2-million-square-mile area

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara

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PRINCETON

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In 1783 Princeton's Nassau Hall doubled as this for the nation

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Time's up! The correct answer was capital

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BUSINESS BUDDIES

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A crossword puzzle book started it all for Richard L. Simon & this publishing partner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Schuster

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THE 19th CENTURY

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In 1880 this Lincoln county sheriff captured Billy the Kid

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pat Garrett

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CROSSWORD CLUES "J"

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Riding breeches (8)

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Time's up! The correct answer was jodhpurs

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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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BASEBALL

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The "Black Sox" team that threw the 1919 World Series lost to this Ohio team

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cincinnati Reds

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DRAMA

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"Romanoff and Juliet" is one of many plays by this actor-writer of Russian descent

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Ustinov

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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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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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He was honored for discovering "hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut"

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

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PHRASES THAT SELL

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"Be all that you can be" in this military branch

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Army

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SLIM VOLUMES

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Recent diet books: "The Paleo Diet" & "Neanderthin: Eat Like" one of these "to achieve a lean, strong, healthy body"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Caveman

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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We're still waiting for a "Des Moines" version of this CBS crime show to accompany the Vegas, Miami & N.Y. ones

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Time's up! The correct answer was CSI

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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES

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It has a Supercenter on South 9th St. in Salina, Kansas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walmart

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MORE POWER TO YOU

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2-word term for the job that takes you to homes to figure out how much people owe the power company

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Time's up! The correct answer was a meter reader

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ANIMALS

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This Arctic bear's feet are webbed & have hairy soles

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Time's up! The correct answer was Polar bear

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LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Not just a remark like "the soup's too salty", it's a formal charge a victim can swear out, leading to an arrest

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Time's up! The correct answer was a complaint

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SAINTS

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Saint Fursey's visions were recorded by this venerable saint

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bede

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THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION

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He's considered the author of the Pentateuch, which is hard to believe, as Deuteronomy continues after his death

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moses

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ANCIENT VIP's

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Uncle of Caligula and stepfather of Nero, this Roman emperor was poisoned by his wife, Nero's mother

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Time's up! The correct answer was Claudius

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RUSSIAN

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Blinaya means this, the "hop" in IHOP

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Time's up! The correct answer was house of pancakes

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COLONIAL ARTS

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James Alexander, whose doggerel contributed to this publisher's arrest, helped defend him as a lawyer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zenger

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POLITICIANS

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Now a Tennessee senator, he appeared in the films "Die Hard 2" & "The Hunt For Red October"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Dalton Thompson

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THE 50 STATES

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This state's famous Derby at Churchill Downs is held annually on the first Saturday of May

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky

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ACTORS WHO DIRECT

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"Rocky II", "III" & "IV"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvester Stallone

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BIG, REALLY BIG!

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The 120-foot big bat being transported here is now at the Kentucky museum named for this 2-word brand

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisville Slugger

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POLITICAL SLOGANS

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In the early 1930s Americans were told that it was “just around the corner”

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Time's up! The correct answer was prosperity

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COMMON SIMILES

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This ichthyological simile might apply to someone spending too much time at the bar

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Time's up! The correct answer was drinking like a fish

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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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NO. 32

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It begins "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven"

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Time's up! The correct answer was 32nd Psalm

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BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE

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Knowing it's from the Greek for "serpent" might turn you off this name of a doomed lass in "Hamlet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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In the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", he's Tippecanoe

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Henry Harrison

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PRESIDENTS

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This Iowan was the first President born west of the Mississippi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Herbert Hoover

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PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE

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Samsoe is a Swiss-style cow's milk cheese named for an island in this Scandinavian country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Denmark

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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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BEING THOREAU

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Thoreau praised this man's actions at Harpers Ferry & eulogized him in 3 lectures

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Brown

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TECHNOLOGY

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"GUI" stands for this.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Graphical User Interface

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SOUND LIKE A LOCAL

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Pedernales is in the Dominican Republic; north of the border, the Pedernales River is in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas

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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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BUSINESS BUDDIES

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S. Duncan Black & this partner filed a patent for a drill in 1914

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Time's up! The correct answer was Decker

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YES, THAT'S "WHITE"

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Milk with butter & flour added used as a base in cooking

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Time's up! The correct answer was a white sauce

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WOOD & WIND

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In this Herman Wouk tale, Pug Henry is an advisor to FDR prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Winds of War

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MYTHOLOGY

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Daedalus used this substance to fasten the wings to his back

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Time's up! The correct answer was wax

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TOUR OF JUDY

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This CNN news anchor once worked as a correspondent for "The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Woodruff

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TRUE LIVES

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"In Her Sister's Shadow" is a biography of Lee Radziwill, sister of this woman

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Louisa May Alcott & relationship guru John Gray collaborated on this book sequel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

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VERBS

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As a verb, this British nationality means to put an end to something abruptly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch

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THE USA

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At an altitude of about 10,200 feet, this Colorado city is the highest incorporated city in the USA

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leadville

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SCIENCE GUYS

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His grandfather Erasmus argued in favor of evolution 60 years before he took up the cause himself

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Time's up! The correct answer was Darwin

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HORS D'OEUVRES

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Chicken livers & water chestnuts wrapped in bacon; fortune cookies to follow

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Time's up! The correct answer was rumaki

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ALL MY SONS

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Nickname of the "son" who terrorized NYC in the summer of '77

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Time's up! The correct answer was Son of Sam

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THE ROMANOV DYNASTY

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All 3 of the Romanov czars named Alexander reigned during this century

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 19th century

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ALL "AMERICAN"

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Their publications include "First Aid Fast" & a "Babysitter's Handbook"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the American Red Cross

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AIRLINE TRAVEL

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In 2004 United launched this new service that features low fares & more seats per plane

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ted

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HEISMAN WINNERS

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In 2006 Troy Smith joined Eddie George & back-to-back winner Archie Griffin as winners from this school

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ohio State

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NO. 32

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The Los Angeles Lakers retired his No. 32 jersey

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Time's up! The correct answer was Earvin "Magic" Johnson

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THE BIBLE

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Under the command of this Babylonian king, Nebuzaradan burned "All the houses of Jerusalem"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nebuchadnezzar

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GEOGRAPH"Y"

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The last British ship of convicts pulled into this Australian city's port in 1849

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sydney

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WORDS OF LOVE

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In "Prometheus Unbound", he wrote, "All love is sweet, given or returned. Common as light is love"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Bysshe Shelley

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ITALIAN

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The divine "Don Giovanni" duet "La ci darem la mano" means "There, you'll give me" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was your hand

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TV PRODUCERS

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He moved from "Melrose Place" to the east coast for "Central Park West" & "Sex & the City"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Darren Star

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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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CHECK OUT MY CRIB

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A Black Molly or 2 would be perfect to keep this calming crib feature in your living room free from algae

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Time's up! The correct answer was an aquarium

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BIG MERGERS

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On March 9, 1999 AT&T officially hooked itself up with this cable company (we figure sometime between 1 & 5 PM)

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Time's up! The correct answer was TCI

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IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY

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Brunei

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Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia

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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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This father-in-law of Richard Wagner died July 31, 1886, during the Wagner festival at Bayreuth

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Time's up! The correct answer was Franz Liszt

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL

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This former Boston College & New England Patriots QB was the CFL's most outstanding player 6 times

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doug Flutie

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SPOOKS

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In the early '70s East German spy Gunter Guillaume infiltrated the office of this West German chancellor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Brandt

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FUN WITH OPERA

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"The Jesters' Supper" was first performed in this city where you'll find Da Vinci's "Last Supper"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Milan

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HISPANIC HISTORY

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Around 1829 this Mexican began calling himself the "Napoleon of the West"

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Time's up! The correct answer was General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

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ANIMAL GROUPS

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Kangaroos, monkeys & Boy Scouts all come in these groups

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Time's up! The correct answer was troops

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BASEBALL

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In 1961 owner Calvin Griffith moved this team to Minneapolis where it became the Minnesota Twins

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington Senators

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THE CIVIL WAR

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1 of the 3 men whom Lincoln defeated in the 1860 presidential election

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Time's up! The correct answer was Breckenridge

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"LAP" DANCE

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A region of northern Scandinavia or Russia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lapland

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CROSSWORD CLUES "E"

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Count off one-by-one (9)

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Time's up! The correct answer was enumerate

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SPIELBERG MOVIES

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Spielberg directed segment 2 of this 1983 movie based on a creepy anthology series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twilight Zone

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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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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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How about a nice traditional Hawaiian pizza topped with ham or Canadian bacon & this fruit

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Time's up! The correct answer was pineapple

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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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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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This British wax museum famed for its chamber of horrors now has a time-traveling ride in it, too

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Time's up! The correct answer was Madame Tussauds

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THE RENAISSANCE

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Plays were either comedies, tragedies or these love tales about woodland goddesses & shepherds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pastorals

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BALLET

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Cadets attend a dance at a girls' school in "Graduation Ball", a ballet set in this capital of Austria

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna

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LANDINGS

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The ILS, short for this, was first installed at Indianapolis in 1940

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Instrument Landing System

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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He was honored for discovering "hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut"

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

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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2004: Monster hunter Dr. Gabriel Van Helsing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackman

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HISTORIC QUOTES

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When asked how he became a hero, this president replied, "It was involuntary. They sank my boat"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy

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THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD

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Fad, dad or glad

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Time's up! The correct answer was fad

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BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR

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Quebec &, a year later, Trenton

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Revolutionary War

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"TRI" HARDER

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A court of justice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trribunal

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BRITISH INVENTIONS

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For the military, zoologist John Kerr developed the "dazzle paint" type of this, something animals also use

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Time's up! The correct answer was camouflage

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MAY DAYS

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Henry VIII imported an executioner from France just to behead this second wife on May 19, 1536

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Boleyn

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OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT

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1896: Ellery Clark, 20' 10"; 2000: Ivan Pedroso, 28' 3/4"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the long jump

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THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC

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In a 1979 hit by the Police she's told, "You don't have to sell your body to the night"

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

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THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS

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This clam named for a sharp instrument can burrow almost as fast as you can shovel

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Time's up! The correct answer was a razor clam

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"LAP" DANCE

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Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction & Porno for Pyros founded this mega-concert event

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lollapalooza

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NYPD TV

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In 1982 Sharon Gless took over for Meg Foster to partner with Tyne Daily as this title pair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cagney & Lacey

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IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY

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In 1896 George Carmack, Skookum Jim & Tagish Charlie found gold in this territory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yukon Territory

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GET SMART

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A U. of California study found that listening to the too many notes in this guy's sonatas raised IQ scores 8-9 points

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart

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THE "CO"-CATEGORY

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It's the smallest armed service of the United States

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Coast Guard

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MUNICH

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On Munich's coat of arms you'll find one of these religious figures who originally settled the city and gave it its name

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Time's up! The correct answer was monk

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"TEEN" SCENE

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A holder for liquid, or a military base's general store

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Time's up! The correct answer was a canteen

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FOOD

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It's an Italian version of an omelet, served pancake-style

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Time's up! The correct answer was a frittata

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DOUBLE-O WORDS

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Legend says in 1652 Dutch Admiral Tromp placed this at his masthead after sweeping the English from the sea

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Time's up! The correct answer was a broom

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ACTION!

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The action of a boy can ring a girl's bell, & the action of these can ring a buoy's bell

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Time's up! The correct answer was a wave

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STATE BIRDS

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Kentucky: This colorful songbird

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cardinal

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FOOD FACTS

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Veal cutlets dipped in bread crumbs & cheese, then fried & covered with tomato sauce

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Time's up! The correct answer was Veal Parmigiana

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THE "A" "B" "C"s

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In a 1976 Playboy interview, Jimmy Carter said he'd committed this in his heart many times

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adultery

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I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY

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The 42 bridges of the Overseas Highway link many of this state's islands to the mainland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Florida

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A REALLY BIG CATEGORY

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At 3 1/2 million square miles, this largest desert could just about cover the United States

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara

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LOW TECH

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16 tablespoons equals one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cup

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TECHNOLOGY

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The Apple LISA failed because of costing this many dollars at launch.

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Time's up! The correct answer was 10000

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2-LETTER WORDS

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An Italian river, or the red Teletubby

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Time's up! The correct answer was Po

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TELEVISION

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In 1998 Brian Dennehy made his first appearance as Red Finch, David Spade's firefighter father, on this hit series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Just Shoot Me

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THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION

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In 1534 he & his buddy Francis Xavier founded the Society of Jesus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Loyola

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FLOWER

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Bergamot is also called the "balm" of these creatures to which it's highly attractive

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Time's up! The correct answer was bees

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FROM B TO C

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Pompous; overblown

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Time's up! The correct answer was bombastic

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HEY, "BABY"

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Nickname of Haiti's Jean-Claude Duvalier

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Baby Doc"

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19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS

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James K. Polk is the only president to have previously held this position in the House of Representatives

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Time's up! The correct answer was Speaker

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FUNDRAISING

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Donations in the form of equipment or time instead of money are called "in" this 4-letter word

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Time's up! The correct answer was in kind

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I'M GOING "INN"

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2-word term for a tuxedo

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Time's up! The correct answer was dinner jacket

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ROUGH POLITICS

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In March 1974, 7 ex-Nixon officials were arrested for conspiracy, including this former Chief of Staff

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Time's up! The correct answer was Haldeman

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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'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH

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The name of a popular Southern liquor brand, it's also the state game bird of Alabama

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wild Turkey

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JAZZ IT UP

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This Thelonious Monk composition provided the title for a 1986 jazz film starring Dexter Gordon

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Time's up! The correct answer was 'Round Midnight

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DAN-O-MITE

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American architect Daniel Burnham was the Director of Works at the 1893 World's Fair in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago

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HISTORIC AMERICA

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Pompey's Pillar, a rock formation in Montana, was named by Capt. William Clark for the son of this Indian guide

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sacajawea

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“SAINTS”

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“St. Elsewhere” is the nickname for this TV hospital

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Eligius

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JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST

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It was viva Las Vegas for Julia, who played the Angie Dickinson role in the remake of this film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ocean's Eleven

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GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT

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"First Blood" was a Rambo movie; this 2007 film had Daniel Day-Lewis searching for oil

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Time's up! The correct answer was There Will Be Blood

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19th CENTURY LITERATURE

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William Wells Brown's "Clotel; or, The President's Daughter" is about the kids this man allegedly had with a slave

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson

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THE 19th CENTURY

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In 1880 this Lincoln county sheriff captured Billy the Kid

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pat Garrett

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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS

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Poke at

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Time's up! The correct answer was Topeka

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I DID IT NORWAY

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Winter sports lovers benefit from the 2-billion-kroner upgrade of this 1994 Olympic city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer

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MUSIC/TELEVISION

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Phil Collins, Ted Nugent & The Fat Boys hit the Sunshine State on this '80s cop show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Miami Vice

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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s

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Bloody Mary was the girl the Tonys loved in 1950, when Juanita Hall won for playing her in this musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was South Pacific

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DECADES OF BESTSELLERS

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"The Godfather" & "Airport"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the '60s

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I'M GOING "INN"

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Another word for entrails or viscera (sorry, mealtime America)

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Time's up! The correct answer was innards

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

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After the taping, what say we cool off with a frozen banana one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was daiquiri

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11-LETTER WORDS

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Term for someone who collects deniers, drachmas & doubloons

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Time's up! The correct answer was Numismatist

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IN THE FIRE

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Oliver Wendell Holmes said not to falsely yell "Fire" in one of these, where 850 Viennese died Dec. 8, 1881

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Time's up! The correct answer was Theater

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THE BIBLE

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This wise king of Israel had "Forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Solomon

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS

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"Der Sturm"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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Nobelist George Thomson is the son of J.J. Thomson, a Nobel Prize winner who discovered this negative particle

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Time's up! The correct answer was electron

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MOVIE MUSIC

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She sings "Cry" & "Only Hope" on the soundtrack of her movie "A Walk to Remember"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mandy Moore

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EUROPE

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Both in size & population, it's largest Scandinavian country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sweden

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HORSE & RIDER

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Bucephalus

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

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"F"OOD

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The name of these long, flat egg noodles means "little ribbons"

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Time's up! The correct answer was fettuccine

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A REALLY BIG CATEGORY

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In 1934, a giant clam had yielded one of these gems with a diameter of 5 1/2 inches, weighing over 14 pounds

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Time's up! The correct answer was pearl

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FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME

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Mrs. Bush's luminous radiations

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Time's up! The correct answer was Laura's auras

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ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR

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When followed by "down", it means to eat voraciously

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Time's up! The correct answer was scarf

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HISTORY

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In 1962, this country became a constitutional monarchy under King Hassan II

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Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco

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AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB

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Go where some men have gone before with this 4-letter term from the Afrikaans for "migrate"

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Time's up! The correct answer was trek

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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At about 1,700 square miles, this saline lake is one of the largest lakes in the world with no outlet

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Salt Lake

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SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG

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Sticky-sweet title of no. 1s for Bobby Goldsboro in 1968 & Mariah Carey in 1997

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

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PRIME NUMBERS

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Fear of this prime number is called triskaidekaphobia

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Time's up! The correct answer was 13

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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS

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He was living in Tahiti when he painted "Poemes Barbares" in 1896

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Gauguin

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YES, THAT'S "WHITE"

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A chess piece, or a company involved in a friendly takeover of another

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Time's up! The correct answer was a white knight

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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While visiting the city of Agra in this country, don't miss the Agra Fort & the Taj Mahal

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Time's up! The correct answer was India

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WORDS TO THE "Y"s

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The last stage of a robbery, as in the McQueen-MacGraw movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was a getaway

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COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS

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Babar

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Time's up! The correct answer was elephant

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HE WAS IN THAT?

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Mike Farrell of "Providence" can be seen in the hotel in this 1967 Dustin Hoffman classic

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Graduate

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LITERARY EPITAPHS

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"Run", "Redux", "Rich", finally "At Rest"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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The ARS, an agency of this U.S. government department, is looking to develop better bio-insecticides

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Department of Agriculture

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MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS

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Blink-182: "That's about the time she walked away from me, nobody likes you when you're ___"

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