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Time's up! The correct answer was Jojoba

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CAPITAL IDEA

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Long before it was a capital, this city on the Thames River was a communications center

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Time's up! The correct answer was London

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YOU MUST BE JOKING

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When this gastropod in a shell rode on the turtle's back, it said, "Whee!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snail

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ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE

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This character first hit the radio in 1928 with his partner Andy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amos

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DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB

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He quit as the Beatles' bass player to become a painter in 1961

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stuart Sutcliffe

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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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A HORSE IS A HORSE

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In "The Lord of the Rings", Gandalf rides this horse that only he could tame

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shadowfax

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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Nation Fire Prevention Week always includes October 9, the anniversary of this city's 1871 fire

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago

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POETS & POETRY

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This Longfellow poem was suggested by a smithy under a chestnut tree in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Village Blacksmith"

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SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was cobra

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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Their 1955 show, "Pipe Dream", about the people of Cannery Row, was based on this author's "Sweet Thursday"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Steinbeck

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DUKE, DUKE

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Jazz at Lincoln Center is putting on over 400 events in 1999 in honor of his 100th birthday

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Time's up! The correct answer was Duke Ellington

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EARLY AMERICA

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In the 1620s this Dutch company founded New Netherland in what later became N.Y., N.J., Delaware & Connecticut

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Dutch West India Company

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THE FORTUNE 500

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With 14,000 videos, the most watched Fortune 500 CEO on YouTube was this bespectacled chairman of the No. 35 company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Gates

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X MARKS THE SPOT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix

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WOMEN: WRITE ON!

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"Seducing the Demon: Writing for my Life" is a 2006 memoir by this "Fear of Flying" author

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Time's up! The correct answer was Erica Jong

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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

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It has the largest enrollment of any university in Utah

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brigham Young

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FINE DINING

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NYC sushi chef Masa Takayama has paid more than $120 a pound for this fish--a bit pricier than Star-Kist's

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Time's up! The correct answer was tuna

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MYTHELLANEOUS

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In Zuni myth, a kachina named Paiyatemu attracted these colorfully winged insects when she played the flute

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Time's up! The correct answer was butterflies

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HOMOPHONES

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Masculine, or letters & packages

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Time's up! The correct answer was male/mail

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IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY

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South Korea

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Korea

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NOVELISTS

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This Scottish novelist is buried at the summit of Mt. Vaea on Upolu, an island of Western Samoa

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Louis Stevenson

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SIMPLE SCIENCE

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Number of sides on a honeycomb cell or on a snowflake

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Time's up! The correct answer was 6

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MAGIC

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According to tradition, this prop used by magicians should be made of hazel wood cut at sunrise

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Time's up! The correct answer was a wand

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Soccer

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TECHNOLOGY

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"LED" stands for this.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Light EmittingDiode

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ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK

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The French have Catherine de Medici to thank for introducing this sprouting Italian veggie to them

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Time's up! The correct answer was broccoli

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

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A contemporary review of this 1851 novel said, "Who would have looked for... poetry in blubber?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moby-Dick

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JEWELRY

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Josiah Wedgwood designed these jewelry pieces using a white paste relief on a colored backgorund

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cameos

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Genoa

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BARD BITS

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Much of the action takes place in the court of the Duke of Milan in this play with another Italian locale in its title

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

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AUTHORS

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He wrote a non-baby book called "Decent And Indecent: Our Personal And Political Behavior"

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

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____ OF THE ____

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Quoting "Titanic", in 1998 Oscar-winning James Cameron exulted, "I'm" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was king of the world

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NYPD TV

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Detectives Diane Russell, Jill Kirkendall & Connie McDowell were on the job for this ABC drama

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Time's up! The correct answer was NYPD Blue

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MONEY SLANG

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2-word phrase for Henny Penny's lunch

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicken feed

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THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK

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In 1888 Mrs. Polk pushed a button in Nashville & these came on at the Cincinnati Centennial Expo

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Time's up! The correct answer was the lights

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LITERARY COLLABORATORS

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She & her tres cher ami Jean-Paul Sartre collaborated on the political & literary journal Modern Times

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Time's up! The correct answer was Simone de Beauvoir

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SENIOR SENATORS

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An IRA that allows tax-free withdrawals is named for this Delaware senator

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Roth

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THE 50 STATES

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The name of this state comes from 2 Choctaw words that mean "red" & "people"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma

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BRAND-TASTIC

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Barry Manilow wrote the jingle that had us "stuck on" this brand

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Time's up! The correct answer was Band-Aid

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NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS

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William Warner's "Beautiful Swimmers" is an exploration of the Atlantic blue crab & this bay

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Chesapeake

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MUSICAL TRAINS

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During the 1954-1955 Sun sessions, Elvis climbed aboard this train "sixteen coaches long"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the "Mystery Train"

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EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES

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1939 Oscar winner: "...you are a credit to your craft, your race and to your family"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hattie McDaniel

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MONEY SLANG

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2-word phrase for Henny Penny's lunch

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicken feed

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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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ALWAYS SAY NEVER

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In his "Ballad of East and West", this Brit wrote, "east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kipling

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HEADQUARTERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta

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NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD

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You can see this North American country's highest volcano, Volcan Citlaltepetl, in Pico de Orizaba National Park

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico

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ARCHITECTURE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was stairs

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BUSINESS PARTNERS

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In tools: Duncan Black &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alonzo Decker

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STRUCTURES

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

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

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CHAD IS RAD

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In the 11th century the kings of Chad converted to this faith

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Time's up! The correct answer was Islam

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KIDS IN BOOKS

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"The Sword in the Stone" is a book about a kid who grows up to be this king

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Time's up! The correct answer was King Arthur

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MEN OF MUSIC

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100,000 people of this city turned out for the 1849 funeral of beloved bandleader Johann Strauss Sr.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna

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NETWORK

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was PBS

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JONATHAN SWIFTIES

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"A flea / hath smaller fleas that on him prey; / and these have smaller still to bite 'em; / and so proceed" this endless way

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Time's up! The correct answer was ad infinitum

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TIMELESS TV

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Shown Saturday afternoons on ABC, this sport's tour outdrew college football & moved to ESPN in 1997

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Time's up! The correct answer was the pro bowling tour

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Carolyn Keene's fictional teenage detective who stars in a sitcom set in Cleveland

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

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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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LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER

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Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy March have crushes on Rupert Birkin & Gerald Crich in this D.H. Lawrence novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Women in Love

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ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE

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The number of different hexagrams in the I Ching, or the number of squares on a checkerboard

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Time's up! The correct answer was 64

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PICK A PLANET

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Its "day" is 24 hours & 39 minutes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mars

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LITERATURE

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In F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, Nick Carraway lives next door to this title character

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

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RED SOX IT TO ME

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On April 20, 1912 the first game at this new venue went 11 innings & ended with a Red Sox win

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fenway Park

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"CH"ILL OUT!

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15th century Pope Innocent VIII "The Honest" was the first pope to publicly admit having these

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Time's up! The correct answer was children

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& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR

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The opposite of diminuendo is this music term, a gradual increase in loudness

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Time's up! The correct answer was crescendo

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HOW INSPIRATIONAL

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In 1903 Pope Pius X wrote, "Where justice is lacking there can be no hope of" this, pax in Latin

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Time's up! The correct answer was peace

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FLOPS

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With teams including the Florida Blazers, this football league lasted for 1 1/2 seasons in '74-'75

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Time's up! The correct answer was WFL

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HISTORIC DATES

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He was shot on Sept. 6, 1901 while shaking hands with a crowd of well-wishers at the Pan-American Exposition

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Time's up! The correct answer was McKinley

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BRITISH HISTORY

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Though it sounds like a grim volume, it's just William the Conqueror's survey of the British kingdom

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Domesday Book

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ETIQUETTE

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The most formal evening wear is this color "tie", but black tie is much more popular

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Time's up! The correct answer was white tie

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ARCHITECTS

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Cass Gilbert designed this merchant's NYC skyscraper for 270,000,000 nickels or 135,000,000 dimes

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Time's up! The correct answer was F.W. Woolworth

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"DEM"-ONS

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Cognitive deterioration, sometimes "senile"

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Time's up! The correct answer was dementia

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FRUIT

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The liqueur creme de cassis is made with the black type of this fruit

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Time's up! The correct answer was currant

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THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL

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Of King Ad Rock, Thugmuffin C, MCA or Mike D, the one who's not a member of the Beastie Boys

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thugmuffin C

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FOUND

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In the early 1900s William Durant put together Buick, Oldsmobile & other companies to found this corporation

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Time's up! The correct answer was General Motors

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I PITY THE "FOOL"

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

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

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THE 1960s

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Turning down ABA offer of 3,500 head of cattle & 40,000 acre ranch in 1969, he signed with NBA Bucks

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lew Alcindor

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THRILLER

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This author's techno-thriller "Rainbow Six" focuses on John Clark, also a hero in "Clear & Present Danger"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Clancy

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WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA

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Book of Genesis garden

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eden

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IN EXILE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Gutenberg

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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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He composed his "Leningrad Symphony" during the World War II siege of Leningrad

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dmitri Shostakovich

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WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

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This semipublic corporation that operates intercity U.S. passenger trains was created by Congress in 1970

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amtrak

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bellagio

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& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN

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

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

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MIDDLE INITIAL C.

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This father of Andrew Wyeth illustrated more than 20 juvenile classics, including "Treasure Island"

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Time's up! The correct answer was N.C. Wyeth

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DEAR JUNTA

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In 1998 Nigerian-led forces captured Freetown, ousting the junta that controlled this African country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sierra Leone

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CHECK OUT MY CRIB

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was an ottoman

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ISRAEL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was diamonds

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"GREEN" THINGS

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A political party organized after the Civil War, or a piece of U.S. currency

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greenback

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PEANUTS

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Charlie Brown's parents bought Snoopy at this puppy farm

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daisy Hill Puppy Farm

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RODENTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a capybara

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THE CAST OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

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This "Mannix" star was known as Touch Connors when he played an Amalekite herder in the film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Connors

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WHOSE IS IT?

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The Battle of the Little Bighorn, won by the Sioux, also has this "final" name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Custer's Last Stand

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A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE

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That wedding gown, that faded gown--I cannot get it, or poor Miss Havisham, out of my head

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Time's up! The correct answer was Great Expectations

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ALBUMS

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Their 1999 CD "Californication" reunited guitarist John Frusciante with the group

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Red Hot Chili Peppers

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U.S. CITIES

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Principal routes through this capital include Ala Moana Boulevard & Pali Highway

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Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu

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"DO", "RE", "MI"

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Harmful or poisonous fumes caused by decaying organic matter

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Time's up! The correct answer was Miasma

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CHANTED

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gregorian chants

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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Inducted in 1973, he "earned patents for more than a thousand inventions, including... the phonograph"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edison

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IN EXILE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Gutenberg

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WRITERS CUBED

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Her 2000 novel "Blonde" is, of course, about Marilyn Monroe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joyce Carol Oates

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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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STARTS WITH "P"

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Movie that featured the following music

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Time's up! The correct answer was Picnic

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MESOPOTAMIA

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From the Assyrian for "height", this stepped structure was used as a temple by Mesopotamian cultures

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MOVIE MUSICALS

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Actor who sang "If I Only Had The Nerve" & "If I Were King Of The Forest" in "The Wizard Of Oz"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bert Lahr

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SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS

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From Latin for "indecent", this word in "Love's Labour's Lost" is the type of book banned by the Comstock Law

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Time's up! The correct answer was obscene

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ARTHUR MILLER

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Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay for the 1961 film "The Misfits", this male superstar's last film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clark Gable

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A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS

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Both pleasant & painful, as in a memory

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Time's up! The correct answer was bittersweet

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MOUNTAINS

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To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Everest

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"SIDE" EFFECTS

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Show that includes "Comedy Tonight", "Company" & "Send in the Clowns"

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

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THE FUNNIES

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Jon is this cat's master; Odie is his dog friend

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Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield

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TOUGH STUFF

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Alphabetically, he's Santa's first reindeer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blitzen

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"O"PERA

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George finds out Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket in this Carlisle Floyd opera based on a 1937 novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Of Mice And Men

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IT'S A COUP D'ETAT

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In Pakistan Nawaz Sharif tried to dismiss this military leader in 1999 but was overthrown by him instead

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Time's up! The correct answer was Musharraf

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A REALLY BIG CATEGORY

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In 1934, a giant clam had yielded one of these gems with a diameter of 5 1/2 inches, weighing over 14 pounds

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Time's up! The correct answer was pearl

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MR. TEA

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Around 1908 tea merchant Thomas Sullivan hit upon this innovation that avoids the mess of straining leaves

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Time's up! The correct answer was a teabag

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BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES

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Her daughter Julie says this future first lady was offered a movie contract in the 1930s when she was a USC student

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. Nixon

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GOAT-POURRI

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The backward-curving horns of the Siberian species of this 4-letter goat may be nearly 5 feet long

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Time's up! The correct answer was ibex

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TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA

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Actor in common to the coming-to-California films "True Romance" & "Kalifornia"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brad Pitt

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THE "CAPTAIN"

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Errol Flynn is a doctor who is forced to become a pirate in this 1935 action fest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Blood

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"T"ELEVISION

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Reminiscent of "Highway to Heaven", this popular series stars Roma Downey & Della Reese

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Time's up! The correct answer was Touched by an Angel

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WHAT TO WEAR?

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If you're wearing Wellingtons at Wimbledon, you're wearing these

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Time's up! The correct answer was rainboots

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20th CENTURY BALLET

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This great Spanish cubist designed sets & costumes for the 1919 ballet "The Three-Cornered Hat"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Picasso

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THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Suleyman

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STATES OF THE UNION

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To go from Norwalk to Norwich in this state, head east on I-95 to I-395 north

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Time's up! The correct answer was Connecticut

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THE PLANETS

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In 1971 Mariner 9 discovered a volcano on this planet rising 15 1/2 miles above the surface

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mars

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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME

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Hamilton, Calder, Haig

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander

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TWO

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In engines: Stephen Briggs &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harold Stratton

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ENDS WITH "K"

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A soda server, whether or not he's fatuous

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerk

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U.S. RIVERS

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The name of this river, famous in song, may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little Saint John"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Swanee

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FROM THE GREEK

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From the Greek for "false name", it's a fictitious name used by an author

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pseudonym

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THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME

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The VI & last pope to have this name reigned from 1963 to 1978

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul

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SCIENCE GUYS

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Not even a wheelchair & voice synthesizer can stop him from unlocking the secrets of the universe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Hawking

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IT'S A "SIN"

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Of Welsh extraction, Frank Lloyd Wright named his homes & fellowship after this early Welsh poet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taliesin

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TELEVISION

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In January 2000 this libidinous HBO show won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sex and the City

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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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CELEBS

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Her 18th birthday party was "A Cinderella Story" with 300 guests & red velvet cake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hilary Duff

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TAINTED GOV

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In 2010 a House committee charged this veteran Harlem congressman with ethics violations

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rangel

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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A never-ending supply of this better-than-beer drink was made by Heidrum, oddly a goat, not a bee

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Time's up! The correct answer was mead

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PULL

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Word on the 2 buttons that preceded this one: (Curly in a "Three Stooges" clip showing a button marked "Pull")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Press

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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 FUNNIES

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“Marmaduke” is this breed of dog

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Great Dane

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PEN NAMES

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We don't know why this dame sometimes wrote under the name Mary Westmacott; it's a mystery to us

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Time's up! The correct answer was Agatha Christie

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"MUM"s THE WORD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mumbai

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OLYMPIC POTPOURRI

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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Mark McEwen) I reported on the '92 W. Olympics in Albertville, France & the '94 W. Olympics hosted by this Scandinavian city"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer, Norway

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BREAKING NEWS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan

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SNOWBOARDING

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An off-balance rider is said to be "rolling down" these, from the flailing motion of the arms

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Time's up! The correct answer was windows

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THE 1960s

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It’s what chewable “chocks” were

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Time's up! The correct answer was vitamins

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& GO TO "BED"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was ribbed

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THE COMPANY LINE

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Edward Teller & this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bonwit

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___ OG

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Something can do this to your bad memory; it's also a wheel on a Sony Clie

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Time's up! The correct answer was jog

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GEOGRAPHY

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Many things in Hong Kong are named for this queen, including the mountain peak on Hong Kong island

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Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria

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ANCIENT VIP's

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pericles

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CHANCE

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His 1742 "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" was a prelude to writings on other games

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hoyle

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FATHERS-IN-LAW

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German emperor Frederick III's was this German-born British prince consort

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prince Albert

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PEN NAMES

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Rosemary Jansze, who was born in Ceylon, writes her romance novels under this married name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rosemary Rogers

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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Its Boeing manufacturing plant in Everett is the world's largest building by volume

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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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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HARRY GUYS

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This trumpet-playing band-leader helped Sinatra get started, & lost him to the Tommy Dorsey band

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harry James

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20th CENTURY QUOTES

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A governor, 1963: "Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Wallace

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KANSAS CITIES

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The Menninger Clinic founded in this capital owns a collection of Sigmund Freud's papers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Topeka

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NAME THE FILM

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1995: "To infinity, and beyond!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Toy Story

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BEFORE & AFTER

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"Lethal Weapon" director whose group was caught in a Sierra Nevada pass in the winter of 1846-47

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Richard Donner Party

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TREES

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Hindu for “trader” this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Banyan

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"PH"UN WORDS

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Because the Greek goddess Artemis was associated with the Moon, she was also called this, which means "light one"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phoebe

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CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES

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Now that this city's Civic Arena is the Mellon Arena, its citizens can be full of Mellon pride

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh

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SAINTS

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

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

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HOMOPHONES

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Rain heavily, or a tiny opening in the skin

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pour/pore

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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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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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GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP

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

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

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HISTORY

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Using photos he had taken the month before, Clyde Tombaugh discovered this planet February 18, 1930

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto

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11-LETTER WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vichysoisse

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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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INNS

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

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

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OPERA SINGERS

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This hefty ebullient tenor once taught elementary school in Modena, Italy, his birthplace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Luciano Pavarotti

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HISTORY

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In 1000 Rajaraja I of the Cholas battled to take this Indian Ocean island now known for its tea

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ceylon

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MR. TEA

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Around 1908 tea merchant Thomas Sullivan hit upon this innovation that avoids the mess of straining leaves

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Time's up! The correct answer was a teabag

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THE PRODUCERS

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Orange you glad to know that this state leads the U.S. in citrus production

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Time's up! The correct answer was Florida

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A LA "CART"

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A sideways handspring

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cartwheel

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PRINCETON

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One of its 1st presidents, John Witherspoon, was the only clergyman to sign this document

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Time's up! The correct answer was Declaration of Independence

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MILITARY UNITS

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From the medieval Latin for "army", it's a large fleet like the one Admiral Howard faced in 1588

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Time's up! The correct answer was an armada

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BEN

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The Hutchinson Letters scandal got Ben fired as deputy this in 1774

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Time's up! The correct answer was postmaster general

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MILITARY UNITS

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3 brigades under 1 headquarters, or a math function

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Time's up! The correct answer was a division

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PHRASES THAT SELL

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This shipping company asks, "What can Brown do for you?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was UPS

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WHO'S THE BOSS

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Tattoo labored for this man on "Fantasy Island"

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

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CARBON CREDITS

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This carbon isotope, 2 down from radiocarbon, is the standard for the relative atomic mass of other elements

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Time's up! The correct answer was C-12

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ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Browning

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ALBUMS THAT ROCK

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"Master of Puppets", "Death Magnetic"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Metallica

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ANIMAL PLANET

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Useful in long-term avian study, it's the placing of metal identification tags on the legs of wild birds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Banding

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GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

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If you're vulpine, you're like a fox; if you're lying on your back with your face upward, you're in this position

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Time's up! The correct answer was supine

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NOVELS

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

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

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PEANUTS

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

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

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YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY

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Though her name means "wolf", this basketball star was another canine in college -- a U. Conn. Husky

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rebecca Lobo

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GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP

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This backcourt partner of Isiah Thomas on the "bad boys" of Detroit won the NBA's 1st Sportsmanship Award

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Dumars

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BRIGHT IDEAS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was LCD

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NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY

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Washington said a great city would stand where the Cuyahoga met Lake Erie; judge for yourself here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland

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...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!

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This "stately" horse has 3 gaits; the flat-foot walk, the running walk & the canter

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Tennessee walking horse

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THE BIG APPLE

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Artsy types like Maya Lin & Art Spiegelman find inspiration in this area that gets its name from its northern border

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Time's up! The correct answer was SoHo

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ART

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The name of this type of paint that contains egg yolks almost sounds like a Japanese dish, but don't eat it

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Time's up! The correct answer was tempera

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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How peachy: Tbilisi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia

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HISTORIC NICKNAMES

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Because of his Hanoverian heritage, American colonists called this monarch "German Georgie" or "Geordie"

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Time's up! The correct answer was George III

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BEFORE & AFTER

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"Thin" piece of disputed Israeli-Palestinian land involved in a clothes-shedding card game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gaza Strip Poker

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SO "LONG"

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A unit of distance equal to 220 yards

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Time's up! The correct answer was a furlong

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HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'

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Psalm 8 declares, "Out of the mouth of" these "and sucklings hast thou ordained strength"

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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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DOUBLE A

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Quirks of this Eurocar include the ignition lock in the center console

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OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT

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1924: Helen Wills; 2004: Justine Henin-Hardenne

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FILM FACTS

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This Beatle not only strarred in "Give My Regards to Broad Street", he wrote the screenplay & the score

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FLAG 'EM DOWN

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The Alamo is located in this city & is depicted on its flag

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TRADING SPACES

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

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WORLD COINS

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In 2001 Russia issued a coin with his portrait to commemorate the 40th anniversary of manned space flight

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ORGANIZATIONS

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Int'l club that "promotes putting off until later those things that needn't be done today"

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FOREIGN TRAVEL

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

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BIRDS

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In captivitiy, these wading birds are fed carotenoid pigments to keep the plumage color they have in the wild

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SAINTS

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St. Raphael shares his feast day, September 29, with these two archangels

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TEENS IN HISTORY

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In 1468 this teen was recognized as heiress to the throne of Castile

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NATIONAL MONUMENTS

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Seminole Indian leader Osceola is buried at this fort where the Civil War began

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YOU DO THE MATH

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The number of legs on a spider plus the number of legs on a fly

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TELEVISION

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In 1998 Brian Dennehy made his first appearance as Red Finch, David Spade's firefighter father, on this hit series

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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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Society of Friends' parcels of land

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THE ROLLING STONES

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I can't get none, but with this song the Rolling Stones had their first U.S. No. 1 hit

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

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ROGUE

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This president's administration changed the term "rogue state" to "states of concern"

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INTO THE "WOOD"s

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1969 rock festival site

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NICKNAMES

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"The King of Ragtime"

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THE GODFATHER

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After a mock funeral for this counterculture icon, his goddaughter, Winona Ryder, moved in with him

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MORE POWER TO YOU

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California's 2001 energy crisis was attributed to a 1996 state law mandating this for the electricity industry

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THE CIVIL WAR

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The greatest battle fought in the Western Hemisphere has the "address" of this small Pennsylvania town

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WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND

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Endau-Rompin Park is one of the last homes of the Sumatran species of this horned mammal

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TAKE A PILL

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Bayer hailed the FDA's endorsement of this drug for use during a suspected heart attack

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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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IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME

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Sumerians scratched this writing system into stone & wax in addition to clay tablets

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CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES

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1992: "You can't handle the truth!"

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PROPHET SHARING

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In I Kings this fiery Biblical prophet won a contest with the prophets of Baal

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LAW & GOVERNMENT

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Though given 10 years for ratification, this amendment failed by 3 states in 1982

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NATIONAL MONUMENTS

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Scotts Bluff National Monument lies in western Nebraska on this pioneer trail

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CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES

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

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ASTROLOGY

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There are this many houses in the astrological subdivision

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INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME

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An automobile for any former Russian emperor

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VERBS

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As a verb, this British nationality means to put an end to something abruptly

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LIFE SCIENCE

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In nat. selection, a ref froggus trebekus has .5 relative fitness if it produces 1/2 as many of these as a pink one

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Time's up! The correct answer was offspring

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THE CAT

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The name of this striped color pattern may come from a market in Baghdad famous for 2-tone silk

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tabby

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HOW DO YOU...

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Churn a sweet dairy mix in a container that's surrounded by frozen water & salt

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Time's up! The correct answer was make ice cream

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POTPOURRI

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This flower got its name from the belief that bees got a sweet substance out of it

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE - here is a special guest with the clue): "Hello, I'm Marla Maples Trump. In 1992 I made my Broadway debut in the musical about this humorist who never met a man he didn't like"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Will Rogers

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HISTORIC WOMEN

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The proceeds from some of her souvenir hatchets helped fund a home for wives of alcoholics

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carrie Nation

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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

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To "go" this, meaning all the way, comes from an 18th c. poem about inability to decide which part of the pig to eat

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Time's up! The correct answer was whole hog

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JUBAL EARLY

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In July 1864, Early & his troops threatened this city & were later criticized for not taking it

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

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BUSINESS

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This San Francisco-based clothing company's full name includes "De Corps"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Esprit

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COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS

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Alvin, Simon & Theodore

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Time's up! The correct answer was chipmunks

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ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Thorpe

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SECRET IDENTITIES

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Zorro

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THE COMPANY LINE

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

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

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NURSERY RHYMES

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"Hey Diddle, Diddle!" After the little dog laughed, these 2 things ran off together

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ART

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You can't make a genuine tempera painting without breaking these

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Time's up! The correct answer was eggs

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WORLD "P"s

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World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peru

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WHY SO BLUE?

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This jeweler's blue box is a registered trademark

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tiffany

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WEBSITES

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At whitehouse.gov you can learn all about Air Force One as well as this Maryland presidential retreat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Camp David

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ANIMAL RHYME TIME

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A fake small horse

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RELIGION

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

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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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NEWMAN'S OWN

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

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

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ART

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This Venetian, said his pupil Palma Giovane, "used his fingers more than his brush" to finish his lush works

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Time's up! The correct answer was Titian

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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR

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"Woman with a Past", "The Peacemaker", "Deep Impact"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mimi Leder

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POLITICAL TALK

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rider

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BIOLOGY

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

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

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THE ENGLISH BEAT

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In 1964 a Shakespeare center was opened on Henley Street in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stratford-upon-Avon

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FEMALE ATHLETES

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This soccer player whose real first name is Mariel is one of 4 women to have scored over 100 goals in international play

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mia Hamm

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BUSINESS LEADERS

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Since founding Amazon.com in 1994, he's tried to make it "The Earth's most customer-centric company"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jeff Bezos

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CLOTHING

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This Channel Island has a close-fitting knitted shirt or sweater named for it, in addition to a cow

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jersey

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THE VIRTUES

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It's paired with liberty in the Pledge of Allegiance

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Time's up! The correct answer was justice

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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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4-LETTER WORDS

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"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also" this

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U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS

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Instruction

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THE NEW TESTAMENT

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In a letter to Corinth, Paul ranked this quality over faith & hope

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charity

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NO. 32

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On May 11, 1858 this "North Star" state became U.S. state No. 32

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THE "CAPTAIN"

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Hooray for this Groucho Marx character from "Animal Crackers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Spaulding

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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On November 14, 1889, the New York World called her trip, "The Longest Journey Known to Mankind"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nellie Bly

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THE "B.G."s

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2-word term for large animals hunted for sport

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MEDICINE

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As Franklin D. Roosevelt's blood pressure was 300/190, he suffered from this 1-word condition

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SPACE MISSIONS

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The Hinode mission showed magnetic waves are critical in driving the flow of charged particles called this wind

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Time's up! The correct answer was the solar wind

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NETWORK

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"Real World", "House of Style", "FANatic"

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Time's up! The correct answer was MTV

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4-LETTER WORDS

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It can be part of your foot, your shoe, your stocking or your loaf of bread

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Time's up! The correct answer was Heel

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THE CIVIL WAR

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Hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, he resigned November 1, 1861, as head of the Union army

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winfield Scott

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THE "W.B."

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In a 1969 film this title group included William Holden & Warren Oates

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CREATION STORIES

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Africa's Fulani people, who are cattle herders, say everything came from a drop of this

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NONFICTION PEOPLE

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"The Corsican" is a diary of his life "In His Own Words"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon

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ALL GOD'S CRITTERS

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Widely hunted for their hides, the American, Cuban & Nile species of this reptile are now in danger

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I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY

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The 42 bridges of the Overseas Highway link many of this state's islands to the mainland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Florida

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SPOUSE IN COMMON

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Elliott Gould, James Brolin

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barbra Streisand

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"EVER"S

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The answer to this title question of 1962: she cares for her crippled sister Blanche

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Time's up! The correct answer was Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

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ACTRESSES ON TV

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On "Fat Actress", she poked fun at herself, playing a version of herself struggling with her weight

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kirstie Alley

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AUDIO BOOKS

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Julie Harris reads the diary this girl wrote while in hiding in WWII Amsterdam

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FRANCES FARMER

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She earned an Oscar nomination for playing Frances

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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This process is the diffusion of a fluid through a semipermeable membrane; some students seem to learn by it

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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME

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Giuliani, Valentino, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rudolph

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DON'T BE A PAIN

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This drug marketed as Advil & Nuprin reduces pain by inhibiting chemicals that cause inflammation

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Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen

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CENTRAL PARK

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Central Park has a statue of King Wladyslaw II Jagiello of this country, who was also Grand Duke of Lithuania

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland

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NONFICTION PEOPLE

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"The Corsican" is a diary of his life "In His Own Words"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon

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COMPOSERS ON FILM

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Toralv Maurstad in "Song of Norway"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edvard Grieg

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VERMONTERS

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George Franklin Edmunds wrote most of this antitrust act of 1890

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sherman

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MY SUITE

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"Suite Bergamasque" contains this composer's famous piece "Clair De Lune"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Debussy

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FOOD & DRINK

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When used to describe meat, "marbling" means streaks of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was fat

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DON'T BE A PAIN

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Trigger point injections are used to treat this muscle contraction, from the Latin for "convulsion"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a spasm

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THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL

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That "Fly" band Sugar Ray is led by this heartthrob lead singer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark McGrath

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ON THE CALENDAR

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

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

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ISRAEL

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This port city on & around Mount Carmel has been compared to San Francisco, its sister city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Haifa

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HERBS & SPICES

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The dried pods of a certain climbing orchid provide this flavoring

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Time's up! The correct answer was vanilla

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COUNTRY MUSIC

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Though his last name means "pertaining to a city", this "Defying Gravity" singer is a country superstar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Keith Urban

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CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS

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Adventurous eaters in Grenada may dine on this burrowing mammal (it's best to remove the armor first)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Armadillo

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AIN'T THAT AMERICA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan

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HOP ON POP CULTURE

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Mark Hamill played the oldest of Dick Van Patten's octet of kids in the pilot but not the series of this show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eight Is Enough

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NEW WEAPONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Hornet

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SCIENTISTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Salk

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PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield

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'65

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On January 20, 1965 he was inaugurated as U.S. vice president

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hubert H. Humphrey

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TV THEME LYRICS

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"It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Muppet Show

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THE BILLBOARD HOT 100

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A song by this artist hit No. 1 in 1999, making her at age 52 the oldest female to have a Billboard No. 1 single

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cher

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THE MOVIES

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Jane Russell & Marilyn Monroe sang about being "Two Little Girls from Little Rock" in this 1953 movie musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

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BROADWAY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1920s

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TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED

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This playwright won a Pulitzer in 1991 with "Lost in Yonkers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neil Simon

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JAZZ IT UP

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We think jazzman Ron Carter is this kind of "guy"; we know he plays the same kind of bass

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Time's up! The correct answer was stand-up guy

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5-LETTER WORDS

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It can be an object from the past, or a personal item associated with a saint

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Time's up! The correct answer was relic

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WEBSITES

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At whitehouse.gov you can learn all about Air Force One as well as this Maryland presidential retreat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Camp David

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MIDDLE "C"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was valedictorian

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TELL ME "Y"

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Aden is the second-largest city in this Middle Eastern hot spot

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yemen

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REMEMBER THE TIME

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This 1904-1905 war began in Manchuria & ended with the battle of Tsushima Strait

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Time's up! The correct answer was Russo-Japanese War

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NAMES IN THE NEWS

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This former U.N. ambassador is a co-chairman of the host city's committee for the 1996 Olympic Games

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Young

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was pepperoni

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HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN

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The "humped" shape of a Bahraini island gives it the name Hawer, meaning "young" one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Camel

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THE NEW TESTAMENT

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This mother of John The Baptist was well into old age when John was born

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth

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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 ONION

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Aug. 9, 2000: Popular names for these include Shopwood, Storemont & Indianburialgroundbrook

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Time's up! The correct answer was shopping malls

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SHIPS

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On May 7, 1915 German submarine commander Walter Schweiger gave the command to torpedo this British liner

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Lusitania

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PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS

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This food poisoning bacteria is named after the scientist who identified it, not a fish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Salmonella

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SKIP TO MY "LOO"

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Unsecured pages of a book in removable form

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Time's up! The correct answer was looseleaf

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BALLET

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was plie

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SO "LONG"

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Random House says this is a "chiefly Texas" term for a bottle of beer

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Time's up! The correct answer was a longneck

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SCOTLAND

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Defeated at Dunsinane by Malcolm in 1054, he wasn't dethroned until killed by Malcolm in 1057

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth

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HERBS & SPICES

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A popular soft drink "ale" is flavored with this spice whose name is from the Sanskrit for "horn root"

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Time's up! The correct answer was ginger

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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On Mar. 27, 1964 this largest Alaska city was hit by an 8.4 earthquake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage

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ART & ARTISTS

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This pop artist's studio was known as "The Factory"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Warhol

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LITERARY CHARACTERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Holden Caulfield

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SLOGANEERING

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When going out, take this card because "It's Everywhere You Want to Be"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Visa

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COLOGNE RANGER

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Founded in Cologne, this German airline really took off in 1953

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lufthansa

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IT'S OURS!

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Montserrat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain

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A "TON" OF PEOPLE

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In 2004 the most valuable guitar, this rocker's Stratocaster "Blackie", sold for $959,500 at auction

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clapton

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'ALLO, GOVERNOR!

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Karl F. Rulvagg, Floyd Bjornsterne Olson, Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota

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"KEY"s

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No bones about it, it opens many locks

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Time's up! The correct answer was a skeleton key

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TALK LIKE A BRIT

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Of stay in bed, hit someone on the head or rub till it's red, what you do if you cosh

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Time's up! The correct answer was hit someone on the head

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ANAGRAMMED BIRDS

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A front yard favorite: I'm no flag

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Time's up! The correct answer was flamingo

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FOOD CHAIN

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Offering "Home Style Meals" & a line of frozen entrees, this chain is headquartered in Colorado, not Massachusetts

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston Market

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Willa Cather

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THE FALL

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Headed by Chief Justice Charles T. Wells, the Supreme Court of this state was in the news in November 2000

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Time's up! The correct answer was Florida

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CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES

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This team that won a championship in 2001 plays in PSINet Stadiun

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore Ravens

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

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A contemporary review of this 1851 novel said, "Who would have looked for... poetry in blubber?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moby-Dick

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THE TITANIC

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The Titanic carried plenty of these, 3,560, but many passengers died wearing them in the 28-degree water

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Time's up! The correct answer was lifejackets

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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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SOCIOLOGY

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Going from rags to riches is what sociologists call "social" this, specifically the "upward" type

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Time's up! The correct answer was mobility

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BRASS

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If you don't know he was made commander of the 2nd Armored Tank Division in April 1941, I'll slap you silly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Patton

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BRAND-O

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You'll go really fast in this swimwear brand worn by Olympic gold medalists

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Time's up! The correct answer was Speedo

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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In 1358 this league of North German trading towns made Lubeck its administrative headquarters

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Hanseatic League

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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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LOVE QUOTES

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Samuel Butler rhymed, "Love is a boy by poets styled; then spare the rod and" do this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spoil the child

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RED SOX IT TO ME

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In 2001 this Osaka-born pitcher tossed Boston's first no-hitter since 1965

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nomo

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WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?

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Melanie Griffith

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tippi Hedren

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ODDS & ENDS

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For about $200 a whack, you can spend the night at the Fall River MA home of this alleged murderess

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lizzie Borden

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LET'S HIT IT

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This word seen on doors is what a right-handed batter does when he hits the ball to left field

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Time's up! The correct answer was pull

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CITY FOLK

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Hamburgers

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

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EPONYMS

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Meaning elegant or fancy, it's from the name of a hotel chain founded by a Swiss businessman

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Time's up! The correct answer was ritzy

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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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PROPHET SHARING

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

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

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BON APPE-"T"

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A yellow cheddar from Oregon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tillamook

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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

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July 3, 1971 in Paris

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Morrison

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CODES

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The first 5 digits in these represent the manufacturer; 16000 means General Mills

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bar code

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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While he was in Spain in 1959, he wrote "The Dangerous Summer", a story about rival bullfighters

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hemingway

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1984

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In December this founder of est announced that he was giving last of his weekend transformation sessions

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Time's up! The correct answer was Werner Erhardt

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ALASKA

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This second-largest Alaskan city wasn't named for an actor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fairbanks

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NAME THE AUTOMAKER

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Stratus & Stealth

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dodge

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL

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One of the 8 teams in the CFL is the Stampeders, who play for this city in the Canadian Rockies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Calgary

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BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS

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1976: "A Single Colorado Mountain"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rocky

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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Characters in this musical include Mei Li, Linda Low & Sammy Fong

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Flower Drum Song"

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INDEPENDENCE DAYS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Finland

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THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC

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Last name of Gary, the former Tubeway Army leader who charted with New Wave hits like "Cars"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Numan

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THE 20th CENTURY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Janet Reno

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THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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After the defeat at Yorktown, Gen. Charles O'Hara, acting for this man, gave his sword to the Americans

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cornwallis

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TRANSPORTATION

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Since 1899 these stalwart animals used in transport have served as the mascots of the Army Corps of Cadets

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Time's up! The correct answer was mules

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CHEESE

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Christopher Lee, later of "Lord of the Rings", sucked blood in 1968's he "Has Risen from the Grave"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dracula

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MILITARY TELEVISION

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This oldest of the Wayans Brothers co-starred with Yaphet Kotto on the 1983 drama series "For Love and Honor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Keenan Ivory Wayans

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UP & ATOM

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was microscope

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COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC

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In "Red River Valley", cowboys sing, "come and" do this "if you love me"

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Time's up! The correct answer was sit by my side

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COMMON BONDS

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Thunder, Ol' Man River, White House Easter Eggs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Things that are rolled

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EPONYMS

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To abstain from buying or doing trade with, in honor of an Irish landlord against whom such tactics were used

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Time's up! The correct answer was to boycott

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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The pair's lyricist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hammerstein

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POETS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson

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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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4-LETTER CAPITALS

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Akershus Castle, a tourist site in this capital, sits on a rocky peninsula overlooking a fjord

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oslo

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MAYORS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Athens

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PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS

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Don't lose your head trying to name this execution device named after a French doctor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Guillotine

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WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN

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"In 1997, the House (of Reps.) voted to reprimand him... It marked the first time the House had reprimanded a Speaker"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gingrich

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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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BOOKS & AUTHORS

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Margaret Mitchell began this book, "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Gone with the Wind"

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THE 14th CENTURY

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Chaucer wrote a treatise on how to build one of these & use it to compute the position of a star

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Time's up! The correct answer was astrolabe

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TAUNT "O"

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Being around you has completely killed my sense of this, the tendency to expect the best of life

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Time's up! The correct answer was optimism

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TELEVISION

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In 1998 Brian Dennehy made his first appearance as Red Finch, David Spade's firefighter father, on this hit series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Just Shoot Me

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NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA

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Its cities include Minot, Jamestown & Grand Forks

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Dakota

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LITERARY CHARACTERS

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He said, "My mother was an ape, and of course she couldn't tell me much about it"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tarzan

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"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY

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Line preceding "Fire burn and cauldron bubble"

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

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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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SHAKESPEARE

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

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

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FAMOUS JACQUES

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He painted the death of Marat & he himself died in exile in Brussels

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques-Louis David

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MACBETH

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

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

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KIDS IN BOOKS

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She's Beezus Quimby's pesky young sister

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ramona

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WINE

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Malaga is a sweet dessert wine that originated in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spain

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THE EYES HAVE IT

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A blow with a whip

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lash

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COME "IN"

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Be it a stick or cone, strawberry & sandalwood are popular fragrances of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was incense

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EMBRACEABLE "U"

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In baseball one's behind home plate & one's behind each base

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Time's up! The correct answer was Umpire

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ANIMAL PLANET

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A bean with mottled markings shares its name with this equine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pinto

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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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PUNJAB

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In this Kipling work, the title orphan's father was a sergeant in an Irish regiment in the Punjab

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kim

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THE 50 STATES

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New Englanders refer to this state as "Down East"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maine

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WORLD UP!

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In 1980 Luis Garcia Meza took power in this landlocked S. Amer. country that's had more than 180 coups in its history

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia

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IT BORDERS INDIA

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The Ganges River flows through India into this neighbor, where it reaches the Bay Of Bengal

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bangladesh

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I'D RATHER BE SKIING

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In California, a premier spot for skiing is this resort area that shares its name with a prehistoric elephant

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mammoth

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ANIMALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Piranha

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REAL TO REEL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Awakenings

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QUOTATIONS

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"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori", wrote Horace, "It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was one's country

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SYRIA'S EATING

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Mansaf is this favorite meat cooked in a yogurt sauce

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Time's up! The correct answer was lamb

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was filet mignon

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ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV

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Blair Underwood as President Elias Martinez

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Event

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LUNCH COUNTER LINGO

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Bow wow & Coney Island both refer to this food

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

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AskOxford.com

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was sic

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TO NEIL

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From 1979 to 1981, Neil Goldschmidt was Secretary of this department abbreviated D.O.T.

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

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DEAR JUNTA

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In 1998 Nigerian-led forces captured Freetown, ousting the junta that controlled this African country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sierra Leone

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NONFICTION PEOPLE

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"The Apotheosis of" this English navigator explores "European Mythmaking in the Pacific"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cook

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"B" PREPARED

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A non-rigid flexible dirigible

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Time's up! The correct answer was blimp

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"MOON"S

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It brings out the worst in werewolves

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Time's up! The correct answer was a full moon

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WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND

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This capital whose name means "muddy estuary" was named for the 2 rivers that wind through it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kuala Lumpur

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ALBUMS THAT ROCK

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"Master of Puppets", "Death Magnetic"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Metallica

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EXPLORERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kilimanjaro

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WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

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13-letter word for the operations manager of a depot or terminal

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Time's up! The correct answer was stationmaster

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RHYMES WITH TEEN

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Nasty or stingy; or the average

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mean

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EXPLORERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Cabot

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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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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY

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Guyana is divided into 3 regions: a highland, an inland forest & a coastal plain along this ocean

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Atlantic

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POP MUSIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tina Turner

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IT SOUNDS LIKE

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A cylindrical storage container for grain, it sounds like an order to exhale quietly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Silo

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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Character who is “corny as Kansas in August”

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nellie Forbush

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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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RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE

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Sept. 24, 2007 found this Bush cabinet member away from her piano & playing the bell

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Time's up! The correct answer was Condi Rice

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WHAT'S IN A NAME?

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Previously attached to Theo- & Isa-, it became popular by itself after appearing in "David Copperfield"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dora

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CONTESTS

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At the 1999 Westminster Dog Show, CH Loteki Supernatural Being won this award for matching the breed standard

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Time's up! The correct answer was Best in Show

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WORLD UP!

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In May 1988, after 8 years of fighting there, the Soviet army began withdrawing from this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Afghanistan

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SODA POP QUIZ

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It's what gives soda pop the bubbles

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Time's up! The correct answer was carbon dioxide

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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Melville said this abolitionist who was hanged in Charlestown, Va. in 1859 was "the meteor of the war"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Brown

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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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VERMONTERS

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This leader of the Green Mountain Boys did not live to see Vermont become a state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ethan Allen

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WAR STORIES

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"Marching On", "By Antietam Creek"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Civil War

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ANIMAL GROUPS

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Kangaroos, monkeys & Boy Scouts all come in these groups

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Time's up! The correct answer was troops

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ANIMALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Piranha

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THE 1990s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Dole

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INLETS

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This Chilean city whose name means "valley of paradise" lies on a wide inlet of the Pacific

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Time's up! The correct answer was Valparaiso

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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS

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From 1682 to 1689 he shared the throne with his half-brother Ivan V

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

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"DREAM"Y SONGS

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Title that follows "When I want you in my arms, when I want you and all your charms, whenever I want you..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "All I Have to Do Is Dream"

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NATIONAL FOODS

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Actually an American recipe, this condiment may have been given its name because caviar was once an ingredient

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Time's up! The correct answer was Russian dressing

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BRIDGES

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The 1st Roman bridge of which there is any record is the Pons Sublicius, built in 621 B.C. over this river

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tiber

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JUBAL EARLY

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Early, a man known for his patriarchal beard, was active in this party in Virginia in the 1840s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Whig

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BEGINNING & END

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"From" this to this is an idiom meaning from the start of a meal (or something else) to the end

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Time's up! The correct answer was from soup to nuts

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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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LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES

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A special Larry King tonight this "wubbulous" children's author & his thoughts on Rosie starring in his big Broadway show

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

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LOW CUT GENES

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Genes that affect hereditary traits are called alleles & are either "dominant" or this

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Time's up! The correct answer was recessive

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1988

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A 1988 plebiscite said that this Chilean dictator had to be out of office by March of 1990

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Time's up! The correct answer was Augusto Pinochet

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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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CAESAR

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The chief figure in 2 books by Robert Graves, this emperor may have been poisoned by his fourth wife

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Time's up! The correct answer was Claudius

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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His July 20, 1973 death in Hong Kong at age 32 shocked the world

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Lee

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ON THE GO

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Created in 1971 as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, it's better known by this name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amtrak

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THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ferrari

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INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE

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Blow in & out: NO CHAIR MA

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Time's up! The correct answer was harmonica

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WORD ORIGINS

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This state's name is from the Sioux for "sky-tinted waters"; maybe they meant the 10,000 lakes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was War

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CITY FOLK

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Hamburgers

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

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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Corned beef is cured in brine; this other deli meat is seasoned brisket that's been cured, smoked & cooked

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Time's up! The correct answer was pastrami

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THE BIG BANGLADESH

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Over 80% of those in Bangladesh follow this religion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Islam

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BROADWAY LYRICS

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"All I need is one more try, gotta get that kite to fly"

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Time's up! The correct answer was You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

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POEMS ON POETS

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To hear about "My Highland Lassie" / My poor heart, it yearns / For he wrote 'em, I just quote 'em / He is...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Burns

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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Velour, velvet or tricot (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was fabric

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COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"

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Open an atlas & discover that the Atlas Mountains traverse the length of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco

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COLONIAL ARTS

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James Alexander, whose doggerel contributed to this publisher's arrest, helped defend him as a lawyer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zenger

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BROADWAY TEENS

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[clue missing because of technical glitch]

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank

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WEEDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hemlock

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"TABLE"S

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To reverse the situation & gain the upper hand

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Time's up! The correct answer was Turn the Tables

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ARCHITECTURE

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The caldarium, the tepidarium & the frigidarium were chambers in these, where olden Romans refreshed themselves

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Time's up! The correct answer was the baths

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WYOMING

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A western celebration, Frontier Days, has been held each year since 1897 in this capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheyenne

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U.S. CITIES

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This Arizona city's name comes from Chuk Son, Papago for "Spring at the foot of a black mountain"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tucson

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ONE LETTER DIFFERENT

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A speechless minute arachnid

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mute mite

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NO. 32

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The Los Angeles Lakers retired his No. 32 jersey

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Time's up! The correct answer was Earvin "Magic" Johnson

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COME TO OUR AIDE

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Vladislav Surkov, a longtime aide to this former president, is known as the Kremlin's "Gray Cardinal"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Putin

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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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POP MUSIC

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This singer's 1970 hit "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" was from the Broadway musical "Promises, Promises"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dionne Warwick

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THE REPLACEMENTS

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A piece that makes it to your foe's deepest row in checkers can be replaced with one of these "royal" ones

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