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Time's up! The correct answer was hearsay

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"ANT" INFESTATION

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It's the part of the military that traditionally fights on foot

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Time's up! The correct answer was infantry

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WORLD HODGEPODGE

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From the old French for "ice", these cover about 1/8 of Iceland; some are 3/4 of a mile thick

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glaciers

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RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS

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This legendary dozen included 2 Jameses, 2 Judases & an eventual replacement named Matthias

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twelve Apostles/disciples

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THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH

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1947: Eastern Europe's King Michael

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romania

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CHARACTERS IN BOOKS

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This character says, "It's Christmas Day! I haven't missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ebenezer Scrooge

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KILLER MUSICALS

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Billy Bigelow kills himself after a botched hold-up in this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic

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

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MOTHER GOOSE

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It's the type of nail referred to in the nursery rhyme "All for Want of a Nail"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a horseshoe nail

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BEFORE & AFTER

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

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

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LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER

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Daisy Miller & Natty Bumppo could have joined forces in a novel by this author

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

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EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION

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The Schengen Agreement removes any controls at these between most EU neighbors

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Time's up! The correct answer was national borders

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"I" LADS

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This auto exec's autobiography is one of the bestselling nonfiction works in publishing history

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lee Iacocca

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THE "X" FILES

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A trademarked name, it's often used as a synonym for a photocopy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Xerox

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SCRAMBLED EGGS

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This bird's eggs are so pretty a color is named for them: IN BRO

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Time's up! The correct answer was robin

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"CAR" PARK

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He traveled the Yellow Brick Road

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scarecrow

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THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE

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"RBRIDE" was the HSX designation for this hot-performing stock & movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was Runaway Bride

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STATE CAPITALS

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A 150-foot-high battle monument in this New Jersey capital marks the site of a famous Revolutionary War battle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trenton

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WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT

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On your phone & in conversation, these numbers mean information

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Time's up! The correct answer was 411

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CELEBRITY MARRIAGES

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Drama coach Uta Hagen was his 1st wife & singer Rosemary Clooney his 3rd

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Time's up! The correct answer was José Ferrer

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CAMERA

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Aptly, underwater photography may require these widest wide-angle lenses

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Time's up! The correct answer was fisheye lenses

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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES

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The Cambrian Mountains cover most of it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wales

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NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES

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Like its lengthy river, this state's name is Algonquian for "great water"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mississippi

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BORN IN THE WINDY CITY

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In the film "Animal House", this Chicago native played wild & crazy "Bluto" Blutarsky

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Belushi

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THE KILLERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bugsy Siegel

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REMEMBER THE TIME

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In 1998 U.S. cruise missiles hit this African country in response to bombings of U.S. embassies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sudan

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TV ACTORS & ROLES

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(Hi, I'm Wallace Langham) I played Don Kirshner in VH1's TV movie about this quartet who sang "Daydream Believer"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Monkees

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TRIALS OF THE CENTURY

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This famous orator aided the prosecution of John Scopes during Tennessee's sensational "Monkey" trial

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Jennings Bryan

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POP MUSIC

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In the summer of 2002 this country star hit the Hot 100 chart with "Courtesy Of The Red, White and Blue"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Toby Keith

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FUN WITH OPERA

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Lord Lechery, Madam Wanton & Madam Bubble are all characters in the 1951 opera based on this John Bunyan work

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Pilgrim's Progress"

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SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER

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It's wack but ESPN dropped the downhill racing style of this type of bicycle from its X Games in 2004

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Time's up! The correct answer was BMX

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IN EXILE

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David Ben-Gurion went to the U.S. in 1915 when this empire exiled Zionists from Palestine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ottoman Empire

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WOMEN'S HEALTH

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In a "Got Milk" ad, Jennifer Love Hewitt says she hates this bone condition, so she has fat free milk with every meal

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Time's up! The correct answer was osteoporosis

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WORLD CAPITALS

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Construction of this planned Asian capital began in 1912; the government was moved there in 1931

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Delhi, India

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NO. 1 QUESTIONS

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In a 1971 No. 1 hit the Bee Gees wanted to know "How can you mend" one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a broken heart

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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Crackowes were a style of these with toes so long they were sometimes attached to the knees with chains

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Time's up! The correct answer was shoes

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A LA "CART"

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You can load it in your 8-track

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Time's up! The correct answer was acartridge

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HARRISON FORD MOVIES

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"I didn't kill my wife!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Fugitive

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OF MILK

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Many countries have laws requiring that milk undergo this process that guards against pathogens

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Time's up! The correct answer was pasteurization

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WORLD MUSEUMS

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"ANZACs in France, 1969" was a 2006 exhibit at a war museum in this capital city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra

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HIT TUNES

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"Iris", "Slide"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Goo Goo Dolls

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SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY

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A light yellow-brown; perfect color for an envelope, I say

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Time's up! The correct answer was manila

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GO "SOUTH"

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...to here, where you'll find the cities of Christchurch & Dunedin

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Time's up! The correct answer was the South Island

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THE PARTS OF SPEECH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was adjective

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"EZ" DOES IT

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Columbus' first landing on the mainland of the Americas was on the coast of what is now this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Venezuela

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I'M "L__X"

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From Middle High German, this Yiddish word means "salmon"

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Time's up! The correct answer was lox

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WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

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Organized in 1867, his firm built, staffed & operated sleeping cars on all major U.S. railroads

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pullman

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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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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"

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San Diego County is estimated to have a million acres of this Spanish-named dense shrub growth

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Time's up! The correct answer was chaparral

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ON THE BIG SCREEN

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Get some McLovin from this 2007 comedy that Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg began writing as 13-year-olds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Superbad

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OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT

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1904: Thomas Kiely, with 6,036 points; 2000: Erki Nool, with 8,641

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Time's up! The correct answer was the decathlon

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AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

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"Northanger Abbey"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Austen

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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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BOOK NAMES

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George Bernard Shaw: "Major ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara

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WOMEN'S HEALTH

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Joint pain is one symptom of SLE, a common disorder in women that's also called by this 5-letter name

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Time's up! The correct answer was lupus

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OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s

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After the taping, what say we cool off with a frozen banana one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was daiquiri

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ONE BUCK OR LESS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a postcard

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ON THE GO

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Lighter than a Conestoga wagon, it was named for its white canvas covering which resembled the sails of ships

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Time's up! The correct answer was prairie schooner

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CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS

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Africa's oldest democracy, this nation headed by Pres. Ian Khama is mainly made up of the Tswana people

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Time's up! The correct answer was Botswana

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AskOxford.com

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This 2-letter abbreviation means "which see" in Latin & directs readers to another part of the book for info

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Time's up! The correct answer was q.v.

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BODIES OF WATER

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

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

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4-LETTER WORDS

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This sound can be emitted by an auto horn or by a wild goose

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Time's up! The correct answer was Honk

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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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MY SUITE

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"Mars" & "Uranus" are famous works within his 1916 suite "The Planets"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gustav Holst

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THE BLUE ANGELS

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(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) Bearing the name of a Greek letter, this classic Blue Angels formation uses all 6 jets

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Time's up! The correct answer was Delta

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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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APOLLO 11

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Astronomic name for the booster rocket used to power the launch

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn

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ON THE RADIO

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was DJ

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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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HEADS OF STATE

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He was born in 1921 on the island of Java; he left office in 1998

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Time's up! The correct answer was Suharto

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ALWAYS SAY NEVER

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Line that precedes "they simply fade away" in a British army song

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Time's up! The correct answer was Old soldiers never die

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

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

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

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WORLD HODGEPODGE

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Jorge Icaza, who was born in Quito, was one of this country's most famous 20th century authors

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ecuador

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BESTSELLERS

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This writer got her bestselling groove back with "The Interruption of Everything"

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Time's up! The correct answer was McMillan

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FUN WITH BALLET

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The Roanoke Ballet's dancers raced around with logos on their unitards in a ballet named for this auto assoc.

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Time's up! The correct answer was NASCAR

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SKIRTING THE ISSUE

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

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

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SWEET TREATS

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This snack cake, which turned 60 in 1990, was originally filled with banana creme, not vanilla

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twinkies

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MY NAME IS EARL WARREN

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I ruled that public school segregation was unconstitutional in this landmark 1954 case

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brown v. Board of Education

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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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MAMMALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was hog

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HORSE & RIDER

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Silver

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Lone Ranger

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THE VIRTUES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Faith

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YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA

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At the beginning of an 1893 opera, these little tykes are sent into the woods to pick strawberries

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hansel & Gretel

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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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SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!

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This highly venomous snake of the eastern U.S. has red & black bands separated by yellow ones

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Time's up! The correct answer was coral snake

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AFRICAN-AMERICANA

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This southern city's convention center is named for Ernest Morial, the city's first African-American mayor

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans

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EARLY AMERICA

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His 1699 proposal for a permanent French trading post on the Detroit River didn't include a car dealership

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cadillac

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BEES

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Common name of an apiculturist

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Time's up! The correct answer was a beekeeper

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FOUNTAINS

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There are fountains beyond the outfield at the stadium of this Kansas City baseball team

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kansas City Royals

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BEFORE THEY WERE POPES

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

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

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1807

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In August, this Robert Fulton-built steamship left NYC for Albany on the Hudson River

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Clermont

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MISSING LINKS

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Guilt by ____ Football

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Time's up! The correct answer was association

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"BLACK" OR "WHITE"

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John Archibald Wheeler coined this term in the '60s for a collapsed star so dense, no light can escape it

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Time's up! The correct answer was black hole

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"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY

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In "1984" George Orwell coined this term for the acceptance of 2 contradictory ideas at the same time

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doublethink

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FROM T TO SHINING T

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On TV, apparently both America & Britain's "Got" this, a special natural ability

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Time's up! The correct answer was talent

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WE WANT PISA!

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In Italian it's known as "La Torre Pendente"

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

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BEFORE THEY WERE SENATORS

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Later a U.S. senator, in 1962 he made a famous 75,000-mile trip

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn

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PARLEZ VOUS?

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"Huitieme" is French for this ordinal number

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Time's up! The correct answer was eighth

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RICH & FAMOUS

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen owns this Portland sports team

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portland Trail Blazers

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ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS

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His "Smooth" guitar strains earned him a place at No. 15

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carlos Santana

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THEATRE HODGEPODGE

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Shakespeare's play about this Tudor king begins, "I come no more to make you laugh..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII

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THE REDS

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About 1,200 miles long, it has a maximum depth of almost 10,000 feet

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Sea

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U.S. PORT CITIES

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Pull into this port city & you'll find Fort Sumter guarding its harbor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

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Robin Hood's nemesis was the sheriff of this district

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nottingham

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BREAKING NEWS

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Before this hotel mogul's elbow broke through it, a Picasso he owned was worth $139 million; after, $85 million

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Wynn

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BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY

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2 x 1,035

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EDS

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In 1994 Johnny Depp played this wacky director of such classic films as "Plan 9 from Outer Space" & "Necromania"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ed Wood

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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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KFC

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KFC introduced this menu item by building a 20,000-lb. one, unveiled with dancing carrots & peas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicken pot pie

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THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller

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"I" LADS

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His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets

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"SIDE" EFFECTS

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Economists also know it as Reaganomics

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"LESS" IS MORE

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Type of whisper in the title of a Wham! hit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Careless

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CHANCE

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To figure out the chance of a given roll with 2 dice, take the number of ways that total can come up & divide by this

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Time's up! The correct answer was thirty-six

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IT'S AN L.A. THING

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You can hit the Comedy Store, House of Blues, Whisky A Go Go & the Viper Room on this "strip" of L.A.

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BIRD HUNTING

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The stars of the movie "Network" include Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight & Peter Finch

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Time's up! The correct answer was a finch

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RELIGION

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In this Asian religion, a lohan is not an actress but a holy person, & monasteries have images of lohans

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MS.

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Nancy Ross, Angela Davis, & Geraldine Ferraro all sought this office in 1984

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Time's up! The correct answer was vice president

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STATES OF THE UNION

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Cimarron & Beaver are counties in its Panhandle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma

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FAMILIAR SAYINGS

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Even a broken one of these on your wall is right twice a day

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Time's up! The correct answer was clock

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ART

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Ceramics is the art of making objects, even dreidels, out of this material

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Time's up! The correct answer was clay

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PRESIDENTS IN IOWA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Reagan

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TOP OF THE LIST

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

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RHYME TIME

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A quick, casual kiss on the nape

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MANIAS

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One suffering from bruxomania unconsciously gnashes these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Teeth

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U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES

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

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WEATHER WORLD

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The Australian mountains that include the Charlotte's Pass ski area, or the weather there in July

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snowy

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THE ASPCA

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In 1867 the ASPCA began operating the world's first of these vehicles to carry horses, probably without a siren

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FOOD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Raisins

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HOMOPHONES

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Masculine, or letters & packages

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MONEY SLANG

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When speaking of Messrs. Netanyahu or Britten, it's all about the first name, pluralized

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Benjamins

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THE TEENS

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Rack all your pins in bowling & 10 are set up; rack your balls in a game of 8-ball & this many are set up

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Time's up! The correct answer was 15

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AMERICANA

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This Connecticut city famous for its university is nicknamed "Elm City" because it once had many elm-lined streets

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Haven

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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

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A crash is a group of these large horned mammals

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PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS

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Up on the highwire you might wear this bodysuit named for a famous 19th century trapeze artist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leotard

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ACTION!

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You may not give a fig, but according to Newton, there's one of these for every action

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Time's up! The correct answer was an equal & opposite reaction

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PARLEZ VOUS?

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If your mate from Marseilles says he's getting to LAX via "Sud-Ouest", pick him up at this carrier

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Time's up! The correct answer was Southwest

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THE BODY WOMAN

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A fertilized egg travels to this female body part & implants itself there

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Time's up! The correct answer was the uterus

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MAY DAYS

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On May 6, 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte won this country's presidential election with 54% of the vote

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Time's up! The correct answer was El Salvador

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FAMOUS JACQUES

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Much of France's 16th century Canadian claim was based on his explorations

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cartier

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11-LETTER WORDS

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The scientific study of birds

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LITERATURE OF THE 1800s

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This character said, "I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ebenezer Scrooge

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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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LITERARY SISTERS

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In "Gone with the Wind", Scarlett O'Hara marries Charles Hamilton & Ashley Wilkes marries her, Charles' sister

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Time's up! The correct answer was Melanie

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Crocodile

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U.S. STATES

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Of Colorado, New Mexico or Arizona, the state where the Rio Grande begins

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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The name of this 6-pointed star comes from the Greek for "six" & "letter"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a hexagram

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FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'

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This Fox-TV cartoon boy: "Just so you don't hear any wild rumors, I'm being indicted for fraud in Australia"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bart Simpson

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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In January 1997 Liza Minnelli returned to Broadway, filling in for Julie Andrews in this musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Victor/Victoria

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I'M "L__X"

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This "Tax" is found on a Monopoly board

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Time's up! The correct answer was Luxury Tax

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MUSICALS OF THE '20s

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As a servant in the musical "Bombo", he sang "Toot, Toot, Tootsie!" & "California, Here I Come"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Al Jolson

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POTPOURRI

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VP Garret Hobart cast the deciding vote against independence for these formerly Spanish Pacific islands

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Philippines

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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"

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"In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking", now heaven knows, this

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Anything Goes"

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MUSIC VIDEOS

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Her video for "Baby It's You" features Bow Wow & takes place at an amusement park

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jojo

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NFL COACHES

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Of current head coaches, this reigning Super Bowl champ has the longest consecutive tenure with 1 team

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Cowher

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U.S. PORT CITIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Long Beach

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PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES

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The Folsom culture about 10,900 years ago had a fluted type of this weapon & a "thrower" for it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spear

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ODDS & ENDS

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The USA's highest occupied office space is the 98th floor of this Chicago structure

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

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NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE

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The official language of Andorra, it's the second-most spoken language in Spain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Catalan

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KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?

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Amazing, phenomenal cleaner from SC Johnson

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Time's up! The correct answer was F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-K

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BALLET

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In a Tchaikovsky ballet, this title character is awakened with a kiss

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty

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BASEBALL HISTORY

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2 of the 5 cities that had both National League & American League teams in 1903

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis

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THE MOVIES

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Irene Bedard, the speaking voice of this heroine in an animated Disney film, played her mother in "The New World"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas

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TUBE TEST

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We have to cop to the fact he created "Police Story"; "The Blue Knight" was based on one of his books

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph Wambaugh

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TV MOVIES

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She played Francine Hughes, who was accused of murdering her husband, in "The Burning Bed"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Farrah Fawcett

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A THOMAS GUIDE

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In 1989 George H.W. Bush appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clarence Thomas

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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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NAME THE AUTOMAKER

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Corniche & Silver Shadow

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rolls-Royce

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SEEING "RED"

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Excessive bureaucratic procedure resulting in inaction or delay

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red tape

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HISTORIC QUOTES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Union

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20th CENTURY THEATER

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

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

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ARTISTS' RETREATS

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"Ariel", "Portnoy's Complaint" & this 1969 mob novel were all written partly in Yaddo in Upstate N.Y.

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Godfather

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FUN WITH OPERA

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In Nicolai's opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor", this fat, funny rogue gets dumped into the river in a laundry basket

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Time's up! The correct answer was Falstaff

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NO. 3 SONGS

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

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

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TAUNT "O"

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By its isolated nature, your last original thought might be considered one of these children without parents

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Time's up! The correct answer was an orphan

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NETWORK

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"7 Days", "WWF Smackdown", "Moesha"

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Time's up! The correct answer was UPN

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THE BLUE ANGELS

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(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) When the Blue Angels perform the formation known for this precious gem, the jets are only 12 inches apart

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Time's up! The correct answer was diamond

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"V"

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A silk textile with a short, smooth surface, or the covering on deer's developing antlers

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Time's up! The correct answer was velvet

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POETRY

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In stanza three of "The Star Spangled Banner", he mocks "The hireling and slave" who doubt America's victory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Francis Scott Key

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THE ROMANOV DYNASTY

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One bio of this "Great" czar says he carried dental instruments around with him because he loved to pull teeth

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

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WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?

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This clear meat soup will be finished in a jiffy; actually, "finished" is what its name means

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Time's up! The correct answer was a consommé

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SAY CHEESE

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The 2 cheeses coated with red wax named for towns, one in North Holland province, one in South

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edam & Gouda

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WAITER!

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Waiter, we'd like 2 services of this chilled cream-potato-leek soup

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Time's up! The correct answer was vichyssoise

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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

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This Tulsa, Oklahoma school's athletic teams are called the Golden Eagles, not the Evangelists

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oral Roberts University

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BRASS

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We shall return to this man who graduated from West Point in 1903 with the highest honors in his class

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doug MacArthur

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COMMON BONDS

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Fife, Rubble, Miller

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barney

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MAGIC

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This duo first teamed up in 1975; one was a clown college graduate & juggler, the other, a silent magician

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Time's up! The correct answer was Penn & Teller

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WHAT AILS YOU?

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Scientists have reported that this tofu legume may lower cholesterol

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Time's up! The correct answer was Soybean

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CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD

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He provided the voices of both Beavis & Butthead

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Judge

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FOOD

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Butternut refers to both an actual nut & this type of gourd

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Time's up! The correct answer was squash

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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"

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Giving a portion of one's income, typically 10%, to one's church

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Time's up! The correct answer was tithing

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MAD

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What made this Mel Gibson character mad was outlaw bikers killing his wife & kid

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Time's up! The correct answer was Max

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SAINTS

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This man who added utopia to our vocabulary was made a saint in 1935

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

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CANDY & GUM SLOGANS

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"Packed with Peanuts", it "Really Satisfies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snickers

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ACTORS' RHYME TIME

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Michael J.'s containers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fox's boxes

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OSCARS OF THE '70s

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For her portrayal of Greta Ohlsson in a 1974 mystery, this legendary actress scored her third Oscar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ingrid Bergman

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BOXING MOVIES

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Before starring on TV's "Thunder In Paradise", this "Hulkster" played Thunderlips in "Rocky III"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hulk Hogan

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AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB

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The marimba was popularized in Central America, but the word is from this sub-Saharan group of about 500 langs.

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Bantu languages

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WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?

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University of Miami

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coral Gables

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FLAG 'EM DOWN

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The 2 colors found on all 3 national flags of the U.S., Mexico & Canada

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Time's up! The correct answer was red & white

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SIGNS & SYMBOLS

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The 3 Zodiac signs with horns

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aries, Capricorn & Taurus

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HELLO, DELI!

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Someone pass me this noodle pudding filled with raisins & nuts

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Time's up! The correct answer was kugel

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THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC

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In a 1979 hit by the Police she's told, "You don't have to sell your body to the night"

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

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JUBAL EARLY

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Confederate general Jubal Early idolized this general, who called him "My Bad Old Man"

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

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EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW

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After review, the bierwurst, lop chong & kielbasa, types of these, were overcooked

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Time's up! The correct answer was sausage

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FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON

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On Dec. 19, 2008 this "colorful" airline became the official one for the Red Sox, though its main hub is in (gasp!) N.Y.

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FANTASTIC FILMS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Time Machine

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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

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On New Year's Day 2002, this school's Seminoles beat Virginia Tech 30-17 to win the Gator Bowl

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Time's up! The correct answer was Florida State University

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THE CAT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tortoiseshell

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ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN

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"Betrayed in the hope of getting better", Beethoven was "forced to face the prospect of a permanent malady"--this

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Time's up! The correct answer was deafness

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DAYS

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Leap day date

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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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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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"Variations on a Theme by Haydn" was this "lullaby" composer's first major work for full orchestra

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Brahms

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STATES OF THE UNION

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Cimarron & Beaver are counties in its Panhandle

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TALK LIKE A BRIT

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If you're a British secret agent, you may have a license to kill, but you spell license this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was L-I-C-E-N-C-E

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11-LETTER WORDS

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Breathing in & out

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Time's up! The correct answer was Respiration

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WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT

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To Grandpa it meant he'd stirred up & fed a fire; to his grandson it means happy or excited

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THE LAST BATTLE

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The Battle of the Meuse-Argonne

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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This political party founded around 1789 stood for a strong central government

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OH, BEE GEE

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In a Bee Gees hit, this title sort of communication means "you're telling me lies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was jive talkin'

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FEMINISM

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Of 76, 86 or 96 cents, what U.S. women working full-time earn for every dollar their male counterparts make

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Time's up! The correct answer was 76 cents

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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

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In an $80 billion deal these 2 oil companies joined forces in 1999 in the biggest merger up to that time

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MUSCAT LOVE

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Completed in 2001, the "Grand" one of these in Muscat is the 1st in the country to be open to non-Muslims

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mosque

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BRANDO

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Blanche's brother-in-law Stanley

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Streetcar Named Desire

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THE FORTUNE 500

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Since the Fortune 500 list began in 1955, only Exxon, Wal-Mart & this now-troubled auto co. have held the top spot

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SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER

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It can be a small facility for outpatient care, or a whole medical establishment run by specialists

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LITERATURE

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He published the first 4 of his fairy tales in an 1835 pamphlet; "The Tinder Box" was among them

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen

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FIRST NAMES

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Once considered too sacred to use, it was later the top girl's name from 1880 to the 1940s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mary

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ENGLISH CLASS

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It's the indirect object of the sentence "Carmen gave Jose a cookie"

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BIRDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peregrine falcon

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TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008

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No. 7 in "Quotes": This politician, when told that 2/3 of Americans did not support the Iraq War--"So?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Cheney

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STATE OF THE UNION

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Turnabout is fair play--it seceded from a confederate state & joined the union in June 1863

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Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia

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ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE

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This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth

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BUT IS IT ART?

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Julian Schnabel won acclaim & abuse with his 1979 paintings that featured this tableware, broken in pieces

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dishes

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MILITARY POWER

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A period of guard duty; in the Navy one may be 4 or 8 hours long

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Time's up! The correct answer was Watch

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POLITICIANS

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Bill Clinton awarded this political rival the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1997

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Dole

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PLAY REVIVALS

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

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

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SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD

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The occasional misspelling is noticable on a telecast like "Jeopardy!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was noticeable

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THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

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Football great Dierdorf

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dan

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SKIP TO MY "LOO"

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An old gold coin equal to 2 pistoles

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Time's up! The correct answer was a doubloon

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THE CIVIL WAR

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

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"LAP" DANCE

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The type of filmmaking seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Time-lapse photography

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DOUGH

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The name of this unit of currency used in Libya is from the Latin for "ten"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dinar

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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With 6,640 miles of coast, this state has the longest shoreline

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska

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"PRO"NOUNS

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Gosh darn it! It's abusive, vulgar or irreverent language

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Time's up! The correct answer was Profanity

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GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

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Jordan & Bird hit "nothing but net" playing this shot-for-shot basketball game in 1990s TV ads for McDonald's

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Time's up! The correct answer was HORSE

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4-LETTER CAPITALS

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It's been said that "All roads lead to" this "Eternal City"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rome

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OF A SALESMAN

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In the '80s this city's Old Vic Theater was refurbished by salesman "Honest Ed" Mirvish

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Time's up! The correct answer was London

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BEFORE & AFTER

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1935 "lunar" Florida song that turned into an '80s Florida cop show

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Moon Over Miami Vice"

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SPORTS EQUIPMENT

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

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

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PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO

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From this author's "The Jungle" I shall read lines like "On the killing beds you were apt to be covered with blood"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Upton Sinclair

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STRING THEORY 101

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A 1942 big band hit was entitled "String Of" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was "String Of Pearls"

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MORTAL MATTERS

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This saint's remains were in a box atop a wardrobe for 6 years before being redisplayed February 14, 1999

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Valentine

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INDEPENDENCE DAYS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Italy

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SPORTS LEGENDS

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This 7-time Tour de France champ said the 2006 NYC Marathon was the "hardest physical thing" he'd ever done

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lance Armstrong

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SCRAMBLED EGGS?

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Denver dish: TOT MELEE

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Time's up! The correct answer was omelette

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OLD VIRGINIA

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In 1716 Virginia's governor claimed possession of this scenic valley for England

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Shenandoah Valley

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ON THE GO

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Lighter than a Conestoga wagon, it was named for its white canvas covering which resembled the sails of ships

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Time's up! The correct answer was prairie schooner

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NEWMAN'S OWN

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

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

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MEDIEVAL MUSIC

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A 13th century hit tells us this "is icumen in"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Summer

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"IRA"

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The lady was quite overcome by this moisture exuded by the muscular estate gardener

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Time's up! The correct answer was perspiration

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CHECK OUT MY CRIB

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A Black Molly or 2 would be perfect to keep this calming crib feature in your living room free from algae

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Time's up! The correct answer was an aquarium

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AT THE MALL

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This bookstore chain is named for its "edgy" founders, brothers Tom & Louis

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Time's up! The correct answer was Borders

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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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THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY

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In a poem titled for the date when Germany invaded Poland, W.H. Auden called this "A low dishonest decade"

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1930s

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BERRIES

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This small berry shares its name with a dried fruit once shipped from Corinth

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Time's up! The correct answer was Currant

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OLYMPIC POTPOURRI

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Of fire-eating, live pigeon-shooting or water buffalo polo, the one that was a 1900 Olympic event

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Time's up! The correct answer was Live pigeon-shooting

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HISTORIC NAMES

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His epitaph reads, "Founder of Boys Town and Lover of Christ and Man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Father Flanagan

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WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

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The Tokaido Shinkansen, known by this "weapon" name, can hit 185 mph

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Time's up! The correct answer was the bullet train

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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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PROPHET SHARING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Agamemnon

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AMERICANS IN PARIS

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While minister to France, 1784-1789, this future president enjoyed Parisian culture, as well as the fine food & wine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson

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MODES OF TRANSPORT

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The Triton was the first one of these to travel around the world underwater

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Time's up! The correct answer was asubmarine

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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2004: Monster hunter Dr. Gabriel Van Helsing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackman

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U.S. CITIES

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This Rhode Island resort city is the site of the U.S. Navy Undersea Warfare Center

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Time's up! The correct answer was Newport

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MAGAZINES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Nidetch

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE

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This company's canvas All Star basketball shoe goes all the way back to 1917

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Time's up! The correct answer was Converse

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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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Tom Cruise jumped up & down on this left-hander's couch

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oprah Winfrey

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TRUTH OR DARE

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Dare: Respond with an imitation of this radio therapist whose "Sexually Speaking" program began in 1980

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ruth Westheimer

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THE LENIN CLOSET

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Lenin met his wife Nadezhda while exiled here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Siberia

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FAMOUS WEDDINGS

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In 1998 a 61-year-old piece of this couple's wedding cake sold for $26,000 at Sotheby's

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Duke of Windsor& Wallis Simpson

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THE 50 STATES

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Cape Prince of Wales on the Seward Peninsula is this state's westernmost mainland point

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska

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TRANSPORTATION

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On December 11, 1967 it was removed from the British registry & turned over to the city of Long Beach, California

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen Mary

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PHILMOGRAPHIES

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As a director: "The Right Stuff", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Philip Kaufman

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HISTORIC DATES

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The Egyptian government opened his mummy case on March 6, 1924

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tutankhamun

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BUSINESS LEADERS

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In the 1880s he built a town in Illinois to house employees of his sleeping car company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pullman

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SPORTS

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This Florida-born women's great who retired in 1989 wrote the World Book Encyclopedia article on tennis

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chris Evert

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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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POP CULTURE

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This late country singer called his autobiography "Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years of Ham"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Dean

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LONG GERMAN WORDS

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A bildungsroman is this type of work covering a young hero's development

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Time's up! The correct answer was novel

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MY PLACE?

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A book subtitled "Architecture in the Colombian Countryside" showcases the estates called these in Spanish

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Time's up! The correct answer was haciendas

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AT THE BUILDING SITE

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A teacher could handle this, the moving of earth to form a smooth surface for a roadway

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Time's up! The correct answer was a grader

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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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THE 50 STATES

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In 1845, after nearly 10 years of independence, it became the 28th state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas

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THE PARTS OF SPEECH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was adjective

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POLITICAL TALK

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This type of "son" holds a state's convention votes together but is not a serious candidate for presidency

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Time's up! The correct answer was a favorite son

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WORLD HODGEPODGE

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When shopping on Saba, an island in this sea, look for the beautiful, delicate Saba lace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Caribbean Sea

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IT'S A COUP D'ETAT

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In 1921 Reza Pahlavi helped with a coup that eventually brought his son to power in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iran

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BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES

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George III

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hanover

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STORM

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

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

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CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS

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President Laurent Gbagbo heads this country that goes by its French name most of the time

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Time's up! The correct answer was Côte d'Ivoire

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THE 23rd PSALM

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"Surely" these 2 quantities "shall follow me all the days of my life"

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Time's up! The correct answer was goodness & mercy

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"CAL" STATE

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For smokers, it's a pipe with a curved stem & a large bowl made from a gourd

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Time's up! The correct answer was Calabash

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CLASSICAL GASES

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Discovered separately in the 1770s by British & Swedish chemists, it was found to be a gas by a Frenchman

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oxygen

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THE UNIVERSE

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It wasn't until 1959 that the "far side" of this body was seen

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Moon

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AUTHORS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Puzo

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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Norse myth is big on trees; the first man & woman -- Ask & Embla -- were created out of these 2 species

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Time's up! The correct answer was ash & elm

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ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE

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"Nervous Breakdown" the Rolling Stones suffered in the '60s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nineteenth

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CROSSWORD CLUES "K"

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Shy-sounding swimmers (3)

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FOUNTAINS

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Ottorino Respighi wrote a symphonic poem about the "Fountains Of" this Italian capital

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LITERARY HOUSES

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

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ACTION!

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You may not give a fig, but according to Newton, there's one of these for every action

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Time's up! The correct answer was an equal & opposite reaction

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TELEVISION

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He was a regular on Danny Kaye's, Carol Burnett's & Tim Conway's variety shows

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harvey Korman

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL

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French for "red", it's the term used for the point that is scored if a punt goes out of the end zone untouched

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PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS

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The 2nd Prez to die in the White House, he was felled by acute indigestion (or was it poison?)

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PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

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He won the presidency with help from a song called "Grandfather's Hat Fits Ben"

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UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES

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Because of the way it was formed, Louisiana is sometimes called "The Child of" this river

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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The name of this social insect comes from the Latin word vespa

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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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B FOLLOWS A

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Meaning loathsome, it precedes snowman or, in a movie title, Dr. Phibes

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Time's up! The correct answer was abominable

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MUSICAL TRAINS

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In 1961 James Brown announced "all aboard" for this train

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OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s

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Sports Illustrated's 1997 Swimsuit Issue (the Tyra Banks cover) featured "Nothing but" these

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HEADS OF STATE

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He was born in 1921 on the island of Java; he left office in 1998

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AN ARTHUR BEE

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He followed Garfield as president

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chester Arthur

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47

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The Pythagorean theorem is the 47th proposition in the first book of his "Elements"

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ANIMATED FILMS

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Cruella de Vil was the villainess who kidnapped this title brood

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NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD

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In Alberta the scenic Icefields Parkway connects Jasper National Park with this other one

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Time's up! The correct answer was Banff

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SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS

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This word in "Henry VI Part 2" meant blase & world-weary, not having to do with nephrite

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Time's up! The correct answer was jaded

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THIS CATEGORY STINKS!

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Proverbially, this pungent bulb "makes a man wink, drink & stink"

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WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II

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Today, this Japanese car company makes the galant; in WWII, it was better known for its A6M "Zero" fighter

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mitsubishi

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MILITARY SLANG

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"Angels" is slang for this measurement of height, in thousands of feet

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Time's up! The correct answer was altitude

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CRAFT

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With drying, drilling & maybe decorating, a gourd can be made into one of these, perhaps for a purple martin

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Time's up! The correct answer was a birdhouse

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WORLD AUTHORS

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This French writer "steaked" a claim as "The Father of Romanticism" by writing such works as "Atala"

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NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA

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The least populous

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20th CENTURY ARTISTS

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In 1936 he showed up for a Surrealist exhibition dressed in a diving suit

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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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ANNUAL EVENTS

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Several different islands choose their own kings & queens as part of this state's Aloha festivals

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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STATE OF THE UNION

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A senator from this state said, "having been the first...to enter the union", it would be "the last to abandon it"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware

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IT'S ALL ABOUT ME

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Self, launched in 1979, is one of these

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TOP O' THE CHARTS

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

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

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JULIUS CAESAR

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In 46 B.C. this Egyptian came with Caesar to Rome, where her statue was placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra

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AROUND THE WORLD

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In 1995 the Pacific island of Kiribati shifted this "line", making it the first nation to see the morning sun each day

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Time's up! The correct answer was International Date Line

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POLITICAL SLOGANS

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In the early 1930s Americans were told that it was “just around the corner”

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Time's up! The correct answer was prosperity

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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s

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In 1953 Thomas Mitchell won for the musical "Hazel Flagg" & this future TV "Hazel" won for "Time of the Cuckoo"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Booth

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DOUBLE TALK

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Muumuu

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COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD

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Go to logcabinsyrups.com & you'll immediately see a stack of them

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Time's up! The correct answer was pancakes

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CHEESE

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Sonny Chiba, star of such memorable films as "The Bushido Blade", appeared in "Volume One" of this Tarantino epic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kill Bill

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OLD VIRGINIA

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President Jefferson sent this fellow Virginian, later our 5th president, to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monroe

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DOUBLE LETTERS

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It's the one of the 4 gospels in the New Testament that fits the category

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Time's up! The correct answer was Matthew

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AN E FOR AN I

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A Hawaiian wreath becomes an area sheltered from wind

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Time's up! The correct answer was a lei & a lee

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PICK A PLANET

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It's never observable when the sky is fully dark

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mercury

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PERFUME

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Though it has the same name, Benetton's perfume wasn't named for this controversial Sean Penn film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colors

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THE KOREAN WAR

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In bitter battles of 1951, Pork Chop was a hill & Heartbreak was one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ridge

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ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL

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Bananas are an excellent source of this element whose symbol is K

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Time's up! The correct answer was potassium

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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

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She is the narrator of "To Kill a Mockingbird"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scout

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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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"V"

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A tramp or wanderer

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Time's up! The correct answer was a vagabond

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WORLD HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canada

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HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT

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Get a leg up in this sport by stepping on your opponent's ball in the fairway

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Time's up! The correct answer was Golf

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MUSEUM HOPPING

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This British museum received its present name in 1899, though many refer to it as the V & A

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Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria & Albert

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FICTION

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This 1937 mystery was written at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan

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

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IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER

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18-year-old Will Shakespeare married her in November 1582; their daughter was born 6 months later

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Hathaway

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WHAT A GEM!

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Cornflower blue is the most prized color of this gem

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sapphire

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MILITARY SLANG

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"Angels" is slang for this measurement of height, in thousands of feet

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Time's up! The correct answer was altitude

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TAKE A GUESS

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Gwilym is the Welsh form of this name that's been popular in England for centuries

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Time's up! The correct answer was William

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THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

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This Venezuelan waterfall was named for an American bush pilot who discovered it in 1935

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Time's up! The correct answer was Angel Falls

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LANDINGS

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As its name suggests, the tipp toe approach procedure at SFO is meant to minimize this

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Time's up! The correct answer was noise

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ANATOMY

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The only mobile bone of the face

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mandible

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A BUG'S LIFE

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The chigoe is a sand-dwelling variety of this insect

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Time's up! The correct answer was a flea

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THE "A" "B" "C"s

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From 1672 to 1858 this city was the headquarters of the British East India Company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bombay

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YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!

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A river, a city & a hound all bear the name of this member of the deer family

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elk

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CHAIRS

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He not only designed the Gateway Arch, he created furniture such as the sculptured "Womb" chair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eero Saarinen

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WORD ORIGINS

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This adjective meaning deceptive or sneaky is from the Latin de via, meaning "out of the way"

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Time's up! The correct answer was devious

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GUINNESS RECORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 747

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TIME TO "EAT"

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Moss type used as fuel

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Time's up! The correct answer was peat

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WOMEN'S FIRSTS

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Registering as K. Switzer, in 1967 Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially enter & run this race

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Boston Marathon

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OH, "BOY"

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It was founded by Baden-Powell in 1907

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

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IN A FESTIVAL MOOD

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

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

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THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID

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In 1803 Jacques Delille wrote, "Fate chooses our relatives, we choose" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Our friends

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THE MOVIES

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Known for comedies like "Mr. Mom", he donned the cape & cowl of Batman in 1989

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Keaton

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THE CIVIL WAR

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Northerners who sought advantage in the post-war South were said to tote their belongings in these

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Time's up! The correct answer was carpetbags

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"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"

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It's a truck with a pronged platform at the front that raises & moves loads

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Time's up! The correct answer was Forklift

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PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS

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To apply relativity to the cosmos, Einstein introduced a term called the "cosmological" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was constant

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SCOTLAND

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About 80,000 Scots still speak the Scottish version of this ancient Celtic language

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gaelic

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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS

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Leg hair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Raleigh

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THE CIVIL WAR

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1 of the 3 men whom Lincoln defeated in the 1860 presidential election

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Time's up! The correct answer was Breckenridge

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THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID

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"When the one great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks -- not that you won or lost -- but" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was How you played the game

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ANCIENT HISTORY

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In 213 B.C., Ch'in Shih Huang-ti ordered all of these burned, except the ones in the imperial library

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Time's up! The correct answer was books

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PHOTOGRAPHERS

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In April 1875 the Library of Congress gained possession of his Civil War photographic plates for $25,000

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mathew Brady

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THAT'S ITALIAN!

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It's the Italian name for the country's biggest island

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sicilia

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INSECTS

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This fly that you might find "in distress" resembles a dragonfly but folds its wings back at rest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Damselfly

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OLYMPIC POTPOURRI

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The name of this equestrian event is French for "training"; it doesn't refer to a garment

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dressage

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PARTS OF PEACH

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These parts of a peach tree are glossy green, pointed & lance shaped

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Time's up! The correct answer was leaves

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I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU

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5-letter word meaning less by the subtraction of; don't overthink it

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Time's up! The correct answer was minus

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IT'S ALL ABOUT ME

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Albrecht Durer's first known drawing, done at the age of 13, was one of these artistic efforts

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Time's up! The correct answer was a self-portrait

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BLARNEY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bog

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EARTH, WIND & FIRE

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A devastating forest fire swept through Peshtigo, Wisconsin on the very same day in 1871 as this city's "Great" fire

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago

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MILITARY MATTERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mustang

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INITIAL T.V.

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Organization that employed Alexander Waverly, Mark Slate & Illya Kuryakin

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Time's up! The correct answer was U.N.C.L.E.

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"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY

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Rich in nutrients, this bat or bird dropping is good for your garden

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Time's up! The correct answer was guano

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SODA POP QUIZ

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Caleb Bradham named his elixir this because it was supposed to relieve dyspepsia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pepsi Cola

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ROCK FORMATIONS

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Jack wed Meg & took her name, & in 1997 formed this band on a lark, with him on bass & her on drums

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Time's up! The correct answer was The White Stripes

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RHYME TIME

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A wealthy sorceress

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rich witch

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BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE

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If you give your son this villainous 4-letter name from "Othello", you're just asking for trouble

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iago

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PEOPLE IN HISTORY

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This young man put his savings into a small Cleveland refinery in 1862 & eventually had an oil monopoly

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Time's up! The correct answer was John D. Rockefeller

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I'D RATHER BE SKIING

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Bumps or mounds of snow that accumulate on a slope are called these, like some very wealthy & powerful people

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Time's up! The correct answer was moguls

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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES

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It has the westernmost territory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland

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FUN WITH OPERA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Milan

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WHERE'S MY COFFEE?

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Java is a synonym for coffee; a high-grade bean also comes from this next most populous Indonesian island

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sumatra

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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

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

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THE FUNNIES

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Debuting November 18, 1985, the caption in its first box was "So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Calvin and Hobbes

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LANGUAGES

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Balinese is spoken on several islands of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Indonesia

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BALLET

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He designed sets & costumes for "Where the Wlid Things Are", a ballet based on his own beloved book

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maurice Sendak

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POTPOURRI

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It's a synonym for a lie as well as the type of tale told by Aesop

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MISSING LINKS

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A good ____ Havoc

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SOCIOLOGY

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The sum of the customs & beliefs that distinguish one group from another; the hippies formed a "counter" one

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BACH IN THE SADDLE

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In his youth, Bach played this instrument in church & later was a virtuoso consulted in their crafting

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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British commander Sir Edward Pakenham was killed in this battle fought 2 weeks after the War of 1812

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Time's up! The correct answer was Battle of New Orleans

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MUSEUMS

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This building in Philadelphia houses the inkstand used by the Declaration signers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Independence Hall

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ALL "AMERICAN"

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A gorilla named Koko learned to communicate using gestures from this

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FOR THE FASHIONISTA

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The sex-symbol look of films like "La Dolce Vita" has long insired Domenico Dolce & this partner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gabana

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THE LAST BATTLE

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The Battle of New Orleans

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Time's up! The correct answer was the War of 1812

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QUOTATIONS

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The preamble to the U.S. Constitution begins with these 3 words

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HISTORIC AMERICA

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Dating from the early 1700s, the Gonzalez-Alvarez House in this city is the oldest house in Florida

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

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LYRICS FROM MUSICALS

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"Beauty school dropout, no graduation day for you"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grease

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TRANSPORTATION

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The Kearsarge was the only one of these not named for a U.S. state

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HISTORY

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This Asian political party was founded in 1885 with "Indian National" as part of its name

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Congress Party

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5 BANDS

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"Fun", "sleazy" & "raucous" are under "moods" at AllMusic.com for this metal band co-founded by Tommy Lee

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WITH BROTHERHOOD

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Twin brothers Matthew & Gunnar, Ozzie & Harriet's grandsons, had hits in the '90s under this name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson

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U.S. PORT CITIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Long Beach

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"GREEN" THINGS

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It's the body part you're said to have if you've a knack for growing plants easily

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

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GOING TOO "FUR"

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Rolled up, like a flag or a boat's sails

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Time's up! The correct answer was furled

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UP IN THE AIR

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Warm air flows deflected by the Earth's rotation create winds that were named this by business-minded mariners

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NAME THE AUTOMAKER

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Corniche & Silver Shadow

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rolls-Royce

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WAR

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"Operation Rolling Thunder" was the 1965 U.S. bombing campaign designed in part to stop men & supplies coming south on this road

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

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TALK LIKE A BRIT

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If you're a British secret agent, you may have a license to kill, but you spell license this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was L-I-C-E-N-C-E

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ETIQUETTE

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In 1922 Emily Post wrote, "A gentleman takes off" this "when a lady enters the elevator"

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Time's up! The correct answer was his hat

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BIRDS

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This red bird is the state bird of 7 states

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Time's up! The correct answer was the cardinal

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SOCIOLOGY

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10,000 years ago all societies were these, named from the way they collected animals, fruit, etc. for food

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Time's up! The correct answer was hunter-gatherers

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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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JEWELRY

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

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PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET

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Through skillful negotiation, Secretary of State Martin Van Buren got the U.S. this trade status with Turkey

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Time's up! The correct answer was Most favored nation

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THE SUPREME COURT

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This president called his 1953 appointment of Earl Warren "the biggest damn' fool mistake I ever made"

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THE "BUTLER" DID IT

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This Irish poet who penned "The Winding Stair" shares his middle name with his brother Jack & father John

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

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ASIAN NATIONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mongolia

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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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AUTHORS

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In September 1941 this author christened the warship Atlanta, also known as "The Mighty A"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Mitchell

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"TU"

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The ruins of Carthage are in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tunisia

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THE CIVIL WAR

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His first act after being sworn in as president of the Confederacy was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jefferson Davis

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SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER

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It can be a small facility for outpatient care, or a whole medical establishment run by specialists

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Time's up! The correct answer was a clinic

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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Beef chili is also called "chili con" this, Spanish for "meat"

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Time's up! The correct answer was carne

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Y1K

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With the crowning of King Boleslaw, this central European nation is recognized as an independent state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland

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AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE

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Australia has the only all-black species of this bird, Cygnus atratus

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Time's up! The correct answer was a swan

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SALMON

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was dams

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DEATH BY...

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Firing squad, at the Utah State Prison, January 17, 1977

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Gilmore

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THE ENGLISH TOP 100

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Self-congratulations, egotists! This word made it all the way to No. 10

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Time's up! The correct answer was I

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DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cakewalk

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INTERNATIONAL NAMES

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4 times married, ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder is aka Audi Man, for the car's symbol of 4 of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was rings

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FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME

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Mrs. Nixon's floor pads for gymnastics

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pat's mats

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THAT'S BUSINESS

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In 1997 Tyco International moved to this U.K. territory in the Atlantic for tax purposes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bermuda

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THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION

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In 1521, Ignatius was struck by a cannonball while defending this country against the French

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spain

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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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HISTORY

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Built in 312 B.C. to link Rome & the South of Italy, it's still in use today

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Appian Way

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QUOTATIONS

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In a saying attributed to the Duke of Wellington, this battle "was won on the playing fields of Eton"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo

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IT'S A "SIN"

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Carson Sink & the Great Salt Lake lie in the drainage area known as the Great this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Basin

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THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH

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The name of a popular Southern liquor brand, it's also the state game bird of Alabama

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wild Turkey

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SKUNKS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was skunk cabbage

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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This alliterative event happened 14 billion years ago

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

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CHOPIN

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Chopin disliked the insincerity of this Hungarian pianist-composer 1 year his junior

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Time's up! The correct answer was Franz Liszt

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"IRA"

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Australia's Yellow Tail winery sells this on its own as well as in a cabernet blend

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Time's up! The correct answer was shiraz

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THE MAINE ATTRACTION

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A national wildlife refuge near Kittery is named for this biologist who wrote "Silent Spring"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rachel Carson

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COLOGNE RANGER

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The Zoo Bridge spans this river that runs through Cologne

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Rhine

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3-LETTER ABBREV.

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For tax purposes, the total amount you earned less deductions: AGI

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Time's up! The correct answer was adjusted gross income

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JONATHAN SWIFTIES

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"Every man desires to live long, but no man would be" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was old

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FIGURE SKATERS

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In 1986 she became the 1st black woman to win the World Championship of Figure Skating

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Time's up! The correct answer was Debbie Thomas

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FAMOUS NAMES

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George Bush pardoned this 91-year-old industrialist for his illegal contributions to Nixon's campaign

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Time's up! The correct answer was Armand Hammer

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STATES OF THE UNION

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Cimarron & Beaver are counties in its Panhandle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma

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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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GOVERNMENT

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He, not the Attorney General, represents the government in cases before the Supreme Court

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Solicitor General of the U.S.

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THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Knox

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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

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Like peas, whales & seals are in groups called these

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Time's up! The correct answer was pods

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TAINTED GOV

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In 2006 this Illinois governor was busted for racketeering; what's in the water there?

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Ryan

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"DO", "RE", "MI"

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This kind of "name" is also known as an Internet address

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Time's up! The correct answer was domain

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MEDIEVAL MUSIC

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The Minnesingers were this present-day country's counterpart of France's troubadours

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Time's up! The correct answer was Germany

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PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES

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The Anasazi, a word from this Indian language for "ancient ones", lived in what's now the 4 Corners area

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Time's up! The correct answer was Navajo

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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His 1791 marriage to Rachel Robards was invalid, so they had to do it all over again on January 17, 1794

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Jackson

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SHAKESPEARE

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It's the play in which Thaliard says, "So, this is Tyre, and this the court"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pericles, Prince of Tyre

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WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?

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Don't be intimidated by the skewers; I'll use them on the marinated lamb to make this

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Time's up! The correct answer was shish kabob

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BOXING MOVIES

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This platinum blonde was a real knockout as a prizefighter's scheming wife in the 1931 film "Iron Man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Harlow

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COMPUTER JARGON

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"VoIP" means this type of "Internet protocol" to make phone calls over the web

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Time's up! The correct answer was voice

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HEY, "U"!

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This citrus fruit from Jamaica is named for its lack of physical beauty

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ugli fruit

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SPORTS

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The new 23,500-seat U.S. Tennis Open Stadium is named for this star who died February 6, 1993

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Ashe

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"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH

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Carol Channing's Broadway ballad from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"

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OUT OF THIS WORLD

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Not the first but this second planet is the hottest, because its atmosphere causes a severe greenhouse effect

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Time's up! The correct answer was Venus

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U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS

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Mike Eruzione of Winthrop, Mass. was captain of the miraculous 1980 Olympic team in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was hockey

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"V"

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9-letter word meaning to waver between courses of action

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Time's up! The correct answer was vacillate

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GREECE

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The prosperous 5th century B.C. in Greece is better known as this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Golden Age

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ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS

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His "Smooth" guitar strains earned him a place at No. 15

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carlos Santana

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ENDLESS SUMER

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The Sumerian name for the Mesopotamian plain may have given us this name of a Biblical garden

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eden

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"MUM"s THE WORD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mummers

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MOVIE TAG LINES

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This film gave us "The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return" (& Tom Hanks')

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Time's up! The correct answer was Angels and Demons

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LANGUAGES

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Most of the classes in Quebec schools are taught in this language

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