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DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG
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Vanilla Ice, 1990: The rapper is quite confident in both his MC abilities & his appeal to women
" I c _ _ c _ _ a _ _ "
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Ice Ice Baby"
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DEPARTMENT "S"
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Winter Olympic events using these first appeared at the 1998 Nagano games
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Time's up! The correct answer was snowboards
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CRAFT
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The tole type of this decorative activity was originally done on tin utensils but now uses lots of surfaces
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Time's up! The correct answer was painting
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THAT'S SOME NERVE
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The first cranial nerve, it's responsible for the sense of smell
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Time's up! The correct answer was the olfactory nerve
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OFF TO A GOOD START
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In a business project, it's the level investors try to "get in on"
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Time's up! The correct answer was the ground floor
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ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
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Bananas are an excellent source of this element whose symbol is K
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Time's up! The correct answer was potassium
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COME, HO CHI MINH
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The trail bearing Ho's name was a series of Viet Cong supply routes mostly through this neighboring nation
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Time's up! The correct answer was Laos
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PROPHET SHARING
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Poems known as the "Gathas" are attributed to this ancient prophet & teacher who lived in eastern Iran
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Time's up! The correct answer was Zoroaster
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NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
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Sofia, Sarajevo, Saigon
S _ i _ _ n
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saigon
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BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
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"Fete Noire" was first presented in 1971 by the fledgling dance theatre of this Manhattan area
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Time's up! The correct answer was Harlem
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THE CRUCIBLE
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Brass usually comes out of a crucible in this 5-letter form, more familiarly used with gold
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Time's up! The correct answer was an ingot
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ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN
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David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth
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Time's up! The correct answer was Van Halen
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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It's the holiday on which the Tournament of Roses & Mummers parades usually take place
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Time's up! The correct answer was New Year's Day
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FDR
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During this 1932 campaign, FDR relied on a trusted group of advisers dubbed this --- pretty smart
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Time's up! The correct answer was Brain Trust
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CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
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He voiced Puss In Boots in "Shrek 2"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Antonio Banderas
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MOUNTAINS
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To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Everest
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1999
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In January 1999, 100 people in this job were sworn in as jurors at the president's impeachment trial
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Time's up! The correct answer was U.S. senators
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PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
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One of Reagan's last official acts as president was writing a thank-you note to this world leader
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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher
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SNAP
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The snap-brim style of this accessory tuns up in the back & down in the front & has a dented crown
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Time's up! The correct answer was hat
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"IND" THE KNOW
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The systematic teaching of beliefs to gain uncritical acceptance
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Time's up! The correct answer was indoctrination
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GET SMART
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A Boston study found doing this for 40 minutes a day builds up the cerebral cortex; monks must be really smart!
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Time's up! The correct answer was meditate
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CHEKHOV, PLEASE
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He's known more formally as Ivan Voynitsky
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Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle Vanya
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WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
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A sports team member who sees many women at once fits 2 definitions of this word
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Time's up! The correct answer was Player
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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
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Jelly fruit (6)
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Time's up! The correct answer was quince
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THE FRENCH CONNECTION
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A homophone for the French word for "wheel", you need a good one to make gumbo
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Time's up! The correct answer was a roux
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APT ANAGRAMS
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He co-wrote "South Pacific": MASS ROMANTIC HERE
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Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Hammerstein
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THE LENIN CLOSET
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When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was railway car
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& GO TO "BED"
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In math, it means raised to the third power
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Time's up! The correct answer was cubed
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AMERICAN AUTHORS
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Her home Orchard House was the model for whre the March family lived in her most famous novel
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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisa May Alcott
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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
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Guyana has had a long-standing border dispute with this small country to its southeast
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Time's up! The correct answer was Suriname
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21st CENTURY MUSIC
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The stage name of this R&B singer born Shaffer Smith is a play on the name of a character in "The Matrix"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ne-Yo
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TO NEIL
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In 1989, this "bright" Neil Sheehan work about the Vietnam War won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction
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Time's up! The correct answer was A Bright Shining Lie
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CAPITAL IDEA
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Long before it was a capital, this city on the Thames River was a communications center
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Time's up! The correct answer was London
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FEMINISM
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The work of Laura X (no relation to Malcolm) led to March being designated this every year
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Time's up! The correct answer was Women's History Month
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PETER, PAUL & MARY
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Before penning "Beast" & "The Deep", he was a speechwriter for LBJ
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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Benchley
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NUTRITION
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The flavonoids in this may help prevent heart disease, so a "kiss" a day may keep the cardiologist away
c _ o _ _ l _ _ e
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Time's up! The correct answer was chocolate
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BIG MERGERS
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On March 9, 1999 AT&T officially hooked itself up with this cable company (we figure sometime between 1 & 5 PM)
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Time's up! The correct answer was TCI
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BRUCE ALMIGHTY
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Dustin Hoffman starred as this controversial entertainer in a 1974 biopic
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lenny Bruce
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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
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Egypt
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Time's up! The correct answer was Arabic
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BRITISH INVENTIONS
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For the military, zoologist John Kerr developed the "dazzle paint" type of this, something animals also use
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Time's up! The correct answer was camouflage
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LITERATURE
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He published the first 4 of his fairy tales in an 1835 pamphlet; "The Tinder Box" was among them
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen
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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
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Guyana has had a long-standing border dispute with this small country to its southeast
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Time's up! The correct answer was Suriname
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RICH & FAMOUS
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This billionaire fashion designer introduced Polo jeans in 1996
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Lauren
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PLANT LIFE
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It's the large floating leaf of a water lily
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Time's up! The correct answer was pad
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PLANT PARENTHOOD
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in the laboratory) Any glass or plastic container can be used to build one of these self-contained indoor gardens
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Time's up! The correct answer was terrariums
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BALLS
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Kermit the Frog's eyeballs were originally made of these light sports balls
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Time's up! The correct answer was ping pong balls
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SNAP
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The snap-brim style of this accessory tuns up in the back & down in the front & has a dented crown
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Time's up! The correct answer was hat
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STORYTELLERS
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ABC radio commentator who tells "The Rest of the Story"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Harvey
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DOUBLE TALK
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In the familiar jokes, it precedes "Who's there?"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Knock Knock
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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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"MOON"S
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It brings out the worst in werewolves
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Time's up! The correct answer was a full moon
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FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
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Because of his style of painting females, this master's name gave us an adjective for plump women
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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Paul Rubens
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THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
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With the release of "Me, Myself, and Irene", this actor's HSX stock shot up $125
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Carrey
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EUROPE
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Both in size & population, it's largest Scandinavian country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sweden
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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
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The Pulitzer folks gave "A Delicate Balance" by thIs playwright a 1967 "Woolf" whistle
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Time's up! The correct answer was Albee
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ASIAN NATIONS
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Once known as Burma, its official language Burmese was also renamed
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Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar
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MUSIC/TELEVISION
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This country star became a sitcom grandma at the end of her first season on the WB
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Time's up! The correct answer was Reba McEntire
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THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK
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In 1877 Sarah got the first one of these ever hooked up in Nashville
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Time's up! The correct answer was a telephone
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GEOGRAPH"Y"
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This Scandinavian country has 2 forms of its official language -- Bokmal & Nynorsk
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Time's up! The correct answer was Norway
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FOUND
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Agnes Baden-Powell helped found the Girl Guides soon after her brother Robert founded this movement
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Time's up! The correct answer was Boy Scouts
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FICTION
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This 1937 mystery was written at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan
\ " D e _ t _ _ n _ _ e _ _ l _ _ "
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Death on the Nile"
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THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE
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He's the most famous man we know from Russell, Kansas
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Dole
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LET'S BOUNCE
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This verb for bouncing a basketball sounds like you're slobbering
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Time's up! The correct answer was dribbling
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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 MUSICAL DR. IS IN
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The "Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" describes this "Right Place Wrong Time" man as a "swamp-rock singer/pianist"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. John
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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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THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
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He dealt with ophthalmological issues in the 1972 hit "Doctor My Eyes"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson Browne
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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES
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There's American Express & this "of America"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bank
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I READ THE NEWS TODAY
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At the time JFK was shot, Jack Ruby was placing some ads in this "morning" publication
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Dallas Morning News
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WHAT TO WEAR?
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If you're wearing Wellingtons at Wimbledon, you're wearing these
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Time's up! The correct answer was rainboots
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ISLANDS
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This Indonesian island became world famous after giant lizards were discovered there in 1912
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Time's up! The correct answer was Komodo
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NURSERY RHYMES
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While "January brings the snow", "may brings flocks of pretty" these, "skipping by their fleecy dams"
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Time's up! The correct answer was lambs
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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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LITERATURE
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In "Through The Looking Glass", Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice the meaning of this nonsense poem
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jabberwocky
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MOVIE SONGS
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1985: "We Don't Need Another Hero"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
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THE ENVIRONMENT
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A New York Times article said this, falling in winter in the Adirondacks, may be more toxic for fish than its liquid counterpart
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Time's up! The correct answer was acid snow
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BALLET
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Cadets attend a dance at a girls' school in "Graduation Ball", a ballet set in this capital of Austria
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna
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iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
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There are websites devoted to injuries suffered by its users, such as pulled muscles & bloodied hands
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wii
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
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In January 1970 Boeing introduced this first wide-bodied jumbo jet; it could seat up to 452 passengers
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Time's up! The correct answer was 747
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RHYMES WITH TRACK
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A pile of pancakes
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Time's up! The correct answer was stack
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PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
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Ferdinand von Lindemann proved the problem of "squaring" this with compass & ruler was impossible
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Time's up! The correct answer was the circle
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"V" HAVE MAPS
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In 1814 the congress of this city met to redraw Europe
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna
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SALMON
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Weighing up to 100 pounds, this large type of salmon shares its name with a warm, dry wind
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Time's up! The correct answer was chinook
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DANGER IN WONDERLAND
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These 2 brothers may look like dimwits but they're vicious; beware the sword & umbrella, their weapons of choice
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tweedledum & Tweedledee
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NEWS TO ME
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Falcon Heene, who it turned out was safe at home, not flying over Colorado, became known as this "boy"
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Time's up! The correct answer was the balloon boy
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RHYME TIME
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An intelligent beginning
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Time's up! The correct answer was a smart start
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BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
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If his employee's price is $50.00, Bill could buy a billion of the "98" version of this operating system
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Time's up! The correct answer was Windows
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GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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The Judgement of Paris refers to the picking of a winner in one of these contests
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Time's up! The correct answer was a beauty contest
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MORTAL MATTERS
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This saint's remains were in a box atop a wardrobe for 6 years before being redisplayed February 14, 1999
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Valentine
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COMIC STRIPS
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On December 8, 1980 Berkeley Breathed began his magnum opus with the debut of this strip
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bloom County
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RICH & FAMOUS
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This billionaire fashion designer introduced Polo jeans in 1996
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Lauren
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IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
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From Koluszki to Kolno, & Wozniki to Strzelce, visit us, but just know we've heard all the jokes already
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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
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AMERICANS IN PARIS
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Sherwood Anderson & Ernest Hemingway were among the expatriate writers who hung out at her Paris salon
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gertrude Stein
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GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT
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"First Blood" was a Rambo movie; this 2007 film had Daniel Day-Lewis searching for oil
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Time's up! The correct answer was There Will Be Blood
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"LIGHT"s
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"I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine"
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Time's up! The correct answer was this little light of mine
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HEADLINES
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From the Sept. 16, 1961 N.Y. Times: He "Dies in African Air Crash; Kennedy Going to U.N. in Succession Crisis"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dag Hammarskjold
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MYSPACE.MAN
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On April 12, 1961, he took his 5 1/4-ton Vostok 1 for a spin at 9:07 A.M. Moscow time; he had it back by 10:55
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gagarin
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INTERNATIONAL NAMES
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4 times married, ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder is aka Audi Man, for the car's symbol of 4 of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was rings
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THE "UNDER" WORLD
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The seaward pull away from shore after a wave has broken
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Time's up! The correct answer was undertow
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NORSE MYTHOLOGY
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The Norns are counterparts of the Fates: Urd represents the past; Verdandi & Skuld, these 2 things
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Time's up! The correct answer was the present & the future
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FIRST NOVELS
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He was poet-in-residence at the University of South Carolina when he delivered his first novel, "Deliverance"
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Time's up! The correct answer was James Dickey
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HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
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A 1906 announcement: dad Socrates & mom Penelope celebrate the launch of this new little ship
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Time's up! The correct answer was Aristotle Onassis
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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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LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
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The name of this state is slang for maple syrup
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vermont
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FAMOUS WEDDINGS
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In 1998 a 61-year-old piece of this couple's wedding cake sold for $26,000 at Sotheby's
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Duke of Windsor& Wallis Simpson
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PLACES
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Libraries & the Christian Science Church maintain these areas; the British Museum built a big one in 1857
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Time's up! The correct answer was reading rooms
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THE COLOR PURPLE
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This purple flower is the state flower of Colorado
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Time's up! The correct answer was the columbine
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JULIUS CAESAR
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In 46 B.C. this Egyptian came with Caesar to Rome, where her statue was placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
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WORLD HISTORY
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City that was the seat of government of the viceroyalty of New Spain
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico City
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AWARDS
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Richard Pryor was the first recipient of a Kennedy Center humorists' prize named for this American author
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
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THE ROYALS
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She was the Virgin Queen or Good Queen Bess
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Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I
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ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS
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Emmy-winning actor Bridges
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Time's up! The correct answer was Beau
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THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS
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The CBC set up a Brain Trust for this kind of "justice" to make sure toxic dumps aren't foisted on minority areas
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Time's up! The correct answer was environmental justice
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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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FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
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This Fox-TV cartoon boy: "Just so you don't hear any wild rumors, I'm being indicted for fraud in Australia"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bart Simpson
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MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
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Parents of infants must learn to deal with these, from the medieval Greek "diaspros", or "pure white"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Diapers
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HEADLINES
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On May 24, 1927 the Las Vegas Review headlined that this man "Spurns Offers. Back to Air Mail, Says"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lindbergh
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EDUCATION JARGON
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65 out of 100 students did the same as or worse than you if your grade is in the 65th of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was percentile
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PAPAL NAMES
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Not guilty
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Time's up! The correct answer was Innocent
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SHIRLEY
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The 1999 movie "The Haunting" was based on her novel "The Haunting of Hill House"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Jackson
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BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
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"Can the leopard change" these? means "it's impossible"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Its Spots
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BIOPIC-NIC
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1983: Meryl Streep as this nuclear power technician
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Time's up! The correct answer was Silkwood
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FUN WITH OPERA
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In an 1893 opera, the Sandman puts this young title duo to sleep & the Dew Fairy wakes them up
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hansel & Gretel
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TELL ME "Y"
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A bumpkin, perhaps a local one
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Time's up! The correct answer was Yokel
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THE ASPCA
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In 1999 Lulu, a plucky potbellied one of these, earned an ASPCA Trooper Award for saving her owner's life
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pig
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
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A steamy 1998 issue reports on sexual attraction in the orange sulphur species of this colorful insect
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Time's up! The correct answer was butterflies
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POETS' RHYME TIME
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Alexander's expectations
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pope's hopes
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HEADLINES
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A Sept. 13, 1901 Buffalo News headline read, he "Passed Away... from Effects of Cowardly Assassin's Bullet"
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Time's up! The correct answer was President McKinley
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CHEESE
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This 2004 Fox show featured the line "I'm going to Waikiki to get a bikini wax... want to meet me after your shift's over?"
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Time's up! The correct answer was North Shore
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SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
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"The Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs" on "Tiny Toons" were a parody of this cartoon group
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!
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John Gray penned the book these 2 planets "Together Forever--Relationship Skills for Lasting Love"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mars & Venus
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THEATRE HODGEPODGE
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In titles of musicals, this word stands alone, follows "Bubbling Brown" & precedes "Babies"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sugar
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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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LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
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A little known trilinguist, this island-dweller was fluent in Greek & Turkish as well as Latin
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cyprus
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WEAPONS
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From the Germanic "hache", it's a small ax
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Time's up! The correct answer was a hatchet
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PARTS OF THE WHOLE
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Grip, shaft, a head made of stainless steel, titanium, carbon graphite...
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Time's up! The correct answer was golf club
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20th CENTURY QUOTES
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A professor, 1967: "Turn on, tune in, drop out"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Timothy Leary
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THAT'S SO '90s
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Born Louis Eugene Walcott, he led a million man march in Washington, D.C. in 1995
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Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Farrakhan
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FRANCES FARMER
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She earned an Oscar nomination for playing Frances
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jessica Lange
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POOR & FAMOUS
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Despite help from Engels in the 1850s, he & his family often subsisted on bread & potatoes
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Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx
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WHAT TO WEAR
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Front-closing style of sweater favored by Mr. Rogers
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Time's up! The correct answer was a cardigan
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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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GET SMART
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Excess weight can interfere with this hormone, raising risk of diabetes & impairing brain function--so hit the gym, Einstein
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Time's up! The correct answer was insulin
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ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
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To trap on trains
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Time's up! The correct answer was Transportation
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SCIENTISTS
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His 1637 "Discours de la methode" prefaced a series of essays on optics, meteorology, and geometry
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rene Descartes
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GAME SHOWS
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In this "Street"-wise game show, you have to predict answers given by people on the street
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Time's up! The correct answer was Street Smarts
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"PRO"NOUNS
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An introductory part in a novel
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Time's up! The correct answer was Prologue
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FLEETS
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The Black Sea fleet in dispute between Russia & Ukraine is based at this Crimean port
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sevastopol
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NAME THE AUTOMAKER
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Corniche & Silver Shadow
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rolls-Royce
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DICE ROLL NICKNAMES
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Acey-Deucy
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Time's up! The correct answer was 1 & 2
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GREECE
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The mainland of Greece forms the southern part of this peninsula
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Balkan Peninsula
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PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS
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He died in the White House, from pneumonia
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Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison
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OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV
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Although he lost the supporting actor Oscar for "Cinderella Man", he won the Emmy vote for "John Adams"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Giamatti
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THE TITANIC
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The ship was so big, communication was by telegraph from this navigating area to the engine room
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Time's up! The correct answer was the bridge
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A BUG'S LIFE
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Used by scientists to clean flesh off bones being prepared for research, dermestids are a type of this insect
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Time's up! The correct answer was a beetle
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U.S. PRESIDENTS
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His second inaugural address began, "At this last presidential inauguration of the twentieth century..."
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Clinton
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SYMPHONIES ON FILM
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The Philadelphia Orchestra played Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" for this 1940 Disney film
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Time's up! The correct answer was Fantasia
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HISTORIC NICKNAMES
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He was the "Father of Texas", but the Indians called him "Big Drunk"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sam Houston
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ARCHITECTS
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William Pereira erected his Transamerica "Pyramid" in this city
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Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco
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SWEET TREATS
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These cookies were introduced by Nabisco in 1902 in a small box imprinted to look like a circus cage
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Time's up! The correct answer was Animal Crackers
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WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
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In 1904 Virginia & her siblings moved to this London district, where they would host "group" gatherings
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bloomsbury
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ABBREVIATED
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High-ranking business operative: CFO
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Time's up! The correct answer was chief financial officer
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AFRICANA
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The southern part of Africa is often called "Sub-" this 3 1/2-million-square-mile area
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara
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UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
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It's "The Land of the Saints", the Latter-Day Saints
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Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
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GET SMART
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A Boston study found doing this for 40 minutes a day builds up the cerebral cortex; monks must be really smart!
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Time's up! The correct answer was meditate
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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
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He pretty much stopped treating people after his parrot Polynesia taught him how to talk to animals
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Dolittle
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LAW & GOVERNMENT
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The constitution divides the government into three branches: Executive, Judicial & this
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Time's up! The correct answer was Legislative
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WAR MOVIES
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1951: Erwin Rommel succeeds... for a while... in North Africa
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Desert Fox
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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
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In the March 17, 1956 issue, Gary Cooper said, "In Westerns you were permitted to kiss" this "but never your girl"
y o u _ _ o _ _ e
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Time's up! The correct answer was your horse
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HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU
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In 1347, this "bubonic" disease began in Europe; as many as one-third of the population would perish
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Time's up! The correct answer was plague
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ORGANIZATIONS
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Act it out if you wish; it's the organization sung about in the following: [audio clue: "Young man, there's a place you can go, I say young man, when you're short on your dough..."]
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Time's up! The correct answer was Y.M.C.A
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TELEVISION
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This sitcom's last show of the '98-'99 season ended with the cast singing & dancing to "Brotherhood of Man"
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Drew Carey Show
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"L.B."s
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Even before Thomas Edison, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was aglow with his invention of this
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Time's up! The correct answer was light bulb
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AGRICULTURE
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Generally, a steer is a castrated bull used for food; this shorter word refers to one used as a draft animal
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Time's up! The correct answer was ox
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EXPLORERS
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Tho he didn't find the Northwest Passage, this Frenchman established France's claim to Canada
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Cartier
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BRAND-TASTIC
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Dr. Joseph Lawrence & Jordan Lambert invented this bad-breath-busting product in 1879
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Time's up! The correct answer was Listerine
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HERBS & SPICES
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The scientific name of this herb is Mentha piperita
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Time's up! The correct answer was peppermint
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FAMOUS TEENAGERS
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This young man who turned 18 on June 21, 2000 has a dog named Widgeon & a younger brother named Harry
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Time's up! The correct answer was Prince William
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MOVIE CITIES
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2008's "The Mysteries of ____" was based on a novel
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
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ANY FIRST WORDS?
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Jung was fond of this word, an original pattern from which all similar things are based
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Time's up! The correct answer was an archetype
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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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CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
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Ceremonial chamber you'd "Hopi" into (4)
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Time's up! The correct answer was a kiva
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MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
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In 1939's cartoon "The Pointer", this guy got a new, more pear-shaped body & pupils were added to his eyes
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mickey
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ADVERTISING SLOGANS
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This maker of pre-school toys says, "Our work is child's play"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Fisher-Price
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FLOPS
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This former NFL linebacker's show "Lawless" was sacked in March 1997 after one airing
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Time's up! The correct answer was Brian Bosworth
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BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
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It loves to swim, but this bird seen here is one of the few that do not fly
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Time's up! The correct answer was Penguin
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FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
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Perkins & Stafford Loans & Pell Grants are for these people
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Time's up! The correct answer was college students
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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
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"Z", "State of Siege", "Missing"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Costa-Gavras
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FIRSTS
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Marie Antoinette is credited with introducing these rolls to France
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Time's up! The correct answer was croissants
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SPORTS
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The ball used in this sport is about 11 inches long & about 7 inches wide at the center
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Time's up! The correct answer was Football
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SRO
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This musical opened its run in 1980 at the Winter Garden, 8 blocks from the title thoroughfare
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Time's up! The correct answer was 42nd Street
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4-LETTER WORDS
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It can be part of your foot, your shoe, your stocking or your loaf of bread
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Time's up! The correct answer was Heel
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WINE
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"Anatomical" term for a wine's bouquet
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nose
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4-LETTER VERBS
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It's said that "Horses sweat, men perspire, women" do this
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Time's up! The correct answer was glow
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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
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To "go" this, meaning all the way, comes from an 18th c. poem about inability to decide which part of the pig to eat
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Time's up! The correct answer was whole hog
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NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
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An RV maker based in Iowa shares its name with this large Wisconsin lake
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Time's up! The correct answer was Winnebago
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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
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I may be a trickster god, but I actually helped Thor get his hammer back after Thrym the frost giant stole it
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Time's up! The correct answer was Loki
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SEEING "RED"
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The title of a 1928 song Sophie Tucker introduced, it was also her nickname
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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas"
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VERBS
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Appropriate last name of Captain William of 18th century Virginia, who promoted vigilante justice
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lynch
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KIDS IN SPORTS
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The perfect waves of New Zealand's Piha Beach were the site for the 2010 World Junior Championships of this
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Time's up! The correct answer was surfing
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TEENS IN HISTORY
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Betrothed as a teen to her creepy cousin in 1744, she later became a "Great" empress of Russia
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Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
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THE ENGLISH TOP 100
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Title of the Beatles song that tells us "life is very short"--5 words: Nos. 27, 53, 87, 11, 43
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Time's up! The correct answer was "We Can Work It Out"
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"CAR" PARK
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Title of Oliver Goldsmith's title man "of Wakefield"
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Vicar
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BEFORE & AFTER
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Star of "The Exorcist" who disappears from the Maryland woods in a scary 1999 film
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Time's up! The correct answer was Linda Blair Witch Project
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THE STING
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The WNBA team belonging to this southern city is known as The Sting
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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlotte
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GOAT-POURRI
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The backward-curving horns of the Siberian species of this 4-letter goat may be nearly 5 feet long
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Time's up! The correct answer was ibex
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LESSER-KNOWN MUSICALS
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Danny Kaye's career "ark" included this Biblical role in "Two By Two"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Noah
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WHEAT
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This embryo of the wheat seed is a rich source of vitamin E
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Time's up! The correct answer was Germ
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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In 1798 Congress passed this collection of bills to control domestic dissent & conspiracy against the federal govt.
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Alien & Sedition Acts
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IN THE DICTIONARY
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This word used to describe a type of school also means "narrow in outlook"
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Time's up! The correct answer was parochial
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SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
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As he did in "Anchorman", Will Ferrell sports this facial feature in the "SNL" "Jeopardy!" skits
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Time's up! The correct answer was a mustache
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ALLITERATION STATION
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An evening where 2 couples go out together
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Time's up! The correct answer was a double date
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RADIO DISNEY
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"I Never Told You" this alliteratively named singer hit Disney's Top 30 with "Fallin' For You"; wait, I just did
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Time's up! The correct answer was Colbie Caillat
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LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
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This beverage is Adam's ale
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Time's up! The correct answer was water
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SELLERS
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In 1978 Campbell Soup bought this pickle producer famous for its stork symbol
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vlasic Foods
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LANGUAGES
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Of Inka, Dinka or Doo, an actual language spoken in southern Sudan
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dinka
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GREECE
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Goddess of wisdom for whom Athens was named
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Time's up! The correct answer was Athena
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THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
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Once known as the Antelopes & the Bugeaters, this university's sports teams are now known as the Cornhuskers
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Time's up! The correct answer was the University of Nebraska
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SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
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In 1994 this 45-year-old won the title with a 1-2 punch that sent Michael Moorer to Horizontal Land
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Time's up! The correct answer was George Foreman
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PLANT PARENTHOOD
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Named for the Virgin Mary, these carnivorous little red beetles can help rid your garden of aphids & other insects
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Time's up! The correct answer was ladybugs
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ENGLISH LIT
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Since the beadle named his waifs alphabetically, this character came between Swubble & Unwin
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Time's up! The correct answer was Twist
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THE CIRCUS
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This steam whistle organ draws crowds to circus parades because it can be heard from miles away: [audio clue]
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Time's up! The correct answer was calliope
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I PITY THE "FOOL"
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2-word term for a pointless task performed for no good reason
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Time's up! The correct answer was a fool's errand
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ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
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Liz won an Oscar for her role as a battlesome wife in this adaptation of an Albee play
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Time's up! The correct answer was Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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TV MINISERIES
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Robert Duvall sat tall in the saddle as Augustus McCrae in this 1989 4-part western
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lonesome Dove
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HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
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Get a leg up in this sport by stepping on your opponent's ball in the fairway
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Time's up! The correct answer was Golf
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CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
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The vistas seen from Ms. Barrymore's home
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Time's up! The correct answer was Drew's views
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WHAT A CHARACTER!
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On "The Addams Family", he was married to Morticia
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gomez
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ALL MY Xs
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Without getting a tic-tac-toe on "Hollywood Squares" you could still win a game with this many Xs
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Time's up! The correct answer was 5
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1984
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98% of voters in Pakistan elected this leader killed 4 years later in a plane crash
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Time's up! The correct answer was Zia Ul-Haq
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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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NO. 32
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It begins "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven"
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Time's up! The correct answer was 32nd Psalm
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TELEVISION
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This crime drama with Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers was created by Sidney Sheldon
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hart to Hart
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THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING
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In 1932 this country finished reclaiming thousands of agricultural acres from the Zuiderzee
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
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THE ENVIRONMENT
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In June 1992 over 100 heads of state met in Rio de Janeiro for this environmental "Summit"
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Earth Summit
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ON THE STAGE
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Title of a Jonathan Larson musical, or what the East Village residents in it have trouble coming up with
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rent
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AUTHORS
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He claimed that as a Pinkerton detective, he had worked the Fatty Arbuckle & Nicky Arnstein cases
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dashiell Hammett
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"T"ELEVISION
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This offbeat series on E! provides a daily recap of funny chat show highlights
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Time's up! The correct answer was Talk Soup
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CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
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You throw it down, or run it (8)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gauntlet
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CANADIAN CAPITALS
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Commercial cod fishing, long a mainstay of this Newfoundland capital, declined to almost nothing by 1990
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Time's up! The correct answer was St. John's
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CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
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The voice of Daffy Duck (for the first 50 years)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mel Blanc
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CORAL REEF LIFE
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A species of these well-armed creatures known as the crown-of-thorns feasts on coral reefs
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Time's up! The correct answer was starfish
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MAGAZINES
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In Nov. 2003 Judge Ira Gammerman said neither side would get damages from the demise of this celeb's magazine
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rosie O'Donnell
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QUEEN VICTORIA
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As seen in a 1997 film, he was Victoria's beloved servant, but we're not sure how she felt about his "body"
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Time's up! The correct answer was John Brown
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"J" WHIZ
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The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was one of the many churches built by this 6th century Byzantine emperor
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Time's up! The correct answer was Justinian I
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TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE
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"I, Borg"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Star Trek: The Next Generation
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DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
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"The Yearling" & "Of Mice and Men"
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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1930s
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MUSICALS OF THE '20s
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In a 1927 title, this phrase preceded "Bonnie" (it didn't precede "Birdie" until 1960)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bye Bye
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COMMON BONDS
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Peeling onions, watching Mel Gibson's film "Forever Young", missing Final Jeopardy!
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Time's up! The correct answer was things that make you cry
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TRANSPORTATION
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On December 11, 1967 it was removed from the British registry & turned over to the city of Long Beach, California
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen Mary
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FINE DINING
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A Vacherin dessert features this crisp concoction of beaten egg whites & sugar
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Time's up! The correct answer was meringue
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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
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He was living in Tahiti when he painted "Poemes Barbares" in 1896
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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Gauguin
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HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN
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This country that controlled Bahrain in the 18th century renewed its claim after its 1979 revolution
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Time's up! The correct answer was Iran
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"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?
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If you've given up, stop! & tell us this Tom Petty song that won the Best Special Effects MTV Music Video Award in '85
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Come Around Here No More"
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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
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Brazil
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Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese
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GREEK LIFE
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98% of Greece's population belongs to this church
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Time's up! The correct answer was Greek
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ITALIAN
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"Parla come mangi", literally "speak the way you" do this, means to speak simply & clearly
_ _ t
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Time's up! The correct answer was eat
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"GREEN" THINGS
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After protecting this territory during WWII, the U.S. offered to buy it, but Denmark refused
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Time's up! The correct answer was Greenland
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WORLD HISTORY
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City that was the seat of government of the viceroyalty of New Spain
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico City
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AT THE BUILDING SITE
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He'll get you stoned or brickworked, & maybe even teach you a secret handshake
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Time's up! The correct answer was a mason
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THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!
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India to the north, east & west & Burma to the southeast
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bangladesh
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THE BIG BANGLADESH
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After India was partitioned in 1947, what would later become Bangladesh was the "East" part of this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan
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PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
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HCH
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Time's up! The correct answer was Herbert Clark Hoover
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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
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In a restaurant, it's a quartet's table request
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Time's up! The correct answer was for four
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ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER
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Add this letter to Earth & you get a scarcity
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Time's up! The correct answer was D
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MEDIEVAL MUSIC
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A 13th century hit tells us this "is icumen in"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Summer
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WORLD "P"s
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World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines
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Time's up! The correct answer was Peru
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THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
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A soldier with a blue 3-cornered hat & red streaks
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Time's up! The correct answer was the New England Patriots
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ALLUSIONAL THINKING
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Someone compared to this Aesop kid has lied so many times no one believes him even when he's telling the truth
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Time's up! The correct answer was the boy who cried wolf
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BEFORE & AFTER
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The Beatles' 1967 album that was a 2001 WWII miniseries on HBO
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band of Brothers
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MAD
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TV host seen here on the cover of Mad Magazine
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jeff Probst
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THE CRUCIBLE
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Nitrides of boron & silicon are used to make crucibles because they are stable when this is high
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Time's up! The correct answer was temperature
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RUSSELING
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Republican John McCain and this Wisconsin Democrat co-sponsored a campaign finance reform bill
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Time's up! The correct answer was Russ Feingold
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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
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Extinct? You bet. But this "3-lobed" arthropod has crawled into history as Wisconsin's state fossil
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Time's up! The correct answer was trilobite
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ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
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This 1963 epic included 79 sets & 26,000 costumes
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
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ANDY WARHOL
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Andy's "15 minutes of fame" quote was once the motto of this magazine
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Time's up! The correct answer was Interview
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ALLUSIONAL THINKING
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Your vulnerability might be compared to this body part of an ancient Greek hero who killed Hector
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Time's up! The correct answer was an Achilles' heel
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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
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In 1989 her "Heidi Chronicles" was the story of the night; sadly she passed away in 2006
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wasserstein
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THE VIRTUES
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You "Gotta Have" this virtue; at least according to George Michael
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Time's up! The correct answer was Faith
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COMMON BONDS
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Inner tubes, doughnuts, the ozone layer
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Time's up! The correct answer was things with holes
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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
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Talent ran in the family: this first woman to join the Impressionists was a granddaughter of the Rococo painter Fragonard
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Time's up! The correct answer was Berthe Morisot
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HISTORIC NICKNAMES
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He was the "Father of Texas", but the Indians called him "Big Drunk"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sam Houston
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SHIRLEY
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She played Shirley Feeney on "Laverne & Shirley"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cindy Williams
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NAME THE POET
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"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson
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WARNER BROS.
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Former mortuary entrepreneur Steve Ross negotiated Warners' 1989 merger with this publisher
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Time's up! The correct answer was Time
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HIP-HOP & RAP
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This "King of Crunk" is not to be confused with Lil' Wayne
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lil Jon
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ARE WE THERE YET?
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Take a trolley to tour the National Cathedral, Georgetown & the Smithsonian in this city
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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington, D.C.
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WORLD RELIGION
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As they were partial to using hymns, these brothers, Charles & John, were the first rhythm Methodists
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Wesleys
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LSU
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This civil "War is Hell" general was president of the seminary & military academy that became LSU
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Time's up! The correct answer was William Tecumseh Sherman
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FOOD ETYMOLOGY
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Keith Downey developed rapeseed into this cooking product, now a huge cash crop for farmers in Saskatchewan
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Time's up! The correct answer was canola
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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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ANIMAL TERMS
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This expression meaning to crease a page in a book for later reference dates back to 1659
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Time's up! The correct answer was dog-ear
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GOING TO PIECES
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5-letter archaeological term for a broken scrap of earthenware
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Time's up! The correct answer was a shard
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"IRA"
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Hey, you saps who think pneumonia killed President Harrison--I've got this kind of theory involving a group plan
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Time's up! The correct answer was a conspiracy theory
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FUN WITH OPERA
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In an 1893 opera, the Sandman puts this young title duo to sleep & the Dew Fairy wakes them up
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hansel & Gretel
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GETTING TICKED OFF
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When this Bible guy came down from the mountain & saw his people dancing before the golden calf, boy, was he upset!
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Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
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FIRSTS
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Marie Antoinette is credited with introducing these rolls to France
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Time's up! The correct answer was croissants
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IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
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From Koluszki to Kolno, & Wozniki to Strzelce, visit us, but just know we've heard all the jokes already
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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
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LIBRARIES
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Salinas, California, has a public library named for this novelist
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Time's up! The correct answer was Steinbeck
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SAINTS BE PRAISED
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In September 1999 an abridged version of his "City of God" ranked 9,821st on Amazon.com's sales list
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Augustine
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ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
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Philippe of this family is Chief Ocean Correspondent for Animal Planet
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau
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STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
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Knoxville
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee
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OSCAR NIGHT 2003
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With 6 Academy Awards total, this adapted musical was the big winner on Oscar Night 2003
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
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TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS
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1949: "Kiss Me, Kate"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cole Porter
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CAPITAL IDEA
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Long before it was a capital, this city on the Thames River was a communications center
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Time's up! The correct answer was London
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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
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Abe gained the respect of local ruffians when he held his own against one of the Clary's Grove boys in this sport
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Time's up! The correct answer was wrestling
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"IP" SO FACTO
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A bon mot
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Time's up! The correct answer was a quip
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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
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Newspapers I own include the Daily Telegraph of Sydney & the Australian
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch
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RICHARD
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He shot the famous photo of Nastassja Kinski & the serpent
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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Avedon
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FOREIGN
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In Portuguese, domingo is this day of the week
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sunday
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SHIRLEY
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The 1999 movie "The Haunting" was based on her novel "The Haunting of Hill House"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Jackson
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SCULPTURE
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This country's 12th century sculptor Unkei is known for his wooden statues carved for Buddhist temples
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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
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WARNER BROS.
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In May 1999 her Warners talk show was hit with a $2.5 million judgment after one guest killed another
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jenny Jones
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THE EMPEROR NERO
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Nero's indulgences included poetry, acting & racing these vehicles
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Time's up! The correct answer was chariots
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ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
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Symphony Beethoven "composed to celebrate the memory of a great man"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Eroica
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"SUPER"
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12-letter word meaning pertaining to the eerie or occult
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Time's up! The correct answer was supernatural
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MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
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Hong Kong titled the second movie about this creature "I May Be A Pig, But I Am Not Stupid"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Babe
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TELEVISION
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On this NBC sci-fi drama, genius Jarod was played by Michael T. Weiss as a man & by Ryan Merriman as a boy
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Pretender
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MUSEUMS
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This building in Philadelphia houses the inkstand used by the Declaration signers
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Time's up! The correct answer was Independence Hall
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CABLE CHANNELS
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The Dire Straits song "Money For Nothing" says, "You play the guitar on" this cable channel
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Time's up! The correct answer was MTV
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CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
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Taking over from his assassinated father in 2001, Joseph Kabila is the president of this country abbreviated D.R.C.
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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JURY DUTY
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The general type of this military tribunal must have at least 5 members & the defense attorney may be military or civilian
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Time's up! The correct answer was court martial
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SCOTLAND
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Hundreds of years old, the de facto national flag features this saint's cross
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Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew
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PARTS OF THE WHOLE
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Cheek strap, snaffle rein
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Time's up! The correct answer was horse tack
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN
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"Acey Deucey" is a variation of this board game that was introduced to Europe by the Arabs
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Time's up! The correct answer was backgammon
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LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES
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At the bottom of the hour, bet you won't miss my chat with this all time "hit king" of baseball...Cincinnati, hello?
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Rose
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AUSTRALIA
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It's the basic unit of currency of Australia
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Time's up! The correct answer was Australian Dollar
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TRANSPORTATION
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The U.S. U-2, first built in the 1950s, was an airplane; the German U-1, first built in the 1910s, was one of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was a submarine
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QUOTATIONS
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This "Huck Finn" author wrote "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
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NEW WEAPONS
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The FA-18E/F is the "Super" version of this high-tech U.S. Navy fighter jet with a wasplike name
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Time's up! The correct answer was a Hornet
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BUSINESS BUDDIES
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S. Duncan Black & this partner filed a patent for a drill in 1914
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Time's up! The correct answer was Decker
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I'M GOING "INN"
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Another word for entrails or viscera (sorry, mealtime America)
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Time's up! The correct answer was innards
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I'M GOING "INN"
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It's the third word in the first book of the Bible
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Time's up! The correct answer was beginning
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PLAYWRIGHTS
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Born in 1799, this poet, novelist & playwright is to Russian literature what Shakespeare is to English literature
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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Pushkin
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5 BANDS
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Appropriately, this '80s band sang, "You can't go on thinking, nothing's wrong, who's gonna drive you home tonight?"
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Cars
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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS
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Leg hair
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Time's up! The correct answer was Raleigh
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THE DE NIRO CODE
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To Billy Crystal in this film: "I was gonna whack you. But I was real conflicted about it"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Analyze This
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BRASS
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We shall return to this man who graduated from West Point in 1903 with the highest honors in his class
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Time's up! The correct answer was Doug MacArthur
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IN THE FIRE
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Since 1932 this brand has provided reliable flames for soldiers, campers & others
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Time's up! The correct answer was Zippo
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NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
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On Sept. 9, 1974 news fit to print included the pardon of this man & "Knievel Safe As Rocket Falls"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon
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BRASS
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If you don't know he was made commander of the 2nd Armored Tank Division in April 1941, I'll slap you silly
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Time's up! The correct answer was Patton
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THE "B.G."s
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A naval force made up of an aircraft carrier & support vessels
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Time's up! The correct answer was battle group
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CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
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Actor Fredric's month (5)
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Time's up! The correct answer was March
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GOAT-POURRI
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Crippled beggar Sammy Smalls, who traveled in a goat cart, inspired a title character of this opera set on Catfish Row
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Time's up! The correct answer was Porgy and Bess
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HISTORIC DATES
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He was shot on Sept. 6, 1901 while shaking hands with a crowd of well-wishers at the Pan-American Exposition
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Time's up! The correct answer was McKinley
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RUBY
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In a 1999 TV movie, she played Bessie, of the centenarian Delany sisters
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ruby Dee
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BIRD HUNTING
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The Academy of Pro Players Power Hitting Baseball Camp can help you with bat speed, bunting & hitting the curve
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Time's up! The correct answer was a bunting
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THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
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Early in his career, Burt Reynolds played Quint Asper, one of these on "Gunsmoke"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Blacksmith
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ACTORS & ACTRESSES
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Professional name used by the actress seen here during her film career; it's different from her married name (clip from "Hellcats of the Navy")
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Davis
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
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In Luke he is quoted as saying, "I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pilate
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POETS & POETRY
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Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote of this ship, "Oh better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Old Ironsides"
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CINEMA OF "BLOOD"
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Sylvester Stallone played Vietnam vet John Rambo in this 1982 film
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Time's up! The correct answer was First Blood
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HIP-HOP & RAP
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Group that includes members Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone & Wish Bone
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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He lived for several weeks among the cannibalistic Typee before he wrote the book of the same name
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Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
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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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WEBSITES
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An official website for this state is www.state.nm.us
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Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico
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SAINTS
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In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it
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Time's up! The correct answer was Seville
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WORLD FACTS
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Discovered by David Livingstone, Botswana's Lake Ngami lies in the northern part of this desert
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kalahari Desert
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"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
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Open an account at one of these banks that exist for the conservation of seeds, tissues or reproductive cells
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Time's up! The correct answer was a gene bank
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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
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Argentina
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Time's up! The correct answer was Spanish
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TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
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A research chemist appears on a "60 Minutes" expose of the tobacco industry
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Insider
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PLANT PARENTHOOD
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew in the laboratory) A must for any gardener, a soil testing kit is used to take a reading of this level, a measure of acidity
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Time's up! The correct answer was pH level
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COUNTY SEATS
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Paris (population 8,730) is the seat of Bourbon County in this state
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
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In 1941 her "Watch on the Rhine" was named best American play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lillian Hellman
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LITERARY CHARACTERS
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In "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", his character puts Hank Morgan to sleep for 1,300 years
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Time's up! The correct answer was Merlin
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LITERARY OPENINGS
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"Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot..."
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Time's up! The correct answer was How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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"TU"
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The ruins of Carthage are in this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tunisia
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QUOTATIONS
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In 1944 she wrote in her diary, "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank
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NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
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Herbert P. Bix won in 2001 with a book on this emperor "and the Making of Modern Japan"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hirohito
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GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
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J.P. Hayes cost himself a 2009 spot on this tour by confessing to using an unapproved ball
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Time's up! The correct answer was the PGA tour
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GOVERNMENT
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This country's National People's Congress has had up to around 3,500 members
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Time's up! The correct answer was China
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YOU BEAST!
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The bulls of these African animals can weigh up to 6 tons
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Time's up! The correct answer was an elephant
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TIME TO "EAT"
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Moss type used as fuel
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Time's up! The correct answer was peat
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THE VIRTUES
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This virtue is also a name of a Rhode Island island & of prim, cautious women
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Time's up! The correct answer was Prudence
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"V" HAVE MAPS
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Prussian Baron Friedrich von Steuben arrived at this location in the winter of 1778 to train American troops
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Time's up! The correct answer was Valley Forge
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ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
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This element, Na, combines with chlorine to form ordinary table salt
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Time's up! The correct answer was sodium
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BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
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Maker's ___ Sanchez
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark
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EXPLORERS
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Tho he didn't find the Northwest Passage, this Frenchman established France's claim to Canada
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Cartier
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THE BIBLE
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This wise king of Israel had "Forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Solomon
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BIRDS
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This bird seen here is the provincial bird of Prince Edward Island
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Time's up! The correct answer was Blue jay
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DIALING FOR DIALECTS
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Aeolic, spoken in ancient times, was a dialect of this
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ancient Greek
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THE MAP OF EUROPE
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Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary & Croatia, it's one of the world's newest independent countries
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Time's up! The correct answer was Slovenia
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BRANDO
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Terry Malloy, who could've been a contender
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Time's up! The correct answer was On the Waterfront
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COUNTRY MUSIC
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[Well hey everybody, I'm Naomi Judd] In mid-1984 Wynonna & I made our first ever concert appearance at Ak-Sar-Ben, a large concert hall in this Nebraska city
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Time's up! The correct answer was Omaha
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LANGUAGES
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Romanian developed from this language of the ancient Romans
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Time's up! The correct answer was Latin
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FINANCE HISTORY
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In the 19th c., selling stock you didn't yet own, hoping it would fall, was called selling this animal's skin
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Time's up! The correct answer was a bear
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AFRICAN ISLANDS
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Parts of this capital city lie on the islands of Gezira & Roda in the Nile River
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo
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INTERNATIONAL LANDMARKS
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Its roof has been variously described as sails, clam shells & a huddle of nuns in a high wind
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sydney Opera House
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SO "LONG"
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This arachnid is also called a harvestman
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Time's up! The correct answer was a daddy long-legs
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MAY DAYS
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On May 6, 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte won this country's presidential election with 54% of the vote
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Time's up! The correct answer was El Salvador
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SYNONYMS
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Back in the 19th century, ladies didn't faint but did this 5-letter synonym
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Time's up! The correct answer was swoon
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LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
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In 1945 Virginia Gildersleeve was the only female U.S. delegate to the conference that drafted this charter
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Time's up! The correct answer was the United Nations
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QUEEN VICTORIA
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Queen Victoria was said to be happiest at this "humble" Scottish home
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Time's up! The correct answer was Balmoral Castle
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TUBE TEST
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David Janssen had a 4-year "run" in this series; Tim Daly hopes for at least that in the remake
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Fugitive
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BROADWAY TEENS
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The Jets & the Sharks are teenage gangs in this 1957 musical that features the song "Tonight"
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Time's up! The correct answer was West Side Story
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SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
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Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain & their 9 teammates on the field
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Time's up! The correct answer was soccer
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NOVEL QUOTES
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"Never laugh at live dragons", warned this author in "The Hobbit" -- good advice
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Time's up! The correct answer was J.R.R. Tolkien
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I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS
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Used to mean a vulnerable weak point in an enemy's defenses, it means the lower abdomen
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Time's up! The correct answer was underbelly
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"TRI" HARDER
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The ironman category for this sport includes a 2.4 mile swim, a 112-mile bike race & a marathon run
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Time's up! The correct answer was Triathlon
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HIP-HOP & RAP
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This huge hit by Jay-Z samples a song from the musical "Annie"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Hard Knock Life"
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COMICS STRIP
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Jason Segel's real-life split was the basis of his naked break-up with this 2008 title movie gal
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sarah Marshall
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FORE!
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Except during WWII, this golf tournament has been played at the Augusta National Golf Club every year since 1934
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Masters
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FETAL ATTRACTION
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From the Greek for "flat cake", this uterine wall organ connects to the fetus via the umbilical cord
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Time's up! The correct answer was Placenta
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FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
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Mrs. Ford's landing wharfs
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Time's up! The correct answer was Betty's jetties
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"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
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Alberto Gonzales & Robert F. Kennedy both held this cabinet position
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Time's up! The correct answer was Attorney General
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AT THE BUILDING SITE
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He's got the building wired for "current" affairs
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Time's up! The correct answer was an electrician
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"ROCK"Y
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National Guard troops escorted black students to class in this southern state capital in August 1959
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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Rock
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POLITICIANS
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Indiana's current governor, Frank L. O'Bannon, ran against Stephen Goldsmith, the mayor of this city
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Time's up! The correct answer was Indianapolis
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4-LETTER CAPITALS
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It's been said that "All roads lead to" this "Eternal City"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rome
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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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SAINTS
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This scholarly 13th century saint was often called "The Angelic Doctor"
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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas
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BON APPE-"T"
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A yellow cheddar from Oregon
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tillamook
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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Christopher Columbus was born in this Italian seaport where his father was a merchant & wool weaver
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Time's up! The correct answer was Genoa
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IN THE DICTIONARY
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This synonym for "room" can precede music & maid
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Time's up! The correct answer was chamber
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BACK IN 1906
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Burned in 1864, this city was placed under martial law following racial tensions in September 1906
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Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta
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NEWMAN'S OWN
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Newman played Brick opposite Liz Taylor's Maggie in this film adaptation of a play
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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HOW INSPIRATIONAL
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Thinking of his sins, poet Heinrich Heine said, "Of course" God will do this to "me; that's his business"
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Time's up! The correct answer was forgive
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SPORTS HOME CITIES
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MLS' Burn
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dallas
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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
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Houdini was famous for hanging upside-down wearing one of these restrictive overgarments
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Time's up! The correct answer was Straitjacket
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PEANUTS
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Of a 25th, 30th or 40th anniversary, what "Peanuts" is celebrating in 1990
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Time's up! The correct answer was 40th Anniversary
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POLAR EXPLORATION
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Robert Peary was surprised to hear these natives accompanying him complain of cold noses
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Time's up! The correct answer was Eskimos
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SHAKESPEARE
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It's the play in which Thaliard says, "So, this is Tyre, and this the court"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pericles, Prince of Tyre
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN
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It's the most expensive property in the U.S. version of Monopoly
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Time's up! The correct answer was Boardwalk
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GOULASH
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In 1957 child model Jim O'Neill was chosen to grace the cover of his "Baby and Child Care Book"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Benjamin Spock
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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
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August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee
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Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley
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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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LESSER-KNOWN MUSICALS
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Elementary, my dear Watson: "Baker Street" was a musical about this detective
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sherlock Holmes
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VERBS
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As a verb, this British nationality means to put an end to something abruptly
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch
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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
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From the Italian for "chatter", it's a person who claims knowledge or skill he doesn't have
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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlatan
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DON'T BE A PAIN
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This drug marketed as Advil & Nuprin reduces pain by inhibiting chemicals that cause inflammation
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Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen
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CLOTHING WORDS
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A score of 22-22, for instance
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Time's up! The correct answer was tie
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DANCE
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The 1786 Opera "Una Cosa Rara" featured one of the first of these Viennese dances
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Time's up! The correct answer was a waltz
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CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES
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"Solutions for a small planet"
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Time's up! The correct answer was IBM
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MOVIES & TV
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On March 19, 2009 he said, "I'm excited and honored to introduce my first guest... Barack Obama"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Leno
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THE "A"s
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Whether for a sorcerer or a craft guild, one serves time as one of these before becoming a journeyman
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Time's up! The correct answer was apprentice
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ANIMAL GROUPS
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It's a feather filling for quilts, as well as a group of hares
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Time's up! The correct answer was Down
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WHY?
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They're "unlucky" because in the Middle Ages they were thought to be the mascots of witches
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Time's up! The correct answer was Black cats
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Y1K
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Circa 1000 Polynesian migrants reach New Zealand where they settle & become this ethnic group
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Time's up! The correct answer was Maoris
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ROCK FORMATIONS
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Kurt Cobain & Krist Novoselic met through Buzz Osborne, leader of the Melvins, & found freedom as this group in 1987
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nirvana
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THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
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Vow, knight or grail
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Time's up! The correct answer was knight
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MEET THE PARENTS
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CBS, Blockbuster, Simon & Schuster
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Time's up! The correct answer was Viacom
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THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
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This Venezuelan waterfall was named for an American bush pilot who discovered it in 1935
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Time's up! The correct answer was Angel Falls
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BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS
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In 1990 Roger Waters of this group gave a performance of "The Wall" at the former site of the Berlin Wall
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pink Floyd
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FORE!
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This hazard is simply a depression in the ground; if it contains sand it's called a sand trap
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bunker
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ONE-WORD RHYMES
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In Manhattan, going from Central Park to Chelsea is heading this way
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Time's up! The correct answer was downtown
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CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
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Term for the flow of a film, maintained by keeping details consistent throughout a scene
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Time's up! The correct answer was Continuity
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PARTS OF THE WHOLE
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Thermostat control, egg tray, crisper
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Time's up! The correct answer was refrigerator
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ITALIAN
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From an Italian word for "grape stalk", it's brandy distilled from the remains of grapes after pressing
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Time's up! The correct answer was grappa
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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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NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
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With a flood control system, the Red River no longer flows into this river, just into the Atchafalaya
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Mississippi
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THE 17TH CENTURY
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In 1682 he founded the "City Of Brotherly Love"
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Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
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CONVENTIONS
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On "Saturday Night Live", William Shatner told attendees at this type of convention, "Get a life!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Star Trek
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A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE
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Many astronomers believe the Great Andromeda spiral galaxy has one of these "dark" collapsed stars at its center
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Time's up! The correct answer was black hole
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4-LETTER VERBS
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It means "to strongly encourage", & all its letters are found in the word encourage
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Time's up! The correct answer was urge
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& HONEY
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& Honey, could you pick up some of the Huggies brand of these on the way home?
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Time's up! The correct answer was diapers
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WORD ORIGINS
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The name of this dialect comes from a Hindi word, mantri, meaning "counselor"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mandarin
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"PH"UN WORDS
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The bar type is one common form of this chart
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Time's up! The correct answer was graph
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JUBAL EARLY
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After moving back to the U.S. from Canada in 1869, Early, rebel that he was, wore only this color
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Time's up! The correct answer was gray
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"MOON"S
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It brings out the worst in werewolves
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Time's up! The correct answer was a full moon
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ANIMATED FILMS
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This 1988 film told of an orphaned baby brontosaurus named Littlefoot
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Land Before Time
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MAY DAYS
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On May 10, 1941 this deputy to Hitler parachuted from a plane over Scotland with a "peace plan"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rudolf Hess
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POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
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Film mogul Jack Warner supposedly said, "No. Jimmy Stewart for president." this man "for best friend"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Reagan
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TELEVISION
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"Cosmetic" name of the magazine that's the focus of "Just Shoot Me", or what its racier episodes may make you do
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Time's up! The correct answer was Blush
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THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
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Colchian jilted by Jason (5)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Medea
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THE ROYALS
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Charles Edward Stuart could have worn a T.Y.P. necklace for "The Young Pretender" or a B.P.C. one for this nickname
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bonnie Prince Charlie
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PROVERBS
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It's the type of pot that "never boils"
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Time's up! The correct answer was a watched pot
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"EN" THE BEGINNING
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The U.S. conducted nuclear tests on this atoll in the Marshall Islands from 1948 to 1958
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Time's up! The correct answer was Enewetak
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OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
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1945: Mildred Pierce
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Time's up! The correct answer was Joan Crawford
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1807
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In September he was acquitted of treason against the U.S.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Aaron Burr
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SHIPS
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Neither this admiral nor his flagship, the Trinidad, completed the circumnavigation of the globe
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Time's up! The correct answer was Magellan
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BALLET
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Balanchine choreographed the leading role in "Allegro Brillante" for this part-Osage Indian ex-wife
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Time's up! The correct answer was Maria Tallchief
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HORS D'OEUVRES
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Ideally, this type of small appetizer served on toast or crackers should be small enough to eat in 1 bite
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Time's up! The correct answer was canapé
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FROM B TO C
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Pompous; overblown
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Time's up! The correct answer was bombastic
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ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
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For cybergeeks: MS-DOS
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Time's up! The correct answer was Microsoft - Disk Operating System
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FETAL ATTRACTION
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Pre-natal process that created the images seen here:
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ultrasound
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WHAT A WEEK
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Carrie on "Sex and the City" really enjoyed this event that brings ships & thousands of sailors to NYC
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Time's up! The correct answer was Fleet Week
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COMMON SIMILES
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This ichthyological simile might apply to someone spending too much time at the bar
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Time's up! The correct answer was drinking like a fish
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TV STARS
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Putting the Goth in "American Gothic", this rocker & his family starred in a hit MTV reality show in 2002
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ozzy Osbourne
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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Co-capitals: La Paz & Sucre
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
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HELLO, DELI!
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It's a good knight for one of these Jewish turnovers with a meat or potato filling
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Time's up! The correct answer was a knish
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WOMEN'S HEALTH
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Joint pain is one symptom of SLE, a common disorder in women that's also called by this 5-letter name
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Time's up! The correct answer was lupus
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THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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In 1326 the Ottomans moved their capital to Bursa, which is in this Asian part of modern-day Turkey
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Time's up! The correct answer was Anatolia
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CONDUCTORS
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It's the term for material that conducts at high temperatures & insulates at low temperatures
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Time's up! The correct answer was a semiconductor
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IT'S AN L.A. THING
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Good times are Bruin in this district, home to UCLA, where John Wooden was a "wizard"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Westwood
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I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT
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In the 1800s this Frenchman also developed a musical notation system for blind musicians
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Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Braille
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UP IN THE AIR
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It decreases for the first 6 miles of the atmosphere, then goes way up, way down & finally up again around 55 miles high
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Time's up! The correct answer was the temperature
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THAT'S MY BUSINESS
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Henry's great-grandson William runs this car company which was started in 1903
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Ford Motor Company
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CONTAINERS
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The American Heritage Dict.'s 1st pronunciation for this word rhymes it with "lace"; another with, with "bras"
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Time's up! The correct answer was vase
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"V" IS FOR
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...this everyday form of Latin spoken by the Romans; sounds crude but it wasn't
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vulgar
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HISTORIC NAMES
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In 1961 scared villagers thought he was a downed U2 pilot until he removed his helmet & spoke Russian to them
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Time's up! The correct answer was Yuri Gagarin
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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
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The Brad jumped the Jen for this left-handed hottie
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Time's up! The correct answer was Angelina Jolie
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EDGAR AWARD WINNERS
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He won in the Best Fact Crime category for such works as "Helter Skelter" & "Till Death Us Do Part"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bugliosi
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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From the Greek "psallein", to pluck, we get this plucked type of zither that's mentioned in the Bible
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Time's up! The correct answer was Psalterion
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FOLKIES
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Peggy, sister of this co-founder of The Weavers, wrote the feminist anthem "Gonna Be An Engineer"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Seeger
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THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
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College Station is the home of this oldest public university in Texas
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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas A&M
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CREATION STORIES
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Africa's Fulani people, who are cattle herders, say everything came from a drop of this
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Time's up! The correct answer was milk
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TAKE A PILL
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Antabuse is designed to make you feel really, really bad after ingesting this
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Time's up! The correct answer was alcohol
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SOCIOLOGY
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Going from rags to riches is what sociologists call "social" this, specifically the "upward" type
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Time's up! The correct answer was mobility
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ASIAN NATIONS
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The Baath party rules these 2 Mideast countries
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Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq & Syria
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AIRPORT CODES
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