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Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto

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MR. MOVIES

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Of this 1939 film, the "New York Times" said "More fun even than the Senate itself!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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FLEETS

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The Black Sea fleet in dispute between Russia & Ukraine is based at this Crimean port

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sevastopol

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HOW NOVEL

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

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

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PLAYWRIGHTS

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Critic Walter Kerr called this man's "Camino Real" "The worst play yet written by the best playwright of his generation"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee Williams

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ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER

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Fredric March portrayed this poet in "The Barrets of Wimpole Street"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Browning

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THE STARTING INFIELD

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The 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers sent out Hodges, Gilliam, Reese & this groundbreaking infielder

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Robinson

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"MUM"s THE WORD

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You'll see this group parading through Philly each New Year's Day

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mummers

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NBA HALL OF FAMERS

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Abe Saperstein is in the Hall of Fame, as is this team he promoted & coached for decades

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Harlem Globetrotters

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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In 1990 Paul McCartney received a Lifetime Achievement Award at these awards

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Grammys

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SHAKESPEARE

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The lines “And thereby hangs a tale” & “All the world's a stage” come from this comedy

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Time's up! The correct answer was As You Like It

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FOREWORDS

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Part 2 "is Lilliput in reverse, but...also offers some of" his "fiercest assaults upon the behavior of" his countrymen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jonathan Swift

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NEWMAN'S OWN

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Newman played Irish mob boss John Rooney in Depression-era Chicago in this 2002 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Road to Perdition

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TELEVISION

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"Dragnet"'s Jack Webb also developed this police series starring Martin Milner & Kent McCord

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Adam-12"

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BEGINNING & END

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Like a door, a Broadway show does these 2 things

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Time's up! The correct answer was open & close

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MILITARY POWER

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It's an order for aircraft to get off the ground ASAP or an egg order to the mess hall cook

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scramble

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AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM

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When Slim gets this hand it reminds him of Bob Saget, Lori Loughlin, & the Olsen Twins

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Time's up! The correct answer was Full house

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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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STARTS WITH "B"

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An insect who hangs out in your four-poster, or what a private eye might slip under your mattress

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbug

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LET THE GAMES BEGIN

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A total of 22 means you've gone "bust" in this card game

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Time's up! The correct answer was blackjack

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THE OLD COLLEGE TRY

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College Station is the home of this oldest public university in Texas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas A&M

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IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY

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South Korea

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Korea

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"P.B."

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You can use this utensil to apply a glaze to breads & sweets before or after baking

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Time's up! The correct answer was pastry brush

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PUT ON YOUR JAMIES

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In a 2002 WB show people got to view his "experiments" with his hidden camera practical jokes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jamie Kennedy

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ONE-WORD RHYMES

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This term for empty words or nonsense was originally a trick to gain applause

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Time's up! The correct answer was claptrap

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ASTRONOMY

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These long distance travelers may be dirty ice balls or icy dirt balls

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Time's up! The correct answer was comets

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SELLERS

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Founded in 1957, Dialamerica, Inc. is the USA's largest private company in this type of marketing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Telemarketing

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PARTS OF THE WHOLE

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Reservoir, filter basket, carafe

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

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GOING DUTCH

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This relative is "de oom", whether or not he's a "Dutch" one

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle

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NUMBERS

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In chapter 8, this tribe of Israelites is appointed to work in the tabernacle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Levites

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HEADQUARTERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Enron

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MOVIE SONGS

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1985: "We Don't Need Another Hero"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

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NO. 3 SONGS

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In 1985 David Lee Roth reached No. 3 with "California Girls", 20 years after this group did the same

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Beach Boys

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TV PRODUCERS

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In 2003 this "Survivor" head honcho began conducting a search to give Donald Trump an apprentice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Burnett

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A BUG'S LIFE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was ladybug

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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Georgetown

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FARAWAY PLACES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara

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"LIGHT"s

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Famous ones include Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini & Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran

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Time's up! The correct answer was lightweights

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POLITICAL SLOGANS

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He railed against the “do-nothing 80th congress” during his whistle-stop campaign

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Time's up! The correct answer was Truman

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HISTORIC AMERICANS

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This attorney was the only representative of New York to sign the U.S. Constitution

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Hamilton

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SAINTS

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March 1st is the feast day of this patron saint of Wales

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

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GAME SHOWS

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You might phone a friend on this game show hosted by Meredith Vieira

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Time's up! The correct answer was Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

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BREAKING NEWS

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It was 103 degrees in July 2010 & Con Ed's command center in this N.Y. borough showed 12,963 megawatts consumed at 1 time

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan

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1800

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His "The Wealth of Nations" was one of the first books bought to stock the new Library of Congress

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adam Smith

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ANCIENT HISTORY

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Tikal became an important ceremonial center of this civilization, prior to 300 A.D.

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayans

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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS

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During the Seven Years' War, this king gained great military prestige & land for Prussia

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

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SEEING "RED"

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In song, just "remember" this place "and the cowboy that loves you so true"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red River Valley

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YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE

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Spanish: You'll have to use your cabeza, this body part, to pass the class

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Time's up! The correct answer was your head

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X MARKS THE SPOT

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Southwest of Louisville, it's where you'll find much of the U.S. government's gold reserve

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Knox

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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In 1994 this show about a carnival barker won 5 Tonys, including Best Musical Revival

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

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ART & ARTISTS

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He painted "Tahitian Women" shortly after arriving on that island in 1891

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Gauguin

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STATE GOVERNMENT

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In the Mississippi House of Representatives, this official calls members to order & signs acts

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Time's up! The correct answer was speaker of the house

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A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY

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In the 1800s, it was fashionable to wear a cap named for this woman who stabbed Jean-Paul Marat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlotte Corday

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POP MUSIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tina Turner

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BOOK NAMES

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Theodore Dreiser: "Sister ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carrie

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WORLD FACTS

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In area this country whose capital is now called Yangon is the largest in mainland southeast Asia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar

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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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BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE

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Knowing it's from the Greek for "serpent" might turn you off this name of a doomed lass in "Hamlet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia

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PARTS OF THE WHOLE

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Jamb, hinge

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Time's up! The correct answer was a door

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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In 1990 Paul McCartney received a Lifetime Achievement Award at these awards

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Grammys

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KNOTS TO YOU

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This South American civilization used Quipu, a system of knots, to record dates & large sums of figures

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Time's up! The correct answer was Incas

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DICE ROLL NICKNAMES

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Ada from Decatur, or Square Pair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pair of 4's

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THE 50 STATES

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The atomic age began with a blast on July 16, 1945 in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico

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LIT MY FIRE

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The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was War and Peace

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CliffsNotes

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Title guy shipwrecks, ends up on 28-year island getaway, makes a friend, goes home

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Robinson Crusoe"

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BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Octavia

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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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THE RULE OF THIRDS

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You have to go through this ceremony in order to become a Freemason

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Third Degree

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DEPARTMENT "S"

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Eternally doomed rock roller of Greek mythology

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sisyphus

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ARCHITECTURE

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A flight is a series of these unbroken by a landing

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Time's up! The correct answer was stairs

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MIDDLE INITIAL C.

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Born in South Carolina in 1782, he was known as a "war hawk" because he supported the War of 1812

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Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Calhoun

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ORGANIZATIONS

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The C.A.P., or Common Agricultural Policy, accounts for almost half the budget of this 25-nation organization

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

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SEE THE USA

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

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

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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This Freehold-born rocker has had many "Glory Days"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Springsteen

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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"Cabaret" was based partly on this 1951 play by John Van Druten

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Time's up! The correct answer was I Am a Camera

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THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Knox

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HISTORY

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In 1429, she was given control of troops in France

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joan of Arc

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INDEPENDENCE DAYS

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This country celebrates its 1945 independence from Fascism on April 25th

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Time's up! The correct answer was Italy

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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"

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To drink heartily (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was quaff

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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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TWO

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In pharmaceuticals: William Bristol &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Myers

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ON THE RADIO

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The AAA format, featuring artists like the Cranberries & Tom Petty, stands for adult album this

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Time's up! The correct answer was alternative

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BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE

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Name a girl this after the "Merchant of Venice" heroine & she'll probably grow up to like fast sports cars

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portia

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ANATOMY

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The pons connects the 2 hemispheres of this part of the brain that regulates balance

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Time's up! The correct answer was the cerebellum

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HEADQUARTERS

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The Ford Motor Company has long been headquartered in this city that adjoins Detroit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dearborn

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Albuquerque, New Mexico lies on this 1885-mile long river

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Rio Grande

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"HIGH" SCHOOL

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Chuck Taylor, from whom Converse named a line of these shoes, was a basketball star of the 1910s

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Time's up! The correct answer was high-tops

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THE CONTINENTS

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Early explorers called parts of this continent Vinland

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Time's up! The correct answer was North America

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CROSSWORD CLUES "E"

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Mistaken (9)

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Time's up! The correct answer was erroneous

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SCIENTISTS

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This man's injected dead virus vaccine inspired Albert Sabin's live-virus oral vaccine for polio

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Time's up! The correct answer was Salk

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BIG BANDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glenn Miller

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SKUNKS

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The skunk lends its name to this foul-smelling "vegetable" found in swamps

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Time's up! The correct answer was skunk cabbage

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POP CULTURE

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Snow White & Prince Charming are characters on this TV show set in the town of Storybrooke

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Time's up! The correct answer was Once Upon a Time

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OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saudi Arabia

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IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME

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This war god wasn't too successful in battle; he was once captured & stuck in a jar for 13 months

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ares

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BOOKS & AUTHORS

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This 1939 Steinbeck classic featured a lot of Joads including Ma, Pa & Tom

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Grapes of Wrath"

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WOMEN'S FIRSTS

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In 2007 Drew Gilpin Faust became the first female president in this university's 371-year history

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard

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ON BROADWAY: 1970

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Anthony Quayle & Keith Baxter starred in this Anthony Shaffer mystery; the rest of the cast is another mystery

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sleuth

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ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE

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Lions don't like to attack ostriches because the big birds do this & can even kill the king of beasts this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was kick

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MATH TERMS

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A function's domain is the set of possible values of x; this is the set of possible values of y

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Time's up! The correct answer was range

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MORE POWER TO YOU

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Founded in 1933, it's America's largest public power company

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Time's up! The correct answer was TVA

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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"

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The university environment

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Time's up! The correct answer was academia

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TELEVISION

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This sitcom's last show of the '98-'99 season ended with the cast singing & dancing to "Brotherhood of Man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Drew Carey Show

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UP IN THE AIR

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At under 6,000 feet, this 7-letter layered type of cloud is one of the lowest

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Time's up! The correct answer was stratus

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SEAQUEST

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One of the traditional 7 seas, it shares its name with a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was South Pacific

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COMMON ABBREVIATIONS

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Yes, sir! A PFC is one of these in the military

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Time's up! The correct answer was a private first class

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TRANSLATION EXERCISES

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Yiddish to French: The polite "a sheynem dank"

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Time's up! The correct answer was merci beaucoup

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STATE FISH

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This state's official saltwater fish, the tarpon, can be found in the Gulf of Mexico & in the Mobile Estuary

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama

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ROCK FORMATIONS

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This Southern California group was originally assembled as a backup band for Linda Ronstadt

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Eagles

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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s

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Cyril Ritchard hooked a 1955 Tony for playing Captain Hook in this musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Pan

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LOBBYISTS

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In 1997 Jack Williams of this company was indicted for lying about his dealings with Mike Espy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tyson Foods

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HISTORIC NAMES

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This Apache tried to keep peace with the palefaces, but after his death, his son joined with the militant Geronimo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cochise

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WEBSITES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was .org

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MIDDLE INITIAL C.

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When the parents of this "pathfinder" ran off together, his mother was still legally married to another man

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Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Fremont

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THE NEW TESTAMENT

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In Luke he is quoted as saying, "I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pilate

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REQUIRED READING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece

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WAR STORIES

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"The Good Soldier Schweik", "Paths of Glory"

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Time's up! The correct answer was World War I

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DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY

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Our team won 55-0--you could call it this 19th century African-American dance

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cakewalk

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NYC MUSIC HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carole King

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EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....

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"We were very tired, we were very merry -- we had gone back and forth all night in" this conveyance

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ferry

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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You can spend the night in a Victorian style railroad car at the Choo Choo Hilton in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chattanooga

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SIMILES

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Because artists tend to flatter their models, a fine-looking female is said to be "as pretty as" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a picture

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THE "L" WORLD

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Like Rome, this capital of Portugal is built on 7 hills

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lisbon

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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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4-LETTER WORDS

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It's the edge of a hat, or the topmost edge of a cup or bowl

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brim

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WORLD RELIGION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ayatollah

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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Stuart Damon & Lesley Ann Warren starred in this only R & H musical written for TV

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cinderella

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"O"PERA

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Disney World crowds might go nuts for this title knight, aka Roland, made famous by both Hande & Vivaldi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Orlando

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IN EXILE

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Moshoeshoe II was exiled twice before regaining this southern African country's throne in 1995

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lesotho

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RUN, RUN, RUN

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This 2-word hoops term is an offensive rush to beat the defense to the hoop

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fast break

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WHO'S ON FIRST?

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For the 2000-2001 season, "The Simpsons" led into this show that led into "The X-Files"--you might say it was...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Malcolm In The Middle

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TWO

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In suds: Eberhard Anheuser &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adolphus Busch

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AUTHORS

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Oscar Wilde's only novel

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

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IT'S A "SIN"

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It can mean to burn slightly, or to burn the ends of hair or cloth

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Time's up! The correct answer was singe

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MILITARY SLANG

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This 2-word term, also a movie title, is slang for Navy Fighter Weapons School

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Time's up! The correct answer was Top Gun

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TECHNOLOGY

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A fault in the rotation speed of this device produces a sound called a "wow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a turntable

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BROADWAY LYRICS

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"I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then, I remember the time I knew that happiness was"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cats

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ACTRESSES ON TV

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She portrays real-life research medium Allison DuBois

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arquette

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MOVIE CO-STARS

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Meryl Streep & this actress were acclaimed for playing sisters in the 1996 film "Marvin's Room"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Diane Keaton

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BIG BANDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glenn Miller

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"IND" THE KNOW

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Insurance term meaning to protect against damage, loss or injury

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Time's up! The correct answer was indemnity

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FOLKIES

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The times they were a-changin' when this folk icon went electric at the 1965 Newport Festival

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Dylan

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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On Oct. 12, 1492 Columbus reached the New World & landed at an island he called this, Spanish for "holy savior"

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Time's up! The correct answer was San Salvador

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RODENTS

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Spaniards named these furry rodents for the Chincha Indians

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Time's up! The correct answer was chinchilla

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A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL

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"What I wouldn't give for a drop of good old-fashioned Creole blood"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Interview with the Vampire

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TIME TO CONVERT

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Multiply your liters by 1.0567 to get your amount of these units

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Time's up! The correct answer was a quart

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THAT'S NO LADY...

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In the '70s he played America's favorite bigot, Archie Bunker

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carroll O'Connor

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'65

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This company's new Toronado eliminated the hump on the floor with a new drive system

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oldsmobile

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MOTHER GOOSE

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After singing for his supper, he ate "white bread and butter"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Tommy Tucker

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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In 1951 he told a joint session of congress that he "tried to do his duty as god gave him the light to see that duty"

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Time's up! The correct answer was McArthur

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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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THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER

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As a critics' pick in 2008, this Lin-Manuel Miranda musical was called "a salsa-flavored soap opera"

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Time's up! The correct answer was In the Heights

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FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS

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Because of his style of painting females, this master's name gave us an adjective for plump women

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Paul Rubens

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PROPHET SHARING

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

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

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LISA

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She's the popular sports celebrity seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lisa Leslie

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4-LETTER CAPITALS

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In 1990 it became the capital of a unified Yemen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sana

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"SUPER"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was superintendent

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ACTION!

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In a 1965 speech this president put out a call for "affirmative action" in hiring by federal contractors

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson

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I LOVE L.A. KERS

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This Laker giant was nicknamed "The Big Dipper" for his habit of dipping his head to fit through doorways

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wilt Chamberlain

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IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER

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He stepped out of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, & hasn't been seen since

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Time's up! The correct answer was D.B. Cooper

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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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MAGNETO

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An alnico magnet is an alloy having these 3 elements as its principal ingredients

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Time's up! The correct answer was aluminum, nickel, cobalt

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THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC

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Early in his career, Burt Reynolds played Quint Asper, one of these on "Gunsmoke"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blacksmith

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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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ANIMAL TERMS

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Teens who frequent shopping centers are called these, the title of a Kevin Smith film

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Time's up! The correct answer was mall rats

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Antelope Island in this Utah lake is used as a refuge for bison

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

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SPORTS EVOLUTION

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By the time the British discovered this sport in India around 1860, it used a ball, no longer a goat's or enemy's head

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Time's up! The correct answer was polo

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MIDDLE "C"

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Traditionally at graduation, this student with the highest grades makes a speech

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Time's up! The correct answer was valedictorian

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HEALTH & MEDICINE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was saccharin

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BETTER KNOWN AS...

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WWII radio propagandist Iva D'Aquino

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Tokyo Rose"

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FOOD

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It's an Italian version of an omelet, served pancake-style

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Time's up! The correct answer was a frittata

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SIGNS & SYMBOLS

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Baby, you're going to be a star, & we're going to put you next to this symbol on Turkey's flag

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Time's up! The correct answer was a crescent

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ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES

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She was "The Untamed Heifer" & "The Virgin Queen"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I

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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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FOREIGN TRAVEL

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Jamaica's Rock House Hotel advertises four-poster beds with this protective material over them

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mosquito net

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BRAND-O

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Models of this car brand include the Metro & the Storm

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geo

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SCIENCE CLASS

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During this plant process, carbon dioxide & water combine with light energy to create oxygen & glucose

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Time's up! The correct answer was photosynthesis

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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS

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The Masai people of this African country mix cow blood with milk for a refreshing drink

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya

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MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS

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Foreigner: "Well I'm hot blooded, check it and see, got a fever of ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was 103

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ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN

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White crossover artists featured on "Soul Train" have included David Bowie & this "Island Girl" singer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elton John

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SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"

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To pick up a check

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

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SYMPHONIES ON FILM

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The Philadelphia Orchestra played Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" for this 1940 Disney film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fantasia

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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He was the only U.S. president to die in the 18th century

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington

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STATE GOVERNMENT

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Maine's only publicly elected executive officer; if he dies the state senate president succeeds him

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Time's up! The correct answer was governor

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EARTH

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As well as trash & absorbent pet material, it can also mean the organic surface layer of the forest floor

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Time's up! The correct answer was litter

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THE SHORT FORM

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This agreement on world tariffs & trade was signed by 23 countries in Geneva in 1947

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Time's up! The correct answer was GATT

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WORLD LEADERS

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Lee Myung-Bak is its head of state; he makes the news a bit less often than his counterpart to the north

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Time's up! The correct answer was South Korea

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BASEBALL HISTORY

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To injure opposing players, Ty Cobb was said to sharpen these

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Time's up! The correct answer was his spikes

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COMICS STRIP

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Borat, played by this British comic, had a naked tussle with his portly Kazakh TV producer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cohen

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THE "B.G."s

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Swingin' virtuoso heard here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benny Goodman

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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME

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Henson, Morrison, Lehrer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim

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THE PLANET URANUS

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Uranus' 2 largest moons share their names with characters created by this author

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Shakespeare

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SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!

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There are king & Asian species of this "charming" snake seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was cobra

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3-NAMED AUTHORS

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His novels include "The Prairie", "The Pioneers", & "The Pathfinder"

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Fenimore Cooper

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FATHER'S IN LAW

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Father learned about the quaint problems of the poor at Chicago's "Edwin F. Mandel" this type of "Clinic"

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Time's up! The correct answer was legal aid

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AUTHORS

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During WWII this "Gone with the Wind" author was an American Red Cross volunteer & sold war bonds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mitchell

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THREE

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

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

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WORLD HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Algeria

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PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES

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His presidential library is about 35 miles from the Kansas City, Missouri airport

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman

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LARCENY DELL'ARTE

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NYC's largest art theft happened in 1988 & saw the loss of 2 of this Renaissance friar's masterpieces

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fra Angelico

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THE NEW CAR LOT

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Cadillac doesn't want to rub you the wrong way with its new optional front seats that do this to you

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Time's up! The correct answer was Massage

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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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LITERATURE

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Chapter 13 of this classic novel is called "Another View of Hester"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Scarlet Letter

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BESTSELLERS

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As of Dec. 4, 2005 this pregnancy prep book had spent 247 weeks on the N.Y. Times Bestseller List

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Time's up! The correct answer was What To Expect When You're Expecting

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SNACK ATTACK

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I've got a big appetite, so give me the Big Cup version of this Reese's treat

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Time's up! The correct answer was a peanut butter cup

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BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER

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This Egyptian crime boss is wanted in connection with ordering the death of all male Jewish children

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pharaoh

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4-LETTER WORDS

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

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

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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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AGRICULTURE

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The type of irrigation seen here, it was used in Israel to make the desert bloom

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Time's up! The correct answer was drip irrigation

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BOOK NAMES

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George Bernard Shaw: "Major ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara

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POETS

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Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson

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STORM

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This 2000 film was based on Sebastian Junger's bestseller about a hurricane that meets a cold front

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Perfect Storm

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WHAT TO WEAR?

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A bit longer than a cocktail dress, one hemmed to end at the shins is this beverage "length"

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Time's up! The correct answer was tea

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THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC

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1974's "Mandy" was his first Top 40 hit--& it reached No.1

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barry Manilow

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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

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During his 80 days of military service in 1832, Abe attempted without success to track down this Sauk & Fox Indian chief

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Time's up! The correct answer was Black Hawk

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IN THE FIRE

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Since 1932 this brand has provided reliable flames for soldiers, campers & others

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zippo

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NOT A VERB

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Paint, brush, easel

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Time's up! The correct answer was easel

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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Subpoenaed for documents in Burr's treason trial, he cited executive privilege; didn't work

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson

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PIANO KEYS

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They're adjacent on the keyboard as well as in an abbreviation for a popular format of recorded music

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Time's up! The correct answer was C & D

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LEGAL "E"s

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This clause in a union contract says that wages will rise or fall depending on a standard such as cost of living

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Time's up! The correct answer was escalator

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FANTASTIC FILMS

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Means by which Jack the Ripper & H.G. Wells get to 1970s San Francisco in "Time After Time"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Time Machine

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"A"NCIENT GREEKS

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A philosopher & student of Plato: 384-322 B.C.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aristotle

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ACTORS & ACTRESSES

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Don't blink--or you'll miss Richard Dreyfuss in this 1967 film based on a Jacqueline Susann novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Valley of the Dolls

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TOUR OF JUDY

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She played an airheaded blonde to whom William Holden had to teach manners in "Born Yesterday"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Holliday

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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In San Marino: this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Italian

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BODIES OF WATER

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At Khartoum, Sudan these colorful branches meet to form the Nile River

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Blue Nile & the White Nile

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1938

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Haile Selassie

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EDUCATION JARGON

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It's the rhyming term for the technique of teaching with only a blackboard to help you

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Time's up! The correct answer was chalk talk/chalk and talk

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CALL ME A"LEX"

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A light transparent weather-resistant man-made thermoplastic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plexiglas

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BLARNEY

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For peat sake, you should know this word for wet, spongy ground

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bog

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THE USA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nevada

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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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FDR

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During this 1932 campaign, FDR relied on a trusted group of advisers dubbed this --- pretty smart

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brain Trust

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MILITARY MATTERS

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This nickname of the World War II U.S. Air Force fighter numbered the P-51 comes from the Spanish for "stray animal"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mustang

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SCIENTISTS

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His 1637 "Discours de la methode" prefaced a series of essays on optics, meteorology, and geometry

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rene Descartes

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4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bootstrap

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NAME THE AUTOMAKER

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Protege & Millenia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mazda

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LOST IN SPACE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Discovery

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WORMS

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In "Henry VI, Part 3", Clifford tells the king that "The smallest worm will" do this "being trodden on"

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Time's up! The correct answer was turn

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THE CIA

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The CIA's main rival for much of its existence was this Soviet counterpart

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Time's up! The correct answer was KGB

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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A brave French soldier might receive the award known as the "Croix de Guerre", meaning "Cross of" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was War

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WEATHER WORLD

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It's the U.S. state that experiences the most tornadoes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas

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ARCHITECTS

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Minoru Yamasaki reached new heights with this New York City complex

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Time's up! The correct answer was World Trade Center

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IN THE TREASURY DEPT.

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This service quarantines animals & can stop you from bringing sausages into the country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Customs

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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On November 12 celebrate National Pizza with the Works Except these fish Day

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anchovies

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was tomatoes

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BEFORE THEY WERE POPES

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This pope who called the Second Vatican Council was a quiet church conformist until his 1958 election

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pope John XXIII

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LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS

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A. Philip Randolph, who first proposed a march on this city in 1941, also helped organize the one in 1963

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington, D.C.

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PASS THE CHOCOLATE

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A 2007 study said that eating a little dark chocolate daily may reduce this, both systolic & diastolic

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Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure

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GUINNESS RECORDS

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9,360 graham crackers, 9,312 marshmallows & 4,128 chocolate bars went into one of these made at a campground

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

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HISTORIC DATES

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The accident of April 25-26, 1986 at this facility was caused by a poorly designed experiment at its reactor unit 4

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chernobyl

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BILLS & WILLS

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

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

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NO. 3 SONGS

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In 1985 David Lee Roth reached No. 3 with "California Girls", 20 years after this group did the same

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Beach Boys

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BIRDS

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The racing homer breed of this domestic bird was developed in Belgium, the traditional home of the sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pigeon

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SEXPERTISE

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P.D. James, G.K. Chesterton, A.A. Milne

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Time's up! The correct answer was P.D. James

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THAT'S SOME NERVE

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A knock to the ulnar nerve at the bend of the elbow, which we call this, causes that weird tingling sensation

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Time's up! The correct answer was the funny bone

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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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CIVIL WAR LITERATURE

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Henry Fleming shares a tent with a loud soldier & a tall soldier in this Stephen Crane novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Red Badge of Courage"

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"YN"

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The bobcat is also known as the bay this animal

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Time's up! The correct answer was a lynx

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STATE: THE OBVIOUS

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At last count, this state had about 2 1/2 times as many cars as Texas or New York

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Time's up! The correct answer was California

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IT BORDERS INDIA

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On its extreme east, India borders this nation that changed its name following a coup in 1989

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Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar

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LITERARY EPITAPHS

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Beloved father of Cordelia, less beloved father of Goneril & Regan

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Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear

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THE 1990s

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On Jan. 31, 1999 this team repeated as Super Bowl champs with John Elway throwing for 336 yards

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Denver Broncos

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BIRDS

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Also known as a duck hawk, it has been clocked at 175 miles per hour during a dive

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peregrine falcon

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BEFORE & AFTER

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

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

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PULL

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From the idea of breaking camp comes this phrase for moving on

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pull up stakes

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MOVIE CITIES

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2008's "The Mysteries of ____" was based on a novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh

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A SHAPELY CATEGORY

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Something that's cordate is shaped like this, my love

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Time's up! The correct answer was a heart

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TOP O' THE CHARTS

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In 1977 this "sleepy" song became Fleetwood Mac's only No. 1 hit

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

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IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY

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Brunei

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Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia

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ISRAEL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was El Al

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& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR

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If I said a clue about a stripper had really nice pair of facts, it'd be an example of this 2-word French term

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Time's up! The correct answer was a double entendre

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THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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Because of its similar size, this planet is known as Earth's "twin"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Venus

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LITERARY SISTERS

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While in a cataleptic trance, Roderick's sister Madeline is buried alive in this Poe story

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Fall of the House of Usher"

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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS

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In this largest country, comrades left & right enjoy coulibiac, a pie made with the spinal marrow of the sturgeon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Russia

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KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI

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Died in 1989

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khomeini

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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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PROVERBS

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These two things "wait for no man"

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

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SOMETHIN' TO "C"

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The means of production are privately owned in this economic system

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Time's up! The correct answer was Capitalism

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"IP" SO FACTO

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A bon mot

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Time's up! The correct answer was a quip

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LET'S TAKE A PEAK

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Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, lies in the St. Elias Range in the SW corner of this territory

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Yukon

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GUINNESS RECORDS

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With a 212-foot wingspan, this jet from Boeing is the world's largest passenger aircraft in service

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 747

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THE MOVIES

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Julia Ormond was the chauffeur's daughter in love with a rich playboy in this 1995 update of a 1954 classic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sabrina

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THE 1930s

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This longtime anchor of the CBS Evening News became a UPI correspondent in 1939

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Cronkite

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NYPD TV

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was McCloud

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HISTORIC NAMES

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This family that once controlled Nicaragua saw 2 members killed -- the father in 1956, a son in 1980

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Time's up! The correct answer was Somoza

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HISTORIC QUOTES

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In 1830 Daniel Webster told the Senate, "Liberty and" this, "now and forever, one and inseparable"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Union

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AGRICULTURE

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Spain, Italy & Greece are the leading producers of this liquid from the fruit of Olea europaea

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Time's up! The correct answer was olive oil

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TELEVISION

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In 1977 her own show aired on CBS just before "Maude"; now she's a "Golden Girl" with Bea Arthur

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Time's up! The correct answer was Betty White

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ON THE RADIO

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Kasem

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MOVIE MUSIC

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Caetano Veloso & Mr. Loco are among artists on the soundtrack of this Jack Black wrestling movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nacho Libre

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PERFUME

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Late designer whose perfumes are sold by the numbers: No. 5. No. 19 & No. 22

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chanel

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CELEBRITY RHYME TIME

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Willis's Snapples and Cran-apples

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce's juices

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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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PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET

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While Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809, he was president from 1809 to 1817

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Madison

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HELLO, DELI!

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Someone pass me this noodle pudding filled with raisins & nuts

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Time's up! The correct answer was kugel

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FUN WITH OPERA

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"The Jesters' Supper" was first performed in this city where you'll find Da Vinci's "Last Supper"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Milan

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"V" HAVE MAPS

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In 1814 the congress of this city met to redraw Europe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna

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"EVE"NING

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In a hit song by the Monkees, "Then I saw her face, now I'm" one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a believer

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BRANDO

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Col. Kurtz, who lives in the heart of darkness

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Time's up! The correct answer was Apocalypse Now

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ALSO A VEGAS CASINO

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Stevenson's rousing tale from 1881

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Time's up! The correct answer was Treasure Island

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MEN OF THE WORLD

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This media mogul from Melbourne has been called a real-life Citizen Kane

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch

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THE 20th CENTURY

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This term, German for "lightning war," was used to describe the rapid capture of Poland by Germany in 1939

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Time's up! The correct answer was blitzkrieg

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CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

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When it's "praying", it's preying (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was mantis

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GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE

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Her rhyme winds up with her playing "Pin the Tail on the Sheep"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Bo Peep

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TALK LIKE A BRIT

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If you're right on queue for a movie in Piccadilly, you're in one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a line

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BRITISH FASHION

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

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

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ENGLISH CLASS

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It's the third person plural objective case pronoun

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Time's up! The correct answer was them

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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

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Synonym for dignity that's the term for a group of lions

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pride

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WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT

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This brand name means to eat voraciously, or to vacuum

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hoover

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THE MOVIES

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She turned pirate in "Cutthroat Island" & action star in "The Long Kiss Goodnight"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geena Davis

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LITERATURE

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Title character who says, "Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day — mock me horribly!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doran Gray

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CIVIL WAR PEOPLE

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He was the only person who died during the Civil War to be featured on Confederate currency

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stonewall Jackson

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"J" WHIZ

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It's not a type of fruit spread, but a large extended campout for several Boy Scout troops together

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Time's up! The correct answer was jamboree

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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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"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY

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Grammatical error committed by the Rolling Stones when they sang, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Double negative

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LAW & GOVERNMENT

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In 1798 Congress passed these controversial laws dealing with foreigners & with inciting rebellion

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Alien & Sedition Acts

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MUD

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In 1943 McKinley Morganfield, under this name, settled in Chicago & continued singing the blues

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Time's up! The correct answer was Muddy Waters

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PROVERBS

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It "seldom knocks twice", so make the most of it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Opportunity

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THEATRE HODGEPODGE

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In a song in "The Fantasticks", "Soon it's gonna" do this, "I can see it. Soon it's gonna" do this, "I can tell"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rain

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YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!

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Counsel is being argumentative, also known as doing this to the witness, as seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was badgering

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PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS

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This term for artillery fragments is named for a British officer who invented a new kind of shell

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shrapnel

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AMERICAN INDIANS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Powhatan

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WORDS WITHIN WORDS

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Color of your face when you've done something irredeemable

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red

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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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FLEETS

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The Black Sea fleet in dispute between Russia & Ukraine is based at this Crimean port

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sevastopol

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"LESS" IS MORE

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Type of whisper in the title of a Wham! hit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Careless

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BRITISH INVENTIONS

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For the military, zoologist John Kerr developed the "dazzle paint" type of this, something animals also use

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Time's up! The correct answer was camouflage

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QUOTATIONS

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In a 1961 speech he said, "...ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was JFK

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DUKE, DUKE

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It was Duke-Duke once again with the April 1999 TV movie reunion of this 1960s series

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Patty Duke Show

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TECHNOLOGY

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Eli Whitney's nephew invented a crusher used to grind up rock for surfacing these

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Time's up! The correct answer was roads

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THE 50 STATES

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The atomic age began with a blast on July 16, 1945 in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico

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REALLY BIG

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Greenland is more than 2 1/2 times the size of this next largest island

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Guinea

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COMPANIES

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This co. agreed in 1993 to lease the New Amsterdam Theatre, & the old Times Square of degradation & filth was history

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Time's up! The correct answer was Disney

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ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS

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Conrad Witz depicted this wealthy queen with King Solomon in the 15th C. work seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Queen of Sheba

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THE BIG 10

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The first 10 of these are known as the Bill of Rights

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Amendments

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ALLITERATION STATION

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An appointed hour to play golf

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Time's up! The correct answer was tee time

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CLOTHING

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It's the fur pouch that a Scotsman wears on the front of his kilt

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sporon

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PLANT PARENTHOOD

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Named for the Virgin Mary, these carnivorous little red beetles can help rid your garden of aphids & other insects

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Time's up! The correct answer was ladybugs

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ANCIENT HISTORY

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Tikal became an important ceremonial center of this civilization, prior to 300 A.D.

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayans

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SPORTS

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Named for a U.S. doubles champ, this cup is presented to the winner of a 16-team men's tennis tourney

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Time's up! The correct answer was Davis Cup

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THOSE WACKY GERMANS

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From 1949 to 1990 Germany was split into 2 countries, which were called this

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Time's up! The correct answer was East & West Germany

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BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES

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Unlike some, I like my women to be "cranio", this quality we also admire on "Jeopardy!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was intelligence

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CHANTED

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Their chant in "Macbeth" begins, "Double, double, toil and trouble"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the witches

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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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ADJECTIVES

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It can refer to a person without mercy or to a Bible missing the book between Judges & Samuel

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Time's up! The correct answer was ruthless

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ANATOMY

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

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

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WHO'S THE BOSS

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On "Bewitched" Darrin Stephens worked his advertising magic for this partner of McMann

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Time's up! The correct answer was Larry Tate

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FANTASTIC FILMS

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Marty McFly traveled back to 1955 in a souped-up DeLorean in this 1985 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Back To The Future"

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CLASSICAL GASES

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As a liquid, it's used as a cryogenic refrigerant; as a gas, it makes lights red

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neon

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BRIGHT IDEAS

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James Fergason invented this type of "display" that found an early use in calculators

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Time's up! The correct answer was LCD

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MAMMALS

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The giant species of this "armor-plated" animal has more teeth than any other land mammal

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Time's up! The correct answer was armadillo

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AUTHORS

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He claimed that as a Pinkerton detective, he had worked the Fatty Arbuckle & Nicky Arnstein cases

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dashiell Hammett

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MINORITY REPORT

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Justice Holmes dissented when seditionist Jacob Abrams' conviction was upheld, saying he didn't pose this type of "danger"

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Time's up! The correct answer was clear and present

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LIT MY FIRE

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In Book 1 of this, Satan is "hurld hedlong flaming from th' ethereal skies... to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paradise Lost

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THREE

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It beats 2 pair, but not a straight

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

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THE 1890s

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Relationship of Lizzie Borden to the woman she was acquitted of killing

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Time's up! The correct answer was stepdaughter

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STRINGS

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The hope behind String Theory is that it will result in this, sometimes shortened to "T.O.E."

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Time's up! The correct answer was the theory of everything

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STRUCTURES

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When completed, it stretched for 73 1/2 miles from Bowness to Wallsend

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hadrian's Wall

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I'M "L__X"

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This "Tax" is found on a Monopoly board

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Time's up! The correct answer was Luxury Tax

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MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS

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1987: "Naughty"

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

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CLOTHING

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They can be crew, knee, or bobby

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Time's up! The correct answer was socks

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GOVERNMENT

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In 1966, Supreme Court ruled the 24th amendment outlawed this tax on both federal & state levels

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Time's up! The correct answer was the poll tax

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STATE: THE OBVIOUS

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This state's name includes the name of the country that was the top destination for U.S. tourists in 2001

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico

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"PU"

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It's another name for the cougar or mountain lion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Puma

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THE "CAPTAIN"

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Hooray for this Groucho Marx character from "Animal Crackers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Spaulding

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HEADLINES

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From the Sept. 16, 1961 N.Y. Times: He "Dies in African Air Crash; Kennedy Going to U.N. in Succession Crisis"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dag Hammarskjold

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SPORTS

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(Hi, I'm Greg Gumbel) During his 26-year career Sparky Anderson managed the Cincinnati Reds to 4 NL titles & this team to 1 AL championship

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Time's up! The correct answer was Detroit Tigers

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1957

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When Wham-O introduced this toy in 1957, it was called the Pluto Platter

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frisbee

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FEELING "ANCY"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pregnancy

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CANADIAN CAPITALS

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Now a provincial capital, it was once the capital of New France

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quebec City

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THIS CATEGORY STINKS!

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It's the Belgian province bordering the Netherlands that's famous for originating a smelly cheese

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Time's up! The correct answer was Limburgh

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TECHNOLOGY

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A fault in the rotation speed of this device produces a sound called a "wow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a turntable

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SKUNKS

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Skunks are the major carriers of this disease in the continental U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was rabies

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DIARIES

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The diary of this woman, wife of a famous aviator, describes the kidnapping of her son

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER

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He's the guitarist who had a Top 40 hit with "Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rick Derringer

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ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR

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A policy seeking to reduce pollution is referred to as this & trade

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Time's up! The correct answer was cap

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"O" YOU ANIMAL!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Octopus

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4-LETTER WORDS

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A raisin can be called by this other fruit's name when it's added to a pudding or a cake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plum

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SPORTS

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

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

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LET'S TAKE A PEAK

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The name of this volcano in Martinique is from the French for "bald mountain"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Pelee

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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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HERBS & SPICES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was oregano

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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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ANIMALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Piranha

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

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In 1961 this firm introduced its Selectric typewriter, which used a spherical typing element

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Time's up! The correct answer was IBM

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THREE CHEERS!

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Since the 1979 incident at this location, no new nuclear reactors have been ordered in the U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Three-Mile Island

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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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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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TV STARS

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Putting the Goth in "American Gothic", this rocker & his family starred in a hit MTV reality show in 2002

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ozzy Osbourne

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THE LAND

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This country is "The Land of the Shamrock"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland

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LITERATURE

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People from the past appear to a brother & sister in "Rewards and Fairies" by this author of "The Jungle Book"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kipling

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FINE DINING

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This word for a French stew is pronounced the same as a pasta sauce brand

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Time's up! The correct answer was ragout

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YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE

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Science: Discover animal anatomy, starting with Ursidae, this animal family

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Time's up! The correct answer was the bear family

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THE RENAISSANCE

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The name of this musical form probably came from the Latin "matricale", meaning in the mother tongue

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Time's up! The correct answer was Madrigal

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THE OLD COLLEGE TRY

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New Haven has Albertus Magnus; Grand Rapids, Michigan has a school named for this other 13th c. theologian

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Acquinas

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TV PRODUCERS

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He probably has another 6 or 7 "Law & Order" offshoots on his desk just waiting for network slots

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Wolf

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INNS

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Gray's Inn is one of these associations that control admission to Britain's bar

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Inns of Court

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OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s

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Elon Musk is now making rockets & electric cars; before that he co-founded & sold this electronic payment system

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Time's up! The correct answer was PayPal

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OSCAR NIGHT 2003

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With 6 Academy Awards total, this adapted musical was the big winner on Oscar Night 2003

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago

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SPOILER ALERT!

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1959: Joe E. Brown discovers that "she" is really a guy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Some Like It Hot

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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Brazil

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese

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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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KOREA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pusan

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THE HUMAN ANIMAL

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On behalf of Western intelligence, Col. Oleg Penkovsky was one of these inside the USSR

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mole

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CINEMA OF "BLOOD"

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Daniel Day-Lewis starred in this 2008 Oscar-winning adaptation of an Upton Sinclair novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was There Will Be Blood

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THE 19th CENTURY

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One of the 3 large empires of 19th century Eastern Europe was this "Sick Man"

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

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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This word for someone who walks comes from the Latin for "foot"

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Time's up! The correct answer was pedestrian

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HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?

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This emotional bond to a captor by a hostage due to stress & need for survival is the psychothriller of the summer!

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Stockholm Syndrome

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WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS

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1902: The first First Lady

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Time's up! The correct answer was Martha Washington

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"B" IN GEOGRAPHY

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This city located on the Rhine River became West Germany's capital in 1949

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bonn

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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Nobelist George Thomson is the son of J.J. Thomson, a Nobel Prize winner who discovered this negative particle

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Time's up! The correct answer was electron

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TECHNOLOGY

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The "D" in radar stands for this

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THE TIGERS

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Genus sphyraena, this long, thin predatory fish with protruding jaws & teeth is known as the "tiger of the sea"

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FOLKIES

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The times they were a-changin' when this folk icon went electric at the 1965 Newport Festival

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Dylan

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HISPANIC HISTORY

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

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HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

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From answers to questions; that's "Jeopardy!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romans

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN

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Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima began playing this sport for Brazil's national team at age 17

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IT'S SANDY!

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In the 1960s he set records of 4 career no-hitters & 382 strikeouts in one year

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sandy Koufax

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1938

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Returning from Ireland to NYC in August, this aviator was given a parade down…er, up Broadway

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Wrong Way" Corrigan

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THE FUNNIES

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This Johnny Hart strip features such characters as Thor, Peter, Wiley & Clumsy Carp

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THE SHORT VERSION

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A translation of the Bible: KJV

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TV MOVIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Waltons

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THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS

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A tree snatches Robbie in this 1982 thriller known for the catchphrase "They're heee-reee!"

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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

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In 1865 this school in Poughkeepsie became the first women's college in the U.S. to have facilities equal to the men's schools

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THEY REST IN NEBRASKA

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Grover Cleveland Alexander was inducted into this sport's Hall of Fame in 1938 & interred in Nebraska in 1950

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RUBY

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She was married to Al Jolson when she starred in those classic 1930s Busby Berkeley musicals

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BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!

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1999: "Get in my belly!" (Second in a series)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

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STATE OF THE UNION

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

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WOLVERINE

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The website for this state's legislature says no bear "can match the vicious disposition... of the wolverine"

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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS

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In the 1920s, Frank Whittle, who grew up making model airplanes, designed the first working engine of this type

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KFC

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The conglomerate built on this soda decided everybody needs a little KFC & bought it in 1986

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SPORTS EQUIPMENT

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Alternate name for the number one wood in golf

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YOU DO THE MATH

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The number of days in a week times the number of ancient "wonders of the world"

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Time's up! The correct answer was 49

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LITERATURE

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This Muriel Spark novel is set at the Marcia Blaine School For Girls in Edinburgh

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"

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THE HUMAN ANIMAL

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Slang for a woman on the prowl for younger men

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cougar

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THE "CO"-CATEGORY

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A Greek word for "poppy" gives us the name of this analgesic, an alkaloid of opium

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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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OSCAR-WINNING ROLES

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1951: Boat captain Charlie Allnut

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bogart

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THE CIVIL WAR

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sherman

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THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN

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In the aftermath this owner of the theater/crime scene was thrown in jail as a possible conspirator

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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WOMEN OF THE WORLD

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She wrote her first novel, "The House of the Spirits", in exile soon after her uncle's assassination

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Time's up! The correct answer was Isabel Allende

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LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"

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Delicious "Doone" damsel (5)

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BEES

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The 3 classes of a honeybee colony

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

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MAGAZINES

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This founder of Weight Watchers is a cosulting editor of Weight Watchers magazine

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ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN

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Symphony Beethoven "composed to celebrate the memory of a great man"

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THE 17TH CENTURY

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In his 1613 "Letters On Sunspots", he openly supported the Copernican theory

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SONG LYRICS

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"When I dream about the moonlight on" this river, "then I long for my Indiana home"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Wabash

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PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

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Maybe Alfred Adler didn't think he was good enough when he identified & named this complex

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Time's up! The correct answer was Inferiority complex

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INITIALS M.D.

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Like Neve & Denise, he was one of the "Wild Things"

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LITERATURE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawthorne

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GRAVE MATTERS

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

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FOOD FACTS

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Cannellini is a white kidney bean, cannelloni is a type of this

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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

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

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THE 1990s

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On Nov. 5, 1996, this GOP candidate joked, "Tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Dole

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THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s

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1967: "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neil Diamond

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SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS

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The word "fashionable" came into vogue with Ulysses' speech to Achilles in this play

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Time's up! The correct answer was Troilus and Cressida

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NEPAL

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This Sherpa who went to the top of the world with Edmund Hillary died in 1986 at the age of 72

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tenzing Norgay

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BALLS

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A target ball called a "pallino" is thrown first in this Italian ball game

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ISLANDS

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A causeway connects this Persian Gulf nation with the Saudi Arabian mainland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bahrain

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A THOMAS GUIDE

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His 1947 novel "Doctor Faustus" symbolically paralleled the rise of Nazism

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Mann

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4 N

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

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

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X MARKS THE SPOT

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This city on the Salt River sits on the eastern edge of the Sonoran Desert

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix

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VERBS

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4-syllable synonym for "to count", from Latin for "to count"

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Time's up! The correct answer was enumerate

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OFF TO A GOOD START

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It's the go-ahead in a kid's game & for a car at an intersection

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

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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"

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A literary bell ringer (9)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quasimodo

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NOVEL QUOTES

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(1945) "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Animal Farm

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YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE

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Science: Discover animal anatomy, starting with Ursidae, this animal family

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Time's up! The correct answer was the bear family

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PEANUTS

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Of a 25th, 30th or 40th anniversary, what "Peanuts" is celebrating in 1990

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Time's up! The correct answer was 40th Anniversary

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Florida's panhandle borders these 2 states

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CORAL REEF LIFE

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Just off Australia, it's the largest chain of coral reefs in the world

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Barrier Reef

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BUGS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbugs

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HOLIDAYS

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Meaning “removal of meat”, it's Rio's 4-day pre-Lenten festival

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carnival

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OSCAR-WINNING ROLES

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1942: Kay Miniver

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greer Garson

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HOME, SWEET HOME

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Scout out the home Kit Carson shared with his lovely bride in Taos in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico

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'ALLO, GOVERNOR!

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Beauford Jester, John B. Connally, Jr.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas

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BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER

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This Egyptian crime boss is wanted in connection with ordering the death of all male Jewish children

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pharaoh

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MISC.

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This N.H. school was the last U.S. institution of higher learning to be founded by royal decree

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dartmouth

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INDEPENDENCE DAYS

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

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SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?

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Bizet's "Carmen", for example

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Time's up! The correct answer was an opera

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NETWORK

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"The Puzzle Place", "This Old House", "Frontline"

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Time's up! The correct answer was PBS

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HEISMAN WINNERS

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In 2006 Troy Smith joined Eddie George & back-to-back winner Archie Griffin as winners from this school

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ohio State

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TOP OF THE LIST

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Not only is Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta the world's busiest airport, this airline based there is the largest

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SYMPHONIES ON FILM

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In 1998's "Serengeti Symphony", the title nature reserve in this country is shown with only music & natural sound

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tanzania

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THE BIBLE

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Under the command of this Babylonian king, Nebuzaradan burned "All the houses of Jerusalem"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nebuchadnezzar

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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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AMERICAN HISTORY

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In 1698, after an absence of 15 years, he returned to the colony named for his father

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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This type of hard sausage is America's favorite pizza topping

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Time's up! The correct answer was pepperoni

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CHEKHOV, PLEASE

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The title characters of this Chekhov play also have a brother named Andrey

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

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THE CIVIL WAR

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On April 12, 1861 Confederate general Beauregard attacked this fort in Charleston Harbor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Sumter

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DECADES OF BESTSELLERS

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"The Mammoth Hunters" & "The Queen of the Damned"

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THOSE CRAZY GUGGENHEIMS

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Patriarch Meyer moved from Switzerland to the U.S. in 1847 & set up shop in this Pennsylvania city

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LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS

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From 1846 to 1859 this ex-Tennessee governor was a U.S. senator from Texas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sam Houston

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HAIR TODAY

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George Clooney popularized the close-cut style named this, like a certain leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Caesar

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THE ROYALS

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She was the Virgin Queen or Good Queen Bess

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I

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2-LETTER WORDS

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Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on...your definition of" this word

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PLAY ADJECTIVES

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Mark Medoff's "Children of a ____ God"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lesser

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IN THE TREASURY DEPT.

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In addition to protecting all of us from funny money, it protects the president

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

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QUOTATIONS

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John Kenneth Galbraith said these "are indispensable when you don't want to do anything"--there's one in the boardroom at 2:30

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Time's up! The correct answer was meetings

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WORDS WITHIN WORDS

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Carry something luminescent when you go down into one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mine

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SILENCE

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The name of this branch of monks known for keeping silent comes from a 17th century Cistercian Abbey

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