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Time's up! The correct answer was Brussels

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ANNIVERSARY GIFTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Silver

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20th CENTURY DESIGN

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

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

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COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"

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This nation has been ruled by the Grimaldi royal family since the 14th century

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monaco

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SCULPTURE

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In 1953 sculptor William Zorach created the relief "Man and Work" for this Rochester, Minnesota clinic

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayo Clinic

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BEFORE & AFTER

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

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

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IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY

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Brunei

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Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia

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ITALIAN

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Literally "good day", it's the basic Italian hello

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Time's up! The correct answer was buon giorno

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PLAY ADJECTIVES

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Howard Sackler's "The ____ ____ Hope"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Great White Hope

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HISTORY

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Before he was Canada's P.M., William Lyon Mackenzie King lived in this famous house with Jane Addams

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hull House

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CARDS & DICE

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It's the number of dice you toss on your first roll of Yahtzee

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Time's up! The correct answer was 5

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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

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On October 5, 1818 this mother of Lincoln & 2 of her relatives died of milk sickness

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Hanks

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"PIN" ME

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A child holds this toy by the stick & lets the wind do the spinning

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pinwheel

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TINKER

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In November 2008 she opened up Pixie Hollow, located at the edge of Tomorrowland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tinkerbell

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GEOGRAPH"Y"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Germany

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MYTHOLOGY

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Cadmus planted these parts of a dragon to raise some troops

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Time's up! The correct answer was teeth

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THE OLD WEST

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He tried to help the town of Dolores, N.M. in 1900 by using static electricity to extract gold out of gravel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Edison

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THREE

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Mother Goose rhyming line that follows "Rub-a-dub-dub"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Three men in a tub

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STATE OF THE UNION

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The Trinity site in this state was the location of the USA's first atomic explosion

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico

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BICYCLES

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A German circus performer has made the Guinness record book for riding a bicycle with this distinction

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Time's up! The correct answer was the smallest

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RUN, RUN, RUN

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

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

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POP MUSIC

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She sang "Better Be Good To Me" in 1984, a few years after she broke up with Ike

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tina Turner

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PARLEZ VOUS?

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If your mate from Marseilles says he's getting to LAX via "Sud-Ouest", pick him up at this carrier

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Time's up! The correct answer was Southwest

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POTPOURRI

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Select Comfort Corporation makes these with adjustable firmness

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Time's up! The correct answer was mattresses

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES

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This sailor hero's adventures include "The Golden Voyage" & "The Eye of the Tiger"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sinbad

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GOING DUTCH

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Driving through the Netherlands? You should know a sign that says "Parkeerverbod" means this

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Time's up! The correct answer was No Parking

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"E" CHANNEL

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This South American country does not border Brazil

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ecuador

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POUR ME A STIFF ONE

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Mon Dieu! This French liqueur was originally made at the Abbey of Fecamp by the monks for which it is named

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benedictine

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JUST DESSERTS

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A rich custard topped with caramelized sugar, its name means "burnt cream" in French

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Time's up! The correct answer was crème brûlée

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FAMOUS TEACHERS

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In 1967 this former teacher published a memoir entitled "Center of the Storm"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Scopes

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ANGELS

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This Angel manager spent 13 years catching for the Dodgers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Scioscia

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FOOD

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A raw egg yolk usually accompanies this raw meat dish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steak Tartare

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THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS

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Because hippo teeth are made of this, they won't yellow & were once a popular source for false teeth

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Time's up! The correct answer was ivory

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SPORTS

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Except for 1995, the NHL scoring title has gone to either Wayne Gretzky or this Penguins star the past 16 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mario Lemieux

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LETTER MEN

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He's the taller of the two gentlemen in the photo seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was P.T. Barnum

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BARTLETT'S PAIRS

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The first of this French playwright's 2 quotes begins, "A great nose indicates a great man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edmond Rostand

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WATERFALLS

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One of the most spectacular sites in this national park is Bridalveil Fall, which drops a misty curtain of water 620 feet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yosemite

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WHEN THEY WERE TEENS

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This daughter of Francis Ford Coppola was an intern for fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in Paris

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sofia Coppola

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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The pair's lyricist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hammerstein

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THE PRODUCERS

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It leads the states in apple production

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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“SAINTS”

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

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

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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A magnetic field is measured in units called gauss or this after a real "coil" guy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nikola Tesla

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3-NAMED AUTHORS

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This "Ship of Fools" author won a Pulitzer & the National Book Award for her 1965 "Collected Stories"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Katherine Anne Porter

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Idaho

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THE "FIRST" STATE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was first strike

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WHEN THE SAINTS

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

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

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CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES

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This team that won a championship in 2001 plays in PSINet Stadiun

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore Ravens

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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Irene, who reigned from 797-802, declared herselt Emperor, not Empress, of this empire

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

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THE CONTINENTS

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In 1957 countries on this continent signed a treaty creating an economic community, or common market

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Time's up! The correct answer was Europe

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SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?

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Bizet's "Carmen", for example

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Time's up! The correct answer was an opera

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NYC MUSIC HISTORY

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Dvorak's "New World Symphony" debuted in this venue in 1893: the Beatles played there in 1964

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carnegie Hall

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OLD VIRGINIA

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In 1716 Virginia's governor claimed possession of this scenic valley for England

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Shenandoah Valley

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OATS

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While the terms are used interchangeably, groats are usually more coarsely ground than these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grits

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CARTOONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kangaroo

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BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!

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1951: "Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The African Queen

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ISLANDS

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Singapore seceded from this country in 1965

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Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia

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HELLO, DELI!

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I think I'll just have a nosh--a bagel, cream cheese & the Nova Scotia type of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was lox

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FOREIGN TRAVEL

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In part to prevent child abductions, the State Dept. now requires that minors appear in person to get this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a passport

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WORD ORIGINS

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Originally a brand applied to slaves & criminals, it has come to mean a mark of disgrace

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Time's up! The correct answer was a stigma

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NURSERY RHYMES

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Peter, Peter was an eater of this; he kept his wife in its shell

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Time's up! The correct answer was pumpkin

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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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OCCUPATION HAZARDS

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In this job aiding a medical professional, Angie might get a finger nipped by little Billy while X-raying his molar

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Time's up! The correct answer was dental hygienist

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ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN

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"By the time" this work "is over, fate has been trampled underfoot by triumphant music"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Fifth Symphony

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THAT'S MY BUSINESS

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A brother of one of the rappers in Run-DMC, this entrepreneur runs Phat Farm

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Time's up! The correct answer was Russell Simmons

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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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CELEBRITY MARRIAGES

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Of the original stars of "Mission: Impossible", the 2 who were married to each other

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bain &Landau

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ABBREVIATED

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Sometimes you get extras with one of these: DVD

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Time's up! The correct answer was digital video disc

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

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BUD is the New York Stock Exchange symbol for this brewing company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anheuser-Busch

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SHAKESPEARE

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2 of the 4 Shakespeare plays in which ghosts appear on stage

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Richard III

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AUTHORS

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Oscar Wilde's only novel

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

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TRAIN STATIONS

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A real depot inspired the symbol of this Wisconsin insurance company, seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wausau

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ALBUMS

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"All I Have" with LL Cool J was a last-minute addition to this Jennifer Lopez CD

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Time's up! The correct answer was This Is Me... Then

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COUNTY SEATS

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Hilo, I love you, you're the seat of this county that's also a "Big Island"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!

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Affer Los Alamos, I was the director of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study from 1947 to 1966

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oppenheimer

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CIVIL WAR LITERATURE

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He drew on his wartime nursing experience for the poem "The Wound-Dresser"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Whitman

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FAMOUS LLOYDS

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In 1953 he orginated the role of Captain Queeg in "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" on Broadway

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd Nolan

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TELEVISION

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This wallaby's "Modern Life" takes place in O Town with his dog Spunky & his pal Heffer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rocko

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SPORTS LEGENDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Aaron

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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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"DREAM"Y SONGS

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"Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean to" one of these "and a homecoming queen"

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Time's up! The correct answer was A daydream believer

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HISPANIC HISTORY

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To supply Coronado's party, Hernando de Alarcon sailed 3 ships up this river in 1540 to where Yuma, Ariz. is now

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Colorado

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HORSE & RIDER

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Bucephalus

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

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RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS

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Right effort, right speech & right action are 3 parts of this noble Buddhist way

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eightfold Path

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ONE BUCK OR LESS

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A 15-ounce V05 Moisture Milks conditioner from this manufacturer averages a buck online

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alberto

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LITERATURE FOR KIDS

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This author who wrote about "The Princess Who Could Not Laugh" made us smile with "Winnie-the-Pooh"

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Time's up! The correct answer was A.A. Milne

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THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blackbeard

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WAITER!

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To heat up my chilly bones, bring out a large bottle of this warmed & fermented rice drink from Japan

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Time's up! The correct answer was sake

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SPORTS HOME CITIES

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The NBA's Cavaliers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland

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TAKE OUT

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It's the common operation to remove 2 small oval masses of tissue at the back of the mouth

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tonsillectomy

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GIANTS OF SCIENCE

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In 1993 he made a "brief" appearance as himself on an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Hawking

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MIDDLE "C"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tractor

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INDEPENDENCE DAYS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Finland

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BRAND NAMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rold Gold

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NUTRITION

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The flavonoids in this may help prevent heart disease, so a "kiss" a day may keep the cardiologist away

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Time's up! The correct answer was chocolate

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FEELING "ANCY"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Life expectancy

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THE CONTINENTS

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In 1957 countries on this continent signed a treaty creating an economic community, or common market

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Time's up! The correct answer was Europe

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CLASSICAL GASES

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This gas forms tiny bubbles in a diver's bloodstream that can be dangerous if he ascends too quickly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nitrogen

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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Honshu volcano (4)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fuji

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THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN

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One of the other 3 people in the presidential box with Lincoln & Booth at the time of the attack

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Todd Lincoln

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CLOTHING WORDS

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To lose footing on icy ground

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Time's up! The correct answer was slip

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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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MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS

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In Finland, this Tim Burton film was subtitled "Fish Stories as Large as Life Itself"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Big Fish

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BEN

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In 1783 Franklin asked Congress to recall him from this country; he finally made it home in 1785

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Time's up! The correct answer was France

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19th CENTURY LITERATURE

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He wrote "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", "The Blue Hotel" & "The Red Badge of Courage"

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"TOMORROW"

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In the novel "Gone with the Wind", it follows "I'll think of some way to get him back"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tomorrow is another day

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ETIQUETTE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was white tie

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BROADWAY LYRICS

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"Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets, and little man, little Lola wants you"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Damn Yankees

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...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!

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In the 17th century this type of wild horse numbered between 2 & 4 mil.; today, only about 20,000 remain, mostly in the West

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Time's up! The correct answer was mustangs

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DIARIES

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Fittingly, Samuel Pepys began keeping his famous diary on this date in 1660

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1-Jan

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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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They're the two main ingredients in a Cape Codder cocktail

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Time's up! The correct answer was cranberry juice and vodka

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WASHINGTON D.C.

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What the "D.C." stands for

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

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I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU

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Neil Gaiman wrote, "Now slip, now slide, now move unseen, above, beneath, betwixt," this

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Time's up! The correct answer was between

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TAYLOR, SWIFT

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Taylor Kitsch is Gambit in this 2009 X-Men flick

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wolverine

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CANDY

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Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colo., happily founded this candy co. in 1949 to make money during the winter

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jolly Rancher

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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This political party founded around 1789 stood for a strong central government

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Federalists

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LAST NAME'S THE SAME

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Late radio commentator Paul & James I's physician William

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harvey

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DANCE

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The basic floor pattern of this elegant 17th c. French court dance evolved to resemble the letter Z

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Time's up! The correct answer was the minuet

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BRAND NAMES

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Mass production of these in the U.S. can be traced back to Donald F. Duncan in the 1920s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yo-yos

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THE BILLBOARD HOT 100

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A song by this artist hit No. 1 in 1999, making her at age 52 the oldest female to have a Billboard No. 1 single

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cher

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LOST IN SPACE

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Ed White, the first U.S. spacewalker, lost one of these outside Gemini 4; he must've looked like a later "moonwalker"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a glove

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THE BIG APPLE

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On the NYC subway this train will also take you to Harlem, but then it splits off & heads for Yankee Stadium

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Time's up! The correct answer was the B train

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ONE LETTER DIFFERENT

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A speechless minute arachnid

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mute mite

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CROSSWORD CLUES "D"

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Scotch, & make it this (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was double

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STRING THEORY 101

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

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

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CABLE CHANNELS

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This channel shows films like "The Magnificent Seven" & original series like "Mad Men" & "Breaking Bad"

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Time's up! The correct answer was AMC

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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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FRANCE

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Liberation & Le Petit Journal are leading ones of these in France

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Time's up! The correct answer was newspapers

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BOOK NAMES

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George Bernard Shaw: "Major ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara

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SPORTS SHORTS

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He split 2 1980 title fights with Roberto Duran

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sugar Ray Leonard

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WHEN IN ROME?

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Mussolini becomes prime minister: this decade

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1920s

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HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN

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In 1991 Bahrain was one of the good guys in this conflict & the U.S. sold it Apache helicopters

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm

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SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE

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If you have this adjective before your name, like Nell or Eva, don't bother planning for your old age

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Time's up! The correct answer was Little

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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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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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LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"

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Imagist Amy (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lowell

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METALLICA

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This metal was discovered in 1789; it took until 1896 to find out that it was radioactive

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Time's up! The correct answer was uranium

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PARLEZ VOUS?

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"Je ne sais pas" means this, but you still get credit if you phrase it in the form of a question

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Time's up! The correct answer was "I don't know"

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EARTH

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1 of the 3 Cs in the geological-period mnemonic "camels often sit down carefully--perhaps their joints creak..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cretaceous

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THE 50 STATES

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The name of this state comes from 2 Choctaw words that mean "red" & "people"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma

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FOREIGN CURRENCY

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The name of this currency is from the Sanskrit for "coined silver"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rupee

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METALLICA

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Among coinage metals, this one, atomic number 28, is only a fair conductor of electricity

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Time's up! The correct answer was nickel

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NO. 1 QUESTIONS

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1984 No. 1 for Tina Turner about the thrill of boy meeting girl

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Time's up! The correct answer was "What's Love Got To Do With It"

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BOOKS & AUTHORS

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President Reagan called this man's first novel "The Hunt for Red October" the "perfect yarn"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Clancy

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EXPLORERS

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N.Y. observes a holiday honoring the 1524 discovery of N.Y. Harbor by this Italian navigator

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Time's up! The correct answer was Giovanni Verrazano

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AN E FOR AN I

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A "landing" area is transformed into a serious throat infection

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Time's up! The correct answer was strep & strip

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WORD ORIGINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Saxons

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RED SOX IT TO ME

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In 1918 he extended his streak of scoreless World Series innings pitched to 29.2 & tied for the most HRs in the league

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Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth

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WORD ORIGINS

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This compass direction may come from the Proto-Germanic for "to the left of the rising sun"

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Time's up! The correct answer was north

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

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On May 13, 1981 he had a close encounter with Mehmet Ali Agca in Rome; he would later visit Agca in prison

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pope John Paul II

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MOTORCYCLE MAKERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kawasaki

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KILLER MUSICALS

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Billy Bigelow kills himself after a botched hold-up in this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic

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

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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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LIVE IN TEXAS

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Man from Sugarland, Texas known as "The Hammer" in the U.S. House of Representatives

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom DeLay

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THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD

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If you get to put "RSC" on your resume, you were part of this British troupe

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Royal Shakespeare Company

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SPIELBERG MOVIES

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This 1968 short film with a "strollin" title lent its name to Spielberg's production company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amblin

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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

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

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ALL GOD'S CRITTERS

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The "great" species of this slender predatory fish seen here has been called the "Tiger of the Sea"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barracuda

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IRAQNOPHOBIA

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This Iraqi president attended Cairo Law School in 1962 & 1963 while in exile

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saddam Hussein

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TREES

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Continent on which the densest, tallest & most valuable stand of timber is found

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Time's up! The correct answer was North America

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I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS

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Alfred E. Neuman could tell you that a fernticle is another name for one of these on the surface of the skin

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Time's up! The correct answer was a freckle

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"ROCK"Y

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Also known as the Mosque of Omar, it was home to the Knights Templar during the Crusades

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Dome of the Rock

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POP CULTURE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Dean

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SCIENCE

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Also a term for someone from Warsaw, it's one of the 2 strongest points in a magnetic field

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pole

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4 N

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Number of "beers on the wall" at the beginning of the song

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Time's up! The correct answer was ninety-nine

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FRANCE

Question

"Jet" over to this largest Paris place, site of the guillotine during the French Revolution

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Place de la Concorde

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"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY

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In this form of jumping rope, 2 people twirl 2 jump ropes in the opposite direction simultaneously

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Time's up! The correct answer was Double Dutch

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POTPOURRI

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There are Blue & White branches of this African river

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile

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BRASS

Question

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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ENDS WITH "K"

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A soda server, whether or not he's fatuous

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerk

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ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL

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One of the noble gases, it's the lightest of all gases after hydrogen

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Time's up! The correct answer was helium

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BALLET

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"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is based on a fairy tale by this famous Dane

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen

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COUNTRY MUSIC

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This sound, like that made by plucking a guitar, is the title of a 2009 album by George Strait

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Time's up! The correct answer was twang

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WHAT TO WEAR?

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was chiffon

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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French troops under Napoleon entered this capital on September 14, 1812 & found it in flames

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moscow

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THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS

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When an actress in his "Lifeboat" asked him what her best side was, he said, "My dear, you're sitting on it"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hitchcock

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MEN OF MUSIC

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Horn virtuoso Franz Strauss was consulted by Wagner in devising this hero's horn call

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Time's up! The correct answer was Siegfried

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LITERATURE

Question

19th c. author known for writing about a "venerable mansion" with "seven acutely peaked gables"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawthorne

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MOVIES BY ROLES

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1994: Jenny Curran, Lt. Dan, "Bubba" Blue

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Time's up! The correct answer was Forrest Gump

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DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY

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You quickly get used to the eggy smell at the Colorado resort called "Hot" this type of "Springs"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sulfur

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GAMES

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In other words, this summer camp game could be called "Seize Your Enemy's Banner"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Capture the Flag

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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The Houston ship channel flows into this bay that shares its name with a city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Galveston Bay

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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

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

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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

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While serving in the Illinois legislature, Abe switched to this party of his political idol Henry Clay

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Whigs

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FIRST LADIES

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In January 1991 this first lady broke her left leg while sledding at Camp David

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara Bush

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THE 50 STATES

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Among its nicknames are "The Prairie State" & "The Land of Lincoln"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Illinois

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KILLER MUSICALS

Question

A stray bullet ends the life of Eponine in this epic musical (don't "Mis" it!)

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Les Miserables"

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ARTS & CRAFTS

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In this craft, you may use corn husks for the core & raffia for the binder

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Time's up! The correct answer was basket weaving

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TOP OF THE LIST

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Not surprisingly, this taste sensation is rocking as Ben & Jerry's top-selling ice cream flavor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cherry Garcia

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LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES

Question

A special Larry King tonight this "wubbulous" children's author & his thoughts on Rosie starring in his big Broadway show

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

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POTPOURRI

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Select Comfort Corporation makes these with adjustable firmness

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Time's up! The correct answer was mattresses

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DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY

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You quickly get used to the eggy smell at the Colorado resort called "Hot" this type of "Springs"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sulfur

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COMMON ABBREVIATIONS

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Plan for your golden years by putting money in an IRA, one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was an individual retirement account

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NO. 32

Question

The Los Angeles Lakers retired his No. 32 jersey

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

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WON THE BATTLE

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The Allies won this battle, the last Nazi offensive in the West during WWII

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Battle of the Bulge

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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

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The French for "scandal" gave us the name of this high-kicking dance popular in music halls of the 19th century

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Time's up! The correct answer was Can-Can

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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This Jewish holiday is celebrated on the first day of the lunar month of Tishri

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rosh Hashanah

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SKIP TO MY "LOO"

Question

An old gold coin equal to 2 pistoles

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Time's up! The correct answer was a doubloon

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THE 1980s

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Nicolae Ceausescu was deposed as dictator of this country & executed in 1989

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romania

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WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II

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"Hefty" nickname of the second & last atomic bomb used during the war

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fat Man

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A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE

Question

Bill was mean to his dog, Bull's Eye, then he killed Nancy... & so, I ran, but he kept gaining on me...

O l i _ _ r   _ _ i _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Twist

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NAME THE OPERA

Question

(Audio clip in Italian from opera about clowns)

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

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MORTAL MATTERS

Question

Willie, the animal Wiarton, Canada used for this celebration, died Jan. 31, 1999, 2 days before his next appearance

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Time's up! The correct answer was Groundhog Day

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ENDS WITH "K"

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This Asian capital city known for its canals has been called "The Venice of the East"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bangkok

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WORLD MUSEUMS

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"ANZACs in France, 1969" was a 2006 exhibit at a war museum in this capital city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra

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KOREA

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In 1976 this company produced the Pony, the first Korean car

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hyundai

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DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR

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"Rachel, Rachel" (1968)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Newman

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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 SECOND...

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...to become Secretary of Homeland Security

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Chertoff

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4-LETTER WORDS

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From the Latin for "kitchen", you literally cook ceramics in one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kiln

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FRANCES FARMER

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Actor Leif Erickson was Frances' first of 3 of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was husbands

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"KEY"s

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This type of private establishment admits only members & their guests

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Time's up! The correct answer was a key club

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CHECK OUT MY CRIB

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was an aquarium

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THE BYRDS & THE BEAS

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The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has the original illustrations she did for her many kids' books

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beatrix Potter

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ACTORS WHO DIRECT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvester Stallone

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS

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The Bolshoi presented this ballet at the Met in 1959, with Yuri Zhdanov & Galina Ulanova as the title lovers

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

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WHAT AILS YOU?

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Scientists have reported that this tofu legume may lower cholesterol

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Time's up! The correct answer was Soybean

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OCCUPATIONS

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A pro sports broadcasting duo consists of a play-by-play announcer & the analyst called this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was a color commentator

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HISTORIC DATES

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The Egyptian government opened his mummy case on March 6, 1924

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tutankhamun

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FROM THE FRENCH

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A term for a keepsake or memento, it comes from the French for "to remember"

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Time's up! The correct answer was souvenir

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BEYOND .COM

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If disseminating facts, knowledge, the 411, try this 4-letter domain, used by New York State's MTA

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Time's up! The correct answer was info

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NATIONAL SPELLING BEE

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

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

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IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME

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This god zapped Salmoneus into oblivion for trying to imitate his thunder & lightning

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zeus

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ANAGRAMMED BIRDS

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A head-banger: cowpoke red

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Time's up! The correct answer was woodpecker

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YES, THAT'S "WHITE"

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

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

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GEOGRAPHY

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Boothia Peninsula in this country is the former location of the north magnetic pole

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canada

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BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS

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1932: "Magnificent Inn"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grand Hotel

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LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Mississippi

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MEATS

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Used to cure many meats including bacon, its the creosote and formaldehyde in this that help preserve things

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Time's up! The correct answer was smoke

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3 LITTLE LETTERS

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"Day to Day" & "All Things Considered" are among the programs going out to its 26 million listeners

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Time's up! The correct answer was NPR

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"EVER"S

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The answer to this title question of 1962: she cares for her crippled sister Blanche

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Time's up! The correct answer was Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

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LET'S PLAY BLACKJACK

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When a player & dealer tie, it's called this & no money is won or lost

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Time's up! The correct answer was a push

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HISTORIC WOMEN

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On April 5, 1614, in Jamestown, she married John Rolfe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas

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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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MANIAS

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A dipsomaniac craves this, not guacamole

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alcoholic Beverages

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A THOMAS GUIDE

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In 1989 George H.W. Bush appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clarence Thomas

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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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SHIPS

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The Thresher & Scorpion were this type of ship; 1 was lost in 1963, 1 in 1968

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Time's up! The correct answer was submarines

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NAME THE AUTOMAKER

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Taurus & T-Bird

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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LETTER MEN

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He designed the building for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Time's up! The correct answer was I.M. Pei

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AIN'T THAT "GRAND"

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Term for an extended visit to Europe, once an essential part of a British gent's upbringing

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Tour

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TOP 40 BONUS

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"Soul Man"

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

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SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA

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Robert Guillaume provided the voice of Rafiki, the wise old baboon, in this 1994 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Lion King

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2011 MOVIES

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Kate Bosworth & James Marsden star in the 2011 remake of this Sam Peckinpah film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Straw Dogs

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MEDICINE

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He was a world authority on the gall wasp in the '20s before turning to sex research

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kinsey

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IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD

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This fruit from the family Bromeliaceae is native to Brazil & Paraguay; it didn't reach Hawaii until the early 1500s

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Time's up! The correct answer was the pineapple

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TOUGH BODIES OF WATER

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St. George's Channel separates Wales from this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland

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"V" IS FOR

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...this, like Paricutin in Mexico

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Time's up! The correct answer was volcano

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BUGS

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These small, stinging ants were introduced into the U.S. at Mobile, Alabama

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fire ants

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ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS

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Tire iron

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Time's up! The correct answer was Interior

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PHILMOGRAPHIES

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"Jingle All the Way", "So I Married an Axe Murderer" (plus 153 episodes of "SNL")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Hartman

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NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE

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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is a well-known writer in this language of the Incas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quechua

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

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He was the last sitting president to run for re-election & finish third in the Electoral College

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Howard Taft

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WEATHER

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Season of the year when Arizona has its "monsoons"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Summer

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SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!

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The name of this deadly mottled brown snake of the tropics is from the French for "lance head"

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Time's up! The correct answer was fer-de-lance

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GETTING TICKED OFF

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In "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson", this author wrote, "When angry, count four; when very angry, swear"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain

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'65

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On January 20, 1965 he was inaugurated as U.S. vice president

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hubert H. Humphrey

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BIRDS

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The scientific name of this big bird is Diomedea exulans, as in "exile"

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Time's up! The correct answer was albatross

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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This city's Mississippi River Art Fair is held in the Mark Twain Historic District

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hannibal, Missouri

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& HONEY

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& Honey, while you're up, can you grab my copy of "Caligula" by this French-Algerian author? He's so existential

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Time's up! The correct answer was Camus

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HARRISON FORD MOVIES

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"Get off my plane!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Air Force One

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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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5-LETTER WORDS

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Teddy Roosevelt said "The credit belongs to the man" in this, "whose face is marred by dust & sweat & blood"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the arena

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JAZZ IT UP

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Saxophonist Sonny Rollins was one of the leaders of the "hard" type of this style that began in the '40s

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Time's up! The correct answer was bebop/bop

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PROPHET SHARING

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Before he was a prophet, Smohalla gained fame as one of these alliterative Native American healers

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Time's up! The correct answer was a medicine man

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OFF TO A GOOD START

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It's a ship at home in the Arctic, or a remark that starts a conversation

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Time's up! The correct answer was an icebreaker

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ALL GOD'S CRITTERS

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Because it dips its food in water, it has the scientific name Lotor, which means "washer"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Raccoon

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TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA

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It's what you wear to protect yourself against the effects of the device seen here:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sunglasses

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ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS

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In kiddy lit Jack didn't kill the titan or the colossus, he killed this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the giant

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THE 1930s

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This author of "Anne of Green Gables" was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1935

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Time's up! The correct answer was Montgomery

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WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?

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This American political party that formed in 1874 favored an increase in paper currency

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

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HOMOPHONES

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To take a quick look, or the top of a mountain

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Time's up! The correct answer was peek/peak

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U.S. STATES

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Of Colorado, New Mexico or Arizona, the state where the Rio Grande begins

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado

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3-LETTER THE BETTER

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What a film reel is stored in; hence something finished is "in" it

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Time's up! The correct answer was the can

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ANCIENT HISTORY

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This pupil of Socrates went to Sicily to try to turn Dionysius into a philosopher king

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plato

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FROM THE WELSH

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From the Welsh for "dwarf dog", it's also a miniature toy car brand

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Time's up! The correct answer was Corgi

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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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ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN

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"Betrayed in the hope of getting better", Beethoven was "forced to face the prospect of a permanent malady"--this

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Time's up! The correct answer was deafness

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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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SPOILER ALERT!

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1999: The first rule of this film is Brad Pitt doesn't really exist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fight Club

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SPORTS EVOLUTION

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In the 1750s the original golf course here had 11 holes & you played each of them twice

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

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JONATHAN SWIFTIES

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These, made by parliament, "are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through"

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Time's up! The correct answer was laws

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EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI

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In the world's first detective story, C. Auguste Dupin solves the title crimes in "The Murders" here

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Rue Morgue

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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In April 1984 this U.S. government agency admitted its role in the mining of Nicaraguan harbors

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Time's up! The correct answer was CIA

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CARTOONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kangaroo

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INSECTS

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This fly that you might find "in distress" resembles a dragonfly but folds its wings back at rest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Damselfly

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LSU

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"All The King's Men" know this first poet laureate of the U.S. was editor of LSU's Southern Review

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Penn Warren

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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s

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This redhead won 4 Tonys in the '50s, for "Can-Can", "Damn Yankees", "New Girl in Town" & "Redhead"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gwen Verdon

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FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON

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In April 2008 it was announced that Northwest & this Atlanta-based airline would merge

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Time's up! The correct answer was Delta

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SPORTS

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

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

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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There's a national park on the island of St. John in this U.S. possession

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Time's up! The correct answer was U.S. Virgin Islands

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PEOPLE IN HISTORY

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

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

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NETWORK

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"Emergency Vets", "Wild Rescues", "Breed All About It"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Animal Planet

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SPEECH! SPEECH!

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Subject of Daniel Webster's March 7, 1850 & Frederick Douglass' July 5, 1852 speeches

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Time's up! The correct answer was slavery

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"KEY"s

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It's Pennsylvania's nickname

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Keystone state

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COUNTRY MUSIC

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This sound, like that made by plucking a guitar, is the title of a 2009 album by George Strait

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Time's up! The correct answer was twang

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TREES

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Arboreal symbol of strength

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Time's up! The correct answer was oak

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OATS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Porridge

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DEPARTMENT "S"

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Specifically, to give a shopper less money back than he is entitled to

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Time's up! The correct answer was shortchange

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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s

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Gertrude Lawrence won in 1952 for playing the title pronoun in this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was The King and I

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EARTH, WIND & FIRE

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In the '90s home fires caused by these nearly doubled, with almost half of them starting in the bedroom

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Time's up! The correct answer was candles

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HEIR

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Heirs want to stay on the good side of this, the person mainly charged with carrying out a will's provisions

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Time's up! The correct answer was the executor

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THE HAYES YEARS

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During 1879 he perfected his photographic dry plate

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Eastman

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SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"

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To pick up a check

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Time's up! The correct answer was Foot the bill

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LANGUAGES

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Most of the classes in Quebec schools are taught in this language

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Time's up! The correct answer was French

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HERBS & SPICES

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This aromatic leaf, used to flavor meat, soups & stews, comes from a laurel tree

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bay leaf

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LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT!

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This food network personality grew up in her film producer grandfather's restaurant, DDL Foodshow

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Time's up! The correct answer was Giada De Laurentiis

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YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"

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The son of Agamemnon, he avenged his father's death by killing his mother Clytemnestra

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Time's up! The correct answer was Orestes

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"KEY"s

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Attractions in this Florida city include the homes of Ernest Hemingway & John Jacob Audubon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Key West

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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This state capital is located on the Merrimack River about 15 miles north of Manchester

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BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE

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For an eighth child, preferably a daughter, this name from "Antony and Cleopatra" would be fitting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Octavia

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POETS

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In 1857 this "Old Ironsides" poet & others founded the Atlantic Monthly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Wendell Holmes

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4-LETTER CAPITALS

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Just 12 degrees south of the Equator, this Peruvian capital's temperatures are moderated by the Humboldt Current

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lima

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SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG

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

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

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"PH"UN WORDS

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The bar type is one common form of this chart

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THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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On September 23, 1779 he & his men successfully attacked a British convoy off Flamborough Head in the North Sea

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Paul Jones

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"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD

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There are thousands of temples & shrines in this country's Katmandu Valley

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nepal

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HAT'S ALL, FOLKS

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The ever-popular Bowler hat is named for William Bowler, the man who created it in 1850 in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was England

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ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE

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It's the color in the name of New Hampshire's state bird, a finch, & a state flower, a lilac

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Time's up! The correct answer was purple

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SILENCE

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No cell phone use is permitted on "quiet cars", begun in 2000 on this service's Philly-Washington run

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THE ROLLING STONES

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The Rolling Stones took their name from a song by this legendary blues musician

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"SIDE" EFFECTS

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Economists also know it as Reaganomics

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COLORFUL GROUPS

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They'd like you to "Shake Your Money Maker": The ____ Crowes

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ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER

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Add this letter to star & get something harsh or grim

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HOME

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In new houses, when all your lights go out, you flip the circuit breaker back; in old houses, you change these

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LITERARY QUOTES

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Robert Louis Stevenson said, "Marriage is ..... a field of battle, and not a bed of" these

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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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ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE

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"Nervous Breakdown" the Rolling Stones suffered in the '60s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nineteenth

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MAMMALS

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The African & Sumatran species of this animal have 2 horns; the Indian & Javan species have one

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DIED ON THE SAME DAY

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This famed aviator outlived his brother by 35 years, passing away in 1948 on the same day Gandhi was assassinated

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Time's up! The correct answer was Orville Wright

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FILM FACTS

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Roy Rogers sang "Buttons and Bows" with Bob Hope & Jane Russell in this sequel to "The Paleface"

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

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TRADING SPACES

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Dealers seal transactions with a handshake in the 47th Street "district" for these gems

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Time's up! The correct answer was diamonds

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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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FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

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Sent to this city in September 1814 to secure a prisoner exchange, Key got stuck near there during an attack

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore

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THE CIVIL WAR

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When this general accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, he was wearing a mud-splattered private's coat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ulysses S. Grant

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IT BORDERS INDIA

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This nation to India's north is also the only other nation with a Hindu population of more than 80%

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nepal

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WORLD RELIGION

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Meaning "sign of God", it's the title of a Shi'ite Muslim scholar & leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ayatollah

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COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS

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Babar

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GIANTS OF SCIENCE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein

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BRAND NAMES

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This athletic brand is named for the Greek goddess of victory

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WORLD COINS

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Its 1-shekel coin features a flower taken from a Judean coin during the Persian period

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Time's up! The correct answer was Israel

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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS

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This 9th century king of Wessex repeatedly repelled the Danes with great success

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

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U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS

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Ex-soldiers' financial arrangements

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Time's up! The correct answer was Veterans' Affairs

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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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He was 24 years older than his friend Mozart, but outlived him by almost 20 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Franz Joseph Haydn

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PRIME NUMBERS

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In the rhyme, it's the number of whacks Lizzie Borden gave her father

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Time's up! The correct answer was 41

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BRITISH POETS & POETRY

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In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", Wordsworth wrote about "A crowd, a host of golden" ones

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Time's up! The correct answer was daffodils

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CROSSWORD CLUES "B"

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Bestselling book that has its own "belt" (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bible

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WOMEN'S FASHION

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The patches European women wore on their faces in the 1600s were usually this color

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Time's up! The correct answer was Black

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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"

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A literary bell ringer (9)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quasimodo

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HISTORIC NAMES

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In 312, emboldened by the sight of a cross in the sky, this man defeated the Emperor Maxentius & seized Rome

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Time's up! The correct answer was Constantine

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WORDS

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The name of these small towers often seen on castles comes from Old French for "small towers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was turrets

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"I" LADS

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His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets

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Time's up! The correct answer was Isaiah

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LOST IN SPACE

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Ed White, the first U.S. spacewalker, lost one of these outside Gemini 4; he must've looked like a later "moonwalker"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a glove

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FIRST LADIES

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In January 1991 this first lady broke her left leg while sledding at Camp David

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara Bush

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HOUSES OF WORSHIP

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The Church of this in Jerusalem is said to be built over the site where Jesus was entombed after his crucifixion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Holy Sepulchre

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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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MONEY SLANG

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You don't get 5 guesses at this winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fin

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TOM WOLFE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was chic

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HAMMERS

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He said to his captain, "Before I let your steam drill beat me, I'd die with this hammer in my hand"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Henry

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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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THE CIRCUS

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Trainers shout, "Tail Up!" when they want these performers to follow each other trunk to tail

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elephants

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BACH IN THE SADDLE

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A count's insomnia prompted these pieces that were to be played by a 14-year-old harpsichordist

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Goldberg Variations

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THE ENGLISH TOP 100

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Self-congratulations, egotists! This word made it all the way to No. 10

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Time's up! The correct answer was I

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WON THE BATTLE

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The Allies won this battle, the last Nazi offensive in the West during WWII

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Battle of the Bulge

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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Nobel-winning creator of Herzog & Sammler

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saul Bellow

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FOOD

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California vegetable with a crown & a heart

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Time's up! The correct answer was an artichoke

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PARTS OF THE WHOLE

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Reservoir, filter basket, carafe

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Time's up! The correct answer was a coffee maker

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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The name of this social insect comes from the Latin word vespa

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Time's up! The correct answer was wasp

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THE BLUE ANGELS

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(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) Bearing the name of a Greek letter, this classic Blue Angels formation uses all 6 jets

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Time's up! The correct answer was Delta

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CHOPIN

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Chopin disliked the insincerity of this Hungarian pianist-composer 1 year his junior

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Time's up! The correct answer was Franz Liszt

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CAESAR

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AKA the Flavian Amphitheatre, this ancient structure was begun by the Roman emperor Vespasian around 72 A.D.

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Colosseum

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BRITISH FASHION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Life

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POTPOURRI

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On an NHL rink, it's the color of the center line

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Time's up! The correct answer was red

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BUSINESS BUDDIES

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Book publisher Henry Houghton made this guy his partner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mifflin

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PICTURE THIS

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In 1907 the Wall Street Journal declared Percival Lowell's photo of its "canals" proof of intelligent life

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mars

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AMERICAN NICKNAMES

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Sam Rayburn was "Mr. Sam", not "Mr. Democrat"; this politician was "Mr. Republican", not "Mr. Robert"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Taft

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ANATOMY

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The only mobile bone of the face

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mandible

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THAT'S BUSINESS

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In 1851 this company started using a logo with a man in the moon & 13 stars; now it uses its initials

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Time's up! The correct answer was Proctor & Gamble

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Otis Redding's No. 1 hit that's performed by a Scottish band on S-a-t-u-r-d-a-y Night

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sitting on the Dock of the Bay City Rollers

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A PRAIRIE PRIMER

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The largest cities in Canada's "Prairie Provinces" are Edmonton & Calgary in this one

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alberta

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IT ENDS WITH "US"

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It's a summary or outline given to college students that covers the course of study

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Time's up! The correct answer was syllabus

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THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM

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1901: Leon Czolgosz

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Time's up! The correct answer was William McKinley

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PROVERBS

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It's where you should "never tell tales"

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Time's up! The correct answer was out of school

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SPORTS EQUIPMENT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was jai alai

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ONE-WORD RHYMES

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An important person, perhaps with an elaborate toupee

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Time's up! The correct answer was bigwig

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INITIALS M.D.

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Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl in "Der Blaue Engel"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marlene Dietrich

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BALLET

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A new ballet about this puppet who yearns to be a boy had it's U.S. premiere in Atlanta in 2000

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pinocchio

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LSU

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In terms of enrollment LSU's largest campus is in this capital city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baton Rouge

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WE ARE AMUSED

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As a noted joke pirate, Milton Berle was punningly known as "The Thief of" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bad Gags

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DICTATORS & TYRANTS

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A humble lawyer from Arras, in 1793 he became Head of the Committee of Public Safety & launched a bloodbath

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robespierre

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FOUNTAINS

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Ottorino Respighi wrote a symphonic poem about the "Fountains Of" this Italian capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rome

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"PER"CUSSION

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11-letter word for the sac containing the heart

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Time's up! The correct answer was pericardium

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TIMELESS TV

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Shown Saturday afternoons on ABC, this sport's tour outdrew college football & moved to ESPN in 1997

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Time's up! The correct answer was the pro bowling tour

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"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD

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On the first Monday in June, this Kiwi country celebrates the Queen's birthday, the queen being Elizabeth

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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A hydrate contains this compound weakly bound in its crystals

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Time's up! The correct answer was water

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INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE

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Oh, it bellows: RANCID COO

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Time's up! The correct answer was accordion

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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This scientist & author of "2001" wrote, 'Any...advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur C. Clarke

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"TOO" MUCH

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It's a string or garland of flowers hung in a curve, or to decorate with them

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Time's up! The correct answer was festoon

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5-LETTER CAPITALS

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Haiphong near the Gulf of Tonkin serves as this city's main port

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi

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KING ARTHUR

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After Mordred mortally wounded him, Arthur's body was carried away to this island

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Time's up! The correct answer was Avalon

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"SUPER"

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This person is in charge of repairs & maintenance at an apartment building

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Time's up! The correct answer was superintendent

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THE CIVIL WAR

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

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

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THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

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Between 1656 & 1735 members of the Albanian Koprulu family served the sultan as this "grand" executive officer

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Time's up! The correct answer was vizier

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PARLEZ VOUS?

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"Huitieme" is French for this ordinal number

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Time's up! The correct answer was eighth

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THE ENGLISH TOP 100

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This No. 30 must be obeyed

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Time's up! The correct answer was she

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MEDICINE

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Device that's implanted to control irregular heart beats

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pacemaker

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HOP ON POP CULTURE

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

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

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THAT'S MY LAW

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Gresham's Law, named for a 16th century financier, is usually stated as "Bad" this "drives out good"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Money

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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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NYPD TV

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Max Greevey & Mike Logan were the original 2 N.Y. detectives who investigated crimes in the 1st half of this show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Law & Order

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GOLD RUSH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Sutter

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LET'S GET MAS*Hed

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Company clerk "Radar" O'Reilly was from this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa

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BACKWARDS

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In psychology it's the process of reverting to an earlier, childlike form of behavior

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Time's up! The correct answer was regression

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KIDS IN SPORTS

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11-year-old Ashlyn White won a 2009 U.S. youth title in this martial art in which you try to throw your opponent

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Time's up! The correct answer was judo

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SKUNKS

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With a favorable wind, skunks can do this for up to about 23 feet

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Time's up! The correct answer was spray

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MEDICINE

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Nitroglycerin is an example of this type of drug that widens blood vessels

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Time's up! The correct answer was vasodilator

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SOCIOLOGY

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A joint author on a paper, or someone who assists the power occupying his country

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Time's up! The correct answer was a collaborator

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THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD

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Cozy, wax or quilt

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Time's up! The correct answer was cozy

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BREAKFAST CEREALS

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If you pour it just right, you'll have "26 tasty little letters in every bowl" of this Post cereal

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alpha-bits

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BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES

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

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

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ETIQUETTE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was white tie

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THE KILLERS

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In one of the few documented one-on-one Old West gunfights, this "Wild" man killed Davis Tutt in 1865

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wild Bill Hickok

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THE CONTINENTS

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This continent has the longest mountain chain

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Time's up! The correct answer was South America

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THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS

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"Homer & Langley" by this author of "Ragtime" details the lives of the reclusive Collyer Brothers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doctorow

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RANKS & TITLES

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

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

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WORDS WITHIN WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tuna

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RHYME TIME

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A cloaklike garment for a gorilla

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

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THREE CHEERS!

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The 4-legged Omaha made the record books in 1935 with this 3-feat

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Time's up! The correct answer was racing's Triple Crown

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NUMBERS

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Numbers appears at this number position in the order of the books of the Bible

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fourth

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CAPITOL THINKERS

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This self-made man has the distinction of being the longest serving senator ever from West Virginia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd

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HEISMAN WINNERS

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An award given for the best running back in college football is named for this 1948 Heisman winner from SMU

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doak Walker

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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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FIRST LADIES

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She married husband Ronnie in 1952 when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild

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Time's up! The correct answer was NancyReagan

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FOLKIES

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Her famed soprano is heard here in a '60s recording:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Collins

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IT SOUNDS LIKE

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A runway material, it sounds like what you do before you feather your Apple computer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tarmac

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PHYSICS

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Sublimation is the direct change from solid to gas without passing through this stage

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Time's up! The correct answer was liquid

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I READ THE NEWS TODAY

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This "Post" is one of Israel's largest English-language daily newspapers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerusalem

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ANATOMY

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The talus fits between the ends of these 2 bones forming the ankle joint

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Time's up! The correct answer was the tibia & fibula

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IT'S SANDY!

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This TV "Funny Face" did a 5-minute workout video in 1990 for people without a lot of time to exercise

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sandy Duncan

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ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR

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A hard blow or punch

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sock

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NOVELISTS

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He dictated his last novel, "The Brothers Karamazov", to his wife who took it down in shorthand

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dostoevsky

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B.C. & AFTER

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"Wonder"-ful giant statue of Helios that brings financial aid to study at Oxford

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Colossus of Rhodes Scholarship

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JUST PLANE GEOMETRY

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The word geometry means to "measure" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the world, the earth

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NOTORIOUS

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Oscar Collazo, serving a life sentence for his assassination attempt on this president, was released in 1979

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman

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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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WEBSITES

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Instead of .com, Amnesty International's website is www.amnesty. this

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Time's up! The correct answer was .org

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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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LITERARY ANIMALS

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This brown bear in Kipling's "The Jungle Book" taught the wolf cubs the law of the jungle & was later Mowgli's teacher

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baloo

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ODDS & ENDS

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The Time Almanac states "There is little reason to believe that the architects intended" this "to lean"

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

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AFRICAN-AMERICANA

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In 1964 Martin Luther King became the first African American named this magazine's "Man of the Year"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Time

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GEORGE WASHINGTON

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On December 23,1776 Washington wrote that "Our attempt on" this city was fixed for "Christmas Day or night"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trenton

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MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 23

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PARTS OF THE WHOLE

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Jamb, hinge

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Time's up! The correct answer was a door

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SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES

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In this comedy, Thurio says to Valentine, "If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Two Gentlemen of Verona

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LANGUAGES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was India

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4-LETTER WORDS

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From the Greek word for "deep sleep", it's a deep, prolonged unconsciousness

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coma

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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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ALL MY SONS

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

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

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COMMON BONDS

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Door, Nobel, booby

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Time's up! The correct answer was prizes

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RHYMES WITH SMART

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Composer Wolfgang

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart

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"GREEN" THINGS

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It's the body part you're said to have if you've a knack for growing plants easily

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Time's up! The correct answer was a green thumb

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LONG WORDS

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Among bodily noises, hiccup & burp are this type of word that imitates sound

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Time's up! The correct answer was an onomatopoeia

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DOUBLE LETTERS

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This Anglo-Saxon kingdom east of Cornwall was probably founded in the 6th century by Prince Cerdic & his son Cynric

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wessex

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B.C. & AFTER

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"Wonder"-ful giant statue of Helios that brings financial aid to study at Oxford

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Colossus of Rhodes Scholarship

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HEADQUARTERS

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First the "E"s were sold, then its Houston HQ building was auctioned off in December 2003 for $55.5 million

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Time's up! The correct answer was Enron

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THE LIVING PLANET

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The April 2009 issue of Science magazine reported that cows were the first livestock animal to have this "mapped"

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Time's up! The correct answer was their genome

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LEGENDARY LEGENDS

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A legendary sailor of the Incas shares his name with this raft on which Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Pacific

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Kon-Tiki

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BUGS

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This bloodsucking insect, cimex lectularius, is often found in mattresses; don't let 'em bite

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbugs

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ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV

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On Fox, Patricia Wettig as Caroline Reynolds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prison Break

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RICH & FAMOUS

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In 1968 this future presidential candidate's stock in E.D.S. made him a billionaire

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ross Perot

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AT THE MOVIES

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1977: After an experience with a UFO, an electric-line worker is drawn to a remote mountain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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JULIUS CAESAR

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Caesar divorced his wife after a scandal & said, "Caesar's wife must be above" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was suspicion

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES

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"The Big Hurt"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Thomas

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MUSCAT LOVE

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Qaboos bin Said al Said rules from his palace in Muscat under this title that means "ruler" in Arabic

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Time's up! The correct answer was sultan

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NICKNAMES

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"Schnozzola"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Durante

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THE WOK OF FAME

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

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

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FAMOUS NAMES

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He published a history of Virginia & New England in 1624, after escaping from Turks, Indians & pirates

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Time's up! The correct answer was Captain John Smith

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WORLD CITIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Helsinki

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MAMMALS

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It makes sense that these proud & powerful mammals live in groups called prides

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Time's up! The correct answer was lions

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STORYTELLERS

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"Call him" the narrator of "Moby Dick"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ishmael

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ANIMALS

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Large feral populations of the "mute" species of this long-necked bird inhabit the Mid-Atlantic coast

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Time's up! The correct answer was Swans

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THE REPLACEMENTS

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A piece that makes it to your foe's deepest row in checkers can be replaced with one of these "royal" ones

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Time's up! The correct answer was a king

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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

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

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SKUNKS

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Name of zee skunk in zee popular Warner Brothers cartoons

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pepé Le Pew

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THREE CHEERS!

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The 4-legged Omaha made the record books in 1935 with this 3-feat

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Time's up! The correct answer was racing's Triple Crown

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YOU DO THE MATH

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The number of sides on an octagon minus the number of sides on a hexagon

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Time's up! The correct answer was 2

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CHANTED

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This musical instrument consists of a chanter, several drones & an air sack

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bagpipe

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11-LETTER WORDS

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British weight system based on a pound equal to 453.59 grams or 16 ounces

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Time's up! The correct answer was Avoirdupois

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DRAMA QUEENS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Isabella

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THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR

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A 1981 Arkansas law called for balanced teaching of evolution & this opposite type of "science"

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Time's up! The correct answer was creationism

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DAN-O-MITE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago

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OPERA & BALLET

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Choreographer Frederick Ashton played one of the ugly stepsisters when this ballet debuted in 1948

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cinderella

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STATE OF THE UNION

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The westernmost states to stay loyal to the union were California & this one that had just been admitted in 1859

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oregon

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THE EMPEROR NERO

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Contrary to myth, no evidence exists that Nero played a fiddle, or anything else, while this happened

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Time's up! The correct answer was while Rome burned

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NOVELISTS

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This novelist's nonfiction book "Miami and the Siege of Chicago" was about the 1968 political conventions

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Time's up! The correct answer was Norman Mailer

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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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TURKISH LITERATURE

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Seyid Imadeddin Nesimi wrote 2 of these poetry collections, also a word from Turkish for a couch

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Time's up! The correct answer was divan

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AN E FOR AN I

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A Hawaiian wreath becomes an area sheltered from wind

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Time's up! The correct answer was a lei & a lee

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ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE

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In "The Music Man", the penultimate trombonist in "The Big Parade"

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Time's up! The correct answer was 75th

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ALSO A VEGAS CASINO

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A market town of Upper Egypt built on the ruins of Thebes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Luxor

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CHOPIN

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

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