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Time's up! The correct answer was French

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MIDDLE INITIAL C.

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

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

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4-LETTER CAPITALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oslo

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POP MUSIC

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'60s Dylan classic that begins, "Once upon a time you dressed so fine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Like A Rolling Stone"

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DOUBLE A

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Biblical man with a talking ass

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Time's up! The correct answer was Balaam

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POET'S GLOSSARY

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Japanese style / Always syllable counting / This type of poem

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Time's up! The correct answer was haiku

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AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.

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You might see Bob Woodward during your walking tour of this publication's building on 15th Street N.W.

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Washington Post

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MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS

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Prince: "2000 zero zero party over, oops, out of time, so tonight I'm gonna party like it's ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1999

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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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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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

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

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson

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THE CONTINENTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Europe

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DOWN MEXICO WAY

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This popular resort island lies north of Cozumel off the coast of the state of Quintana Roo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cancun

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GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

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Tarantino is a director; this is a rapid, whirling dance named for an Italian city

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Time's up! The correct answer was tarantella

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LUXEMBOURG

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Encyclopedia Britannica says this, not French, is the lingua franca of Luxembourg

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Time's up! The correct answer was German

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MILITARY POWER

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Whether general or ready, they're the troops held close by

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Time's up! The correct answer was Reserves

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GOULASH

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This fourth state of matter can be made by heating a gas or applying an electric field to it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plasma

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MEASURING DEVICES

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A spirometer measures the capacity of these organs

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Time's up! The correct answer was the lungs

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ALSO A TOOL

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Hit the backyard with this old term for a libertine

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rake

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RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE

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On Oct. 11, 2007 this chairman of the Virgin Group rang us up, but he didn't parachute in while on fire or anything

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Time's up! The correct answer was Branson

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POUR ME A STIFF ONE

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Mon Dieu! This French liqueur was originally made at the Abbey of Fecamp by the monks for which it is named

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benedictine

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THE HUSBAND MARRIED

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Joan Blondell & June Allyson

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Powell

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I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY

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This highway that Bob Dylan "Revisited" begins in Thunder Bay, Ontario

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Time's up! The correct answer was Highway 61

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THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barry Manilow

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WORD ORIGINS

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A Greek word for cowherd has given us this term for "pastoral" or "rustic"

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Time's up! The correct answer was bucolic

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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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6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR

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Harry Angstrom, aka "Rabbit"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Updike

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THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS

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Before becoming a world leader, this Frenchman was wounded 3 times in WWI & was captured at Verdun in 1916

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Time's up! The correct answer was de Gaulle

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GONE TOMORROW?

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Picoides Borealis is the red-cockaded species of this bird, still on the endangered list in 2004

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Time's up! The correct answer was the woodpecker

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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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GENERAL INFORMATION

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The tuliptree, or "yellow" this, was planted by Washington at Mt. Vernon, & Daniel Boone used its wood in his canoe

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Time's up! The correct answer was poplar

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YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE

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Home ec.: Make this breakfast dish of battered & fried bread, called pain perdu in France

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Time's up! The correct answer was French toast

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THE HUMAN BODY

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The oval window is a membrane forming one of the boundaries between the middle & the inner parts of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ear

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SPORTS LEGENDS

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Barry Bonds, among others, is currently trying to break this man's home run record of 755

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Aaron

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SUPERHEROES

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In a 2002 movie this hero got an upside-down kiss from Mary Jane

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spider-Man

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COLOGNE RANGER

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Taking nearly 600 years to complete, Cologne Cathedral is the largest in this style in Northern Europe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gothic

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ENGLISH CLASS

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This part of speech doesn't always end in "ly"; once, there & often are other examples

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Time's up! The correct answer was adverb

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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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THE BOOK TRADE

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According to USA Today, they're the 2 nonconsecutive months that see the highest cookbook sales

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Time's up! The correct answer was May & December

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WONDER DRUGS

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Adult migraine? Ease the throbbing with 200 milligrams of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen

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ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS

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Who was No. 50? This Who guitarist, that's who

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Townshend

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SOUTH AMERICA

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These are the only 2 independent countries in South America named for a famous person

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colombia & Bolivia

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SIMPLE SCIENCE

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Number of sides on a honeycomb cell or on a snowflake

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Time's up! The correct answer was 6

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REEL MOTHERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shaft

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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

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Politically, this word for a region reflecting a large trend comes from a lead sheep with a ringer around its neck

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bellwether

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GEOLOGY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Canaries

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SENIOR SENATORS

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This man has 26 years of seniority on his fellow West Virginia senator Jay Rockefeller

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd

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RECORD LOSSES IN 2005

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This company that owns HBO & Turner Broadcasting lost a backup tape with 600,000 names & SSNs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Time Warner

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PROVERBS

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"Every" one of these "fits not every foot"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a shoe

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NAME THE WORK

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O. Henry: "Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Gift of the Magi"

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LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"

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Writer Wyndham (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis

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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"

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From the Italian for "bad air", this disease kills more than one million people each year

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Time's up! The correct answer was malaria

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FOOD

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Also known as an alligator pear

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Time's up! The correct answer was an avocado

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LITERARY QUOTES

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"Always do right." he wrote; "This will gratify some people and astonish the rest"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain

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"ANT" INFESTATION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was dilettante

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NICKNAMES

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"Schnozzola"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Durante

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FOLKIES

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Born Michelle Johnston, she "stunned" the industry in 1994 by selling her new album only at her shows

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michelle Shocked

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"X"s & "O"s

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Around 100 A.D. Tacitus wrote a book on how this art of persuasive speaking had declined since Cicero

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Time's up! The correct answer was oratory

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SHAMANISM ON YOU

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In the traditional religion of this Asian peninsula, male shamans are called Paksu

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Korean Peninsula

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SPIELBERG MOVIES

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This 1968 short film with a "strollin" title lent its name to Spielberg's production company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amblin

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THE BIBLE

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This son of Jacob served under Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's palace guard

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph

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COME TO OUR AIDE

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Patrick Jephson, her aide in the 1990s, doesn't aid her reputation with his book "Shadows of a Princess"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Princess Diana

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AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING

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These common, crawly apartment insects have German, brown-banded & American species

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Time's up! The correct answer was cockroaches

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BIBLICAL QUOTES

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Herod thought that Jesus was this man "whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John the Baptist

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AMERICAN EXPLORERS

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Edward Beale brought news of this 1848 discovery in California to the east coast

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Time's up! The correct answer was gold

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HAIR TODAY

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This rastafarian style is Whoopi Goldberg's trademark

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Time's up! The correct answer was dreadlocks

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THE TITANIC

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This happened between the third & fourth funnel, a fact no one knew until the Titanic was found in 1985

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Time's up! The correct answer was it broke in half

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SPIELBERG MOVIES

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Spielberg wasn't paid for directing this film; he said it would be "blood money"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Schindler's List

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PICK A PLANET

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It was the first to be discovered with the aid of the telescope

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus

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ADVERTISING SLOGANS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sprite

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EMBRACEABLE "U"

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It's the island instrument heard here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ukulele

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ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE

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

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

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"ANT" INFESTATION

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B or D, as opposed to A or O

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Time's up! The correct answer was a consonant

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11-LETTER WORDS

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Term for someone who collects deniers, drachmas & doubloons

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Time's up! The correct answer was Numismatist

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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To fight with the fists, "put up" these noblemen

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Time's up! The correct answer was your dukes

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POET'S GLOSSARY

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The "heroic" variety of this pair of rhyming lines is written in iambic pentameter

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Time's up! The correct answer was a couplet

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"O"PERA

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Verdi's work on this General's life opens in Cyprus; Shakespeare's tale begins in Venice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Otello

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MACBETH

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

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

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MUD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Muddy Waters

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IT'S EXTINCT

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The dodo was found on the Islands of Reunion, Rodrigues & Mauritius in this ocean

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Indian Ocean

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Film legend who became an 1823 edict against European intervention in the Western Hemisphere

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine

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I'M HUNGRY!

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Let's make Craig Claiborne's recipe for an upside-down type of this fruit pie; it's a lot like tarte tatin

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Time's up! The correct answer was apple pie

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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

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

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THAT'S ITALIAN!

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Roman soldiers passed the time playing this game, the Italian version of lawn bowling

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Time's up! The correct answer was bocce

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ON THE GO

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The Wright Bros.' experiments in this type of chamber in their bicycle shop led to designs of their flyer's wings

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Time's up! The correct answer was wind tunnel

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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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"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY

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It's the third book of the autobiographical trilogy that began with "Tropic of Cancer"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Triopic of Capricorn"

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MESOPOTAMIA

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After centuries of rule by the Ottoman Empire, Mesopotamia mostly became part of this new nation in 1932

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq

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LANGUAGES

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More than 375 languages & dialects are spoken in this country's Madhya Pradesh state

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Time's up! The correct answer was India

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A "TON" OF PEOPLE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clapton

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PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY

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"Every virtue is laudable. Kindness is a virtue. Therefore, kindness is laudable" is a logical this

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Time's up! The correct answer was syllogism

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THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM

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1170: Reginald Fitzurse & 3 other knights

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Becket

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"IP" SO FACTO

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Landing or Gaza

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Time's up! The correct answer was a strip

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THE BODY HUMAN

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These corpuscles are named for their shape rather than for their color

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Time's up! The correct answer was Platelets

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JAY

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It's the magical group heard here ["This Magic Moment"]

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jay and the Americans

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MANIAS

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From the Greek for "great", it's the delusion of wealth, power or omnipotence

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Time's up! The correct answer was Megalomania

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THE ONION

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Feb. 20, 2006: This late "Feminine Mystique" writer "honored with second-class postage stamp"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Friedan

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TRUTH OR DARE

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Truth: This "Common Sense" pamphleteer later turned to inventing, trying to come up with a smokeless candle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Paine

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FILM CLASSICS

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This 1951 classic stars the AFI's top picks for the greatest male & female film legends

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

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EXPLORERS

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Ponce de Leon was looking for it when he discovered Florida; some are still looking for it today

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fountain of Youth

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JUAN

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Days out of prison in 1945, he married Maria Eva Duarte; we now know her as Evita

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Time's up! The correct answer was Juan Peron

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GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY

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Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dice

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THREE

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Brecht & Weill's "Die Dreigroschenoper" is known as this in English

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Threepenny Opera"

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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With about 1,040 people per square mile of land, life in this most densely populated state is a real garden party

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Jersey

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DRIVING

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The following sound indicates a vehicle in this gear

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Time's up! The correct answer was reverse

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THE "UNDER" WORLD

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Abolitionist "railroad"

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Time's up! The correct answer was underground

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THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS

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"The best director is the one you don't see", observed this director of "Some Like It Hot"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Wilder

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COMPUTER TERMS

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This unit equals about 1,000 megabytes, or about half a million pages of text

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Time's up! The correct answer was a gigabyte

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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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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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"X"-MEN

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This Persian son of Darius I burned Athens in 480 B.C.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Xerxes

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BIOGRAPHIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yitzhak Rabin

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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At about 1,700 square miles, this saline lake is one of the largest lakes in the world with no outlet

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

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1938

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17 acres surrounding her cottage were transferred to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Hathaway

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THE OLD WEST

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In Old West talk, "fit" was the past tense of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fight

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"IND" THE KNOW

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Punjab means "land of 5 rivers", & all 5 of the rivers eventually flow into this one

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Indus

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Springsteen

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CREATION STORIES

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According to the King James Version, God's first words quoted in the book of Genesis

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Let there be light"

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WORDS WITHIN WORDS

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A 1,496-pound one was unfortunate enough to get caught in 1979

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tuna

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U.S. STATES

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Do the wild fais-do-do in this state while motoring on Interstate 10 to Baton Rouge or Ponchatoula

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana

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CELEBRITY MARRIAGES

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Carrie Leigh hopped out of this man's mansion & married an antique dealer, quick as a bunny

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hugh Hefner

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EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW

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This rich 5-letter cake with eggs, ground nuts & little to no flour, is down by contact with my stomach

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Time's up! The correct answer was torte

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BIG BANDS

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As famous for his marriages as his music; once wed Ava Gardner & Lana Turner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Artie Shaw

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ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV

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Dennis Haysbert & D.B. Woodside as David & Wayne Palmer, respectively

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Time's up! The correct answer was 24

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BROADWAY LYRICS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cats

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ASIA

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19th century novelist Jose Rizal was a hero of this country's independence movement

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Philippines

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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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SHAMANISM ON YOU

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The Warao Indians of South America believe this noisy shamanic gourd instrument has healing properties

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rattle

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"HIGH" SCHOOL

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The L.A. Dodgers & the U. of Louisville basketball team pioneered this gesture in the late '70s

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Time's up! The correct answer was the high five

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ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR

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A hard blow or punch

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sock

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"IP" SO FACTO

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Mating rituals, perhaps for Miles Standish?

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Time's up! The correct answer was courtship

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PLAY REVIVALS

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George Grizzard was on board as Cap'n Andy when this "Ol' Man River" musical rolled into London in 1998

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

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FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

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Key's brother-in-law & law partner Roger B. Taney served as this from 1836 to 1864

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

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THE CAT

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This breed of domestic feline from Maine is the first truly American show breed

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Maine coon

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THE CIVIL WAR

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winfield Scott

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SPEECH! SPEECH!

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On July 19, 1988 he was out proclaiming "Keep hope alive"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse Jackson

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BIRD HUNTING

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One of the cardinal rules of e-mail listed on insiderreports.com is to turn off your Caps-Lock

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cardinal

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I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU

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It means against, & is also a prefix found before -diction

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Time's up! The correct answer was contra

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BRAND NAMES

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Its "Extra Dry" was the first aerosol antiperspirant in the U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arrid

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AMERICAN COUNTIES

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This state's Norfolk County disappeared in 1963 when it became part of the city of Chesapeake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia

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CELEB STUFF

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Her 1988 major label debut album was "Y Kant Tori Read"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tori Amos

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MAGNETO

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Around 1904 this Norwegian explorer confirmed that the Earth's magnetic poles are not fixed

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amundsen

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PHYSICS

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This field is the study of the properties & production of sound

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Time's up! The correct answer was acoustics

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WOOD & WIND

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This author wrote of Fangorn Forest, named for the oldest of the Ents-or was the Ent named for the forest?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tolkien

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BALLET

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"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is based on a fairy tale by this famous Dane

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

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ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV

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Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin

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Time's up! The correct answer was Battlestar Galactica

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WHO'S THE MRS.?

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Mrs. Blake Edwards

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julie Andrews

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TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES

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Policeman Ichabod Crane is sent to a small town to investigate a series of decapitations

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sleepy Hollow

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COMMON BONDS

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Hollywood, salad, Super

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Time's up! The correct answer was bowls

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"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?

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It was Elvis' third No. 1 hit of 1956

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

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EPONYMS

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This submachine gun was named for an Israeli army officer whose design won a competition in the 1950s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uzi

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"IP" SO FACTO

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Idle talk about the private affairs of others

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Time's up! The correct answer was gossip

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STATE FISH

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The reef triggerfish, this state's state fish, can be found as far south as Australia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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Ulf von Euler won in 1970; dad Hans von Euler-Chelpin won for his work on the role of enzymes in this process in sugar

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Time's up! The correct answer was fermentation

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BIG, REALLY BIG!

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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew) In 1996 a 505 X 255-foot flag decorated this structure seen here in the West

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Hoover Dam

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TRADING SPACES

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This Illinois city's Board of Trade deals in futures, so less than 5% of what's traded there gets delivered

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago

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JAY

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It's the magical group heard here ["This Magic Moment"]

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jay and the Americans

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L____O

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It's a long rope with a loop on one end, used to rope cattle

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Time's up! The correct answer was a lasso

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SEAQUEST

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This sea stretches from Beirut to Gibraltar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mediterranean Sea

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NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES

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An exclamation point was warranted for the "End Of" This! in 1918

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

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MUSIC VIDEOS

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At the beginning of her 2005 "Boyfriend" video, she is being chased by the police

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ashlee Simpson

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HOP ON POP CULTURE

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Meadow's dad had her boyfriend Jackie whacked on this show; A.J. had a pretty rough time, too

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sopranos

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ANGELS

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"Vlad's Pad" at Angel Stadium is named for this right fielder & 2004 league MVP

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vladimir Guerrero

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BIRDS

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The akepa & akiapola'au are found in forest areas, only in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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4 N

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

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

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NICKNAMES

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"The Belle of Amherst"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson

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QUOTATIONS

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This talk show host said, "I admire, respect & adore authors" when she was honored for her book club

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oprah

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LESSER-KNOWN MUSICALS

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Danny Kaye's career "ark" included this Biblical role in "Two By Two"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Noah

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VERBS

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This word for a type of running is from a word meaning "jump", & it's a talent that long jumpers need to get distance

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Time's up! The correct answer was sprint

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"A"NCIENT GREEKS

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A mathematician: 287-212 B.C.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Archimedes

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THE "BUTLER" DID IT

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A former Dodger outfielder & TV's "Grace Under Fire" both go by this name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brett Butler

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LITERATURE

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Milan Kundera's "Immortality" read in this, its original language, may be unbearably light reading

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Time's up! The correct answer was Czech

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EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY

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It's the popular breed seen here: (dog)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Golden retriever

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COMPUTER JARGON

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"Egosurfing" means searching the net for this

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Time's up! The correct answer was your own name

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CROSSWORD CLUES "R"

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Beam, beacon & frequency preceder (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was radar

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SCIENCE CLASS

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The forked type of this runs unobstructed between the clouds & the ground

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Time's up! The correct answer was lightning

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DON'T BE A PAIN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen

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TO NEIL

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

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

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U.S. CITIES

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Its nicknames include "The Athens of America" & "The Cradle of Liberty"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston

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MOVIE MUSIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nacho Libre

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NOVEL QUOTES

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(1932) "Over the main entrance the words, Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brave New World

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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

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

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THE MOVIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sabrina

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THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS

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This ex-NATO commander & presidential candidate was wounded in Vietnam

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clark

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ANCIENT TIMES

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Hetepheres was the mother of this Great Pyramid king; when her tomb was found, Mummy's mummy was missing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheops

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RADIO

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This word ends the title of a 1941 Bill of Rights tribute program heard by 60 million, "We hold these..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Truths

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Springsteen

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

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In January 1970 Boeing introduced this first wide-bodied jumbo jet; it could seat up to 452 passengers

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Time's up! The correct answer was 747

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EDGAR AWARD WINNERS

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"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" got him the Edgar

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Time's up! The correct answer was John le Carré

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BIG BANDS

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Benny Goodman got good "vibes" from him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lionel Hampton

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CELEB STUFF

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Her 1988 major label debut album was "Y Kant Tori Read"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tori Amos

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BRITISH INVENTIONS

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The miner's safety lamp was also called by the name of this British chemist who invented it in 1815

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sir Humphry Davy

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PLANT LIFE

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Club, reindeer & Spanish are called this but botanically are not true this

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Time's up! The correct answer was moss

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REALLY BIG

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Growing over 20 feet, it's the largest predatory fish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Great White Shark

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THE CIA

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He's the only CIA head who went on to become president

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Herbert Walker Bush

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PROVERBS

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It's where you should "never tell tales"

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Time's up! The correct answer was out of school

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FURNITURE

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A removable section of a tabletop; when it's hinged, it's a "drop"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leaf

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SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!

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The name of this deadly mottled brown snake of the tropics is from the French for "lance head"

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Time's up! The correct answer was fer-de-lance

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I LOVE L.A. KERS

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A wizard at passing the ball, this Laker is the NBA's all-time leader in assists per game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson

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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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VIETNAM

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A fertile marshland, Vietnam's southernmost region is the broad delta of this river

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mekong

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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR

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"Mister Roberts", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Stagecoach"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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PRESIDENTS IN IOWA

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He dedicated the Rathbun Dam July 31, 1971

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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Considered the healthiest state in 2006, it's also home to the Mayo Clinic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota

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TRANSPORTATION INNOVATIONS

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This type of program that began in 1981 was inspired by Green Stamps

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frequent flyer program

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THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION

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He's considered the author of the Pentateuch, which is hard to believe, as Deuteronomy continues after his death

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moses

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THE OLD COLLEGE TRY

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

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

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"LIGHT"s

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To do this to someone's plight, you could trivialize it, or just take the P away

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Time's up! The correct answer was make light of it

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JURY DUTY

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The general type of this military tribunal must have at least 5 members & the defense attorney may be military or civilian

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MR. TEA

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Dating from 1662, the English use of tea is attributed to Catherine of Braganza, wife of this "Restored" king

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CREATION STORIES

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Scholars link Egyptian creation myths to the sun apparently fertilizing this river's slime

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SPEECH! SPEECH!

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On July 19, 1988 he was out proclaiming "Keep hope alive"

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TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008

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No. 2 in "Jerry Stiller's Top 10 Words": This before "gevalt!" (Bonus--No. 3 was "colonoscopy")

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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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This left-handed lady was positively "Bewitching" in a 2005 Nora Ephron film

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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An ancient symbol of abundance, the cornucopia is often attached to this American holiday

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BEFORE THEY WERE POPES

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This Dutch Renaissance humanist was a pupil of Adrian VI, the only Dutch pope

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"R"OCK MUSIC

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The subject of this 1973 Allman Brothers hit was "tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can"

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NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES

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An exclamation point was warranted for the "End Of" This! in 1918

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BALLET

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

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LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS

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"10,000 Lakes"

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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Abbreviated "P", this element comes in red, white, & black forms

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EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY

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It's the popular breed seen here: (dog)

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PLAYWRIGHTS

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

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ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL

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One of the noble gases, it's the lightest of all gases after hydrogen

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FOREIGN

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In French, l'oiseau is this; it sports les plumes

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THREE CHEERS!

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It's the breakfast cereal pitched by the animated elves Snap, Crackle & Pop

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TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE

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"The Path to the Black Lodge"

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BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!

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

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EUROPE

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Some 40% of this country's land has been reclaimed from the sea

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I SERVED IN HIS CABINET

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Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt

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FAMILIAR PHRASES

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Big throwing don'ts include "the baby out with the bathwater" & "caution to" this

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LITERATURE

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Goethe called him Faust; Marlowe dubbed him this

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THE "BUTLER" DID IT

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Film character who said, "You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how"

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BATTLES

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Napoleon's plans to invade England were dashed by this October 21, 1805 battle

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PARISIANS

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In the 1880s he introduced his brother & roommate, Vincent, to the Impressionists

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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In Kazakhstan: Kazakh & this

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JAZZ IT UP

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Milt Jackson, heard here, was one of the masters of this instrument

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THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM

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1881: Charles Guiteau

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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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GETTING POSSESSIVE

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You'll find this triangular island about 4 miles off the southeast coast of Massachusetts

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FUNDRAISING

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Keep a big donor's gifts flowing: put him on this "of directors" or "of governors"

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CAESAR

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The Arch of the Emperor Titus in Rome heralds his conquest of this city in 70 A.D., ending the Jewish revolt

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IT'S A DATE!

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O Canada celebrates Canada Day on this date, 3 days before a big American holiday

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I KNOW THAT SONG

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"Whenever we go out, the people always shout, there goes" this man

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OPERA SINGERS

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

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CINEMA OF "BLOOD"

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Leonardo DiCaprio's African jewel smuggler gains a conscience in this film

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TIME TO CONVERT

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.001 grams is equal to one of these

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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS

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In 1941 her "Watch on the Rhine" was named best American play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle

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PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY

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Founded by Zeno of Citium, this -ism is the belief that detachment & self-control enable one to argue in an unbiased fashion

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HISTORY

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The parents of this Peruvian president immigrated from Japan 4 years prior to his birth

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A REALLY BIG CATEGORY

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Until it met disaster in 1912, it was the largest & most luxurious passenger ship afloat

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DOUBLE A

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It's how you properly address the Queen of England

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SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY CHARACTERS

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To the consternation of the title character, we learn that this character was born by C-section

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I PITY THE "FOOL"

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

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4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW

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If you're vertical but supported by your palms, you're doing one of these

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PICTURE THIS

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In 1964 this first lady made the first call to inaugurate the new commercial picturephone service

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ANIMAL TERMS

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If you've been beaten 72-0 in football, you've gotten this, from the name of a smelly critter, Mephitis mephitis

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Time's up! The correct answer was skunked

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"J" WHIZ

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This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum & Thornfield Hall

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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

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Under the 5th Amendment, 1 of the 3 things that no person shall be deprived of "without due process of law"

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WESTERNS

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This singer's films include the westerns "Flaming Star", "Charro!" & "Love Me Tender"

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NOTORIOUS

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Oscar Collazo, serving a life sentence for his assassination attempt on this president, was released in 1979

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MAY DAYS

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Henry VIII imported an executioner from France just to behead this second wife on May 19, 1536

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SPORTS

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In 1973 Ron Turcotte rode this horse to the first Triple Crown victory in 25 years

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BUT IS IT ART?

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The work of "Artists Barely in Control of the Brush" is seen at Boston's MOBA, museum of this art

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bad art

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SILENCE

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In a silent one of these, the bids are written--none of that "do I hear..." business

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PAINTERS

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Dr. Tulp was so pleased with this artist's painting of his "Anatomy Lesson" that it hung in his school of surgery

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rembrandt

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ABBREVIATED STATES

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This state that acts as a conjunction between Nevada & Washington has an abbreviation that is a conjunction

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WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT

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This brand name means to eat voraciously, or to vacuum

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COMPOSERS

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Mendelssohn wrote a series of 49 piano pieces which were appropriately titled “Songs Without” these

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Time's up! The correct answer was words

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PARDON MY "FRENCH"

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In a French restaurant, they're called pommes frites

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"PRO"NOUNS

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The ceremonial etiquette observed by diplomats & heads of state

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THEN THERE'S MAUVE

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Not much mauve but lots of gray in the paintings of Anton Mauve, a member of The Hague school in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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He was honored for discovering "hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut"

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CLOTHING WORDS

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To lose footing on icy ground

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Time's up! The correct answer was slip

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TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008

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No. 9 in "Green Stories": "Northeastern utilities bid $38.5 million for the right to emit 12.5 tons of" this

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VOLCANOES

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In 1908 members of Ernest Shackleton's expedition became the first to climb this continent's Mount Erebus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica

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AIRPORT CODES

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In the Midwest: MSP

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EARTH, WIND & FIRE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was El Nino

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MONEY SLANG

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2-word phrase for Henny Penny's lunch

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicken feed

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CARDS & DICE

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It's a form of Authors for kids; playing it you may ask another player, "Do you have any twos?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Go Fish

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PARTS OF PEACH

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If this part of a peach is downy or fuzzy, the fruit's called a peach; if it's smooth, a nectarine

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Time's up! The correct answer was the skin

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TECHNOLOGY

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This was the first smartphone in the world.

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Time's up! The correct answer was IBM Simon

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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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THE PLANET URANUS

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He discovered Uranus as well as 2 of its moons

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TEENS IN HISTORY

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Betrothed as a teen to her creepy cousin in 1744, she later became a "Great" empress of Russia

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

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POEMS ON POETS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Burns

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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2003 & 2004: The bride who's trying to kill Bill

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uma Thurman

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS

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Title character played by former Alvin Ailey dancer Desmond Richardson in a 1997 ballet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Othello

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THE BODY HUMAN

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Abbreviated TB, this disease is characterized by lesions in the lung tissue

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DIED ON THE SAME DAY

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This famed aviator outlived his brother by 35 years, passing away in 1948 on the same day Gandhi was assassinated

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VERMONTERS

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George Franklin Edmunds wrote most of this antitrust act of 1890

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TOP 40 BONUS

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"Soul Man"

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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

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HISTORY

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In 1429, she was given control of troops in France

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

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WORLD AUTHORS

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In a 1605 prologue, this Spaniard tells the reader that he has written an "invective against books of chivalry"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cervantes

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CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS

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This first sign is a nocturnal animal; those born under it work best in quiet hours; oo, you dirty...

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COLORFUL GROUPS

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They're "Under The Bridge": ____ ____ Chili Peppers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red Hot

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WASHINGTON D.C.

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287 miles long, it flows past Washington & induces "fever" in ambitious politicians

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THAT'S MY BUSINESS

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Henry's great-grandson William runs this car company which was started in 1903

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CAMERA

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In 1986 Kodak left the instant camera business after a judge found it had violated this company's patents

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Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid

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SPORTS

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In 1992 Viktor Petrenko won the world championship in this sport

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TAUNT "O"

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After a wrong response, we may need to use one of these cathode-ray "scopes" to check for brain activity

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Time's up! The correct answer was an oscilloscope

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BRITISH NOVEL CHARACTERS

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W.E. Henley, the amputee who wrote the brave poem "Invictus", inspired this character in an 1883 book

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Time's up! The correct answer was Long John Silver

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& GO TO "BED"

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Native Americans called this fence material the "Devil's rope"

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CALIFORNIA HERE I COME FILMS

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In this 1981 Burt Reynolds film, the first race car to reach California won

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Cannonball Run

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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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THE MOVIES

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Jack Palance's character is described as "a saddlebag with eyes" in this 1991 comedy

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THEN THERE'S MAUVE

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The mauve flowers of the Paulownia tree adorn the highest grade of the Order of the Rising Sun award of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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NAME THE DECADE

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Man first reaches the South Pole

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1910s

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INITIALS M.D.

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Matt Dillon

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BRAND NAMES

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It's the rhyming name of a brand of pretzels made by Frito-Lay

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rold Gold

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BIOLOGY

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

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

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THE "BUTLER" DID IT

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The mission statement of this school says it's located "In...Indianapolis, one of America's most livable cities"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Butler University

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COMPOUND WORDS

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Lunar term meaning mentally deranged or dreamily romantic

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Time's up! The correct answer was moonstruck

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ALSO A TOOL

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This drink consists of 2 ounces of vodka & 5 ounces of orange juice

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Time's up! The correct answer was a screwdriver

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WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS

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1994: A Shoshone guide for a famous expedition

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sacagawea

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LITERARY FIRST LINES

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

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

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ROYALTY

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After this emperor died in 14 A.D., his relatives, the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruled until 68

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Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus

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GIRLS IN SONG

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According to Rodgers & Hart, "The most beautiful girl in the world isn't" either of these 2 stars

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Time's up! The correct answer was Garbo & Dietrich

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EUROPE

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Some 40% of this country's land has been reclaimed from the sea

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands

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DOUBLE-O WORDS

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Rideshare is the program of the wise & benevolent Sony Corporation to help employees get to work this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was carpooling

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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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"LIGHT"s

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"I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was this little light of mine

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WRITERS CUBED

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In 1845 he published "The Raven and Other Poems"; the other poems include "The Conqueror Worm"

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

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LET'S PLAY BLACKJACK

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When a player & dealer tie, it's called this & no money is won or lost

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Time's up! The correct answer was a push

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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Platinum, atomic number 78, is worth more than this other metal, atomic number 79

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Time's up! The correct answer was gold

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NYC MUSIC HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carnegie Hall

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TOUGH STUFF

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Over 14 times the mass of the Earth, this planet is seventh from the sun

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus

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DRAMA

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"Dejavu" was "Angry Young Man" John Osborne's 1992 sequel to this famous play about looking back

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Time's up! The correct answer was Look Back in Anger

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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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MOVIE PRODUCERS

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Albert R. Broccoli produced 17 James Bond films & this kids' movie also based on an Ian Fleming book

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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THE SILVER SCREEN

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Anthony Hopkins said his voice for this movie role was "a combination of Truman Capote and Katharine Hepburn"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hannibal Lecter

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ALSO A TOOL

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"U Can't Touch This" bone, aka the malleus, just behind the eardrum

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Time's up! The correct answer was the hammer

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EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW

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Upon review, this "circular" cut of meat from below the rump was too gristly

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Time's up! The correct answer was the round

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MESOPOTAMIA

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After centuries of rule by the Ottoman Empire, Mesopotamia mostly became part of this new nation in 1932

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq

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VIETNAM

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The large "S" shape that is Vietnam juts out into this sea with a directional name

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Time's up! The correct answer was South China Sea

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3-LETTER THE BETTER

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What a film reel is stored in; hence something finished is "in" it

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Time's up! The correct answer was the can

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BRITISH INVENTIONS

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A perambulator or pram to the Brits, it was invented in 1733 by William Kent for the Duke of Devonshire's kids

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Time's up! The correct answer was a baby carriage

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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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20th CENTURY NOTABLES

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Einstein said of him, "Generations to come will scarcely believe" one such as he "walked the Earth in flesh & blood"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mohandas Gandhi

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ASTROLOGY

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The only moon in our solar system that astrologists say has an influence circles this planet

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Earth

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THE STARTING INFIELD

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The 1908 Chicago Cubs featured Harry Steinfeldt & these 3 guys of yore

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tinker, Evers & Chance

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IT'S A DATE!

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Oregon entered the union on this date in 1859, sweetie

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Time's up! The correct answer was 14-Feb

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MARK TWAIN SEZ

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Lines attributed to Twain include "Everybody talks about" this, "but nobody does anything about it"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the weather

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FAMOUS AMERICANS

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In one of its reading rooms, you can read up on Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of this religion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Christian Science

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COMPUTER JARGON

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P2P means this type of file sharing, like Kazaa or Limewire

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Time's up! The correct answer was peer-to-peer

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SPORTS

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In 1973 Ron Turcotte rode this horse to the first Triple Crown victory in 25 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Secretariat

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"IND" THE KNOW

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Punjab means "land of 5 rivers", & all 5 of the rivers eventually flow into this one

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Indus

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BUSY AS A BEAVER

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Grey Beaver is the first master of this Jack London wolf-dog

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Time's up! The correct answer was White Fang

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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Playing the pass line in craps, it's the winning number on the opening roll other than 7

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Time's up! The correct answer was 11

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"BOO"!

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A government project of little value funded to gain political favor

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Time's up! The correct answer was boondoggle

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DIED ON THE SAME DAY

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Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni died in 2007 at age 94 on the same day as this 89-year-old Swedish director

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ingmar Bergman

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BEING THOREAU

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While in New York in the 1840s, Thoreau met this newspaper editor, who then acted as his literary agent

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Time's up! The correct answer was Horace Greeley

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PROVERBS

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In "The Wizard of Oz", Dorothy clicks her heels & repeats this before she's whisked back to Kansas

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Time's up! The correct answer was "There's no place like home"

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PICTURE THIS

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In 1964 this first lady made the first call to inaugurate the new commercial picturephone service

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Bird Johnson

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PHYSICS 101

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By definition, liquids & gases do this under stress, solids don't

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Time's up! The correct answer was they flow

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ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE

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Caesar, Antony, Cicero, et al.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romans

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STATE GOVERNMENT

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

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

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HORSE SENSE

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Buck, ridden by James Arness on "Gunsmoke", was later used by Lorne Greene on this series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bonanza

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THE 50 STATES

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An 1881 resolution established that this state's name was to be spelled one way but pronounced another

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arkansas

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LITERARY ALLUSIONS

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This object from Arthurian & Christian legend has come to mean the object of any difficult quest

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Holy Grail

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RELIGION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zoroastrianism

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SHAKESPEARE

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In Act I, Scene 1 of this play, a ghost appears to Barnardo, Marcellus & Horatio

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet

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THE BIG APPLE

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One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the city; this is the second tallest

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

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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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DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maximillian

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YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!

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This fluffy skirt that you may have to wear was not named for archbishop Desmond

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Time's up! The correct answer was tutu

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MANIAS

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A dipsomaniac craves this, not guacamole

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alcoholic Beverages

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THE ANIMALS

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(Sarah of the Clue Crew at Zoo Atlanta) There are 3 types of gorilla: mountain & the eastern & western type of these lesser-altitude gorillas

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Time's up! The correct answer was lowland gorillas

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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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"DEM"-ONS

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The DM in Korea's DMZ

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Time's up! The correct answer was demilitarized

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THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s

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1965: "My Girl"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Temptations

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WEEDS

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In the names of weeds, this old word for a plant follows soap- & St. John's

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wort

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“SAINTS”

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At 5th & 50th, its Lady Chapel is the place to get married, if you're in NYC - & Catholic

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Patrick's Cathedral

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SPOOKS

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Teddy Roosevelt's grandson, CIA man Kermit, kept the Shah of this country on his throne in 1953

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iran

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CELEBRITY MARRIAGES

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This "Bewitch"ing actress was the 3rd wife of Oscar winner Gig Young

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth Montgomery

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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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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Florida's panhandle borders these 2 states

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama and Georgia

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"V" IS FOR

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...this word on a sign meaning there's still room at the inn

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Time's up! The correct answer was vacancy

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

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In the 1999 Fiesta Bowl, quarterback Tee Martin led this school to the national title by defeating Florida State, 23-16

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee

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KNIGHTS

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In the 12th C. these French minstrels began composing songs about knights called chansons de geste

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Time's up! The correct answer was Troubadours

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ALBUMS THAT ROCK

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"In Your Honor", "The Color and the Shape"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Foo Fighters

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PEARLS OF WISDOM

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A 17th century writer: "Angling can be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully learnt"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Izaak Walton

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ROUGH POLITICS

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"If anyone wants to (follow) me, go ahead. They'd be very bored", this politician said in 1987; they did, & they weren't

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Hart

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PLANTS

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Britannica defines it as "any plant growing where it is not wanted"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Weed

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MAIN STREET U.S.A.

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In Salt Lake City take Main Street to this square to find the Mormon Tabernacle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Temple Square

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THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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In his acceptance speech, Pres. Obama quoted this 1964 American recipient saying, "violence never brings permanent peace"

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Time's up! The correct answer was King

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CREATION STORIES

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In some Native American myths, this animal helps a deity create the world, with no help from the Acme Co.

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Time's up! The correct answer was a coyote

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SALMON

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Weighing up to 100 pounds, this large type of salmon shares its name with a warm, dry wind

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Time's up! The correct answer was chinook

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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The home of silk merchant Jim Thompson, who disappeared in 1967, is a tourist attraction in this Thai city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bangkok

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

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(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) I'm overlooking this Oahu beach that attracts about 65,000 visitors a day

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Time's up! The correct answer was Waikiki

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AYE! IT'S IRELAND

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Reflecting its lush, beautiful countryside. it's Ireland's gem of a nickname

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Emerald Isle"

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SEAQUEST

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This sea stretches from Beirut to Gibraltar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mediterranean Sea

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HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN

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This country that controlled Bahrain in the 18th century renewed its claim after its 1979 revolution

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iran

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THE ENVIRONMENT

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An animal fills an ecological one of these in a community, from the French for "nest"

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Time's up! The correct answer was niche

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THE "W.B."

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Wild Bunch

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1957

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As the Teamsters' vice president, he was indicted for bribery, conspiracy & obstruction of justice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Hoffa

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PIRATE MOVIES

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Anthony Quinn was a pirate stuck with stowaway children in the film "A High Wind In" this place

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jamaica

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PHYSICS 101

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Silicon is a semiconducting material; this is the term for nonconductors like plastics

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Time's up! The correct answer was an insulator

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MOTORCYCLE MAKERS

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Baseball's Ichiro must be aware that this maker's B-King is the "rowdy alter ego" to its Hayabusa

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Time's up! The correct answer was Suzuki

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MYTHOLOGY

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Cadmus planted these parts of a dragon to raise some troops

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Time's up! The correct answer was teeth

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LITERARY OPENINGS

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"My mother died. Today, or maybe it was yesterday."

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

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EARTH

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1 of the 3 Cs in the geological-period mnemonic "camels often sit down carefully--perhaps their joints creak..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cretaceous

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CITY FOLK

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Hamburgers

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

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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Ioalus, the son of Iphicles & Automedusa, helped this man, his uncle, with his labors

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hercules

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SYRIA'S EATING

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Mansaf is this favorite meat cooked in a yogurt sauce

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Time's up! The correct answer was lamb

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TV THEME LYRICS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was True Blood

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"NIGHT"

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Get to the Bottom of this Shakespeare play, published in 1600

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Midsummer Night's Dream

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FAMOUS NAMES

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Creator of "The Cisco Kid", William Sidney Porter was better known by this name

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Time's up! The correct answer was O. Henry

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TWO

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In advertising: Jay Chiat &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Guy Day

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TOUGH STUFF

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The Span. abbrev. for one of these is ovni (objecto volador no identificado)

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Time's up! The correct answer was UFO

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"

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This city that served as capital of a united Germany in 1871 became the capital of a reunited Germayny in 1990

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Time's up! The correct answer was Berlin

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FOREIGN

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If Popeye spoke Hebrew he'd ask for tered, this

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Time's up! The correct answer was spinach

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ANATOMY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carotid Arteries

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MAMMALS

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The African & Sumatran species of this animal have 2 horns; the Indian & Javan species have one

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Time's up! The correct answer was rhinoceros

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COMMON BONDS

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Inner tubes, doughnuts, the ozone layer

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Time's up! The correct answer was things with holes

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GRAVE MATTERS

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In 1995 these married physicists were laid to rest (again), this time at the Pantheon in Paris

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pierre & Marie Curie

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"PH"UN WORDS

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Both England's King George V & FDR put their stamp of approval on this "King of Hobbies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Philately

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JAZZ IT UP

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

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

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PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES

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Probably the biggest big game the Clovis culture went after 11,200 years ago, it was woolly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mammoth

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NOVEL QUOTES

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"...They ought to find a way of being inoculated against love" is a line from his "Anna Karenina"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leo Tolstoy

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UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES

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It's also known as "The Toothpick State" because of a knife used by early settlers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arkansas

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SCIENCE CLASS

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The wedge is an adaptation of the simple machine called the inclined this

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Time's up! The correct answer was plane

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PICTURE THIS

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Nose art, referring to pictures on the noses of these, really took off during WWII

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Time's up! The correct answer was airplanes

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SPORTS

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What the letters in "scuba" stand for

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Time's up! The correct answer was self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

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20th CENTURY ARTISTS

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In 2006 "Roots", a 1943 painting by her, sold for $5.6 million, then the record for a Latin American work

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frida Kahlo

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4-LETTER WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plum

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YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE

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Home ec.: Make this breakfast dish of battered & fried bread, called pain perdu in France

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Time's up! The correct answer was French toast

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THE USA

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The Green Mountains of Vermont & the White Mountains of New Hampshire are part of this mountain system

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Time's up! The correct answer was Appalachians

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HOW INSPIRATIONAL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was peace

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THE 1930s

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Helen Keller brought the first of these Japanese dogs to the United States in 1937

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Time's up! The correct answer was the akita

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LANGUAGE QUESTIONS

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"Donde está el baño?" is Spanish for "where is" this, sometimes discreetly called "the facilities"

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Time's up! The correct answer was bathroom

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PEOPLE IN HISTORY

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This Chiricahua Apache was a popular attraction at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geronimo

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HOMOPHONES

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To take a quick look, or the top of a mountain

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Time's up! The correct answer was peek/peak

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PETER, PAUL & MARY

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This American silversmith & patriot was noted for his courier service

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Revere

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CHEKHOV, PLEASE

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

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

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THE CAT

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It's the tailless cat variety from an island south of Scotland

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Time's up! The correct answer was a manx

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GOLD RUSH

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In 1880 Joseph Juneau & Richard T. Harris found gold in the Gastineau Channel of this U.S. territory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska

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HAIRY

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This term for a knight's apprentice is also the name of a bobbed, usually jaw-length hairstyle

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Time's up! The correct answer was page boy

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MUSIC VIDEOS

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At the 2004 MTV VMAs, No Doubt won Best Group Video & Best Pop Video for this song

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Time's up! The correct answer was "It's My Life"

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AWARDS

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"Pearls for Pigs" was 1998's best play in these off-Broadway awards given by the Village Voice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Obies

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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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THEY ALSO RAN

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Born in Brooklyn in 1944, he was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2002

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rudy Giuliani

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ANCIENT COINS

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Around 334 B.C. this Macedonian's stater became a world currency

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

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ACTORS WHO DIRECT

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"Million Dollar Baby" & "Unforgiven"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clint Eastwood

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HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN

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A causeway linking Bahrain & Saudi Arabia is named for this man who became Saudi king in 1982

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Time's up! The correct answer was King Fahd

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THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s

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1965: "My Girl"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Temptations

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SCIENTISTS

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In 2007 this 1962 American Nobel laureate became the first person to receive his own personal genome map

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Watson

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THE SECOND...

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...U.S. manned space program

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Gemini program

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CLASSIC AD LINES

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"Fly The Friendly Skies..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was United Airlines

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STARTS WITH "B"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbug

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THEY REST IN NEBRASKA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baseball

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SPORTS

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In 1992 Viktor Petrenko won the world championship in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was ice skating

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THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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This 1990 winner said it was "a recognition of what we call perestroika and innovative political thinking"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gorbachev

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SPORTS FACTS

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In the 1960s he won 7 major tournaments, more than any other golfer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nicklaus

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THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY

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Rome, Brussels, Lisbon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brussels

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CHICKENS FOR FREE

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Da, comrade-- a fork pierces the bird, launching a jet of fragrant melted butter in chicken this

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Time's up! The correct answer was chicken Kiev

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HOLIDAYS

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Until 1752, the 13 colonies observed Annunciation Day, the 25th of this month, as new year's

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Time's up! The correct answer was March

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BIG BANDS

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Benny Goodman got good "vibes" from him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lionel Hampton

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EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...

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The city of Yuma in this state has a record average of 4,055 hours of sunshine each year

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arizona

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WHAT AILS YOU?

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Outbreaks of this form of food poisoning are often the result of improper home canning

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Time's up! The correct answer was Botulism

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Dali

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CELEBS

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He auditioned for & won the part of Ron Weasley with a rap that he wrote

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Grint

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ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS

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Henry I's famous father was this conqueror who reigned from 1066 to 1087

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Time's up! The correct answer was William the Conqueror

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IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD

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If this Norwegian breed had originated in North America, it would be called the moosehound

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elkhound

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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1992's "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!" was inspired by the comic songs of this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was Allan Sherman

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WARNER BROS.

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Movies found their voice in this 1927 Warner Bros. film

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Jazz Singer

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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Pan

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RED SOX IT TO ME

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In 1918 he extended his streak of scoreless World Series innings pitched to 29.2 & tied for the most HRs in the league

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Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth

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SKIRTING THE ISSUE

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On the original "90210":, Donna wore this type of skirt to the prom; she couldn't sit down all night

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Time's up! The correct answer was a hoop skirt

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GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE

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"A man of words and not of" these "is like a garden full of weeds"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Deeds

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PLAYWRIGHTS

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Born in 1799, this poet, novelist & playwright is to Russian literature what Shakespeare is to English literature

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Pushkin

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FARAWAY PLACES

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The Forbidden City is at the heart of this capital of China, also called Peking

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing

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THE BIBLE

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God guided the Israelites out of this country with a pillar of cloud by day & of fire by night

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Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt

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COMMON BONDS

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Shirt, kite, donkey

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Time's up! The correct answer was tails

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OCCUPATION HAZARDS

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Chafing from chaps, rope burns from lassos & that saddle horn -- watch where you sit if you're one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was cowboy

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HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'

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In boxing, it's when you've fallen & you can't get up

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Time's up! The correct answer was a knockout

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TAIWAN

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His birthday is observed as a holiday on October 31

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chiang Kai-shek

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QUOTATIONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was meetings

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THE COLOR PURPLE

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Defensive tackle Alan Page was part of the "purple people eaters" of this NFL team

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Minnesota Vikings

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KNOTS TO YOU

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The Honda is a slip knot used by cowboys to make this tool of the trade

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lasso

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GET SMART

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A study of 3,500 Japanese men's brains found those who did this in moderation aged better than those who didn't

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Time's up! The correct answer was drank alcohol

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WHAM-O

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This 1962 Wham-O game named for a dance craze came with a moveable cross bar & 2 support stands

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Time's up! The correct answer was limbo

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THE NEW TESTAMENT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth

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FOOD FACTS

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This word was once used for the meat of any hunted animal; now it refers to deer meat

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Time's up! The correct answer was venison

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A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS

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"Othello" opens with Roderigo addressing this villain: "Tush, never tell me; I take it much unkindly"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iago

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CLASSIC STAR TREK

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Suave Ricardo Montalban played this sultry superhuman on the TV series & on the big screen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khan

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U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES

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"The Coyote State" is an unofficial nickname of this 75,885-square-mile state

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Time's up! The correct answer was South Dakota

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THE 17TH CENTURY

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Nearly 13,000 homes & 100 churches were destroyed in this city's Great Fire of 1666

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Time's up! The correct answer was London

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LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA

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This English king was held prisoner in 1193 in a castle above Durnstein, Austria

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard the Lionhearted

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BALLET

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As a law student in St. Petersburg, this man became interested in the arts, & in 1909 he founded the Ballets Russes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Diaghilev

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POLAR EXPLORATION

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This South Pole conqueror died trying to rescue Umberto Nobile, who eventually lived to be 93

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roald Amundsen

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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The deepest gorge in the U.S. is this state's Hells Canyon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Idaho

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"BLACK" OR "WHITE"

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People have asked why the whole airplane isn't made out of the same material as this "indestructible" device

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Time's up! The correct answer was the black box

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WHAT TO WEAR

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Eddie Bauer & The Gap offer the flared-below-the-knee jeans called this "cut", from what they fit over

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Time's up! The correct answer was boot-cut

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WORD ORIGINS

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The name of this dialect comes from a Hindi word, mantri, meaning "counselor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mandarin

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THE EMPEROR NERO

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At age 16, Nero was proclaimed emperor by this military unit & immediately confirmed by the Senate

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Time's up! The correct answer was Praetorian Guard

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HERE'S LUCY

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She was the first wife of a president to be called first lady on a regular basis

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Lemonade Lucy" Hayes

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"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD

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On the first Monday in June, this Kiwi country celebrates the Queen's birthday, the queen being Elizabeth

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand

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STATE FISH

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Maryland's state fish, the rockfish, is also known as the striped species of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was bass

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SWEET TREATS

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From 1910 to 1912 this popcorn confection came with prize coupons instead of the prizes themselves

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