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Time's up! The correct answer was the Trappists

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YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!

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The witness is testifying based on what someone else told her--that's called this

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Time's up! The correct answer was hearsay

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NATURE

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Safes, a type of these desert formations, are often many miles long & several hundred feet high

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Time's up! The correct answer was sand dunes

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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES

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Tony Blair was born there

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland

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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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MASTER OF PUPPETS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beaker

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THE PARTS OF SPEECH

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Of the traditional 8 parts of speech, it's the only one that doesn't end in the same 4 letters as 1 of the other parts of speech

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Time's up! The correct answer was adjective

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FROG ANATOMY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the bladder

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A BUG'S LIFE

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The chigoe is a sand-dwelling variety of this insect

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Time's up! The correct answer was a flea

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THE LAST MAN

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In the "Book Of Sports Legends" is this man who threw the first pitch in a World Series game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cy Young

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ALASKA

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The mainland peninsula closest to Russia is named for this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Seward

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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"

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Raiment or apparel

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Time's up! The correct answer was clothing

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

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A steamy 1998 issue reports on sexual attraction in the orange sulphur species of this colorful insect

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Time's up! The correct answer was butterflies

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COVER ME!

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In 1965 Otis Redding took "Respect" to No. 35; 2 years later, her cover was No. 1

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aretha Franklin

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CIVIL WAR LITERATURE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Whitman

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LET'S HIT IT

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Hit this paper mache container, Spanish for "jug", if you want candy and small gifts

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Time's up! The correct answer was pinata

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GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY

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You mugs, I need a "can opener", a tool used to open one of these, not a tin can

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Time's up! The correct answer was Safe

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BALLET

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pinocchio

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THE FALL

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In October 1967 in Tehran, he crowned himself Light of the Aryan Race, among other things

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Shah

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POETIC TITLE VERBS

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"She _____ In Beauty"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walks

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AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY

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A type of camera: TLR

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Time's up! The correct answer was twin lens reflex

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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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COUNTRY MUSIC

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

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

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ROCK WITH YOU

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Quit your yellin' & name this 1995 hit duet for Michael & Janet Jackson, their first together

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

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FOOD CHAIN

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"Dip Into Something Different" at the Melting Pot, found across the nation, & specializing in this Swiss dish

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Time's up! The correct answer was fondue

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THE OLD COLLEGE TRY

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Rhode Island's only Ivy League school is this institution

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brown

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SHAKESPEARE

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Macduff tells us, "Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd in evils to top" this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Macbeth

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THE ROLLING STONES

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It was the number of the Rolling Stones' 1966 "Nervous Breakdown"

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Time's up! The correct answer was 19th

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THE CONTINENTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Europe

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CAPITOL THINKERS

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This Vermont senator wrote, "You get 15 Democrats together in a room, and you get 20 opinions"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Patrick Leahy

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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Monroe, near Snohomish in this state, is the site of the annual Evergreen State Fair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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20th CENTURY QUOTES

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A Communist, 1938: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"

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

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CHEKHOV, PLEASE

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He's known more formally as Ivan Voynitsky

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle Vanya

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WORLD HISTORY

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This dominion was created by the British North America Act on July 1, 1867

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canada

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MOVIE CITIES

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2010, starring Kristen Bell: "When in ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rome

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TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Cowell

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SCIENCE CLASS

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(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports) Botanists divide a flower into four main parts: sepals, petals, stamens & these

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Time's up! The correct answer was pistils

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STORYTELLERS

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ABC radio commentator who tells "The Rest of the Story"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Harvey

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1933

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Federal judge John Woolsey lifted the ban on the importation & sale of this James Joyce book

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

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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Arthur Kornberg won for showing how DNA duplicates in bacteria; son Roger's work was on the conversion of DNA into this

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Time's up! The correct answer was RNA

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COUNTRY MUSIC

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This performer became an Opry member in 1991, the same year his "When I Call Your Name" album went platinum

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vince Gill

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U.S. COLLEGES

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Swarthmore College of Pennsylvania has a historical library devoted to this religious group that founded it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quakers

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IT ENDS WITH "US"

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Bridges over this strait connect Asia to Europe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bosphorus

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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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MODERN "TIME"S

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To own a property jointly with others & use it in common but at different times

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

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DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB

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He gave up his cushy European royalty job to become emperor of Mexico, & was executed there in 1867

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maximillian

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ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS

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Pope Leo X named Henry VIII "Defender of the Faith" for his written attack on this German Protestant leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Martin Luther

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EARTH

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Immense boulders in random & odd places were some of the first evidence that these "Ages" happened

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ice Ages

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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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CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

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Actor Fredric's month (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was March

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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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COLORS

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Color of a lucky "letter day"

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Time's up! The correct answer was red

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WHAT'S IN A NAME?

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This feminine form of Rex is from the Latin for "queen"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Regina

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THE 1990s

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Queen Elizabeth II & Francois Mitterrand appeared together at the opening of this on May 6, 1994

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Time's up! The correct answer was the opening of the "Chunnel"

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BRANDO

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"Family" man Don Vito Corleone

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Godfather

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THE LAST BATTLE

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The Siege of Yorktown

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Time's up! The correct answer was the American Revolution

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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The highest airport in the world is Lhasa Airport in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was TIbet

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GOAT-POURRI

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In 1846 Neptune was discovered in this constellation, the 10th sign of the zodiac

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Time's up! The correct answer was Capricorn

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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To make this dish, beef is topped with pate de foie gras & a mushroom paste before it's wrapped in pastry & cooked

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Time's up! The correct answer was beef Wellington

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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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ARCHITECTURE

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A kite winder is the central of 3 winders that help make a 90-degree turn in a flight of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was stairs

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WORLD RELIGION

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In the presence of the Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, you cover your head & remove these

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Time's up! The correct answer was your shoes

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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To reach eastern markets in the 1800s, Texas drovers brought their cattle to Kansas via this trail

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Chisholm Trail

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A VIOLENT CATEGORY

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A suit of cards represented by a trefoil

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Time's up! The correct answer was club

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FDR

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FDR gave the first of these talks March 12, 1933 from the White House diplomatic reception room

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fireside Chats

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MEN OF MUSIC

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In 1908 Oscar Strauss turned this playwright's "Arms and the Man" into the operetta "The Chocolate Soldier"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shaw

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"D" IN HISTORY

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In 1578 a Mongolian ruler first gave the leader of Tibet's Yellow Hat sect of Buddhism this title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dalai Lama

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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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LITERARY FIRST LINES

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1854: "When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone in the woods..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Walden; or, Life in the Woods"

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U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES

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

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

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WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

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The islands in Australia's Yampi Sound are rich in hematite, an ore of this metal

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Time's up! The correct answer was iron

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PHYSICS

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Plano-convex, biconvex & concavo-convex are 3 of the types of this optical component

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Time's up! The correct answer was lens

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

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This Utah school's Ty Detmer holds the NCAA career record for yards passing with 15,031

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brigham Young University

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES

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"The Ryan Express"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nolan Ryan

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NBA HALL OF FAMERS

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He won an NBA title ring in 1973 as a reserve forward with the Knicks & coached the Bulls to 6 titles in the '90s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Jackson

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ROAMIN' THE WORLD

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In 1991 the Yanomami tribe in this country was awarded a reserve 3 times the size of Belgium

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brazil

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TRANSPORTATION

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The 1st of these high-speed German highways was opened between Cologne & Bonn in 1932

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Time's up! The correct answer was Autobahn

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AMERICAN NICKNAMES

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She was called "Little Missy" & "Little Sure Shot"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Annie Oakley

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YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!

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We've heard the question already; I'm making this objection that could be called "triple a"

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Time's up! The correct answer was asked and answered

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CHICKENS FOR FREE

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He celebrated his 86th birthday at "21" by having his own famous fried chicken delivered to his table in section 21

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colonel Sanders

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STOCK SYMBOLS

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We'll never tire of telling you its symbol is GR, not B.F.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Goodrich

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ANIMAL TERMS

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To "go whole" this animal means to indulge completely

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Time's up! The correct answer was hog

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BALLET

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From the French meaning "to bend", this basic bending movement prepares a dancer to spring high into the air

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Time's up! The correct answer was plie

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BILL GATES' 50 BILLION

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In 1997 Americans spent about $40 billion on these, & many wanted to be in Bill's

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shoes

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PROVERBS

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There's "no time like" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the present

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"TRI" HARDER

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The French flag

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tricolor

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NBA HALL OF FAMERS

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This Nigeria-born Rockets player holds the NBA record for career blocked shots with 3,830

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hakeem Olajuwon

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NOTABLE NAMES

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His last direct descendant was a granddaughter, Elizabeth Hall, born to John & Susanna Hall in 1608

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Shakespeare

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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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JAY

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Born on the Six Nations Indian Reservation in Ontario, he played Tonto to Clayton Moore's Lone Ranger

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Silverheels

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EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES

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"And away we go"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Gleason

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TELEVISION

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Ray Walston was the Martian while the "my" in "My Favorite Martian" referred to him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Bixby

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SLOGANEERING

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"The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection" is the goal of this automaker

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lexus

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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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SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"

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In tennis, it happens when the server steps over the baseline before hitting the ball

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Time's up! The correct answer was Foot fault

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WANT ADS

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Numbers cruncher needed! Must be member of AICPA, the American Institute of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Certified Public Accountants

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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Nobel-winning creator of Herzog & Sammler

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saul Bellow

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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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& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR

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Poe knows this swinging lever regulates the speed of a clock mechanism

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Time's up! The correct answer was pendulum

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MILITARY SLANG

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"SAR" stands for this, the effort to extract a downed aircrew in a combat zone

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Time's up! The correct answer was search and rescue

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TINKER

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Sometimes called "Irish Cobs" or "Gypsy Cobs", Irish Tinkers are a type of this animal

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Time's up! The correct answer was horse

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GOOD CAUSES

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The Andre Agassi foundation for education runs Agassi Prep in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Las Vegas

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FOOD FACTS

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Carob yields a sweet pulp that is roasted, ground, & used as a substitute for this flavoring

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Time's up! The correct answer was chocolate

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20th CENTURY BALLET

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dracula

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TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE

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Beware Thornton Wilder's "The Ides of March" & this play where you'll find the phrase

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar

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NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL

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Ljubljana, Bratislava, Barcelona

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barcelona

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LANGUAGES

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Of Inka, Dinka or Doo, an actual language spoken in southern Sudan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dinka

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STATE FISH

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Florida's state saltwater fish is this game fish known for its raised dorsal fin & spear-like nose

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sailfish

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ARTISTS' RETREATS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Albee

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ROYALTY

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In 1949 he succeeded his grandfather Prince Louis II as ruler of Monaco

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prince Rainier

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STRING THEORY 101

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String puppets are often called these, affer a certain virgin

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Time's up! The correct answer was marionettes

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PUNJAB

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Since 1947, the historic region of Punjab has been divided between these 2 countries

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Time's up! The correct answer was India & Pakistan

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MAGAZINE FEATURES

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Leading Off, Faces in the Crowd, Scorecard

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sports Illustrated

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FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Delta

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HOMOPHONES

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Wan, or a bucket

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Time's up! The correct answer was pale/pail

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HISTORY

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

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

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AUTHORS

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His "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" spans 100 years from the Civil War to the civil rights movement

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest J. Gaines

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CANDY & GUM SLOGANS

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"Gimme a Break, Gimme a Break, Break Me Off a Piece" of this candy bar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kit Kat

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KIDDY LIT

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These tiny people in a 1952 Mary Norton story live under the floor in a large country house

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Time's up! The correct answer was the borrowers

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TRANSPORTATION

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There are no knife or spoon varieties of these vehicles used in warehouses to raise & carry merchandise

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Time's up! The correct answer was forklifts

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POLITICAL SLOGANS

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“Four more years of the full dinner pail” symbolized this president's re-election campaign in 1900

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Time's up! The correct answer was McKinley

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WE ARE AMUSED

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Ms. Rodham Clinton's first name comes from the same Latin root as this word meaning "very funny"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hilarious

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BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hoover

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FAMOUS AMERICANS

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Her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1981 to replace Potter Stewart was history-making

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sandra Day O'Connor

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THE REDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red Square

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ONE BUCK OR LESS

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The USPS cost for mailing this, a minimum of 3 1/2 x 5 inches, is 28 cents; wish you were here!

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Time's up! The correct answer was a postcard

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"IRA"

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Hey, you saps who think pneumonia killed President Harrison--I've got this kind of theory involving a group plan

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Time's up! The correct answer was a conspiracy theory

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AskOxford.com

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AskOxford.com says the most commonly cited collective term for these animals is a clowder

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Time's up! The correct answer was cats

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NYC MUSIC HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carnegie Hall

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& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN

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

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

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MAMMALS

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Common in Dixie, a razorback is a wild one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was hog

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MAGIC

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This 16-letter synonym for sleight of hand comes from the Latin for "nimble finger"

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Time's up! The correct answer was prestidigitation

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FUN WITH OPERA

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A singing sofa & a chorus of frogs are featured in "L'Enfant et les Sortileges" by this "Bolero" composer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maurice Ravel

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CNN

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Anchored by Lou Dobbs, it was TV's first nightly business newscast

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

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NAME THE DECADE

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The first controlled nuclear chain reaction

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1940s

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COVER ME!

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In 1965 Otis Redding took "Respect" to No. 35; 2 years later, her cover was No. 1

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aretha Franklin

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REEL MOTHERS

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Title of the 1981 biopic about the woman seen here: "I wouldn't turn against you if it meant my life. You are my life."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mommie Dearest

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TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE

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"The Path to the Black Lodge"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twin Peaks

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

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Celebrating January 6, the Feast of this, commemorating the day the Magi arrived to honor the Christ Child

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Epiphany

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TV THEME LYRICS

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"Movin' movin' movi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rawhide

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ART

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In 1865 he shocked Paris with "Olympia", his painting of a reclining nude

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Time's up! The correct answer was Édouard Manet

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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1999 & 2002: Mini-Me

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Time's up! The correct answer was Verne Troyer

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ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER

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One might run in the Preakness

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Time's up! The correct answer was a colt

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WORLD HISTORY

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In 1832 Otto, a Bavarian prince, was named the first king of this Balkan country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece

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GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

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Theodore Dreiser wrote "An American Tragedy"; Philip Roth, "The Great American" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Novel

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LITERATURE

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This James M. Cain novel, which has been filmed "twice", was written under the title "Bar-B-Q"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Postman Always Rings Twice"

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FEELING POSSESSIVE

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In a 1981 hit song, Rick Springfield wished that he had her

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Jessie's Girl"

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SPOOKS

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In the early '70s East German spy Gunter Guillaume infiltrated the office of this West German chancellor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Brandt

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"DEATH"

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Bubonic plague's more descriptive name

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

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INDEPENDENCE DAYS

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This Asian island nation gained independence from the U.S. in 1946 but celebrates its 1898 freedom from Spain on June 12

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Philippines

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ONE BUCK OR LESS

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In 2002 Eminem signed this rapper to a 7-figure deal, obviously worth a lot more than his name implies

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Time's up! The correct answer was 50 Cent

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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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THE DE NIRO CODE

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In Italian, in this sequel: "Do me this favor..ask your friends...about me. They'll tell you I know how to return a favor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Godfather Part II

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DECADES OF BESTSELLERS

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"The Power of Positive Thinking" & "Marjorie Morningstar"

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

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NATIVE AMERICANS

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This Florida tribe lived in dwellings called chickees that had raised floors & open sides allowing the air to circulate

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Seminoles

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20th CENTURY NICKNAMES

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Aviation's "Mysterious Billionaire"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Howard Hughes

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HE WAS IN THAT?

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

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

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BRAND NAMES

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Formulated in 1953, its first purpose was "water displacement" to prevent corrosion on missiles

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Time's up! The correct answer was WD-40

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FOREIGN CURRENCY

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

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

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BIOLOGY

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Common "colorful" term for the eythrocytes, which transport oxygen around the body

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Time's up! The correct answer was the red blood cells

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AIRPORT CODES

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In Scandinavia: CPH

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Time's up! The correct answer was Copenhagen

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21st CENTURY MUSIC

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Brothers Chad & Mike Kroeger make up half of this rock band

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nickelback

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PARTS OF PEACH

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Peaches are more than 80% this compound

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Time's up! The correct answer was H2O

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FOOD

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Some say these dried treats are tastier made from seeded grapes than from seedless ones

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Time's up! The correct answer was Raisins

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THE PRODUCERS

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This West Coast state procuces the most wind-generated energy

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Time's up! The correct answer was California

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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

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He pretty much stopped treating people after his parrot Polynesia taught him how to talk to animals

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

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JULY

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In July 1893 this president underwent a secret operation to remove part of his jaw due to cancer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grover Cleveland

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"DEEP" DISH

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People on bed rest are at risk for a serious blood clot in the legs known as DVT, short for this

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Time's up! The correct answer was deep vein thrombosis

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THE "X" FILES

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Breastplated "Warrior Princess" played by Lucy Lawless

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Time's up! The correct answer was Xena

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CANDY & GUM SLOGANS

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"Packed with Peanuts", it "Really Satisfies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snickers

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SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS

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Mohini Bhardwaj, Courtney Kupets & their 4 teammates

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Time's up! The correct answer was gymnastics

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AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt

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CALENDAR GIRLS

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In 1963 she co-wrote "Ring of Fire" with Merle Kilgore

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carter

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"ANT" INFESTATION

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From the Latin for "delight", this is someone who takes delight in dabbling in the arts

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Time's up! The correct answer was dilettante

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Y-R

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This Cole was a known associate of Jesse James

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Time's up! The correct answer was Younger

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ORGANIZATIONS

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Members of this volunteer crime-fighting organization are famous for wearing red berets

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Guardian Angels

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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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I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW

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In 9 minutes, Sonya Thomas dined on 11 pounds of this cheesy dessert from a Brooklyn restaurant

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Time's up! The correct answer was cheesecake

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LITERARY BADDIES

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Mrs. Augustine St. Clare sold Uncle Tom to this brutal, alcoholic plantation owner who later beat him to death

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Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Legree

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20th CENTURY ARTISTS

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This Belgian's "Mysteries Of The Horizon" shows 3 men in bowler hats; a sliver of moon hangs above each of them

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magritte

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Philip Roth

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"A"NCIENT GREEKS

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A fabulist: 620-560 B.C.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aesop

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

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An epigraph he used on one story says, "our hearts though stout and brave, still, like muffled drums are beating"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edgar Allan Poe

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THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE

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One of the hottest stocks of summer 2000 was for this nautical action film starring George Clooney

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

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GETTING POSSESSIVE

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While one creation slept, God took this to make Eve

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adam's rib

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GOULASH

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In 1957 child model Jim O'Neill was chosen to grace the cover of his "Baby and Child Care Book"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Benjamin Spock

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MAGAZINE FEATURES

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Agenda, Fairground, Fanfair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vanity Fair

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THE CIVIL WAR

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In June of 1861, Dorothea Dix was appointed to supervise the female ones of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was nurses

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NAME THE POET

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"The spirit who bideth by himself / in the land of mist and snow / he loved the bird that loved the man / who shot him with his bow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coleridge

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EXPLORERS

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His 1497-98 voyage to India opened the 1st all-water trade route between Europe & Asia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vasco da Gama

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THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE

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This Kansan made her last known take-off from New Guinea; if you find out where she is, let us know

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart

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ASIAN NATIONS

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A map of this country bears many Kualas; Kuala Dungun, Kuala Lumpur....

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Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia

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ISRAEL

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If you're getting engaged, consider a visit to Netanya, a world center for cutting & polishing these

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Time's up! The correct answer was diamonds

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BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES

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Robert Heinlein used this phrase from Exodus 2:22 as the title of one of his novels

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Stranger In A Strange Land"

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GEOLOGY

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A 6-mile-wide caldera, or volcanic crater, is a highlight of La Palma in this Spanish Island group off Africa

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Canaries

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THE CAT

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It's the full name for the domesticated kitty called a tortie

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tortoiseshell

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SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE

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This tire co. paid Rip Hamilton "to braid his hair in the tread pattern of one of its tires", not blimps

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Time's up! The correct answer was Goodyear

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TEENS IN HISTORY

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She was a teenage farm girl when she beat the famous marksman Frank Butler in an 1870s shooting match

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Time's up! The correct answer was Annie Oakley

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HISTORY

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The 1st prime minister of independent Kenya

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jomo Kenyatta

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THE BRITISH THEATRE

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Richard Attenborough, who was in the original 1952 cast of this play, helped celebrate its performance No. 20,000 in 2000

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Mousetrap

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U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kofi Annan

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GOVERNMENT

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

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

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GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP

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J.P. Hayes cost himself a 2009 spot on this tour by confessing to using an unapproved ball

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Time's up! The correct answer was the PGA tour

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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In 1791 this Treasury Secretary issued his "Report On Manufactures", a critique of American industry

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Hamilton

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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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WORD ORIGINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was zero

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MAYORS

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Actress Melina Mercouri ran unsuccessfully for mayor of this foreign city, a post her Grandpa held for 30 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Athens

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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES

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Patrick Stewart wrote & starred in a one-man show based on this Dickens Christmas classic

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Christmas Carol

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I PITY THE "FOOL"

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Found at fool.com, it's the Gardner brothers' online investment guide

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Motley Fool

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NOTORIOUS

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32 inmates & 11 guards were killed in '71 uprising at this NY prison

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Time's up! The correct answer was Attica

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COMPANIES

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This warehouse club has over 43 million members, some of them Gold Star, lugging home the big jars of mayo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Costco

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AT THE KENNEDY CENTER

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Can you hear me? This rock opera by The Who was a big hit at the Kennedy Center in 1994

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy

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FAMILIAR SAYINGS

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A camel is a horse designed by this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a committee

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CITY FOLK

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Hamburgers

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Time's up! The correct answer was residents of Hamburg

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SCRAMBLED EGGS

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Reptile born with an "egg tooth" so it can escape its shelled jail: TAILOR GAL

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Time's up! The correct answer was alligator

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HAMMERS

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Goods being sold "under the hammer" are found at these events

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Time's up! The correct answer was Auctions

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ANIMATED FILMS

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Pop star Tiffany provided the voice of Judy for this film about a space-age family

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Jetsons

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BETTER KNOWN AS...

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Falsetto ukulele strummer Herbert Khaury

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tiny Tim

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VALUABLE PLACES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ruby Ridge

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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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MAGAZINES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Newsweek

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AMERICAN NICKNAMES

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The "Plant Magician" was Luther Burbank; this man was the "Plant Doctor"

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

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POLITICAL TALK

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Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"

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Time's up! The correct answer was horses

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FRUITS & VEGETABLES

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This somewhat coarse root vegetable is also called a swede or a Swedish turnip

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rutabaga

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EXPIRATION DATES

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May 13, 1884: This inventor did not fear the (mechanical) reaper

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cyrus McCormick

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THE BIG APPLE

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Sheep Meadow & the Turtle Pond can be found in this 843-acre public playground

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Time's up! The correct answer was Central Park

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GEHRY

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Frank Gehry's "Easy Edges" line built furniture out of this stuff in which your furniture usually arrives

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Time's up! The correct answer was cardboard

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MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS

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China and Taiwan reached the agreement that this film at "Full Throttle" would be "Hot Chicks: Full Speed"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie's Angels

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ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL

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This element, Na, combines with chlorine to form ordinary table salt

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Time's up! The correct answer was sodium

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ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK

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Part of a British breakfast, this jam is made from bitter Seville oranges, including the rinds

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Time's up! The correct answer was marmalade

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EMOTICONS

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:-b.. Doing this means either you're hungry or you're a pig

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Time's up! The correct answer was drooling

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THE GRIDIRON

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[Hi, I'm Shannon Sharpe of the Denver Broncos] In 1995 this Cowboys running back tied Jim Brown's record by scoring his 100th career TD in his 93rd NFL game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Emmitt Smith

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BABY BOOMER MEMORIES

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In a heartbreaking scene, Travis has to kill his beloved dog in this 1957 film based on a Fred Gipson book

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Time's up! The correct answer was Old Yeller

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ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS

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This 1963 epic included 79 sets & 26,000 costumes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra

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ONE-WORD RHYMES

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In Manhattan, going from Central Park to Chelsea is heading this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was downtown

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THIS IS JEOPARDY!

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In 1984, he made the music video "I Lost On Jeopardy"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Weird Al" Yankovic

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MEDICAL TALK

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Luteinizing hormone is one of the many produced by this cherry-shaped gland

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Time's up! The correct answer was the pituitary

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BILL GATES' 50 BILLION

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Bill could easily bid on Bolivia: their GDP, this annual figure, is less than half what he's worth

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gross Domestic Product

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TIMELESS TV

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Originally a half hour, this soap started in 1963 & featured Nurse Jessie Brewer

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Time's up! The correct answer was General Hospital

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YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Homo sapiens

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"IBLE"S & BITS

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14-letter adjective for something that can't be wiped out

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Time's up! The correct answer was indestructible

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ANCIENT VIP's

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The period during which he ruled is often referred to as "The Golden Age of Athens"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pericles

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CATHOLIC PRIESTS

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Served by priests, it may not exceed 18% alcohol

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Time's up! The correct answer was communion wine

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BROADWAY LYRICS

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"He had it comi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago

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THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD

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He directed a landmark Chinese production of his play "Death of a Salesman" at the People's Art Theatre in Beijing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller

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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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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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

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

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1807

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In July, Jacobitism ended with the death of Henry Benedict, the last claimant of this royal family to the British throne

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Stuarts

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CELEBRITY RHYME TIME

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Harrelson's yummies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Woody's goodies

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YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was evil

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THE BUTLER DID IT

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Giles was the first name of this Sebastian Cabot character on "Family Affair"

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

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ROGER!

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The fifth Chief Justice of the United States, he succeeded John Marshall in 1836

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Taney

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ANATOMY

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The 4 principal arteries of the head & neck are all called this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carotid Arteries

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CAPITOL THINKERS

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This Tennessee senator is a practicing physician

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Frist

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VOLCANOES

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At least 57 people died as a result of this U.S. volcano's May 18, 1980 eruption

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mount St. Helens

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AND I QUOTE

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Type of quotations in the title of "Bartlett's"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Familiar

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WHO'S THE BOSS

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Every week Danno Williams would "Book 'Em" for this boss

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steve McGarrett

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YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF

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Non-potent potable for which your first set of teeth is named

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Time's up! The correct answer was milk teeth

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NEWMAN'S OWN

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

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

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EARTH, WIND & FIRE

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Oh, "Boy"! This warming of the Pacific that causes unusual weather patterns occurs about every 2 to 7 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was El Nino

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19th CENTURY LITERATURE

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Ydgrun is a goddess worshipped by residents of this Samuel Butler country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Erewhon

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FAMOUS AMERICANS

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Her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1981 to replace Potter Stewart was history-making

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sandra Day O'Connor

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MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 23

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VACATION FUN

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Soar above the treetops on the Skyfari aerial tram at this West Coast's city's famous zoo

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Time's up! The correct answer was San Diego

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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

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Coined in the '70s, the term "Ebonics" comes from these 2 words

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Time's up! The correct answer was ebony & phonics

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1957

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He ended his brief retirement to become chairman & president of Occidental Petroleum

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Time's up! The correct answer was Armand Hammer

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SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN

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Shakespearean play featuring Falstaff & some "happy homemakers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Merry Wives of Windsor

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PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS

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2000: "Mary and Rhoda"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Mary Tyler Moore Show

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20th CENTURY ARTISTS

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This Belgian's "Mysteries Of The Horizon" shows 3 men in bowler hats; a sliver of moon hangs above each of them

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magritte

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SALMON

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"Fish ladders" help salmon travel upstream over these man-made obstructions

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Time's up! The correct answer was dams

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SIGNS & SYMBOLS

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The 2 symbols seen on pirate flags & bottles of poison

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

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TITLE WAVE

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Jon Krakauer: "Into ____ Air"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thin

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FIRE!

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The Bank of America is around today because A.P. Giannini saved its currency from this city's 1906 fire

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Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco

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A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS

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Alliterative two-word term for action by one's own forces causing casualties to one's own troops

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Time's up! The correct answer was friendly fire

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A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY

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Romance is a perfume from this designer whom you might call a major "polo" player

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Lauren

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THE LAST BATTLE

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The Battle of Chapultepec

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Mexican-American War

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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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BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!

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It loves to swim, but this bird seen here is one of the few that do not fly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Penguin

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IT BORDERS INDIA

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Of the 6 nations India borders, this one is the most populous

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Time's up! The correct answer was China

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NYPD TV

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

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

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GEOGRAPHY

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The western portion of the Baltic island of Usedom belongs to Germany; the eastern, to this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland

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FUNDRAISING

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In fundraising DM stands for this mail, which aims to scare up new donors

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Time's up! The correct answer was direct mail

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BEFORE & AFTER

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

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

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SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"

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A person near death is said to have one

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Time's up! The correct answer was One foot in the grave

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20th CENTURY THEATER

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This play ends with 1 character asking, "Well? Shall we go?"; the other replies, "Yes, let's go", but they do not move

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Time's up! The correct answer was Waiting for Godot

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ADVERTISING SLOGANS

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"I like" this lemon-lime soda "in you"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sprite

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Nome, Alaska lies on this peninsula named for a 19th century Secretary of State

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Seward peninsula

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THE SHORT VERSION

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A paranormal "experience": OBE

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Time's up! The correct answer was Out-of-body experience

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BUSINESS BUDDIES

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A crossword puzzle book started it all for Richard L. Simon & this publishing partner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Schuster

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BACKWARDS

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In competitive rowing, this is the only person in the boat whose back is not to the finish line

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Time's up! The correct answer was the coxswain

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THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary

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NO. 1 QUESTIONS

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In 1961 the Shirelles noted that "Tonight the light of love is in your eyes" but wanted to know this

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

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RICHARD

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Either of the 2 parents of Richard the Lion-Hearted

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine

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POLAR EXPLORATION

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This man who sailed with Scott later made a daring trek when his ship Endurance was trapped by ice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest Shackleton

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BARTLETT'S PAIRS

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Kenneth Grahame's 2 quotes both come from this children's book

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Wind in the Willows

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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

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

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& CROWN THY GOOD

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In 1905 Haakon VII was chosen king by the people & parliament of this country after its separation from Sweden

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Time's up! The correct answer was Norway

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THE BIBLE

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I Corinthians 7:9 states, "It is better to marry than to" do this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Burn

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FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'

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A writer, on the U.S. soccer team's 4 total shots in 3 games: "Four shots?" This Laker "takes that many during a timeout"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kobe Bryant

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SRO

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

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

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A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS

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This play opens on the battlements of the castle at Elsinore as Barnardo asks, "who's there?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet

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THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was ivory

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THE PRODUCERS

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This state produces more lobsters than any other

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maine

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WORDS

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Someone who sees a crime is an eyewitness; someone who experiences it aurally is this similar word

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Time's up! The correct answer was an earwitness

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MISCELLAN"IUM"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ilium

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ROYALTY

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Since 1066, the only British monarch to have 3 children ascend to the British throne

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII

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"X"-MEN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Deng Xiaoping

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BIRD HUNTING

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The Academy of Pro Players Power Hitting Baseball Camp can help you with bat speed, bunting & hitting the curve

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bunting

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest

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I KNOW THAT SONG

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"Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead!" is a song from this famous movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Wizard of Oz

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ANIMATED FILMS

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

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

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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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DON'T MESS WITH SICILY

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Heading west to Sicily from Calabria, Italy will take you "strait" to this port city of 263,000

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Time's up! The correct answer was Messina

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A VIOLENT CATEGORY

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A suit of cards represented by a trefoil

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Time's up! The correct answer was club

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CHARLIE CHAPLIN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Keystone Studios

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IT'S "BIG"

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This cosmology theory's name came from Fred Hoyle's joke about it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Big Bang

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TRANSPORTATION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steam

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"SIDE" EFFECTS

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A trial judge may call this conference with the attorneys, out of the jury's hearing

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Time's up! The correct answer was sidebar

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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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THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher

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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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HISTORY

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Every president since Taft has been an honorary president of this organization founded in the U.S. in Feb. 1910

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Boy Scouts

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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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JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST

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In her first major role, Julia served up Italian food New England style in this movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mystic Pizza

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SNACK ATTACK

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

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

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IN A FESTIVAL MOOD

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This annual event in Park City, Utah gives out the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sundance Film Festival

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"AI"

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Broad-snouted and smooth-fronted are 2 types of this South American reptile

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Time's up! The correct answer was caiman

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MY SUITE

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He began composing "The Nutcracker Suite" in 1891

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pyotr Tchaikovsky

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BALLET

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The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company

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Time's up! The correct answer was New York

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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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FILE UNDER "K"

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His "Ode To A Nightingale" says, "With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, and purple-stained mouth"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Keats

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20th CENTURY INVENTION

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In 1939 the Hydra-Matic system made this automatic in the Oldsmobile

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Time's up! The correct answer was Transmission

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"E" CHANNEL

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Philosophy branch that studies the nature & foundations of knowledge

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Time's up! The correct answer was epistemology

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NOVELS

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Chapter 10 of this 1960 novel begins, "Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty"

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Time's up! The correct answer was To Kill a Mockingbird

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THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH

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In 1893 the queen seen here (Liliuokalani) became the last monarch of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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WHY SO BLUE?

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This jeweler's blue box is a registered trademark

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tiffany

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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

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"The Comic Adventures of" this elderly woman "and her Dog" were first published in 1805

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Time's up! The correct answer was Old Mother Hubbard

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN

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Nike's stock fell when this basketball player announced his retirement in January 1999

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Jordan

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BIG "STAR"

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This hotel & casino at 3000 Las Vegas Blvd. South cashed out in 2006

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Stardust

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CONTAINERS

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Port wines are separated into 2 types based on these 2 possible places where they do most of their aging

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Time's up! The correct answer was barrels & bottles

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WHAT AILS YOU?

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Scientists have reported that this tofu legume may lower cholesterol

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Time's up! The correct answer was Soybean

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SEAQUEST

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WWI's important naval Battle of Jutland took place in this sea

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Sea

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WORD"Z"

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Last name of German engineer Karl, who in 1885 developed a 3-wheeled vehicle called the Motorwagen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benz

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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Hanks

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TECHNOLOGY

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In 1835 C.S.A. Thilorier froze this gas to create the first "dry ice"

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Time's up! The correct answer was carbon dioxide

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SAINTS

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This scholarly 13th century saint was often called "The Angelic Doctor"

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

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THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS

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This "Triangle" near Florida has been the site of numerous maritime disasters

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Bermuda Triangle

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THE "CO"-CATEGORY

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It's the smallest armed service of the United States

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

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IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS

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Keflavik & Grindavik call to you, & we'll throw in a 50/50 shot at seeing Bjork somewhere

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland

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TELL ME "Y"

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It can be a standard for comparison, or a measuring rod 3 feet in length

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yardstick

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WORLD WAR I

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In the 1st raid of its kind in history, the British town of Yarmouth was bombed in 1915 by a German one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Zeppelin

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WITH BROTHERHOOD

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2 motorcycle accidents, a year apart & 3 blocks from each other, claimed 2 lives of this "Ramblin' Man" band

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Allman Brothers

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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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TELL ME "Y"

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"Meshugge" means crazy in this language of Europe's Ashkenazic Jews

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yiddish

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MINORITY REPORT

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In his first major case as Chief Justice, he found himself in the minority in 2006 as Oregon assisted suicide was okayed

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Roberts

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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In southern Asia: Dhaka

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bangladesh

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THE 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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PLAY REVIVALS

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In August 2000 Lea Thompson sallied forth as Sally Bowles in the Broadway revival of this musical

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

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BRITISH NOVELS

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This 1895 novel is subtitled "An Invention"

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

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HITCHCOCK

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Jessica Tandy finds a farmer dead, his eyes gouged out, in this 1963 thriller

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Birds

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PAPAL NAMES

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From a Latin word for "doer of good"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boniface

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MANIAS

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In a 1987 hit Whitney Houston showed signs of choreomania when she wanted to do this with somebody

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dance

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THAT'S NO LADY...

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A legendary lineman for the Giants & the Rams, he also published a "Needlepoint Book for Men"

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Time's up! The correct answer was RosieGrier

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"ANT" INFESTATION

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The Huguenots received religious freedom from the 1598 edict of this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nantes

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SHAMANISM ON YOU

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18th c. groups led by shamans fought over the Yenisey River in this 5 million-sq.-mi. area of North-Central Russia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Siberia

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FAMOUS NAMES

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

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

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SPORTS EQUIPMENT

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

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

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CLASSIC STAR TREK

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From the Old Germanic for "legs", it's Dr. McCoy's nickname

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

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PHYSICS

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The farad, the unit of capacitance, is named for this scientist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Faraday

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TV THEME LYRICS

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"I don't know who you think you are but before the night is through, I wanna do bad things with you"

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Time's up! The correct answer was True Blood

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SAINTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seville

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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS

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Talent ran in the family: this first woman to join the Impressionists was a granddaughter of the Rococo painter Fragonard

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Time's up! The correct answer was Berthe Morisot

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NOT A POPE

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Urban VII, Julius II, Irving III

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Time's up! The correct answer was Irving III

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ANY FIRST WORDS?

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Something that's leading in every respect is "first &" this superlative adjective

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Time's up! The correct answer was foremost

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POUR ME A STIFF ONE

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

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

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THE HUSBAND MARRIED

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Joan Blondell & June Allyson

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Powell

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SORORITY WOMEN

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This Sigma Kappa is remembered as one of the first senators to speak out against Joseph McCarthy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Chase Smith

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RADIO DISNEY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was OneRepublic

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2-LETTER WORDS

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Don't have a cow, man, it's just the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet

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Time's up! The correct answer was mu

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4-LETTER WORDS

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During the American Revolution, this term referred to an American who favored the British side

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tory

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ROCK-Y

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Michael Stipe formed this "Man on the Moon" band in Athens, Georgia

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Time's up! The correct answer was R.E.M.

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FOOD

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Some say these dried treats are tastier made from seeded grapes than from seedless ones

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Time's up! The correct answer was Raisins

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YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA

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We're not stringing you along: "El Retablo de Maese Pedro" is meant to be peformed by these toys

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Time's up! The correct answer was puppets

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ANIMAL GROUPS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gang

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FRUIT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nectarines

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2011 MOVIES

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Known for his work as a Shakespearean actor, he directed "Thor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Branagh

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SPOUSE IN COMMON

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Heather Locklear, Pamela Anderson

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy Lee

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"CH"ILL OUT!

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The Battle of Missionary Ridge was a chief encounter of the 1863 battle of this southeastern city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chattanooga

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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"

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This term for an extended musical composition comes from the Italian for "small chapel"

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Time's up! The correct answer was oratorio

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WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?

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Golden or ring-necked

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pheasant

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IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS

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Our Andes are dandy! Only Brazil has more people in South America, but they don't have our coffee. Hail...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colombia

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THE PLANETS

Question

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus

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ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE

Question

(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE): Street in the title of the following: (audio clue - instrumental)

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Time's up! The correct answer was "42nd Street"

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PRESIDENTS IN IOWA

Question

He was at radio station WHO back in the 1930s & while president, went back to Des Moines

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Reagan

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ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS

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Oh oh! Chauncey B. Ives depicted this mythological woman seen here on the verge of opening a box

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pandora

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ON THE RADIO

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was DJ

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GETTING TICKED OFF

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He gave his kids by Cleopatra much of the land once ruled by Alexander the Great; his co-rulers & rivals were not pleased

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Antony

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AIN'T THAT AMERICA

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The Mackinac Bridge joins the upper & lower peninsulas of this U.S. state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan

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NEWMAN'S OWN

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Paul Newman played "Fast" Eddie Felson in these 2 movies

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Hustler & The Color of Money

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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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Around the time of a veiled Muslim garment for women

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Time's up! The correct answer was circa burka

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ANTIQUES

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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): The kind of clock shown here, invented c. 1800 & named for the musical instrument it resembles:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Banjo Clock

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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Some members of the genus Aedes of this insect transmit yellow fever

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mosquito

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SIMPLE SCIENCE

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We wouldn't fib, your fibula runs parallel with this bone

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Time's up! The correct answer was your tibia

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THE "L" WORLD

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In 1994 this Norwegian town played host to the Winter Olympics

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer

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TAKE OUT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tonsillectomy

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WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND

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Go "strait" to this port & visit St. Paul's Church where St. Francis Xavier's body was held until moved to India

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Time's up! The correct answer was Malacca

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BOTANY

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The jonquil is a short-trumpet narcissus; this yellow flower is a long-trumpet species

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daffodil

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PETER, PAUL & MARY

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Bestsellers from this master of horror include "Koko" & "Ghost Story"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Straub

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"ROCK"Y

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"SF Sorrow" by The Pretty Things was the first of these works; "Tommy" came soon after

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rock opera

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OXYMORONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was tragic comedy

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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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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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Site of a 1977 6.5 earthquake: Bucharest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romania

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BUSINESS LEADERS

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His business card bore the Golden Arches & the titles "Founder" & "Senior Chairman of the Board"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kroc

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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One of the only 2 current U.S. territories visited by Columbus, who reached both in 1493

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Time's up! The correct answer was Puerto Rico

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN

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The Times of London estimates this chess player is taking home $20 mil. a year; that's some check, mate!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Garry Kasparov

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TRADING SPACES

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You must take tea before bargaining for a rug at Istanbul's "Grand" one of these trading spaces

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Time's up! The correct answer was bazaar

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GETTING TICKED ON

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A brown tick named for this pet has the rare ability to complete its life cycle indoors

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Time's up! The correct answer was dog

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HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander

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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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BOGIE MEN

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Charlie Allnut

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

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DEAR JUNTA

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Shortly after the death of Gen. Omar Torrijos, Manuel Noriega controlled the junta that ruled this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Panama

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ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS

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To trap on trains

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Time's up! The correct answer was Transportation

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HOMOPHONES

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A negative vote, or a horse's whinny

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AskOxford.com

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Put this 3-letter Latin word meaning "thus" or "so" right after the error in a quoted passage

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ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?

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Michelin 3-star chef Joel Robuchon opened his first U.S. restaurant in this city, not New York

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Time's up! The correct answer was Las Vegas

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THE CANARY ISLANDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a volcano

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ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS

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Robert Delaunay is known for his colorful series of Cubist paintings of this French tower

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eiffel Tower

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FRUITS & VEGETABLES

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This somewhat coarse root vegetable is also called a swede or a Swedish turnip

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rutabaga

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FETAL ATTRACTION

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Even at birth the skull isn't fully fused, leaving these, also called "soft spots"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fontenelles

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"TU"

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Henry VII was the first ruler from this family on the throne of England

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tudor

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ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER

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He's an African explorer, "I presume"

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

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NONFICTION

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This book by Michael Lewis subtitled "Evolution of a Game" focused on left tackle prodigy Michael Oher

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Blind Side

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VEGAS, BABY

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The European playground seen here, or a Las Vegas hotel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monte Carlo

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SPACE MISSIONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto

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SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER

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The part of an atom's nucleus that fits the category

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Time's up! The correct answer was a neutron

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INFLUENTIAL 19th CENTURY THINKERS

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At the University of Bonn in 1836, he was wounded in a duel with a member of an aristocratic Prussian fraternity

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Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx

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DOUBLE LETTERS

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It can precede "sickness" or "beauty" as well as "porch"

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Time's up! The correct answer was sleeping

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SKIRTING THE ISSUE

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The sunburst-pleated skirt is also called this for the pleats' resemblance to the bellows of a musical instrument

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Time's up! The correct answer was an accordion skirt

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PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS

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RWR

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

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TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA

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In this 1989 film, Eddie Murphy was the adopted son of a 1930s nightclub owner played by Richard Pryor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harlem Nights

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NURSERY RHYMES

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"Here we go round" this bush "on a cold and frosty morning"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the mulberry bush

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DRESSING

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The hour for mixed drinks, or the type of short evening dress appropriate then

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Time's up! The correct answer was cocktail

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WORD"Z"

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Many French eateries include this word in their names; it means "at the home of"

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Time's up! The correct answer was chez

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IT'S AN L.A. THING

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Wanna live in this city, 90210? in July 2008 the median home price there was $2.3 million

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills

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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

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This West Lafayette, Indiana school's Hall of Music has seating for more than 6,000

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Time's up! The correct answer was Purdue

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FROM T TO SHINING T

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Also meaning "touch", it's a keen sense of what to say to avoid giving offense

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Time's up! The correct answer was tact

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ENDS WITH "K"

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A soda server, whether or not he's fatuous

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerk

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POETS' RHYME TIME

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Sylvia's tub times

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plath's baths

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THE 50 STATES

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The diatonic or "Cajun" accordion is the official musical instrument of this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana

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ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS

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Environment or setting

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Time's up! The correct answer was milieu

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FATHERS & SONS

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The island where this man's son washed ashore was later named Ikaria

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daedalus

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CROSSWORD CLUES "K"

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Shy-sounding swimmers (3)

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Time's up! The correct answer was koi

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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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MUSICAL THEATER

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It's the musical featuring the song heard here: ("I'm Getting Married in the Morning")

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

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WORDS OF THE WRITER

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"For never man had a more faithful, loving, sincere servant, than Friday was to me"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Defoe

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ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?

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Born in 1911, Louise Bourgeois worked into her 90s on her biomorphic creations in this art form

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Time's up! The correct answer was sculpture

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MY NAME IS EARL WARREN

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I was a 3-term governor of this state, 1943-1953

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Time's up! The correct answer was California

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LET THE GAMES BEGIN

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On a basic playing board in this matching game, the numbers range from B-1 to O-75

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Time's up! The correct answer was bingo

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4-LETTER VERBS

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"Like it or" do this, meaning take or endure it

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Time's up! The correct answer was lump it

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"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?

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It was Elvis' third No. 1 hit of 1956

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Be Cruel"

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ASIAN NATIONS

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Railways link this country's capital of Ulaanbaatar to Moscow & Peking

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mongolia

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"F"OOD

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This, food cooked in a central pot on the table, is from the French for "to melt"

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Time's up! The correct answer was fondue

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BASEBALL

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Though he's had 5 no-hitters & the most career strikeouts of any pitcher, he's never won the Cy Young Award

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nolan Ryan

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WEEDS

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This fabric follows Queen Anne's in the name of the weed seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lace

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THAT'S SO '90s

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His 1997 meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was the first for a British P.M. & an IRA leader in 76 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Blair

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FROM THE FRENCH

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This word for any style of cooking is from the French for "kitchen"

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Time's up! The correct answer was cuisine

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REEL MOTHERS

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According to the theme song, this cat "is a bad mother" -- shut your mouth

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shaft

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SKIRTING THE ISSUE

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The silhouette of a slightly flared skirt looks like a certain letter, giving it this name

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Time's up! The correct answer was an A-line

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"SUPER"

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In this 1986 video game, Luigi & his sibling are trying to rescue Princess Toadstool

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Time's up! The correct answer was Super Mario Brothers

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WORDS

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Someone who sees a crime is an eyewitness; someone who experiences it aurally is this similar word

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Time's up! The correct answer was an earwitness

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IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD

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Jura, Schweitzer, Lucerne & Berner are the 4 types of this country's laufhund

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Time's up! The correct answer was Switzerland

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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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BIOGRAPHIES

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"Shalom, Friend" tells of "The Life and Legacy" of this slain Israeli leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yitzhak Rabin

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CALENDAR GIRLS

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In 1963 she co-wrote "Ring of Fire" with Merle Kilgore

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carter

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LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER

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Clym Yeobright comes back home & is killed by Bigger Thomas in this Thomas Hardy-Richard Wright work

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Time's up! The correct answer was Return of the Native Son

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FIRST NOVELS

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This "Brideshead Revisited" author's career was ascendant when he published his first novel, "Decline And Fall"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Evelyn Waugh

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BARTLETT'S PAIRS

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Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Casey at the Bat"

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ALL MY SONS

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This man whose surname means "hammer" counted Carloman & Pepin the Short as sons

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Martel

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U.S. CITIES

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When Oregon became a state in 1859, this city on the Willamette River was already the capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Salem

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HORNS

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According to mythology, this Horn of Plenty is the horn of the goat Amalthea

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cornucopia

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AND I QUOTE

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Kim Walker's character in "Say Anything" has this annoying habit when quoting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Making quotations with your fingers

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KNOTS TO YOU

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From the Turkish for "napkin", it's the art which creates decorative items by knotting cord, rope or string

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macrame

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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

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December 8, 1980 in New York City

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Lennon

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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME

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Icarus could have told you it's not a good idea to fly if your wings are held together with this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wax

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1988

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Along with the Marcoses, this Saudi arms merchant was indicted in October on charges of racketeering

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adnan Khashoggi

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

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This Dallas bowl game has been played at the same site consecutively longer than any other major bowl game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton Bowl

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DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY

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Charlie Bucket might like to visit this type of factory that opened in 1884 in Voiron, France

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Time's up! The correct answer was a chocolate factory

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RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE

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The queen bee is missing from the center of this enclosure; only a ring of males remains

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dronehenge

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NONFICTION

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In 2010 this former First Lady published the memoir "Spoken from the Heart"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Laura Bush

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FAMILIAR PHRASES

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William Congreve expounded, "heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd, nor hell a fury like" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a woman scorned

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FROM THE GREEK

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It's an outline of the contents of a course or curriculum

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Time's up! The correct answer was a syllabus

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A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest

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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

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In 2004 this Dutch airlines merged with Air France

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Time's up! The correct answer was KLM

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THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain

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U.S. PORT CITIES

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By containers handled, Los Angeles is the busiest U.S. port; the second-busiest is in this city just a few miles south

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Time's up! The correct answer was Long Beach

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ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES

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No. 10: FB/LB for Columbia U. in the 1920s; MVP for the Yankees in '27 & '36; "Gibraltar in Cleats"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gehrig

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ENGLISH LITERATURE

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A third, more sexually explicit version of this 1928 D.H. Lawrence novel was finally published in the U.S. in 1959

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Lady Chatterley's Lover"

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19th CENTURY LITERATURE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Crane

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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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BROADWAY

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The musical "Into the Woods" is based on several fairy tales, including the one about this boy and his beanstalk

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack

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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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