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Time's up! The correct answer was The Allman Brothers Band

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CHAIRS

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Also called a slat-back chair, this chair is named for an object you might climb

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ladder-Back Chair

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DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cedar

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ON THE STAGE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Shaffer

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MAIN STREET U.S.A.

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Borgen's Cafe, on Main St. in Westby, Wisconsin, feels a bit like Oslo, with menus & banter in this language

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Time's up! The correct answer was Norwegian

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PUNJAB

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In the 1840s this European power fought 2 costly wars over the Punjab before annexing the region outright

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Time's up! The correct answer was the English

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NFL COACHES

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The Raiders rehired this man in 2006, 17 years after making him the first black head coach in the modern NFL

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Time's up! The correct answer was Art Shell

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WON THE BATTLE

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In the Battle of Thermopylae, the Greeks felt the heat of these people under Xerxes I

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Persians

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MOUNTAINS

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To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Everest

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EXPIRATION DATES

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December 7, 1975: In "our town" of Hamden, Conn.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thornton Wilder

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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"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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MARK TWAIN SEZ

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"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is" this "that does the work"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the lightning

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HOW DO YOU...

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Dial 011-33-1 & a local number, say "Pourrais-je parler a M. Chirac?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was call the president of France

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THE CIVIL WAR

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In Sherman's famous "march to the sea", this seaport city was his goal

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Time's up! The correct answer was Savannah, Georgia

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THE ENGLISH BEAT

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In 1964 a Shakespeare center was opened on Henley Street in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stratford-upon-Avon

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LOW TECH

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A tactical formation in the form of a V, or an "issue" dividing an otherwise unified group

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Time's up! The correct answer was a wedge

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BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR

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Quebec &, a year later, Trenton

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

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BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!

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The colorful macaw variety of this bird is seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Parrot

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HEY, "U"!

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It precedes label, suit & Jack

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Time's up! The correct answer was Union

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HOTELS

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Le Champollion is the gourmet restaurant of this city's Le Meridien Hotel, on an island in the Nile

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo

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FATHERS-IN-LAW

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Jefferson Davis' was this U.S. president

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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This ABC series set at Mode magazine is based on the hit Columbian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty, La Fea"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ugly Betty

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TELEVISION

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

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

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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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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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ROCK OF STAGES

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In Tom Stoppard's "Rock 'n' Roll", Syd Barrett is a character & the music of this band of his is heard

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pink Floyd

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FIRST NOVELS

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This "Brideshead Revisited" author's career was ascendant when he published his first novel, "Decline And Fall"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Evelyn Waugh

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I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!

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That hair! Those shorts! Both are still around for this exercise guy known for his "Sweatin' to the Oldies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Simmons

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THE BIG 10

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In L.A., the western tip of Interstate 10 is called this "freeway", after the beach community it passes through

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Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Monica

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PEOPLE IN HISTORY

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First Lady Helen Taft led a fund-raising drive for a memorial to this 1912 marine disaster

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sinking of the Titanic

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ACTRESSES ON TV

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Like her "Grey's Anatomy" character Izzie Stevens, she used to be a model

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Time's up! The correct answer was Katherine Heigl

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BALLET

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The Carolina Ballet debuted a 2006 work based on this stormy Shakespearean shipwreck saga

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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This adjective can mean extremely ornate or refer to the music from 1600 to 1750, including that of Vivaldi & Handel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baroque

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INDEPENDENCE DAYS

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Though it was first settled by the French, July 1 marks its partial independence from the U.K.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canada

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TEENS IN HISTORY

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In 1468 this teen was recognized as heiress to the throne of Castile

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Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Isabella

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STATE BIRDS

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Kentucky: This colorful songbird

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cardinal

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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National Freedom Day, February 1, celebrates the 13th Amendment, which abolished this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Slavery

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WORMS

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In "Henry VI, Part 3", Clifford tells the king that "The smallest worm will" do this "being trodden on"

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Time's up! The correct answer was turn

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"LESS" IS MORE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ticketless

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INSECTS

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The May beetle is also called this, perhaps when it shows up a few weeks late

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Time's up! The correct answer was Junebug

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ENDS WITH "K"

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It's a slang term for a psychiatrist, even if he's not getting smaller

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shrink

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SCIENCE CLASS

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The wedge is an adaptation of the simple machine called the inclined this

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Time's up! The correct answer was plane

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STATES OF THE UNION

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Its near islands are farthest from its mainland; Kodiak is closer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska

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THE BLUE ANGELS

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

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

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A VIOLENT CATEGORY

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It means "to strike with a whip" & also follows "whip" in a word for an injury

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Time's up! The correct answer was lash

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POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS

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South Carolina legislator John "O'Goshen!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was land

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SPORTS LEGENDS

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Barry Bonds, among others, is currently trying to break this man's home run record of 755

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Aaron

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FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'

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This Fox-TV cartoon boy: "Just so you don't hear any wild rumors, I'm being indicted for fraud in Australia"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bart Simpson

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OPERA & BALLET

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This composer of "The Nutcracker" said, "The music of a ballet is not invariably bad"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tchaikovsky

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ROCK WITH YOU

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Jakob Dylan, the son of Bob Dylan, is the frontman for this group

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Wallflowers

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LITERARY COLLABORATORS

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These brothers first published their "Fairy Tales" in 1812 as "Kinderund Hausmarchen"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Brothers Grimm

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EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...

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Africa's lowest temperature was 11 degrees below zero in 1935 at Ifrane, just south of Fez in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco

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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

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In a 2001 tale by Alice Hoffman, Aquamarine is a beautiful & brokenhearted one of these creatures

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mermaid

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ALL GOD'S CRITTERS

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Widely hunted for their hides, the American, Cuban & Nile species of this reptile are now in danger

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crocodile

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CROSSWORD CLUES "H"

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Sleep like a bear (9)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hibernate

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SCOTLAND

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Defeated at Dunsinane by Malcolm in 1054, he wasn't dethroned until killed by Malcolm in 1057

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth

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I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!

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That hair! Those shorts! Both are still around for this exercise guy known for his "Sweatin' to the Oldies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Simmons

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BRITISH NOBILITY

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In the 16th C. the Earl of Surrey helped bring this 14-line poetic form to England

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sonnet

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THAT'S SOME NERVE

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

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

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THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s

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1963: "You've Really Got A Hold On Me"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

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I'D RATHER BE SKIING

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Something you'd sprinkle on after a shower, it's also the term for soft, dry, freshly fallen snow

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Time's up! The correct answer was powder

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ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV

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Fred Armisen as Barack Obama

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

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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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We gotta hand it to this left-handed actress for winning an Oscar for "Erin Brockovich"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts

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BALLET

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In a Tchaikovsky ballet, this title character is awakened with a kiss

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty

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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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LITERATURE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manderley

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____ OF THE ____

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A Baskin-Robbins program, or an expression meaning "popular for right now"

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Time's up! The correct answer was flavor of the month

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BRITISH HISTORY

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The penultimate Anglo-Saxon king, Edward was known by this pious title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward the Confessor

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"P.B."

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This Latin term used for some legal services means "for the good"

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Time's up! The correct answer was pro bono

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HISTORIC NAMES

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It's been said that the 1831 Russian capture of Warsaw inspired him to write his C minor etude

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frederic Chopin

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TOUR OF JUDY

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Twice nominated for Oscars, this actress once studied at an Australian convent & sang in a rock band

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Davis

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BESTSELLERS

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A vampire series by Kerrelyn Sparks is punningly titled "Love at" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stake

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TV MOVIES

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This series grew out of 1971's "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Waltons

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EARLY AMERICA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cadillac

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BACH IN THE SADDLE

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From the Latin for "to sing", only 202 of the 295 of these that Bach wrote in Leipzig survive

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Time's up! The correct answer was cantatas

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B FOLLOWS A

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These 1st & 2nd century B.C. Jewish patriots were active in liberating Judea from Syrian rule

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Maccabees

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NETWORK

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"The Puzzle Place", "This Old House", "Frontline"

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Time's up! The correct answer was PBS

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN

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Nike's stock fell when this basketball player announced his retirement in January 1999

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Jordan

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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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We gotta hand it to this left-handed actress for winning an Oscar for "Erin Brockovich"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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In June 1991 weightlessness experiments were conducted on about 2,500 jellyfish aboard this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Space Shuttle

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STATE OF THE UNION

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The Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport is in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island

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STARTS WITH "P"

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The word "pram" is short for this

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Time's up! The correct answer was parambulator

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BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES

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"May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Forever Young"

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"EVER"S

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Eddie Rabbitt sang the title song for this 1978 Clint Eastwood movie about a boxer & his simian sidekick

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Time's up! The correct answer was Every Which Way but Loose

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FLEETS

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When he left for his second voyage in September of 1493, he had a fleet of seventeen ships, fourteen more than his first trip

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Time's up! The correct answer was Christopher Columbus

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HISTORIC NICKNAMES

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This 19th century American politician & orator was nicknamed "The Little Giant"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Douglas

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KIDDY LIT

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These tiny people in a 1952 Mary Norton story live under the floor in a large country house

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Time's up! The correct answer was the borrowers

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SEXPERTISE

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Kim Campbell, Kim Philby, Kim Jong Il

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Campbell

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EPONYMS

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This submachine gun was named for an Israeli army officer whose design won a competition in the 1950s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uzi

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5-LETTER WORDS

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It can mean "brief & forceful" or "resembling the inner core of a stem"

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Time's up! The correct answer was pithy

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AUTHORS

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Oscar Wilde's only novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Picture Of Dorian Gray"

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CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES

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Her middle name is Louise; her last name at birth: Ciccone

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Time's up! The correct answer was Madonna

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"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY

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It's what the "A" stands for in AIDS

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Time's up! The correct answer was acquired

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STRING THEORY 101

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In the U.S. string cheese is usually a type of this cheese

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Time's up! The correct answer was mozzarella

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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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HOLIDAYS

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October holiday which Mexicans call Dia de la Raza is celebrated in the U.S. as this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Columbus Day

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"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY

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Open an account at one of these banks that exist for the conservation of seeds, tissues or reproductive cells

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Time's up! The correct answer was a gene bank

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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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STRING THEORY 101

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A 1942 big band hit was entitled "String Of" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was "String Of Pearls"

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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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LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES

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I'm all shook up about my next guest & the caller is from his hometown...Tupelo, MS., hello?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley

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THRILLER

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You were born to identify this author of "The Bourne Identity"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ludlum

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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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Throw Momma From The Train

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ANIMALS

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The silver dollar fish resembles this feared fish of the Amazon basin but is strictly herbivorous

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Time's up! The correct answer was Piranha

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THE CRUCIBLE

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Nitrides of boron & silicon are used to make crucibles because they are stable when this is high

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Time's up! The correct answer was temperature

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SAINTS

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In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seville

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ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE

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"Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ted Williams

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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With a name from the Greek for "form", he appeared to people in their dreams

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Time's up! The correct answer was Morpheus

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THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s

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1963: "Walk Like A Man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

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YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!

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Counsel is putting words in the witness' mouth with this type of question; the word also means "in first place"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a leading question

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WOMEN'S FASHION

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This turn-of-the-century "girl" wore a shortwaist dress with puffed sleeves & a Pompadour hairdo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gibson Girl

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COMPUTER JARGON

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P2P means this type of file sharing, like Kazaa or Limewire

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Time's up! The correct answer was peer-to-peer

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NAME THE POET

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geoffrey Chaucer

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Important dams on this river include Rock Island, Rocky Reach & Grand Coulee

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Columbia River

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MEDICAL TALK

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This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones

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Time's up! The correct answer was tendinitis

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HISTORIC NICKNAMES

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This 19th century American politician & orator was nicknamed "The Little Giant"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Douglas

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BRITISH HISTORY

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First Roman army to invade Britain was led by this general

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Time's up! The correct answer was Caesar

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CLASSICAL GASES

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As a liquid, it's used as a cryogenic refrigerant; as a gas, it makes lights red

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neon

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FIRST NOVELS

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This "Brideshead Revisited" author's career was ascendant when he published his first novel, "Decline And Fall"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Evelyn Waugh

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PEOPLE

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Evicted from his Oregon ashram, he now lives in Bombay & is called "Zorba The Buddha"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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LITERARY GENRES

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In the 1880s Guy de Maupassant published 300 of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was short stories

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

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This Austrian child prodigy began composing minuets when he was only 5

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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BUSINESS

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In 1866, William A. Breyer started the company that's now the oldest national producer of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was ice cream

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REAL TO REEL

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In this movie Meryl Streep as Aussie mom Lindy Chamberlain exclaimed, "The dingo's got my baby!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Cry In The Dark

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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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PUNJAB

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In this Kipling work, the title orphan's father was a sergeant in an Irish regiment in the Punjab

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kim

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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"

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Herr Bismarck knows this given name comes from a Germanic word meaning "rich"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Otto

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RADIO PERSONALITIES

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The fans of this radio personality call themselves dittoheads to signify that they agree with his opinion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rush Limbaugh

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ROCK MUSIC

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His "Doggystyle" CD was the first debut album ever to enter the Billboard charts at No. 1

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snoop Doggy Dogg

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SCIENCE BRIEFS

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It's a vital sign: BP

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Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure

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JONATHAN SWIFTIES

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"A flea / hath smaller fleas that on him prey; / and these have smaller still to bite 'em; / and so proceed" this endless way

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Time's up! The correct answer was ad infinitum

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WITH BROTHERHOOD

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Last name of Kevin, Joe & Nick, whose album "Lines, Vines And Trying Times" debuted at No. 1 in 2009

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jonas

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THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956

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As an 8-year-old in 1956, she sang with a group welcoming Queen Elizabeth II; later she sang to open the 2000 games

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Time's up! The correct answer was Olivia Newton-John

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EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....

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Cynically she wrote that this "Is not all; it is not meat nor drink nor slumber nor a roof against the rain"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Love

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THE SECOND...

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...U.S. manned space program

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Gemini program

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14:59

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"The joke's over", said Simon Cowell about this "American Idol" singer with a unique rendition of "She Bangs"

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Hung

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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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ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK

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Part of a British breakfast, this jam is made from bitter Seville oranges, including the rinds

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Time's up! The correct answer was marmalade

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS

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Title character played by former Alvin Ailey dancer Desmond Richardson in a 1997 ballet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Othello

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SPIELBERG MOVIES

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Before "The Blues Brothers", Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi starred in this WWII farce

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1941

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POLITICS

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In December 1985 Cognress passed this bill in an effort to end the federal deficit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gramm-Rudman

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AMERICAN NICKNAMES

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

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

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

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Robin Hood's nemesis was the sheriff of this district

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nottingham

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20th CENTURY NICKNAMES

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"Hef"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hugh Hefner

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LUXEMBOURG

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During his years in exile, this "Les Miserables" author lived for a while in Vianden; his house there is now a museum

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Time's up! The correct answer was Victor Hugo

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SODA POP QUIZ

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Caleb Bradham named his elixir this because it was supposed to relieve dyspepsia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pepsi Cola

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PLANTS

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Britannica defines it as "any plant growing where it is not wanted"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Weed

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THE 17TH CENTURY

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In 1673 this pair explored the Mississippi River all the way to the mouth of the Arkansas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marquette & Joliet

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THE CIVIL WAR

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Heavy casualties at Shiloh led to calls for his firing, but Lincoln said, "I can't spare this man; he fights"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grant

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SPORTS EVOLUTION

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The 18th century Broughton rules were intended to lessen the brutality of this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was boxing

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THE COLOR PURPLE

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

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

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ACTORS & ACTRESSES

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Don't blink--or you'll miss Richard Dreyfuss in this 1967 film based on a Jacqueline Susann novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Valley of the Dolls

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ANY FIRST WORDS?

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Jung was fond of this word, an original pattern from which all similar things are based

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Time's up! The correct answer was an archetype

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL

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French for "red", it's the term used for the point that is scored if a punt goes out of the end zone untouched

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Time's up! The correct answer was rouge

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THINGS ON NFL HELMETS

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A soldier with a blue 3-cornered hat & red streaks

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Time's up! The correct answer was the New England Patriots

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PHYSICS 101

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Silicon is a semiconducting material; this is the term for nonconductors like plastics

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Time's up! The correct answer was an insulator

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ON THE RADIO

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The AAA format, featuring artists like the Cranberries & Tom Petty, stands for adult album this

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Time's up! The correct answer was alternative

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PLACES

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This term for a house's entrance hall also refers to the space between cars on a train

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Time's up! The correct answer was the vestibule

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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

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A flock of these black birds is called a murder

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Time's up! The correct answer was crows

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YOUTH IN ASIA

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Like voters in the USA, young women seeking to compete in the Miss Thailand contest must be at least this age

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Time's up! The correct answer was 18

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"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD

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It became fully independent of South Africa March 21, 1990

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Time's up! The correct answer was Namibia

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PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO

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Drink (or eat) deep, my dear, for I have brought deep-fried this drink, "the real thing", from the state fair of Texas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coke

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NBA HALL OF FAMERS

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In 2000 this former Celtics player coached the Indiana Pacers to the NBA finals

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Time's up! The correct answer was Larry Bird

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NONFICTION

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

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

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PROVERBS

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There's "no time like" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the present

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BEYOND .COM

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As of 2010, you can invent your own domain, according to the folks who regulate the Net; they're at www.icann.this

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Time's up! The correct answer was .org

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LOST

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Presumably she was lost at sea after vanishing in the central Pacific in July 1937

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart

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OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT

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

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

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BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES

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George III

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hanover

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MORE POWER TO YOU

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Founded in 1933, it's America's largest public power company

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Time's up! The correct answer was TVA

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TECHNOLOGY

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A box of 64 Crayola crayons has one of these devices "built-in"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sharpener

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ROGER!

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In 1982 he co-anchored "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw, & you could say his name is...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Mudd

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CLIMBING

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Also meaning to stop an action, in climbing it means to secure another person with a rope

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Time's up! The correct answer was to belay

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AUTHORS

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This author of "The Time Machine" coined the phrase "the war that will end war"

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Time's up! The correct answer was H.G. Wells

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"YN"

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A bird of the family Sturnidae, capable of mimicking human speech

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mynah

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ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN

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White crossover artists featured on "Soul Train" have included David Bowie & this "Island Girl" singer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elton John

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LITERATURE FOR KIDS

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In "Little Women", Margaret March is better known by this nickname

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

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WHO'S THE MRS.?

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Mrs. Tim McGraw

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Time's up! The correct answer was Faith Hill

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TRAIN STATIONS

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St. Petersburg's Finland Station is famous as the site of this leader's return to Russia in 1917

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lenin

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YOU BEAST!

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The distinctive shoebill is also known as the whale-headed one of these baby deliverers

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Time's up! The correct answer was a stork

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BASEBALL HISTORY

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To injure opposing players, Ty Cobb was said to sharpen these

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Time's up! The correct answer was his spikes

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TALK LIKE A BRIT

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If you're right on queue for a movie in Piccadilly, you're in one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a line

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IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pink

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WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

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Ports lying on the banks of this sound include Bremerton, Everett & Tacoma

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Time's up! The correct answer was Puget Sound

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ARCHITECTURE

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This type of window that opens by means of a crank rhymes with a lower story of a building

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Time's up! The correct answer was casement

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FOREIGN CURRENCY

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Malta's currency shares its name with this monetary unit of Italy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lira

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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Wild ones of these found on pizza include shiitakes, morels & chanterelles

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Time's up! The correct answer was mushrooms

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VERMONTERS

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This plow inventor was a Vermont blacksmith before moving to Grand Detour, Illinois

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Deere

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GEOGRAPHY "E"

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It's the largest kingdom in the United Kingdom

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Time's up! The correct answer was England

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THE ENGLISH BEAT

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This city, first mentioned in 912, is the seat of Britain's oldest university, developed in the 1100s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oxford

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OOH... A WISE GUY

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By pure reason you should know he's the categorical German seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Immanuel Kant

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ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS

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A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders to below the waist

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Time's up! The correct answer was a shift

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MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER

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A copy of the New Testament in Arabic was given to Twain during the cruise that inspired this 1869 travel classic

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Innocents Abroad

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PLACES

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A place where a river is shallow enough to cross on foot, alone or with an "escort"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a ford

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GOVERNMENT

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FDR appointed Frances Perkins, 1st woman cabinet member, to head this department

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

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PIRATE MOVIES

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Silent screen swashbuckler; his film "The Black Pirate" has been called "a definitive pirate movie"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.

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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS

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

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

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DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS

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A tenant under lease

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Time's up! The correct answer was lessee

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MEDICINE

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Adding these charged particles to the air is supposed to reduce blood pressure & relieve headaches

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Time's up! The correct answer was negative ions

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LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"

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Writer Wyndham (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis

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EARLY AMERICA

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In 1685 he joined his father in pastorship of the Old North Church, a post he held until his death

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton Mather

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"V"

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A tramp or wanderer

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Time's up! The correct answer was a vagabond

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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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DAYS

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In 1954 Armistice Day was renamed this

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MYTHELLANEOUS

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The mythical Sumerian hero Utnapishtim built a big vessel at God's urging & thereby survived this catastrophe

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COMPUTER JARGON

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"VoIP" means this type of "Internet protocol" to make phone calls over the web

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Time's up! The correct answer was voice

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IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD

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This dog once prized by the Aztecs is sometimes called perro pelon, "bald dog"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Mexican hairless

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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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INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN

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New Zealand-born Jonah Lamu is tops on the pitch of this sport

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MED. ABBREV.

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HRT is this kind of therapy; the use of it by menopausal women has recently been questioned

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Time's up! The correct answer was hormone replacement therapy

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EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES

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1939 Oscar winner: "...you are a credit to your craft, your race and to your family"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hattie McDaniel

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THE BODY WOMAN

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A fertilized egg travels to this female body part & implants itself there

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SENIOR SENATORS

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This man has 26 years of seniority on his fellow West Virginia senator Jay Rockefeller

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BRAND-TASTIC

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Barry Manilow wrote the jingle that had us "stuck on" this brand

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COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD

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Go to logcabinsyrups.com & you'll immediately see a stack of them

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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS

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Sanma aisu is fish-flavored ice cream & taco aisu is octopus-flavored ice cream made in this country

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HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU

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Around 336 B.C., this "great" king of Macedonia began building an empire from Africa to India

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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE

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When making this classic Chinese soup, be sure to remove the twigs, feathers & insects first

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Time's up! The correct answer was bird's nest soup

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BUT IS IT ART?

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Julian Schnabel won acclaim & abuse with his 1979 paintings that featured this tableware, broken in pieces

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BARTLETT'S PAIRS

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Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem

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VOLCANOES

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This lake lies in a caldera formed when Oregon's Mount Mazama volcano collapsed 7,000 years ago

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SAINTS

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This man who added utopia to our vocabulary was made a saint in 1935

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas More

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QUOTATIONS

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Jean-Luc Godard said, "Photography is truth, and" this "is truth 24 times a second"

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THE PRODUCERS

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It leads the states in apple production

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS

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In 1994 Pearl Jam complained to the Justice Dept. that this company held a monopoly

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BOTANY

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The common species of this prairie flower, Helianthus annuus, can reach a height of 15 feet

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THE TEENS

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Sounds unlucky, but there were this many books in Lemony Snicket's "Series of Unfortunate Events"

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Time's up! The correct answer was 13

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KOREA

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South Korea's second-largest city, it gave its name to a Korean war "perimeter"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pusan

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WORD ORIGINS

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The -sex suffix on British placenames refers to this Germanic people

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WORLD LEADERS

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Former Sofia mayor Boyko Borissov is now its prime minister

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MILITARY POWER

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Contour flying is when a pilot flies low, following the Earth's contours, to avoid this

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DAYS

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In the U.S. the Jewish festivals of Hanukkah & Passover each last this many days

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Time's up! The correct answer was 8

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TREES & SHRUBS

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This shrub whose name is from Greek for "rose tree" is among the many plants growing on Himalayan slopes

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Time's up! The correct answer was the rhododendron

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DIED ON THE SAME DAY

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Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni died in 2007 at age 94 on the same day as this 89-year-old Swedish director

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ingmar Bergman

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UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS

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They're the sports teams of Fresno State as well as Georgia

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WORD ORIGINS

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Today meaning a self-employed person, this term derives from medieval knights who sold their skills

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THE CIVIL WAR

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Tired of eating mule jerky, Vicksburg fell in July 1863 after a 6-week one of these military tactics

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A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS

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3.6 million: Down Under

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ALWAYS SAY NEVER

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"He that fights and runs away may" these 5 words "but he that is in battle slain will never rise to fight again"

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Time's up! The correct answer was live to fight another day

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TINKER

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Sometimes called "Irish Cobs" or "Gypsy Cobs", Irish Tinkers are a type of this animal

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Time's up! The correct answer was horse

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TV THEME LYRICS

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"Movin' movin' movi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rawhide

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BROADWAY

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The Phantom of the Opera wears a partial one of these on his face, probably because a full one is hard to sing through

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Time's up! The correct answer was mask

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RHYME TIME

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A really big southpaw

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hefty lefty

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES

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George Lucas is planning a 3-part prequel to this 1977 film

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IN EXILE

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Moshoeshoe II was exiled twice before regaining this southern African country's throne in 1995

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lesotho

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QUOTATIONS

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

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

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MEN OF MUSIC

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"King of the Waltz" Johann Strauss Jr. wrote in other dance forms too, like the "Tritsch-Tratsch" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the polka

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I PITY THE "FOOL"

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Senior citizens might object to this proverb popularized by John Lyly in the play "Mother Bombie"

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Time's up! The correct answer was There's no fool like an old fool

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INDEPENDENCE DAYS

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This North European country marks December 6 for its 1917 independence from Russia

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TV CHARACTERS

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Dozens of web sites are devoted to picking on this Sheryl Leach creation who only gives love

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barney

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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS

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

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

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ARCHITECTURE

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The caldarium, the tepidarium & the frigidarium were chambers in these, where olden Romans refreshed themselves

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Time's up! The correct answer was the baths

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THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN

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In the aftermath this owner of the theater/crime scene was thrown in jail as a possible conspirator

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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A valley at 282 feet below sea level in this state is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere

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Time's up! The correct answer was California

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THE RULE OF THIRDS

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

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

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ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE

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This character first hit the radio in 1928 with his partner Andy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amos

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INVENTIVE MINDS

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In 1948, Rene Bussoz sold the USA's first Aqua Lung, invented by this Frenchman

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau

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THE "A" "B" "C"s

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Ring in & tell me this correct name for a young swan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cygnet

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CARTOONS

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

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

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5 BANDS

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"Fun", "sleazy" & "raucous" are under "moods" at AllMusic.com for this metal band co-founded by Tommy Lee

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mötley Crüe

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THE BLUE ANGELS

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

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

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BUSINESS PARTNERS

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In a brokerage: William Paine &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wallace Webber

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TOP OF THE LIST

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In 2011 this Nissan model was Consumer Reports' top pick for family sedan

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Altima

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PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

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This self-absorbed personality disorder is named for a mythical youth who loved his reflection

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Time's up! The correct answer was Narcissism

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PHOTOGRAPHERS

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He once said that his life was "colored and modulated by the great earth gesture of the sierra"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adams

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WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

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This state's outer banks create Pamlico Sound, the largest lagoon on the East Coast of the United States

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina

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INDONESIA

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In 1985 Sukarno-Hatta Int'l Airport was opened at Cengkareng just west of this city's center

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta

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JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST

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

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

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EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....

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

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

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CAPITAL IDEA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brasilia

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DUKE, DUKE

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Famous U.S. group of museums endowed by the illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Smithsonian

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STOCK SYMBOLS

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The annual report of this company, PRD, is as pretty as an instant picture

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Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid

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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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HORNS

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According to mythology, this Horn of Plenty is the horn of the goat Amalthea

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cornucopia

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ANNIVERSARY GIFTS

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In one form or another you can fork over this metal on the 5th or 25th anniversary

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Time's up! The correct answer was Silver

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TINKER

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Sometimes called "Irish Cobs" or "Gypsy Cobs", Irish Tinkers are a type of this animal

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Time's up! The correct answer was horse

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BIG "STAR"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was mustard gas

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BRAND NAMES

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

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

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WRITERS CUBED

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19th century minister of the Second Church of Boston, known for essays like "Self-Reliance"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Waldo Emerson

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THE 19th CENTURY

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In 1880 this Lincoln county sheriff captured Billy the Kid

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pat Garrett

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GEORGIAN ON MY MIND

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Born in Athens, Georgia, she starred in "9 1/2 Weeks" & played Eminem's mom in "8 Mile"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Basinger

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4-LETTER WORDS

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This word commonly follows cuff or missing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Link

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THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING

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In 1938 DuPont made toothbrushes, not stockings, its first product with this material

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Time's up! The correct answer was nylon

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SEE THE USA

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You can "Go Home Again" to see this author's boyhood home in Asheville, North Carolina

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Wolfe

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1957

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When Wham-O introduced this toy in 1957, it was called the Pluto Platter

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frisbee

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U.S.A.

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Caucasians constitute about 1/3 of this state's population

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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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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ANCIENT VIP's

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In the 6th century B.C., he conquered Babylon and made Persia the greatest empire in the world

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

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"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES

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(Hi, I'm Garry Marshall) I sent copy editor Drew Barrymore back to high school for an undercover assignment in this 1999 comedy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Never Been Kissed

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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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LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS

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"Aloha State"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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TITLE 9

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Jeffrey Toobin: "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the ___ ___"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Supreme Court

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ARCHITECTURE

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One of these ancient Roman structures still carries the water supply of Segovia, Spain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aqueduct

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COME "IN"

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Be it a stick or cone, strawberry & sandalwood are popular fragrances of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was incense

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CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES

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1974: "What makes you certain that your husband is, um, involved with someone?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chinatown

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FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'

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This Fox-TV cartoon boy: "Just so you don't hear any wild rumors, I'm being indicted for fraud in Australia"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bart Simpson

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OLD VIRGINIA

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In 1699 the capital of Virginia was moved from Jamestown to this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Williamsburg

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LSU

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This civil "War is Hell" general was president of the seminary & military academy that became LSU

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Tecumseh Sherman

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PROVERBS

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"You can't make a silk purse" out of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sow's ear

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ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS

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James Dean, Rock Hudson & Liz formed a love triangle in this Texas-set film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Giant

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WHERE'S MY COFFEE?

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The flavorful coffee beans from this country are grown at high altitudes near Nairobi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya

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WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT

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Around 46 B.C, Julius Caesar offended his countrymen by dedicating a statue to her

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra

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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

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In 1999 Ford snatched up the auto unit of this company for 50 billion kronor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Volvo

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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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RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS

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This legendary dozen included 2 Jameses, 2 Judases & an eventual replacement named Matthias

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twelve Apostles/disciples

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RUN, RUN, RUN

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This 2-word hoops term is an offensive rush to beat the defense to the hoop

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fast break

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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In 1990 Paul McCartney received a Lifetime Achievement Award at these awards

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NYPD TV

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In the '70s this Taos, N.M. Deputy Marshal was on temporary assignment in Manhattan's 27th Precinct

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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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ANCIENT COINS

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A Knossos coin of the 4th century B.C. had this creature on the front & a labyrinth on the reverse

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INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE

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It's a brass wind instrument: OH OX ASPEN

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"MUM"s THE WORD

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....I said it's to utter something quietly & unclearly!

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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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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES

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It has the westernmost territory

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SOMETHING'S FISHY

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The black type of this fish with a woman's name is a striking addition to any aquarium

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TRIALS OF THE CENTURY

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Despite a highly controversial trial, these 2 were executed for murders in 1920 at a Mass. factory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sacco & Vanzetti

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LIVE IN TEXAS

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

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MYTHOLOGY

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In Australian myth, Ngunung-Ngunnut, one of these flying mammals, created the first woman

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THE UPPER CRUST

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Ulysses Grant's granddaughter Julia married a prince from this country & had to flee its revolution in 1917

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2-LETTER WORDS

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In British slang this word alone means thank you; 2 together means good-bye

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WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN

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"American poet... became known as a leader of the Beat literary movement of the 1950s"

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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

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A crash is a group of these large horned mammals

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MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS

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Miguel de Cervantes & Aldonza

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B.C. & AFTER

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Period of time named for an alloy of copper & tin & the new water-bearing Zodiacal era

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TAIWAN

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His birthday is observed as a holiday on October 31

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FRANCE

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In 1992, 200 years after it was written, 40% of the French found it excessively bloody & 25% wanted it changed

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Time's up! The correct answer was the French National Anthem

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HAVE A CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

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G'Day Mate! Room service hopped in with kangaroo-tail soup, your breakfast from this continent

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IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD

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In 1604 King James I called this plant a "perpetual stinking torment" & "dangerous to the lungs"; he was right

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LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME

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C.K., Emlyn, Tennessee

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WAR STORIES

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"Arundel", "Johnny Tremain"

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COMMON BONDS

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Roofs, halos, quantum mechanics

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SPOUSE IN COMMON

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Roger Vadim, Tom Hayden

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COME TO OUR AIDE

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In 2009 an aide to the Defense Sec. was ensnared in the scandal over a couple who crashed this White House event

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THE RENAISSANCE

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In his notebooks this Renaissance artist claimed, "The Medici created and destroyed me"

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MOVIES

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This was the nickname of the Irish man "who knew how to get things" in The Shawshank Redemption.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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The "super" class of these stars, the largest known, includes Antares & Betelgeuse

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BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES

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She was president (Natl. Pres. of the Girl Scouts, that is) in the 1920s while her husband was merely Secy. of Commerce

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ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS

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A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders to below the waist

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Time's up! The correct answer was a shift

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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

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THE CIVIL WAR

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This battle was Lee's last major offensive

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BRITISH FASHION

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

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PAPAL NAMES

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The constellation between Cancer & Virgo

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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Velour, velvet or tricot (6)

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DEATH BY...

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Air crash of his MiG fighter plane while on a training mission near Moscow, March 27, 1968

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yuri Gagarin

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1988

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After 32 years in power, Janos Kadar was ousted as first secretary of this country's Communist Party

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U.S. COLLEGES

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The Wren Building at this school named for 2 monarchs is the oldest U.S. academic building still in use

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Time's up! The correct answer was William and Mary

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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In January 1997 Liza Minnelli returned to Broadway, filling in for Julie Andrews in this musical

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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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THE OLD COLLEGE TRY

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Basketball superstar Magic Johnson played his college ball at this university in East Lansing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan State

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HISTORIC AMERICANS

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In 1881 Louis Tiffany & others decorated the first floor of this author's mansion in Hartford, Conn.

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4-LETTER WORDS

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This word commonly follows cuff or missing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Link

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WESTERNS

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This Dustin Hoffman title character was also known as Jack Crabb & the Soda Pop Kid

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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Big Man

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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To prepare for war, "dig up" this ax; when you've made peace, you bury it again

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Time's up! The correct answer was the hatchet

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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The rock opera "Rent" is a reworking of this Puccini opera, set in modern times

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Time's up! The correct answer was "La Boheme"

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ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE

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The Houses of Lancaster & York used different colored types of these flowers as their symbols

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roses

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BARTLETT'S PAIRS

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The 2 quotes by Charles Evans Hughes, the USA's 11th this, include "The Constitution is what the judges say it is"

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THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS

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No longer used in Thailand to haul teak from the jungle, these animals are being trained to paint

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DRIVING

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In September 2000, Congress held hearings on this company's product found on Fords

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Time's up! The correct answer was Firestone

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WORD ORIGINS

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The name of this type of reference work is from the Greek for "cyclical" (i.e., well-rounded) & "education"

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SKIP TO MY "LOO"

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Chinese city opposite Hong Kong island

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kowloon

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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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JUST THE FACTS

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He's the older son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana

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STATE OF THE UNION

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A senator from this state said, "having been the first...to enter the union", it would be "the last to abandon it"

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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In 1915 William H, & William L. Bragg shared the prize for their analysis of the structure of crystals via this type of image

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POLITICS

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Baby book author who ran for president in '68

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

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PHRASES THAT SELL

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This shipping company asks, "What can Brown do for you?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was UPS

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CARY GRANT FILMS

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Joan Fontaine thinks that hubby Cary Grant is trying to murder her in this Hitchcock film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Suspicion

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RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS

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The sixth of these was an outbreak of boils & sores

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ten Plagues of Egypt

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TAUNT "O"

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Being around you has completely killed my sense of this, the tendency to expect the best of life

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Time's up! The correct answer was optimism

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PARTS OF THE WHOLE

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Mercury bulb, scale

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Time's up! The correct answer was a thermometer

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ALL GOD'S CREATURES

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Edison proposed a flying machine based on the flight of this creature, also the subject of a musical work

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SPIELBERG MOVIES

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

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

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POTPOURRI

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Some think this Irving Berlin song should replace "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem -- it's easier to sing

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Time's up! The correct answer was "God Bless America"

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"F"OOD

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It's a Spanish baked custard coated with caramel

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Time's up! The correct answer was flan

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TREES

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Hindu for “trader” this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Banyan

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ON BROADWAY: 1970

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Though he never won an Emmy as Barney Miller, he did win a Tony for his role in "The Rothschilds"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hal Linden

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CALL ME A"LEX"

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Adjective meaning able to bend & snap back readily without breaking

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Time's up! The correct answer was flexible

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SPORTS

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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Mike Piazza) I was the NL's '93 Rookie Of The Year. In '68 this Cincinnati Reds player became the 1st catcher to win the award"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johnny Bench

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CLASSIC AD LINES

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"We Bring Good Things To Life"

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Time's up! The correct answer was General Electric

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YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE

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Home ec.: Make this breakfast dish of battered & fried bread, called pain perdu in France

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Time's up! The correct answer was French toast

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REAL TO REEL

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African captives revolt aboard their slave ship & then have to stand trial in this movie based on an 1839 event

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BOY MEETS WORLD

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In 1923 the San Francisco Symphony hosted the debut of this 7-year-old American violin prodigy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yehudi Menuhin

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20th CENTURY BALLET

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This great Spanish cubist designed sets & costumes for the 1919 ballet "The Three-Cornered Hat"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Picasso

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BEGINNING & END

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In 2006 it began on July 1 in Strasbourg & ended on July 23 in Paris

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Tour de France

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ORGANIZED LABOR

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

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ON THE RADIO

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Radio abbreviation that precedes the name of rap figures Quik, Pooh & Jazzy Jeff

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Time's up! The correct answer was DJ

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WOMEN'S HEALTH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was lupus

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STARTS WITH "B"

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An insect who hangs out in your four-poster, or what a private eye might slip under your mattress

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbug

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LITERATURE

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Even Grendel would love Seamus Heaney's new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic about this title geat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beowulf

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BASIC SCIENCE

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The name of this green pigment found in plants is partly from the Greek for "green"

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HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU

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Around 336 B.C., this "great" king of Macedonia began building an empire from Africa to India

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander

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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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AH, SWEET MYTHTERY

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Of a dryad, a naiad or an oread, she's the water nymph

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Time's up! The correct answer was a naiad

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LUXEMBOURG

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Encyclopedia Britannica says this, not French, is the lingua franca of Luxembourg

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Time's up! The correct answer was German

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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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ROGUE

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This president's administration changed the term "rogue state" to "states of concern"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Clinton

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COMPOSERS ON FILM

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Kevin Kline in "De-Lovely"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Porter

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MEDICINE

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For an upper GI you drink this; for a lower GI... well, we won't talk about that

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Time's up! The correct answer was barium

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ADJECTIVES

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When found before "potato", it's not a potato; before "meats", not meats; & before "bread", not bread

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Time's up! The correct answer was sweet

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FOREIGN

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In French, l'oiseau is this; it sports les plumes

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bird

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ALSO A VEGAS CASINO

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A weapon removed from a stone

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Time's up! The correct answer was Excalibur

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FANTASTIC FILMS

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Marty McFly traveled back to 1955 in a souped-up DeLorean in this 1985 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Back To The Future"

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A "TON" OF PEOPLE

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In 2004 the most valuable guitar, this rocker's Stratocaster "Blackie", sold for $959,500 at auction

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clapton

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BRAND NAMES

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Joseph McVicker invented this after seeing the trouble kids had with modeling clay

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Time's up! The correct answer was Play-Doh

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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On November 12 celebrate National Pizza with the Works Except these fish Day

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anchovies

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FOOD

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Also known as an alligator pear

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Time's up! The correct answer was an avocado

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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Jomo Kenyatta International Airport serves this world capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nairobi, Kenya

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BRIDGES

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The Francis Scott Key Bridge crosses the Patapsco River in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore

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AMERICAN PLAYS

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He revised his 1st play, "Farther Off From Heaven", & retitled it "The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs"

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Inge

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FOOD

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The non-chocolate version are called "blondies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was brownies

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MILITARY POWER

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A period of guard duty; in the Navy one may be 4 or 8 hours long

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Time's up! The correct answer was Watch

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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

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August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley

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NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES

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An exclamation point was warranted for the "End Of" This! in 1918

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Time's up! The correct answer was World War I

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THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC

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Yo-ho, yo-ho! His real name was believed to be Edward Teach

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blackbeard

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AIN'T THAT AMERICA

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This state was named for a man who was a European king from 1643 to 1715

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana

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BOOK NAMES

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George Bernard Shaw: "Major ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara

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FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY

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In the Aesop fable, he's so far ahead he takes a nap; what a loser!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hare

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RODENTS

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Spaniards named these furry rodents for the Chincha Indians

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Time's up! The correct answer was chinchilla

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TOP 40 BONUS

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"Blue Bayou"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Linda Ronstadt & Roy Orbison

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WHEN THE SAINTS

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The site of this city, now the seat of Saint Johns County, Florida, was visited by Ponce de Leon in 1513

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

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CONDUCTORS

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It's the term for material that conducts at high temperatures & insulates at low temperatures

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Time's up! The correct answer was a semiconductor

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BORN IN THE WINDY CITY

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You're keeping up with the Joneses if you name this producer of "Thriller" who was born in Chicago in 1933

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quincy Jones

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POP MUSIC

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"Come Back Home" is the first single from his 2003 album "Day I Forgot"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Yorn

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BROADWAY

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Inspired by classical myths, "Metamorphosis" tells of Orpheus, Alcyone & this king with the "golden touch"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Midas

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FAMOUS AMERICANS

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At the 1855 World's Fair in Paris, one of his sewing machines won first prize

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Time's up! The correct answer was Singer

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CLASSIC STAR TREK

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Captain Kirk shares this name, his middle name, with a first century Roman emperor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tiberius

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COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"

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Open an atlas & discover that the Atlas Mountains traverse the length of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco

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ON THE RADIO

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The AAA format, featuring artists like the Cranberries & Tom Petty, stands for adult album this

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Time's up! The correct answer was alternative

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A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS

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DePaul, Wheaton, Northwestern

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Time's up! The correct answer was Illinois

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WHEREFORE "ART" THOU

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In a nursery rhyme, a queen makes some of these only to have them stolen by a knave

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tarts

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WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II

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The British A22 Mark IV tank carried a 75-millimeter gun & this prime minister's name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Churchill

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FROM B TO C

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Pompous; overblown

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Time's up! The correct answer was bombastic

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LARCENY DELL'ARTE

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NYC's largest art theft happened in 1988 & saw the loss of 2 of this Renaissance friar's masterpieces

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fra Angelico

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NATURE

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This largest U.S. cactus can weigh as much as 10 tons

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Time's up! The correct answer was saguaro

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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Doing this, you'll hold pairs of small cymbals called zills

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Time's up! The correct answer was belly dancing

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AMERICAN NICKNAMES

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

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

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CHICKENS FOR FREE

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He celebrated his 86th birthday at "21" by having his own famous fried chicken delivered to his table in section 21

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colonel Sanders

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LITERATURE

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He published his third novel, "A Cool Million", in 1934, one year after "Miss Lonelyhearts"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nathanael West

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"LIGHT"s

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Ben Franklin invented this device & would have been shocked if it hadn't worked

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Time's up! The correct answer was the lightning rod

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MUSIC VIDEOS

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At the 2004 MTV VMAs, No Doubt won Best Group Video & Best Pop Video for this song

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Time's up! The correct answer was "It's My Life"

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KIDS IN SPORTS

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With a mighty leap of 5'1", David Mosely set the U.S. 10 & under record in this event back in 1977

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

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CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES

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1994: "Just marking my territory"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wolf

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ROUGH POLITICS

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"If anyone wants to (follow) me, go ahead. They'd be very bored", this politician said in 1987; they did, & they weren't

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Hart

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TOM WOLFE

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Wolfe coined the term "radical" this in a story on a party for the Black Panthers thrown by Leonard Bernstein

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Time's up! The correct answer was chic

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RUN, RUN, RUN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the roses

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THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION

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

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

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LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS

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"First In Flight"

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina

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ANATOMY

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The term for the brain & spinal cord, often abbreviated CNS

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Time's up! The correct answer was Central Nervous System

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BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES

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"I got a head full of ideas that are drivin' me insane. It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Maggie's Farm"

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WHEAT

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South America's main wheat-growing area is the Pampa in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Argentina

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THE LAW

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Referendum

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BACH IN THE SADDLE

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Bach was a composer of great reknown in this musical era that takes its name from "imperfect pearls"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baroque

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KIDS IN BOOKS

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This collie was the faithful friend of a kid named Joe in a book by British novelist Eric Knight

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lassie

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SPORTS

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Named for a U.S. doubles champ, this cup is presented to the winner of a 16-team men's tennis tourney

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Time's up! The correct answer was Davis Cup

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THE DE NIRO CODE

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In this 1976 movie: "Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taxi Driver

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WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA

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Brown & white are the main U.S. types of this pouch-mouthed bird

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Time's up! The correct answer was pelican

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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The second word in the French name of this boneless steak means "dainty"

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Time's up! The correct answer was filet mignon

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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It's estimated this dread 14th century epidemic killed 1/3 of the population of Europe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Black Death

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BALLET

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The New York City ballet's first visit to this city's famous festival inspired the ballet "Scotch Symphony"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edinburgh

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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1999 & 2002: Mini-Me

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Time's up! The correct answer was Verne Troyer

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SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE

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This sound made by lions can carry 5 miles

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Time's up! The correct answer was a roar

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STATE GOVERNMENT

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Maine's only publicly elected executive officer; if he dies the state senate president succeeds him

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Time's up! The correct answer was governor

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SUPERHEROES

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In a 1940 comic book Batman & this sidekick take an undying oath to fight crime & corruption

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robin

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NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE

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"The Lotus Eaters" & "Circe"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ulysses

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DICE ROLL NICKNAMES

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Boxcars, or Hobo's Delight on a Rainy Night

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sixes

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BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS

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1966: "One Bloke Year-Round"

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Man For All Seasons

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TV STARS

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Inspired by Sydney, her character on "Alias", this actress enjoys kickboxing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer Garner

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CARTOONS

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This "Funnie" middle school student got his first movie in March 1999

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doug

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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES

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The Cambrian Mountains cover most of it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wales

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TAKE OUT

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The embolus removed from an artery in an embolectomy is usually one of these obstructions

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Time's up! The correct answer was aclot

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JAZZ IT UP

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

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

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POETRY

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In stanza three of "The Star Spangled Banner", he mocks "The hireling and slave" who doubt America's victory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Francis Scott Key

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AMERICAN WOMEN

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She gave herself the third-person name "Phantom", the "no-person" she was from 19 months until she was almost 7

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Time's up! The correct answer was Helen Keller

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PARISIANS

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This saint taught at the University of Paris while working on "Summa Theologica" in the 13th century

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas

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HORSE SENSE

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Golden Cloud had great pull with Roy Rogers under this stage name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trigger

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BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS

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The Heidi ___ of Riddick

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chronicles

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I LOVE L.A. KERS

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A wizard at passing the ball, this Laker is the NBA's all-time leader in assists per game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson

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THE 1990s

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Jacques Chirac of the Rally for the Republic Party won a 7-year term as this country's president

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Time's up! The correct answer was France

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ETIQUETTE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a napkin

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SEAQUEST

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WWI's important naval Battle of Jutland took place in this sea

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Sea

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TOM WOLFE

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"The Right Stuff" tells of how this man broke the sound barrier with 2 broken ribs from a drunken horseback ride

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Yeager

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DEPARTMENT "S"

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Eternally doomed rock roller of Greek mythology

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sisyphus

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INSECTS

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The May beetle is also called this, perhaps when it shows up a few weeks late

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Time's up! The correct answer was Junebug

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THE 14th CENTURY

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Claiming the French throne, England's Edward III invaded the continent in 1337, setting off this war

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Time's up! The correct answer was 100 Years War

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THE MAINE ATTRACTION

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Summer is the time for Whatever Week, a celebration of the Kennebec River in this state capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Augusta

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ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN

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Oh yessssssss...he created the show & was the original producer & host

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Time's up! The correct answer was Don Cornelius

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ISLANDS

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Portuguese sailors originally named this island in the South China Sea Ilha Formosa, "beautiful island"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taiwan

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FOOD FACTS

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"Crevette" is the French word for this shellfish

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Time's up! The correct answer was shrimp

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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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ITALIAN ART

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Gentile da Fabriano used the international Gothic style for his painting "The Adoration Of" this trio

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Magi

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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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fala

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HERE'S LUCY

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Before playing Xena, she co-hosted the travel show "Air New Zealand Holiday"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy Lawless

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SCIENTISTS

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The symbol "J" as a unit of energy honors this physicist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joule

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NUTRITION

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An ounce of cheddar cheese has 200 milligrams of this, crucial to healthy bones

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Time's up! The correct answer was calcium

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CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS

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This former house speaker was reprimanded in 1997 for misuse of tax-exempt funds & submitting false informaiton

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Time's up! The correct answer was Newt Gingrich

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LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS

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Named for his cousin, James Buchanan Eads built the first bridge across this river at St. Louis

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Mississippi

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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

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In one Grimm tale, 12 princesses dance these to pieces in an underground castle

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Time's up! The correct answer was their shoes

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THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956

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Like Korea in 2000, this country entered the stadium in 1956 as a "United" team

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Time's up! The correct answer was Germany

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NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY

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"Good-night, good-night! Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good-night till it be morrow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romeo and Juliet

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SYNONYMS

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This synonym for "to seclude" is also a word for part of a monastery or convent

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