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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Blume

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ANIMAL TERMS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was lounge lizards

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LITERARY QUOTES

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Poet who wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark & deep, but I have promises to keep..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Frost

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OF "RATH"

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On election night 2000, this newsman spouted lines like "Bush will be madder than a rained-on rooster"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dan Rather

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47

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You deserve a medal if you know that this element, symbol Ag, is No. 47 on the periodic table

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Time's up! The correct answer was silver

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HORSE SENSE

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Golden Cloud had great pull with Roy Rogers under this stage name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trigger

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INITIALS M.D.

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnie Driver

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ACTORS WHO DIRECT

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"The Pledge" & "Into the Wild"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sean Penn

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U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES

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This "calm" lake village in New York State is often called "America's Switzerland"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Placid

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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His bestselling first novel, published in 1846, was set in Polynesia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville

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A PRAIRIE PRIMER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alberta

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AH, SWEET MYTHTERY

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Hard-partyin' half-man, half-goat creatures of Greek mythology

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Time's up! The correct answer was a satyr

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"EVE"NING

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A bracketed projecting beam supported on only one end, or a type of bridge

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cantilever

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MY PLACE?

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A Norman could say, "I'm the king of the motte-and-bailey style of" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was castle

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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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"PU"

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It's the time of life when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of....sex

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Time's up! The correct answer was Puberty

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BRAND-O

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Fido knows that Robert Hunsicker created this dog food brand

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alpo

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FILE UNDER "K"

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The Nancy Drew books are written under this pseudonym

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carolyn Keene

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SWEET!

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A confection called a kiss is baked this: sugar & stiffly beaten egg whites

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Time's up! The correct answer was meringue

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ABBREVIATED

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An international alliance: EU

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

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HEISMAN WINNERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doak Walker

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PEANUTS

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When Charlie Brown gave Snoopy one of these, it took Snoopy an hour to put it on the flea

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Time's up! The correct answer was Flea Collar

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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This car name may come from an abbreviation of "general purpose vehicle"

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Time's up! The correct answer was jeep

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SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES

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Though this comedy has Verona in its title, it ends in a forest on the frontiers of Mantua

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

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HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU

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Around 336 B.C., this "great" king of Macedonia began building an empire from Africa to India

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander

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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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HOMOPHONES

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Antagonistic, or an inexpensive lodging place for young people abroad

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Time's up! The correct answer was hostile/hostel

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WHEN IN ROME?

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Mussolini becomes prime minister: this decade

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

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REAL TO REEL

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In this movie Meryl Streep as Aussie mom Lindy Chamberlain exclaimed, "The dingo's got my baby!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Cry In The Dark

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POETRY

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Originally, he didn't want his "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" published

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gray

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HERBS & SPICES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was sage

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GETTING POSSESSIVE

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This bovine took the rap for the disastrous fire of October 8, 1871

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. O'Leary's cow

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SAINTS

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In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seville

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THE ONION HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056

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"Refugees Row" this entire island "to Miami"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba

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NICE TO MEAT YOU

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USDA grades of this "other white meat" are 1, 2, 3, 4 & utility; mmm... utility this

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Time's up! The correct answer was pork

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SPELL CHECK HELL

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Tried to put in the first name of Colts quarterback Manning & it turned him into this hallucinogenic cactus

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Time's up! The correct answer was peyote

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THE 1930s

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In 1936, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, this country began remilitarizing the Rhineland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Germany

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KNOTS TO YOU

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The Honda is a slip knot used by cowboys to make this tool of the trade

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lasso

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LONG WORDS

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In 1923 Lts. Macready & Kelly made the first nonstop flight of this 16-letter type, Long Island to San Diego

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Time's up! The correct answer was transcontinental

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I PITY THE "FOOL"

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Senior citizens might object to this proverb popularized by John Lyly in the play "Mother Bombie"

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Time's up! The correct answer was There's no fool like an old fool

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I'M HUNGRY!

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Let's make Craig Claiborne's recipe for an upside-down type of this fruit pie; it's a lot like tarte tatin

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Time's up! The correct answer was apple pie

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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A 1975 inductee, he gave us "an electronic alphabet that could carry messages"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Morse

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POUR ME A STIFF ONE

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This brand of liqueur made its debut in Dublin on November 26, 1974

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

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SAY CHEESE

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Italian cheesecake is made with this cheese whose name means "recooked"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ricotta

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES

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Holly Hunter played it: "The _____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Piano

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PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

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1 of the 2 presidents who could have used the Pony Express while in office

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buchanan & Lincoln

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IT SOUNDS LIKE

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Jay Leno's show, it sounds like how you address a letter for Sir Galahad

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tonight

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MACBETH

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Macbeth says to this character, "Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Banquo's ghost

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IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?

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When Lady Diana had doubts about marrying Prince Charles, she was told: Too late. "Your face is on" these cloth items

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Time's up! The correct answer was tea towels

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WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA

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This type of year happens once every four

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Time's up! The correct answer was leap

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YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY

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Royal rapper seen on TV's "Living Single" & in the movie "Living Out Loud"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Latifah

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EUROPE

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Only predominanty Muslim country entirely in Europe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Albania

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THE PLANETS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus

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LINGUISTICS

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Considered part of grammar, it's the study of the interrelation of words in a sentence

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Time's up! The correct answer was Syntax

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ENGLISH LIT

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Among his historical novels are "I, Claudius" & "Claudius the God"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Graves

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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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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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The second word in the French name of this boneless steak means "dainty"

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Time's up! The correct answer was filet mignon

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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"

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God requires adult Muslims to fast during this month so they may cultivate piety

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan

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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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TALK LIKE A BRIT

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

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

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HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hull House

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"EZ" DOES IT

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In the classic sitcom he's the patriarch of "The Addams Family"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gomez

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LEGAL "E"s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was executor

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MYSPACE.MAN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glenn

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FAMOUS AMERICANS

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In February 1865, 2 months before surrendering, he became general in chief of all the Confederate armies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert E. Lee

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ALL "AMERICAN"

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When Iowa farmers & their wives first saw this 1930 painting of a farm couple, many of them were downright angry

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Time's up! The correct answer was American Gothic

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TECHNOLOGY

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This was the first smartphone in the world.

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Time's up! The correct answer was IBM Simon

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BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER

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Wife of Ahab, this Baal worshiper & harlot was last seen in Jezreel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jezebel

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RUSSIA

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They're the colors of the three stripes on the Russian flag

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Time's up! The correct answer was red, white, and blue

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ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR

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Hard, quick gasps for air

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Time's up! The correct answer was pants

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MEDICINE

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The term "strep", as in strep throat, is short for this type of bacteria

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Time's up! The correct answer was Streptococcus

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PLAY REVIVALS

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Ethan Hawke appeared in a 1992 production of this Chekhov play with another bird in its name

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

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ARTISTS' RETREATS

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Proceeds from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" helped him start a residency program on Long Island

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Albee

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BORN IN THE WINDY CITY

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This Chicago native worked as a DJ in Vietnam & a weatherman in Nashville before hosting "Wheel of Fortune"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pat Sajak

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ANGELS

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Arte Moreno bought the baseball team in 2003 & renamed it the Los Angeles Angels of this place

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anaheim

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11-LETTER WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vichysoisse

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INTERIOR DESIGN

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Some 18th C. chairs had footrests to accommodate the swollen feet of sufferers from this disease

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gout

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STATE: THE OBVIOUS

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It's the state whose shape is seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nevada

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EPONYMS

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Inventor & shirtmaker S.L. Cluett's first name gives us this process for minimizing fabric shrinkage

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sanforizing

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INLETS

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Faxa Bay in the North Atlantic is between this country's Snaefells & Reykjanes peninsulas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland

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ABBREVIATED

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High-ranking business operative: CFO

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Time's up! The correct answer was chief financial officer

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LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER

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Jules Verne-Wilkie Collins sci-fi/detective novel about Civil War vets who want to shoot a cannon into a gem

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

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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

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

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STOCK SYMBOLS

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You don't need a Visa to visit this bank's stock symbol, CMB

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chase Manhattan Bank

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THE COMPANY LINE

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

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

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VALUABLE PLACES

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Sir Joseph Paxton's palace, or Dr. Robert Schuller's cathedral

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crystal

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MYTHOLOGY

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Daedalus used this substance to fasten the wings to his back

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Time's up! The correct answer was wax

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POTPOURRI

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Charles Schulz said Snoopy didn't become a lead character until he began walking this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was on two feet

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EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was mushrooms

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OATS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grits

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FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS

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Hobble, wrap, micro mini

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Time's up! The correct answer was skirt

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"X"s & "O"s

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This stiff silken fabric is favored for bridal gowns, like Christina Applegate's in 2001

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Time's up! The correct answer was organza

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SHAMANISM ON YOU

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Yikes! Among these indigenous Australians, a person is thought to become a shaman after an initiatory death

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Aborigines

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ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER

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Add this letter to star & get something harsh or grim

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Time's up! The correct answer was K

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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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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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OSCARDS WILD

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Disney sued the Academy for "unflattering" use of this character after a 1989 duet with her & Rob Lowe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snow White

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FLOWER

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Bergamot is also called the "balm" of these creatures to which it's highly attractive

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Time's up! The correct answer was bees

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RUSSELING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Russ Feingold

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THE LAND

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Victoria Land, one of its regions, lies north of the Ross Ice Shelf

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Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica

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MOVIES & TV

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We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009

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Time's up! The correct answer was Battlestar Galactica

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ISLANDS

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This largest island in the world also contains the northernmost land in the world

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greenland

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AMERICAN COUNTIES

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Ogemaw, Saginaw & Washtenaw are all counties in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan

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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 LAST MAN

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In "Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science & Technology" is this "Cosmos" astronomer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carl Sagan

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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In the painting seen here, Lincoln is reading this historic document that led to the end of slavery

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Emancipation Proclamation

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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ave Maria

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WORLD MUSEUMS

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It's the set of museums that includes the Museo Pio-Clementino, exhibiting sculpture

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Vatican Museums

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THE FRENCH CONNECTION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was apéritif

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FOREIGN TRAVEL

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On entering the U.K., if you have anything to declare (besides "They talk funny here"), see one of these officers

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Time's up! The correct answer was customs

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 11

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DISNEY VILLAINS

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Scar

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

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THE TIGERS

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One of this man's most famous poems begins, "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, in the forests of the night"

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Blake

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NURSERY RHYMES

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One little pig "went to market"; one little pig "stayed at home"; one little pig ate this meat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roast beef

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ANATOMY

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Each wrist has 8 of these bones, also the name of a tunnel in the wrist

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Time's up! The correct answer was the carpals

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HOUSES OF WORSHIP

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Islamabad

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RODENTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a capybara

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3 LITTLE LETTERS

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Its headquarters compound in Langley, Virginia is named for Former President George Bush

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Time's up! The correct answer was the CIA

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GREAT DAMES

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This Maori diva from New Zealand sang with Nelson Riddle and at Prince Charles's wedding

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kiri Te Kanawa

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ALLUSIONAL THINKING

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A small person who goes up against a bigger opponent & wins evokes the story of these 2 Valley of Elah foes

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Time's up! The correct answer was David & Goliath

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SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN

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The daughter of Polonius

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia

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WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT

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As an example to her Russian subjects, she & her son Paul had themselves inoculated against smallpox in 1768

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Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine

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4-LETTER WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coma

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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Every summer thousands of these animals go to the Pribilof Islands in the north Pacific to breed

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seals

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SCRAMBLED EGGS?

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It sounds like a dance: EMU REIGN

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Time's up! The correct answer was meringue

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THE KILLERS

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This "insect" of a gangster was a real-life hit man for Murder Incorporated in the 1930s & '40s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bugsy Siegel

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WORLD HISTORY

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This Navy commander flew from a base at Little America to the South Pole & back Nov. 28-29, 1929

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Time's up! The correct answer was Admiral Richard Byrd

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STARTS WITH A PRONOUN

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One who interlaces cloth, or an African bird that interlaces grass to make its elaborate nest

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Time's up! The correct answer was a weaver

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MYTHOLOGY

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This Norse god known for his great strength was a protector of peasants & farmers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thor

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LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington

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PUSH BY SAFIRE

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William Safire won this prize in 1978 "For Commentary on the Bert Lance Affair" ("Affair" being Lance's banking practices)

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Pulitzer

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MYTHOLOGY

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The sister of Orestes, mourning became her

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Time's up! The correct answer was Electra

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ASTROLOGY

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There are this many houses in the astrological subdivision

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Time's up! The correct answer was 12

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VOLCANOES

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In 1908 members of Ernest Shackleton's expedition became the first to climb this continent's Mount Erebus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica

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KOREA

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It's enlightening to know the eighth day of the fourth lunar month is celebrated as his birthday

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buddha

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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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HAVE A WHISKEY

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In the 1880s Ontario-brewed Club whiskey got this new national name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canadian Club

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was three

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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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COVER ME!

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In 1979 this Sex Pistols bassist did "My Way", his way

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sid Vicious

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1984

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The Boston Symphony had to pay this actress $100,000 for canceling her contract due to her PLO support

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vanessa Redgrave

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KNIGHTS

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This adjective, a synonym for "wandering", describes the type of knight satirized by Cervantes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Knight-errant

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SKIRTING THE ISSUE

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On the original "90210":, Donna wore this type of skirt to the prom; she couldn't sit down all night

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

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INDONESIA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was quinine

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& GO TO "BED"

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Kidded & teased (like Adam did to Eve, perhaps?)

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Time's up! The correct answer was ribbed

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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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THE "FIRST" STATE

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In a symphony orchestra, the leader of this group serves as concertmaster

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Time's up! The correct answer was first violin

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LITERARY BADDIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Grinch

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WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?

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Kate Hudson

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Time's up! The correct answer was Goldie Hawn

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WASHINGTON D.C.

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Former Secretary of State for whom Washington, D.C. International Airport is named

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Foster Dulles

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LITERATURE

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Goethe called him Faust; Marlowe dubbed him this

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

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OPERA & BALLET

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cinderella

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APT ANAGRAMS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was America Online

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EDUCATION JARGON

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was At Risk

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ENGLISH LITERATURE

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The title of this E.M. Forster novel refers to the house that belonged to Henry Wilcox' first wife

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Howards End"

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BUGS

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These insects "chirp" by rubbing their 2 front wings together

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crickets

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FROM THE GREEK

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When food is swallowed, it goes down this tube, the Greek word for "gullet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the esophagus

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"X"-MEN

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He was the de facto leader of China from the late 1970s to the early 1990s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Deng Xiaoping

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VERMONTERS

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George Franklin Edmunds wrote most of this antitrust act of 1890

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sherman

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"DREAM"Y SONGS

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1 of 2 "dream"y Top 20 songs recorded by Cass Elliott with The Mamas and The Papas

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Time's up! The correct answer was "California Dreamin'" & "Dream a Little Dream of Me"

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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Pick up a GT from this car co. for a tidy $169,000, or maybe start out with a Focus for a more reasonable $13,715

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Big Fish

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UNFORESEEN FINDS

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The idea for this device occurred when a magnetron melted a candy bar in Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer's pocket

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Time's up! The correct answer was the microwave

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EUROPE

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Descriptive term for the flag of Italy & the flag of France

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tricolor

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ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE

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Like its relative the peacock, the Argus type of this bird has "eyes" in its elaborate tail feathers

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Time's up! The correct answer was the pheasant

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SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES

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

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

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A SHAPELY CATEGORY

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It's the more common 4-letter name for a regular hexahedron

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cube

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BARD BITS

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Comparing "thee to a summer's day" in sonnet 18, the bard realizes that "Thou art more lovely and more" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was temperate

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PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE

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Samsoe is a Swiss-style cow's milk cheese named for an island in this Scandinavian country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Denmark

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BON APPE-"T"

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A folded tortilla filled with various ingredients

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taco

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest

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SEAQUEST

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Despite this name, it's really the world's largest lake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Caspian Sea

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WHAM-O

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In 1997 Wham-O introduced a Max Flight version of this 1950s sensation that flew farther & was easy to catch

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Frisbee

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THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

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Celebrating "a century of sanctuary" in 2009, it's Utah's first national park, though it's last alphabetically

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zion

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FAMILIAR PHRASES

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In "A Psalm of Life, " Longfellow tells of leaving these behind "on the sands of time"

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Time's up! The correct answer was footprints

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WORD ORIGINS

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The name of this bread spread goes all the way back to bous, a Greek word for "cow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was butter

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GONE TOMORROW?

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Picoides Borealis is the red-cockaded species of this bird, still on the endangered list in 2004

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Time's up! The correct answer was the woodpecker

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OATS

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In 1877 Henry Seymour read about this religious group in an encyclopedia & named his oat company for them

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quakers

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UNFORESEEN FINDS

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This product was born when a new 3M jet-fuel hose material spilled on shoes & made them waterproof & stain-resistant

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotchgard

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KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?

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"Kid tested, mother approved" cereal

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Time's up! The correct answer was K-I-X

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THE EMPEROR NERO

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Nero's indulgences included poetry, acting & racing these vehicles

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Time's up! The correct answer was chariots

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JEWELRY

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Known for its malleability & white brilliance, this rare metal has been used in jewelry since the 19th C.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Platinum

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TELEVISION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ed Asner

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KIDDY LIT

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This dark horse shares stables with Merrylegs & Ginger

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Time's up! The correct answer was Black Beauty

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NOTED EUROPEANS

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On the 50th anniv. of Bunker Hill, this European was back on our shores to lay the monument's cornerstone

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lafayette

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MASTER OF PUPPETS

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Named for its early 19th century creator, bunraku is the traditional puppet theater of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE

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Hey, this, don't be "obscure"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jude

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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A New York steak is also known as this alliterative steak

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Time's up! The correct answer was strip steak

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THE ASPCA

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An ASPCA program begun in 1992 promotes the adoption of these dogs when they retire from racing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greyhounds

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OOH... A WISE GUY

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Peachy thoughts from this uber philosopher include "God is Dead" & "Is Man only a blunder of God?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nietzsche

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Dystopian Anthony Burgess novel that's a New Zealand fish

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Clockwork Orange Roughy

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HEADLINES

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On May 3, 1973 the Chicago Tribune said this local landmark "Becomes the Tallest of the Tall"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sears Tower

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"J" WHIZ

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The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was one of the many churches built by this 6th century Byzantine emperor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Justinian I

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HARRISON FORD MOVIES

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"Replicants are like any other machine -- they're either a benefit or a hazard"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blade Runner

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ONE BUCK OR LESS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alberto

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PROPHET SHARING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Agamemnon

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SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES

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

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

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IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY

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In 1858 the British established this type of colony on India's Andaman Islands

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Time's up! The correct answer was Penal colony

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BEFORE & AFTER

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"Bouncy" 1965 Beatles album that took over for Don Cornelius as host of a dance show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rubber Soul Train

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DOUBLE TALK

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This full, loose women's garment with a bright print is traditional attire in Hawaii

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Time's up! The correct answer was Muumuu

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NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA

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Its cities include Minot, Jamestown & Grand Forks

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Dakota

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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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"EVER"S

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Chris Rock narrated this show, loosely based on his childhood

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Time's up! The correct answer was Everybody Hates Chris

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TRANSPORTATION

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The transport for a 19th century double date might have been a barouche, one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a carriage

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LIFE SCIENCE

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A nematode is a roundworm; a planarian's shape gives it this name

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Time's up! The correct answer was a flatworm

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BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS

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1966: "One Bloke Year-Round"

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Man For All Seasons

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MILITARY POWER

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No armed forces are allowed in this area between North & South Korea

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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS

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In 1834 Delacroix painted the lush "Women of" this Algerian city "in Their Apartment"

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ANCIENT COINS

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The animal featured on the electrum coin of Lydia, it got the world's coinage off to a roaring success

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10-LETTER WORDS

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It's one's partner in crime

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Time's up! The correct answer was Accomplice

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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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ISLANDS

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One of France's 26 regions, it doesn't count as an overseas one though it's 100 miles across the Mediterranean

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Time's up! The correct answer was Corsica

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ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was purple

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POEMS ON POETS

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This romantic poet was really not clairvoyant / In 1822 / He put "Hellas" into view / But we wish he was more buoyant

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by this team

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

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This German composer's 5th Symphony in C Minor has a famous opening

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COMICS STRIP

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Ken Jeong bared all as crime lord Mr. Chow in this 2009 Vegas comedy

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OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

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After Charles II was restored to England's throne, he had this lord protector's body dug up & beheaded

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BETTER KNOWN AS...

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Charles Buchinsky

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SCOTLAND

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The Church of Scotland, the country's national church, is a branch of this Christian denomination

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ANIMAL PLANET

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Ethiopian feline variety seen here

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

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Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel about the adventures of Dean Moriarty & friends as they travel the U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was "On The Road"

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NOTABLE NONHUMANS

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Colo was the first of these great apes born in captivity, in 1956 at the Columbus Zoo

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BORN IN DUBLIN

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This red-haired beauty born in the Dublin suburb of Ranelagh played Natalie Wood's mother in "Miracle on 34th Street"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maureen O'Hara

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TWO

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In engines: Stephen Briggs &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harold Stratton

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COUNTY SEATS

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As I walked out in the streets of this city, I was in the seat of Webb County, Texas

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CARBON CREDITS

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The atoms in a diamond are arranged in this "4-faced" pyramid-shaped pattern, giving it a rigid structure

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ALBUMS

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In 1997 Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" appeared on her album "Let's Talk About Love" & on this soundtrack

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Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic

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WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

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

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

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SPACE MISSIONS

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The New Horizons mission was launched to explore this planet before it was downgraded to a dwarf

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FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

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Jack Nicholson movie villain known for his rictus

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KNOTS TO YOU

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It is second only to "Gunsmoke" as TV's longest-running primetime drama series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Knots Landing

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RUSSELING

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On Nov. 7, 1959 he grabbed 35 rebounds in his first showdown with Wilt Chamberlain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Russell

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"PRO"NOUNS

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The ceremonial etiquette observed by diplomats & heads of state

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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It was an 11-year-old girl who first suggested that Lincoln do this to improve his appearance

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Time's up! The correct answer was grow a beard

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BUSY AS A BEAVER

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Gee, Wally, this classic TV show premiered on October 4, 1957

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leave It to Beaver

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PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

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One of Reagan's last official acts as president was writing a thank-you note to this world leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher

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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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TAKE OUT

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The embolus removed from an artery in an embolectomy is usually one of these obstructions

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FROM THE LATIN

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Fancy Valentines often feature this delicate fabric whose name comes from the Latin for "to trap or snare"

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Time's up! The correct answer was lace

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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS

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1937-1940

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neville Chamberlain

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CONTESTS

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Theta Tau at Purdue holds a contest for convoluted machines in the spirit of this cartoonist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rube Goldberg

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PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS

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The end finally came for this Pres. in Elberon, New Jersey from blood posioning after being shot

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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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SECRET MENUS

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Have it your way at this chain & order a Mustard Whopper, which substitutes the yellow stuff for mayo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Burger King

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ANAGRAMMED BIRDS

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A holiday standard: key rut

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Time's up! The correct answer was turkey

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WHAT A WEEK

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This is a rough week for pledges, but if they can make it through, they can be fraternity members

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Time's up! The correct answer was hell week

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LITERARY HOUSES

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Harry Angstrom's house burns to the ground in this author's 1971 novel "Rabbit Redux"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Updike

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RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS

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For Muslims: witnessing, prayer, alms giving, fasting & pilgrimage

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Time's up! The correct answer was Five Pillars of Faith

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PARTY OF "FIVE"

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This type of "discount" is slang for shoplifting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Five-finger discount

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THE 20th CENTURY

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On Feb. 11, 1993 this Florida prosecutor was nominated Attorney General of the U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Janet Reno

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THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN

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The "Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" describes this "Right Place Wrong Time" man as a "swamp-rock singer/pianist"

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

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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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BUSINESS PARTNERS

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In paint: Henry Sherwin &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Williams

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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The Borg-Warner Trophy is awarded every year to the winner of this epic auto race held on Memorial Day weekend

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Indy 500

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"TEEN" SCENE

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If you're triskaidekaphobic, you're afraid of this number, & not just on a Friday

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Time's up! The correct answer was thirteen

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TRADING SPACES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was diamonds

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YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF

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The Lord's Prayer says, "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was evil

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VEGAS, BABY

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The European playground seen here, or a Las Vegas hotel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monte Carlo

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THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD

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The musical "Les Mis" didn't debut on Broadway but in this city, its setting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris

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BODIES OF WATER

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12,500' above sea level, this South American lake bordering Bolivia & Peru is the world's most navigable lake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Titicaca

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BIBLICAL PAIRS

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The sons of Rebekah

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jacob & Esau

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DUKE, DUKE

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Famous U.S. group of museums endowed by the illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Smithsonian

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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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This left-handed honey socked it to 'em on "Laugh-In" in the 1960s & as Private Benjamin in the 1980s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Goldie Hawn

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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The Tanglewood Music Festival is a summer highlight in Lenox in this New England state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Massachusetts

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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Autumn brings Choyo-No-Sekku or Chrysanthemum Day in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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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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HEIR

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Peter Faneuil, who gave this city its hall, inherited his uncle's fortune after another nephew was cut off for marrying

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston

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IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL

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This '80s trio were "Spirits in the Material World" before the synchronicity of their 2007 reunion

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Police

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SOUTH AMERICA

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These are the only 2 independent countries in South America named for a famous person

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colombia & Bolivia

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THE CIRCUS

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Pink is the most popular color of this fluffy confection made from spun sugar

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Time's up! The correct answer was cotton candy

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AVIARY

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Perhaps "imitating" Florida, in 1929 Arkansas chose this as its state bird

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Time's up! The correct answer was mockingbird

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4-LETTER WORDS

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An arm or leg

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Time's up! The correct answer was Limb

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NATURE

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The Dorcas type of this graceful antelope is one of the smallest; it's barely 2 feet tall

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Time's up! The correct answer was a gazelle

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MONEY SLANG

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Cheap way off a rodeo bronco

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buck

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TUBE TEST

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This spin-off spun off a show of its own, "Checking In", with Marla Gibbs continuing as Florence Johnston

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Jeffersons

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TRIALS OF THE CENTURY

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After their convictions, this pair became the first civilians put to death for espionage in the U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

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CROSSWORD CLUES "D"

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Scotch, & make it this (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was double

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WHERE WORDS COME FROM

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was ketchup

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POETS

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On Feb. 12, 1959, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, he addressed a joint session of Congress

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carl Sandburg

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SATURDAY

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At age 3, as Bubbles Silverman, this opera star sang on a Sat. morning radio show, "Uncle Bob's Rainbow House"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Sills

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ANATOMY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the cornea

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DOUBLE LETTERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wessex

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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This speech that Lincoln delivered on a battlefield in 1863 lasted only 2 minutes but its impact was huge

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Gettysburg Address

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JERSEY GIRLS

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Governor of New Jersey form 1994 to 2001, she appointed the state's first female Attorney General

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Time's up! The correct answer was Christine Whitman

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IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD

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Christopher Columbus sampled this grain in Cuba, declaring it "most tasty boiled, roasted or ground into flour"

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Time's up! The correct answer was corn

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WHAM-O

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In 1997 Wham-O introduced a Max Flight version of this 1950s sensation that flew farther & was easy to catch

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Frisbee

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THE "I"s HAVE IT

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From the Latin for "to overhang", it means "likely to happen at any moment"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Imminent

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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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ANIMAL TERMS

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This expression meaning to crease a page in a book for later reference dates back to 1659

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Time's up! The correct answer was dog-ear

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I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS

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Used to mean a vulnerable weak point in an enemy's defenses, it means the lower abdomen

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Time's up! The correct answer was underbelly

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WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT

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To further the ambitions of her brother, her father, Pope Alexander VI, arranged several marriages for her

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lucrezia Borgia

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STATE CAPITALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu

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THE "CO"-CATEGORY

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In 2009 Paul McCartney headlined this music fest near Palm Springs, California

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coachella

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EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES

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Signer of the Dec. of Indep., framer of the Constitution of Mass., second President of the United States

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Adams

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PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS

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She must have been hairy, as this hairstyle is named for the big-haired mistress of a French emperor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pompadour

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CNN

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Named for its Brooklyn-born host, this "live" interview show debuted on CNN in June 1985

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Larry King Live"

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LITERARY ANIMALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baloo

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LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER

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Jules Verne-Wilkie Collins sci-fi/detective novel about Civil War vets who want to shoot a cannon into a gem

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

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SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY CHARACTERS

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To the consternation of the title character, we learn that this character was born by C-section

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macduff

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BILLS & WILLS

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Before hosting his TV "Journal", he was deputy director of the Peace Corps

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Moyers

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TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED

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His autobiography was called "I Don't Mean To Be Rude, But..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Cowell

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SCIENCE GUYS

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This astronomer was born in Pisa, Italy February 15, 1564

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Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo

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OLYMPIC POTPOURRI

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En Garde! Women have competed in this Olympic sport since 1924

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fencing

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MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS

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1982: "Said Female Belongs To Me"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Girl Is Mine"

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THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE

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In 1932 this auto racer began using the squadron badge of a WWI flying ace: a prancing horse

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ferrari

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"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY

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Line preceding "Fire burn and cauldron bubble"

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Time's up! The correct answer was **"Double double, toil and trouble" **

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THE LAND

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The name of this state is from Choctaw & means it's the land of the "red people"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma

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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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We gotta hand it to this left-handed actress for winning an Oscar for "Erin Brockovich"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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September 2006 brought news of a "Unity Deal" between Hamas & this other 5-letter Palestinian group

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fatah

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ABBREVIATED

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On an accountant's calendar: FY

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Time's up! The correct answer was fiscal year

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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The Norns are counterparts of the Fates: Urd represents the past; Verdandi & Skuld, these 2 things

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Time's up! The correct answer was the present & the future

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CROSSWORD CLUES "B"

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A baby belch (4)

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Time's up! The correct answer was burp

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DICE ROLL NICKNAMES

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Snake Eyes

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Time's up! The correct answer was 2

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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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ARE WE THERE YET?

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This oldest national park has entrances in Wyoming & Montana

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yellowstone

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THAT'S MY LAW

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The Law of Independent Assortment is one of the laws of heredity named for this 19th C. Austrian monk

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gregor Mendel

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WEBSITES

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"Sari Says" is an advice column in the online version of this teen magazine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Teen People

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THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID

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This author's Mr. Bumble declared that "The law is a ass, a idiot"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Dickens

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

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Robin Hood's nemesis was the sheriff of this district

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nottingham

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FLY COUNTRIES

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Aer Lingus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland

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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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HARRY GUYS

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Watergate-era chief of staff, his initial "H" stood for Harry

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Time's up! The correct answer was HR Haldeman

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WORD"Z"

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A granular form of this common mineral is used to make sandpaper

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Time's up! The correct answer was quartz

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IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING

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Cool, Daddy-O! The 1939 autobiography by this bandleader was titled "The Kingdom of Swing"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benny Goodman

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SCIENCE CLASS

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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) As snowflakes are frozen water vapor, they're made up of these 2 chemical elements

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Time's up! The correct answer was hydrogen & oxygen

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WORD ORIGINS

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This wooden club is named for the town in county Wicklow where it originated

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shillelagh

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WHEAT

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South America's main wheat-growing area is the Pampa in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Argentina

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WAR MOVIES

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2004: Angry Greeks attack a fortified city-state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Troy

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LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER

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The horror! The horror! Marlow travels up the Congo to find Kurtz & Rubashov in a totalitarian prison state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Heart of Darkness at Noon

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CLIMBING

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In "Vertical Limit" Robin Tunney is menaced by this high-altitude condition of fluid leaking into the lungs

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Time's up! The correct answer was pulmonary edema

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INITIAL T.V.

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This show which had a 9-year-run on ABC was produced with help from J. Edgar Hoover

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

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U.S. CITIES

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It's the only Maryland city not located within a county

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore

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EXPLORERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kilimanjaro

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ENGLISH LITERATURE

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This James Joyce work is a dream sequence in the minds of the Earwicker family

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Finnegans Wake"

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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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His "Heroic" Period, from about 1803 to 1812, produced his "Eroica" Symphony

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beethoven

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"TOMORROW"

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In 1960 the Shirelles asked this musical question

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Time's up! The correct answer was Will you still love me tomorrow?

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AMERICANS IN PARIS

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In March 1971 this rocker closed the door on his band & moved to Paris to focus on his poetry

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Morrison

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APOLLO 11

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Astronomic name for the booster rocket used to power the launch

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn

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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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JERSEY GIRLS

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Governor of New Jersey form 1994 to 2001, she appointed the state's first female Attorney General

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Time's up! The correct answer was Christine Whitman

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A LITERARY TOUR

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Head to Odense, Denmark to see his childhood home & sculptures inspired by his fairy tales

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andersen

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STORM

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

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

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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

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

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LITERARY SISTERS

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Holden Caulfield tells this little sister that he wants to be a "catcher in the rye" to keep kids from falling

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phoebe

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RANKS & TITLES

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

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

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HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bombshell

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HOLIDAYS

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Muslims fast during daylight hours for this entire month

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan

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GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

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Tarantino is a director; this is a rapid, whirling dance named for an Italian city

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Time's up! The correct answer was tarantella

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"IND" THE KNOW

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Punjab means "land of 5 rivers", & all 5 of the rivers eventually flow into this one

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Indus

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THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS

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Before becoming a world leader, this Frenchman was wounded 3 times in WWI & was captured at Verdun in 1916

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Time's up! The correct answer was de Gaulle

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KING ARTHUR

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Arthur set up the diamond jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments all won by this knight

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lancelot

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HEADQUARTERS

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Where on earth is Earthlink headquartered? In this city, same as Coca-Cola

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Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta

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CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES

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"Solutions for a small planet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was IBM

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GAMES

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They'll treat you like a "king" in Petal, Mississippi, home to the International Hall of Fame for this board game

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Time's up! The correct answer was checkers

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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS

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1940-1945, 1951-1955

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winston Churchill

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COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU

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After selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for more than $5 billion, this Dallas NBA team owner started HDNet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Cuban

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EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI

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

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

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CANALS

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Located at Sault Ste. Marie, the St. Marys Falls Canal connects these 2 Great Lakes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Superior & Lake Huron

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THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!

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The Battle of Long Island was fought in what is now this New York City borough

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brooklyn

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"DREAM"Y SONGS

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

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

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THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s

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1964: "Please Please Me"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Beatles

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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES

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Pfounded in 18P49

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pfizer

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MEDICINE

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Device that's implanted to control irregular heart beats

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pacemaker

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SPORTS EQUIPMENT

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Alternate name for the number one wood in golf

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Time's up! The correct answer was Driver

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THE EMERALD ISLE

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It's the only Irish city with a population above 500,000

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin

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HERE'S LUCY

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Before playing Xena, she co-hosted the travel show "Air New Zealand Holiday"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy Lawless

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SPORTS

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The ball used in this sport is about 11 inches long & about 7 inches wide at the center

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Time's up! The correct answer was Football

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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In the painting seen here, Lincoln is reading this historic document that led to the end of slavery

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Emancipation Proclamation

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HAIR TODAY

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This palindromic word can mean to cut short, or a short, blunt cut, with or without bangs

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Time's up! The correct answer was bob

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AUTHORS

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This author gave us the line "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Puzo

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MAD

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TV host seen here on the cover of Mad Magazine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jeff Probst

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SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER

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Pertaining to the scientific use & study of very low temperatures

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Time's up! The correct answer was cryogenic

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WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?

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University of Washington

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seattle

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WEATHER

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Tornadoes that develop over water are called these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Waterspouts

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EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW

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This notoriously smelly cheese whose last U.S. maker is in Monroe, Wisconsin was fumbled on aisle 3

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Time's up! The correct answer was Limburger

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YOU DO THE MATH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 2

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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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NEWS TO ME

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Falcon Heene, who it turned out was safe at home, not flying over Colorado, became known as this "boy"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the balloon boy

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AUTHORS

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While attending Lisbon Falls High School in Maine, this horror author published a newspaper, The Village Vomit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen King

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THE VIRTUES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Faith

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LSU

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This civil "War is Hell" general was president of the seminary & military academy that became LSU

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Tecumseh Sherman

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THE 1970 TV SEASON

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The prime time spellcaster wasn't Sabrina, but Samantha in this series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bewitched

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MUNICH

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On Munich's coat of arms you'll find one of these religious figures who originally settled the city and gave it its name

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Time's up! The correct answer was monk

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WATERFALLS

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Wollomombi Falls in northern New South Wales is one of this continent's highest waterfalls

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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia

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DEPARTMENT "S"

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Term for an early 20th century female agitator for women's voting rights

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Time's up! The correct answer was a suffragist

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LANGUAGES

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Gaspar Karolyi's translation of the Bible in 1590 was influential in the development of this as a national language

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hungarian

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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Christopher Columbus was born in this Italian seaport where his father was a merchant & wool weaver

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Time's up! The correct answer was Genoa

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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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HISTORIC QUOTES

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Upon this man's assassination, Nehru said, "The light has gone out of our lives"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mahatma Gandhi

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BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS

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In 1995 this founder of Cream & Derek & the Dominos was named an Officer of the British Empire

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eric Clapton

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REAL TO REEL

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In this 1990 movie Robin Williams played a doctor who roused a group of patients out of their catatonic states

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Time's up! The correct answer was Awakenings

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BRAND NAMES

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This athletic brand is named for the Greek goddess of victory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nike

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OSCAR NIGHT 2003

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Seen here, the Chub Chubs won the Oscar in this category

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Time's up! The correct answer was Animated Short

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ON THE CALENDAR

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In 1974, to save energy, it began in January instead of April & ended on October 27

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daylight saving time

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COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC

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In Cole Porter's song, these words follow "can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences"

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Time's up! The correct answer was don't fence me in

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"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?

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If you've given up, stop! & tell us this Tom Petty song that won the Best Special Effects MTV Music Video Award in '85

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Come Around Here No More"

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STRING THEORY 201

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was particle

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19th CENTURY LITERATURE

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Oscar Wilde wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray" & he wrote "The Portrait of A Lady"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry James

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ANNIVERSARY GIFTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Silver

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LIT MY FIRE

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This Irish poet's "Sailing to Byzantium" urges "sages... in God's holy fire" to be "singing masters of my soul"

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Butler Yeats

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THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Suleyman

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SOUND LIKE A LOCAL

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It follows "Pitts-" in the U.S. & "Edin-" in Scotland; we'll accept either pronunciation

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Time's up! The correct answer was burgh

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“SAINTS”

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Chorea, as in choreographer, is a condition associated with rheumatic fever formerly called this

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

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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

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A flock of these black birds is called a murder

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Time's up! The correct answer was crows

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THE GODFATHER

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This S.F. Giant, Barry Bonds' godfather, got his nickname from his unique greetings to fans

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Time's up! The correct answer was Say Hey Willie Mays

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TIME TO "EAT"

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To practice trickery or fraud in game play

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Time's up! The correct answer was cheat

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LUNCH COUNTER LINGO

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Bow wow & Coney Island both refer to this food

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Time's up! The correct answer was a hot dog

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HIP-HOP & RAP

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This "King of Crunk" is not to be confused with Lil' Wayne

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lil Jon

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VACATION FUN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dollywood

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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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INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY

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From the Latin for "clear" comes the name for this woodwind instrument

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Time's up! The correct answer was clarinet

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STATE CAPITALS

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This twin city is the capital of Minnesota

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THE ENVIRONMENT

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A New York Times article said this, falling in winter in the Adirondacks, may be more toxic for fish than its liquid counterpart

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WORLD LEADERS

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Elected in 2008, president Dimitris Christofias of this divided island nation is the EU's only communist head of state

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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This alliterative event happened 14 billion years ago

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Big Bang

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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He was honored for discovering "hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut"

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

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RELIGION

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Jainism, with 4 1/2 million adherents, was founded in this country by Mahavira, "the Great Hero"

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Time's up! The correct answer was India

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DANCE

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Some dancers get their kicks doing high kicks in this Radio City Music Hall chorus line

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Rockettes

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U.S. STATES

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

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TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS

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1973: "A Little Night Music"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stpehen Sondheim

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AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY

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Arabs call this Libyan capital Tarabulus

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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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His "Heroic" Period, from about 1803 to 1812, produced his "Eroica" Symphony

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beethoven

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"CAR" PARK

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In this casino game the winner is the one whose hand totals closest to 9

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baccarat

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AMERICANA

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On December 19 the people of this U.S. state celebrate Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop's birthday

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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MR. MOVIES

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In 1962, "Mr. Hobbs Took" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Vacation

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FOOD

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Type of food that comes in shapes of bow ties, elbows & wagon wheels

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Time's up! The correct answer was pasta

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STATE GOVERNMENT

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Many states have these for state lawmakers, but in 1995 the Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional for Congress

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Time's up! The correct answer was term limits

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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS

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Andre Derain was a prominent painter in this style whose name is from the French for "wild beasts"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fauvism

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OH, "BOY"

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Viiolinist-turned-boxer Joe Bonaparte dies in a car crash at the end of this tragic Odets play

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Time's up! The correct answer was Golden Boy

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CELEBRITY RHYME TIME

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Ashton's meat sellers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kutcher's butchers

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CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS

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If you order "mountain chicken" in Dominica, you won't get chicken but one of these amphibians

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frogs

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CANADIAN CAPITALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria

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I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW

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Richard Lefevre could eat only 1 1/2 gallons of this "bowl of red" Stagg product in 10 minutes

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Time's up! The correct answer was chili

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JONATHAN SWIFTIES

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"Proper words in proper places make the true definition of" this--it's elementary, according to Strunk & White

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Time's up! The correct answer was style

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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was malaria

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HISPANIC HISTORY

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Around 1829 this Mexican began calling himself the "Napoleon of the West"

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Time's up! The correct answer was General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

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"V"

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A tramp or wanderer

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Time's up! The correct answer was a vagabond

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4-LETTER WORDS

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Used in linoleum & paints, linseed oil is made from the seeds of this plant

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Time's up! The correct answer was flax

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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS

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Proved nice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Providence

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SAINTS

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During his reign St. Pius X revised this Latin version of the Bible

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Jerome's or the Vulgate

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MILITARY POWER

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Contour flying is when a pilot flies low, following the Earth's contours, to avoid this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Radar

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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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IN EXILE

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In 1462 this printer known for movable type had to move out of Mainz

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Gutenberg

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THE CAT

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Most felines have 30 of these (including the canines)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Teeth

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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It's an Italian city about 40 miles north of Milan, or about 9,000 miles east of Las Vegas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bellagio

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FEMINISM

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The work of Laura X (no relation to Malcolm) led to March being designated this every year

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Time's up! The correct answer was Women's History Month

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NAME THE DECADE

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Man first reaches the South Pole

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1910s

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WRITERS CUBED

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19th century minister of the Second Church of Boston, known for essays like "Self-Reliance"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Waldo Emerson

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LITERARY EPITAPHS

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Fondly remembered by the boys of The Brookfield School. Goodbye...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Chips

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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"

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A male feline

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tomcat

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JUST PLANE GEOMETRY

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The sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the length of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the hypotenuse

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THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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This U.N. agency, created in 1946 to aid children in Europe, won the 1965 Peace Prize

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Time's up! The correct answer was UNICEF

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LAW ENFORCEMENT

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A counter-terrorism program is called "NYPD" this, another term for a police badge

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shield

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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2004: Sirius Black, the prisioner of Azkaban

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Oldman

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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Islamic legal opinion or directive (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was fatwa

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SCOTLAND

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Hundreds of years old, the de facto national flag features this saint's cross

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew

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GETTING TICKED OFF

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When this Bible guy came down from the mountain & saw his people dancing before the golden calf, boy, was he upset!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moses

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LITERARY HOUSES

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In this Anne Tyler novel, a travel writer breaks his leg & moves into his siblings' home

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Accidental Tourist

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HISPANIC HISTORY

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Around 1829 this Mexican began calling himself the "Napoleon of the West"

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Time's up! The correct answer was General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

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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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MISC.

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This waterfall is separated into the American Falls & Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island

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Time's up! The correct answer was Niagara Falls

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AMERICAN NICKNAMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Taft

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LITERARY HOUSES

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Harry Angstrom's house burns to the ground in this author's 1971 novel "Rabbit Redux"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Updike

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UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES

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It's also known as "The Toothpick State" because of a knife used by early settlers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arkansas

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BON APPE-"T"

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A folded tortilla filled with various ingredients

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taco

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POTPOURRI

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Charles Schulz said Snoopy didn't become a lead character until he began walking this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was on two feet

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VERMONTERS

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This plow inventor was a Vermont blacksmith before moving to Grand Detour, Illinois

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Deere

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FOOD FACTS

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The name of this meat is from the Latin "venatus", hunt

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Time's up! The correct answer was Venison

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JULY

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John Adams' dying words on this date in 1826 were that Thomas Jefferson still lived; John Adams was wrong

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Time's up! The correct answer was 4-Jul

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CROSSWORD CLUES "R"

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A stuffed pasta pocket (7)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a ravioli

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TV ACTORS & ROLES

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Barbra Streisand knows he played Lt. Col. Bill "Raider" Kelly on "Pensacola: Wings of Gold"

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Brolin

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RELIGION

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Founded by & named for a Persian prophet, this religion flourished during Persia's Achaemenian empire

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zoroastrianism

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RADIO

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This word ends the title of a 1941 Bill of Rights tribute program heard by 60 million, "We hold these..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Truths

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YES, THAT'S "WHITE"

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Condition of heavy snow or fog during daylight in which visibility is lost

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Time's up! The correct answer was a whiteout

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MOVIES

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The first rule of Fight Club is_

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Time's up! The correct answer was You do not talk about Fight Club

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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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WHEN THEY WERE TEENS

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This TV "Friend" was a cheerleader at Mountain Brook High School in Alabama

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Time's up! The correct answer was Courteney Cox

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SECRET MENUS

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A move to healthy eating got the Pizza Sub nixed from this chain, but we hear if you ask nicely some stores will make it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Subway

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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE

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To enjoy this national Swiss dish, you'd better like cheese, lots of it, melted in wine

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Time's up! The correct answer was fondue

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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It became a U.S. territory in 1900 & a state 59 years later

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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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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THE STING

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The WNBA team belonging to this southern city is known as The Sting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlotte

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NOVEL QUOTES

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(1932) "Over the main entrance the words, Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brave New World

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TIME TO "EAT"

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The administrative metropolis in a U.S. county

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Time's up! The correct answer was the seat

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WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA

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Fake wooden bird used by hunters to attract ducks

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Time's up! The correct answer was decoy

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

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For over 75 years, Wrigley made only these 3 gums

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spearmint, Doublemint & Juicy Fruit

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RADIO DISNEY

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Lead singer Ryan Tedder of this band has "All The Right Moves"

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Time's up! The correct answer was OneRepublic

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GRAPES

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In an Aesop fable, this animal decides the grapes he can't reach must therefore be sour

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fox

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FOOD FACTS

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Bursting with beta carotene, the melon we call this is actually a type of muskmelon

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Time's up! The correct answer was the cantaloupe

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PROPHET SHARING

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On the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo included some of these ancient oracle-like prophetesses

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Time's up! The correct answer was sibyls

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THE "I"s HAVE IT

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Style of the 1877 painting seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Impressionism

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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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DICE ROLL NICKNAMES

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Acey-Deucy

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1 & 2

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I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT

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Named for its inventor, Labanotation is a notation system for this so you know when to do a fouette

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Time's up! The correct answer was dance

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THE HOUND OF MUSIC

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Title question posed by Patti Page in a 1953 smash

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Time's up! The correct answer was "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?"

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ENGLISH LIT

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The Baconian theory expounds this

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Time's up! The correct answer was that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays

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DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sulfur

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BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS

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In 1998 this group seen here reunited for a VH1 special & a concert tour ("I'll Tumble 4 Ya")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Culture Club

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SPACE MISSIONS

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The New Horizons mission was launched to explore this planet before it was downgraded to a dwarf

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