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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Giamatti

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CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AUTHORS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Francis

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Y1K

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland

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SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE

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Even if you're 27 & still single, like Anne in this author's "Persuasion", your life may not be over

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Austen

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WHO'S ON FIRST?

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I pity the fool who doesn't know that this show led into "Remington Steele" on NBC's 1983-84 schedule

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Time's up! The correct answer was The A-Team

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ONE LETTER DIFFERENT

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Humorous wordplay about a quill

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pen pun

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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"'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' was the first full length animated film to use" this inductee's multiplane camera

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Disney

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"D" IN HISTORY

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The Vikings founded this city in the mid-800s, probably naming it for a black pool in the river Liffey

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin

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FUN WITH OPERA

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In Nicolai's opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor", this fat, funny rogue gets dumped into the river in a laundry basket

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Time's up! The correct answer was Falstaff

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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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A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL

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"I'm gonna let ya in on a little secret, Ray. K-Mart sucks"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rain Man

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SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?

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Bizet's "Carmen", for example

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Time's up! The correct answer was an opera

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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This math term comes from the Latin frangere, "to break"

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Time's up! The correct answer was fraction

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4-LETTER FRIENDS

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In "Jaws", it's what Roy Scheider threw overboard to lure the shark

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Time's up! The correct answer was chum

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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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WORLD HODGEPODGE

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Pato, a combination of basketball & this game played on horseback, is quite popular in Argentina

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Time's up! The correct answer was Polo

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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Her home Orchard House was the model for whre the March family lived in her most famous novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisa May Alcott

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AUTHORS

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In 1842 he lived with cannibals in the Taipi Valley in the Marquesas; his novel "Typee" was based on the experience

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Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville

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ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR

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When followed by "down", it means to eat voraciously

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Time's up! The correct answer was scarf

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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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SPORTS LEGENDS

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If Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak had gone one more game in 1941, this company would have given him a $10,000 contract

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Time's up! The correct answer was H.J. Heinz

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WORLD HODGEPODGE

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Pato, a combination of basketball & this game played on horseback, is quite popular in Argentina

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Time's up! The correct answer was Polo

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LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA

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Preferring to go where the rain turns to snow, he wintered in Schruns while writing "The Sun Also Rises"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest Hemingway

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AT THE KENNEDY CENTER

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This president's 1972 visit to China inspired an opera that played at the Kennedy Center in 1988

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon

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FOOD CHAIN

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P.F. Chang's is an upscale bistro specializing in the cuisine of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was China

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HISTORIC AMERICANS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain

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THE "FIRST" STATE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was first strike

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THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS

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A 1927 visit to Etruscan sites inspired this author of "The Plumed Serpent" to write "Etruscan Places"

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Time's up! The correct answer was D.H. Lawrence

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BRAND NAMES

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This cereal's name used to end in "oats" & its "I" is dotted with a piece of the product

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheerios

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SUPERHEROES

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In a 2002 movie this hero got an upside-down kiss from Mary Jane

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spider-Man

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THE "CAPTAIN"

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Hooray for this Groucho Marx character from "Animal Crackers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Spaulding

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ANCIENT TIMES

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Horrified by the carnage of war, Asoka, a 3rd century B.C. ruler in India, embraced this peaceful religion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buddhism

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SPORTS

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In 1991, after 12 seasons at the Salt Palace, this NBA team moved its home games to the Delta Center

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Utah Jazz

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FARAWAY PLACES

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This large African desert is home to 2 million people, about as many as Utah

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara

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BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER

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This woman is wanted in connection with stolen hair & the kidnapping of her boyfriend by Philistines

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Time's up! The correct answer was Delilah

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ANCIENT COINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minotaur

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I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...

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This tragedy has got to be set in a small village, hence the title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet

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ANTIQUES

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A method of joining 2 pieces of wood at right angles named for its resemblance to a bird's tail

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dovetail

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HOP ON POP CULTURE

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Meadow's dad had her boyfriend Jackie whacked on this show; A.J. had a pretty rough time, too

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sopranos

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MODERN "TIME"S

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It's the "Fox"y TV spinoff seen here:

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Time of Your Life

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HOTELS

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The most famous hotel of this Canadian city is seen here: (Chateau Frontenac)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quebec City

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LITERATURE

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In Pierre Boulle's "Planet of the Apes", Zira & Cornelius are this species of ape

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Time's up! The correct answer was chimpanzees

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ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!

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To Neil Armstrong: NASA

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Time's up! The correct answer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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NIGHT WATCH

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July 7, 2009: If you're in Australia, the Americas or sailing the Pacific, look for an eclipse of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Moon

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MAMMALS

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The name of this order of mammals comes from the Latin verb "rodere", meaning to gnaw

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Time's up! The correct answer was rodent

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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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THE CIVIL WAR

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

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

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THAT'S SOME NERVE

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The radial nerve, which travels down the arm, controls movement of this large 3-headed muscle

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Time's up! The correct answer was the tricep

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MISC.

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Jules Verne's book "Around the Moon" was the sequel to this 1865 best seller

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Time's up! The correct answer was From the Earth to the Moon

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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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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS

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In 1941 her "Watch on the Rhine" was named best American play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lillian Hellman

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HISTORIC AMERICA

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This city's Independence Nat'l Historical Park has been called "The most historic square mile in America"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia

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U.S.A.

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1 of the largest lakes in Minnesota, its name begins with the same 5 letters as Minnesota

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Minnetonka

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POTPOURRI

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Persil is the French word for this ever-popular garnish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Parsley

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MATHEM-ATTACK!

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The symbol <i>i</i> is used to represent the imaginary square root of this number

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Time's up! The correct answer was -1

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MILITARY UNITS

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Oliver Stone won an Oscar for his story about one of these title units in which he served in Vietnam

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Time's up! The correct answer was a platoon

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ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Thorpe

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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1999 & 2002: Mini-Me

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Time's up! The correct answer was Verne Troyer

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BIRDS

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During mating season the male ruff develops a large frill of feathers around this body part

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Time's up! The correct answer was neck

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THE GIANTS

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"Giants in the Earth" is Ole Rolvaag's novel about immigrants from this country adjusting to life on the prairie

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Time's up! The correct answer was Norway

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AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE

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This carnivorous marsupial serves as the symbol of the Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Tasmanian devil

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THE CIVIL WAR

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On Sept. 2, 1864 this general sent a wire saying, "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sherman

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HOMOPHONES

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A negative vote, or a horse's whinny

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Time's up! The correct answer was nay/neigh

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'65

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These 2 countries nicknamed the Bear & the Dragon conducted a "verbal war"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Soviet Union & China

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GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY

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Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dice

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NUTRITION

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People with hypertension should diet & limit their intake of alcohol & this chemical element

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Time's up! The correct answer was sodium

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THE 1980s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Mandela

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"V" IS FOR

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...this, like Paricutin in Mexico

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Time's up! The correct answer was volcano

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LOST IN SPACE

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Piers Sellers lost a tool in space while spreading putty into this Space Shuttle named for Capt. Cook's ship

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Time's up! The correct answer was Discovery

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FOOD ETYMOLOGY

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Keith Downey developed rapeseed into this cooking product, now a huge cash crop for farmers in Saskatchewan

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Time's up! The correct answer was canola

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THE PLANETS

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As viewed from Earth, it's the brightest planet in the nighttime sky

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Time's up! The correct answer was Venus

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ANCIENT TIMES

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The ancient Ban Chiang poetry of Thailand resembles that of this country's neolithic Yang-Shao period

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Time's up! The correct answer was China

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THE REDS

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About 1,200 miles long, it has a maximum depth of almost 10,000 feet

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

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GOVERNMENT

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Since 1909 every government in Denmark's parliament has been this type that needs to strike deals

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Time's up! The correct answer was minority government

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GUINNESS RECORDS

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He holds the record for all-time career earnings on the U.S. PGA circuit (over $26 million from 1996 to 2001)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tiger Woods

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THE LAST BATTLE

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The Battle of Bosworth

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Wars of the Roses

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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

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

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THE LENIN CLOSET

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When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was railway car

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THE TEENS

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Sonnets are rhymed poems with this many lines

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Time's up! The correct answer was 14

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THE KOREAN WAR

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In bitter battles of 1951, Pork Chop was a hill & Heartbreak was one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ridge

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DEPARTMENT "S"

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These elected officials in the U.S. government take their name from the Latin for "old man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was senators

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20th CENTURY U.S. PRESIDENTS

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This president shares his middle name with the name of a 1st C. Jewish theologian mentioned in the New Testament

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Time's up! The correct answer was Warren Gamaliel Harding

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AMERICAN INDIANS

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When this chief, Pocahontas' father, died in 1618, he was succeeded by his brother Opitchapam

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Time's up! The correct answer was Powhatan

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DEPARTMENT "S"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was shortchange

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5-LETTER CAPITALS

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Bridges crossing the Nile River in this capital include El Gama'a & El Giza

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo

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DOUGH

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No peeking! This building is portrayed on the back of the $20 bill

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Time's up! The correct answer was the White House

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ART

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In the 1300s Italy gave birth to this art movement that would eventually sweep across Europe

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Renaissance

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"B" PREPARED

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This period lasted from about 3500 to 1500 B.C.

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Bronze Age

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THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE

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Millions of HSX shares of this scary movie "project" were traded a full year before it was released

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Blair Witch Project

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BIOLOGY

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Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man

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Time's up! The correct answer was smell

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SCIENTISTS

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In 1633 this astronomer was found guilty of "vehement suspicion of heresy"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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These on your pizza may be fire-roasted, sun-dried, or just fresh sliced Romas

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Time's up! The correct answer was tomatoes

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THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

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In 1326 the Ottomans moved their capital to Bursa, which is in this Asian part of modern-day Turkey

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anatolia

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TV THEME LYRICS

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"Movin' movin' movi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rawhide

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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Nobel-winning creator of Herzog & Sammler

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saul Bellow

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FOREIGN CURRENCY

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In 1946 the Communist government of Vietnam began issuing coins with a depiction of this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh

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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

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This Tulsa, Oklahoma school's athletic teams are called the Golden Eagles, not the Evangelists

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oral Roberts University

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OSCAR NIGHT 2003

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Chris Cooper won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in this film seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adaptation

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ROYAL BRITANNIA

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He succeeded his mother & was succeeded in 1910 by his son George V

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward VII

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U.N. OBSERVANCES

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Can't wait for Oct. 20, World Day for this science of collecting & arranging numerical facts & data

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Time's up! The correct answer was statistics

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THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956

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Teams were pulling out left & right, some in protest of the Soviet invasion of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary

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FIGURE SKATERS

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In 1986 she became the 1st black woman to win the World Championship of Figure Skating

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Time's up! The correct answer was Debbie Thomas

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LITERATURE FOR KIDS

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"We looked! Then we saw him step in on the mat! We looked! And we saw him!" This famous cat

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Cat in the Hat

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THAT'S HANDY

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In Christian ritual it involves moving the hand from the forehead, to the chest & then to each shoulder in turn

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Time's up! The correct answer was crossing oneself

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IT'S A COUP D'ETAT

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In 1921 Reza Pahlavi helped with a coup that eventually brought his son to power in this country

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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"

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Giving a portion of one's income, typically 10%, to one's church

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SCIENCE

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This German-born American physicist won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics

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Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein

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OSCARDS WILD

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In 1992, proving he could keep up with the younger crowd, he did one-armed pushups accepting his "City Slickers" Oscar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Palance

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CROSSWORD CLUES "D"

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One who gives blood (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a donor

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BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS

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1997's "Calling All Stations" was their first album since Phil Collins left the group

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"O" YOU ANIMAL!

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The Pacific species of this has an arm span of up to 33 feet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Octopus

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SRO

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A song in this Disney musical asks, "How long must this go on?" ---4 years & counting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beauty And The Beast

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A SHAPELY CATEGORY

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Dendroid means shaped like a tree; dentiform means shaped like this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tooth

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SAY CHEESE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edam & Gouda

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MOTTOES

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"All power to the people" was the motto of this African-American political organization of the 1960s

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

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AMERICAN INDIANS

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In 1777 Chief Joseph Brant led his fellow Mohawks in the Battle of Oriskany during this war

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

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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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POOR & FAMOUS

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He spent years in poverty after selling his sewing machine invention to corset maker William Thomas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elias Howe

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EXPIRATION DATES

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January 14, 1984: After passing through the golden arches

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ray Kroc

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JAZZ IT UP

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

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JEWELRY

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Tahiti & French Polynesia are famous for pearls of this color

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Time's up! The correct answer was Black

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THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

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Patrick Dennis' "Auntie" (4)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mame

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THE 50 STATES

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New Englanders refer to this state as "Down East"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maine

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THE CIVIL WAR

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In February 1861 6 Southern states founded the Confederate States of America & elected him president

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jefferson Davis

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TOP OF THE LIST

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

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FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS

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The Black Lung Program benefits those who worked as these, & their widows & their dependents

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Time's up! The correct answer was coal miners

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OPERA & BALLET

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The ballet "Les Sylphides" is danced to music by this Polish-French composer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frederic Chopin

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SIGNS & SYMBOLS

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The 2 symbols seen on pirate flags & bottles of poison

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Time's up! The correct answer was skull & crossbones

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WORLD HISTORY

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In 1784 she founded the city of Sevastopol in her new domain of the Crimea

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

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MYSPACE.MAN

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With the return of Apollo 13, this commander had completed over 715 hours of space travel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lovell

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I READ THE NEWS TODAY

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Florida's highest circulation newspaper is this Gulf Coast city's Times, with about 350,000 daily copies sold

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

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HOMELAND SECURITY

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In 1971 Congress told this agency to start protecting visiting heads of state

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Secret Service

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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When the Russians owned Alaska, they referred to this tall peak as Bolshaya Gora

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

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EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY

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A bright, tasty, yellow variety of apple; it's as yummy as it sounds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Golden delicious

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DELAWARE

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Nicknamed "Pete", this former gov. of Delaware once worked in the chemical co. his ancestors founded in 1802

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Time's up! The correct answer was du Pont

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WORLD COINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Israel

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LESSER-KNOWN MUSICALS

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Bully for Len Cariou, who played this famous man in the musical "Teddy And Alice"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Theodore Roosevelt

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ROAMIN' THE WORLD

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Tea & coconuts are top products of this country, the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sri Lanka

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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He's the only U.S. president who never lived in the District of Columbia

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington

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LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA

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This English king was held prisoner in 1193 in a castle above Durnstein, Austria

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard the Lionhearted

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EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION

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The Schengen Agreement removes any controls at these between most EU neighbors

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Time's up! The correct answer was national borders

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DIALING FOR DIALECTS

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Dialects of this language include Wu, Yue & Hakka

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chinese

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BRAND NAMES

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The bird's nest logo of this chocolate brand comes from its founder's coat of arms

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nestle

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A LITERARY TOUR

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Perhaps you'll draft your Nobel Prize acceptance speech at NYC's Algonquin Hotel, as this Mississippi man did in 1950

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Time's up! The correct answer was Faulkner

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uma Thurman

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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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HOW INSPIRATIONAL

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When your prom date leaves the dance without you, recall the proverb, this "heals all wounds"

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Time's up! The correct answer was time

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NYC MUSIC HISTORY

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She co-wrote "The Loco-Motion" in the Brill Building on Broadway

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carole King

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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS

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This "sweet" state tree of Vermont is an important source of syrup

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Time's up! The correct answer was sugar maple

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CORAL REEF LIFE

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A species of these well-armed creatures known as the crown-of-thorns feasts on coral reefs

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Time's up! The correct answer was starfish

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VIETNAM

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The large "S" shape that is Vietnam juts out into this sea with a directional name

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Time's up! The correct answer was South China Sea

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ARCHITECTURE

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Gropius, Mies van der Rohe & this Swiss architect all worked for architect Peter Behrens

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Time's up! The correct answer was Le Corbusier

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NEW WEAPONS

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The FA-18E/F is the "Super" version of this high-tech U.S. Navy fighter jet with a wasplike name

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Hornet

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moscow

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WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT

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On your phone & in conversation, these numbers mean information

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Time's up! The correct answer was 411

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"PUN" JAB

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From the Latin for "mark for deletion", it's to erase something from official records

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Time's up! The correct answer was expunge

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WORLD FACTS

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A humid city, Rio de Janeiro lies just north of this tropic line

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Tropic of Capricorn

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THE CINEMA

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The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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FOOD CHAIN

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Featuring the Famous Bloomin' Onion, this restaurant also offers a Joey Menu for kids

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Time's up! The correct answer was Outback

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THE HUMAN ANIMAL

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Slang for a woman on the prowl for younger men

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cougar

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NYPD TV

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In 1982 Sharon Gless took over for Meg Foster to partner with Tyne Daily as this title pair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cagney & Lacey

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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

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At Wimbledon 2000, Venus Williams expressed appreciation for this 1957 & '58 champion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Althea Gibson

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VERMONTERS

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This founding prophet of Mormonism was born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph Smith

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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In Guinea-Bissau: this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese

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MASTER OF PUPPETS

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This evil puppet master from "Pinocchio" shared his name with a volcanic island near Sicily

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stromboli

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GOVERNMENT

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He, not the Attorney General, represents the government in cases before the Supreme Court

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Solicitor General of the U.S.

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THE GRIDIRON

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[Hi, I'm Raghib Ismail of the Dallas Cowboys] While at this school, I was named MVP of the Orange Bowl on the first day of the '90s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Notre Dame

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POTPOURRI

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Select Comfort Corporation makes these with adjustable firmness

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Time's up! The correct answer was mattresses

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EUROPE

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The person with this title gets to appoint people to Luxembourg's Council of State & they get to stay on for life

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

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BUT IS IT ART?

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Tattooed showman The Enigma had tiny versions of these embedded in his skull, perhaps for a Satanic look

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Time's up! The correct answer was Horns

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TECHNOLOGY

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Name given to the simplest electron tubes, as they have just 2 main parts, a plate & an emitter

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Time's up! The correct answer was a diode

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LITERARY TITLES

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This 1954 book title refers to an impaled sow's head, an offering to the "beast"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lord of the Flies

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NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES

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Like its lengthy river, this state's name is Algonquian for "great water"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mississippi

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STATE OF THE UNION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico

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DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB

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This supermodel starred with William Baldwin in the film "Fair Game", which was fair game for critics

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cindy Crawford

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"CAL" STATE

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Using one of these instruments, a doctor can see just how thick-headed you are:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Calipers

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MISCELLAN"IUM"

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The Latin name for ancient Troy, it's also a broad flat hipbone

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ilium

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MEDICINE

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Yes, she developed a scoring system in 1952 to aid in determining a newborn's health

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Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia Apgar

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BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES

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

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

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READING

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Group name for all letters other than A, E, I, O & U

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Time's up! The correct answer was consonants

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SPORTS HOME CITIES

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MLB's Royals

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kansas City

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2011 MOVIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Straw Dogs

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WANT ADS

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They're out there! We need you to go get 'em! Channel your inner Boba Fett or "Dog" Chapman in this 2-word job

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bounty hunter

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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Co-capitals: La Paz & Sucre

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia

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DOUBLE MEANINGS

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Maybe Don needs to get more exercise; he _____ just from pulling up his _____

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Time's up! The correct answer was pants

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ODDS & ENDS

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On April 9, 1963 this Brit was made the first honorary U.S. citizen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winston Churchill

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WORLD CAPITALS

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On a plane trip to this capital, you'd likely land at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta

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QUOTATIONS

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In a saying attributed to the Duke of Wellington, this battle "was won on the playing fields of Eton"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo

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RELIGION

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The A.M.E. in A.M.E. Church stands for African Methodist this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Episcopal

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REALLY BIG

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You'll find the largest one in Mexico, not Egypt; its base covers nearly 45 acres

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pyramid

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CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Madonna

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HEADS OF STATE

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In 1964 Luxembourg's grand duchess abdicated in favor of this man, her son

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grand Duke Jean

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CHARLIE CHAPLIN

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Charlie made 35 films in about a year at this Mack Sennett studio

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Time's up! The correct answer was Keystone Studios

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MOVIE CITIES

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Of course there's a car chase on the freeway in 1985's "To Live and Die in .."

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

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WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS

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1902: The first First Lady

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Time's up! The correct answer was Martha Washington

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"PRO"NOUNS

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The "dry" period in which the 18th Amendment was in force

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prohibition

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3 LITTLE LETTERS

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A TV cable network, or an explosive for bombs

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Time's up! The correct answer was TNT

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SWEET TREATS

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These cookies were introduced by Nabisco in 1902 in a small box imprinted to look like a circus cage

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Time's up! The correct answer was Animal Crackers

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WONDER DRUGS

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Football coach & triple-bypass patient Dan Reeves advertises Zocar, which mainly aims to lower this

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Time's up! The correct answer was cholesterol

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THE HOUND OF MUSIC

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Songwriter Scott English started an urban myth when he jokingly said this 1975 Barry Manilow No. 1 hit was about a dog

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

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I'M HUNGRY!

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Let's go Penn. Dutch & have this dish, bits of pork mixed with cornmeal mush, then shaped into loaves & fried

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Time's up! The correct answer was scrapple

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HERBS & SPICES

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During the Middle Ages, merchants who adulterated this expensive yellow spice were burnt at the stake

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Time's up! The correct answer was saffron

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ITALIAN ART

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In 1533 this Venetian was made court painter by Emperor Charles V, who also ennobled him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Titian

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ON THE MOVE

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This U.S. city has more miles of subway than any other subway system in the Western Hemisphere

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Time's up! The correct answer was New York City

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MILITARY TELEVISION

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Bad guys should stay out of harm's way (that's Cmdr. Harmon Rabb's way) on this military-legal series

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Time's up! The correct answer was JAG

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BROADWAY

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"Thoroughly Modern Millie" takes place during this "roaring" decade when flappers bobbed their hair

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was belly dancing

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THE GODFATHER

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He was the royal godfather to the son of French playwright Moliere

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MILLIONS OF REASONS

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Metallic distinction of a CD that's sold 1 million copies

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MORTAL MATTERS

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When Dallas sent out this annual tax form to 13,000 city employees, it marked them dead

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I KNOW THAT SONG

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"Whenever we go out, the people always shout, there goes" this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

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U.S. PORT CITIES

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Among the top 40 busiest ports in the U.S. are these Northeast & Northwest cities with the same name

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BRAND NAMES

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This cereal's name used to end in "oats" & its "I" is dotted with a piece of the product

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CHANTED

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Named for a 6th century pope, these a capella songs might have earned a Papal's Choice Award

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gregorian chants

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TRANSPORTATION

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On December 11, 1967 it was removed from the British registry & turned over to the city of Long Beach, California

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen Mary

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THE TEENS

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Sonnets are rhymed poems with this many lines

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Time's up! The correct answer was 14

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OLD VIRGINIA

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

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ACTRESSES

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Tamara Dobson fought drugs as "Cleopatra Jones" in 1973, 10 years after this woman was "Cleopatra"

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INTERIOR DESIGN

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Type of chair seen here named for its 20th C. designer:

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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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AFRICAN-AMERICANA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Time

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ASTROLOGY

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The only moon in our solar system that astrologists say has an influence circles this planet

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I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS

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Reza Khan, born in Iran in 1878, & his son were these for a combined 54 years

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AMERICAN COUNTIES

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Ogemaw, Saginaw & Washtenaw are all counties in this state

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WORLD "P"s

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The "4 questions" asked on this occasion include wondering why we have to eat unleavened bread

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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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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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FOOD CHAIN

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Featuring the Famous Bloomin' Onion, this restaurant also offers a Joey Menu for kids

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EUROPE

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19th century Sardinia took the lead in unifying this country

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FAMOUS NAMES

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

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

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

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Prokofiev wrote a famous orchestra piece called "Peter and" this animal

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Time's up! The correct answer was The wolf

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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS

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In a Chekhov play, Mme. Ranevsky is the owner of this title area of land

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Cherry Orchard"

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THE BIG APPLE

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One of NYC's most famous seafood joints is the bar for these bivalves in Grand Central

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Time's up! The correct answer was oysters

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"GREEN" THINGS

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Oh yes, this North Carolina city was the birthplace of O. Henry

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DON'T MESS WITH SICILY

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The father of this US Supreme Court Justice was a romance language professor who had emigrated from Sicily

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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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LANDINGS

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

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

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NYPD TV

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was McCloud

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OF "RATH"

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It's an adjective meaning really, really angry

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Time's up! The correct answer was wrathful

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MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS

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Fantine & her daughter Cosette

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Time's up! The correct answer was Les Misérables

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"MUM"s THE WORD

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Formerly called Bombay, it's in the top 5 cities in the world in population

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mumbai

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KING ARTHUR

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The title of this T.H. White book refers to the object that made Arthur king

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sword in the stone

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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

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July 3, 1971 in Paris

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Morrison

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THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING

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In April 1930 the first 3 mysteries involving her were published & became an instant success

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Drew

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TECHNOLOGY

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First built in 1960, it's also been called an optical maser

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Time's up! The correct answer was laser

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ANDY WARHOL

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Warhol went against his Capitalist tendencies with his portrait of this man, seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mao Tse-tung

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POUR ME A STIFF ONE

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Stolichanya, or stoli to its friends, is a brand of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was vodka

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THE 20th CENTURY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dalai Lama

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HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC

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In 1973 Mayo introduced to North America this scanner that uses a computer & X-rays

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Time's up! The correct answer was CT scanner

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WHAM-O

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Wham-O owners heard about Australian kids using a bamboo ring for exercise; it became this 1958 fad

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Hula hoop

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BRITISH HISTORY

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First Roman army to invade Britain was led by this general

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Time's up! The correct answer was Caesar

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NICKNAMES

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"The Handcuff King"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Houdini

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EXPLORERS

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Born Giovanni Caboto, this Venetian did his exploring in the service of England

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Cabot

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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Hymir was really hammered by the hammer of this god

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thor

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"T"ELEVISION

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Co-hosted by John Davidson, it was ABC's response to NBC's "Real People"

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Time's up! The correct answer was That's Incredible!

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POETIC TERMS

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These funny five-line verses often end with the name of a place; or, a place in Ireland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Limerick

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POETS' RHYME TIME

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Alexander's expectations

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pope's hopes

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AT THE BUILDING SITE

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He's got the building wired for "current" affairs

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Time's up! The correct answer was an electrician

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NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS

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1964: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Beatles

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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS

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Hot-cha-cha! New Mexico's official state question is "red or" this?

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Time's up! The correct answer was green

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IT HAD TO "BU"

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Any dry red table wine may be called this even if it doesn't come from the French region of the same name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Burgundy

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AT THE MOVIES

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2005: A group of teenage chicks share some trousers

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

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THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL

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A1, Take That & the Spice Girls are all musical acts from this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain

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SONG LYRICS

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John Denver's 2-word description of West Virginia in the 1st line of "Take Me Home, Country Roads"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Almost Heaven

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"TEEN" SCENE

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Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage

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Time's up! The correct answer was 19th

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PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME

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Arthur's school terms

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chester's semesters

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RHYME TIME

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Voraciously eat an "all-purpose" baking ingredient

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Time's up! The correct answer was devour flour

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ART & ARTISTS

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This Dutch master served as chairman of the Delft Artists' Guild from 1662-63 & 1670-71

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jan Vermeer

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COUNTRY MUSIC

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In 1990 Jukebox named this Randy Travis cover of a Brook Benton hit the Country Record of the Year

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Time's up! The correct answer was "It's Just A Matter of Time"

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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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GENERAL SCIENCE

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The IRAS telescope, which revealed 5 new comets, made its observations in this part of the light spectrum

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Time's up! The correct answer was infra-red

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U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES

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It's known as both "The Steel City" & "The Iron City"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh

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HISTORIC NICKNAMES

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Among the more colorful nicknames of this agricultural chemist were "Peanut Man" & "Sweet-Potato Man"

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

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STORM

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The probe used to investigate tornados in this film is aptly named Dorothy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twister

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PROVERBS

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It "comes not alone" & "makes waste"

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Time's up! The correct answer was haste

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MAYORS

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After this 1906 disaster, Mayor Eugene Schmitz authorized the summary execution of looters

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Time's up! The correct answer was the San Francisco earthquake

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BUSINESS

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The tires on Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" were made by this former competitor of Goodyear

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Time's up! The correct answer was B.F. Goodrich

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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This large lake on the New York-Vermont border is Vermont's lowest point

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Champlain

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DOUBLE-O WORDS

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Rideshare is the program of the wise & benevolent Sony Corporation to help employees get to work this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was carpooling

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FOOD & DRINK

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Thailand's best-known dish, it's stir-fried noodles, egg, bean sprouts, peanuts & seasonings

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Time's up! The correct answer was pad thai

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COMPOSERS

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It was rumored that he committed suicide over the failure of his last symphony, the "Pathetique"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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HOME

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On Oct. 19, 1999 this home & life improvement guru made a bundle after her IPO hit Wall Street

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Time's up! The correct answer was Martha Stewart

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CROSSWORD CLUES "R"

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Beam, beacon & frequency preceder (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was radar

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SPORTS EQUIPMENT

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Until 1954 major league players could leave these on the field when it was their team's turn to bat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gloves

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JAY

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It's the magical group heard here ["This Magic Moment"]

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jay and the Americans

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AIN'T THAT AMERICA

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On June 17, 1969 this controversial erotic revue opened off-Broadway; oh my!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oh! Calcutta!

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MISC.

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Jules Verne's book "Around the Moon" was the sequel to this 1865 best seller

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Time's up! The correct answer was From the Earth to the Moon

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THE ENVIRONMENT

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In June 1992 over 100 heads of state met in Rio de Janeiro for this environmental "Summit"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Earth Summit

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WORLD CAPITALS

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It's the largest English-speaking city in the Caribbean, mon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kingston

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QUOTATIONS

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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, this Sec. of State said, "We're eyeball to eyeball & I think the other fellow just blinked"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dean Rusk

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BETTER KNOWN AS...

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Archibald Leach

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cary Grant

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MONEY SLANG

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Bank notes that sing before fa-so-la

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Time's up! The correct answer was Do-re-mi

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THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS

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Legendary promoter who ran the Fillmore West in the Bay Area & the Fillmore East in NYC

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Graham

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OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s

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Sports Illustrated's 1997 Swimsuit Issue (the Tyra Banks cover) featured "Nothing but" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bikinis

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WOMEN'S HEALTH

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In a "Got Milk" ad, Jennifer Love Hewitt says she hates this bone condition, so she has fat free milk with every meal

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Time's up! The correct answer was osteoporosis

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STATE BIRDS

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Missouri: Not a redbird but this colorful creature

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bluebird

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"IND" THE KNOW

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Insurance term meaning to protect against damage, loss or injury

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Time's up! The correct answer was indemnity

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SNACK ATTACK

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Wow! The Chocolate Delight snack bar named for this "Miami" diet has just 100 calories! I'll have 6 of them

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Time's up! The correct answer was the South Beach diet

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THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

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Colchian jilted by Jason (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Medea

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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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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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THE TEENS

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In "The Sound of Music", Liesl was "going on" this number

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Time's up! The correct answer was 17

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HORSE & RIDER

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Bucephalus

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

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TAINTED GOV

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In 2010 this Illinois governor was tried on corruption charges, but convicted on only 1 count

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blagojevich

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MONEY SLANG

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2-word phrase for Henny Penny's lunch

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicken feed

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POLITICAL TALK

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Saddle up & give us this 5-letter term for an added provision that may not be germane to the purpose of a bill

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rider

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ANIMALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Piranha

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SHAKESPEAREAN TITLE CHARACTERS

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He is introduced as "The triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpet's fool"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marc Antony

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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

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STATE CAPITALS

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It's nicknamed the "Center of the Pineapple Industry"

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PICTURE THIS

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Nose art, referring to pictures on the noses of these, really took off during WWII

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Time's up! The correct answer was airplanes

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LITERARY SISTERS

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Meg's the oldest of the sisters in this family; Amy, the youngest

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Marches

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FAMILIAR SAYINGS

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If you're one of these capable fellows, you're unfortunately "master of none"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a jack of all trades

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SCIENCE

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Boyle's Law says normally if you double the pressure on a gas, the volume decreases by this amount

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Time's up! The correct answer was one-half

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ISLANDS

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This "colossal" island is the largest in Greece's Dodecanese archipelago

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhodes

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PARTY OF "FIVE"

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Stalin launched the first of these in 1928

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Time's up! The correct answer was Five Year Plan

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PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET

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He wasn't a Secretary of State, he was Andrew Johnson's Secretary of War in 1867 & 1868

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

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NAME THE DECADE

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Khruschev's "Secret Speech" denounces Stalin

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1950s

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THE MISFITS

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1965's "The Outlaws Is Coming" was the last movie featuring this wacky trio of comedy misfits

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Three Stooges

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FOOD FACTS

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The Atlantic variety of this popular fish is the largest of all flatfish

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CHECK OUT MY CRIB

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Wanna put your feet up? How about on one of these with a "Turkish" name

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Time's up! The correct answer was an ottoman

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BIG BANDS

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In 1937 he was "in the mood" to start a band

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glenn Miller

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WON THE BATTLE

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This king of England beat the odds to trounce the French in the 1415 Battle of Agincourt

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry V

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DICTATORS & TYRANTS

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As the dictator of this city-state, Francesco Foscari ruined its army & economy by endlessly fighting Milan

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A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE

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Many astronomers believe the Great Andromeda spiral galaxy has one of these "dark" collapsed stars at its center

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CHARLIE CHAPLIN

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Nigel Bruce of Dr. Watson fame played an impresario in this "glowing" 1952 Chaplin film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Limelight

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IT'S "BIG"

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It's found in the Parliament Tower of Westminster Palace

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ON THE BIG SCREEN

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Mais oui! In 2007 Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan headed to Paris, giving this film series trilogy status

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rush Hour

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THE FALL

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On Nov. 8, 1519 the sight of his forces made the Tenochtitlaners feel like they'd "eaten stupefying mushrooms"

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MOVIE MUSICALS

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The only Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire film for which these 2 brothers wrote songs was 1937's "Shall We Dance"

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Time's up! The correct answer was George & Ira Gershwin

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TV CASTS

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In 2000 this Oscar nominee joined the cast of "Ally McBeal" as a lawyer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Downey, Jr.

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THE REDS

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It's the world-famous "colorful" area seen here in the 1950s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red Square

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DEPARTMENT "S"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was shortchange

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TAKE OUT

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A lobectomy removes one of the 5 lobes of the lungs; a lobotomy takes out part of this organ

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Time's up! The correct answer was the brain

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BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY

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5 x 10 x 15

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Time's up! The correct answer was 750

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TOM JONES

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The benevolent Mr. Allworthy & the crude Mr. Western have this title given to English country gentlemen

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PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY

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

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RHYMES WITH TEEN

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Noor, to her Jordanian subjects

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Time's up! The correct answer was Queen

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COMPUTER TERMS

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This unit equals about 1,000 megabytes, or about half a million pages of text

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JULIUS CAESAR

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Around 48 B.C. Caesar pardoned this man & later made him governor of Cisalpine Gaul; oops

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brutus

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FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

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James Lick of observatory fame was responsible for the Key Memorial in this San Francisco park

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Time's up! The correct answer was Golden Gate Park

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ROYAL BRITANNIA

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He succeeded his mother & was succeeded in 1910 by his son George V

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A VIOLENT CATEGORY

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A suit of cards represented by a trefoil

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Time's up! The correct answer was club

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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Dustin Hoffman starred as this controversial entertainer in a 1974 biopic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lenny Bruce

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ANY FIRST WORDS?

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An adjective meaning "first", or a letter like "F" in F. Murray Abraham

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L____O

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The opposite of staccato, it's a direction to play music smoothly

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Time's up! The correct answer was legato

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TURNING 40 IN '98

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This pitcher's "Orel" history continued in '98 with a new team, the Giants

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Time's up! The correct answer was Orel Hershiser

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GREEK LIFE

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Crowds flock to Dodona, Philippi & Thassos to see festivals of this art performed in ancient venues

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Time's up! The correct answer was Theater

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JAY

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He drafted the constitution of New York state & was appointed chief justice of the state in 1777

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Jay

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SYNONYMS

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As a noun, it's a synonym for "flower", as a verb, it's to blossom or come into one's own

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Time's up! The correct answer was bloom

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FAMOUS LLOYDS

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In 1980 this "Evita" composer won a Tony for Best Score & a Grammy for Best Cast Show Album

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Time's up! The correct answer was Webber

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RHYMES WITH TEEN

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Nasty or stingy; or the average

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mean

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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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BEATLES MUSIC

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Chauffeur Alf Bicknell was the inspiration for this 1965 song

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Drive My Car"

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WORLD HISTORY

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More than 250,000 died in fighting before France granted this African nation independence July 3, 1962

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Time's up! The correct answer was Algeria

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WYOMING

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1 of Wyoming's 2 U.S. senators

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alan Simpson

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HOW NOVEL

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Agatha Christie mystery in which an heiress is murdered on an Egyptian cruise

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Death on the Nile"

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THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS

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Legendary promoter who ran the Fillmore West in the Bay Area & the Fillmore East in NYC

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Graham

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GOVERNMENT

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

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

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MY PLACE?

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As he often said, Chris Farley's character Matt Foley lived in one of these down by the river

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Time's up! The correct answer was van

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& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN

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This Lerner & Loewe musical had its "loverly" farewell in 1962, after 2,717 shows

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

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THE FABULOUS '50s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cesium

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CROSSWORD CLUES "J"

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Jettisoned goods (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was jetsam

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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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THE ROMANOV DYNASTY

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The Romanov dynasty was named in honor of Roman Yurievich, whose daughter married this "horrifying" czar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan the Terrible

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BIG BANDS

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Benny Goodman got good "vibes" from him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lionel Hampton

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STAMPS

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A stamp honors this 19th c. author about whom it was said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harriet Beecher Stowe

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THE MISFITS

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Born Joseph Levitch, he's been a nutty professor & an errand boy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Lewis

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ON THE MOVE

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This U.S. city has more miles of subway than any other subway system in the Western Hemisphere

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Time's up! The correct answer was New York City

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ANCIENT TIMES

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Hetepheres was the mother of this Great Pyramid king; when her tomb was found, Mummy's mummy was missing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheops

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THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION

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With Mary I's accession in 1553 he ran to Geneva; he returned in 1559 & reformed the Church of Scotland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Knox

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NAME THE WORK

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O. Henry: "Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Gift of the Magi"

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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME

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Ashcroft, Belushi, Barleycorn

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Time's up! The correct answer was John

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TV CASTS

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Aliens abducted Mulder on "The X-Files", so Scully got partnered with this "Terminator 2" actor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Patrick

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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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THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM

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1170: Reginald Fitzurse & 3 other knights

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Becket

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THE "BUTLER" DID IT

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A former Dodger outfielder & TV's "Grace Under Fire" both go by this name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brett Butler

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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR

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"Z", "State of Siege", "Missing"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Costa-Gavras

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MAGAZINES

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In titles, this word follows Southern, Country & Martha Stewart

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Time's up! The correct answer was Living

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ACTORS' RHYME TIME

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Michael J.'s containers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fox's boxes

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LITERARY CHARACTERS

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He tells his 10-year-old sister Phoebe that he wants to be a "catcher in the rye"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Holden Caulfield

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BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES

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That very blond guy you met at carnival is called an "alemao", literally a man from this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Germany

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LEGENDARY LEGENDS

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A legend about this "Irish" group is that they are the descendants of shipwrecked sailors of the Spanish Armada

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

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TV MOVIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Waltons

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NAME THE WORK

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O. Henry: "Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Gift of the Magi"

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WORDS TO THE "Y"s

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It's defined as government by many officials & administrators

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Time's up! The correct answer was bureaucracy

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GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY

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I hates it when the cops put these "bracelets" on me after a bust

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Time's up! The correct answer was Handcuffs

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DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR

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"Ordinary People" (1980)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Redford

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LANGUAGES

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This Scandinavian language changed "aa" to a circle-topped "a", making it closer to Swedish and Norwegian

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Time's up! The correct answer was Danish

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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"

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Petty critique (7)

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Time's up! The correct answer was quibble

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THE ENVIRONMENT

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The Florida wild black type of this carnivore is down to about 3,000 animals & needs its habitat protected

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bear

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ON THE GO

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This Newfoundland capital is the easternmost terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway

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

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TWO

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In suds: Eberhard Anheuser &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adolphus Busch

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NO. 1 ALBUMS

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"Glass Houses"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Joel

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HEIR

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If Richie Rich's father dies, his legacy is managed by one of these, from the Latin for "guard"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a custodian

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CLASSIC AD LINES

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"When It Absolutely, Positively Has To Be There Overnight"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Federal Express

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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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11-LETTER WORDS

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Another name for mercury, it also means mercurial or temperamental

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quicksilver

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WAITER!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was sake

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REQUIRED READING

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In works of mythology, Ajax was one of the heroes of this country in the Trojan War

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece

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THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ticketmaster

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HERBS & SPICES

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This pizza herb was virtually unknown to Americans until WWII soldiers came home & raved about it

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Time's up! The correct answer was oregano

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MODERN "TIME"S

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It's the "Fox"y TV spinoff seen here:

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Time of Your Life

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A THOMAS GUIDE

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He obtained 1,093 patents, the most the U.S. Patent Office has ever issued to one person

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edison

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NEWS TO ME

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In a surprise, Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in this state went to a Republican in a January 2010 election

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Time's up! The correct answer was Massachusetts

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ASSASSINS

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Ramon Mercader, who killed this man in 1940, was later awarded the Order of Lenin

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trotsky

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ENDS WITH "K"

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A snide, simpering, self-satisfied smile

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Time's up! The correct answer was Smirk

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LET'S BOUNCE

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Sound navigation& ranging is the full name for this device that bounces radio waves underwater

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Time's up! The correct answer was sonar

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ODD TITLES

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Gilbert & Sullivan's "Mikado", not Milne, gave us this hyphenated title for a pompous functionary

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Time's up! The correct answer was grand poo-bah

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HEIR

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the executor

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DRIVING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Firestone

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DANCE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the minuet

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FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS

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This cabinet department operates over 160 hospitals & has guaranteed over 16 million loans

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Time's up! The correct answer was Veterans Affairs

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EPONYMS

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This religious sect living primarily in Ohio & southeast Pennsylvania gets its name from a 17th century Swiss Mennonite bishop

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Amish

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BIOLOGY

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Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man

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Time's up! The correct answer was smell

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BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE

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The 1969 ballet "Trinity" was inspired by the peace movement in this California university city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Berkeley

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REEL MOTHERS

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Kathleen Turner is a psychopathic housewife on a killing spree in this 1994 John Waters comedy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Serial Mom

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TECHNOLOGY

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The average keyboard has this many keys.

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Time's up! The correct answer was 104

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MS.

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Joan Benoit was 1st to win this Olympic event, finally offered for women in ‘84

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Time's up! The correct answer was marathon

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EARLY AMERICA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yale

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DIED ON THE SAME DAY

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Just hours before Michael Jackson's death, Hollywood lost this TV "Angel"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Farrah Fawcett

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MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS

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ABBA: "You are the dancing queen, young & sweet, only ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was 17

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CANADIAN CAPITALS

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This Manitoba capital's name is derived from 2 Cree Indian words meaning "murky water"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winnipeg

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BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hoover

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BEES

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The 3 classes of a honeybee colony

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Time's up! The correct answer was a drone, a queen, and a worker

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PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME

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Arthur's school terms

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chester's semesters

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KIDDIE LIT

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The first line of the early 19th century nursery rhyme whose original title was "The Star"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michaelmas

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OF "RATH"

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It's an adjective meaning really, really angry

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Time's up! The correct answer was wrathful

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BIG "STAR"

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As soon as corn is picked, its sugar begins to turn into this, so get it into the pot fast!

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Time's up! The correct answer was starch

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HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN

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A causeway linking Bahrain & Saudi Arabia is named for this man who became Saudi king in 1982

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Time's up! The correct answer was King Fahd

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COMPUTER JARGON

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

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

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THE REEL STORY

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Kate Winslet wears a blue diamond necklace called the "Heart of the Ocean" in this 1997 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic

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THREE

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Brecht & Weill's "Die Dreigroschenoper" is known as this in English

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Threepenny Opera"

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COMIC STRIPS

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This Scott Adams title guy with a gravity-defying tie accidentally invented a death ray that interested North Korea

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dilbert

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MOVIES BY ROLES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Forrest Gump

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IN THE FIRE

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Many 17th century New York City households had one of these to form a brigade in case of fire

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bucket

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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In 1884 she moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska & later fictionalized it as the town of Hanover in "O Pioneers!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Willa Cather

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MY NAME IS EARL WARREN

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I am interred at this national cemetery

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arlington

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LESSER-KNOWN MUSICALS

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Bully for Len Cariou, who played this famous man in the musical "Teddy And Alice"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Theodore Roosevelt

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COME, HO CHI MINH

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Ho Chi Minh helped start Vietnam's Communist Party & in the 1920s helped start this Eur. country's Communist Party

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Time's up! The correct answer was France

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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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AGRICULTURE

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Generally, a steer is a castrated bull used for food; this shorter word refers to one used as a draft animal

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Time's up! The correct answer was ox

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JUST DESSERTS

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Chef Josef Dobos is famous for creating this type of cake named for him

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Time's up! The correct answer was torte

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WONDER DRUGS

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Football coach & triple-bypass patient Dan Reeves advertises Zocar, which mainly aims to lower this

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Time's up! The correct answer was cholesterol

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PSYCHOLOGY

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Brought to the U.S. in the 1930s, this movement's name is German for "pattern" or "shape"

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Time's up! The correct answer was gestalt

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FARAWAY PLACES

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To get from Africa to Arabia, you cross (or part) this sea that has a colorful name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red Sea

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I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...

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Obviously, it's a funny play about bad baseball players

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Comedy of Errors

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___ OG

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"Pea Soup" describes a dense one

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Time's up! The correct answer was fog

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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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OOH... A WISE GUY

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The writings of this man seen here were truly Revolutionary

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Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx

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WEEDS

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This plant whose alkaloids ended Socrates' life now grows on American roadsides

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hemlock

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FURNITURE

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A removable section of a tabletop; when it's hinged, it's a "drop"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leaf

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MASTER OF PUPPETS

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Dr. Bunsen Honeydew & this lab assistant were on "The Muppet Show"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beaker

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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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20th CENTURY ARTISTS

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In 2006 "Roots", a 1943 painting by her, sold for $5.6 million, then the record for a Latin American work

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frida Kahlo

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IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS

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We're mostly 4,000 feet above sea level & Idi Amin doesn't run us anymore. Isn't that enough?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uganda

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19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS

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On Nov. 2, 1880 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Ohio, a senator-elect & president-elect

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Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield

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TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA

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Kurt Russell, who later played Elvis, was in the 1963 Elvis film "It Happened" here

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Time's up! The correct answer was At the World's Fair

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4-LETTER VERBS

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"And when two lovers woo they still say 'I love you' on that you can" do this

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Time's up! The correct answer was rely

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DRAMA QUEENS

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A 1952 play covered the young life of this queen, like a 1998 Cate Blanchett film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I

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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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STATE CAPITALS

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A statue of King Kamehameha I stands guard outside the judiciary building in this capital city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu

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GEOGRAPHY "E"

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Parts of the Arabian and Libyan deserts are found in this African country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt

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COUNTY SEATS

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Paris (population 8,730) is the seat of Bourbon County in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky

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OXYMORONS

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Roberto Benigni's film "Life Is Beautiful" is a beautiful example of this oxymoronic genre

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Time's up! The correct answer was tragic comedy

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ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER

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This "Das Kapital" author stands between comedian Oliver Hardy & H.G. Wells

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Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx

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HORS D'OEUVRES

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This chic Middle-Eastern dip is made primarily from chickpeas & served with pita bread

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Time's up! The correct answer was hummus

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HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

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A 1906 announcement: dad Socrates & mom Penelope celebrate the launch of this new little ship

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aristotle Onassis

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IT BORDERS INDIA

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The disputed ownership of the Kashmir region is a sore spot between India & this smaller neighbor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan

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MEDIEVAL MUSIC

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A 13th century hit tells us this "is icumen in"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Summer

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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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A BUG'S LIFE

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This garden pest controller is the state insect of Delaware & Massachusetts

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Time's up! The correct answer was ladybug

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ART

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This Chinese dynasty that reigned from 1368 to 1644 was known for beautiful vases

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ming

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THE 14th CENTURY

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In the 1350s this Moorish palace was completed in Granada, Spain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alhambra

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MOVIES & TV

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Time magazine said this 2003 Pixar film was "the ultimate fish-out-of-water story"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Finding Nemo

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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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HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC

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The Mayo-Gibbon bypass machine assumes the functions of these 2 different organs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Heart & lung

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TURKISH LITERATURE

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Peter Ustinov directed & starred in the film version of the Yasar Kemal novel "Memed, My" this predatory bird

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawk

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TRUTH OR DARE

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Dare: She was born on Aug. 18, 1587, the first English child born in America

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Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia Dare

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BUSINESS BUDDIES

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S. Duncan Black & this partner filed a patent for a drill in 1914

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Time's up! The correct answer was Decker

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ANGELS

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Sportswriters refer to the Angels as these appropriate circular items, like the one in the team's logo

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Halos

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UP & ATOM

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To study atoms you might use a scanning tunneling one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was microscope

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NIGHT WATCH

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The schedule is TBD, but if you head way up north in March or Sept., you can probably catch this big light show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aurora borealis

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LET'S BOUNCE

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Sound navigation& ranging is the full name for this device that bounces radio waves underwater

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Time's up! The correct answer was sonar

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LANGUAGES

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Hungarians call their official language this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magyar

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SWEET!

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A red cake named for this smooth fabric is really a chocolate cake--food coloring gives it the distinctive color

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Time's up! The correct answer was velvet

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"PRO"NOUNS

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An introductory part in a novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prologue

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IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD

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When this member of the nightshade family reached Italy, it was known as pomi d'oro, or gold apple

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tomato

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CARDS & DICE

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The 4 players in bridge are given these directional titles

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Time's up! The correct answer was North, South, East & West

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MODES OF TRANSPORT

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He named the first Bell X-1 rocket plane for his wife, Glennis

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Yeager

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SRO

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Tony-winning Tony who drew big crowds with his epic play "Angels In America"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Kushner

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CARTOONS

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The monster seen here (Godzilla) originally appeared in movies from this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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SPORTS

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Founded in 1897, it's the world's oldest annual marathon

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Boston Marathon

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A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS

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11 million: on Luzon Island

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manila

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BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES

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Bloomer was the maiden name of this first lady who blossomed as a fashion model in pre-WWII NYC

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Time's up! The correct answer was Betty Ford

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CROSSWORD CLUES "D"

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France's patron saint (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Denis

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FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

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James Lick of observatory fame was responsible for the Key Memorial in this San Francisco park

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Time's up! The correct answer was Golden Gate Park

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GET SMART

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was an egg

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WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

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Block Island Sound separates Block Island from this tiny state's mainland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island

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JERSEY GIRLS

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This "Fudge"-tastic children's author was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey

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