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Time's up! The correct answer was cloister

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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This state's largest county, San Bernardino, was divided in 1893 to form Riverside county

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Time's up! The correct answer was California

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FEELING "ANCY"

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This for life in the U.S. is currently about 76 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Life expectancy

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NIGHT WATCH

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January 3, 2010: Look out! The Quadrantids will be coming from Bootes! Oh... relax, it's just a shower of these things

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Time's up! The correct answer was meteors

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ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS

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Henry I's famous father was this conqueror who reigned from 1066 to 1087

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Time's up! The correct answer was William the Conqueror

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SONGS

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

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

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BALLET

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He designed sets & costumes for "Where the Wlid Things Are", a ballet based on his own beloved book

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maurice Sendak

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"T"ELEVISION

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Running for 5 years, it starred William Shatner as a hard-nosed veteran police officer

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Time's up! The correct answer was T.J. Hooker

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1800

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William Herschel discovered these "rays" beyond the red end of the visible spectrum

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Time's up! The correct answer was Infrared rays

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GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

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If you're vulpine, you're like a fox; if you're lying on your back with your face upward, you're in this position

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Time's up! The correct answer was supine

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was kicked it

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FLEETS

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This empire's fleet was defeated in the 1571 Battle of Lepanto

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

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BEFORE THEY WERE SENATORS

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Later a U.S. senator, in 1962 he made a famous 75,000-mile trip

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn

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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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BUSY AS A BEAVER

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Grey Beaver is the first master of this Jack London wolf-dog

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Time's up! The correct answer was White Fang

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EUROPE

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Until recently, Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia & Slovenia was part of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yugoslavia

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THE BYRDS & THE BEAS

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He was the Senate's Minority Leader from 1980-87, then moved up to Majority Leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd

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Y1K

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In retaliation for Viking raids, this "Unready" king of England attacks Norse areas of the Isle of Man

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ethelred

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BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY

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In Ezekiel this capital of Egypt is called Noph, & the Lord promises to "destroy the idols" there (he didn't mean Elvis)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis

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THINGS ON NFL HELMETS

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A white arrowhead with a black outline; inside are 2 letters

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Kansas City Chiefs

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RHYMES WITH TRACK

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A somewhat shapeless dress

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sack

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YOU DO THE MATH

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The number of legs on a spider plus the number of legs on a fly

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Time's up! The correct answer was 14

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DRAMA QUEENS

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The queen in Marlowe's "Edward II" is named this, like a famous queen of Spain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Isabella

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"E" CHANNEL

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Before going bankrupt in 1989, this airline tried selling $12 plane tickets between Boston & New York

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eastern

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Prince William

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CHEESE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kill Bill

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NUTRITION

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For an active woman, 20 to 25 percent of her total calorie intake should be from this; don't go all Jack Sprat

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Time's up! The correct answer was fat

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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1 of 2 famous Danish breweries you can tour in Copenhagen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tuborg

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TOM JONES

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Tom hails from Pontypridd in this British Isles country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wales

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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Dating back at least 100 years, "drowning the shamrock", or going drinking, is a tradition on this holiday

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Patrick's Day

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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2003 & 2004: The bride who's trying to kill Bill

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uma Thurman

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PROVERBS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Opportunity

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EPONYMS

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Named for a French courtesan, Pommes Anna is a dish of layered these, not apples

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Time's up! The correct answer was potatoes

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LITERATURE OF THE 1800s

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This character said, "I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ebenezer Scrooge

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THE EMERALD ISLE

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It's the one-word term for the traditional 6 counties known as Northern Ireland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ulster

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NOTORIOUS

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Using the aliases James Ryan & Harry Place, they boarded a steamer for Argentina in February 1901

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Time's up! The correct answer was Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

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MOVIE DEBUTS

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The Al Pacino legal drama "...And Justice for All" marked the screen debut of this actor, later TV's "Coach"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Craig T. Nelson

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Y1K

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With the crowning of King Boleslaw, this central European nation is recognized as an independent state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland

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THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

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The church funds worldwide good works by this contribution of 10% of members' incomes

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tithe

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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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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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ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES

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No. 2: 1912 Olympian; football star at Carlisle Indian School; 6 MLB seasons with the Reds, Giants & Braves

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Thorpe

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THE BIBLE

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Adam & Eve sewed leaves of this tree "together, and made themselves aprons"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the fig tree

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WAITER!

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For dessert, bring me some of this apple-filled rolled pastry whose name is from the German for "whirlpool"

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Time's up! The correct answer was strudel

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was pineapple

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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This 4-letter neutral compound is produced by the reaction of an acid & a base

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Time's up! The correct answer was a salt

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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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NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE

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"Hester and Pearl"

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

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BIOLOGY

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Renin, an enzyme that breaks down protein, is secreted by cells in this organ

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Time's up! The correct answer was the kidney

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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

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The last British athlete to win the Olympic decathlon, he won it back-to-back in 1980 & 1984

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daley Thompson

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AFRICAN ISLANDS

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Uganda's Sese Islands lie in the northern part of this large lake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Victoria

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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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BASIC SCIENCE

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At last count, this planet in our solar system had 63 known moons

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter

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TRANSPORTATION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was forklifts

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SCIENCE GUYS

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In 1855 Napoleon III "swung" a deal arranging for his appointment as physicist at the Paris Observatory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Foucault

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THE HUMAN BODY

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The oval window is a membrane forming one of the boundaries between the middle & the inner parts of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ear

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CANDY & GUM SLOGANS

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"Gimme a Break, Gimme a Break, Break Me Off a Piece" of this candy bar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kit Kat

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"YN"

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A skeptic, or one of a Greek sect who espoused that virtue is the only good

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cynic

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HERBS & SPICES

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Though derived from the same plant as opium, these seeds are non-narcotic

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Time's up! The correct answer was poppyseeds

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6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR

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Paul Baumer, a young German soldier

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Time's up! The correct answer was Erich Maria Remarque

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SPORTS LEGENDS

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From 1984 to 1992, 2 of the 3 players who won all the NBA MVP awards

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson & Larry Bird

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THE CIVIL WAR

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In the Gettysburg campaign, Lee's forces were along Seminary Ridge and the federal forces along this ridge

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cemetery Ridge

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"B" IN GEOGRAPHY

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It's the capital of Catalonia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barcelona

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LIBRARIES

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Architect Gordon Bunshaft designed this presidential library in Austin, Texas

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Time's up! The correct answer was the LBJ library

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DOUGH

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Cherry blossoms are featured on the back of the coin worth 100 of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yen

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TWO

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In pharmaceuticals: William Bristol &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Myers

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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Egypt

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arabic

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CLOTHING WORDS

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Hits hard

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Time's up! The correct answer was socks/belts

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THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY

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In preparing to write this poem, Longfellow used "An historical and statistical account of Nova Scotia"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Evangeline

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SIGNS & SYMBOLS

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At her swearing-in, Speaker Pelosi wore this color (also a longtime symbol of power) as a symbol of the Suffragettes

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Time's up! The correct answer was purple

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IT'S A COUP D'ETAT

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This S. American president was the leader of an unsuccessful coup in 1992 & was the target of a coup in 2002

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hugo Chavez

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ODDS & ENDS

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Using beeswax, olive oil, rose petals & water, Galen invented this skin cleanser with a "frigid" name c. 200 A.D.

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Time's up! The correct answer was cold cream

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POETIC TITLE VERBS

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"To An Athlete _____ Young"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dying

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APOLLO 11

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While the lunar lander was code-named "Eagle", the command module was code-named this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Columbia

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"ROCK"Y

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Also called halite, this common mineral can be formed by the drying of enclosed bodies of seawater

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Time's up! The correct answer was rock salt

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FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'

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On his first night taking over "The Daily Show", he informed us, "Craig Kilborn is on assignment in Kuala Lumpur"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jon Stewart

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"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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ROCK FORMATIONS

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Jack wed Meg & took her name, & in 1997 formed this band on a lark, with him on bass & her on drums

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Time's up! The correct answer was The White Stripes

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HOP ON POP CULTURE

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Mark Hamill played the oldest of Dick Van Patten's octet of kids in the pilot but not the series of this show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eight Is Enough

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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His July 20, 1973 death in Hong Kong at age 32 shocked the world

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Lee

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COUNTRY MUSIC

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This frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish went country with his solo album "Learn to Live"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rucker

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was your dukes

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TOP 40 BONUS

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"Soul Man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Blues Brothers & Sam & Dave

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THE TEENS

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Including wisdom teeth, the number of teeth typically found in the fully developed adult upper jaw

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Time's up! The correct answer was 16

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was "Casey at the Bat"

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THE LAST MAN

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In "The Almanac of Famous People" is this "Father of Television"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vladimir Zworykin

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"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY

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In the 1920s Edwin Hubble determined that this galaxy was in fact a separate galaxy from the Milky Way

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andromeda

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ANIMAL PLANET

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It's the double-talk name for the tropical food fish also known as the dolphinfish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mahi-mahi

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MEN OF THE WORLD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tijuana

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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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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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Chips' aquatic partner (4)

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Time's up! The correct answer was fish

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THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION

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In 1542 missionaries sent by Ignatius to Ireland were hampered by this king

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII

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GEOGRAPH"Y"

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While many countries in Europe have been splitting up, this one got back together in 1990

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Time's up! The correct answer was Germany

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

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This Dallas-based electronics firm started out as Geophysical Service, an oil exploration company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas Instruments

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19TH CENTURY FICTION

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The 1853 novel "Clotel, or The President's Daughter" alleges that this man had an affair with a slave

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson

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TIME TO CONVERT

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MMIX in Roman numerals gives us this year

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Time's up! The correct answer was 2009

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FIGURE SKATERS

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In 1986 this East German beauty was called "the warmest thing to hit the Cold War since vodka"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Katarina Witt

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11-LETTER WORDS

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Don't complain to your waiter that your soup is cold if you're served this French potato soup

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vichysoisse

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"HIGH" SCHOOL

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Coastal waters beyond national jurisdiction, or the tops of some sopranos' ranges

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Time's up! The correct answer was High seas/C's

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BETTER KNOWN AS...

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WWII radio propagandist Iva D'Aquino

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Tokyo Rose"

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LITERARY QUOTES

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Terence, a Roman poet-playwright who lived in the second century B.C., said, "Charity begins" here

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Time's up! The correct answer was At Home

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PRIME NUMBERS

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Dial this 3-digit prime number in L.A. only for emergencies

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Time's up! The correct answer was 911

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"EZ" DOES IT

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One of the large, flat triangular muscles of the shoulder & upper back region

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trapezius

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STRING THEORY 101

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If you're emotionally dependent on mom, you're "tied to" these "strings"

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Time's up! The correct answer was apron strings

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THE BODY HUMAN

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Abbreviated TB, this disease is characterized by lesions in the lung tissue

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tuberculosis

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DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS

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Quality of ice, eels, & banana peels

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Time's up! The correct answer was slipperiness

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LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?

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Embarrassingly but aptly, this baby doctor's name was synonymous with womb

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uterus

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BIBLICAL QUOTES

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Herod thought that Jesus was this man "whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John the Baptist

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WAR STORIES

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"Arundel", "Johnny Tremain"

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

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INTO THE "WOOD"s

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On an orchestral score, the music for this instrument group is at the top

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Time's up! The correct answer was woodwinds

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WORDS WITHIN WORDS

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A 1,496-pound one was unfortunate enough to get caught in 1979

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tuna

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WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT

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To Grandpa it meant he'd stirred up & fed a fire; to his grandson it means happy or excited

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stoked

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RADIO PERSONALITIES

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She's from Brooklyn, has a Ph.D. in physiology & is Deryk's mom

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

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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES

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Aaron Spelling's daughter Tori plays Donna Martin on this popular TV series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills, 90210

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BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY

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Genesis calls it "the salt sea" perhaps because its salinity reaches 4 times that of ocean water

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

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GIRLS IN SONG

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In Ritchie Valens' day, this song about a girl was more popular than its flip side, "La Bamba"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Donna

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BRASS

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In 1989 this son of Jamaican immigrants became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Time's up! The correct answer was Powell

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HOUSES OF WORSHIP

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The seat of New York's Roman Catholic Archdiocese, it's a great example of Gothic Revival architecture

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Patrick's Cathedral

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WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN

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"Served under the Apache leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas... in 1894, he was moved to Fort Sill

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geronimo

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GRAINS & STAPLES

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The name of this food, not a true grain, comes from the Dutch meaning "beech wheat"

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Time's up! The correct answer was buckwheat

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BUT IS IT ART?

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The Mitchell, South Dakota "palace" seen here is built of & named for this cereal grain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Corn

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FOOD & DRINK

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They're the 2 things Little Miss Muffet was consuming while sitting on her tuffet

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Time's up! The correct answer was curds & whey

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THE HUMAN ANIMAL

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Comanche chief Parra-o-coom was described as "a great" this animal "of a man"; it's also what his name means

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Time's up! The correct answer was bear

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19th CENTURY AMERICA

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To avoid Boss Tweed's graft, Alfred Beach secretly built one of these under Broadway in 1869-70

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Time's up! The correct answer was a subway

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Band-Aid

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SOMETHING'S FISHY

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So as not to confuse it with the mammal, this fish is commonly referred to as mahi-mahi

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Time's up! The correct answer was a dolphinfish

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BOTANY

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About 3/4 of U.S. plantings of this palm fruit are of the Deglet Noor, a semidry variety

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Time's up! The correct answer was dates

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“SAINTS”

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A patron saint of Russia, he was probably skinny & never wore a red suit

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

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WHERE WORDS COME FROM

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Chinese or Malay: This tomato condiment that's put on French fries

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Time's up! The correct answer was ketchup

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ROYALTY

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This "bonnie" prince had a daughter by his mistress Clementina Walkinshaw

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Bonnie" Prince Charlie

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zeus

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4-LETTER WORDS

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It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings

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Time's up! The correct answer was a quad

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LONG GERMAN WORDS

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Sauerbraten is literally "sour roast"; this is literally "roast sausage"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bratwurst

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THAT'S BUSINESS

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In 1927 this brand name first appeared on a Sears washing machine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kenmore

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FIRSTS

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On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the 1st state to do this

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Time's up! The correct answer was ratify the U.S. Constitution

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"DEEP" DISH

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This region of the U.S. includes Mississippi & Alabama

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Deep South

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SPELL CHECK HELL

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I want to call my girl "dollpuss", not this suggested alternative meaning large portions of sour cream

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Time's up! The correct answer was dollops

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FAIRY TALE FEMMES

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One of the few times she laughs in Wonderland is when she has to use a flamingo to play croquet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alice

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CHOPIN

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Chopin was born in Poland, & his first printed work at age 7 was one of these appropriately named pieces

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Time's up! The correct answer was Polonaise

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THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

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64 paintings from the Met's founding purchase are still in its collection; over 1/3 of them are from this current European nation

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands

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TEENS OF THE PAST

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In his teens in the 1860s this "bright light" of inventors worked as a roving telegraph operator

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Edison

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LITERARY EPITAPHS

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Died on safari after a short happy life. Placed here by his wife

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Time's up! The correct answer was Francis Macomber

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THAT'S BUSINESS

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In 1927 this brand name first appeared on a Sears washing machine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kenmore

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SPORTS

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On Sept. 23, 1926 this heavyweight boxing champ lost his title to Gene Tunney in a decision

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Dempsey

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FRUITS & VEGETABLES

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This somewhat coarse root vegetable is also called a swede or a Swedish turnip

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rutabaga

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SIMILES

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A really fast person runs like this kind of "lightning"—as if regular lightning isn't fast enough

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Time's up! The correct answer was greased lightning

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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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ALL MY SONS

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

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

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GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE

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Her rhyme winds up with her playing "Pin the Tail on the Sheep"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Bo Peep

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LANGUAGES

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More than 375 languages & dialects are spoken in this country's Madhya Pradesh state

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Time's up! The correct answer was India

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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"

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Petty critique (7)

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Time's up! The correct answer was quibble

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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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EXPORTS

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In ancient times, the most famous export of the Phoenician town of Byblos to Greece was this material

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Time's up! The correct answer was papyrus

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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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STORM

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In this cool 2004 film, climatologist Dennis Quaid is right & much of the U.S. evacuates to Mexico

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Day After Tomorrow

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THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING

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In 1936 Los Angeles started receiving its electricity from generators at this facility

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hoover Dam

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PIANO KEYS

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A 6-string guitar has 2 strings tuned to this note, each corresponding to a piano key

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Time's up! The correct answer was E

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MILITARY SLANG

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"Angels" is slang for this measurement of height, in thousands of feet

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Time's up! The correct answer was altitude

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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Type of place you'd be visiting if you were in Wind Cave, Lassen or Zion

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

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michaelmas

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS

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You'll need some long-winded singers to star in "Stormen", a Swedish opera based on this play

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest

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AN ARTHUR BEE

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For 50 seasons this Boston-born man was director of the Boston Pops

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Fiedler

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MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS

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He travels to Ireland to ask the hand of the princess Isolde for his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tristan

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HERBS & SPICES

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In medieval Europe this poultry stuffing herb of the genus Salvia was thought to stimulate the mind

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Time's up! The correct answer was sage

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THE ONION

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Nov. 15, 2001: This pasta treat "discontinued as Franco-American relations break down"

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Time's up! The correct answer was SpaghettiOs

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"NIGHT"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was nightshades

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ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS

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Dresser

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bureau

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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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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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"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY

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These are just small masses of lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx

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Time's up! The correct answer was adenoids

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EDUCATION JARGON

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These 2 words, denoting socioeconomically challenged, followed "A Nation" in a 1983 report's title

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Time's up! The correct answer was At Risk

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POLITICAL MOVIES

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Michael Douglas played Andrew Shepherd, the title character of this film, & even he had trouble dating

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Time's up! The correct answer was The American President

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JUBAL EARLY

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In July 1864, Early & his troops threatened this city & were later criticized for not taking it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington, D.C.

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GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY

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You mugs, I need a "can opener", a tool used to open one of these, not a tin can

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Time's up! The correct answer was Safe

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POP MUSIC

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'60s Dylan classic that begins, "Once upon a time you dressed so fine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Like A Rolling Stone"

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AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS

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The only Oscar winner also to win a Nobel Prize, this European won a 1938 Oscar for adapting his own play

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Bernard Shaw

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ANATOMY

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This transparent membrane in the eye covers the iris & has no blood vessels

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Time's up! The correct answer was the cornea

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PARISIANS

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The voice of this woman, born in Paris in 1915, evokes the city in songs like "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edith Piaf

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NEWS ON THE MARCH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Puerto Rico

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TV CASTS

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In 2000 this rapper-turned-actor joined the cast of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" as Richard Belzer's partner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ice-T

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POETRY

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This poet to whom T.S. Eliot dedicated "The Wasteland" ended up in a mental institution

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ezra Pound

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BREAKFAST CEREALS

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Watch "dinosaur eggs" hatch or hunt for "treasure" while warming your tummy with a bowl of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was oatmeal

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ANIMAL GROUPS

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Wisconsin folks know a cete is a group of these carnivores

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Time's up! The correct answer was Badgers

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"EN" THE BEGINNING

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This Baja California port city is known as "Yellowtail Capital of the World"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ensenada

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ON THE BIG SCREEN

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Kevin Costner's funeral kicks off this "big" 1983 film but sadly, Kevin couldn't make it; he got cut from the film in editing

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Big Chill

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CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES

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It's "finger lickin' good!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky Fried Chicken

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AMERICAN COUNTIES

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While many states have counties named Lincoln, this is the only state that has one named Snohomish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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ROGUE

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The U.S. condemned this country's October 2006 nuclear test as a "provocative act"

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Korea

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SHAKESPEARE

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In different plays, it's the name shared by men linked with Helen of Troy & with Juliet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris

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TOM JONES

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This "Kubla Khan" poet thought "Tom Jones" had 1 of the 3 best plots in all literature

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

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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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AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE

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This manatee relative of the order Sirenia can be found in the coastal waters of North Australia

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Time's up! The correct answer was a dugong

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U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS

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mc<sup>2</sup>

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Time's up! The correct answer was Energy

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ORGANIZATIONS

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The C.A.P., or Common Agricultural Policy, accounts for almost half the budget of this 25-nation organization

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Time's up! The correct answer was the European Union

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FLOPS

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Ford, '57, flop, 'nuf said

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edsel

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SIMILES

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Because artists tend to flatter their models, a fine-looking female is said to be "as pretty as" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a picture

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HAVE A WHISKEY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 80

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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Ioalus, the son of Iphicles & Automedusa, helped this man, his uncle, with his labors

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hercules

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WOMEN'S HEALTH

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It's the trimester of pregnancy in which women gain the least weight

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Time's up! The correct answer was first

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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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BRITISH INVENTIONS

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In 1676 Robert Hooke came up with a universal one of these to manipulate the mirrors of his helioscope

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Time's up! The correct answer was a universal joint

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MILITARY MATTERS

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This nickname of the World War II U.S. Air Force fighter numbered the P-51 comes from the Spanish for "stray animal"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mustang

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CNN

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In 1997 CNN became the first U.S. news organization since 1969 with a permanent bureau in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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His 1791 marriage to Rachel Robards was invalid, so they had to do it all over again on January 17, 1794

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Jackson

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DOWN MEXICO WAY

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Founded in the 1530s, this capital of Jalisco state is the second-largest in Mexico

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Time's up! The correct answer was Guadalajara

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EARLY AMERICA

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In 1701 this college was founded in Conn., in part to counter the perceived liberalism of Harvard

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yale

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AFRICAN-AMERICANA

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Frederick Douglass said this political party was the ship & everything else was the ocean

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Republican Party

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PARDON MY "FRENCH"

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In France this musical instrument is called "cor d' harmonie"

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Time's up! The correct answer was French horn

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WANT ADS

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In the June 3, 2011 paper: this country wants new president after bomb explodes in Ali Saleh's presidential palace

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HORNS

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Christian tradition says this archangel will blow his trumpet to announce the Second Coming

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gabriel

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ALASKA

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This second-largest Alaskan city wasn't named for an actor

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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Found in Southeast Asia, they're the smallest apes

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Time's up! The correct answer was gibbons

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"DEATH"

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Suge Knight & Tupac Shakur's rap music record label

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Time's up! The correct answer was Death Row Records

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FOOD FACTS

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Carob yields a sweet pulp that is roasted, ground, & used as a substitute for this flavoring

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WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?

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Kate Hudson

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Time's up! The correct answer was Goldie Hawn

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INTO THE "WOOD"s

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A heavyset rodent common in northern North America

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Time's up! The correct answer was a woodchuck

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CZECH, PLEASE

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Maryam d'Abo played a Czech cellist in this 1987 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Living Daylights

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I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT

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In astrological notation, this sign is represented by 2 fish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pisces

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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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FRANCE

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With its team led by Zinedine Zidane, France won this prestigious contest in July 1998

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Time's up! The correct answer was the World Cup

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EPONYMS

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This screw with a cross-slotted head (& the needed screwdriver) was invented by a Portland man in 1936

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phillips

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ARTS & CRAFTS

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The name of this knotty craft comes from a word that means "embroidered veil"

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Time's up! The correct answer was macramé

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ON THE STAGE

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Their first commission was "Thespis" for London's Gaiety Theatre in 1871

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gilbert & Sullivan

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BRAND NAMES

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It's the rhyming name of a brand of pretzels made by Frito-Lay

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rold Gold

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THIS CATEGORY STINKS!

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The strong odor of this semi-aquatic rodent gives it its name

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Time's up! The correct answer was the muskrat

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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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MR. TEA

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Dating from 1662, the English use of tea is attributed to Catherine of Braganza, wife of this "Restored" king

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles II

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ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lima beans

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WESTERNS

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It's the type of transport in the title of John Wayne's 1939 breakout film

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Time's up! The correct answer was a stagecoach

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ANIMAL TERMS

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This "scaly" alliterative term originally referred to men who flirted in tea rooms

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Time's up! The correct answer was lounge lizards

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ACTION!

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In a 1965 speech this president put out a call for "affirmative action" in hiring by federal contractors

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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In 1301 Edward II was the first English heir to be given this title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prince of Wales

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LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"

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A singable poem, perhaps "of the Last Minstrel" (3)

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Time's up! The correct answer was lay

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NAME THE POET

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"To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower"

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Blake

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CALL ME A"LEX"

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By profession, Noah Webster was one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a lexicographer

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NEWS TO ME

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A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in this Caribbean country Jan. 12, 2010 brought a world outpouring of aid

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Time's up! The correct answer was Haiti

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TAKE-OFFS

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Rafreaky the baboon & a 30-year-old Annie have appeared in this NYC theater spoof that debuted in 1982

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Time's up! The correct answer was Forbidden Broadway

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GIVE ME AN "A"!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Albania

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AMERICANA

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The name of this Texas city is Spanish for "yellow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amarillo

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FLY COUNTRIES

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Aer Lingus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland

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DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!

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"...and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack

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ANCIENT HISTORY

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This Old Kingdom capital of Egypt was originally named Hikouptah

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Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis

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FRUIT

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A cluster, or hand, of this fruit consists of 10-20 fingers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bananas

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THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

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Novelist Heller

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph

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SCIENCE

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6 elements once known as inert gases are now known by this aristocratic name

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Time's up! The correct answer was noble gases

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STARTS WITH A PRONOUN

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In this job, at a wedding, you'll be called upon to ask, "Friend of the bride or groom?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was usher

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MYTHOLOGY

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Daphnis, who invented pastoral poetry, was the son of this Greek messenger god & a Sicilian nymph

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hermes

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MUNICH

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Munich's motto used to be "die weltstadt mit herz", the world city with one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was heart

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SAY CHEESE

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The 2 cheeses coated with red wax named for towns, one in North Holland province, one in South

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HOUSES OF WORSHIP

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The world's largest mosque is Shah Faisal Mosque near this Pakistani capital; it can hold 100,000 worshippers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Islamabad

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FROM T TO SHINING T

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Elephants call each other with this instrument (but not literally, except maybe at Ringling Bros.)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a trumpet

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ROYALTY

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After this emperor died in 14 A.D., his relatives, the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruled until 68

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Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus

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SELLERS

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Strangely, this "colorful" German company sells its classic travel alarm clocks only in black & white

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Time's up! The correct answer was Braun

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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This "American Idol" judge told one contestant, "you sounded like Cher after she's been to the dentist"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Cowell

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RHYME TIME

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A silent mob scene

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Time's up! The correct answer was a quiet riot

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SPORTS SHORTS

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Since 2009 the Mercury, Storm & Lynx have been championship teams in this league

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Time's up! The correct answer was the WNBA

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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Part of the name of this expensive boneless cut means "dainty" in French

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Time's up! The correct answer was filet mignon

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NO. 1 ALBUMS

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"Forever Your Girl"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paula Abdul

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HEISMAN WINNERS

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Even though his team won the BCS Championship in 2009, this QB didn't win back-to-back Heismans

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tim Tebow

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ART & ARTISTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winslow Homer

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MOTORCYCLE MAKERS

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"Let the good times roll" with this company's supersport cycle, the Ninja ZX-14

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kawasaki

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THE LAW

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During the Civil War, Lincoln suspended this right not to be held in prison without court consent

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Time's up! The correct answer was Habeas corpus

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L____O

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This term for any man who seduces & deceives women comes from a character in the 18th century play "The Fair Penitent"

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Time's up! The correct answer was lothario

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AIN'T THAT "GRAND"

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The Republicans had been around less than 30 years when they were dubbed this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Old Party

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STATE FISH

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This state's official saltwater fish, the tarpon, can be found in the Gulf of Mexico & in the Mobile Estuary

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama

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NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE

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"Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific"

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Time's up! The correct answer was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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LANGUAGES

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

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LITERATURE

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At one point in this 1862 novel, Jean Valjean owns a factory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Les Miserables

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ORGANIZED LABOR

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

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

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PROPHET SHARING

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The soothsayer Calchas told this king he had to offer up his daughter Iphigenia to Artemis to get winds to rise

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Time's up! The correct answer was Agamemnon

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THE STING

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This famous FBI sting derived its name from one its fictitious enterprises, Abdul Enterprises

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Time's up! The correct answer was Abscam

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EXPLORERS

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In 1848 Johannes Rebmann became the first European to see & describe "the snows" of this African mountain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kilimanjaro

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

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It's the nickname of William Lonigan, the 15-year-old hero of a 1930s trilogy written by James T. Farrell

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

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MEDIEVAL MUSIC

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From 590 to 604 this type of music would have gotten a Papal Choice Award

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gregorian Chant

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

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This Utah school's Ty Detmer holds the NCAA career record for yards passing with 15,031

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brigham Young University

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RUSSIAN

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Blinaya means this, the "hop" in IHOP

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

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PHYSICS

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A shotgun's powerful recoil is an example of his third law of motion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac Newton

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ON THE MOVE

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In Britain, it's a kitchen on a ship's deck; in the U.S., it's traditionally the last car on a freight train

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Time's up! The correct answer was Caboose

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THE FABULOUS '50s

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The accuracy of the Quartz clock was surpassed in 1955 by one using this element, Cs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cesium

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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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A large Asian white winter radish that's a representation of a saint

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Time's up! The correct answer was a daikon icon

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"B" PREPARED

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A non-rigid flexible dirigible

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Time's up! The correct answer was blimp

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LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?

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Embarrassingly but aptly, this baby doctor's name was synonymous with womb

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uterus

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CAESAR

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He was caesar & emperor when Jesus was born

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Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus

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SIMILES

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Because artists tend to flatter their models, a fine-looking female is said to be "as pretty as" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a picture

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IN A FESTIVAL MOOD

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In July Deer River, Minnesota remembers its Indian heritage with a festival of the "wild" type of this food

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Time's up! The correct answer was rice

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SCIENCE CLASS

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(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from New York's Central Park) Autumn leaves turn golden red as shorter days & cooler nights cause the breakdown of this green pigment

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Time's up! The correct answer was chlorophyll

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EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...

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In the winter of 1971-72, a record 1,122 inches of snow fell at Rainier Paradise Ranger Station in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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FOREIGN CURRENCY

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Its currency, the guarani, shares its name with one of its national languages & an expensive Asuncion hotel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paraguay

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SPORTS

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You win this when you pick the winners of 2 successive horse races

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Daily Double

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PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY

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This philosophical movement holds that the truth value of a proposition lies in its practicality

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WORLD CAPITALS

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It's located about 30 miles south of the DMZ

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ROGUE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Libya

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ACTORS' RHYME TIME

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Torn's witticisms

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rip's quips

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WHAT TO WEAR?

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This plain-weave, sheer fabric made with tightly twisted yarn is also used to describe a pie or cake

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Time's up! The correct answer was chiffon

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GOLD RUSH

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Tourists now rush to this man's 1839 Adobe Fort in Sacramento, California

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Sutter

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ALL IN YOUR MIND

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Some people won't give blood due to belonephobia, fear of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was needles

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INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME

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An automobile for any former Russian emperor

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

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THE 1980s

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On Dec. 13, 1989 Pres. F.W. De Clerk met with this imprisoned African National Congress leader for the first time

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Mandela

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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The nation's highest flat-top mountain, Grand Mesa, is in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado

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BASEBALL HISTORY

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

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

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THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY

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Rome, Brussels, Lisbon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brussels

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ON THE GO

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The Wright Bros.' experiments in this type of chamber in their bicycle shop led to designs of their flyer's wings

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Time's up! The correct answer was wind tunnel

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WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN

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"Served under the Apache leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas... in 1894, he was moved to Fort Sill

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geronimo

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GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY

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Keep your head low...I just saw a "Salt & Pepper", one of these, go by

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Time's up! The correct answer was Police car

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BOOK NAMES

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Charles Dickens: "Little ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dorrit

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SOCIOLOGY

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A plant, animal or object that's the symbol of a clan; it's often taboo & was paired with "Taboo" in a Freud title

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Time's up! The correct answer was totem

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IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING

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It's the activity you're participating in if you're instructed to "swing your partner, do-si-do"

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Time's up! The correct answer was square dancing

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PIANO KEYS

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It's the key the French call "Le do du milieu du piano"

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Time's up! The correct answer was middle C

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"S"-OTERICA

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(I'm NFL running back Shaun Alexander) I play in this city that's the farthest distance away from any other NFL city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seattle

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was McCloud

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THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC

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This '60s "Nights in White Satin" band has another color in its name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moody Blues

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THOSE WACKY GERMANS

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The food many Germans like best is wurst, which are these hot-dog-shaped meat treats

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sausages

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A REALLY BIG CATEGORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara

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CARTOONS

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Sylvester believes Hippety Hopper, a baby one of these, to be a gigantic mouse

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kangaroo

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THE HUMAN ANIMAL

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Denis Leary says of firefighters, "You have to be like" this sea creature. "You have to keep moving forward"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a shark

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AT THE BUILDING SITE

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The current affairs this person deals with are labelled H & C

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Time's up! The correct answer was the plumber

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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Papua New Guinea is just off this country's Cape York Peninsula

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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia

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CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AUTHORS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Francis

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I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW

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Oleg Zhornitskiy turned this sandwich spread into a meal by gulping down 4 32-ounce bowls in 8 minutes

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Time's up! The correct answer was mayonnaise

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WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN

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"In 1997, the House (of Reps.) voted to reprimand him... It marked the first time the House had reprimanded a Speaker"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gingrich

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IT HAD TO "BU"

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Established in 1881, The Wharton School at the U. of Pennsylvania was the world's first collegiate school of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was business

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U.S. CITIES

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Located in this city's Garden District, Commander's Palace features a jazz brunch on weekends

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans

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ALL "AMERICAN"

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In 2009 this organization that maintains the largest registry for purebred dogs celebrated its 125th anniversary

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Time's up! The correct answer was the American Kennel Club

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WHEN IN ROME?

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The U.S. Fifth Army comes to town: June 4 of this year

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1944

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PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS

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This Frenchman's "last theorem", stated in 1637, was proved by Andrew Wiles in the 1990s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fermat

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BALLET

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The ballet "Jeu de Cartes" features dancing playing cards, & this one is the "trickster" of the pack

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Time's up! The correct answer was the joker

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TELEVISION

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Like Burton & Taylor, Billy Zane & Leonor Varela had a romance when they played these lovers (in a 1999 miniseries)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Antony & Cleopatra

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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In Guinea-Bissau: this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese

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EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI

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This lung disease claimed the life of Poe's 24-year-old wife

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Time's up! The correct answer was tuberculosis

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SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD

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Maybe...Yes, sir! Nailing an 11-foot putt on 17 helped seal the 1986 Masters for this Golden Bear

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Nicklaus

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EXPORTS

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This crop is king in Mali; about 1/2 of its export income comes from it

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Time's up! The correct answer was cotton

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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sam Shepard

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SPORTS FACTS

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This Giants outfielder is the only player in history to receive the MVP award 4 consecutive years, 2001 to 2004

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bonds

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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One story says this point was so named becuase it was a positive sign of a sea route from Europe to India

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cape of Good Hope

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IT'S A COUP D'ETAT

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Carl Henrik Anckarsvard was the leader of the coup that overthrew King Gustav IV of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sweden

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BUSINESS PARTNERS

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In tools: Duncan Black &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alonzo Decker

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PLANT PARENTHOOD

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Juniper & maple are good trees to use in this cultivating art whose name means "plant in a tray" in Japanese

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Time's up! The correct answer was bonsai

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"D" IN HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin Disraeli

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LEVITICUS

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God bans mean pranks in 19:14, "Thou shalt not... put a stumbling block before" these people

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Time's up! The correct answer was The blind

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AN E FOR AN I

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One means "severely tested"; the other, "trapped on a branch"

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Time's up! The correct answer was tried & treed

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MIDDLE "C"

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In 1923, John Deere launched it's Model D, the first of these to bear the Deere name

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tractor

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE

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The French name of these casual summer shoes derives from a tough wiry grass that's used to make rope

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Time's up! The correct answer was espadrilles

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20th CENTURY NOTABLES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mohandas Gandhi

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WITH BROTHERHOOD

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2 motorcycle accidents, a year apart & 3 blocks from each other, claimed 2 lives of this "Ramblin' Man" band

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

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SHAKESPEARE

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The lines “And thereby hangs a tale” & “All the world's a stage” come from this comedy

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Time's up! The correct answer was As You Like It

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WHOSE IS IT?

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2 by 2 the animals were put on this "ark"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Noah's Ark

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TAKE OUT

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A rhytidectomy removes these surgically; botox takes them out another way

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Time's up! The correct answer was wrinkles

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APOLLO 11

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Astronomic name for the booster rocket used to power the launch

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn

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LITERARY CHARACTERS

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Emma is the first name of this title character of an 1857 Gustave Flaubert novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Madame Bovary

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4-LETTER WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plum

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ACTORS & ACTRESSES

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This "Seinfeld" co-star became a Broadway star at age 23 in Stephen Sondheim's musical "Merrily we Roll Along"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jason Alexander

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U.S. STATES

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Besides X,Y & Z, 2 of the 3 consonants that don't begin a state's name

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Time's up! The correct answer was J & Q

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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In 1358 this league of North German trading towns made Lubeck its administrative headquarters

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

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MESOPOTAMIA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gilgamesh

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WORLD FACTS

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This isthmus connects North & South America

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Time's up! The correct answer was Isthmus of Panama

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MUSICAL THEATER

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It's the musical featuring the song heard here: ("I'm Getting Married in the Morning")

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Time's up! The correct answer was "My Fair Lady"

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WORDS OF THE WRITER

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"I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Shelley

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THE SHORT VERSION

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A translation of the Bible: KJV

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Time's up! The correct answer was King James Version

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"EZ" DOES IT

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Port Said is this waterway's northern terminus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Suez Canal

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PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romano

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WEEDS

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In the names of weeds, this old word for a plant follows soap- & St. John's

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wort

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DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR

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"Rachel, Rachel" (1968)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Newman

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LITERARY OPENINGS

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"My mother died. Today, or maybe it was yesterday."

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

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MAGAZINES

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In 1990, he became editor-in-chief of his late father's namesake business magazine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Forbes

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LOW TECH

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Ticonderoga is no. 1 in making no. 2 these, introduced in 1913

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Time's up! The correct answer was pencils

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GIRLS IN SONG

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In 1964 The Bachelors told this girl, "I'm in heaven when I see you smile"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Diane

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THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH

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1947: Eastern Europe's King Michael

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romania

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NOT A VERB

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Salt, pepper, sage

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Time's up! The correct answer was sage

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TOP 40 BONUS

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"Proud Mary"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Creedence Clearwater Revival & Ike & Tina Turner

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THE 20th CENTURY

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In 1940, at age 5, Tenzin Gyatso was enthroned as the 14th one of these spiritual leaders

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dalai Lama

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BOOK NAMES

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Nietzsche: "Thus Spoke ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zarathustra

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WORD"Z"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benz

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NONFICTION

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This book by Michael Lewis subtitled "Evolution of a Game" focused on left tackle prodigy Michael Oher

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Blind Side

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SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES

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In the last scene of this comedy, Petruchio wins a bet that he has the most obedient wife

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Taming of the Shrew

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PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

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Maybe Alfred Adler didn't think he was good enough when he identified & named this complex

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Time's up! The correct answer was Inferiority complex

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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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THE LAST MAN

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In the "Book Of Sports Legends" is this man who threw the first pitch in a World Series game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cy Young

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GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

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You don't have to buy a vowel, but you do begin this word game by drawing a gallows

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Time's up! The correct answer was hangman

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MUSEUM HOPPING

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This British museum received its present name in 1899, though many refer to it as the V & A

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Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria & Albert

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HIT TUNES

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"How's It Going to Be", "Semi-Charmed Life"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Third Eye Blind

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THE BIG APPLE

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Artsy types like Maya Lin & Art Spiegelman find inspiration in this area that gets its name from its northern border

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Time's up! The correct answer was SoHo

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YOU MUST BE JOKING

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When singing "The Star-Spangled Banner", Pavarotti & Domingo could change the first line to this for Mr. Carreras

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jose, can you see by the dawn's early light

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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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TV MINISERIES

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(Hi, I'm Stephen Collins of "7th Heaven") In 1994 I played Ashley Wilkes in this miniseries sequel to "Gone with the Wind"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scarlett

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LEGAL "E"s

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This person is appointed by a testator to carry out the directions & requests in his will

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Time's up! The correct answer was executor

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE

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This company's canvas All Star basketball shoe goes all the way back to 1917

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Time's up! The correct answer was Converse

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FICTIONAL BOOKS

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Jose Chung speaks to FBI agents before writing "From Outer Space" about an alien abduction on this show

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Time's up! The correct answer was The X-Files

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HEY, "BABY"

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Nickname of Haiti's Jean-Claude Duvalier

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

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CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS

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Much of the music for this 1959 film, including the song "Once Upon A Dream" was adapted from an 1890 ballet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty

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LONG GERMAN WORDS

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Sauerbraten is literally "sour roast"; this is literally "roast sausage"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bratwurst

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GRAPES

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In 1962 this man organized migrant grape pickers into what became known as the United Farm Workers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cesar Chavez

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ADJECTIVES

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Adjective in the name of Hans, the turn-of-the-century calculating horse

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Time's up! The correct answer was clever

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BIRD HUNTING

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The stars of the movie "Network" include Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight & Peter Finch

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Time's up! The correct answer was a finch

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LITERARY COLLABORATORS

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George S Kaufman died in June 1961; this man, his frequent collaborator, in December of that year

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moss Hart

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BUT IS IT ART?

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It can be a gamble to hang the well-known image of dogs playing this card game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poker

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FROM THE GREEK

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From the Greek for "false name", it's a fictitious name used by an author

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pseudonym

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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The name of this 6-pointed star comes from the Greek for "six" & "letter"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a hexagram

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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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A Latter-Day jury spokesperson

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Mormon foreman

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CANALS

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With capital of about $40 million set in place, work was begun on this waterway in April 1859

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Suez Canal

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ANIMATED FILMS

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Pretty Belle falls for a prince who's been transformed into a monster in this 1991 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beauty and the Beast

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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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TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA

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In this 1989 film, Eddie Murphy was the adopted son of a 1930s nightclub owner played by Richard Pryor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harlem Nights

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POLITICAL TALK

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Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"

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Time's up! The correct answer was horses

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LANDINGS

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You land, not anchor, at this Phoenix airport, named by a board member from Scenic Airways

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sky Harbor Airport

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ONE-WORD RHYMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was redhead

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BRITISH INVENTIONS

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In 1676 Robert Hooke came up with a universal one of these to manipulate the mirrors of his helioscope

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Time's up! The correct answer was a universal joint

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"BLACK" OR "WHITE"

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Famous landmark composed of chalk in the county of Kent in England

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Time's up! The correct answer was the White Cliffs of Dover

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"SUPER"

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In grammar, it's the highest degree of comparison of adjectives & adverbs

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Time's up! The correct answer was superlative

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THIS CATEGORY STINKS!

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The only film ever released in "Odorama", it shares its name with a synthetic fabric popular in the 1970s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Polyester

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WASHINGTON D.C.

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What the "D.C." stands for

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Time's up! The correct answer was the District of Columbia

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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A rectifier is an electrical device used to convert alternating current to this

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Time's up! The correct answer was direct current

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RODENTS

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A S. Am. delicacy, this water-dwelling herbivore was declared a fish by the Vatican so it could be eaten during Lent

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Time's up! The correct answer was a capybara

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LIVE IN TEXAS

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This world-famous cyclist named his home in Austin "Casa Linda" after his mother

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lance Armstrong

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GET SMART

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Choline may help adult brains grow; one of these breakfast items has about a third of your RDA--want an omelette?

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Time's up! The correct answer was an egg

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DRAMA QUEENS

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In 1935 & '36 Helen Hayes reigned for 517 Broadway performances as this queen who reigned for 63 years

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INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY

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The first 4 letters of xylophone refer etymologically to this material used to make its sounding bars

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I'D RATHER BE SKIING

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In this type of race you have to zigzag between flags or other obstacles in proper order

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Time's up! The correct answer was a slalom

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ENGINEERING

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Tajikistan has the highest one of these in the world; the U.S. doesn't even make the Top 10 with Hoover

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dam

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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES

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Aaron Spelling's daughter Tori plays Donna Martin on this popular TV series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills, 90210

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STARTS WITH "P"

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The word "pram" is short for this

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NATIONAL SPELLING BEE

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1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll

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Time's up! The correct answer was C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T

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FLAGS OF THE WORLD

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Andy Garcia is a native of this country whose flag is seen here

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AFRICANA

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A lion subspecies shares its name with these nomadic people of Tanzania & Kenya

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Time's up! The correct answer was Masai

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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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IT'S RAINING "MN"

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Catch the flue here, where fire goes up in smoke

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Time's up! The correct answer was a chimney

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THE LENIN CLOSET

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Lenin met his wife Nadezhda while exiled here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Siberia

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"PH"UN WORDS

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From the Greek for "shape", it means to transform an image into something else by computer

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Time's up! The correct answer was morph

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TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA

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In this 1989 film, Eddie Murphy was the adopted son of a 1930s nightclub owner played by Richard Pryor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harlem Nights

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KIDDIE LIT

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"Two Little Confederates" is the story of two children who live on a plantation during this war

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Time's up! The correct answer was Civil War

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4-LETTER WORDS

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It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings

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Time's up! The correct answer was a quad

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EDGAR AWARD WINNERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Francis

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JULIUS CAESAR

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In his early 20s, Julius Caesar traveled to this "colossal" island to study rhetoric under Molon

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THE TIGERS

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Genus sphyraena, this long, thin predatory fish with protruding jaws & teeth is known as the "tiger of the sea"

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REMEMBER THE TIME

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In 1958 this country launched its second 5-year plan, called "The Great Leap Forward"

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Time's up! The correct answer was China

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MR. MOVIES

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In 1962, "Mr. Hobbs Took" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Vacation

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MOVIE CO-STARS

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7 years after "The Wizard Of Oz" Ray Bolger co-starred with her again, in "The Harvey Girls"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Garland

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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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ETIQUETTE

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The most formal evening wear is this color "tie", but black tie is much more popular

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Time's up! The correct answer was white tie

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AMERICAN COUNTIES

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While many states have counties named Lincoln, this is the only state that has one named Snohomish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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A LITERARY TOUR

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Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Steinbeck

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ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER

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Fredric March portrayed this poet in "The Barrets of Wimpole Street"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Browning

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SPORTS EVOLUTION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was polo

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RHYME TIME

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A cloaklike garment for a gorilla

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Time's up! The correct answer was an ape cape

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I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW

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In 9 minutes, Sonya Thomas dined on 11 pounds of this cheesy dessert from a Brooklyn restaurant

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Time's up! The correct answer was cheesecake

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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Playing the pass line in craps, it's the winning number on the opening roll other than 7

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Time's up! The correct answer was 11

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INTO THE "WOOD"s

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Knothead & Splinter are the nephew & niece of this cartoon bird produced by Walter Lantz

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Time's up! The correct answer was Woody Woodpecker

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KIDS IN SPORTS

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

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

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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS

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A complete donut center

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Time's up! The correct answer was whole hole

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CINEMATIC DICTIONARY

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Near the end of the credits comes the "cutter" of this, the exposed but unfinished film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Negative cutter

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4-LETTER WORDS

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Take off the top, or milk from which the cream has been removed

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Time's up! The correct answer was Skim

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BRIDGES

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This Colorado canyon has the world's highest suspension bridge – 1,053' above the Arkansas River

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Time's up! The correct answer was Royal Gorge

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DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG

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1975: John Denver explains why he's grateful for the simple, rural life

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Thank God I'm A Country Boy"

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THE TEENS

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Sonnets are rhymed poems with this many lines

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Time's up! The correct answer was 14

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SPORTS

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In 1973 Ron Turcotte rode this horse to the first Triple Crown victory in 25 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Secretariat

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YES, THAT'S "WHITE"

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Down a shot & name this 1973 Burt Reynolds movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was White Lightning

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WHO'S ON FIRST?

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Sundays from 1984 to 1995, "60 Minutes" led into this CBS crime drama--guess Jessica finally got tired of writing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Murder, She Wrote

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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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AIN'T THAT "GRAND"

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At 15 in 1991, Judit Polgar became the youngest person & one of the few women to attain this rank

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Time's up! The correct answer was a grandmaster

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CNN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hong Kong

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TOM JONES

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In book 13 country boy Tom arrives in this metropolis, where the climactic action takes place

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Time's up! The correct answer was London

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OATS

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It's a thick, pudding-like oatmeal dish that's enjoyed by Scots & by Goldilocks

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Time's up! The correct answer was Porridge

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STRING THEORY 201

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String theory is part of this "P" branch of physics that studies eensy little items

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Time's up! The correct answer was particle

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THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME

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1878 to 1903 was the tenure of the XIII & last pope with this name that's also a sign of the Zodiac

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leo

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BIOGRAPHERS

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As many mourned, this minister wrote in a letter, "Washington is gone! Millions are gasping to read ...about him"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Parson Weems

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A LA "CART"

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

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

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SOCIOLOGY

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Robert & Helen Lynd based their "Middletown" studies on Muncie in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Indiana

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PASS THE CHOCOLATE

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A 2007 study said that eating a little dark chocolate daily may reduce this, both systolic & diastolic

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Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure

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GREECE

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The popular dish moussaka is layers of ground meat & this vegetable

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Time's up! The correct answer was eggplant

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UNFORESEEN FINDS

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In 1879 this was discovered when a scientist's food was found to be sweet from the residue of a coal tar experiment

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Time's up! The correct answer was saccharin

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WORDS WITHIN WORDS

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Type of literature often produced by oversensitive youths

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Time's up! The correct answer was Verse

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WORLD HISTORY

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In 1763, as a result of this numerical war, Florida became a British possession

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

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"R"OCK MUSIC

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4 of this Swedish pop duo's first Top 40 hits reached No. 1, including "It Must Have Been Love"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roxette

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PUT ON YOUR JAMIES

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In a 2002 WB show people got to view his "experiments" with his hidden camera practical jokes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jamie Kennedy

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HISTORIC NAMES

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This discoverer of Uranus thought the sun was an inhabited body with a luminous atmosphere

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Herschel

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THE LIVING PLANET

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Able to lift 850 times its own weight, the strongest animal is the rhinoceros type of this insect

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Time's up! The correct answer was beetle

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CITY OF BIRTH

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Mad magazine illustrator James Warhola

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh

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HIT TUNES

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"Where The Streets Have No Name", "With Or Without You"

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Time's up! The correct answer was U2

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THE 1990s

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Queen Elizabeth II & Francois Mitterrand appeared together at the opening of this on May 6, 1994

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Time's up! The correct answer was the opening of the "Chunnel"

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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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THE CIVIL WAR

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Union pay department officers wore the M1840, one of these weapons that featured a straight 31" all-gilt blade

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sword

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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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COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS

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Pumbaa

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Time's up! The correct answer was warthog

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PSYCHOLOGY

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It took 8 years for this 1899 Freud work to sell the initial 600 copies printed, earning him about $250 in royalties

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Interpretation of Dreams

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MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER

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"The only poem I have ever carried about with me", said Twain, was this classic, best enjoyed with "a jug of wine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

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GIANTS OF SCIENCE

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By then living in the U.S., he was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952

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Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein

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ARCHITECTURE

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In north Africa, these towers from which Muslims are called to prayer are rectangular in plan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minarets

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RUN, RUN, RUN

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In the modern pentathlon, athletes go 3,000 meters in this hyphenated type of running

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Time's up! The correct answer was cross-country

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FAMOUS JACQUES

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He painted the death of Marat & he himself died in exile in Brussels

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques-Louis David

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IT ENDS WITH "US"

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Mildew, mold or a mushroom

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Time's up! The correct answer was fungus

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MAY DAYS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Boleyn

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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Smooth move in a bridge game (7)

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Time's up! The correct answer was finesse

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UNFORESEEN FINDS

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G.E. scientists looking for synthetic rubber during WWII discovered this toy that lifts images off a page

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Time's up! The correct answer was Silly Putty

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THE WOK OF FAME

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Reputedly an aphrodisiac, this expensive soup uses dorsal & pectoral portions of its namesake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shark fin soup

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WEATHER WORLD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was trade winds

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FROG ANATOMY

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The frog stores liquid waste in this organ & can reabsorb water from it in dry times

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Time's up! The correct answer was the bladder

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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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CORAL REEF LIFE

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It's a ring-shaped coral island surrounding a lagoon, like Bikini or Eniwetok

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Time's up! The correct answer was an atoll

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NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD

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This snowcapped mountain provides the backdrop for Kenya's Amboseli National Park

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mt. Kilimanjaro

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THAT'S NO LADY...

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In the '70s he played America's favorite bigot, Archie Bunker

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carroll O'Connor

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RANKS & TITLES

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Owain Glyndwr, who died circa 1416, was the last native of his country to claim this title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prince of Wales

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BETTER KNOWN AS...

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The New York Mets' William Hayward Wilson

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