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GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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Ioalus, the son of Iphicles & Automedusa, helped this man, his uncle, with his labors
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hercules
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NUMBERS
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Fittingly, the book of Numbers begins with God telling this man to count the number of Israelites
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Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
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SPOILER ALERT!
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1968: The baby's father, could it be... Satan?
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rosemary's Baby
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DOUBLE MEANINGS
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Maybe Don needs to get more exercise; he _____ just from pulling up his _____
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Time's up! The correct answer was pants
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PERFUME
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The 2 perfumes mentioned in Matthew 2:11
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Time's up! The correct answer was frankincense & myrrh
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X MARKS THE SPOT
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The harbor of this Nova Scotia capital is one of the largest in the world
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Time's up! The correct answer was Halifax
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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
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Consisting of a sheep's minced heart, lung & liver, haggis is a specialty of this U.K. country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
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FICTIONAL BOOKS
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Jose Chung speaks to FBI agents before writing "From Outer Space" about an alien abduction on this show
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Time's up! The correct answer was The X-Files
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SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
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If you supersede the competition, you will excede all expectations
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Time's up! The correct answer was exceed
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BULL
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"Bull City", this place's nickname, is derived from a product sold by American Tobacco
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Time's up! The correct answer was Durham
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WEAPONS
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One might be fired "out of the blue"--from a crossbow
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Time's up! The correct answer was a bolt
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COMPOSERS
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In 1810, the same year as Schumann, this Polish pianist & composer was born
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chopin
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TV MINISERIES
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Robert Duvall sat tall in the saddle as Augustus McCrae in this 1989 4-part western
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lonesome Dove
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THE LENIN CLOSET
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When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was railway car
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FROM THE WELSH
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Rarebit, as in Welsh Rarebit, is an alteration of this word that's not an ingredient in Welsh Rarebit
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rabbit
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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
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The Cambrian Mountains cover most of it
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wales
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STORYTELLERS
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Some sources say it was Carnegie Hall; others say it was the '67 Newport Festival where he first sang "Alice's Restaurant"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Arlo Guthrie
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THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH
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1952: Infant king Fu'ad II
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Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
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COMMON BONDS
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Fife, Rubble, Miller
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Time's up! The correct answer was Barney
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PRINCETON
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Of 1769, 1869 or 1969, the year Princeton began to admit women as undergraduates
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Time's up! The correct answer was 1969
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MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
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In 1939's cartoon "The Pointer", this guy got a new, more pear-shaped body & pupils were added to his eyes
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mickey
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ORGANIZATIONS
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It's what the R stands for in AARP
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Time's up! The correct answer was retired
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MEASURING DEVICES
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A spirometer measures the capacity of these organs
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Time's up! The correct answer was the lungs
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MYTHOLOGY
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Zeus' father, Cronus, was one of this group of 12
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Time's up! The correct answer was Titans
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THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
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Cape Catoche, the northeastern tip of this large peninsula, lies a little more than 30 miles north of Cancun
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Yucatan
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PARTS OF THE WHOLE
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Reservoir, filter basket, carafe
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Time's up! The correct answer was a coffee maker
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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Autumn brings Choyo-No-Sekku or Chrysanthemum Day in this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
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OPERA & BALLET
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Choreographer Frederick Ashton played one of the ugly stepsisters when this ballet debuted in 1948
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cinderella
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DRAMA
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"Dejavu" was "Angry Young Man" John Osborne's 1992 sequel to this famous play about looking back
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Time's up! The correct answer was Look Back in Anger
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BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
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Unlike some, I like my women to be "cranio", this quality we also admire on "Jeopardy!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was intelligence
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WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
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Block Island Sound separates Block Island from this tiny state's mainland
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island
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MEDICINE
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In 1905 German scientist Alfred Einhorn created this first injectable local anesthetic used in dentistry
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Time's up! The correct answer was novocaine
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MUSIC VIDEOS
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This former "Moesha" star rides around on the bus in her "Who Is She 2 U" video
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Time's up! The correct answer was Brandy
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PRINCETON
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Of 1769, 1869 or 1969, the year Princeton began to admit women as undergraduates
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Time's up! The correct answer was 1969
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
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This James Joyce work is a dream sequence in the minds of the Earwicker family
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Finnegans Wake"
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TURNING 40 IN '98
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A short called "Frankenweenie" helped launch the career of this "Edward Scissorhands" director
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tim Burton
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BON APPE-"T"
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It's a cross between a pomelo & a tangerine
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tangelo
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BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Lying at the foot of the mount of olives, this garden was the site where Jesus was betrayed & arrested
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gethsemane
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STARTS WITH "P"
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The word "pram" is short for this
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Time's up! The correct answer was parambulator
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I DID IT NORWAY
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Norwegian poet Arne Garborg pushed for a literary language based on this "old" one of sagas & eddas
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Time's up! The correct answer was Old Norse
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THE MISFITS
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1965's "The Outlaws Is Coming" was the last movie featuring this wacky trio of comedy misfits
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Three Stooges
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OUT OF THIS WORLD
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Galileo was the first person to see the rings around this planet
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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Dancers clomp around in wooden shoes at the Holland, Michigan festival honoring this flower
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Time's up! The correct answer was the tulip
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CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS
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1998: Bullet trails in the water showcase the horror of the Normandy invasion
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saving Private Ryan
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HOUSES OF WORSHIP
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The Church of this in Jerusalem is said to be built over the site where Jesus was entombed after his crucifixion
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Time's up! The correct answer was Holy Sepulchre
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"EZ" DOES IT
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In the classic sitcom he's the patriarch of "The Addams Family"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gomez
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ANDY WARHOL
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Warhol went against his Capitalist tendencies with his portrait of this man, seen here
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mao Tse-tung
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BACKWORDS
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Aye, lass, I'll wed thee ere this has dried on the fields
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dew
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HOUSES OF WORSHIP
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The last British sovereign buried at this church was George II in 1760; since then, they've been buried at Windsor
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Time's up! The correct answer was Westminster Abbey
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SPEECH! SPEECH!
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On July 19, 1988 he was out proclaiming "Keep hope alive"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse Jackson
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GOLD RUSH
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The Black Hills Gold Rush of 1874 spilled over into territory claimed by this Native American tribe
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sioux
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SPORTS SHORTS
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Since 2009 the Mercury, Storm & Lynx have been championship teams in this league
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Time's up! The correct answer was the WNBA
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TAUNT "O"
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After a wrong response, we may need to use one of these cathode-ray "scopes" to check for brain activity
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Time's up! The correct answer was an oscilloscope
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I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
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Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
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Time's up! The correct answer was Barack Obama
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APT ANAGRAMS
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He co-wrote "South Pacific": MASS ROMANTIC HERE
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Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Hammerstein
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SPEECH! SPEECH!
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On July 19, 1988 he was out proclaiming "Keep hope alive"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse Jackson
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"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES
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This 1977 movie about a schizophrenic girl was adapted from Joanne Greenberg's book of the same name
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Time's up! The correct answer was I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
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IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
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This fruit from the family Bromeliaceae is native to Brazil & Paraguay; it didn't reach Hawaii until the early 1500s
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Time's up! The correct answer was the pineapple
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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Objects that pass closer to the sun than Mercury have been named for this mythological figure
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Time's up! The correct answer was Icarus
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STRING THEORY 101
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Aglets are found on the ends of these strings
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Time's up! The correct answer was shoelaces
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ALL IN YOUR MIND
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You can have a deja entendu, meaning "already heard" in addition to this, "already seen"
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Time's up! The correct answer was deja vu
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BALLET
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In a Tchaikovsky ballet, this title character is awakened with a kiss
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty
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TV MINISERIES
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(Hi, I'm Stephen Collins of "7th Heaven") In 1994 I played Ashley Wilkes in this miniseries sequel to "Gone with the Wind"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scarlett
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MILITARY MATTERS
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This nickname of the World War II U.S. Air Force fighter numbered the P-51 comes from the Spanish for "stray animal"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mustang
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WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
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1963: A pilot
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Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart
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THOSE WACKY GERMANS
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A rathaus isn't as bad as it sounds: it's this "hall" where the mayor might work
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Time's up! The correct answer was City hall
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GOING TO PIECES
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5-letter archaeological term for a broken scrap of earthenware
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Time's up! The correct answer was a shard
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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
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This redhead won 4 Tonys in the '50s, for "Can-Can", "Damn Yankees", "New Girl in Town" & "Redhead"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gwen Verdon
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INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
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An automobile for any former Russian emperor
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Time's up! The correct answer was a Czar car
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INITIALS M.D.
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Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl in "Der Blaue Engel"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Marlene Dietrich
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CANALS
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While in Milan in the late 15th century, this artist designed locks to join the city's canals
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Time's up! The correct answer was Leonardo da Vinci
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COMPANIES
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In 1959 Richard De Vos & Jay Van Andel founded this company that now has 3 million independent distributors
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Time's up! The correct answer was Amway
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NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
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The Oregon Trail crossed it
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nebraska
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THE FALL
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In October 1983 the U.S. invaded this Caribbean country, officially to protect American medical students there
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Time's up! The correct answer was Grenada
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THE "FIRST" STATE
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In a symphony orchestra, the leader of this group serves as concertmaster
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Time's up! The correct answer was first violin
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PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
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Camus & Buber were big in this movement that said humans were fully responsible for making meaning of their own lives
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Time's up! The correct answer was existentialism
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TBA
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It's the animal name of the device I'm using here TO ANNOUNCE THE CLUE
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bullhorn
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THE DE NIRO CODE
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As Al Capone in this 1987 film: "You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word"
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Untouchables
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MYTHELLANEOUS
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Riding this winged horse made it possible for Bellerophon to approach & kill the chimera
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pegasus
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CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS
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This film about a flying elephant inspired a ride at Disneyland
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dumbo
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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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PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
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It's Jimmy Carter's sign, so don't tip his scales
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Time's up! The correct answer was Libra
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TIME TO CONVERT
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It's the simplest fractional form of .75
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Time's up! The correct answer was 4-Mar
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CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
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Diamond deposit; it ain't yours! (4)
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Time's up! The correct answer was mine
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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In 1798 Congress passed this collection of bills to control domestic dissent & conspiracy against the federal govt.
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Alien & Sedition Acts
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NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE
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"The Lotus Eaters" & "Circe"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ulysses
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HISTORY IN MOVIES
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"The Prince of Egypt" featured Ralph Fiennes as the voice of this stubborn ruler
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Pharaoh
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THE "A" "B" "C"s
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The name of this German publisher has become synonymous with a guidebook
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Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Baedeker
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B FOLLOWS A
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It's an outline of what material will be covered in a college course
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Time's up! The correct answer was a syllabus
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THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING
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In 1938 DuPont made toothbrushes, not stockings, its first product with this material
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Time's up! The correct answer was nylon
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LIBRARIES
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This Ivy League school's Nassau Hall once served as its library; today, books are housed in the Firestone library
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Time's up! The correct answer was Princeton
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BUSINESS
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In 1866, William A. Breyer started the company that's now the oldest national producer of this
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Time's up! The correct answer was ice cream
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HIT TUNES
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"Doo Wop (That Thing)"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lauryn Hill
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TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
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A young cop works with rogue detective Denzel Washington on the narcotics beat in Los Angeles
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Time's up! The correct answer was Training Day
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FLEETS
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This empire's fleet was defeated in the 1571 Battle of Lepanto
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Ottoman Empire
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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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DOUBLE LETTERS
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew having a pass thrown to him by Charlie Batch of the Pittsburgh Steelers) The name of this pass pattern is also a type of fastener
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Time's up! The correct answer was buttonhook
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SAY "CHI"s
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Deception or trickery
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Time's up! The correct answer was chicanery
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U.S. COLLEGES
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The student newspaper of this Hanover, N.H. school calls itself "America's Oldest College Newspaper"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dartmouth
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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
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To drink heartily (5)
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Time's up! The correct answer was quaff
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THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
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A Dutch TV reality show picked the muscular "swinger" for the European run of this Disney musical
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tarzan
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ABBREVIATED STATES
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The abbreviation of this state is also an abbreviation for the largest city in California
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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
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STATE BIRDS
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Kentucky: This colorful songbird
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Time's up! The correct answer was a cardinal
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PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
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Ulysses' trousers
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Time's up! The correct answer was Grant's pants
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KNIGHTS
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A young boy between 7 & 14 who trained as a knight, or his hairdo
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Time's up! The correct answer was Page
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NBA HALL OF FAMERS
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Abe Saperstein is in the Hall of Fame, as is this team he promoted & coached for decades
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Harlem Globetrotters
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SPACE MISSIONS
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In 2008 the Phoenix Mars lander found ice on this region of the planet
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Time's up! The correct answer was the poles
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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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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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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
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In the March 17, 1956 issue, Gary Cooper said, "In Westerns you were permitted to kiss" this "but never your girl"
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Time's up! The correct answer was your horse
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WASHINGTON D.C.
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287 miles long, it flows past Washington & induces "fever" in ambitious politicians
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Potomac River
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THE 1980s
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As many as 5,000 pro-democracy demonstrators were killed in this city's Tiananmen Square
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Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing
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IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
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In 1975 the Perfumer's Workshop introduced a fragrance named for this flower
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Time's up! The correct answer was a tea rose
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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
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Who was that masked animal? Oklahoma's official state furbearer, that's who
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Time's up! The correct answer was a raccoon
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SIGNS & SYMBOLS
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The first seal designed for what is now this U.S. state depicted icebergs, igloos & the Northern Lights
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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
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STRINGS
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The hope behind String Theory is that it will result in this, sometimes shortened to "T.O.E."
t h e t _ e _ _ y _ _ e _ _ r _ _ h _ _ g
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Time's up! The correct answer was the theory of everything
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BIRDS
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During mating season the male ruff develops a large frill of feathers around this body part
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Time's up! The correct answer was neck
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ART
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti wanted to take art back to "pre-" this Renaissance master born in 1483
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Time's up! The correct answer was Raphael
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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This river begins in Colorado & empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville, Texas
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rio Grande
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THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
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In the aftermath this owner of the theater/crime scene was thrown in jail as a possible conspirator
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford
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MEN OF MUSIC
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Horn virtuoso Franz Strauss was consulted by Wagner in devising this hero's horn call
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Time's up! The correct answer was Siegfried
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POLITICS
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Baby book author who ran for president in '68
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Spock
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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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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
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On Feb. 3, 1930 I presided over the founding of the Vietnamese Communist Party
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
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SAINTHOOD
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In 2009 this man who died on Molokai in 1889 became Hawaii's first saint
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Time's up! The correct answer was Father Damien
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TELEPHONE HISTORY
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On Oct. 30, 1938 phone traffic peaked in cities all over America as people discussed this broadcast
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Time's up! The correct answer was the "War of the Worlds"
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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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THE BIBLE
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This son of Jacob served under Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's palace guard
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Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph
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BALLET
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"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is based on a fairy tale by this famous Dane
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen
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FIRST NAMES
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Once considered too sacred to use, it was later the top girl's name from 1880 to the 1940s
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mary
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CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES
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The L. in Samuel L. Jackson stands for this, like a certain bad, bad Mr. Brown of song
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Time's up! The correct answer was Leroy
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GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE
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The pig that he stole was actually an animal-shaped, currant-filled pastry
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom
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HERE'S LUCY
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Lucy Hobbs Taylor must have aced her orals because in 1866 she became the first woman to receive a degree in this
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Time's up! The correct answer was dentistry
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BRITISH HISTORY
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The penultimate Anglo-Saxon king, Edward was known by this pious title
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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward the Confessor
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HISTORIC NAMES
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His epitaph reads, "Founder of Boys Town and Lover of Christ and Man"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Father Flanagan
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A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
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"What I wouldn't give for a drop of good old-fashioned Creole blood"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Interview with the Vampire
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THE MIDDLE AGES
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Imprisoned in Genoa, he dictated an account of his visit to the court of Kublai Khan
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Time's up! The correct answer was Marco Polo
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1938
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17 acres surrounding her cottage were transferred to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Hathaway
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FUN WITH OPERA
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In "Susannah", a Bible-inspired opera, the elders are scandalized when they see the nude Susannah doing this outside
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bathing in a creek
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WAR MOVIES
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1978: The wife of a soldier fighting in Vietnam works at a VA hospital & has an affair with a wounded vet
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Time's up! The correct answer was Coming Home
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BACK IN 1906
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In 1906 there were 90 of these; nearly two-thirds of them were Republican
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Time's up! The correct answer was senators
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FAMILIAR PHRASES
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In "A Psalm of Life, " Longfellow tells of leaving these behind "on the sands of time"
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Time's up! The correct answer was footprints
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RADIO
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In 2005 NPR revived this 1950s program in which people state their credos
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Time's up! The correct answer was This I Believe
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MOVIE DEBUTS
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At 13 this actress with a weekday in her name starred in the 1956 classic "Rock, Rock, Rock!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tuesday Weld
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THE "UNDER" WORLD
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Vegetation growing beneath the trees in a forest
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Time's up! The correct answer was underbrush
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COMIC STRIPS
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Ack! In 2010 Ms. Guisewite said her "creative biological clock" was ticking & ended this strip after 34 years
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cathy
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
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Despite opposition from the 2 founders' families, this company merged with Compaq in 2002
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hewlett-Packard
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POP CULTURE
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This man who died in 1918 was Snoopy's cursed nemesis in "Peanuts"
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Baron
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THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS
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The Tebenna, an Etruscan mantle, evolved into this garment perhaps worn most strikingly by John Belushi
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Time's up! The correct answer was a toga
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RUBY
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Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar wrote this classic song about "eight little letters which simply mean I love you"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Three Little Words"
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COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
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Plan for your golden years by putting money in an IRA, one of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was an individual retirement account
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5-LETTER WORDS
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Soup's on! & we need this long-handled spoon or scoop to serve it
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Time's up! The correct answer was ladle
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NATIONAL FOODS
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This cured meat is in the classic McDonald's Egg McMuffin
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Time's up! The correct answer was Canadian bacon
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A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
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It's no "mystery" why John Jasper haunts me--his fingers have knives on them!
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
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This 12-letter guy isn't remembered for much of anything other than getting under people's skin
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Time's up! The correct answer was Subcutaneous
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TITLE WAVE
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Jane Austen & Ben Winters: "Sense and Sensibility and ____ ____"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sea Monsters
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BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
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If you give your son this villainous 4-letter name from "Othello", you're just asking for trouble
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Time's up! The correct answer was Iago
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CRAFT
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The tole type of this decorative activity was originally done on tin utensils but now uses lots of surfaces
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Time's up! The correct answer was painting
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"AD"JECTIVES
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Latin term for a type of argument based on emotion or on another person's character
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ad hominem
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PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
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DDE
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dwight David Eisenhower
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WORLD HISTORY
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This Portuguese "Admiral of the Indian Seas" discovered & named the Amirante Islands
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vasco da Gama
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IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
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This fruit from the family Bromeliaceae is native to Brazil & Paraguay; it didn't reach Hawaii until the early 1500s
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Time's up! The correct answer was the pineapple
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LESSER-KNOWN MUSICALS
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Shaun Cassidy was 10 years old when these actors, his parents, starred in the 1968 musical "Maggie Flynn"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Cassidy & Shirley Jones
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AMERICAN AUTHORS
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He stood 5'3" & was the subject of movies that came out in 2005 & 2006
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Time's up! The correct answer was Capote
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HISTORIC AMERICA
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Dating from the early 1700s, the Gonzalez-Alvarez House in this city is the oldest house in Florida
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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
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DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR
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"Apollo 13" (1995)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ron Howard
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PSYCHOLOGY
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In 1935 he founded the Swiss Society for Practical Psychology & became its president
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Time's up! The correct answer was Carl Jung
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THE TITANIC
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You can still see the crane to lower these; the starboard & port ones weighed 9 tons, the center one, 17 tons
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Time's up! The correct answer was anchors
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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
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The juice of this bog fruit is Massachusetts' state beverage
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Time's up! The correct answer was cranberry
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THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!
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The Battle of Long Island was fought in what is now this New York City borough
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Time's up! The correct answer was Brooklyn
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FRANCE
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Just south of Champagne is this other potent potable-named region, a former duchy
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Time's up! The correct answer was Burgundy
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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"
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L.A. restaurant Locanda Veneta serves this veal dish con risotto
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Time's up! The correct answer was osso bucco
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DICTATORS & TYRANTS
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On Sept. 9, 1948 the DPRK, aka North Korea, was established with this man as its supreme leader
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Il-sung
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HOW'S THE WEATHER?
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Mountain passes speed up hot, dry air, giving this U.S. state its Santa Ana winds
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Time's up! The correct answer was California
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HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
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Get a leg up in this sport by stepping on your opponent's ball in the fairway
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Time's up! The correct answer was Golf
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CONTESTS
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Theta Tau at Purdue holds a contest for convoluted machines in the spirit of this cartoonist
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rube Goldberg
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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
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August 9, 1995 in Forest Knolls, California
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Garcia
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ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS
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"Body Heat"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kathleen Turner
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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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OPERA SINGERS
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This Neapolitan tenor made his last public appearance on Christmas Eve, 1920 in "La Juive"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Caruso
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SPACE MISSIONS
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The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet
S _ t _ _ n
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
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BIOGRAPHERS
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As many mourned, this minister wrote in a letter, "Washington is gone! Millions are gasping to read ...about him"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Parson Weems
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BOXING MOVIES
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He played Elvis' trainer in "Kid Galahad" a "Dirty Dozen" years before he starred in "Death Wish"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Bronson
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Y1K
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With the crowning of King Boleslaw, this central European nation is recognized as an independent state
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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
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ACTRESSES
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Tamara Dobson fought drugs as "Cleopatra Jones" in 1973, 10 years after this woman was "Cleopatra"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Liz Taylor
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DEAR JUNTA
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This former priest was ousted in Feb. 2004, even after a U.S.-brokered deal in 1994 with the Haitian junta kept him in power
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Time's up! The correct answer was Aristide
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THE FUNNIES
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Profession of Rex Morgan
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Time's up! The correct answer was M.D.
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OCCUPATIONS
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Broadly used, this term can include nurses & therapists, but it often refers just to emergency personnel
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Time's up! The correct answer was paramedics
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BRASS
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We shall return to this man who graduated from West Point in 1903 with the highest honors in his class
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Time's up! The correct answer was Doug MacArthur
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HOME FURNISHINGS
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By definition, this type of china cabinet has a slightly projecting middle section
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Time's up! The correct answer was breakfront
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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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THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
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This '60s "Nights in White Satin" band has another color in its name
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Time's up! The correct answer was Moody Blues
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MOVIES
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In this film, the narrator had both, insomnia and an evil alter ego.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Fight Club
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CINEMA OF "BLOOD"
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Sylvester Stallone played Vietnam vet John Rambo in this 1982 film
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Time's up! The correct answer was First Blood
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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
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God requires adult Muslims to fast during this month so they may cultivate piety
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan
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ISLANDS
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In the Caribbean this island is partnered with Nevis
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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Kitts
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TAKE OUT
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A keratotomy is an incision of this eye part; a keratectomy removes part of it
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Time's up! The correct answer was the cornea
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THE 19th CENTURY
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In 1880 this Lincoln county sheriff captured Billy the Kid
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pat Garrett
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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Found in Southeast Asia, they're the smallest apes
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Time's up! The correct answer was gibbons
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THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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The Ottoman empire ended in 1922 when this man led a movement that established the Republic of Turkey
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kemal
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NAME THE POET
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"A little learning is a dang'rous thing; / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Pope
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THE 17TH CENTURY
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Nearly 13,000 homes & 100 churches were destroyed in this city's Great Fire of 1666
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Time's up! The correct answer was London
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GREEK LIFE
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98% of Greece's population belongs to this church
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Time's up! The correct answer was Greek
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TRAVEL
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This island's Mataveri Intl. Airport, the world's most remote, is serviced only by Chile's LAN Airlines
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Time's up! The correct answer was Easter Island
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WHAT AILS YOU?
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Outbreaks of this form of food poisoning are often the result of improper home canning
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Time's up! The correct answer was Botulism
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BIOPIC-NIC
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1983: Meryl Streep as this nuclear power technician
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Time's up! The correct answer was Silkwood
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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
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"Il Mercante Di Venezia"
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Merchant of Venice
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PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
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Type of drum seen here, or a dance done to them
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Time's up! The correct answer was Conga
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BRAND NAMES
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This sleek swimsuit brand got its start in Australia in 1928
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Time's up! The correct answer was Speedo
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THEATRE HODGEPODGE
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Big Stone Gap, Virginia is home to the outdoor drama "Trail of the Lonesome" this
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pine
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"B" IN GEOGRAPHY
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It's the capital of Catalonia
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Time's up! The correct answer was Barcelona
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PARDON MY "FRENCH"
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They're formed by folding back & fastening a wide band at the end of a sleeve
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Time's up! The correct answer was French cuffs
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4-LETTER WORDS
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Take off the top, or milk from which the cream has been removed
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Time's up! The correct answer was Skim
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DON'T BE A PAIN
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To control pain, some patients try this technique in which they monitor their body functions & try to alter them
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Time's up! The correct answer was biofeedback
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THE SHORT FORM
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In May 1970 many of these buildings were torched on campuses, including Kent State's on May 2
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Time's up! The correct answer was ROTC
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PHYSICS 101
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Silicon is a semiconducting material; this is the term for nonconductors like plastics
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Time's up! The correct answer was an insulator
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BACKWARDS
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Field Marshal Barclay used this maneuver associated with defeat to lure Napoleon deep into Russia
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Time's up! The correct answer was a retreat
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MUSIC/TELEVISION
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Going from Salt-N-Pepa to Dr. Pepa, the musician was in the house counseling Janice Dickinson on this VH1 reality show
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Surreal Life
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20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS
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In 1958 he launched his Great Leap Forward program; it was a great disaster
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mao
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"EN" THE BEGINNING
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These peptide hormones in the brain reduce the sensation of pain
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Time's up! The correct answer was endorphins
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AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
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Arabs call this Libyan capital Tarabulus
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tripoli
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SCIENCE
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In 1973 it became the first comet studied by men in space
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kohoutek
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BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
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1980: "Regular Folks"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ordinary People
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PLANTS
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Britannica defines it as "any plant growing where it is not wanted"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Weed
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CANADIAN FOOTBALL
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The Alouettes play their home games at Molson Stadium on the campus of this Montreal university
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Time's up! The correct answer was McGill
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HISTORY
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In the midst of the Korean War, this South Korean president was elected to his second of 4 terms
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Time's up! The correct answer was Syngman Rhee
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HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
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From answers to questions; that's "Jeopardy!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Romans
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FEMINISM
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Of 76, 86 or 96 cents, what U.S. women working full-time earn for every dollar their male counterparts make
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Time's up! The correct answer was 76 cents
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BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
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In Ezekiel this capital of Egypt is called Noph, & the Lord promises to "destroy the idols" there (he didn't mean Elvis)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis
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WATERFALLS
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The height of Shoshone Falls on this river in Idaho exceeds that of Niagara Falls
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Time's up! The correct answer was Snake River
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BODIES OF WATER
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In 1975 the United Kingdom began piping oil from this sea to its shores
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Time's up! The correct answer was the North Sea
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4-LETTER WORDS
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From the Greek word for "deep sleep", it's a deep, prolonged unconsciousness
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Time's up! The correct answer was Coma
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MUSCAT LOVE
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Qaboos bin Said al Said rules from his palace in Muscat under this title that means "ruler" in Arabic
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Time's up! The correct answer was sultan
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LANDINGS
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Runways are numbered by compass degrees without the last digit, so this is the highest number used
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Time's up! The correct answer was 36
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ASTROLOGY
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The only moon in our solar system that astrologists say has an influence circles this planet
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Earth
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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
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Egypt
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Time's up! The correct answer was Arabic
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THE 20th CENTURY
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In January 1926 in London, John L. Baird demonstrated this new invention which used a cathode ray tube
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Time's up! The correct answer was Television
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SPORTS LEGENDS
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This Czech-born woman who retired in 2006 won a record 9 Wimbledon Singles Championships
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Time's up! The correct answer was Martina Navratilova
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THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS
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High in Omega-3 fatty acids, oils from these creatures have been shown to reduce high levels of triglycerides
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Time's up! The correct answer was fish
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INDEPENDENCE DAYS
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Though it was first settled by the French, July 1 marks its partial independence from the U.K.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
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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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LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
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This beverage is Adam's ale
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Time's up! The correct answer was water
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HAT'S ALL, FOLKS
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Proverbially, if you're crazy, you might be as "mad as" one of these makers of men's headwear
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Time's up! The correct answer was hatter
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THE "FIRST" STATE
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This nuclear capability is designed to completely knock out an enemy's ability to respond to your attack
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Time's up! The correct answer was first strike
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WOMEN'S FIRSTS
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In 2007 Drew Gilpin Faust became the first female president in this university's 371-year history
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Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard
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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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ENGLISH LIT
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Among his historical novels are "I, Claudius" & "Claudius the God"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Graves
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MISC.
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This N.H. school was the last U.S. institution of higher learning to be founded by royal decree
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dartmouth
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HISTORIC QUOTES
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In 1973 he warned Nixon, "We have a cancer within, close to the presidency, that is growing"
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Time's up! The correct answer was John Dean
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LIFE SCIENCE
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A nematode is a roundworm; a planarian's shape gives it this name
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Time's up! The correct answer was a flatworm
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SAINTS BE PRAISED
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The first American citizen canonized was an immigrant from this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
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SPORTS
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Named for a U.S. doubles champ, this cup is presented to the winner of a 16-team men's tennis tourney
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Time's up! The correct answer was Davis Cup
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DAYS
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Many European countries celebrate the equivalent of this American holiday on May Day
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Time's up! The correct answer was Labor Day
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20th CENTURY DESIGN
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The U.S. pavilion at Montreal's Expo 67 was covered by one of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was a geodesic dome
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KIDS IN SPORTS
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Park View of Chula Vista, California beat Taipei 6-3 to win this organization's 2009 World Series
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Little League
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TV MINISERIES
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You could call Henry Thomas Ishmael & Patrick Stewart Ahab in this 1998 miniseries
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Time's up! The correct answer was Moby Dick
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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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FATHER'S IN LAW
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Coincidentally, today father's squash opponent was also his deponent, as father was taking this
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Time's up! The correct answer was a deposition
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WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
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Brown & white are the main U.S. types of this pouch-mouthed bird
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Time's up! The correct answer was pelican
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BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
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To "pass over" this river means to reach the promised land
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jordan River
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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
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This phrase for taking a break from a long period of sitting goes back to 19th century baseball
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Time's up! The correct answer was Seventh-inning stretch
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SRO
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Tony-winning Tony who drew big crowds with his epic play "Angels In America"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Kushner
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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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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
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On New Year's Day 2002, this school's Seminoles beat Virginia Tech 30-17 to win the Gator Bowl
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Time's up! The correct answer was Florida State University
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WOMEN'S HEALTH
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Set down that plastic bottle -- CNN reports that you don't really need this mythical number of glasses of water a day
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Time's up! The correct answer was 8
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SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
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Starting around 1922, this phrase meant something excellent or desirable
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Time's up! The correct answer was the cat's meow
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Y1K
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Circa 1000 Polynesian migrants reach New Zealand where they settle & become this ethnic group
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Time's up! The correct answer was Maoris
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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES
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It has a Supercenter on South 9th St. in Salina, Kansas
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Time's up! The correct answer was Walmart
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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
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David Mamet won in 1984 for this salesman drama whose title includes 2 4-letter words
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Time's up! The correct answer was Glengarry Glen Ross
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ON BROADWAY: 1970
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Though he never won an Emmy as Barney Miller, he did win a Tony for his role in "The Rothschilds"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hal Linden
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RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
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It's easy to get lost in this arrangement of genetically identical creations
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Time's up! The correct answer was Clonehenge
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IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
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Canada
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Time's up! The correct answer was the United States
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ANATOMY
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A ringlike muscle called the pyloric sphincter lies at the end of this, leading into the duodenum
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Time's up! The correct answer was the stomach
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DRAMA QUEENS
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A 1952 play covered the young life of this queen, like a 1998 Cate Blanchett film
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Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I
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ANIMAL TERMS
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Teens who frequent shopping centers are called these, the title of a Kevin Smith film
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Time's up! The correct answer was mall rats
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THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
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Eddie Murphy got the role in this '84 police comedy after Sylvester Stallone dropped out
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Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills Cop
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STATE OF THE UNION
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The Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport is in this state
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island
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STAMPS
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A stamp honors this 19th c. author about whom it was said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Harriet Beecher Stowe
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STRING THEORY 201
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Bosonic string theory has only bosons & none of these particles named for physicist Enrico
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Time's up! The correct answer was fermions
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3 LITTLE LETTERS
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Its headquarters compound in Langley, Virginia is named for Former President George Bush
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Time's up! The correct answer was the CIA
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INTERNATIONAL NAMES
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Alex Salmond, first minister of this country, wants to take it out of the United Kingdom
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
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EXPORTS
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The hills around San Jose are covered with trees growing this, Costa Rica's top export
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Time's up! The correct answer was coffee
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THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
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Fad, dad or glad
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Time's up! The correct answer was fad
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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This city's Mississippi River Art Fair is held in the Mark Twain Historic District
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hannibal, Missouri
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SODA POP QUIZ
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Fenton & Fowler''s calls this elite Detroit ginger ale the best soft drink in the world
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vernor's
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INITIALS M.D.
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Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl in "Der Blaue Engel"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Marlene Dietrich
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A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
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"What I wouldn't give for a drop of good old-fashioned Creole blood"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Interview with the Vampire
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AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
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Jebel Musa, a promontory in this mountain range, is one of the Pillars of Hercules
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Time's up! The correct answer was Atlas Mountains
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AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB
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Whether a surfin' one or a Pontiac, this term comes from the Swahili meaning "journey"
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Time's up! The correct answer was safari
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MOVIE DEBUTS
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The Al Pacino legal drama "...And Justice for All" marked the screen debut of this actor, later TV's "Coach"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Craig T. Nelson
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4-LETTER WORDS
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To incline, or to thrust a lance, perhaps at a windmill
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tilt
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POETS
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She considered publishing "Sonnets from the Portuguese" as "Sonnets Translated from the Bosnian"
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Time's up! The correct answer was ElizabethBrowning
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MINORITY REPORT
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Justice Holmes dissented when seditionist Jacob Abrams' conviction was upheld, saying he didn't pose this type of "danger"
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Time's up! The correct answer was clear and present
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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
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Title character played by former Alvin Ailey dancer Desmond Richardson in a 1997 ballet
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Time's up! The correct answer was Othello
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A LITERARY TOUR
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Head to Odense, Denmark to see his childhood home & sculptures inspired by his fairy tales
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Time's up! The correct answer was Andersen
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THE CIVIL WAR
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Robert E. Lee saved this capital from capture with his June 1862 attack on McClellan's forces
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Time's up! The correct answer was Richmond
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PUNJAB
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Predominant in the Punjab, this religion has origins in both Hinduism & Islam
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sikhism
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BACH IN THE SADDLE
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From the Latin for "to sing", only 202 of the 295 of these that Bach wrote in Leipzig survive
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Time's up! The correct answer was cantatas
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POEMS ON POETS
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"A hundred naked maidens" / Danced in his "Faerie Queene" / Give this Elizabethan credit / He sure could set a scene
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Time's up! The correct answer was Spenser
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NOT A POPE
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Romanus I, Julius I, Caesar III
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Time's up! The correct answer was Caesar III
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THE 50 STATES
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2 of the 4 states officially called commonwealths
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia
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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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WHEN THEY WERE TEENS
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He was known as Chan Kong Sang in his native Hong Kong where he was a teenage stuntman & fight choreographer
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Chan
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SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
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Meet me in the library for a liaison at your liesure
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Time's up! The correct answer was leisure
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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
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Located at the mouth of the Demerara River, it's the capital & largest city
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Time's up! The correct answer was Georgetown
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ROGUE
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In 2000 Zalmay Khalizad, future U.S. envoy here, Talibandied its name about in "Consolidation of a Rogue State"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Afghanistan
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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
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Guyana has had a long-standing border dispute with this small country to its southeast
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Time's up! The correct answer was Suriname
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THE UNIVERSE
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It's known for its prominences which are clouds, tubes & tongues of gasses
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sun
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LANGUAGES
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All of the Romance languages have their roots in this language
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Time's up! The correct answer was Latin
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"F"OOD
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It's a Spanish baked custard coated with caramel
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Time's up! The correct answer was flan
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AIN'T THAT AMERICA
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There are more farms in this large southwestern state than in any other
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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
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IT'S "BIG"
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Sasquatch
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bigfoot
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TRANSPORTATION
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The U.S. U-2, first built in the 1950s, was an airplane; the German U-1, first built in the 1910s, was one of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was a submarine
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STARTS WITH "W"
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It found no evidence of a conspiracy involving Oswald & Ruby
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Warren Commission
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
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In 1961 this firm introduced its Selectric typewriter, which used a spherical typing element
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Time's up! The correct answer was IBM
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THE 1980s
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Representative Jim Wright resigned this congressional office & his seat in the House
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Time's up! The correct answer was Speaker of the House
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MEN OF THE WORLD
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This media mogul from Melbourne has been called a real-life Citizen Kane
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch
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THE GRIDIRON
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[Hi, I'm Dick Butkus, Hall of Fame linebacker of the Chicago Bears] Before moving to Soldier Field in 1971, the Bears played its home games for 50 seasons in this Cubs park
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wrigley Field
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POTPOURRI
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The national conference of these two religious groups sponsors Brotherhood-Sisterhood Week
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Time's up! The correct answer was Christians and Jews
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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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WORLD LEADERS
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Shortly after he received the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize, his country ceased to exist
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mikhail Gorbachev
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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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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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SODA POP QUIZ
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They spent $250,000 to develop a can so the shuttle crew could drink their new formula in space
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Time's up! The correct answer was Coke
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TRUE LIVES
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Despite its title, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is a book by & about this woman
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gertrude Stein
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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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THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS
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The wolf in the Capitoline Wolf statue may be Etruscan; these 2 babies she's suckling were added around 1509
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Time's up! The correct answer was Romulus & Remus
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THE FILM VAULT
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It's the title nickname of the psychopath Al Pacino played in a 1983 film
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scarface
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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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DOUBLE TALK
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In the familiar jokes, it precedes "Who's there?"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Knock Knock
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THE FRENCH CONNECTION
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From the French for "to sort" comes the word for this process of treating patients based on need
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Time's up! The correct answer was triage
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THEY'RE ON CABLE
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The title pair of this TNT show is Boston detective Angie Harmon & medical examiner Sasha Alexander
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rizzoli & Isles
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AGRICULTURE
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In 1981 the U.S. government, with 560 million lbs. of this dairy food in storage, released 30 million lbs. to the needy
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Time's up! The correct answer was cheese
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THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS
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"Everybody denies I am a genius--but nobody ever called me one!" noted this man who raised "Kane"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Orson Welles
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INTERNATIONAL NAMES
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Alex Salmond, first minister of this country, wants to take it out of the United Kingdom
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
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MYTHOLOGY
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Zeus' father, Cronus, was one of this group of 12
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Time's up! The correct answer was Titans
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TURNING 40 IN '98
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Damon, Marlon & Kim's big brother, he turned 40 on June 8
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Time's up! The correct answer was Keenan Ivory Wayans
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NATURE
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In the South, buildings have been engulfed & trees have been smothered by this Oriental vine gone wild
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Time's up! The correct answer was kudzu
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HISTORIC NAMES
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In 1955 Ngo Dinh Diem became the first president of this country that no longer exists
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Time's up! The correct answer was South Vietnam
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PROVERBS
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It "makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Early to bed and early to rise"
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GIRLS IN SONG
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In Ritchie Valens' day, this song about a girl was more popular than its flip side, "La Bamba"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Donna
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ROCK WITH YOU
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Eric Clapton charted 3 times with this song: in 1971, 1972 & 1992
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Layla"
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THE RULE OF THIRDS
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On Jan. 19, 1966 this woman was elected the third prime minister of her country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
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BRUCE ALMIGHTY
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This actor lived up to the title of his TV show in 1987 when he hit the Top 40 chart with "Respect Yourself"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Willis
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20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS
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Like mom like son: sadly, her son Rajiv was also assassinated
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Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
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DOUGH
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The name of this unit of currency used in Libya is from the Latin for "ten"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dinar
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CNN
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In 1997 CNN became the first U.S. news organization since 1969 with a permanent bureau in this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
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PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
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2 of the 7 men who were under 50 years old when they became president
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland, Garfield, Grant, JFK, Pierce, Polk & Teddy Roosevelt
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NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
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"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
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FIRSTS
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The Scott brothers sold rolls of this in 1890; 2-ply came later
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Time's up! The correct answer was toilet paper
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4-LETTER WORDS
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This sound can be emitted by an auto horn or by a wild goose
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Time's up! The correct answer was Honk
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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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SAY "CHI"s
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In the Army today no one outranks General George W. Casey Jr., because he's this
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chief of Staff
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THE RULE OF THIRDS
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On Jan. 19, 1966 this woman was elected the third prime minister of her country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
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GETTING TICKED ON
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The tick species Ixodes dammini has as its favorite hosts white-footed mice & white-tailed these
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Time's up! The correct answer was deer
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REMEMBER THE TIME
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In 1958 this country launched its second 5-year plan, called "The Great Leap Forward"
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Time's up! The correct answer was China
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BIOGRAPHIES
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Known for his "Compleat Angler", he also wrote a biography of his friend, writer John Donne
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Time's up! The correct answer was Izaak Walton
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MUSIC/TELEVISION
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This country star became a sitcom grandma at the end of her first season on the WB
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Time's up! The correct answer was Reba McEntire
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"E" CHANNEL
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Alexander Pope once cracked, "The vulgar boil, the learned roast" one of these, maybe for breakfast
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Time's up! The correct answer was an egg
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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
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He was 24 years older than his friend Mozart, but outlived him by almost 20 years
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Time's up! The correct answer was Franz Joseph Haydn
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YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
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Royal rapper seen on TV's "Living Single" & in the movie "Living Out Loud"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Latifah
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TRAIN STATIONS
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A real depot inspired the symbol of this Wisconsin insurance company, seen here
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wausau
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MISSING LINKS
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A good ____ Havoc
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Time's up! The correct answer was cry
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GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE
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Her rhyme winds up with her playing "Pin the Tail on the Sheep"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Bo Peep
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B.C. & AFTER
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Homo erectus archaeological find on Jakarta's island by an expatriate U.S. photographer
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Time's up! The correct answer was Java Man Ray
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1984
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The Boston Symphony had to pay this actress $100,000 for canceling her contract due to her PLO support
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vanessa Redgrave
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THE "BUTLER" DID IT
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Film character who said, "You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhett Butler
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AND I QUOTE
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3-word phrase for a quote meant for attribution, or a quote like "Gretzky's 92 goals are unbeatable!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was On the record
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BACH IN THE SADDLE
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Bach often paired a prelude with this form in which a theme is stated, repeated & varied with contrapuntal lines
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Time's up! The correct answer was a fugue
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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Dating back at least 100 years, "drowning the shamrock", or going drinking, is a tradition on this holiday
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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Patrick's Day
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TELEVISION
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"Dragnet"'s Jack Webb also developed this police series starring Martin Milner & Kent McCord
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Adam-12"
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MUSEUM HOPPING
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"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" to keep music fans from visiting this record co.'s Detroit museum
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Time's up! The correct answer was Motown
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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You insert a roll into this instrument for it to tickle its own ivories
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Time's up! The correct answer was Player Piano
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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
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Bakula, Wolf
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scott
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TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
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This animal's scientific name is Panthera onca
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Time's up! The correct answer was jaguar
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INSECTS
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Its shape allows it to hide among twigs
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Time's up! The correct answer was Walking stick
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AMERICAN AUTHORS
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William Rose Benet won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God", & this brother won for "John Brown's Body"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Vincent Benet
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"EZ" DOES IT
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One of the large, flat triangular muscles of the shoulder & upper back region
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Time's up! The correct answer was Trapezius
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WONDER DRUGS
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Adult migraine? Ease the throbbing with 200 milligrams of this
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Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen
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SHAKESPEARE
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In "The Merchant of Venice" he tells his friend Tubal, "Meet me at our synagogue"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Shylock
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READING
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From the Greek for "sound", these sounds represented by letters might get you "hooked on" them
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Time's up! The correct answer was phonics
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PEN NAMES
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2 of his pen names were rather transparent: Antosha Chekhonte & Anton Ch.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Anton Chekhov
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AFRICANA
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In 2000 Durban in this country hosted the 13th International AIDS Conference & the first held on the continent
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Time's up! The correct answer was South Africa
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SPORTS HOME CITIES
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The NBA's Cavaliers
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland
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RADIO PERSONALITIES
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Tavis Smiley launched this network's first national show to originate from Los Angeles
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Time's up! The correct answer was NPR
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YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!
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Counsel is being argumentative, also known as doing this to the witness, as seen here
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Time's up! The correct answer was badgering
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THE TITANIC
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The U.S. Senate inquiry noted that the 16 compartments in the Titanic's hull that supposedly were this, weren't
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Time's up! The correct answer was watertight
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"S"-OTERICA
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Peter Falk narrated this 1978 documentary in which hardened convicts frightened delinquent kids
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scared Straight
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
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"The Parson's Tale", which deals at length with the 7 deadly sins, concludes this 14th century work
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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Canterbury Tales"
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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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HISTORIC NAMES
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This king died in 1760, leaving it to his grandson & successor to lose the American colonies
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Time's up! The correct answer was George II
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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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CARDS & DICE
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It's the number of dice you toss on your first roll of Yahtzee
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Time's up! The correct answer was 5
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GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
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Born in Athens, Georgia, she starred in "9 1/2 Weeks" & played Eminem's mom in "8 Mile"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Basinger
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TIMELESS TV
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2010's "When Love Is Not Enough" was the 240th presentation in this series from a greeting card company
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hallmark Hall of Fame
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COUNTIES BY STATE
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Whitley, Wayne, Wabash
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Time's up! The correct answer was Indiana
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ENGLISH LIT
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Since the beadle named his waifs alphabetically, this character came between Swubble & Unwin
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Time's up! The correct answer was Twist
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LONG GERMAN WORDS
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Freude is this to which Beethoven composed an ode; Schadenfreude is this at someone else's misfortune
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Time's up! The correct answer was joy
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DANGER IN WONDERLAND
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These 2 brothers may look like dimwits but they're vicious; beware the sword & umbrella, their weapons of choice
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tweedledum & Tweedledee
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LANDINGS
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Runways are numbered by compass degrees without the last digit, so this is the highest number used
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Time's up! The correct answer was 36
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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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ARCHITECTS
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In 1805 Charles Bulfinch enlarged this city's Faneuil Hall
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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
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LITERARY GENRES
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The name of this literary form also means "to try"
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Time's up! The correct answer was an essay
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ENGLISH CLASS
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Capt. Kirk's mission was "to boldly go" where no man had gone before, but he split one of these along the way
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Time's up! The correct answer was an infinitive
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NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
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Bucharest, Bonn, Bern
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bonn
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WON THE BATTLE
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This king of England beat the odds to trounce the French in the 1415 Battle of Agincourt
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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry V
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SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
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If you have this adjective before your name, like Nell or Eva, don't bother planning for your old age
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Time's up! The correct answer was Little
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HIT TUNES
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"Iris", "Slide"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Goo Goo Dolls
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1988
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At the July 1988 Democratic National Convention this Massachusetts governor was nominated for president
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Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Dukakis
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A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
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"I'm gonna let ya in on a little secret, Ray. K-Mart sucks"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rain Man
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BUGS
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This large hairy spider is named for a wolf spider found near the Italian town of Taranto
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tarantula
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U.S. PRESIDENTS
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He's the only U.S. president who never lived in the District of Columbia
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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
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THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
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In 1994 Pearl Jam complained to the Justice Dept. that this company held a monopoly
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ticketmaster
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SCIENCE GUYS
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In 1610 this Italian made his biggest discovery: the 4 largest moons of Jupiter
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Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
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"LIGHT"s
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Ben Franklin invented this device & would have been shocked if it hadn't worked
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Time's up! The correct answer was the lightning rod
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COMIC STRIPS
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Aaugh! This comic strip character was torn between a summer camp flame named Peggy Jean & the little red-haired girl
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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Brown
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MEET THE PARENTS
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Aiwa, Epic Records, Columbia Tristar
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sony
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"DREAM"Y SONGS
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1 of 2 "dream"y Top 20 songs recorded by Cass Elliott with The Mamas and The Papas
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Time's up! The correct answer was "California Dreamin'" & "Dream a Little Dream of Me"
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ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
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For feminists: NOW
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Time's up! The correct answer was National Organization for Women
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WHAT'S ON TV?
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In its 1st episode, citizens of a Kansas town saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon & were cut off from the outside world
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jericho
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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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SCIENCE BRIEFS
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For water, it's 0 degrees Celsius: F.P.
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Time's up! The correct answer was freezing point
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HEIR
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Charlene, sole heir of the late Alfred of this Dutch brewing giant, is worth $4.9 billion
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Time's up! The correct answer was Heineken
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LITERARY EPITAPHS
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Devoted salesman & husband to Linda. "Attention must be paid."
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Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Loman
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LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
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"Beauty school dropout, no graduation day for you"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Grease
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ON THE BIG SCREEN
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Mais oui! In 2007 Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan headed to Paris, giving this film series trilogy status
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rush Hour
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CODES
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1968's Nobel Prize in Medicine was for "interpretation of" this "code and its function in protein synthesis"
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Time's up! The correct answer was the genetic code
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STATE CAPITALS
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No beans about it, this capital is the largest city in New England
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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
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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 GUYS
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This "Father of Genetics" is the subject of the biography "The Monk in the Garden"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gregor Mendel
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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
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The Pulitzer folks gave "A Delicate Balance" by thIs playwright a 1967 "Woolf" whistle
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Time's up! The correct answer was Albee
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MOVIE SONGS
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1985: "We Don't Need Another Hero"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
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TECHNOLOGY
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C. Vanderbilt thought George Westinghouse's idea of stopping a train by this means a fool notion
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Time's up! The correct answer was the air brake
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THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
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Joshua
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Time's up! The correct answer was Judges
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SPEECH! SPEECH!
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This onetime governor of Texas delivered the keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Richards
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THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH
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1910: King Manuel II
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Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
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DRAMA
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"Dejavu" was "Angry Young Man" John Osborne's 1992 sequel to this famous play about looking back
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Time's up! The correct answer was Look Back in Anger
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STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
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Huntsville
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Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama
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GAME SHOWS
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In this "Street"-wise game show, you have to predict answers given by people on the street
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Time's up! The correct answer was Street Smarts
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ADVERTISING SLOGANS
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"Wouldn't you really rather have" one of these cars
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Time's up! The correct answer was Buick
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YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
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Royal rapper seen on TV's "Living Single" & in the movie "Living Out Loud"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Latifah
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TELEVISION HISTORY
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In the late '60s this character was created to show children it's okay to be grumpy
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Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar the Grouch
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U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
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This "calm" lake village in New York State is often called "America's Switzerland"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Placid
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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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THE EYES HAVE IT
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People say these are what you need to make it in Hollywood
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Time's up! The correct answer was Contacts
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CAESAR
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The Arch of the Emperor Titus in Rome heralds his conquest of this city in 70 A.D., ending the Jewish revolt
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerusalem
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AYE! IT'S IRELAND
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Also called Trinity College, the university of this capital was founded in 1592
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
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PLAY REVIVALS
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He starred on Broadway in "The Crucible" in 1991, a few years before becoming president (on TV, that is)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Martin Sheen
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DOUBLE A
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It's how you properly address the Queen of England
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Time's up! The correct answer was Maam
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HOUSES OF WORSHIP
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The world's largest mosque is Shah Faisal Mosque near this Pakistani capital; it can hold 100,000 worshippers
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Time's up! The correct answer was Islamabad
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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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FURNITURE
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In Asia this hollow-stemmed plant is grown in a form to prebend it for use in furniture
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bamboo
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SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
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Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain & their 9 teammates on the field
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Time's up! The correct answer was soccer
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THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
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Colchian jilted by Jason (5)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Medea
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ASSASSINS
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Reginald Fitzurse was among the Knights who took Henry II's remark literally to rid him of this archbishop
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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas à Becket
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AUTHORS
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In 1842 he lived with cannibals in the Taipi Valley in the Marquesas; his novel "Typee" was based on the experience
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Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
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POLITICAL MOVIES
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This political satire starred John Travolta as a Southern governor running for president
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Time's up! The correct answer was Primary Colors
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HEADLINES
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On May 24, 1927 the Las Vegas Review headlined that this man "Spurns Offers. Back to Air Mail, Says"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lindbergh
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AH, SWEET MYTHTERY
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Of a dryad, a naiad or an oread, she's the water nymph
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Time's up! The correct answer was a naiad
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RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
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Right effort, right speech & right action are 3 parts of this noble Buddhist way
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Time's up! The correct answer was Eightfold Path
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"PH"UN WORDS
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For many years Andre Previn conducted one
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Time's up! The correct answer was Philharmonic
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COMPUTER JARGON
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"Treeware" is this; it comes with software programs
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Time's up! The correct answer was an instruction manual
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THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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On the evening of April 18, 1775 Robert Newman displayed 2 lanterns in this Boston structure
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Old North Church
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HOTELS
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(Hi, I'm Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond") I opened for Frank Sinatra at this Vegas hotel, now closed, where the Rat Pack held a "summit" in 1960
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sands
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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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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
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To audition for this musical, Yul Brynner sang while sitting cross-legged on the floor
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Time's up! The correct answer was "The King And I"
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WRITERS CUBED
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In 1845 he published "The Raven and Other Poems"; the other poems include "The Conqueror Worm"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Edgar Allan Poe
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WHAT'S ON TV?
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Simon said "Simply dreadful... appalling" on this show that debuted on Fox in June '02
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Time's up! The correct answer was American Idol
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KING ARTHUR
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Arthur's round table had a seat reserved for this knight who could find this
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Holy Grail
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SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
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This item on a bicycle lets drivers see cyclists at night
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Time's up! The correct answer was taillight
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SELLERS
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[Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com] It's estimated that 60% of net shoppers flag an average of 7 sites with one of these, also used in products we sell
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bookmarks
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HIP-HOP & RAP
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Yo, this notorious rapper's second posthumous No. 1 hit single was 1997's "Mo Money Mo Problems"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Notorious B.I.G.
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FEELING "ANCY"
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Janet Leigh was sorry she found one of these at the Bates Motel
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vacancy
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DICE ROLL NICKNAMES
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Texas Sunflowers
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Time's up! The correct answer was Two 5's
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PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
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"Every virtue is laudable. Kindness is a virtue. Therefore, kindness is laudable" is a logical this
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Time's up! The correct answer was syllogism
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WE WANT PISA!
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This island off the Italian coast where Napoleon was first exiled was controlled for many years by Pisa
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Time's up! The correct answer was Elba
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MATH TERMS
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The term surd refers to irrational numbers like this number's square root, 1.7320508...
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Time's up! The correct answer was 3
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ON BROADWAY: 1970
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Based on "All About Eve", it featured Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing
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Time's up! The correct answer was Applause
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AMERICAN COUNTIES
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This state's Norfolk County disappeared in 1963 when it became part of the city of Chesapeake
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Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia
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MINORITY REPORT
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Justice Harlan was an honorable one-man minority in this 1896 decision that enshrined the "separate but equal" doctrine
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Time's up! The correct answer was Plessy v. Ferguson
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SECRET MENUS
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A move to healthy eating got the Pizza Sub nixed from this chain, but we hear if you ask nicely some stores will make it
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Time's up! The correct answer was Subway
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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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POLITICAL SLOGANS
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In the early 1930s Americans were told that it was “just around the corner”
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Time's up! The correct answer was prosperity
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THE 14th CENTURY
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In the 1350s this Moorish palace was completed in Granada, Spain
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Time's up! The correct answer was Alhambra
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AT THE MOVIES
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2002: A young Maori girl defies tradition & mounts a cetacean
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Time's up! The correct answer was Whale Rider
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NO. 3 SONGS
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Her "True Blue" peaked at No. 3 just a few weeks after "Papa Don't Preach" topped the charts
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Time's up! The correct answer was Madonna
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KFC
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KFC introduced this menu item by building a 20,000-lb. one, unveiled with dancing carrots & peas
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicken pot pie
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THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER
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Times multimedia features include snapshots taken at this exit, the proverbial spot to have a moment with a theater star
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Time's up! The correct answer was the stage door
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ALL IN YOUR MIND
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Some people won't give blood due to belonephobia, fear of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was needles
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WAITER!
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To heat up my chilly bones, bring out a large bottle of this warmed & fermented rice drink from Japan
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Time's up! The correct answer was sake
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BIRDS
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The only birds in the family Trochilidae are these "hovercrafts"
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Time's up! The correct answer was hummingbirds
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FOOD
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Riz A L'Imperatrice is an elegant version of this homey dessert
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rice Pudding
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THE 13th CENTURY
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A 1287 storm flooded the land separating the North Sea & the Zuiderzee, turning this village into a major port city
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Time's up! The correct answer was Amsterdam
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THIS IS JEOPARDY!
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On the original version, this was the highest dollar value on the Double Jeopardy! board
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Time's up! The correct answer was **$100 **
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TV ACTORS & ROLES
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Teri Hatcher looked "shipshape" as one of the singing "mermaids" who jumped on board this cruisin' series in 1985
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Love Boat
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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
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In Guinea-Bissau: this
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Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese
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ONE-WORD RHYMES
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An important person, perhaps with an elaborate toupee
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Time's up! The correct answer was bigwig
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WORD ORIGINS
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Originally a brand applied to slaves & criminals, it has come to mean a mark of disgrace
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Time's up! The correct answer was a stigma
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BIRDS
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Depending on the species, a bird can have 940 to 25,000 of them
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Time's up! The correct answer was feathers
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BOTANY
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Prized for its oil, this evergreen shrub of the American southwest is also known as the goat nut
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