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COLOGNE RANGER
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Founded in Cologne, this German airline really took off in 1953
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lufthansa
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ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
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Fredric March portrayed this poet in "The Barrets of Wimpole Street"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Browning
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THE BIG BANGLADESH
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About two-thirds of all Bangladeshis work in agriculture, mostly farming this product
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Time's up! The correct answer was rice
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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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TRANSPORTATION
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This light Russian sleigh is pulled by 3 horses
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Time's up! The correct answer was Troika
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TOP O' THE CHARTS
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Madonna's "This Used To Be My Playground" was sung over the closing credits of this 1992 film
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Time's up! The correct answer was A League of Their Own
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NOT A VERB
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Paint, brush, easel
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Time's up! The correct answer was easel
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LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
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"Once I'm with the Wizard my whole life will change, 'cuz once you're with the Wizard no one thinks you're strange"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wicked
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DOWN MEXICO WAY
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This gritty 1961 Tennessee Williams play unfolds in a seedy Mexican hotel
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Time's up! The correct answer was Night of the Iguana
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IT'S A DATE!
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It's Bird Day in Oklahoma, & a popular date for pole dancing
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Time's up! The correct answer was 1-May
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AMERICAN COUNTIES
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Ogemaw, Saginaw & Washtenaw are all counties in this state
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Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
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U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
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This town is known as "Sin City" & its downtown is "Glitter Gulch"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Las Vegas
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MOVIES & TV
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We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009
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Time's up! The correct answer was Battlestar Galactica
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KNIGHTS
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A young boy between 7 & 14 who trained as a knight, or his hairdo
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Time's up! The correct answer was Page
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MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
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Make sure all your children are immunized against this "barnyard" disease caused by Varicella-Zoster
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chickenpox
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PSYCHOLOGY
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Character from group therapy on old Bob Newhart show who checked into St. Elsewhere this season
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Carlin
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1938
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On April 27, 1938 Countess Geraldine Apponyi of Hungary married King Zog of this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Albania
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PLANTS
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This climbing tropical shrub was named for a French South Seas explorer
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bouganvillea
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MINERALS
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A scratch test won’t reveal a mineral’s allergies, but this property
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Time's up! The correct answer was hardness
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RED SOX IT TO ME
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In 1918 he extended his streak of scoreless World Series innings pitched to 29.2 & tied for the most HRs in the league
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Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth
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FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON
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On Dec. 19, 2008 this "colorful" airline became the official one for the Red Sox, though its main hub is in (gasp!) N.Y.
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Time's up! The correct answer was JetBlue
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TRUTH OR DARE
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Dare: Respond with an imitation of this radio therapist whose "Sexually Speaking" program began in 1980
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ruth Westheimer
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MOVIE SONGS
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1985: "We Don't Need Another Hero"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
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NAME THE DECADE
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The first controlled nuclear chain reaction
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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1940s
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THAT'S NO LADY...
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He played the title character in "Sunday in the Park with George" when it debuted on Broadway
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mandy Patinkin
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THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
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If you get to put "RSC" on your resume, you were part of this British troupe
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Royal Shakespeare Company
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WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
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"In 1997, the House (of Reps.) voted to reprimand him... It marked the first time the House had reprimanded a Speaker"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gingrich
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MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS
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Aunt Eller Murphy & Laurey Williams
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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma!
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U.S. PORT CITIES
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By containers handled, Los Angeles is the busiest U.S. port; the second-busiest is in this city just a few miles south
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Time's up! The correct answer was Long Beach
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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It's the nickname of William Lonigan, the 15-year-old hero of a 1930s trilogy written by James T. Farrell
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Studs"
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DON'T BE A PAIN
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To control pain, some patients try this technique in which they monitor their body functions & try to alter them
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Time's up! The correct answer was biofeedback
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HOW'S THE WEATHER?
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Mountain passes speed up hot, dry air, giving this U.S. state its Santa Ana winds
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Time's up! The correct answer was California
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GEOGRAPHY
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Lake Avernus in Campania in this country was believed by the ancients to be the entrance to Hades
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Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
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MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS
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Miguel de Cervantes & Aldonza
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Man of La Mancha
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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Tributaries of this Mississippi tributary include the Cheyenne, James & Platte
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Missouri
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I'M HUNGRY!
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I bought a special log to grow the shiitake type of these; let's grill some right now
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Time's up! The correct answer was mushrooms
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& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
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If I said a clue about a stripper had really nice pair of facts, it'd be an example of this 2-word French term
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Time's up! The correct answer was a double entendre
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"HIGH" SCHOOL
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Acolytes, a subdeacon & a choir take part in this Catholic service
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Time's up! The correct answer was high mass
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MILLIONS OF REASONS
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Metallic distinction of a CD that's sold 1 million copies
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Time's up! The correct answer was platinum
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MISSING LINKS
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Curry ____ Keg
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Time's up! The correct answer was powder
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LET'S GET MAS*Hed
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It was Major Margaret Houlihan's sexy nickname
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Hot Lips"
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TOUGH STUFF
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Alphabetically, he's Santa's first reindeer
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Time's up! The correct answer was Blitzen
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FAMOUS AMERICANS
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Dismissed from West Point for "deficiency in chemistry", he went on to paint a famous portrait of his mother
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Time's up! The correct answer was James Whistler
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HISTORY
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In 1429, she was given control of troops in France
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Time's up! The correct answer was Joan of Arc
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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You insert a roll into this instrument for it to tickle its own ivories
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Time's up! The correct answer was Player Piano
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HISTORY
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Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969
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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles de Gaulle
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ACTORS' RHYME TIME
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Calista's collection of photos of actress June
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Time's up! The correct answer was Flockhart's Lockharts
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SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
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In 1985 an animated version of this Soleil Moon Frye sitcom character made the scene
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Time's up! The correct answer was Punky Brewster
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PICTURE THIS
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In 1964 this first lady made the first call to inaugurate the new commercial picturephone service
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Bird Johnson
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GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
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This backcourt partner of Isiah Thomas on the "bad boys" of Detroit won the NBA's 1st Sportsmanship Award
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Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Dumars
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RODENTS
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Contrary to popular belief, mass drownings by the Norway species of this rodent are not suicidal in nature
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Time's up! The correct answer was lemmings
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EVERYBODY LOVES RAY
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This pulp author was past 50 when he wrote his first novel, "The Big Sleep"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Raymond Chandler
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DISNEY VILLAINS
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Kaa & Shere Khan
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Jungle Book
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WHAT A GEM!
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Cornflower blue is the most prized color of this gem
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Time's up! The correct answer was a sapphire
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NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE
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"Mr. Badger"
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Wind in the Willows
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PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
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In 1887 Cleveland attended this city's Corn Palace (or should we say Maize Palace)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sioux City
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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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CINEMA OF "BLOOD"
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Daniel Day-Lewis starred in this 2008 Oscar-winning adaptation of an Upton Sinclair novel
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Time's up! The correct answer was There Will Be Blood
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"TABLE"S
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Ping-Pong
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Time's up! The correct answer was Table Tennis
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GOLD RUSH
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Tourists now rush to this man's 1839 Adobe Fort in Sacramento, California
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Time's up! The correct answer was John Sutter
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IT BORDERS INDIA
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On its extreme east, India borders this nation that changed its name following a coup in 1989
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Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar
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LIBRARIES
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Sterling Memorial Library in New Haven, Connecticut houses the archives of this university
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Time's up! The correct answer was Yale
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PETER, PAUL & MARY
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His world travels helped him write "The Great Railway Bazaar", "The Mosquito Coast" & "Riding the Iron Rooster"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Theroux
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STRINGS
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When this product was introduced in 1972, it was said to have a full "quarter mile" of fun shot out of a can
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Time's up! The correct answer was Silly String
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
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When the earth is at perihelion, it is having its closest encounter with this
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Time's up! The correct answer was the sun
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COUNTIES BY STATE
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Oswego, Onondaga, Oneida
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Time's up! The correct answer was New York
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BRITISH FASHION
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Star designer John Galliano was born Juan Carlos Galliano in this British possession at the tip of Spain
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gibraltar
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AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
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At 15 in 1991, Judit Polgar became the youngest person & one of the few women to attain this rank
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Time's up! The correct answer was a grandmaster
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BROADWAY TEENS
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The Jets & the Sharks are teenage gangs in this 1957 musical that features the song "Tonight"
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Time's up! The correct answer was West Side Story
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GRAVE MATTERS
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Wayne Newton hopes to find the remains of this tribal ancestor in Britain & bring them home to her native Virginia
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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The only place this general wouldn't "march" was to the presidency; he told the GOP "I will not accept if nominated" in 1884
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sherman
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THE 1930s
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Helen Keller brought the first of these Japanese dogs to the United States in 1937
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Time's up! The correct answer was the akita
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WITH BROTHERHOOD
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Originally formed as a trio in Gary, Indiana in 1963, these singing siblings gained fame as a quintet
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Jacksons
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NAME THE POET
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"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson
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GEOLOGY
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This 9-letter geologic science is the study of the movement & distribution of all the Earth's waters
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Time's up! The correct answer was hydrology
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
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At Wimbledon 2000, Venus Williams expressed appreciation for this 1957 & '58 champion
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Time's up! The correct answer was Althea Gibson
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MANY IRONS
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This Prusso-German statesman was the "Iron Chancellor"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Otto von Bismarck
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ARTISTS' RETREATS
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The colony bearing this single name features a barn poet Edna built from a Sears kit
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Time's up! The correct answer was Millay
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FRUIT
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This fruit often originates from peach seeds & peaches sometimes come from its seeds
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nectarines
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A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS
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Wayne State, Kalamazoo College, Madonna University (it's Franciscan Catholic, not Material Girl)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
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STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE
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Also the name of a "United" city in England, this city lies along the banks of the Merrimack River
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Time's up! The correct answer was Manchester
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19th CENTURY LITERATURE
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Oscar Wilde wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray" & he wrote "The Portrait of A Lady"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry James
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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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FOOD
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Riz A L'Imperatrice is an elegant version of this homey dessert
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rice Pudding
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iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
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Its name was reportedly inspired by a line from "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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Time's up! The correct answer was iPod
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iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
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Britain's Prince William got one last Christmas & Queen Elizabeth promptly commandeered it
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wii
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THE CONTINENTS
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This continent has the longest mountain chain
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Time's up! The correct answer was South America
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"A"NCIENT GREEKS
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A mathematician: 287-212 B.C.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Archimedes
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HISTORIC WOMEN
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Anna Ivanovna, empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740, was the niece of this great ruler
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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
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COMPOSERS
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G. Strepponi sang in "Nabucco", the opera that made this composer famous, & later married him
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Time's up! The correct answer was Giuseppe Verdi
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WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
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The Tokaido Shinkansen, known by this "weapon" name, can hit 185 mph
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Time's up! The correct answer was the bullet train
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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
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Arthur Kornberg won for showing how DNA duplicates in bacteria; son Roger's work was on the conversion of DNA into this
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Time's up! The correct answer was RNA
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COMPOSERS
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Of the 3 Bs, the 2 who died in Vienna
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Time's up! The correct answer was Beethoven & Brahms
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SODA POP QUIZ
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They spent $250,000 to develop a can so the shuttle crew could drink their new formula in space
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Time's up! The correct answer was Coke
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2011 MOVIES
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Emma Stone starred as aspiring writer Skeeter Phelan in this '60s-set drama based on a novel
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Help
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HISTORY
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Year in which Franklin Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented 3rd term as president
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Time's up! The correct answer was 1940
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OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s
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Linus Torvalds is the father of this operating system used on cell phones & supercomputers
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Time's up! The correct answer was Linux
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GREEK LETTERS
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A little bit, a really little bit
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Time's up! The correct answer was iota
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BACK IN 1906
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Burned in 1864, this city was placed under martial law following racial tensions in September 1906
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Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta
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CliffsNotes
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Title guy shipwrecks, ends up on 28-year island getaway, makes a friend, goes home
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Robinson Crusoe"
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ON THE "WAR"PATH
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Pop art poster boy who was famous much longer than 15 minutes
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Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Warhol
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TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
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No. 7 in "Quotes": This politician, when told that 2/3 of Americans did not support the Iraq War--"So?"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Cheney
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SEXPERTISE
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Robin Leach, Robin Givens, Robin Cook
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Time's up! The correct answer was Robin Givens
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GREECE
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By tradition, the sons in a Greek family don’t marry until this happens first
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Time's up! The correct answer was the daughters marry
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THOSE WACKY GERMANS
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From 1949 to 1990 Germany was split into 2 countries, which were called this
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Time's up! The correct answer was East & West Germany
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NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
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"Shot Dead By Federal Men In Front Of Movie Theatre" read his 1934 front-page obituary
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Time's up! The correct answer was John Dillinger
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WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
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1952: A famous seamstress & flagmaker
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Time's up! The correct answer was Betsy Ross
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WORD ORIGINS
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Many scholars believe that the Celts called it "The Wild Place"; now this wild place is a city of over 7 million
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Time's up! The correct answer was London
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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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IT'S "BIG"
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Empire Toys' trikes for tykes
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Time's up! The correct answer was Big Wheels
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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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GENERAL SCIENCE
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This method of preserving food by killing bacteria was developed by a French chemist in the 1860s
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pasteurization
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"PRO"NOUNS
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Gosh darn it! It's abusive, vulgar or irreverent language
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Time's up! The correct answer was Profanity
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WORLD CAPITALS
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"The Rome of the North" is how famed sculptor Rodin described this Czech capital
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Time's up! The correct answer was Prague
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BOGIE MEN
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Fred C. Dobbs
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
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One of Twain's favorite books was the "Diary of" this Englishman; Twain credited it as the model for his book "1601"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pepys
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WEATHER
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Tornadoes that develop over water are called these
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Time's up! The correct answer was Waterspouts
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HERE'S LUCY
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Lucy Hobbs Taylor must have aced her orals because in 1866 she became the first woman to receive a degree in this
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Time's up! The correct answer was dentistry
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SPORTS
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On an official archery target, it's the color of the bull's eye
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Time's up! The correct answer was yellow
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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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POLAR EXPLORATION
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In 1969, on dogsled, a British team made the first surface crossing of this ocean
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Time's up! The correct answer was Arctic Ocean
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WORLD LEADERS
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It's prime minister Mr. Tuila'Epa, won a silver medal in archery at the 2007 South Pacific Games
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Time's up! The correct answer was Samoa
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DIED ON THE SAME DAY
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This famed aviator outlived his brother by 35 years, passing away in 1948 on the same day Gandhi was assassinated
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Time's up! The correct answer was Orville Wright
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NORM!
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1968 "The Armies of the Night" won him a Pulitzer & the National Book Award
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Time's up! The correct answer was Norman Mailer
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STRING THEORY 101
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Aglets are found on the ends of these strings
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Time's up! The correct answer was shoelaces
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PUSH BY SAFIRE
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Safire wrote, "A president's ability to deflect charges of sleaze...aimed at his administration" was a this-coated presidency
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Time's up! The correct answer was teflon
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WINE
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Malaga is a sweet dessert wine that originated in this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
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TRANSPORTATION
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Since 1899 these stalwart animals used in transport have served as the mascots of the Army Corps of Cadets
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Time's up! The correct answer was mules
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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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CONTESTS
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Theta Tau at Purdue holds a contest for convoluted machines in the spirit of this cartoonist
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rube Goldberg
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WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
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University of Washington
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Time's up! The correct answer was Seattle
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GREEK LIFE
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Crowds flock to Dodona, Philippi & Thassos to see festivals of this art performed in ancient venues
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Time's up! The correct answer was Theater
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TV MINISERIES
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You could call Henry Thomas Ishmael & Patrick Stewart Ahab in this 1998 miniseries
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Time's up! The correct answer was Moby Dick
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COUNTRIES' HIGHEST PEAKS
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These 2 nations, one an island, have highest peaks with the same name; they also share a common European culture
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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece & Cyprus
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EUROPE
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Until recently, Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia & Slovenia was part of this
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Time's up! The correct answer was Yugoslavia
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NOVEL QUOTES
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Its less famous second line is "It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
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Time's up! The correct answer was A Tale Of Two Cities
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TURNING 40 IN '98
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This pitcher's "Orel" history continued in '98 with a new team, the Giants
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Time's up! The correct answer was Orel Hershiser
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES
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"The Big Hurt"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Thomas
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U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
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This "calm" lake village in New York State is often called "America's Switzerland"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Placid
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MONEY SLANG
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If you have the itch to start a business "from" it, you'll certainly need some of it
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scratch
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TITLE WAVE
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Sara Gruen: "Water for ____"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Elephants
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I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
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This tragedy has got to be set in a small village, hence the title
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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A little larger than the violin, it's the alto or tenor of the family
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Time's up! The correct answer was Viola
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WHO'S THE MRS.?
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Mrs. James Carville
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Time's up! The correct answer was Matalin
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GUINNESS RECORDS
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Working with more than 4.5 million donors, this American org. is the world's largest blood provider
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Cross
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THAT'S ITALIAN!
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This 15th century movement may have first been named in a 1550 book, using the Italian word rinascita
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Renaissance
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SOMETHING'S FISHY
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Less than half an inch long, this tiniest fish is found in the Indian Ocean, not in an Asian desert
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Time's up! The correct answer was a goby
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"AI"
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This 2-word term for a nanny is French for "equal"
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Time's up! The correct answer was an au pair
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INLETS
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Big ships must pass through Admiralty Inlet to enter or leave this Washington State sound
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Time's up! The correct answer was Puget Sound
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TWO
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In suds: Eberhard Anheuser &...
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Time's up! The correct answer was Adolphus Busch
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PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS
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The 2nd Prez to die in the White House, he was felled by acute indigestion (or was it poison?)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor
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DIED ON THE SAME DAY
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C.S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley's deaths on Nov. 22, 1963 were overshadowed by this man's death in Dallas
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Time's up! The correct answer was John Kennedy
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CHANTED
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The Kol Nidre prayer is chanted by the cantor on the eve of this Jewish day of atonement
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Time's up! The correct answer was Yom Kippur
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THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
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This group named for a king of Israel split from the church in 1934, a "branch" of it became notorious in 1993
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Davidians
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THE CANARY ISLANDS
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The Canary Islands were named for a large number of these the Romans found there, not yellow songbirds
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Time's up! The correct answer was wild dogs
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HOW INSPIRATIONAL
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In 1903 Pope Pius X wrote, "Where justice is lacking there can be no hope of" this, pax in Latin
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Time's up! The correct answer was peace
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BACKWARDS
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In T minus 5 seconds, you'll say this word for the inverted series used before a rocket launch
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Time's up! The correct answer was a countdown
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AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
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This manatee relative of the order Sirenia can be found in the coastal waters of North Australia
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Time's up! The correct answer was a dugong
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COUNTY SEATS
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Paris (population 8,730) is the seat of Bourbon County in this state
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
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ARCHITECTURE
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Many churches have a cruciform plan, which means they're shaped like one of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cross
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AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
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In addition to its bountiful wildlife, this desert is the site of the Orapa diamond mine, one of the world's largest
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kalahari
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SPOUSE IN COMMON
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Ursula Andress, Linda Evans
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Time's up! The correct answer was John Derek
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BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
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Alexander VI was formerly a high-living nobleman of this family & the father of Cesare & Lucrezia
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Time's up! The correct answer was Borgia
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ONE-WORD RHYMES
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An important person, perhaps with an elaborate toupee
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Time's up! The correct answer was bigwig
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REAL TO REEL
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This 1984 movie recounted the friendship of an American journalist & a translator in war-torn Cambodia
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Killing Fields
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BRANDO
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Blanche's brother-in-law Stanley
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Time's up! The correct answer was A Streetcar Named Desire
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ITALIAN
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From an Italian word for "grape stalk", it's brandy distilled from the remains of grapes after pressing
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Time's up! The correct answer was grappa
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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
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This Greek dish typically consists of layers of eggplant & ground lamb or beef topped with a white sauce
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Time's up! The correct answer was moussaka
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ORGANIZATIONS
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The Max Planck Society is one of this country's chief organizations for scientific research
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Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
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18th CENTURY AMERICANS
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Mary Hays received this pseudonym for aiding her husband & other soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth
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Time's up! The correct answer was Molly Pitcher
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CATHOLIC PRIESTS
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Title of any priest's immediate boss; the U.S. has 270 of them
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Time's up! The correct answer was bishop
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THE YEAR IN SPORTS
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Indianapolis Speedway) The Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special was the winning car at Indianapolis in this year; the race was cancelled the next 4 years
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Time's up! The correct answer was 1941
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THE REDS
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In the Catholic Church, they wear red hats
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Time's up! The correct answer was cardinals
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THE OLD WEST
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This lieutenant colonel recruited some of his Rough Riders at William Menger's hotel in San Antonio
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Time's up! The correct answer was Theodore Roosevelt
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CARTOONS
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On Saturday morning, this Disney hero attends Prometheus Academy
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hercules
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YOU MUST BE JOKING
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When this gastropod in a shell rode on the turtle's back, it said, "Whee!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Snail
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GEHRY
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The Guggenheim Museum in this city of Spain's Basque region is one of the best-known structures designed by Gehry
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bilbao
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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On Mar. 27, 1964 this largest Alaska city was hit by an 8.4 earthquake
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Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage
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WHAT'S ON TV?
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Simon said "Simply dreadful... appalling" on this show that debuted on Fox in June '02
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Time's up! The correct answer was American Idol
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GOLD RUSH
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An 1859 gold strike brought miners to Cherry Creek, the site of this future state capital
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Time's up! The correct answer was Denver
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ALLITERATION STATION
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"If" he "picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers" he "picked"?
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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Piper
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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Stockton, Calif. doesn't have a festival for Britney Spears, but it does have one for these green spears
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Time's up! The correct answer was asparagus
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TELL ME "Y"
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Aden is the second-largest city in this Middle Eastern hot spot
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Time's up! The correct answer was Yemen
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THE 1890s
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Relationship of Lizzie Borden to the woman she was acquitted of killing
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Time's up! The correct answer was stepdaughter
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POTPOURRI
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Politicians often complain about having to make appearances on this "unappetizing poultry" circuit
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Time's up! The correct answer was the "rubber chicken" circuit
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4-LETTER CAPITALS
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In 1990 it became the capital of a unified Yemen
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sana
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SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
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There are king & Asian species of this "charming" snake seen here
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Time's up! The correct answer was cobra
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MUNICH
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The Summer Olympics in Munich in this year were sadly marred by terrorism & tragedy
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Time's up! The correct answer was 1972
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SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
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Mush Mouth & Dumb Donald were some of the Cosby kids on the show whose title featured this one
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Time's up! The correct answer was Fat Albert
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THE 1990s
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Pierce Brosnan played this superspy for the first time in "GoldenEye"
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Time's up! The correct answer was James Bond
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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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"X", "Y", "Z"
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Some of these are produced by bremsstrahlung, from the German for "breaking radiation"
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Time's up! The correct answer was x-rays
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WHERE WORDS COME FROM
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Latin: This device you open when it's precipitating
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Time's up! The correct answer was an umbrella
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THE LAST MAN
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In "The Almanac of Famous People" is this "Father of Television"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vladimir Zworykin
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
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BUD is the New York Stock Exchange symbol for this brewing company
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Time's up! The correct answer was Anheuser-Busch
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TBA
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A teary-eyed person, or the announcer of the latest village news
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Time's up! The correct answer was Crier
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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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BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
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James I
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Time's up! The correct answer was Stuart
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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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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
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In Togo: this
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Time's up! The correct answer was French
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VIVA ANN-MARGRET!
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On May 29, 1963 Ann-Margret sang at this famous man's 46th, & last, birthday party
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Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy
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NURSERY RHYMES
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In a counting nursery rhyme, they were "a-courting", "in the kitchen" & "a-waiting"
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Time's up! The correct answer was maids
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DOUBLE MEANINGS
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Maybe Don needs to get more exercise; he _____ just from pulling up his _____
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Time's up! The correct answer was pants
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
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Magazine contributor Steven Chu won a Nobel Prize for slowing atoms with these light beams
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Time's up! The correct answer was lasers
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BOTANY
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This "kissing" shrub, the state flower of Oklahoma, sometimes kills the tree that serves as its host
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mistletoe
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FOUNTAINS
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Andrea Del Verrocchio sculpted his bronze "Boy With" this sea creature for a Medici villa
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dolphin
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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
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The Post's history goes back to The Pennsylvania Gazette founded by this man
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Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin Franklin
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MYTHELLANEOUS
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This goddess after whom a major city in Greece is named sprang from the head of Zeus
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Time's up! The correct answer was Athena
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SISTER CITIES
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San Francisco, California is a sister city to this one in Italy
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Time's up! The correct answer was Assisi
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"IP" SO FACTO
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Mating rituals, perhaps for Miles Standish?
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Time's up! The correct answer was courtship
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SAINTS BE PRAISED
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The emblem of St. Lawrence, it's also a nickname for a football field
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gridiron
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LITERATURE
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His novel "Daisy Miller" opens at the Trois Couronnes hotel in Vevey, Switzerland
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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry James
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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
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The Tasman Sea separates Australia & this nation
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Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
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20th CENTURY INVENTION
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3M's Richard Drew invented it in 1930 to have something to seal the cellophane of food products
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch tape
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CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
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Conversation for 2 people (8)
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Time's up! The correct answer was a dialogue
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19th CENTURY LITERATURE
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Ydgrun is a goddess worshipped by residents of this Samuel Butler country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Erewhon
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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
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I may be a trickster god, but I actually helped Thor get his hammer back after Thrym the frost giant stole it
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Time's up! The correct answer was Loki
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AMERICAN PLAYS
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Lee Strasberg played the original peddler in this 1931 play which inspired "Oklahoma!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Green Grow The Lilacs"
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WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
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In 1904 Virginia & her siblings moved to this London district, where they would host "group" gatherings
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bloomsbury
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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The hot water heating of this northern European capital is drawn directly from underground springs
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Time's up! The correct answer was Reykjavik, Iceland
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ONE LETTER DIFFERENT
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Excellent eats
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Time's up! The correct answer was good food
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NAME THE PLAY
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Orsino: "O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first, methought she purged the air of pestilence"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Twelfth Night
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AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
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The Qattara Depression, one of Africa's lowest points, lies 300 miles southwest of this country's pyramids
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Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
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HOW NOVEL
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Agatha Christie mystery in which an heiress is murdered on an Egyptian cruise
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Death on the Nile"
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SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
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The Eagles in 1975 & The Emotions in 1977 both hit No. 1 singing about "The Best Of" this
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Time's up! The correct answer was "My Love"
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KIDS IN SPORTS
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11-year-old Ashlyn White won a 2009 U.S. youth title in this martial art in which you try to throw your opponent
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Time's up! The correct answer was judo
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A HORSE IS A HORSE
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The Lone Ranger rode Silver & this companion of his rode a horse named Scout
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tonto
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CAESAR
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According to legend, this unhinged Roman emperor made his horse a priest & a consul
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Time's up! The correct answer was Caligula
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"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
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Alberto Gonzales & Robert F. Kennedy both held this cabinet position
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Time's up! The correct answer was Attorney General
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A LITERARY TOUR
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Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant
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Time's up! The correct answer was John Steinbeck
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"SIDE" EFFECTS
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A trial judge may call this conference with the attorneys, out of the jury's hearing
s _ d _ _ a _
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Time's up! The correct answer was sidebar
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ANCIENT VIP's
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Books about him were written by Plato & Xenophon, both students of his
S _ c _ _ t _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Socrates
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“SAINTS”
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“St. Elsewhere” is the nickname for this TV hospital
S t . _ _ i _ _ u _
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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Eligius
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LITERARY SISTERS
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While in a cataleptic trance, Roderick's sister Madeline is buried alive in this Poe story
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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Fall of the House of Usher"
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THE 1980s
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As many as 5,000 pro-democracy demonstrators were killed in this city's Tiananmen Square
B _ i _ _ n _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
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Magazine contributor Steven Chu won a Nobel Prize for slowing atoms with these light beams
l _ s _ _ s
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Time's up! The correct answer was lasers
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BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
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Seen here, the great horned type of this bird is found from Alaska to South America
_ _ l
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Time's up! The correct answer was Owl
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REEL MOTHERS
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Billy Crystal is meant to kill Danny DeVito's mother according to DeVito's plan in this 1987 comedy
T h r o w M _ _ m _ _ r _ _ T _ _ T _ _ i _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Throw Momma From The Train
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LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA
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Preferring to go where the rain turns to snow, he wintered in Schruns while writing "The Sun Also Rises"
E r n _ _ t _ _ m _ _ g _ _ y
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest Hemingway
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN
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On a basic playing board in this matching game, the numbers range from B-1 to O-75
b _ n _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was bingo
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COME, HO CHI MINH
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Ho Chi Minh's real family name wasn't Ho, it was this, like many other Vietnamese
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nguyen
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THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE
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James Sumner & Henry Spurrier founded the company that became "British" this, owner of Jaguar
B r i _ _ s _ _ e _ _ a _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was British Leyland
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NAME THE WORK
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Cervantes: "At a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to remember"
D o n _ _ i _ _ t _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Don Quixote
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ASIAN CAPITALS
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This capital lies on the north coast of West Java at the mouth of the Liwung River
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta
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VIETNAM
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Of the 3 countries that border Vietnam, the one whose name does not begin with the same letter as the other 2
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Time's up! The correct answer was Laos
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BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
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Her daughter Julie says this future first lady was offered a movie contract in the 1930s when she was a USC student
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. Nixon
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ODDS & ENDS
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The Time Almanac states "There is little reason to believe that the architects intended" this "to lean"
t h e L e a _ _ n _ _ o _ _ r _ _ P _ _ a
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Leaning Tower of Pisa
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FIRE!
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Maria Theresa ordered this Italian opera house built after a fire destroyed the Royal Ducal Theatre in 1776
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Time's up! The correct answer was La Scala
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ASSASSINS
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In May 1981 would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca shot this man in St. Peter's Square
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pope John Paul II
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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The Indus River provides the western border of this desert also known as the Great Indian Desert
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Thar Desert
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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
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The search for the philosopher's stone is the subject of Ben Jonson's play about this title profession
" T h _ _ l _ _ e _ _ s _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Alchemist"
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BUSINESS PARTNERS
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In dessert: Burton Baskin &...
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Time's up! The correct answer was Irv Robbins
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MUD
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In 1999 scientists found the remains of one of these giant creatures embedded in the frozen mud in Siberia
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Time's up! The correct answer was mammoth
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INITIAL T.V.
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This show which had a 9-year-run on ABC was produced with help from J. Edgar Hoover
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Time's up! The correct answer was The F.B.I.
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THE 50 STATES
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2 of the 4 states officially called commonwealths
K e n t u c k y , _ _ s _ _ c _ _ s _ _ t _ _ P _ _ n _ _ l _ _ n _ _ , _ _ r _ _ n _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia
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POP MUSIC
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'60s Dylan classic that begins, "Once upon a time you dressed so fine"
" L i k _ A _ _ l _ _ n _ _ t _ _ e _
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Like A Rolling Stone"
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SECRET MENUS
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Ask this chain that's inspired by a fictional pirate for a "side of crumbs", & you'll get some fried batter bits
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Time's up! The correct answer was Long John Silver's
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PEANUTS
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Charlie Brown's parents bought Snoopy at this puppy farm
D a i s _ H _ _ l _ _ p _ _ F _ _ m
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Time's up! The correct answer was Daisy Hill Puppy Farm
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TIMELESS TV
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September 2010 brought the 45th edition of this comedian's telethon
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Lewis
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AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
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These common, crawly apartment insects have German, brown-banded & American species
c o c _ _ o _ _ h _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was cockroaches
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FIRE!
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The Bank of America is around today because A.P. Giannini saved its currency from this city's 1906 fire
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Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco
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MIXED DRINKS
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Using Scotch whisky turns a Manhattan into this drink
a _ o _ _ o _
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Time's up! The correct answer was a Rob Roy
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LANGUAGE QUESTIONS
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"Donde está el baño?" is Spanish for "where is" this, sometimes discreetly called "the facilities"
b _ t _ _ o _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was bathroom
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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He lived for several weeks among the cannibalistic Typee before he wrote the book of the same name
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Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
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CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
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Ashton's meat sellers
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kutcher's butchers
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I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
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It's about this guy who hires non-permanent secretarial help for his office
T h e _ _ m _ _ s _
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
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ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
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Bananas are an excellent source of this element whose symbol is K
p _ t _ _ s _ _ m
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Time's up! The correct answer was potassium
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WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
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Melanie Griffith
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tippi Hedren
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TURKISH LITERATURE
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Sultan Abdulhamid II's censorship hindered Ottoman writers until this "youthful" group's 1908 revolution
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Young Turks
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THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER
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Times multimedia features include snapshots taken at this exit, the proverbial spot to have a moment with a theater star
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Time's up! The correct answer was the stage door
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GEOGRAPH"Y"
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There's an active volcano on Sicily, an island that's part of this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
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He was the last sitting president to run for re-election & finish third in the Electoral College
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Time's up! The correct answer was William Howard Taft
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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS
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To fight with the fists, "put up" these noblemen
y o u _ _ u _ _ s
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Time's up! The correct answer was your dukes
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EUROPE
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Geographic region within the Arctic Circle named for the people who call themselves the Sami
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lapland
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GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
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Mike Bossy & Alexander Mogilny have won the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly conduct in this sport
h _ c _ _ y
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Time's up! The correct answer was hockey
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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
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The name of this South American snake comes from an Asian word, as it may have been mistaken for an Asian python
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Time's up! The correct answer was an anaconda
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IT'S A "SIN"
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Carson Sink & the Great Salt Lake lie in the drainage area known as the Great this
B _ s _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Basin
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THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
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He dealt with ophthalmological issues in the 1972 hit "Doctor My Eyes"
J a c _ _ o _ _ r _ _ n _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson Browne
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WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
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Snow, Mother or Canada
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Time's up! The correct answer was a goose
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ODDS & ENDS
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The USA's highest occupied office space is the 98th floor of this Chicago structure
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sears Tower
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NOTABLE NONHUMANS
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In 1945 this famous scottie was injured in a fight with Blaze, Elliott Roosevelt's mastiff
_ _ l _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Fala
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LITERARY CHARACTERS
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He said, "My mother was an ape, and of course she couldn't tell me much about it"
T _ r _ _ n
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tarzan
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OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
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Of fire-eating, live pigeon-shooting or water buffalo polo, the one that was a 1900 Olympic event
L i v e _ i _ _ o _ _ s _ _ o _ _ n _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Live pigeon-shooting
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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
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1990-1997
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Time's up! The correct answer was John Major
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AVIARY
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The "sky" type of this songbird, of which Shelley wrote, may be gone from Britain by 2009
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Time's up! The correct answer was skylark
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TAIWAN
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His birthday is observed as a holiday on October 31
C h i _ _ g _ _ i _ _ h _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chiang Kai-shek
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"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
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Grammatical error committed by the Rolling Stones when they sang, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
D o u _ _ e _ _ g _ _ i _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Double negative
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REMEMBER THE TIME
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In 1958 this country launched its second 5-year plan, called "The Great Leap Forward"
C _ i _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was China
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THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
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The only film ever released in "Odorama", it shares its name with a synthetic fabric popular in the 1970s
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Time's up! The correct answer was Polyester
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ANCIENT COINS
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In 44 B.C. the senate of Rome wanted his head -- on all silver coins
J u l _ _ s _ _ e _ _ r
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Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
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I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!
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Last name of Dale, who wrote "How to Win Friends and Influence People"
C _ r _ _ g _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Carnegie
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STATE CAPITALS
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A statue of King Kamehameha I stands guard outside the judiciary building in this capital city
H _ n _ _ u _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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Because of its similar size, this planet is known as Earth's "twin"
V _ n _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Venus
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PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
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He was at radio station WHO back in the 1930s & while president, went back to Des Moines
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Reagan
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BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS
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In 1990 Roger Waters of this group gave a performance of "The Wall" at the former site of the Berlin Wall
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pink Floyd
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POEMS ON POETS
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"The Lamb" & "The Fly" are far from a mess / But this man's "The Tyger" / Gets all the good press
B _ a _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Blake
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TRANSPORTATION
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The U.S. U-2, first built in the 1950s, was an airplane; the German U-1, first built in the 1910s, was one of these
a s u _ _ a _ _ n _
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Time's up! The correct answer was a submarine
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WORLD LEADERS
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Former Sofia mayor Boyko Borissov is now its prime minister
B _ l _ _ r _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bulgaria
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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"
S _ l _ _ o _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Solomon
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FOOD CHAIN
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P.F. Chang's is an upscale bistro specializing in the cuisine of this country
C _ i _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was China
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MY NAME IS EARL WARREN
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In Reynolds v. Sims I said that representation in legislatures must be based mostly on population: one man, one this
_ _ t _
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Time's up! The correct answer was vote
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THE 23rd PSALM
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They're the first 5 words of the psalm
T h e L _ r _ _ s _ _ s _ _ p _ _ r _
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Lord is my shepherd
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BRAND NAMES
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Elsie the Cow's "husband", his face is plastered on glue bottles
E _ m _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Elmer
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____ OF THE ____
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To make a favorable judgment when you're uncertain is to give someone this
b e n e _ i _ _ f _ _ e _ _ u _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was benefit of the doubt
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"A"NCIENT GREEKS
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A philosopher & student of Plato: 384-322 B.C.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Aristotle
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ISLANDS
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Lewis with Harris is the most northerly of this "Outer" Scottish island group
O u t _ _ H _ _ r _ _ e _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Outer Hebrides
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TAYLOR, SWIFT
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This season 5 winner of "American Idol" is from Alabama
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Time's up! The correct answer was Taylor Hicks
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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
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It has the westernmost territory
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
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DRAMA
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A brother & sister argue over the fate of a piano in this Pulitzer-winning play by August Wilson
T h e _ _ a _ _ L _ _ s _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Piano Lesson
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THE CIVIL WAR
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In his second inaugural address, he said about slavery, "All know that this...was, somehow, the cause of the war"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Abraham Lincoln
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DAN-O-MITE
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This former defense department employee gave the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
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Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Ellsberg
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FANTASTIC FILMS
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Marty McFly traveled back to 1955 in a souped-up DeLorean in this 1985 film
" B a c _ T _ _ h _ _ u _ _ r _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Back To The Future"
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RHYMES WITH SMART
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Composer Wolfgang
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart
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YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!
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Your "Romeo and Juliet" will make everyone forget the 1965 triumph of Rudolf Nureyev & this partner
M a r _ _ t _ _ n _ _ y _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Margot Fonteyn
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HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
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James & Lady Blanche have a "declaration": the July 25, 1848 birth of this future foreign secretary & prime minister
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Time's up! The correct answer was Balfour
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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
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2 Greek words for "long life" give us this word which refers to a diet or lifestyle said to prolong life
M a c _ _ b _ _ t _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Macrobiotic
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"I" LADS
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His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets
I _ a _ _ h
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Time's up! The correct answer was Isaiah
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FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
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On his first night taking over "The Daily Show", he informed us, "Craig Kilborn is on assignment in Kuala Lumpur"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jon Stewart
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LITERARY COLLABORATORS
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George S Kaufman died in June 1961; this man, his frequent collaborator, in December of that year
M _ s _ _ a _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Moss Hart
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THE CAT
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The name of this striped color pattern may come from a market in Baghdad famous for 2-tone silk
T _ b _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tabby
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FOOD FACTS
Question
German sausage named for the crackling sound the skin of the sausage makes when bitten into
K n o _ _ w _ _ s _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Knockwurst
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SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
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Neckwear for eating lobster
_ _ b
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Time's up! The correct answer was bib
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6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
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Esmeralda & Claude Frollo
_ _ g _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hugo
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WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
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Like Ptolemy, about whom he wrote, Theon placed this body in the center of the cosmos
E _ r _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Earth
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NOVELS OF THE PAST
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It's the second name of Taras, a 16th century Cossack in a 19th century Gogol novel
B _ l _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bulba
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FROM B TO C
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Pompous; overblown
b _ m _ _ s _ _ c
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Time's up! The correct answer was bombastic
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ODDS & ENDS
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They're the two main ingredients in a Cape Codder cocktail
c r a n b e _ _ y _ _ i _ _ a _ _ v _ _ k _
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Time's up! The correct answer was cranberry juice and vodka
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GOING TO PIECES
Question
This type of "piece" sounds like a smoking pipe, but it's an article written to flatter or glorify the subject
a p u _ _ p _ _ c _
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Time's up! The correct answer was a puff piece
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IN THE DICTIONARY
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It's the 4-letter name of the pleated skirt worn by men in Scotland
a _ i _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was a kilt
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RICHARD
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He was actually in prison when he wrote, "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage"
R i c _ _ r _ _ o _ _ l _ _ e
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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Lovelace
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MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
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Counting Crows: "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, in ____ he came home across the deep blue sea"
_ _ 9 _
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Time's up! The correct answer was 1493
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4-LETTER CAPITALS
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This Latvian capital was founded in 1201 by German crusaders
_ _ g _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Riga
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"GREEN" THINGS
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It's the body part you're said to have if you've a knack for growing plants easily
a g r _ _ n _ _ u _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was a green thumb
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11-LETTER WORDS
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Term for stunt pilots or politicians who tour small towns to show they've got the right stuff
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Time's up! The correct answer was Barnstormer
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OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
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Fran Lebowitz called this type of pasta with clam sauce "mankind's crowning achievement"
l _ n _ _ i _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was linguini
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INNS
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This 1936 Daphne du Maurier novel is one of her Cornish tales
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jamaica Inn
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PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
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Just because you have this pervasive suspicion of others, doesn't mean they're not out to get you
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Time's up! The correct answer was Paranoia
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APOLLO 11
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Some 1 million spectators surrounded this space center to watch the lift-off
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cape Kennedy
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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
Question
Verdi wrote an aria called "La Luce Langue"--The Light Fails--for this bloothirsty villainess
L a d _ _ a _ _ e _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Macbeth
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NOVELS OF THE PAST
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The hero of Neal Stephenson's "Quicksilver" has to settle the calculus dispute between Leibniz & him
N _ w _ _ n
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Time's up! The correct answer was Newton
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SLOGANEERING
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Relax, this brand of medicine is "Recommended by Dr. Mom"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Robitussin
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IT SOUNDS LIKE
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Jay Leno's show, it sounds like how you address a letter for Sir Galahad
T _ n _ _ h _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tonight
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PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
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1987: "Return to Dodge"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gunsmoke
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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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2011 MOVIES
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Emma Stone starred as aspiring writer Skeeter Phelan in this '60s-set drama based on a novel
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Help
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FIRST LADIES
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She served as a regent of the University of Texas & as a member of the National Parks Advisory Board
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Bird Johnson
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KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
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Mr. Potato Head maker (the part after "Play")
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Time's up! The correct answer was S-K-O-O-L
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CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
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Conversation for 2 people (8)
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Time's up! The correct answer was a dialogue
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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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AT THE MOVIES
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2002: A young Maori girl defies tradition & mounts a cetacean
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Time's up! The correct answer was Whale Rider
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MY SUITE
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It's the title of the "chasmic" 1931 suite heard here
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Grand Canyon Suite"
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THE TIGERS
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The autobiography written by this famous Nepalese was titled "Tiger of the Snows"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tenzing Norgay
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THAT'S HANDY
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The hand gesture with 2 pairs of fingers bunched together was made by this Vulcan on the original "Star Trek"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Spock
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BEES
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Its name comes from the Middle English word "bumblen"
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Time's up! The correct answer was a bumblebee
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ABBREVIATED STATES
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State whose abbreviation is also a cabinet department that was formed in 1989
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Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia
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ARTISTS' RETREATS
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"Ariel", "Portnoy's Complaint" & this 1969 mob novel were all written partly in Yaddo in Upstate N.Y.
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Godfather
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BUSINESS LEADERS
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In the 1880s he built a town in Illinois to house employees of his sleeping car company
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pullman
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CNN
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Anchored by Lou Dobbs, it was TV's first nightly business newscast
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Moneyline"
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MUSEUMS
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Barry Goldwater donated his Kachina doll collection to the Heard Museum in this state capital
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Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix
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19TH CENTURY FICTION
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The 1853 novel "Clotel, or The President's Daughter" alleges that this man had an affair with a slave
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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson
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GOULASH
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The most effective way of treating pernicious anemia is through injections of this vitamin
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Time's up! The correct answer was B12
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CAPITAL IDEA
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Long before it was a capital, this city on the Thames River was a communications center
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Time's up! The correct answer was London
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I'M HUNGRY!
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Let's go Penn. Dutch & have this dish, bits of pork mixed with cornmeal mush, then shaped into loaves & fried
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Time's up! The correct answer was scrapple
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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
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A Mrs., in Munich (4)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Frau
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I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
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Reza Khan, born in Iran in 1878, & his son were these for a combined 54 years
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Time's up! The correct answer was shahs
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20th CENTURY ARTISTS
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"Sky Blue", "Blue Mountain" & "The Blue Rider" are all paintings by this Russian abstract artist
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kandinsky
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AUTHORS
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His "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" spans 100 years from the Civil War to the civil rights movement
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest J. Gaines
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GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE
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Her rhyme winds up with her playing "Pin the Tail on the Sheep"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Bo Peep
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SCIENCE & NATURE
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In a healthy mouth, this line separates the crown from the root of a tooth
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gum Line
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BEN
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In 1783 Franklin asked Congress to recall him from this country; he finally made it home in 1785
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Time's up! The correct answer was France
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BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
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If you want another drink, hand over some "grana", this; I'm not covering for you anymore after last night
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Time's up! The correct answer was money
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U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL
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This Oslo-born secretary-general served in the Norwegian government in exile during WWII
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Time's up! The correct answer was Trygve Lie
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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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I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
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5-letter word meaning less by the subtraction of; don't overthink it
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Time's up! The correct answer was minus
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TOP O' THE CHARTS
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In 1978 their duet "You're The One That I Want" replaced another duet by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams at No. 1
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Time's up! The correct answer was Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
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WHAT'S ON TV?
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Penn Jillette hosts this NBC game show about first impressions
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Time's up! The correct answer was Identity
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"DO", "RE", "MI"
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This kind of "name" is also known as an Internet address
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Time's up! The correct answer was domain
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THE 1990s
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On January 4, 1995 he was sworn in as the first Republican speaker of the house in more than 40 years
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Time's up! The correct answer was Newt Gingrich
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BULL
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In 1996 Standing Rock College of Fort Yates, N.D., a Native American school, changed its name to this for a Sioux chief
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sitting Bull
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MAGNETO
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Logically enough, this planet has the strongest magnetic field of any planet in our solar system
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
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POLITICAL MOVIES
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Frank Langella is the power hungry chief of staff in this film in which Kevin Kline plays a presidential impersonator
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dave
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GREECE
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The popular dish moussaka is layers of ground meat & this vegetable
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Time's up! The correct answer was eggplant
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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
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Houdini was famous for hanging upside-down wearing one of these restrictive overgarments
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Time's up! The correct answer was Straitjacket
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THE COMMODORES
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Commodore Isaac Hull commanded this ship to victory over Britain's Guerriere in the War of 1812
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Time's up! The correct answer was U.S.S. Constitution
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BRIGHT IDEAS
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Lawrence Sperry used the gyroscope his dad developed in this device that keeps planes on course without human aid
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Time's up! The correct answer was autopilot
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KNIGHTS
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A young boy between 7 & 14 who trained as a knight, or his hairdo
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Time's up! The correct answer was Page
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MEDICINE
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In 1905 German scientist Alfred Einhorn created this first injectable local anesthetic used in dentistry
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Time's up! The correct answer was novocaine
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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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PEOPLE
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William J. McCarthy is president of this union
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Time's up! The correct answer was Teamsters
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HISTORIC NAMES
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This Apache tried to keep peace with the palefaces, but after his death, his son joined with the militant Geronimo
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cochise
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TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
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2 warriors seek the Green Destiny, a stolen ancient sword
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Time's up! The correct answer was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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SONG LYRICS
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John Denver's 2-word description of West Virginia in the 1st line of "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Almost Heaven
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HISTORIC NAMES
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This king died in 1760, leaving it to his grandson & successor to lose the American colonies
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Time's up! The correct answer was George II
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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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EARTH
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Heat rising from within the Earth is mostly from this type of decay of elements like uranium & thorium
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Time's up! The correct answer was radioactive decay
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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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THE 50 STATES
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New Englanders refer to this state as "Down East"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Maine
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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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PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
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JKP
J a m _ _ K _ _ x _ _ l _
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Time's up! The correct answer was James Knox Polk
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ENDS WITH "K"
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A soda server, whether or not he's fatuous
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerk
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GETTING TICKED ON
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The chipping type of this common seed-eating little bird is a popular host for ticks
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Time's up! The correct answer was a sparrow
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THE YEAR IN SPORTS
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Indianapolis Speedway) The Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special was the winning car at Indianapolis in this year; the race was cancelled the next 4 years
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Time's up! The correct answer was 1941
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BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
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In the Song of Solomon, a bride refers to herself as "the rose of" this plain between Joppa & Mount Carmel
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sharon
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TRANSPORTATION
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The bestselling passenger car of all time is this company's Corolla
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Time's up! The correct answer was Toyota
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AUTHORS
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In September 1941 this author christened the warship Atlanta, also known as "The Mighty A"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Mitchell
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FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
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Artist whose masterpiece is seen here: ("Night Cafe")
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vincent Van Gogh
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SCIENTISTS
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In 1791 this Italian published the results of his experiments in "animal electricity"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Luigi Galvani
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POLITICAL SLOGANS
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“Four more years of the full dinner pail” symbolized this president's re-election campaign in 1900
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Time's up! The correct answer was McKinley
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THE WOK OF FAME
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Meaning "heart's delight", it's a variety of snacks like fried dumplings & steamed buns
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dim sum
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COLORFUL GROUPS
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Hard rockers "Burnin' For You": ____ ____ Cult
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Time's up! The correct answer was Blue Öyster
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YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF
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If a Maori showed you a tiki, you'd be looking at one of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was statue
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FATHER'S IN LAW
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Coincidentally, today father's squash opponent was also his deponent, as father was taking this
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Time's up! The correct answer was a deposition
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THE 23rd PSALM
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They're the first 5 words of the psalm
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Lord is my shepherd
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THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
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Millions of HSX shares of this scary movie "project" were traded a full year before it was released
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Blair Witch Project
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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
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The French for "scandal" gave us the name of this high-kicking dance popular in music halls of the 19th century
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Time's up! The correct answer was Can-Can
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LEGENDARY LEGENDS
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Marshall Gold Discovery State Hist. Park is in this county that shares its name with a legendary city of gold
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Time's up! The correct answer was El Dorado
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UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
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Because of the way it was formed, Louisiana is sometimes called "The Child of" this river
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mississippi
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2-LETTER WORDS
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Don't have a cow, man, it's just the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
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Time's up! The correct answer was mu
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DON'T BE A PAIN
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This drug marketed as Advil & Nuprin reduces pain by inhibiting chemicals that cause inflammation
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Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen
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AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.
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The museum that's now the Smithsonian's Arts & Industries Bldg. was the site of this man's 1881 inaugural ball
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Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
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PLANT LIFE
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It's the large floating leaf of a water lily
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Time's up! The correct answer was pad
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SLOGANEERING
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When going out, take this card because "It's Everywhere You Want to Be"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Visa
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MAGAZINES
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Final Frontier is "The magazine of" this kind of "exploration"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Space
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DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
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Charlie Bucket might like to visit this type of factory that opened in 1884 in Voiron, France
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Time's up! The correct answer was a chocolate factory
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GOING DUTCH
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It's a cinch you know the Dutch call this fashion accessory "een ceintuur"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Belt
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HAIRY
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Dudes, it's the "fishy" hairstyle worn by David Spade in "Joe Dirt"
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Time's up! The correct answer was the mullet
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ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
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Famous for its cathedral, this English city was the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex
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Time's up! The correct answer was Winchester
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RHYME TIME
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To knock down General George S.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Flatten Patton
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ROCKS & MINERALS
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Single-letter chemical designation of a diamond
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Time's up! The correct answer was C
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WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
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A sports team member who sees many women at once fits 2 definitions of this word
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Time's up! The correct answer was Player
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COMPOSERS
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Mendelssohn wrote a series of 49 piano pieces which were appropriately titled “Songs Without” these
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Time's up! The correct answer was words
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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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Y1K
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Finished around 1000 A.D., "The Pillow Book" of Sei Shonagon is one of this country's literary masterpieces
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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
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"O"PERA
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George finds out Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket in this Carlisle Floyd opera based on a 1937 novel
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Time's up! The correct answer was Of Mice And Men
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THE 1930s
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This author of "Anne of Green Gables" was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1935
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Time's up! The correct answer was Montgomery
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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
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He pretty much stopped treating people after his parrot Polynesia taught him how to talk to animals
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Dolittle
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CITY FOLK
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Varsovians
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Time's up! The correct answer was residents of Warsaw
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THE GRIDIRON
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[Hi, I'm Shannon Sharpe of the Denver Broncos] In 1995 this Cowboys running back tied Jim Brown's record by scoring his 100th career TD in his 93rd NFL game
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Time's up! The correct answer was Emmitt Smith
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EARLY AMERICA
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In the 1620s this Dutch company founded New Netherland in what later became N.Y., N.J., Delaware & Connecticut
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Dutch West India Company
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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Autumn brings Choyo-No-Sekku or Chrysanthemum Day in this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
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LANDINGS
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Runways are numbered by compass degrees without the last digit, so this is the highest number used
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Time's up! The correct answer was 36
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THE LIVING PLANET
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Relative to the size of the bird, this flightless New Zealand denizen has the largest egg
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Time's up! The correct answer was the kiwi
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CELEBRITY RELATIVES
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Pam Dawber's famous father-in-law
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Harmon
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PROVERBS
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It "makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise"
" E a r l y _ _ b _ _ a _ _ e _ _ l _ _ o _ _ s _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Early to bed and early to rise"
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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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INLETS
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North Carolina's Albemarle Sound is no deeper than 25 feet & is protected from the Atlantic by this island chain
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Outer Banks
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PSYCHOLOGY
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Brought to the U.S. in the 1930s, this movement's name is German for "pattern" or "shape"
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Time's up! The correct answer was gestalt
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THE 13th CENTURY
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Roger Bacon wrote coded instructions for making the explosive mix of saltpeter, sulfur & charcoal called black this
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Time's up! The correct answer was powder
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SCIENCE GUYS
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This "Father of Genetics" is the subject of the biography "The Monk in the Garden"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gregor Mendel
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BASIC SCIENCE
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Nitrogen makes up around 78% of the atmosphere; this gas, only about 20%
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Time's up! The correct answer was oxygen
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IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
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This rock band sang, "We are the sultans of swing"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dire Straits
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
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In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, & you can copy me on that!
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kinko's
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"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
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This "Golden Girl" had her own show in 1958 & 1977 & in 1999 became part of the cast of "Ladies Man"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Betty White
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN
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The last of Chaplin's 4 teenage brides was Oona, this playwright's daughter
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Time's up! The correct answer was Eugene O'Neill
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IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME
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Sumerians scratched this writing system into stone & wax in addition to clay tablets
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cuneiform
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A LITERARY TOUR
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Perhaps you'll draft your Nobel Prize acceptance speech at NYC's Algonquin Hotel, as this Mississippi man did in 1950
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Time's up! The correct answer was Faulkner
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THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
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Joshua
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Time's up! The correct answer was Judges
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4-LETTER WORDS
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Take off the top, or milk from which the cream has been removed
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Time's up! The correct answer was Skim
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SONGS
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It's what "everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Jailhouse Rock"
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10-LETTER WORDS
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Lionel Hampton's instrument
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vibraphone
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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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CHECK OUT MY CRIB
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Wanna put your feet up? How about on one of these with a "Turkish" name
a n o _ _ o _ _ n
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Time's up! The correct answer was an ottoman
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NOT A POPE
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Romanus I, Julius I, Caesar III
C a e _ _ r _ _ I
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Time's up! The correct answer was Caesar III
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ART & ARTISTS
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He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vincent Van Gogh
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PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
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The name of this study of moral principles is derived from a Greek word meaning "habit"
e _ h _ _ s
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Time's up! The correct answer was ethics
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RUSSIAN
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A shapka is this: mikhavaya shapka is a fur one, to keep your ears warm
a _ a _
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Time's up! The correct answer was a hat
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OF A SALESMAN
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This direct-selling co. known for products like Nutrilite claims 3 million independent business owners
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Time's up! The correct answer was Amway
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SCOTLAND
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The Church of Scotland, the country's national church, is a branch of this Christian denomination
P r e _ _ y _ _ r _ _ n
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Time's up! The correct answer was Presbyterian
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CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS
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This sign for 2006 shows devotion to family; aren't you a good sign? Yes you are! Good sign!
t _ e _ _ g
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Time's up! The correct answer was the dog
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QUOTATIONS
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Antoine de Rivarol said, "What is not clear is not" this language
F _ e _ _ h
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Time's up! The correct answer was French
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SENIOR SENATORS
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An IRA that allows tax-free withdrawals is named for this Delaware senator
W i l _ _ a _ _ o _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was William Roth
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WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
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"See Simon, Paul"
G _ r _ _ n _ _ l
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Time's up! The correct answer was Garfunkel
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CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
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Shy-sounding swimmers (3)
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Time's up! The correct answer was koi
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COUNTIES BY STATE
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McClain, McCurtain, Muskogee
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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
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THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
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Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Belmopan
B _ l _ _ p _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Belmopan
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ARCHITECTS
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Charles Bulfinch, who contributed to the Capitol in Washington, D.C., designed this city's state house on Beacon Hill
B _ s _ _ n
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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
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MILITARY MATTERS
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This German "operation" to invade the Soviet Union took its name from a crusading Holy Roman Emperor
O p e r _ t _ _ n _ _ r _ _ r _ _ s _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Operation Barbarossa
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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
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After steamboat success, he was urged to work on submarine-launched torpedoes by Pres. Jefferson
R o b _ _ t _ _ l _ _ n
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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Fulton
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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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VERMONTERS
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George Franklin Edmunds wrote most of this antitrust act of 1890
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sherman
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ASIAN CAPITALS
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Once the capital of the French protectorate of Tonkin, it's now the capital of an entire country
H _ n _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi
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METALLICA
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A policeman could tell you the U.S. half dollar today is about 92% this metal
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Time's up! The correct answer was copper
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AMERICAN EXPLORERS
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Senator Thomas Hart Benton's son-in-law was this "Pathfinder"
J o h _ _ . _ _ é _ _ n _
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Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Frémont
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QUOTATIONS
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John Kenneth Galbraith said these "are indispensable when you don't want to do anything"--there's one in the boardroom at 2:30
m _ e _ _ n _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was meetings
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INTERNATIONAL NAMES
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Alex Salmond, first minister of this country, wants to take it out of the United Kingdom
S _ o _ _ a _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
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AFRICAN ISLANDS
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Uganda's Sese Islands lie in the northern part of this large lake
L a k _ _ i _ _ o _ _ a
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Victoria
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NATIONS OF AFRICA
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In a song title, this country whose capital is Nairobi might come before "Feel the Love Tonight"
K _ n _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya
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WEDDINGS
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In 2002 a hot pink frock worn by Robin Durr won the DeKuyper Contest for the worst of these
a b r i _ e _ _ a _ _ ' _ _ r _ _ s
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Time's up! The correct answer was a bridesmaid's dress
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MONEY SLANG
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Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough
b _ e _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was bread
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NO. 1 ALBUMS
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"Hell Freezes Over"
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Eagles
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A SHAPELY CATEGORY
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Dendroid means shaped like a tree; dentiform means shaped like this
a _ o _ _ h
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Time's up! The correct answer was a tooth
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WORDS OF LOVE
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Marlowe rhymed, "Where both deliberate, the love is slight; who ever loved, that loved not at" this?
f i r _ _ s _ _ h _
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Time's up! The correct answer was first sight
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THE COMMODORES
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Negotiated by Matthew Perry, 1854's Treaty of Kanagawa opened up this country to commercial trade with the U.S.
J _ p _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
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1994 FILMS
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Containing the hit "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", it was Disney's first animated feature not based on an existing story
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Lion King
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DEAR JUNTA
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Shortly after the death of Gen. Omar Torrijos, Manuel Noriega controlled the junta that ruled this country
P _ n _ _ a
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Time's up! The correct answer was Panama
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ACTORS & ACTRESSES
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John Mahoney, who plays Martin Crane on this sitcom, was born in England; he moved to the U.S. when he was 19
F _ a _ _ e _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Frasier
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THE BLUE ANGELS
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) Using only 5 planes, this formation pays tribute to fallen heroes & comrades
M i s s _ n _ _ a _ _ o _ _ a _ _ o _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Missing Man Formation
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CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
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He voiced Puss In Boots in "Shrek 2"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Antonio Banderas
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GREEK LIFE
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Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind, the klarino
C _ a _ _ n _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Clarinet
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DOUBLE LETTERS
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It's the one of the 4 gospels in the New Testament that fits the category
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