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Time's up! The correct answer was Iguazu Falls

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ARCHITECTURE

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Gropius, Mies van der Rohe & this Swiss architect all worked for architect Peter Behrens

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Time's up! The correct answer was Le Corbusier

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TEENS IN HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Isabella

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LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS

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"10,000 Lakes"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota

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IT'S A COUP D'ETAT

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Carl Henrik Anckarsvard was the leader of the coup that overthrew King Gustav IV of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sweden

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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Roskva, the farmer's daughter, was always under the hammer as a personal assistant to this god

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thor

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THRILLER

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"The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Martini

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THE 50 STATES

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2 of the 4 states officially called commonwealths

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia

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BALLPARK FIGURES

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Baseball's "Mr. October", he generated headlines for his cantankerous personality & his athletic prowess

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Time's up! The correct answer was Reggie Jackson

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edison

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I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT

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In the 1800s this Frenchman also developed a musical notation system for blind musicians

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Braille

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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This state with the most people is home to the largest living tree

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Time's up! The correct answer was California

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TV STARS

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Coming to TV in 2002, this star of an Oscar-nominated movie was once known as Johnny Quasar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Neutron

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MOVIE MUSIC

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Julie Andrews sings "A Spoonful Of Sugar" in this movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Poppins

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WATERFALLS

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This scenic waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border actually consists of about 275 individual cataracts

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iguazu Falls

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ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pandora

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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This Lake Erie port in Northwest Ohio was once called "the Glass Capital of the World"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Toledo

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5-LETTER CAPITALS

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12 avenues radiate from Place Charles de Gaulle in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris

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NFL COACHES

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In the 1990s Marv Levy led this team to 4 straight Super Bowl appearances

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Buffalo Bills

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MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS

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Hong Kong titled the second movie about this creature "I May Be A Pig, But I Am Not Stupid"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Babe

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EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...

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On June 28, 1994 the nat'l weather service began issuing this index that rates the intensity of the sun's radiation

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Time's up! The correct answer was the UV index

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ART

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A Gerrit Dou work is sometimes known as "The Mother of" this painter with whom Dou studied in 17th century Leiden

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rembrandt

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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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BRAND NAMES

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It's "The Quicker Picker Upper"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bounty

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COMPOSERS

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In 1928, the 100th anniversary of his death, a $10,000 prize was offered for the completion of his 8th Symphony

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Time's up! The correct answer was Schubert

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CHOPIN

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After some miserable months in Vienna, Chopin arrived in this city, another musical mecca, in September 1831

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris

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CHOPIN

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After some miserable months in Vienna, Chopin arrived in this city, another musical mecca, in September 1831

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris

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SHOES

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The lad who's the symbol of a line of Sherwin-Williams paints wears this type of shoes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wooden Shoes/Clogs

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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This scientist & author of "2001" wrote, 'Any...advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur C. Clarke

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"EVER"S

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Chris Rock narrated this show, loosely based on his childhood

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Time's up! The correct answer was Everybody Hates Chris

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MOVIES & TV

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Time magazine said this 2003 Pixar film was "the ultimate fish-out-of-water story"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Finding Nemo

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ACTORS WHO DIRECT

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"The Great Debaters"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Denzel Washington

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LITERARY FIRST LINES

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1843: "Marley was dead: to begin with"

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

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AMERICAN NICKNAMES

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Born in 1905, he was the "Billionaire Recluse"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Howard Hughes

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THE ROYALS

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Charles Edward Stuart could have worn a T.Y.P. necklace for "The Young Pretender" or a B.P.C. one for this nickname

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bonnie Prince Charlie

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

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The Post's history goes back to The Pennsylvania Gazette founded by this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin Franklin

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RICH & FAMOUS

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The William who runs this chewing gum company is the grandson of the William who founded it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wrigley

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3-NAMED AUTHORS

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In 2001 this novelist & short story writer's "We Were the Mulvaneys" was chosen for Oprah's Book Club

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

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SPORTS SHORTS

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In 2011 this QB was a first-round draft pick by Carolina

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Time's up! The correct answer was Newton

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MESOPOTAMIA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was ziggurat

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CONTESTS

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This cruise ship favorite played on a 52-foot court is an event at the National Senior Games

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shuffleboard

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MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR

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Itchy (the mouse) & Scratchy (the cat) starred in "Skinless in Seattle" on a show within this Fox show

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Simpsons

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BROADWAY LYRICS

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

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

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GOULASH

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At the Oscars in 1992, Billy Crystal said this "City Slickers" co-star was backstage on the Stairmaster

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Palance

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INTERNATIONAL NAMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was rings

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MOVIE PRODUCERS

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He acted opposite Mary Pickford before starting the Keystone Company to produce comedies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mack Sennett

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BOOK NAMES

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Theodore Dreiser: "Sister ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carrie

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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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VALUABLE PLACES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ruby Ridge

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SPEECH! SPEECH!

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This onetime governor of Texas delivered the keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Richards

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THE STING

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The creature known as this "false" arachnid has venomous pincers & no tail

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Time's up! The correct answer was a scorpion

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20th CENTURY DESIGN

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The U.S. pavilion at Montreal's Expo 67 was covered by one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a geodesic dome

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"CAR" PARK

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It's a swine-like hoofed animal of the Western Hemisphere

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peccary

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GUINNESS RECORDS

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Siberia in this country has had the greatest range in temperatures -- from 98 degrees F. to -90 degrees F.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Russia

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NOVEL QUOTES

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"Great men can't be ruled", she wrote in "The Fountainhead"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ayn Rand

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THE DE NIRO CODE

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As Al Capone in this 1987 film: "You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Untouchables

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ANIMALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Piranha

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HABEAS CORPSES

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Executed in 1915, this radical labor activist was cremated & his ashes mailed to labor unions all over the world

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Hill

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THE BYRDS & THE BEAS

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He was the Senate's Minority Leader from 1980-87, then moved up to Majority Leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd

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AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB

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Go where some men have gone before with this 4-letter term from the Afrikaans for "migrate"

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Time's up! The correct answer was trek

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1987

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This British prime minister won a rare third term in June

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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher

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TV THEME LYRICS

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"Movin' movin' movi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rawhide

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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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TAKE-OFFS

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"Go for Barocco" is a take-off of Balanchine by this hairy, all-male ballet troupe

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Trockadero de Monte Carlo

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NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA

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Its cities include Minot, Jamestown & Grand Forks

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Dakota

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& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN

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This musical dreamed "The Impossible Dream", playing 2,328 performances before closing in 1971

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Time's up! The correct answer was Man of La Mancha

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TOP O' THE CHARTS

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In 1978 their duet "You're The One That I Want" replaced another duet by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams at No. 1

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Time's up! The correct answer was Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta

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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

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In 1999 Ford snatched up the auto unit of this company for 50 billion kronor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Volvo

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GAMES

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In other words, this summer camp game could be called "Seize Your Enemy's Banner"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Capture the Flag

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FURNITURE

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Jean-Pierre Rampal can tell you it's the term for the shallow channels cut into a column

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fluting

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PLAY ADJECTIVES

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Mark Medoff's "Children of a ____ God"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lesser

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FRUIT

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The Bing & other sweet varieties of this fruit are self-sterile; they cannot pollinate themselves

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cherries

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STORYTELLERS

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"Call him" the narrator of "Moby Dick"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ishmael

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THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH

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Scenic traces include one along Lake Pontchartrain & a 500-mile one from Nashville to this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Natchez

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES

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Sinatra as a swinger (What a stretch!): "Come Blow Your _____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Horn

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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

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Despite opposition from the 2 founders' families, this company merged with Compaq in 2002

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hewlett-Packard

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iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII

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Its name was reportedly inspired by a line from "2001: A Space Odyssey"

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Time's up! The correct answer was iPod

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ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK

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The "Kid' seen here represents these snacks

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twinkies

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DAYS

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Many European countries celebrate the equivalent of this American holiday on May Day

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Time's up! The correct answer was Labor Day

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THE RULE OF THIRDS

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A member of the British Commonwealth, this country is the third-largest island in the Caribbean

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jamaica

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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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AND I QUOTE

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3-word phrase for a quote meant for attribution, or a quote like "Gretzky's 92 goals are unbeatable!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was On the record

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SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG

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Sammy Davis Jr. in 1972 & Christina Aguilera in 2007 sang about this sweet guy

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

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WORLD CITIES

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Recife is called "The Venice of" this South American country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brazil

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ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE

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"'Mr. Octobe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson

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THREE

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Stalin, FDR & Churchill were known by this collective nickname when they met in Teheran in 1943

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Big Three"

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COMICS STRIP

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This Monty Python stalwart went the full monty in "A Fish Called Wanda"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleese

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OLD VIRGINIA

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In 1763 this gifted orator & lawyer presented the "Parson's Cause", an early test case of royal authority

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Time's up! The correct answer was Patrick Henry

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EXPLORATION

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He wrote in his diary, "The loss of pony transport in March 1911 obliged me to start later than I had intended"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Falcon Scott

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PEOPLE

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Herbert Ross, who directed the film "Steel Magnolias", is married to this sister of Jackie Onassis

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lee Radziwill

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HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'

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An explosive device, a stunning revelation, or a stunning blonde

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bombshell

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3-LETTER WORDS

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A single layer of paper, or to perform one's craft diligently

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Time's up! The correct answer was ply

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PROVERBS

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It "makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Early to bed and early to rise"

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ENDLESS SUMER

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Dating from around 3000 B.C., the Sumerians used this writing system seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was cuneiform

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ONE-WORD RHYMES

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Nicole Kidman is one; so was Lucille Ball & Vincent Van Gogh

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Time's up! The correct answer was redhead

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KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI

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Published "Fear of the Wave" in 1993

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khatami

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HOME, SWEET HOME

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People in this job never had an official home until "Number One Observatory Circle" was chosen in the '70s

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Time's up! The correct answer was the vice president

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DIALING FOR DIALECTS

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Aeolic, spoken in ancient times, was a dialect of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ancient Greek

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LAST NAME'S THE SAME

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"Tennessee Tailor" Andrew & poet/NAACP leader James Weldon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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In 1906 she succeeded her husband as professor of physics at the Sorbonne

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marie Curie

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FATHER'S IN LAW

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Coincidentally, today father's squash opponent was also his deponent, as father was taking this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a deposition

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HISTORIC AMERICANS

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At the time of her 1937 disappearance she was married to publisher George Palmer Putnam

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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Hymir was really hammered by the hammer of this god

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thor

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I KNOW THAT SONG

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It's the title of the Christmas carol and the line that precedes "sweetly singing o'er the plains"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Angels We Have Heard on High"

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KIDDIE LIT

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"Two Little Confederates" is the story of two children who live on a plantation during this war

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Time's up! The correct answer was Civil War

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10-LETTER WORDS

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Literally meaning "all powerful", it's often used to describe God

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Time's up! The correct answer was Omnipotent

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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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SAY CHEESE

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This cheese that has an orange rind originated in Alsace & is named for a city there

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Time's up! The correct answer was Muenster

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MEN OF MUSIC

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Richard Strauss used double basses for Jokanaan's beheading in the opera about this princess

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Time's up! The correct answer was Salomé

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BOTANY

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To the horror of homeowners, this lawn weed, taraxacum officinale, can grow 1 1/2' high

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dandelion

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SHAKESPEARE

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Part of Cassius' anatomy Brutus calls “itching” when accusing him of greed

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Time's up! The correct answer was palm

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HAVE A CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

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G'Day Mate! Room service hopped in with kangaroo-tail soup, your breakfast from this continent

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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia

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SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE

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"Golfer John Daly has... endorsement deals with" Dunkin' Donuts & this Anna Nicole Smith-endorsed diet aid

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Time's up! The correct answer was TrimSpa

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THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...

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Genesis

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Time's up! The correct answer was Exodus

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THE ICU

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A neonatal ICU may contain several isolettes, a type of this chamber

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Time's up! The correct answer was Incubator

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A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE

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It's no "mystery" why John Jasper haunts me--his fingers have knives on them!

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...

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On June 28, 1994 the nat'l weather service began issuing this index that rates the intensity of the sun's radiation

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Time's up! The correct answer was the UV index

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PIRATE MOVIES

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In this 1935 film that made him a star, Errol Flynn was Dr. Peter Blood, a physician who turns to piracy

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Captain Blood"

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SCOTLAND

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth

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TAYLOR, SWIFT

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Taylor Kitsch is Gambit in this 2009 X-Men flick

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wolverine

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CELEBS

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On Sept. 14, 2005 she gave birth to Sean Preston Federline

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Time's up! The correct answer was Britney Spears

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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The hot water heating of this northern European capital is drawn directly from underground springs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Reykjavik, Iceland

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GIRLS IN SONG

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In Ritchie Valens' day, this song about a girl was more popular than its flip side, "La Bamba"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Donna

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MOVIE MUSICALS

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The only Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire film for which these 2 brothers wrote songs was 1937's "Shall We Dance"

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Time's up! The correct answer was George & Ira Gershwin

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WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pullman

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HORSE & RIDER

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Silver

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

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WORD ORIGINS

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From the Latin for "much writing", it's another name for a lie detector test

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Time's up! The correct answer was a polygraph

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KANSAS CITIES

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This college town has been called the "Little Apple"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan

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FROM T TO SHINING T

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It gains you admission to the ballgame; Yeah, that's the...

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Time's up! The correct answer was ticket

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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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1984

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After a lengthy hiatus, Garry Trudeau brought this strip back to 810 daily papers

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

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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It's based on the memoir "Anna And The King Of Siam"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The King And I"

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RICH & FAMOUS

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A 1994 book details the "way" he became "the world's greatest investor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Warren Buffett

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GETTING TICKED OFF

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In "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson", this author wrote, "When angry, count four; when very angry, swear"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain

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THE CIVIL WAR

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On April 12, 1861 Confederate general Beauregard attacked this fort in Charleston Harbor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Sumter

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

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In a Wilde tale, an American family in the mansion Canterville Chase encounters this trying to scare them

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Time's up! The correct answer was a ghost

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THE BUTLER DID IT

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Ted Cassidy played Bigfoot on "The Six Million Dollar Man" & filled this servant's shoes on "The Addams Family"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lurch

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INTO THE "WOOD"s

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1969 rock festival site

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Time's up! The correct answer was Woodstock

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ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE

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It's where Washington was in war, in peace & in the hearts of his countrymen

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Time's up! The correct answer was First

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ON THE MOVE

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When it opened, it cut the distance from London to Bombay by 5,100 miles

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Time's up! The correct answer was Suez Canal

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WAR

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It was known as "the war to end all wars"

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

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THE MAINE ATTRACTION

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Summer is the time for Whatever Week, a celebration of the Kennebec River in this state capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Augusta

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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The pair's lyricist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hammerstein

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BEYOND .COM

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It's the perfect 2 letters for video-heavy sites such as Geekbrief

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Time's up! The correct answer was TV

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BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS

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1997's "Calling All Stations" was their first album since Phil Collins left the group

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Time's up! The correct answer was Genesis

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GOVERNMENT

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In 1966, Supreme Court ruled the 24th amendment outlawed this tax on both federal & state levels

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Time's up! The correct answer was the poll tax

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EPONYMS

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This 2-word term for a skeptic refers to one of Jesus' apostles

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Time's up! The correct answer was a doubting Thomas

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ARTISTS' RETREATS

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The colony bearing this single name features a barn poet Edna built from a Sears kit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Millay

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WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?

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Like Ptolemy, about whom he wrote, Theon placed this body in the center of the cosmos

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Time's up! The correct answer was Earth

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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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PARTS OF PEACH

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Peaches are more than 80% this compound

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Time's up! The correct answer was H2O

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COMPOUND WORDS

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It's often said, "Build a better" this "and the world will beat a path to your door"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mousetrap

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HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT

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If you're cornered in Kamchatka, end this board game by bumping your opponent's armies off the board

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Time's up! The correct answer was Risk

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11-LETTER WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vichysoisse

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POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS

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South Carolina legislator John "O'Goshen!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was land

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FAMOUS NAMES

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Ines de la Fressange was a Chanel model when she was chosen to represent this French symbol

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marianne

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A HORSE IS A HORSE

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The Greek hero Bellerophon was crippled when he fell off this winged steed

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pegasus

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WOLVERINE

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During the winter, wolverines hunt caribou & this animal of the genus Rangifer; Santa's gonna be mad

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Time's up! The correct answer was reindeer

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I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...

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Obviously, it's a funny play about bad baseball players

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Comedy of Errors

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NEWS TO ME

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Falcon Heene, who it turned out was safe at home, not flying over Colorado, became known as this "boy"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the balloon boy

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FAMOUS LLOYDS

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In 1980 this "Evita" composer won a Tony for Best Score & a Grammy for Best Cast Show Album

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Time's up! The correct answer was Webber

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HE WAS IN THAT?

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

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

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ANCIENT HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was books

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ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Thorpe

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WORLD RELIGION

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As they were partial to using hymns, these brothers, Charles & John, were the first rhythm Methodists

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Wesleys

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A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS

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DePaul, Wheaton, Northwestern

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Time's up! The correct answer was Illinois

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TOM JONES

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Tom played -- who else? -- in this 1996 Tim Burton film about invaders from outer space

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mars Attacks!

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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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DANGER IN WONDERLAND

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She tried to whack Alice with that "off with her head" line; wait 'til she gets a load of you

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen of Hearts

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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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NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE

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"The Lotus Eaters" & "Circe"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ulysses

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LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS

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Doris Eaton Travis, who passed away in 2010 at age 106, was the last surviving showgirl from these follies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ziegfeld

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THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

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Lerner & Loewe's "Lusty Month" (3)

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Time's up! The correct answer was May

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BERRIES

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The tart, red cowberry is also called the "mountain" type of this berry, it is likewise used for sauce

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cranberry

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GOULASH

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

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

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NONFICTION PEOPLE

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A biography of him is subtitled "Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist"

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

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THE BIBLE

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Under the command of this Babylonian king, Nebuzaradan burned "All the houses of Jerusalem"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nebuchadnezzar

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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!

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I may be a trickster god, but I actually helped Thor get his hammer back after Thrym the frost giant stole it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Loki

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"DEEP" DISH

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You can cook the Thanksgiving turkey this way so the outside is crispy & the inside juicy (just beware of splattered oil)

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Time's up! The correct answer was deep fry

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EDUCATION JARGON

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These 2 words, denoting socioeconomically challenged, followed "A Nation" in a 1983 report's title

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Time's up! The correct answer was At Risk

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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On the pH scale, a pH of 7 indicates this type of solution

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neutral

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COMMON ABBREVIATIONS

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Yes, sir! A PFC is one of these in the military

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Time's up! The correct answer was a private first class

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BERMUDA SHORTS

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Alexander or Linda could help you with the name of this capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamilton

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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"

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

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

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SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES

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A wife tries to console her husband in this tragedy by telling him, "What's done is done"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth

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"B" PREPARED

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This period lasted from about 3500 to 1500 B.C.

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

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THAT'S SO '90s

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Joe Brown, Greg Mathis & Mills Lane joined the ranks of these on TV

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Time's up! The correct answer was TV judges

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MEDICINE

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Micro-Trach is an oxygen delivery system developed by this physician known for his "maneuver"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Heimlich

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MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS

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1982: "Said Female Belongs To Me"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Girl Is Mine"

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PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS

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1987: "Return to Dodge"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gunsmoke

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OPERA SINGERS

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Late, great Russian who wrote the autobiographic books "Pages from My Life" & "Man and Mask"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chaliapin

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OXYMORONS

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In November 1996 Roy Jones, Jr. knocked down Mike McCallum & won the WBC title in this division

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Time's up! The correct answer was light-heavyweight

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LANGUAGES

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All of the Romance languages have their roots in this language

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Time's up! The correct answer was Latin

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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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THE PRODUCERS

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This central state produces more cheese than any other

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wisconsin

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ON THE "WAR"PATH

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Homeothermic, like mammals

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Time's up! The correct answer was warm-blooded

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SPACE MISSIONS

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

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

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"EN" THE BEGINNING

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The U.S. conducted nuclear tests on this atoll in the Marshall Islands from 1948 to 1958

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Time's up! The correct answer was Enewetak

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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The only place this general wouldn't "march" was to the presidency; he told the GOP "I will not accept if nominated" in 1884

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sherman

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STARTS WITH "W"

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The cicada killer is a large predatory variety of this insect

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Time's up! The correct answer was a wasp

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SIMPLE SCIENCE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was your tibia

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GUINNESS RECORDS

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Working with more than 4.5 million donors, this American org. is the world's largest blood provider

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

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SCULPTURE

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Bartolommeo Ammannati designed this city's Fountain of Neptune & the courtyard of the Pitti Palace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Florence

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U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS

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mc<sup>2</sup>

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Time's up! The correct answer was Energy

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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As an adjective, it can mean proper; as a verb, "to grade papers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was correct

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TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES

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2 warriors seek the Green Destiny, a stolen ancient sword

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR

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"Cradle Will Rock" (1999)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tim Robbins

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CLASSIC STAR TREK

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Captain Kirk shares this name, his middle name, with a first century Roman emperor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tiberius

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GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

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In 2007 he became the first man since Bill Tilden to win the U.S. Open 4 years in a row

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Time's up! The correct answer was Federer

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BEFORE & AFTER

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

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

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NATURE

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This largest U.S. cactus can weigh as much as 10 tons

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Time's up! The correct answer was saguaro

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HAT'S ALL, FOLKS

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Proverbially, if you're crazy, you might be as "mad as" one of these makers of men's headwear

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Time's up! The correct answer was hatter

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COVER ME!

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In 1979 this Sex Pistols bassist did "My Way", his way

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BUT IS IT ART?

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dishes

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LANDINGS

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The ILS, short for this, was first installed at Indianapolis in 1940

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Instrument Landing System

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FAMOUS LLOYDS

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This Texas Democrat has represented his state in the U.S. Senate since 1971

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd Bentsen

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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In 1301 Edward II was the first English heir to be given this title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prince of Wales

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MISC.

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Before applying to become a naturalized U.S. citizen, a resident alien must have reached this age

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Time's up! The correct answer was eighteen

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

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This Dallas-based electronics firm started out as Geophysical Service, an oil exploration company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas Instruments

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DECADES OF BESTSELLERS

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"The Mammoth Hunters" & "The Queen of the Damned"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1980s

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HOMETOWNS

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Jose Marti

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Time's up! The correct answer was Havana

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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

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September 18, 1970 in London

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimi Hendrix

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SECRET IDENTITIES

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The original Robin, the Boy Wonder

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Grayson

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AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB

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

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

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MOVIE MUSICALS

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This Russian composer was portrayed by Jean-Pierre Aumont in 1947's "Song Of Scheherazade"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rimsky-Korsakov

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"COURT" BRIEFS

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AKA amicus curiae, it's someone not party to the litigation but who offers information pertinent to the case

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Time's up! The correct answer was a friend of the court

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AIN'T THAT "GRAND"

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A 1085-mile waterway in China & a 2.5 mile waterway in Venice are both called this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Canal

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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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THEATRE

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The 1996 musical "Play On!" gets its title from the first line of this Shakespeare play, on which it is based

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Twelfth Night"

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THE FABULOUS '50s

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A 1954 code trying to stop juvenile delinquency said "horror" or "terror" could not be used in titles of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was comics

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PARDON MY "FRENCH"

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It was waged in North America from 1754 to 1763

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Time's up! The correct answer was French and Indian War

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HEADLINES

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A Sept. 13, 1901 Buffalo News headline read, he "Passed Away... from Effects of Cowardly Assassin's Bullet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was President McKinley

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ODDS & ENDS

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The Time Almanac states "There is little reason to believe that the architects intended" this "to lean"

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

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hemingway

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THE COMPANY LINE

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This company's Accutron watch, introduced in 1960, had a guarantee of accuracy to within one minute a month

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bulova

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IN THE BOOKSTORE

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Bestselling author seen here (she's holding a large "A" & a large "Z")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sue Grafton

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TAKE-OFFS

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This late author's representatives sued over "The Cat Not in the Hat", a rhyming account of the O.J. Simpson trial

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

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POETRY

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This poet to whom T.S. Eliot dedicated "The Wasteland" ended up in a mental institution

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ezra Pound

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SPORTS & THE MOVIES

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When asked for a home address in "The Blues Bros." Elwood gives 1060 W. Addison St., the home of this facility

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wrigley Field

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ROCK OF STAGES

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This stage musical around since 1973 has Brad & Janet but no "Picture" in the title

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Rocky Horror Show

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LITERATURE

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This Muriel Spark novel is set at the Marcia Blaine School For Girls in Edinburgh

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"

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OF A SALESMAN

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Sick of selling dry goods from a buggy, in 1872 Montgomery Ward issued a one-page one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a catalog

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WORLD "P"s

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World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peru

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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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GAME SHOWS

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You might phone a friend on this game show hosted by Meredith Vieira

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Time's up! The correct answer was Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

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THE PLANET URANUS

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Uranus' 2 largest moons share their names with characters created by this author

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Shakespeare

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FAMILIAR SAYINGS

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If you're one of these capable fellows, you're unfortunately "master of none"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a jack of all trades

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SPORTS

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In 1967 this New York Jets quarterback became the first pro to pass for more than 4,000 yards in a season

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Namath

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THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

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Football great Dierdorf

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dan

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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME

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Elizabeth I reportedly whitened this with a mixture of eggshell, poppy seeds, borax & lead

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Time's up! The correct answer was Her Complexion

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FLOPS

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This former NFL linebacker's show "Lawless" was sacked in March 1997 after one airing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brian Bosworth

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TOUGH BODIES OF WATER

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Rivers that flow into this sea include the Dnieper, Dniester & Danube

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

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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS

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In 1834 Delacroix painted the lush "Women of" this Algerian city "in Their Apartment"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Algiers

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THE REDS

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This man's most avid supporters during the Cultural Revolution were students mobilized as "Red Guards"

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

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MAGAZINES

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In 1953 Triangle Publications began publishing this media magazine...& boy was it successful!

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Time's up! The correct answer was TV Guide

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"ANT" INFESTATION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was infantry

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FOLKIES

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Her famed soprano is heard here in a '60s recording:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Collins

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IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME

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Hammurabi was famous for his, but Ur-Nammu enforced one of these centuries earlier

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Time's up! The correct answer was Code of law

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THE YEAR IN SPORTS

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Bruce Jenner & Ray Leonard were American Olympic champs in this red, white & blue year

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1976

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BACK IN 1906

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Now take this question... please! This "King of the One Liners" was born March 16, 1906

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henny Youngman

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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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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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HERE'S LUCY

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Lucy Hobbs Taylor must have aced her orals because in 1866 she became the first woman to receive a degree in this

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Time's up! The correct answer was dentistry

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FOREIGN TRAVEL

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Though its slangy name suggests it goes behind, wear this in front to guard your valuables against theft

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fanny pack

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THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary

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"PIN" ME

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A child holds this toy by the stick & lets the wind do the spinning

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pinwheel

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SEE THE USA

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This is 1 of NYC's longest streets, which you'll find out when you give your regards to it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Broadway

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IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY

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Australia has an uninhabited territory named for this sea off its northeast coast

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coral Sea

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IT BORDERS INDIA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bangladesh

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CHEESE

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This 2004 Fox show featured the line "I'm going to Waikiki to get a bikini wax... want to meet me after your shift's over?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Shore

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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The Raritan is the longest river wholly within this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Jersey

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WHEN IN ROME?

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Mussolini becomes prime minister: this decade

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1920s

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FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

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It's a self-satisfied smile or grin that you may be asked to wipe off your face

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Time's up! The correct answer was smirk

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VIETNAM

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It's not the capital, but this Vietnamese city is the most populous

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

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COMPOSERS

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Vivaldi was known as “the red priest” due to his clerical rank & this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the color of his hair

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AFRICANA

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The country's name is properly pronounced "Luh-Soo-Too", but is spelled this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was L-E-S-O-T-H-O

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U.S. CITIES

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Located in this city's Garden District, Commander's Palace features a jazz brunch on weekends

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans

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PICK A PLANET

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Its "day" is 24 hours & 39 minutes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mars

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SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE

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Unlike Dorothea in this George Eliot book, marry for love, not intellectual compatibility

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Time's up! The correct answer was Middlemarch

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MUSICALS

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Mrs. Ray Bolger co-produced this 1948 Ray Bolger musical based on "Charley's Aunt"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Where's Charley?"

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LITERARY SISTERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Melanie

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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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NOT A VERB

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Salt, pepper, sage

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Time's up! The correct answer was sage

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MOVIE CO-STARS

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7 years after "The Wizard Of Oz" Ray Bolger co-starred with her again, in "The Harvey Girls"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Garland

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CRAFT

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The tole type of this decorative activity was originally done on tin utensils but now uses lots of surfaces

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Time's up! The correct answer was painting

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SAINTS

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

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

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20th CENTURY INVENTION

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Newsweek reports Westinghouse made one in 1952 that played "How Dry I Am" at the end of each cycle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clothes dryer

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MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER

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One of Twain's favorite books was the "Diary of" this Englishman; Twain credited it as the model for his book "1601"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pepys

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"LAP" DANCE

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Take your gemstones to this specialist to have them cut & polished

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lapidary

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FILE UNDER "K"

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Its state flower is the goldenrod

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was life

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MUSEUMS

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Barry Goldwater donated his Kachina doll collection to the Heard Museum in this state capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix

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BALLS

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A target ball called a "pallino" is thrown first in this Italian ball game

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Time's up! The correct answer was bocce

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AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.

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The museum that's now the Smithsonian's Arts & Industries Bldg. was the site of this man's 1881 inaugural ball

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Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield

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AFRICAN ISLANDS

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Wine production is a chief industry of this Portuguese island off Africa's northwest coast

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Time's up! The correct answer was Madeira

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ORGANIZATIONS

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Arm of Al-Anon that's specifically for young people between the ages of 12 & 20

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Time's up! The correct answer was Al-Ateen

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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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THE CIVIL WAR

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Robert E. Lee saved this capital from capture with his June 1862 attack on McClellan's forces

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richmond

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AMERICAN COUNTIES

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Ogemaw, Saginaw & Washtenaw are all counties in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan

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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"

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One who plays hooky from school might find himself pursued by this type of officer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Truant officer

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ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE

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Hey, this, don't be "obscure"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jude

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HISTORIC AMERICA

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This city's Independence Nat'l Historical Park has been called "The most historic square mile in America"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia

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TOP O' THE CHARTS

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Her "Control" album produced 5 Top 5 singles, each in a different spot; "When I Think Of You" hit No. 1

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Time's up! The correct answer was Janet Jackson

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LESSER-KNOWN MUSICALS

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"Comin' Uptown" moved this classic tale to Harlem; it starred Gregory Hines as a slumlord named Scrooge

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

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BUGS

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These insects "chirp" by rubbing their 2 front wings together

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crickets

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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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"TRI" HARDER

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Bet in which the bettor must correctly choose the first 3 finishers in a horse race in exact order

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trifecta

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STATE OF THE UNION

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The Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport is in this state

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FARAWAY PLACES

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This large African desert is home to 2 million people, about as many as Utah

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SPORTS

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

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CHEESE

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A song from "Dirty Dancing" says, "Now I've had" this; "Yes, I swear it's the truth and I owe it all to you"

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11-LETTER WORDS

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Another name for mercury, it also means mercurial or temperamental

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COMMON SIMILES

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If you're scared, you might be "shaking like" this botanical item

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A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY

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

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CARBON CREDITS

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AKA black lead, this form of carbon has a greasy feel & is used in making lubricants

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TV MOVIES

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This series grew out of 1971's "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story"

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BIRDS

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

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FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON

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

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OCCUPATIONS

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A pro sports broadcasting duo consists of a play-by-play announcer & the analyst called this man

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MONEY SLANG

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No "Wonder" you're on a "roll" -- you're not a "loaf"er & you're earning a lot of this

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MR. MOVIES

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Though Diane Keaton never found the title character in this 1977 film, she found someone really nuts

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REALLY BIG

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You'll find the largest one in Mexico, not Egypt; its base covers nearly 45 acres

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SHIRLEY

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"Moonraker" is one of the 3 James Bond movies that have featured her singing over the title sequence

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

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

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YOUTH IN ASIA

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Like voters in the USA, young women seeking to compete in the Miss Thailand contest must be at least this age

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ITALIAN

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The divine "Don Giovanni" duet "La ci darem la mano" means "There, you'll give me" this

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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Wild ones of these found on pizza include shiitakes, morels & chanterelles

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BUSINESS

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This Warner-Lambert product contains retsyn, a finely homogenized vegetable oil

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MORTAL MATTERS

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Willie, the animal Wiarton, Canada used for this celebration, died Jan. 31, 1999, 2 days before his next appearance

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THE TEENS

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Including wisdom teeth, the number of teeth typically found in the fully developed adult upper jaw

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ASIAN NATIONS

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The Baath party rules these 2 Mideast countries

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JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST

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(Hi, I'm Leonard Maltin) I like to think of this 2000 Julia Roberts movie as an "Energetic, engaging David vs. Goliath story"

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WORLD HISTORY

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More than 250,000 died in fighting before France granted this African nation independence July 3, 1962

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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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AIN'T THAT AMERICA

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

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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The "super" class of these stars, the largest known, includes Antares & Betelgeuse

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DICE ROLL NICKNAMES

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Texas Sunflowers

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AMERICAN INDIANS

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Geronimo rode in this U.S. president's 1905 inaugural parade

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AMERICANS IN PARIS

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Sherwood Anderson & Ernest Hemingway were among the expatriate writers who hung out at her Paris salon

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TRANSPORTATION

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The twin rotor type of this has 2 main rotors going in opposite directions, so it doesn't need a tail rotor

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GIVE THE BUCHAREST

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In 1977 one of these phenomena devastated Bucharest, killing about 1,500 people

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WORLD RELIGION

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As they were partial to using hymns, these brothers, Charles & John, were the first rhythm Methodists

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LANGUAGE QUESTIONS

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If you're in Naples & don't know Italian, ask "Parla inglese?" which means this

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COME TO OUR AIDE

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In 1948 White House aide Lauchlin Currie told this committee he wasn't a Soviet spy; today we know he was

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Time's up! The correct answer was the House Un-American Activities Committee

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THEATRE HODGEPODGE

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

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FOUNTAINS

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You'll find the Fountain of the Centaurs on the Missouri capital grounds in this city

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DISNEY VILLAINS

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Scar

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Lion King

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THE PLANETS

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In August 1989 it became the last planet encountered by Voyager 2

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AMERICAN COUNTIES

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Ogemaw, Saginaw & Washtenaw are all counties in this state

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BRAND NAMES

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

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THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

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A monument dedicated to the men who lost their lives on the USS Maine stands in this capital's Parque del Maine

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AYE! IT'S IRELAND

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Also called Trinity College, the university of this capital was founded in 1592

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U.N. OBSERVANCES

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International this Remembrance Day, January 27, commemorates the 1945 date on which Auschwitz was liberated

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NOVELISTS

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He dictated his last novel, "The Brothers Karamazov", to his wife who took it down in shorthand

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COMMON BONDS

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Roofs, halos, quantum mechanics

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Time's up! The correct answer was things that are over my head

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DEATH BY...

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Hanging, December 30, 2006 in Baghdad

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NATIONS OF AFRICA

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Milton Obote, no bargain either, ran this country before & after Idi Amin

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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

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The name of this South American snake comes from an Asian word, as it may have been mistaken for an Asian python

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WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?

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University of South Carolina

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"V" IS FOR

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...this everyday form of Latin spoken by the Romans; sounds crude but it wasn't

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BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE

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Name a girl this after the "Merchant of Venice" heroine & she'll probably grow up to like fast sports cars

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BUGS

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These insects "chirp" by rubbing their 2 front wings together

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crickets

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ALLITERATION STATION

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The almost indestructible flight recording device is known by this "colorful" name

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

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WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA

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Book of Genesis garden

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eden

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WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pullman

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I SERVED IN HIS CABINET

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Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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In west Africa: Luanda

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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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THREE

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It beats 2 pair, but not a straight

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Time's up! The correct answer was Three of a kind

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TELEVISION

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"Matlock" & "Designing Women" were both set in this state capital

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ENDS WITH "K"

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If you lack good fortune, you're out of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Luck

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FLY COUNTRIES

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Olympic Airlines

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WITH BROTHERHOOD

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

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FOOD FACTS

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Mostly made from the whites, egg substitutes don't contain fat or this artery-clogging lipid

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Time's up! The correct answer was cholesterol

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THE "A" "B" "C"s

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The name of this German publisher has become synonymous with a guidebook

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ALL GOD'S CRITTERS

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

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FOR THE BIRDS

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One of the 2 U.S. states with a bird in its official state nickname

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"YN"

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In music, to place accents on beats that are normally unaccented

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ORGANIZATIONS

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

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MEDICINE

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For an upper GI you drink this; for a lower GI... well, we won't talk about that

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Time's up! The correct answer was barium

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LOBBYISTS

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In 1997 Jack Williams of this company was indicted for lying about his dealings with Mike Espy

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WORLD AUTHORS

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This Brit coined "doublethink" & "Big Brother is watching you"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Orwell

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PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO

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Drink (or eat) deep, my dear, for I have brought deep-fried this drink, "the real thing", from the state fair of Texas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coke

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IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY

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In 1858 the British established this type of colony on India's Andaman Islands

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Time's up! The correct answer was Penal colony

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

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bikinis

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DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS

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1992: New Jersey senator

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Bradley

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AMERICANA

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On July 8, 1776 it was rung to proclaim the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Liberty Bell

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EDUCATION JARGON

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65 out of 100 students did the same as or worse than you if your grade is in the 65th of these

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ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 64

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Florida's panhandle borders these 2 states

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TELEPHONE HISTORY

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On Oct. 30, 1938 phone traffic peaked in cities all over America as people discussed this broadcast

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

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AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE

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The quokka, a short-tailed species of this kangaroo relative, is found on Rottnest Island & in W. Australia

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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Last name of father & son Niels & Aage, who both won the Nobel Prize in Physics; Aage was born the year his dad won

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bohr

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THE BIG APPLE

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A mast to moor dirigibles was added to this skyscraper, but only one ever moored successfully

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Time's up! The correct answer was Empire State Building

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MOVIE MUSICALS

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This Russian composer was portrayed by Jean-Pierre Aumont in 1947's "Song Of Scheherazade"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rimsky-Korsakov

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LEGAL "E"s

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This 2-word phrase means the power to take private property for public use; it's ok, as long as there is just compensation

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HISTORIC NAMES

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In 312, emboldened by the sight of a cross in the sky, this man defeated the Emperor Maxentius & seized Rome

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Time's up! The correct answer was Constantine

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SOCIOLOGY

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Someone who hates humanity; Moliere's Alceste turned into a title one

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Time's up! The correct answer was a misanthrope

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FROM THE FRENCH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was cuisine

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THE WOK OF FAME

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The 4 main Chinese types of these strips of dried dough are soup, sauce, stir-fried & shallow-fried

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Time's up! The correct answer was Noodles

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ENDLESS SUMER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eden

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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The rock opera "Rent" is a reworking of this Puccini opera, set in modern times

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Time's up! The correct answer was "La Boheme"

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LET'S PLAY BLACKJACK

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In multi-deck blackjack, the cards are usually dealt from one of these--but not the kind you wear

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Time's up! The correct answer was a shoe

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THE PARTS OF SPEECH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was adjective

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COMPOSERS

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G. Strepponi sang in "Nabucco", the opera that made this composer famous, & later married him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Giuseppe Verdi

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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s

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This redhead won 4 Tonys in the '50s, for "Can-Can", "Damn Yankees", "New Girl in Town" & "Redhead"

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AMERICAN PLAYS

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He revised his 1st play, "Farther Off From Heaven", & retitled it "The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs"

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Inge

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THE PLANET URANUS

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Observations by astronomer James Elliot in 1977 discovered 5 of these around Uranus

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Time's up! The correct answer was rings

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THE REDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red Square

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REAL TO REEL

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This 1984 movie recounted the friendship of an American journalist & a translator in war-torn Cambodia

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Killing Fields

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EPONYMS

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This screw with a cross-slotted head (& the needed screwdriver) was invented by a Portland man in 1936

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phillips

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HISTORIC DATES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tutankhamun

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ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK

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Chicken chunks & chopped veggies in a rich sauce topped with a pastry crust are baked in this "pie"

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

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YOU BEAST!

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The Chinese zodiac's 12-year cycle begins & ends with these 2 3-letter animals

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Time's up! The correct answer was rat & pig

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PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

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Washers & hoarders are types of people with OCD, which stands for this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Obsessive compulsive disorder

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WORDS WITHIN WORDS

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Carry something luminescent when you go down into one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mine

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THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS

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Eddie Murphy got the role in this '84 police comedy after Sylvester Stallone dropped out

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills Cop

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SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS

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Portia disguises herself as a male lawyer in this play set in Italy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Merchant of Venice

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THE 1990s

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On 2 votes, the House of Representatives did this to President Clinton on Dec. 19, 1998

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Time's up! The correct answer was impeached him

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GEORGE WASHINGTON

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In July 1749, at age 17 George was appointed to this position for the county of Culpeper, Virginia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Surveyor

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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If you can't stand the heat, there's always this raw dish that includes onions, capers, egg yolks & beef tenderloin

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Time's up! The correct answer was steak tartare

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BILLS & WILLS

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This outlaw of the Old West also went by the name Henry McCarty

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Time's up! The correct answer was Billy the Kid

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KANSAS CITIES

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In the 1960s this largest Kansas city became the world's largest producer of general aviation aircraft

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wichita

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MOVIE CITIES

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The 1980 Oscar winner for Foreign Language Film was "____ does Not Believe in Tears"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moscow

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SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!

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Snakes are found naturally on every continent except this one

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Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica

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TRUTH OR DARE

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Dare: Imitate Kikazaru, the monkey who illustrates this phrase that goes with "see no evil" & "speak no evil"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "hear no evil"

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GRAINS & STAPLES

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Basmati, an aromatic type of this grain, is grown in India

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Time's up! The correct answer was rice

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LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS

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"Aloha State"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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TELEVISION

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The pilot of this show, set in North Carolina, played as part of "The Danny Thomas Show" in 1960

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Andy Griffith Show

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L____O

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The opposite of staccato, it's a direction to play music smoothly

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Time's up! The correct answer was legato

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5-LETTER CAPITALS

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Haiphong near the Gulf of Tonkin serves as this city's main port

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi

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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!

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Affer Los Alamos, I was the director of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study from 1947 to 1966

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oppenheimer

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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS

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In 1928 this playwright had a "Strange Interlude"

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Time's up! The correct answer was O'Neill

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IN THE FIRE

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Peshtigo, Wisc. was destroyed by a fire that began Oct. 8, 1871, the same day as this city's Great Fire

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago

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"E" CHANNEL

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Philosophy branch that studies the nature & foundations of knowledge

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Time's up! The correct answer was epistemology

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EXPLORERS

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His family friend Tyrker found vines & grapes in the new land, so he called the area Vinland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leif Ericson

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AN ARTHUR BEE

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His father was Uther Pendragon

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Time's up! The correct answer was King Arthur

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DICTATORS & TYRANTS

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By murdering all his brothers around 1413, Mehmed I took power as the fifth ruler of this empire

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Ottoman Empire

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ENGLISH LITERATURE

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The title of this E.M. Forster novel refers to the house that belonged to Henry Wilcox' first wife

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Howards End"

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THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS

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Legendary promoter who ran the Fillmore West in the Bay Area & the Fillmore East in NYC

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Graham

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WHERE'S MY COFFEE?

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Once Yemen's chief coffee port, its name now refers to a flavor of chocolate & coffee

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mocha

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STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE

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Chartered in 1769, this Ivy League school is N.H.'s oldest & ranks among the 10 oldest U.S. colleges

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dartmouth

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BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES

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To "pass over" this river means to reach the promised land

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jordan River

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HOMETOWNS

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Jorge Luis Borges

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buenos Aires

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RICHARD

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He was actually in prison when he wrote, "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Lovelace

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THE LAW

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Failure to pay a building contractor may result in his leaning on you with this type of lien

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mechanic's lien

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington Irving

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COLOGNE RANGER

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Born in Cologne in 1876, he was the first chancellor of West Germany following World War II

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Time's up! The correct answer was Konrad Adenauer

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FOOD

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Chop Suey, cioppini & vichyssoise were all invented in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was U.S.A.

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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!

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I died around 965 B.C. & my son Solomon succeeded me as King of Israel

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Time's up! The correct answer was David

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ON BROADWAY: 1970

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Based on "All About Eve", it featured Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Applause

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CANADIAN CAPITALS

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This Manitoba capital's name is derived from 2 Cree Indian words meaning "murky water"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winnipeg

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GOING TO PIECES

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5-letter archaeological term for a broken scrap of earthenware

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Time's up! The correct answer was a shard

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FINE DINING

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A company at Union Wharf in Portland ships all kinds of seafood, but is called "Maine" this creature "Direct"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lobster

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SYRIA'S EATING

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Syria had to wait until 2006 for an American fast food franchise, this fowl-selling one

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Time's up! The correct answer was KFC

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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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WORLD CITIES

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In 1973 a highway bridge opened connecting the European & Asian parts of this Turkish city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Istanbul

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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

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September 18, 1970 in London

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimi Hendrix

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18th CENTURY AMERICANS

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Mary Hays received this pseudonym for aiding her husband & other soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth

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Time's up! The correct answer was Molly Pitcher

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1807

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Following his victory in the Battle of Friedland in June, he forced the capitulation of the Russian Empire

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Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon

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3 LITTLE LETTERS

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Its headquarters compound in Langley, Virginia is named for Former President George Bush

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Time's up! The correct answer was the CIA

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WORLD UP!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia

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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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VERBS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch

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& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN

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This musical dreamed "The Impossible Dream", playing 2,328 performances before closing in 1971

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Time's up! The correct answer was Man of La Mancha

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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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STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE

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New Hampshire's Squam Lakes provided the title location for this 1981 Fonda & Hepburn film

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Time's up! The correct answer was On Golden Pond

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NOVEL QUOTES

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The novel that gave us the famous phrase "Tous pour un, un pour tous"

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

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GEOLOGY

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This 9-letter geologic science is the study of the movement & distribution of all the Earth's waters

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Time's up! The correct answer was hydrology

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MOVIE TAG LINES

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This 2009 comedy proclaimed, "Some guys just can't handle Vegas"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Hangover

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EXPLORERS

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In 1616, after Hudson died, this man became the 1st European to reach Ellesmere Island; an island & bay are named for him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baffin

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SLOGANEERING

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This large company provides "Solutions For A Small Planet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was IBM

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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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"TEEN" SCENE

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Number of lines in Shakespeare's poem that starts "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was 14

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A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY

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Wallace might know this term for a metal eyelet mainly used on belts but also seen on hems & cuffs

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Time's up! The correct answer was a grommet

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LITERARY ANIMALS

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Cottontail & these 2 "went down the lane to gather blackberries" in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Flopsy & Mopsy

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1933

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Known as the "Little Flower", he left the House of Representatives in 1933 & became mayor of NYC

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fiorello LaGuardia

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GAMES

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They'll treat you like a "king" in Petal, Mississippi, home to the International Hall of Fame for this board game

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Time's up! The correct answer was checkers

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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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IT'S "BIG"

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A 2000 Martin Lawrence film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Big Momma's House

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KOREA

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South Korea's second-largest city, it gave its name to a Korean war "perimeter"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pusan

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AND I QUOTE

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

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

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THE ASPCA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ambulance

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BOGIE MEN

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Captain Queeg

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Caine Mutiny

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MIDDLE INITIAL C.

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Born in South Carolina in 1782, he was known as a "war hawk" because he supported the War of 1812

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

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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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THE MAINE ATTRACTION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rachel Carson

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RELIGION

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Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon from gold plates revealed to him by an angel named this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moroni

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"MUM"s THE WORD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mumbai

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JERSEY GIRLS

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Governor of New Jersey form 1994 to 2001, she appointed the state's first female Attorney General

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Time's up! The correct answer was Christine Whitman

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BRAND NAMES

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The bird's nest logo of this chocolate brand comes from its founder's coat of arms

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nestle

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LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS

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Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale & Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946

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Time's up! The correct answer was George W. Bush

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CITY FLAGS

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The Y-shaped design on this city's flag represents the convergence of the Mississippi & Missouri rivers

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

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DON'T MESS WITH SICILY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Messina

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THE MOVIES

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She turned pirate in "Cutthroat Island" & action star in "The Long Kiss Goodnight"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geena Davis

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YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"

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The son of Agamemnon, he avenged his father's death by killing his mother Clytemnestra

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Time's up! The correct answer was Orestes

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X MARKS THE SPOT

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Southwest of Louisville, it's where you'll find much of the U.S. government's gold reserve

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Knox

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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES

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It has a Supercenter on South 9th St. in Salina, Kansas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walmart

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'ALLO, GOVERNOR!

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Al Smith, Mario Cuomo

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Time's up! The correct answer was New York

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THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE

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"Sex and the City", "Sex and the City" (& "Did you Hear About the Morgans?")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sarah Jessica Parker

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ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!

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For feminists: NOW

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