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Time's up! The correct answer was Polonaise

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WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?

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Snow, Mother or Canada

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Time's up! The correct answer was a goose

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THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR

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Orderly people are bothered by the idea of thse random changes in genetic material helping evolution along

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Time's up! The correct answer was mutations

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L____O

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It's a long rope with a loop on one end, used to rope cattle

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Time's up! The correct answer was a lasso

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U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS

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In 2002 Vonetta Flowers & Jill Bakken won gold in the 2-woman version of this high-speed sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was the bobsled

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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

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

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SEEING "RED"

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Excessive bureaucratic procedure resulting in inaction or delay

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red tape

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THE EMERALD ISLE

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This Irish port city on the River Suir is world famous for its crystal

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Time's up! The correct answer was Waterford

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THE FRENCH CONNECTION

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Campari & Pernod are good options for this pre-meal potent potable

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Time's up! The correct answer was apéritif

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MR. MOVIES

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Of James Cagney, Henry Fonda or Jack Lemmon, the one who won an Oscar for "Mr. Roberts"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Lemmon

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BACKWORDS

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Ed leaves pools of water on the carpet when he comes in from sailing this boat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sloop

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POETIC TITLE VERBS

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"On First _____ Into Chapman's Homer"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Looking

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CINEMATIC DICTIONARY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Negative cutter

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"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?

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Elton John saw the light of the Top 5 with this song twice, in 1974 & 1992

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"

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THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY

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It follows "Poems are made by fools like me..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "But only God can make a tree"

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THE NEW TESTAMENT

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This son of a Jewish mother & a Greek father is also called Timotheus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Timothy

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HISTORIC PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

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On May 15, 1768 France bought this island from Genoa for 2 million livres

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Time's up! The correct answer was Corsica

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FOOD & DRINK

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In 2006 the Chicago City Council banned restaurants in the city from selling this goose liver dish

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Time's up! The correct answer was foie gras

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FAMOUS VOYAGES

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Capt. Robert Fitzroy of this ship argued that its scientific discoveries supported the Bible

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Beagle

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CALL ME A"LEX"

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3 housing units all under one roof

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Time's up! The correct answer was a triplex

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was mushrooms

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U.S. CITIES

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This Wyoming capital is home to the annual Frontier Days celebration

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheyenne

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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"Colorful" verb for what's been done when you've been soundly thrashed

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Time's up! The correct answer was tanned

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HOTELS

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(Hi, I'm Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond") I opened for Frank Sinatra at this Vegas hotel, now closed, where the Rat Pack held a "summit" in 1960

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sands

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GOVERNMENT

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This country with "Republic" in its name was less republican after a 2003 coup by General Francois Bozize

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Central African Republic

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"NIGHT"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was nightshades

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COUNTY SEATS

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This Iowa city, the seat of Black Hawk County, has a name Wellington would remember

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Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo

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AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a dugong

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GOULASH

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This fourth state of matter can be made by heating a gas or applying an electric field to it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plasma

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CALL ME A"LEX"

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3 housing units all under one roof

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Time's up! The correct answer was a triplex

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WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?

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Don't be intimidated by the skewers; I'll use them on the marinated lamb to make this

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Time's up! The correct answer was shish kabob

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PSYCHOLOGY

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In the psychology of learning, it’s “the retention of association”; in “Cats”, it’s a showstopping song

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Time's up! The correct answer was memory

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ART & ARTISTS

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Andre Breton anagrammed this surrealist's name as "Avida Dollars"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Salvador Dali

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SAINTS

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Saint Augustine's mom, she's also a saint, as well as an L.A. boulevard that Sheryl Crow sang about

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Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Monica

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TAUNT "O"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was optimism

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THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH

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A state capital since 1849, it showed Southern hospitality in 2005 as its population grew by 50% after Katrina

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baton Rouge

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WORD ORIGINS

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This number can be traced back to the Sankrit "Shunya", or empty

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Time's up! The correct answer was zero

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ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE

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This forward from French Lick, Indiana was NBA MVP 3 times in the 1980s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Larry Bird

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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It's the holiday on which the Tournament of Roses & Mummers parades usually take place

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Year's Day

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THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS

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In 1775 his leg was severely wounded in an assault on Quebec & he was promoted to brig. gen.; 5 years later, he'd be in disgrace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benedict Arnold

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THE CAT

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In Chinese lore this big cat, not the lion, was king of the beasts

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tiger

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GREEK LIFE

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98% of Greece's population belongs to this church

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greek

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FRUIT

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This fruit often originates from peach seeds & peaches sometimes come from its seeds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nectarines

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COLOGNE RANGER

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The Zoo Bridge spans this river that runs through Cologne

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Rhine

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I SERVED IN HIS CABINET

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Secretary of State Cyrus Vance

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Carter

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WORLD AUTHORS

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This Brit coined "doublethink" & "Big Brother is watching you"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Orwell

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CELEB STUFF

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Her 1988 major label debut album was "Y Kant Tori Read"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tori Amos

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WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS

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1907: A Powhatan princess

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas

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LET'S BOUNCE

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This verb for bouncing a basketball sounds like you're slobbering

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Time's up! The correct answer was dribbling

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HISTORY

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In 1962, this country became a constitutional monarchy under King Hassan II

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Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco

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TWO

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In engines: Stephen Briggs &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harold Stratton

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WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?

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This play says, "Beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Othello

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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Newton, Cassegrain, Schmidt & Maksutov all have types of this instrument named for them

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Time's up! The correct answer was Telescope

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THE TIGERS

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The autobiography written by this famous Nepalese was titled "Tiger of the Snows"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tenzing Norgay

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NONFICTION PEOPLE

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A biography of him is subtitled "Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist"

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

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WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?

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University of Washington

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seattle

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YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!

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It's the genus & species of this animal ("caveman")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Homo sapiens

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4-LETTER WORDS

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Pronounced one way, it's the top of the head; pronounced another, it's French chopped liver

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Time's up! The correct answer was pâté or pate

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RUSSELING

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Republican John McCain and this Wisconsin Democrat co-sponsored a campaign finance reform bill

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Time's up! The correct answer was Russ Feingold

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GIVE ME AN "A"!

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Robert Frost wondered "How many" of these "fell on Newton's head before he took the hint!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was apples

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SWEET TREATS

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Nestle says over 125,000 tons of these chocolate chip cookies are baked in the home every year

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Time's up! The correct answer was Toll House Cookies

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PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET

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As Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams told this country to govern Florida better or cede it to the U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spain

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20th CENTURY BALLET

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"Happiness is just a thing called Joe" goes one of the songs in the 1997 ballet about this late sex symbol

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Monroe

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ENDLESS SUMER

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Utu, who judged the dead at the end of each day, was the Sumerian god of this celestial body

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Time's up! The correct answer was sun

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SPIELBERG MOVIES

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13-year-old Christian Bale starred in this J.G. Ballard tale about a young prisoner in WWII China

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Time's up! The correct answer was Empire of the Sun

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I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY

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Domine Quo Vadis Church stands on this road, where tradition says Peter asked Jesus, "Lord, where are you going?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Appian Way

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STATE: THE OBVIOUS

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Florida's in the southeast corner of the 48 contiguous states; this state is in the northwest corner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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LOW CUT GENES

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Genes that affect hereditary traits are called alleles & are either "dominant" or this

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Time's up! The correct answer was recessive

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FOUND

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Fritz & Laura Perls founded this school of psychotherapy, from German for "form"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gestalt

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NAME THE AUTOMAKER

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Corniche & Silver Shadow

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rolls-Royce

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WORLD WAR I

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What the Germans called the Siegfried Line, the Allies called this, after a famous German general of the war

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Hindenburg Line

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HOW'S THE WEATHER?

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The forecast is cloudy with a 30% chance of these, characterized by the sudden start & stop of light rainfall

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Time's up! The correct answer was showers

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FEELING "ANCY"

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The three members of our staff, seen here, are all in this condition

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pregnancy

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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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TOM JONES

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Tom played -- who else? -- in this 1996 Tim Burton film about invaders from outer space

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mars Attacks!

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WEBSITES

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An official website for this state is www.state.nm.us

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico

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THE "B.G."s

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A naval force made up of an aircraft carrier & support vessels

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Time's up! The correct answer was battle group

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POLITICS

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U.S. ambassadors to this country have included Anne Armstrong & Joseph Kennedy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain

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FATHERS-IN-LAW

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German emperor Frederick III's was this German-born British prince consort

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prince Albert

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WOMEN: WRITE ON!

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Esther Greenwood is an aspiring poet in this poet's novel "The Bell Jar"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvia Plath

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DOWN MEXICO WAY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Guadalajara

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COMPUTER TERMS

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You can't have too much RAM, which stands for this

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Time's up! The correct answer was random-access memory

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AUTHORS

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Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from this lung disease for many years, but died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1894

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Time's up! The correct answer was tuberculosis

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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME

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Carey, Bledsoe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Drew

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WE ARE AMUSED

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6-letter term for the job associated with the item seen here (medieval mask)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jester

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BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES

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Ezra was the leader of the Jews who returned from this land, by whose waters they had sat down & wept

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Time's up! The correct answer was Babylon

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ROUGH POLITICS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Hart

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TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR

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The incarnation of a god in Hindu myth, or an Internet graphical image representing a person

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Time's up! The correct answer was an avatar

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SWEET TREATS

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This snack cake, which turned 60 in 1990, was originally filled with banana creme, not vanilla

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twinkies

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LITERARY ALLUSIONS

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A type of nonsexual love is named for this Greek philosopher who discussed it in his "Symposium"

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Time's up! The correct answer was platonic

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PROVERBS

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These two things "wait for no man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was time and tide

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APOLLO 11

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"Peaceful" site on the moon where the lunar module touched down

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sea of Tranquility

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2-LETTER ABBREV.

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Your DL is a form of this; it shows who you are & how old you are

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Time's up! The correct answer was ID

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PHILMOGRAPHIES

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As a director: "The Right Stuff", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Philip Kaufman

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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This continent's Mali empire reached its apogee under Mansa Musa in the 14th century

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Time's up! The correct answer was Africa

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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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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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Charles Gounod's mother thought he might become a priest, & one of his best-known works is this setting of a Catholic prayer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ave Maria

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SPORTS EQUIPMENT

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1 of 2 pieces of equipment in track & field that weigh 16 pounds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hammer & Shot-Put

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ON THE RADIO

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Detroit-born broadcaster who created "American Top 40" & now has his own weekly "Countdown"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Kasem

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NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS

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1956: "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis

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GOVERNMENT

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This council’s members are the president, vice president, sec’y of state & sec’y of defense

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Time's up! The correct answer was the National Security Council

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FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS

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State with the highest average monthly food stamp benefit per person; at over $100, that's a lot of poi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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RECORD LOSSES IN 2005

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A computer with 98,000 names & SSNs was reported stolen from this oldest campus of the Univ. of Calif.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Berkeley

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WONDER DRUGS

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Adult migraine? Ease the throbbing with 200 milligrams of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen

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CROSSWORD CLUES "E"

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On-screen, they're "special" (7)

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Time's up! The correct answer was effects

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THEIR ALMA MATERS

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Radio's Garrison Keillor

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Time's up! The correct answer was The University of Minnesota

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U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL

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This current Secretary-General is the first U.N. career official to hold the post

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kofi Annan

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ISLANDS

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The Court of Tynwald is the chief legislative body of this island in the Irish Sea

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Time's up! The correct answer was Isle of Man

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STATES OF THE UNION

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Cimarron & Beaver are counties in its Panhandle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma

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TRADING SPACES

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Muriel Siebert was the first woman to hold a seat on this Wall Street body founded in 1792

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Time's up! The correct answer was the New York Stock Exchange

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THE USA

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The discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859 attracted miners & prospectors to this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nevada

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THE "CO"-CATEGORY

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It's the smallest armed service of the United States

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Coast Guard

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STARTS WITH "P"

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As being of great price purchased with all she had, Hester Prynne named her child this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl

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BIBLICAL QUOTES

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In Proverbs this king writes, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Solomon

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4 N

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"U" know it means not deliberate; I'm sorry, that slip of the tongue was completely this

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Time's up! The correct answer was unintentional

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Muddy Waters

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KING ARTHUR

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Shortly after birth, Arthur was given to this wizard for safekeeping

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Time's up! The correct answer was Merlin

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FRUIT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bananas

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TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008

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No. 2 in "Jerry Stiller's Top 10 Words": This before "gevalt!" (Bonus--No. 3 was "colonoscopy")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oy

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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Plants having these underground stems, from the Greek for "root", include irises, bamboo & wild ginger

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Time's up! The correct answer was rhizomes

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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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LOST

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TV show whose theme says, "The Minnow will be lost"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gilligan's Island

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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The surface of this lake in Siberia is about 1,490 ft. above sea level, the bottom over 5,300 ft. below

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Baikal

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TAIWAN

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It is prohibited to bring literature promoting this ideology into Taiwan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Communism

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FLAGS OF THE WORLD

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It's the kingdom whose flag is seen here (Union Jack)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain/England

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CHEKHOV, PLEASE

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Chekhov's grandfather was one of these who had purchased the freedom of his family for 3,500 rubles

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Time's up! The correct answer was a serf

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BACK IN 1906

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The 1906 murder of Grace Brown in New York State inspired Theodore Dreiser to write this novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was An American Tragedy

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DOUBLE TALK

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It's a hand-beaten drum used by American Indians

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom-tom

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APOLLO 11

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Columbia

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"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andromeda

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OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s

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The district of conservative rep. Patrick McHenry in this state includes Mooresville, a home of NASCAR

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina

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FIRST NOVELS

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His first novel, "The Town And The City", might be good to read while you're "On The Road"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Kerouac

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MUSICALS OF THE '20s

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The big attraction of the 1923 hit "Poppy" was this future film comic as Eustace McGargle

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Time's up! The correct answer was W.C. Fields

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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He reviewed films & TV for the New Republic before his first book, "Goodbye, Columbus", was published in 1959

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Time's up! The correct answer was Philip Roth

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AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.

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It was once known as "Presidents Park" but perhaps this name for it looks better on a "Marquis"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lafayette Park

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THE COMPANY LINE

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In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger

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Time's up! The correct answer was McDonald's

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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"Colorful" verb for what's been done when you've been soundly thrashed

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Time's up! The correct answer was tanned

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BRITISH POETS & POETRY

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Written in 1811, this lord's poem "Farewell To Malta" begins, "Adieu, ye joys of La Valette!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lord Byron

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HEY, "U"!

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This citrus fruit from Jamaica is named for its lack of physical beauty

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ugli fruit

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IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU

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Despite the opportunity, this November 1965 event in NYC did not result in a mini baby boom 9 months later

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Time's up! The correct answer was a blackout

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WHEN THE SAINTS

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Santa Rosa de Lima is honored with festivals each August 30 in this country where she's patron saint

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peru

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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES

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The Cambrian Mountains cover most of it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wales

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ISRAEL

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In 1961 this Israeli airline set a record for the longest nonstop commercial flight, New York to Tel Aviv

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Time's up! The correct answer was El Al

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I'M "L__X"

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It's a shorter way of saying Los Angeles International Airport

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Time's up! The correct answer was LAX

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WHO'S THE MRS.?

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Mrs. James Carville

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Time's up! The correct answer was Matalin

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SPACE MISSIONS

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The MESSENGER craft is the first mission to explore this planet since mariner 10 in the 1970s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mercury

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AMERICAN FICTION WRITERS

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He was also the U.S.'s best-paid sportswriter, with stories of people like Chicago O'Brien & Jack the Bookie

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Time's up! The correct answer was Damon Runyon

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CHARLIE CHAPLIN

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A 1915 film named for Charlie's most famous character was called simply this (no "Little")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tramp

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ITALIAN ART

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Magi

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ART & ARTISTS

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In 1956 Time magazine dubbed this abstract expressionist "Jack the Dripper"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pollock

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TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR

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Proverbial food storage container where your "hand is caught" when busted for taking a bribe

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Time's up! The correct answer was the cookie jar

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ANIMAL GROUPS

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This term for a group of elk also applies to sharks (the ones in "West Side Story")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gang

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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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ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS

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Pierre's "farewell"

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Time's up! The correct answer was adieu

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NUTRITION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was calcium

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PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS

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RWR

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Wilson Reagan

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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On the pH scale, a pH of 7 indicates this type of solution

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neutral

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CAESAR

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The Arch of the Emperor Titus in Rome heralds his conquest of this city in 70 A.D., ending the Jewish revolt

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerusalem

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TALK LIKE A BRIT

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On British TV's "Top of the Pops" this Booker T. & the MGs hit might be titled "Spring Onions"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Green Onions"

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NO. 32

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The 32nd Academy Award for Best Picture went to this 1959 epic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ben-Hur

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GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was supine

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FRUIT

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More than 50 medications are affected by the juice of this citrus fruit; its enzymes break down the meds

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Time's up! The correct answer was grapefruit

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HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'

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An explosive device, a stunning revelation, or a stunning blonde

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bombshell

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CROSSWORD CLUES "H"

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He who does it is lost (9)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hesitates

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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Elaine Stritch plays Capt. Andy's wife Parthy in the current revival of this Jerome Kern musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Show Boat

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ANGELS

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"Vlad's Pad" at Angel Stadium is named for this right fielder & 2004 league MVP

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vladimir Guerrero

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SPACE MISSIONS

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The Hinode mission showed magnetic waves are critical in driving the flow of charged particles called this wind

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Time's up! The correct answer was the solar wind

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THE COMPANY LINE

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The Kirschner brothers, Don & Bill, named this ski company for themselves & the second-highest mountain

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Time's up! The correct answer was K2

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BESTSELLERS

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Numerical title of Jeffrey Toobin's look "Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Nine

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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North Dakota has its Devils Lake & Wyoming its Devils one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Devils Tower

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COMPOSERS

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In 1928, the 100th anniversary of his death, a $10,000 prize was offered for the completion of his 8th Symphony

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Time's up! The correct answer was Schubert

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CHAD IS RAD

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It's the country directly north of Chad

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Time's up! The correct answer was Libya

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ANY FIRST WORDS?

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Aussies are familiar with this term for native inhabitants that once referred to pre-Roman Italians

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Time's up! The correct answer was aborigines

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BEING THOREAU

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This book begins, "When I wrote the following pages...I lived alone in the woods, a mile from any neighbor..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walden/ Life In The Woods

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ROCK FORMATIONS

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This punk group was the brainchild of entrepreneur Malcolm McLaren, who asked John Lydon to be its lead singer

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sex Pistols

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ABBREV.

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You can bank on it: FDIC

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Time's up! The correct answer was Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID

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In 1803 Jacques Delille wrote, "Fate chooses our relatives, we choose" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Our friends

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MUSCAT LOVE

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The 3 main forts in Muscat date from the 1580s when this small Iberian nation conquered & occupied it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal

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FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME

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Mrs. Bush's luminous radiations

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Time's up! The correct answer was Laura's auras

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THE COMPANY LINE

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In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger

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Time's up! The correct answer was McDonald's

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PHYSICS 101

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Term for one end of a bar magnet, or for one of the discoverers of radium

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pole

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BIRDS

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Perhaps this "thrush", a type of babbler, hangs out at comedy clubs with the same-named hyena

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Time's up! The correct answer was laughing thrush

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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Ecuador & Venezuela observe the birth of this "George Washington of South America" each July 24

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Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Bolivar

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"NIGHT"

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Get to the Bottom of this Shakespeare play, published in 1600

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Midsummer Night's Dream

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NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES

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Oct. 2, 1962: "3,000 Troops Put Down....Rioting And Seize 200 As Negro Attends" this school

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Time's up! The correct answer was University of Mississippi

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TV MINISERIES

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You could call Henry Thomas Ishmael & Patrick Stewart Ahab in this 1998 miniseries

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moby Dick

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STARTS WITH "P"

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The word "pram" is short for this

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Time's up! The correct answer was parambulator

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"FOR" WORDS

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Jewelers as well as surgeons use this tool for grasping & holding

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Time's up! The correct answer was forceps

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CHOPIN

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Every piece Chopin composed was for or included this instrument

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Time's up! The correct answer was Piano

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CINEMATIC DICTIONARY

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The inventors of this camera-stabilizing device won a special 1977 Oscar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steadicam

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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The Judgement of Paris refers to the picking of a winner in one of these contests

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Time's up! The correct answer was a beauty contest

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L____O

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It's a long rope with a loop on one end, used to rope cattle

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Time's up! The correct answer was a lasso

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IT'S "BIG"

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Empire Toys' trikes for tykes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Big Wheels

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GOING TOO "FUR"

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These electronic toys were a must-have item during the Christmas season of 1998

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Furby

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CONTESTS

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134-pound Hirofumi Nakajima holds the record of eating 24 1/2 of these in 12 minutes at the Nathan's July 4th contest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hot dogs

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"J" WHIZ

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This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum & Thornfield Hall

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Jane Eyre"

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THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

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Explorer Pike

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zebulon

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GOING TOO "FUR"

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Rolled up, like a flag or a boat's sails

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Time's up! The correct answer was furled

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HEADQUARTERS

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Since 1988 J.C. Penney has been firmly planted in Plano in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas

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PEOPLE IN HISTORY

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This young man put his savings into a small Cleveland refinery in 1862 & eventually had an oil monopoly

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Time's up! The correct answer was John D. Rockefeller

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DOUBLE TALK

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He's Barney & Betty Rubble's noisy son

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

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INDONESIA

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Most of the world's supply of this medicine comes from Indonesia's cinchona trees

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Time's up! The correct answer was quinine

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TELEPHONE HISTORY

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In 1991 this telephone company launched its Friends & Family promotion

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Time's up! The correct answer was MCI

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CINEMATIC DICTIONARY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Negative cutter

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MAGAZINES

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Marilyn Vos Savant's column appears in this magazine that comes with Sunday newspapers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Parade Magazine

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THE DE NIRO CODE

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To Billy Crystal in this film: "I was gonna whack you. But I was real conflicted about it"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Analyze This

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DRAMA QUEENS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria

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ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a shift

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EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES

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Revolutionary War hero: "His spirit is in Vermont now"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ethan Allen

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SPELL CHECK HELL

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Spell check keeps trying to change Antietam into this long-snouted insectivore that comes in giant & 3 other species

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Time's up! The correct answer was an anteater

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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We're not stringing you along: this capital of the Czech Republic is famous for its puppet theatres

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prague

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GRAVE MATTERS

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Thomas Crawford's best-known work, "Armed Liberty", is the bronze atop the dome of this American landmark

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Time's up! The correct answer was U.S. Capitol Building

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LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES

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Tonight, the wooden teeth--fact or fiction? Also, his 1754 Fort Necessity battle loss...Mt. Vernon, hello

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington

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NEWMAN'S OWN

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Newman played Brick opposite Liz Taylor's Maggie in this film adaptation of a play

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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FOOD & DRINK

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

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

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AFRICAN-AMERICANA

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

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

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HISTORY

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The 1st prime minister of independent Kenya

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jomo Kenyatta

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LITERATURE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Les Miserables

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MARK TWAIN SEZ

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Lines attributed to Twain include "Everybody talks about" this, "but nobody does anything about it"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the weather

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GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

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Jordan & Bird hit "nothing but net" playing this shot-for-shot basketball game in 1990s TV ads for McDonald's

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Time's up! The correct answer was HORSE

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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Kayak is an example of this, a word that reads the same forwards & backwards

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Time's up! The correct answer was a palindrome

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FLEETS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Christopher Columbus

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LITERATURE

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In this novel, Javert says, "There is a brigand, there is a convict called Jean Valjean, and I have got him!"

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

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THE BYRDS & THE BEAS

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In 1934 he spent several months alone near the South Pole

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Time's up! The correct answer was Admiral Byrd

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HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT

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If you're cornered in Kamchatka, end this board game by bumping your opponent's armies off the board

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Time's up! The correct answer was Risk

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TOUGH BODIES OF WATER

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Rivers that flow into this sea include the Dnieper, Dniester & Danube

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

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FACTS & FIGURES

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Researchers have found more than 40,000 of the dust type of these microscopic bugs in 1 ounce of mattress dust

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RELIGION

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Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon from gold plates revealed to him by an angel named this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moroni

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SONGS

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It's what "everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Jailhouse Rock"

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TOUGH BODIES OF WATER

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The Uruguay River forms the border between Uruguay & Argentina & most of the border between Argentina & this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brazil

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INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY

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It's appropriate that the name of this double reed instrument with a low range comes from the Italian for "low"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bassoon

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Converse

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INTERNATIONAL LANDMARKS

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Its roof has been variously described as sails, clam shells & a huddle of nuns in a high wind

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sydney Opera House

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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS

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Extinct? You bet. But this "3-lobed" arthropod has crawled into history as Wisconsin's state fossil

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Time's up! The correct answer was trilobite

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AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING

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Be careful not to drop your key down this vertical passage in which the elevator moves up & down

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Time's up! The correct answer was shaft

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BIRDS

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This red bird is the state bird of 7 states

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Time's up! The correct answer was the cardinal

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CLASSICAL GASES

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Discovered separately in the 1770s by British & Swedish chemists, it was found to be a gas by a Frenchman

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oxygen

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ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS

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King Henry III extensively rebuilt this abbey where he had been formally crowned in 1220

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Time's up! The correct answer was Westminster Abbey

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A BUG'S LIFE

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Known as Wandermeisen in German, these conspicuously mobile ants move about in long, orderly columns

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Time's up! The correct answer was army ants

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HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Older brother Frank is thrilled to welcome this Sept. 5, 1847 baby; 10 days old & making guns with his tiny fingers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse James

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WONDER DRUGS

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Adult migraine? Ease the throbbing with 200 milligrams of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen

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THE "A" "B" "C"s

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They're the 2 words describing lenses that curve outward or inward

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Time's up! The correct answer was Concave & convex

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HELLO, DELI!

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It's a good knight for one of these Jewish turnovers with a meat or potato filling

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Time's up! The correct answer was a knish

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THE "A"s

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Whether for a sorcerer or a craft guild, one serves time as one of these before becoming a journeyman

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Time's up! The correct answer was apprentice

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ANGELS

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With an appropriate-sounding name, John Dye plays the angel of this on "Touched By An Angel"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Angel of Death

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THE CANARY ISLANDS

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The Canary Islands' highest point, 12,000-foot Pico de Teide, is the peak of a dormant one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a volcano

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ODDS & ENDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was cold cream

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ARCHITECTURE

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After WWI he became director of the Grand Ducal art school in Weimar; in 1925 he moved the school to Dessau

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Gropius

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

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Robin Hood's nemesis was the sheriff of this district

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nottingham

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U.S. CITIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans

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LIBRARIES

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In 1602 this university's library reopened after restoration work by Sir Thomas Bodley

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oxford University

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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The name of this African equine comes from the Portuguese for "wild ass"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a zebra

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BORN IN DUBLIN

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His first major satire, "A Tale of a Tub", was published in 1704

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Time's up! The correct answer was Swift

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THEIR ALMA MATERS

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Sir Isaac Newton

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cambridge

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THEN THERE'S MAUVE

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Bella Donna Mauve is in the Color Riche line of these made by L'Oreal

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Time's up! The correct answer was lipsticks

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COLOSSUS

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2-syllable name for the long-ago elephant relative with 13-foot tusks that has become a synonym for "huge"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mammoth

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MOVIES

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In this film, the narrator had both, insomnia and an evil alter ego.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fight Club

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FAMOUS NAMES

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George Bush pardoned this 91-year-old industrialist for his illegal contributions to Nixon's campaign

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Time's up! The correct answer was Armand Hammer

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LASTS

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The Battle of Castillon in 1453 was the last battle of this war that began back in 1337

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Hundred Years' War

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ARTHUR MILLER

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Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay for the 1961 film "The Misfits", this male superstar's last film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clark Gable

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THE DE NIRO CODE

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To Billy Crystal in this film: "I was gonna whack you. But I was real conflicted about it"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Analyze This

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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Secretary of State William H. Seward is honored on the last Monday in March in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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The iris is a flower & the ibis is one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bird

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FINE DINING

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En croute, as in salmon en croute, is French for "in" this, also found on toast

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Time's up! The correct answer was crust

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

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Magazine contributor Steven Chu won a Nobel Prize for slowing atoms with these light beams

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Time's up! The correct answer was lasers

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WEDDINGS

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A Navy wedding features an arch of swords; an Army wedding, an arch of these heavy cavalry swords

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Time's up! The correct answer was sabres

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MAGAZINES

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This magazine's "Transition" column features birth, marriage, divorce & death announcements

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Time's up! The correct answer was Newsweek

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DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA

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Movie in which Axel Foley asks, "where ...you get off arresting me for being thrown out a window?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills Cop

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BASEBALL HISTORY

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During his 22-year career he walked a then-record 2,056 times

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Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth

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ACTION!

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This hero made his comic book debut in & on the cover of Action Comics No. 1

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Time's up! The correct answer was Superman

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WHAM-O

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Versions of this lawn toy to keep you cool in the summer include "Wave Rider" & "Bounce 'N Splash"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Slip 'N Slide

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ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER

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He's an African explorer, "I presume"

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

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"IP" SO FACTO

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Mating rituals, perhaps for Miles Standish?

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Time's up! The correct answer was courtship

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WHEREFORE "ART" THOU

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One of these might be flip, flow or pie

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chart

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WOMEN OF THE WORLD

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This Norwegian beauty is noted for her work with Ingmar Bergman & with UNICEF

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Time's up! The correct answer was Liv Ullmann

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WORD ORIGINS

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Chinese for “work together”, it was motto of U.S. marine raiders in WWII

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Time's up! The correct answer was gung ho

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BRITISH POETS & POETRY

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Prince Albert sent his copy of "Idylls Of The King" to this poet & asked him to autograph it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Lord Tennyson

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3-LETTER ABBREV.

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A religious group: LDS

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Time's up! The correct answer was Latter Day Saints

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RHYME TIME

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A humorous Scandinavian dwarf of folklore

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Time's up! The correct answer was Droll troll

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COMIC STRIPS

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Duke has been Gov. of American Samoa, GM of the Redskins & a lobbyist for the NRA in this comic strip

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doonesbury

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MYSPACE.MAN

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He elected to join the Mercury program in 1959; 15 years later, he'd be elected to join the Senate

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glenn

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ALL MY Xs

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In a 2002 film, number of Xs on Vin Diesel's neck tattoo

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Time's up! The correct answer was 3

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ROCK-Y

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An area in Central Park dedicated to the memory of John Lennon is named for this Beatles song

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Strawberry Fields Forever"

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BEFORE THEY WERE POPES

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Giovanni Ganganelli was educated by this teaching society; as Clement XIV, he suppressed it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jesuits

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LITERARY BADDIES

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This Seuss character who lived in a cave "stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Grinch

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FROG ANATOMY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the bladder

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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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OPERA

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Mozart opera in which the count tries to thwart & postpone his valet's wedding

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Marriage of Figaro

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"E" CHANNEL

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Philosophy branch that studies the nature & foundations of knowledge

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Time's up! The correct answer was epistemology

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SPORTS

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On an official archery target, it's the color of the bull's eye

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Time's up! The correct answer was yellow

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IT'S A DATE!

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It's Bird Day in Oklahoma, & a popular date for pole dancing

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

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DON'T BE A PAIN

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This drug marketed as Advil & Nuprin reduces pain by inhibiting chemicals that cause inflammation

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Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen

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ANDY WARHOL

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Warhol became the manager of this Lou Reed rock group in 1965 & produced their first album

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Time's up! The correct answer was Velvet Underground

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COMPOUND WORDS

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Common name for the patella

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Time's up! The correct answer was the kneecap

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TRAVEL

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Beautiful Margaret Island in this river has been a Budapest park for more than 100 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Danube

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LONG GERMAN WORDS

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Bismarck & Kissinger are among masters of this, politics based on pragmatic concerns

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Time's up! The correct answer was Realpolitik

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ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR

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Hard, quick gasps for air

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Time's up! The correct answer was pants

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NEWMAN'S OWN

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1969 film in which Paul Newman tells Robert Redford, "Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals"

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

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U.N. OBSERVANCES

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March 22 is World this Resource Day; the theme for 1999 was "Everyone Lives Downstream"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Water

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CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD

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He provided the voices of both Beavis & Butthead

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Judge

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PRINCETON

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In 1783 Princeton's Nassau Hall doubled as this for the nation

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Time's up! The correct answer was capital

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ONE LETTER DIFFERENT

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Excellent eats

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Time's up! The correct answer was good food

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TITLE 9

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Supreme Court

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GOING TOO "FUR"

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To provide & install housewares to a dwelling

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Time's up! The correct answer was furnish

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THE TEENS

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Rack all your pins in bowling & 10 are set up; rack your balls in a game of 8-ball & this many are set up

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Time's up! The correct answer was 15

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MISSING LINKS

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A good ____ Havoc

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Time's up! The correct answer was cry

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FLY COUNTRIES

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Belavia (Its first terminal was in Minsk)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Belarus

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IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME

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Menelaus not only wanted this wife back, but the treasure Paris stole along with her

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Time's up! The correct answer was Helen

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DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR

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"Cradle Will Rock" (1999)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tim Robbins

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& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN

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With more than 7,400 performances, this musical became a "Memory" after its Sept. 10, 2000 finale

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cats

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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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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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PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY

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Camus & Buber were big in this movement that said humans were fully responsible for making meaning of their own lives

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Time's up! The correct answer was existentialism

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GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT

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Ian McKellen was Gandalf in "LOTR"; Ian McEwan wrote the novel on which this 2007 Keira Knightley film was based

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Time's up! The correct answer was Atonement

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GRAVE MATTERS

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It was no laughing matter when this silent film legend's body was stolen from a Swiss cemetery in 1978

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Chaplin

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SPORTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johnny Bench

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NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE

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The official language of Andorra, it's the second-most spoken language in Spain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Catalan

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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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MAGAZINES

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Departments in this weekly include "Faces in the Crowd", "Catching Up With..." & "SI View"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sports Illustrated

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BASEBALL

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The "Black Sox" team that threw the 1919 World Series lost to this Ohio team

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cincinnati Reds

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WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stoked

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"L.B."s

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In 1893 this horticulturist published his first nursery catalog offering his "New Creations in Fruits and Flowers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Luther Burbank

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THREE

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Stalin, FDR & Churchill were known by this collective nickname when they met in Teheran in 1943

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Big Three"

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ON THE RADIO

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was DJ

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MAGAZINES

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Final Frontier is "The magazine of" this kind of "exploration"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Space

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ALL "AMERICAN"

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

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

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CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS

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Born May 5, 1919, Giorgios Papadopoulos became dictator of this country in 1967

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece

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MEET THE PARENTS

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Hyperion Books, Mammoth Records, Miramax Films

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Time's up! The correct answer was Disney

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1938

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By accepting his membership dues, the League of Nations recognized him as emperor of Ethiopia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Haile Selassie

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was K

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POLITICAL MOVIES

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Frank Langella is the power hungry chief of staff in this film in which Kevin Kline plays a presidential impersonator

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dave

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TRAIN STATIONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lenin

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A HORSE IS A HORSE

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In "The Lord of the Rings", Gandalf rides this horse that only he could tame

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shadowfax

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FRUIT

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The Bartlett type of this fruit begins to ripen in summer; other varieties ripen later in the year

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pears

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BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS

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Zechariah, father of this forerunner of Christ, lost his voice for doubting God's word

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

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AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY

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The Qattara Depression, one of Africa's lowest points, lies 300 miles southwest of this country's pyramids

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Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt

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A BUG'S LIFE

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Used by scientists to clean flesh off bones being prepared for research, dermestids are a type of this insect

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Time's up! The correct answer was a beetle

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GIRLS IN SONG

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According to Frankie Laine, "If ever the devil was born without a pair of horns it was" this woman

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Time's up! The correct answer was you, Jezebel, it was you

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THEATRE HODGEPODGE

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This William Inge play inspired a Marilyn Maxwell TV series & a Marilyn Monroe film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bus Stop

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LITERATURE

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This "Madame Bovary" author visited Tunisia to research "Salammbo", his novel about Carthage

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Time's up! The correct answer was Flaubert

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BROADWAY LYRICS

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"Immigrant goes to America, many hellos in America; nobody knows in America, Puerto Rico's in America!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was West Side Story

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OSCARDS WILD

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He's the "SNL" guy (& you're not) who opened the 1988 show with, "Good evening Hollywood phonies"; he never hosted again

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chevy Chase

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WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

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In an essay Woolf wrote, "A woman must have money and a" this "of her own... to write fiction"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a room of one's own

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DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY

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In 2004 "Mustang Sally" played on the P.A. as an 86-year-old factory of this company ended production

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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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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LASTS

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Though this book has the word "last" in its title, it's only the second of the 5 "Leatherstocking Tales"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Last of the Mohicans

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OH, "BOY"

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This law states that at a constant temp., the volume of a gas in inversely proportional to the pressure

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boyle's

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MR. MOVIES

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Of James Cagney, Henry Fonda or Jack Lemmon, the one who won an Oscar for "Mr. Roberts"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Lemmon

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LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER

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Novel-poem in which Sal & Dean hitchhike through a yellow wood where the path diverges, making all the difference

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Time's up! The correct answer was On the Road Not Taken

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OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV

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This 5-time Oscar nominee played captain Monica Rawling for a season on "The Shield"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glenn Close

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ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS

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

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

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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS

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Jean Duvet created a series of engravings depicting the hunting of this 1-horned mythical beast

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Time's up! The correct answer was unicorn

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PASS THE CHOCOLATE

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Candymakers know that the fat obtained from cocoa beans isn't called cocoa margarine but this

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Time's up! The correct answer was cocoa butter

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WEATHER

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Tornadoes that develop over water are called these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Waterspouts

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A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS

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This play opens most dramatically with thunder & lightning. A ship is seen. Then a cry of "bos'n!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest

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RADIO DISNEY

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"Everybody Else" knows these huggable toys precede "On Fire" in the name of a Radio Disney top 30 band; do you?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Care Bears

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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"

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The website for this snack features the Double Stuf Racing League

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oreo

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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The hot water heating of this northern European capital is drawn directly from underground springs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Reykjavik, Iceland

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ON THE GO

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Lighter than a Conestoga wagon, it was named for its white canvas covering which resembled the sails of ships

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Time's up! The correct answer was prairie schooner

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ANCIENT COINS

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Smyrna, which claimed to be the birthplace of this poet, put him on a 2nd century B.C. coin

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Time's up! The correct answer was Homer

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ACTION!

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The action of a boy can ring a girl's bell, & the action of these can ring a buoy's bell

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Time's up! The correct answer was a wave

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LITERATURE

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"Eugenie Grandet" is considered one of the finest novels in his series "La Comedie Humaine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Balzac

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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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MIDDLE "C"

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Define-A-Lash from Maybelline is a line of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was mascara

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CHECK OUT MY CRIB

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Chandeliers look great but nowadays don't usually use these items from which their name is derived

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Time's up! The correct answer was candles

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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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WORDS OF THE WRITER

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"'...Why look'st thou so?'--'With my crossbow I shot the albatross'"

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

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JAZZ IT UP

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Milt Jackson, heard here, was one of the masters of this instrument

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Time's up! The correct answer was vibes

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Van Gogh's 1889 painting of director George Romero's 1968 zombie film classic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Starry Night of the Living Dead

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BEYOND .COM

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It follows dot in a domain for companies & "That's show" in a familiar phrase

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Time's up! The correct answer was .biz

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SNOWBOARDING

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Like skateboarders, snowboarders perform in a U-shaped structure called this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a half-pipe

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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

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In 1937 this Malibu, Calif. university was established by & named for the founder of Western Auto Supply Company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pepperdine

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APT ANAGRAMS

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This Internet service was big in the '90s: I ONCE RAN EMAIL

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Time's up! The correct answer was America Online

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THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE

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This author of the "Guys & Dolls" stories really was from Manhattan--Manhattan, Kansas, that is

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Time's up! The correct answer was Damon Runyon

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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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During the war this American naval hero & captain of the Ranger raided the coast of England

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

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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

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

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ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK

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This hot dog condiment is basically chopped sweet pickles

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Time's up! The correct answer was relish

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5-LETTER WORDS

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Greek for "word", it can mean the word of God

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Time's up! The correct answer was logos

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HEALTH & MEDICINE

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This artificial sweetner has been associated with bladder cancer in animal experiments

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Time's up! The correct answer was saccharin

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TELEVISION

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In January 2000 this libidinous HBO show won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sex and the City

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VALUABLE PLACES

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During a 1992 standoff, the FBI captured white supremacist Randy Weaver at this Idaho site

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ruby Ridge

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STATE BIRDS

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Virginia: This bird, not Albert Pujols

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Time's up! The correct answer was the cardinal

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HISTORIC WOMEN

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In 1813 this mistress of the late Lord Nelson was imprisoned for debt

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Hamilton

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TELEVISION

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Before playing the principal at "The Bronx Zoo", he played the city editor of the L.A. Tribune

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ed Asner

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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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THEY ALSO RAN

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He received a degree from NC State & pushed papers at his own Raleigh law firm

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Edwards

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NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY

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

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

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

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The team names of these 2 expansion clubs start with the same 3 letters; one might catch the other

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Seattle Mariners & the Florida Marlins

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THE VIRTUES

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You "Gotta Have" this virtue; at least according to George Michael

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Time's up! The correct answer was Faith

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THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS

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This large dinosaur-like creature possibly lives in a large Scottish lake near Inverness

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Loch Ness Monster

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ROUGH POLITICS

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In October 1974 ths Arkansas congressman's career got kicked in the Fanne (Fox)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wilbur Mills

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SPEECH! SPEECH!

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This onetime governor of Texas delivered the keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Richards

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FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME

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Mrs. Reagan's whims

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy's fancies

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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In southern Asia: Dhaka

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bangladesh

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THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

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In 1566 this "Magnificent" sultan was succeeded by his not-so-magnificent son Selim II, "the Sot"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Suleyman

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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"

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It's another word for margarine

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Time's up! The correct answer was oleo

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HISTORY

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Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles de Gaulle

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TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS

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1973: "A Little Night Music"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stpehen Sondheim

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BILLS & WILLS

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This outlaw of the Old West also went by the name Henry McCarty

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Time's up! The correct answer was Billy the Kid

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THE PLANETS

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This remote planet orbits the sun at a 98 degree axis, almost lying on its side

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus

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THE CIVIL WAR

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His first act after being sworn in as president of the Confederacy was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jefferson Davis

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL

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Unlike the NFL, a CFL team gets this many downs in a series to advance the ball 10 yards

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Time's up! The correct answer was three

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SONGS

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A standard song says of this "fickle friend", it "came blowin' in from across the sea"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Summer Wind"

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WORLD LEADERS

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Serzh Sargsian is its president, Tigran Sargsian is its prime minister

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Time's up! The correct answer was Armenia

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PROVERBS

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The saying "Strike while the iron is hot" originally alluded to this profession

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Time's up! The correct answer was blacksmith

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BRAND-TASTIC

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In 1932 George Blaisdell developed this cigarette lighter in Bradford, Pennsylvania

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zippo

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SEE THE USA

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It was almost named "Texas Under 6 Flags", but someone said "Texas ain't never been under nothin'!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Six Flags Over Texas

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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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COMICS STRIP

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Jason Segel's real-life split was the basis of his naked break-up with this 2008 title movie gal

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sarah Marshall

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TRANSPORTATION

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In 1830 England's Manchester & Liverpool Railway became the 1st to have all trains powered by this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steam

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GETTING POSSESSIVE

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At 14,140 feet, this Rocky Mountain peak discovered in 1806 is one of Colorado's highest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pike's Peak

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LANGUAGES

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Most of the people of Brazil speak this official language

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese

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ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS

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

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

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SURVIVAL AT SEA

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This "ancient mariner" bird is the title of Deborah Scaling Kiley's "True Story Of A Woman's Survival At Sea"

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Time's up! The correct answer was an albatross

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THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID

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After her election, this British prime minister said that she owed "everything to my father"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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The ARS, an agency of this U.S. government department, is looking to develop better bio-insecticides

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

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SPORTS

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(I'm Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett) This man was my coach for my first 11 seasons in the NFL

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Landry

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"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH

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Arkansassy state park near Murfreesboro

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crater of Diamonds State Park

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PARTS OF THE WHOLE

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Grip, shaft, a head made of stainless steel, titanium, carbon graphite...

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CHAD IS RAD

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In the 11th century the kings of Chad converted to this faith

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STATE OF THE UNION

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The Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport is in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island

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IT'S OURS!

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Madeira Islands

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal

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PLANTS

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Name for a low, enclosed bed covered with glass or plastic for starting plants before the season

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cold Frame

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PICK A PLANET

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It's the third largest in our solar system

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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In 2007 Marie Osmond blamed allergies & L.A. air quality for her waltz into unconsciousness on this show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dancing with the Stars

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SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE

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A Little League team in Kentucky is sponsored by this "delightfully tacky yet unrefined" restaurant

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hooters

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FINE DINING

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NYC sushi chef Masa Takayama has paid more than $120 a pound for this fish--a bit pricier than Star-Kist's

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Time's up! The correct answer was tuna

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COUNTRIES' HIGHEST PEAKS

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These 2 nations, one an island, have highest peaks with the same name; they also share a common European culture

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece & Cyprus

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FOUND

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Ben Franklin helped found this Ivy League school that had the USA's first medical school

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Time's up! The correct answer was University of Pennsylvania

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A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL

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"They're dead...my team is dead...they knew we were coming"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mission: Impossible

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SOCIOLOGY

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Expecting my son to be a cop & my daughter to be a nurse is assigning these sex-based roles

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Time's up! The correct answer was gender roles

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IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD

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If this Norwegian breed had originated in North America, it would be called the moosehound

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elkhound

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CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS

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Don't worry if you see this word on a Barbados menu: it refers to a fish, not the star of "Flipper"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dolphin

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GOVERNMENT

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Until 1896, majority in this branch of Congress were 1st termers, now less than 10% are

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Time's up! The correct answer was the House of Representatives

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THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS

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This large dinosaur-like creature possibly lives in a large Scottish lake near Inverness

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Loch Ness Monster

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"H" CITIES

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Crossed by numerous canals, it's said that this German port has more bridges than Amsterdam & Venice combined

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamburg

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FAMOUS JACQUES

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Much of France's 16th century Canadian claim was based on his explorations

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cartier

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CREATION STORIES

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Africa's Fulani people, who are cattle herders, say everything came from a drop of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was milk

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BREAKFAST CEREALS

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This whole grain cereal from General Mills makes the rounds in frosted & honey nut as well as the original

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheerios

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BOTANY

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The Jaffa variety of orange originated in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Israel

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EARTH

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Heat rising from within the Earth is mostly from this type of decay of elements like uranium & thorium

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Time's up! The correct answer was radioactive decay

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WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

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In 1904 Virginia & her siblings moved to this London district, where they would host "group" gatherings

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bloomsbury

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THE BOOK TRADE

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According to USA Today, they're the 2 nonconsecutive months that see the highest cookbook sales

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Time's up! The correct answer was May & December

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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In its 1st episode, citizens of a Kansas town saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon & were cut off from the outside world

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jericho

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HE WAS IN THAT?

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Before playing Cliff on "Cheers", John Ratzenberger appeared as Major Derlin in this second "Star Wars" film

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Empire Strikes Back

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ANIMATED FILMS

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

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

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4-LETTER WORDS

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This word commonly follows cuff or missing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Link

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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"

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From the Italian for "bad air", this disease kills more than one million people each year

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Time's up! The correct answer was malaria

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B FOLLOWS A

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In a Harry Potter novel, Sirius Black is a convicted murderer who escapes from this island prison in the North Sea

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Time's up! The correct answer was Azkaban

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THE ASPCA

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The ASPCA helped stop Iowa legislators from legalizing hunting of the mourning type of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dove

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VERBS

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You can fluff pillows or do this, also meaning "chubby"

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Time's up! The correct answer was plump

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MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS

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The aquatic Mrs. Fernando Lamas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Esther Williams

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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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THEY ALSO RAN

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He played the CIA chief in "No Way Out" & represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Thompson

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COMMON BONDS

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Inner tubes, doughnuts, the ozone layer

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Time's up! The correct answer was things with holes

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ROCKS & MINERALS

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Single-letter chemical designation of a diamond

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Time's up! The correct answer was C

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DON'T BE A PAIN

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To control pain, some patients try this technique in which they monitor their body functions & try to alter them

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Time's up! The correct answer was biofeedback

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WOMEN: WRITE ON!

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"Shiksa Goddess: (or, How I Spent My Forties)" is a collection of essays by this "Heidi Chronicles" playwright

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wasserstein

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BUT IS IT ART?

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The work of "Artists Barely in Control of the Brush" is seen at Boston's MOBA, museum of this art

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bad art

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ITALIAN

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The divine "Don Giovanni" duet "La ci darem la mano" means "There, you'll give me" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was your hand

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RHYMES WITH TRACK

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The cry of a canvasback

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Time's up! The correct answer was quack

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VACATION FUN

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Wow! You can see what you'd look like in one of Ms. Parton's wigs at this theme park named for her

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dollywood

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LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES

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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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SIGNS & SYMBOLS

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The 3 Zodiac signs with horns

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aries, Capricorn & Taurus

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GEORGIAN ON MY MIND

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This "Pretty Woman" was born in Smyrna, Georgia on Oct. 28, 1967

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts

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1938

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On December 10 he announced he'd leave his Hyde Park estate & its papers & books to the U.S. government

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Time's up! The correct answer was FDR

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THE "X" FILES

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High-energy radiation used to take a picture of your insides

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

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U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES

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Rapid City's nickname, "Gateway City to the Hills", refers specifically to these hills

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Black Hills

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MOTHER GOOSE

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Some speculate that this "merry old soul" of nursery rhyme fame was based on a real king of 3rd century Britain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Old King Cole

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PROVERBS

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The saying "Strike while the iron is hot" originally alluded to this profession

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Time's up! The correct answer was blacksmith

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WHAT A WEEK

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In 1958 the theme of the first national week for these places was "Wake up & read!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was libraries

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THREE

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It beats 2 pair, but not a straight

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Time's up! The correct answer was Three of a kind

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OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

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1980's "Death Of A Princess" dramatized the execution of a princess from this country & her lover's beheading

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saudi Arabia

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CANADIAN CAPITALS

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This British Columbia capital was the capital of the colony of Vancouver Island 1848-1866

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Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria

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20th CENTURY BALLET

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Phillip Feeny's eerie music for the British ballet based on this spooky 19th C. novel is heard here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dracula

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GEOGRAPHY

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A smaller canal connecting to this river brings fresh water to the Suez Canal

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile

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VIVA ANN-MARGRET!

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On May 29, 1963 Ann-Margret sang at this famous man's 46th, & last, birthday party

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Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy

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CALL ME A"LEX"

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3 housing units all under one roof

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Time's up! The correct answer was a triplex

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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS

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A squash that's been pierced by a bull's horn

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Time's up! The correct answer was gored gourd

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THE TITANIC

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The first warning of the iceberg came at 11:40 P.M. from Fred Fleet, the lookout in this platform high above the deck

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Time's up! The correct answer was the crow's nest

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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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SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS

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This title dog's real first name is Scoobert

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scooby-Doo

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THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH

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The American Heritage Dictionary calls this pronoun the most famous feature of Southern dialects

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Time's up! The correct answer was y'all

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KOREA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pusan

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HISTORIC NAMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frederic Chopin

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4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW

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A loop found on footwear, it's a symbol of success through one's own efforts

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bootstrap

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THE 1980s

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As many as 5,000 pro-democracy demonstrators were killed in this city's Tiananmen Square

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing

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CROSSWORD CLUES "H"

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Sleep like a bear (9)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hibernate

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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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CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

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Stubborn slippers (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was mules

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THE ONION HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056

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This country "Bombed Back into the Renaissance"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Italy

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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY

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Located at the mouth of the Demerara River, it's the capital & largest city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Georgetown

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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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WORLD "P"s

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World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peru

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BRITISH FASHION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sex Pistols

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QUEEN VICTORIA

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As seen in a 1997 film, he was Victoria's beloved servant, but we're not sure how she felt about his "body"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Brown

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"EZ" DOES IT

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This Frenchman painted the self-portrait seen here:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Cezanne

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INITIALS M.D.

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In "Return To Me", David Duchovny has a heart-to-heart with her

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnie Driver

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BACKWORDS

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You'd be naive to think you can make bottled water that's more popular than this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Evian

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THE BODY WOMAN

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Location of the zygomatic bones; fashion models may have prominent ones

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Time's up! The correct answer was cheekbones

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OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV

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Although he lost the supporting actor Oscar for "Cinderella Man", he won the Emmy vote for "John Adams"

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