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COMMON BONDS

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Door, Nobel, booby

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Time's up! The correct answer was prizes

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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

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In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, & you can copy me on that!

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

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IT'S OURS!

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Cook Islands

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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To prepare for war, "dig up" this ax; when you've made peace, you bury it again

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Time's up! The correct answer was the hatchet

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BASIC SCIENCE

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8 years before "The Origin of Species" was published, this British naturalist wrote a paper on barnacles

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Time's up! The correct answer was Darwin

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PEARLS OF WISDOM

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A playwright: "We are all born mad. Some remain so."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Samuel Beckett

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MAGAZINES

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Comparing itself to People, this magazine says it reaches "A better class of people"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Us

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CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS

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This co-author of "Manifest Der Kommunisttischen Partei" was born May 5, 1818

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marx

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SIMILES

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A really fast person runs like this kind of "lightning"—as if regular lightning isn't fast enough

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Time's up! The correct answer was greased lightning

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WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?

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Liza Minnelli

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Garland

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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Newton, Cassegrain, Schmidt & Maksutov all have types of this instrument named for them

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Time's up! The correct answer was Telescope

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PEOPLE IN HISTORY

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After a 15-year stay in England, this proprietor of Pennsylvania returned to his colony in 1699

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn

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POLITICAL TALK

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

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

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CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS

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Born May 5, 1919, Giorgios Papadopoulos became dictator of this country in 1967

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece

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AH, SWEET MYTHTERY

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Hard-partyin' half-man, half-goat creatures of Greek mythology

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Time's up! The correct answer was a satyr

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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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WORD"Z"

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In football, it's a charge on the QB by linebackers or defensive backs

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Time's up! The correct answer was a blitz

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MORTAL MATTERS

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In 1961 Hassan II was crowned in this country after his father died following a minor nose operation

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Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco

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EXPLORERS

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Hillary said this man left some offerings to the gods of Chomolungma atop Everest in 1953

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tenzing Norgay

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REQUIRED READING

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This 19th century American writer of scary stories also wrote the love poem "Annabel Lee"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poe

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ETIQUETTE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was his hat

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"PH"UN WORDS

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The bar type is one common form of this chart

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Time's up! The correct answer was graph

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SHIPS

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In 1994, 9 years after it was hijacked by PLF members, this Italian cruise ship burned & sank in the Indian Ocean

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Time's up! The correct answer was Achille Lauro

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VIETNAM

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mekong

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IT'S EXTINCT

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The baluchitherium, an extinct type of this pachyderm, had no horn, unlike modern species

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rhinoceros

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FOREWORDS

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One edition calls this Darwin opus one of "the most readable and approachable" of revolutionary scientific works

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Origin of Species

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LITERARY SISTERS

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In this Tennessee Williams play, Tom Wingfield brings a gentleman caller home to meet his crippled sister Laura

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Glass Menagerie

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CINEMATIC DICTIONARY

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The inventors of this camera-stabilizing device won a special 1977 Oscar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steadicam

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THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Angel Falls

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BIBLICAL QUOTES

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She commanded Samson, "Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Delilah

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COMPOSERS ON FILM

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Kevin Kline in "De-Lovely"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Porter

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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS

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Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was noted for portraits of this queen, including the one with her children, seen here:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marie Antoinette

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EAT IT!

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Traditionally, shepherd's pie contains this meat, ground or diced

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Time's up! The correct answer was lamb

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THE BODY HUMAN

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This vitamin produced when the skin is exposed to sunlight is toxic in excess

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vitamin D

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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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NONFICTION

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Dave Eggers not-so-modestly titled his memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Staggering Genius

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"FOR" WORDS

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Jewelers as well as surgeons use this tool for grasping & holding

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Time's up! The correct answer was forceps

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IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU

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This exhaustive reference work first published in 1768 is not British: it has been American-owned for over 100 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Encyclopedia Britannica

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MUNICH

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On Munich's coat of arms you'll find one of these religious figures who originally settled the city and gave it its name

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Time's up! The correct answer was monk

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ON THE "WAR"PATH

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In response to NATO, Eastern European nations including Poland & the USSR signed this 1955 treaty

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Warsaw Pact

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TRAVEL

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This Rome landmark is 620 feet long by 513 wide-- plenty of room to run away from a wild beast

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Colosseum

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STATE OF THE UNION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware

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4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW

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A caterpillar that moves by contraction & expansion

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Time's up! The correct answer was an inchworm

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THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS

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"I never believed in anything before I believed in movies", said this "E.T." director

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spielberg

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NAME THE DECADE

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The first controlled nuclear chain reaction

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1940s

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MY NAME IS EARL WARREN

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On June 23, 1969 I swore in this man as Chief Justice of the U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Warren Burger

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DISNEY VILLAINS

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Kaa & Shere Khan

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

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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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Pontiff's cleansing agents

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Pope's soaps

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NOVEL QUOTES

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

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

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HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

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From answers to questions; that's "Jeopardy!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romans

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KIDS IN BOOKS

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Mowgli is the human kid hanging out in the woods with wolves & tigers in this Rudyard Kipling "Book"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Jungle Book"

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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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This father-in-law of Richard Wagner died July 31, 1886, during the Wagner festival at Bayreuth

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Time's up! The correct answer was Franz Liszt

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GOING DUTCH

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It's a cinch you know the Dutch call this fashion accessory "een ceintuur"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Belt

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18th CENTURY AMERICANS

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This Pennsylvanian's son William served as royal governor of New Jersey & remained loyal to the crown

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ben Franklin

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NURSERY RHYMES

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It's what Peter, Peter ate; later he kept his wife in the shell of one

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pumpkin

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MIXED DRINKS

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This pomegranate syrup turns a Pink Lady pink

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Time's up! The correct answer was grenadine

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AYE! IT'S IRELAND

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Held each year in County Kildare, the Irish Derby is a famous event in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was Horse racing

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INLETS

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North Carolina's Albemarle Sound is no deeper than 25 feet & is protected from the Atlantic by this island chain

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Outer Banks

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THE 1960s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lew Alcindor

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DRESSING

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Traditional Highland dress includes a wide belt, presumably holding up this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kilt

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TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE

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"The Path to the Black Lodge"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twin Peaks

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GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT

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"First Blood" was a Rambo movie; this 2007 film had Daniel Day-Lewis searching for oil

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Time's up! The correct answer was There Will Be Blood

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YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!

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We've heard the question already; I'm making this objection that could be called "triple a"

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Time's up! The correct answer was asked and answered

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Important dams on this river include Rock Island, Rocky Reach & Grand Coulee

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Columbia River

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SELLERS

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Harry Bogen is the dressmaker hero of the musical "I Can Get It for You" this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wholesale

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BACH IN THE SADDLE

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From the Latin for "to sing", only 202 of the 295 of these that Bach wrote in Leipzig survive

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Time's up! The correct answer was cantatas

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LET'S GET MAS*Hed

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It was Major Margaret Houlihan's sexy nickname

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Hot Lips"

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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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TV STARS

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Taylor Negron plays nanny to these twins on "So Little Time"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Olsen twins

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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If you don't mind the cold, you can pan for this metal at Tankavaara in Finland

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Time's up! The correct answer was gold

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CROSSWORD CLUES "G"

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Thank You, in Tampico (7)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gracias

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WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

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Block Island Sound separates Block Island from this tiny state's mainland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island

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HIP-HOP & RAP

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This "King of Crunk" is not to be confused with Lil' Wayne

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lil Jon

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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Susan B. Anthony was arrested in 1872 for doing this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Voting

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POOR & FAMOUS

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He drank up the money he got for songs like "Oh! Susanna" & died with 38c in his pocket

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Foster

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SOUTH AMERICA

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One of 2 landlocked countries in South America

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia or Paraguay

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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When Marie Osmond toured in this play in 1994, her eldest son, Steven, played Kurt Von Trapp

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sound of Music

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VERBS

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Appropriate last name of Captain William of 18th century Virginia, who promoted vigilante justice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lynch

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WORD AND PHRASE ORIGINS

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Meaning "rapidly", this term began in England, referring to the speed with which the mail was delivered

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Time's up! The correct answer was post haste

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CHOPIN

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Chopin was born in Poland, & his first printed work at age 7 was one of these appropriately named pieces

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Time's up! The correct answer was Polonaise

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SCIENCE GUYS

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In 1610 this Italian made his biggest discovery: the 4 largest moons of Jupiter

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Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo

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CALL ME A"LEX"

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3 housing units all under one roof

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Time's up! The correct answer was a triplex

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YES, THAT'S "WHITE"

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Condition of heavy snow or fog during daylight in which visibility is lost

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Time's up! The correct answer was a whiteout

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VERMONTERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ethan Allen

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SPORTS

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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Mike Piazza) I was the NL's '93 Rookie Of The Year. In '68 this Cincinnati Reds player became the 1st catcher to win the award"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johnny Bench

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THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

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Explorer Pike

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zebulon

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BACKWARDS

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In competitive rowing, this is the only person in the boat whose back is not to the finish line

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Time's up! The correct answer was the coxswain

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COMIC STRIPS

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Duke has been Gov. of American Samoa, GM of the Redskins & a lobbyist for the NRA in this comic strip

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doonesbury

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GETTING TICKED ON

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The tick species Ixodes dammini has as its favorite hosts white-footed mice & white-tailed these

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Time's up! The correct answer was deer

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"J" WHIZ

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It's a trip taken by a public official at public expense, ostensibly for official business

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Time's up! The correct answer was junket

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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME

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Icarus could have told you it's not a good idea to fly if your wings are held together with this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wax

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APT ANAGRAMS

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A "high" time in art: SIENNA ACRES

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Time's up! The correct answer was Renaissance

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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

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August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley

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ITALIAN

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If you're not going sinistra or destra, you're going sempre diritto, meaning this

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Time's up! The correct answer was always straight

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DRIVING

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"Multitudinous" name for this part of the car that transmits gases from the cylinders to the exhaust pipe

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Time's up! The correct answer was exhaust manifold

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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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FARAWAY PLACES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing

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RHYMES WITH SMART

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Small, slender missile thrown at a board in a game

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Time's up! The correct answer was a dart

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LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS

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In 1945 Virginia Gildersleeve was the only female U.S. delegate to the conference that drafted this charter

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Time's up! The correct answer was the United Nations

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SCIENCE CLASS

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Of the 6 noble gases on the periodic table, it is the lightest

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Time's up! The correct answer was helium

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MOVIE SONGS

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1969: "Everybody's Talkin'"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Midnight Cowboy

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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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CHECK OUT MY CRIB

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In the furniture sense, this synonym of "pride" is dressing table

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Time's up! The correct answer was vanity

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DEPARTMENT "S"

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Eternally doomed rock roller of Greek mythology

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sisyphus

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IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS

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From Koluszki to Kolno, & Wozniki to Strzelce, visit us, but just know we've heard all the jokes already

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland

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IN EXILE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ottoman Empire

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BOY MEETS WORLD

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At 16 in 1785, this future first consul became head of his family & graduated from the Paris Military Academy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon Bonaparte

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STUPID ANSWERS

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Number of different basic shapes in a box of Post Alpha-Bits

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Time's up! The correct answer was 26

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ARTISTS' RETREATS

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The patronage of Mabel Dodge Luhan made an artists' magnet of this town 55 miles from Santa Fe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taos, New Mexico

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FORE!

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This hazard is simply a depression in the ground; if it contains sand it's called a sand trap

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bunker

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OPERA & BALLET

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Choreographer Frederick Ashton played one of the ugly stepsisters when this ballet debuted in 1948

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cinderella

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THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

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Like Jews, many Adventists follow Leviticus 11:7 in abstaining from this meat

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Time's up! The correct answer was pork

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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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CONTESTS

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134-pound Hirofumi Nakajima holds the record of eating 24 1/2 of these in 12 minutes at the Nathan's July 4th contest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hot dogs

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PROVERBS

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It's where you should "never tell tales"

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

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LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER

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Clym Yeobright comes back home & is killed by Bigger Thomas in this Thomas Hardy-Richard Wright work

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Time's up! The correct answer was Return of the Native Son

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TOUR OF JUDY

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She played an airheaded blonde to whom William Holden had to teach manners in "Born Yesterday"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Holliday

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THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS

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Supposedly, President Harrison is heard in the attic & Jackson haunts the Rose Bedroom in this house

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Time's up! The correct answer was the White House

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SPELL CHECK HELL

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Ay, caramba! Spell check changed the last name of a 16th c. conquistador into this, an old-fashioned girdle

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Time's up! The correct answer was a corset

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PUNJAB

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Since 1947, the historic region of Punjab has been divided between these 2 countries

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Time's up! The correct answer was India & Pakistan

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NICKNAMES

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"The Father of Pennsylvania"

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn

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CHANTED

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The Kol Nidre prayer is chanted by the cantor on the eve of this Jewish day of atonement

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yom Kippur

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ABBREV.

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A recent, frightening addition to our world language: WMD

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Time's up! The correct answer was weapons of mass destruction

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EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION

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Each year the EU selects capitals of culture; one of the 2010 cities was this Turkish "meeting place of cultures"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Istanbul

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A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE

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Kohoutek, Shoemaker-Levy & Halley's are all names for these astronomic objects

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Time's up! The correct answer was comets

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HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT

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When keeping score in this sport, "forget" to add your opponent's next pin score to his spare

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bowling

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AFRICAN ISLANDS

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Uganda's Sese Islands lie in the northern part of this large lake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Victoria

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FOOD

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While these small bread cubes often top salads, larger versions can be used to catch drippings

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Time's up! The correct answer was croutons

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KNIGHTS

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This adjective, a synonym for "wandering", describes the type of knight satirized by Cervantes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Knight-errant

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"D" IN HISTORY

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In 1793 this former mistress of Louis XV was guillotined for aiding those seeking to restore the monarchy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Madame Dubarry

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TREES

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The cry “sap's a runnin’” refers to this tree

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Time's up! The correct answer was maple tree

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CITY OF BIRTH

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Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was not born in France; his birthplace was this European city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geneva

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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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"O" YOU ANIMAL!

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The Pacific species of this has an arm span of up to 33 feet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Octopus

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"O"PERA

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

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

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'65

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This company's new Toronado eliminated the hump on the floor with a new drive system

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oldsmobile

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was "Do you speak English?"

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COME TO OUR AIDE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Putin

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PEANUTS

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

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

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RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE

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The queen bee is missing from the center of this enclosure; only a ring of males remains

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dronehenge

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IRAQNOPHOBIA

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Living mostly "whey" up north, they are Iraq's largest ethnic minority

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kurds

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YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA

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We're not stringing you along: "El Retablo de Maese Pedro" is meant to be peformed by these toys

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Time's up! The correct answer was puppets

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Uganda

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THE FILM VAULT

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It's the title nickname of the psychopath Al Pacino played in a 1983 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scarface

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FATHER'S IN LAW

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Father learned about the quaint problems of the poor at Chicago's "Edwin F. Mandel" this type of "Clinic"

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Time's up! The correct answer was legal aid

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HISTORIC AMERICA

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Pompey's Pillar, a rock formation in Montana, was named by Capt. William Clark for the son of this Indian guide

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sacajawea

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FICTIONAL BOOKS

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On this show, "The Itchy & Scratchy Movie" was novelized by Norman Mailer

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Simpsons

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POETS

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In 1857 this "Old Ironsides" poet & others founded the Atlantic Monthly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Wendell Holmes

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SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!

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Darrell Hammond played this Scottish actor who... Nope, I can't say anything else; just name him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sean Connery

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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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TOUGH STUFF

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was UFO

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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In 1951 he told a joint session of congress that he "tried to do his duty as god gave him the light to see that duty"

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Time's up! The correct answer was McArthur

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“SAINTS”

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Chorea, as in choreographer, is a condition associated with rheumatic fever formerly called this

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

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LINGUISTICS

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Considered part of grammar, it's the study of the interrelation of words in a sentence

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Time's up! The correct answer was Syntax

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SEEING "RED"

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The title of a 1928 song Sophie Tucker introduced, it was also her nickname

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas"

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ROAMIN' THE WORLD

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In 1991 the Yanomami tribe in this country was awarded a reserve 3 times the size of Belgium

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brazil

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AskOxford.com

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Brits don't like this name for a phone keypad symbol--reminds them of a unit of currency that has another symbol

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Time's up! The correct answer was pound

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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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FOREIGN

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Tredici is Italian for this symbol of bad luck

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Time's up! The correct answer was thirteen

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FICTIONAL BOOKS

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Jose Chung speaks to FBI agents before writing "From Outer Space" about an alien abduction on this show

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Time's up! The correct answer was The X-Files

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WONDER DRUGS

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Adult migraine? Ease the throbbing with 200 milligrams of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen

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YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!

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Calls for an opinion--only allowed for this type of witness with special knowledge of a subject

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Time's up! The correct answer was an expert witness

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THE 23rd PSALM

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

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

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CREATION STORIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile

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MILITARY SLANG

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"SAR" stands for this, the effort to extract a downed aircrew in a combat zone

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Time's up! The correct answer was search and rescue

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FOLKIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michelle Shocked

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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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AMERICAN HISTORY

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In April 1984 this U.S. government agency admitted its role in the mining of Nicaraguan harbors

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Time's up! The correct answer was CIA

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TAIWAN

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During Japanese control of Taiwan, this largest city was called Taihoku

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taipei

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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"

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The Roman god Jupiter used this weather phenomenon as a weapon, by jove

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thunderbolt

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ARTHUR MILLER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clark Gable

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EXPORTS

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In ancient times, the most famous export of the Phoenician town of Byblos to Greece was this material

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Time's up! The correct answer was papyrus

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS

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"Beaucoup de Bruit Pour Rien"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Much Ado About Nothing

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BEFORE & AFTER

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

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

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MAGIC

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

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

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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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IT'S "BIG"

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Empire Toys' trikes for tykes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Big Wheels

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THE 17TH CENTURY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was London

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THE ICU

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Intensive care is also called this "care", like the condition patients may be in

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Time's up! The correct answer was Critical

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HOTELS

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The most famous hotel of this Canadian city is seen here: (Chateau Frontenac)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quebec City

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SLOGANEERING

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"The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection" is the goal of this automaker

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lexus

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LET'S GET MAS*Hed

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Company clerk "Radar" O'Reilly was from this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa

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TELL ME "Y"

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A bumpkin, perhaps a local one

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yokel

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HOME FURNISHINGS

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Four-poster is a type of this, sometimes with a canopy

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bed

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SPORTS

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National Hockey League team whose logo is seen here: (knife through a "B")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buffalo Sabres

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IT'S A "SIN"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taliesin

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ONE BUCK OR LESS

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A 15-ounce V05 Moisture Milks conditioner from this manufacturer averages a buck online

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alberto

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COUNTRY MUSIC

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[Well hey everybody, I'm Naomi Judd] In mid-1984 Wynonna & I made our first ever concert appearance at Ak-Sar-Ben, a large concert hall in this Nebraska city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Omaha

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THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR

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In 1995 Alabama Gov. James Mocked evolution theory by imitating this type of animal whose name means "to imitate"

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Time's up! The correct answer was an ape

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BACKWARDS

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In T minus 5 seconds, you'll say this word for the inverted series used before a rocket launch

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Time's up! The correct answer was a countdown

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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With a name from the Greek for "form", he appeared to people in their dreams

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Time's up! The correct answer was Morpheus

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ETIQUETTE

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After a family meal, you may fold this item & place it back inside its ring

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Time's up! The correct answer was a napkin

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THE TIGERS

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Genus sphyraena, this long, thin predatory fish with protruding jaws & teeth is known as the "tiger of the sea"

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Time's up! The correct answer was barracuda

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

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JAY

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

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

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LEGAL "E"s

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This person is appointed by a testator to carry out the directions & requests in his will

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Time's up! The correct answer was executor

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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS

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In 1989 her "Heidi Chronicles" was the story of the night; sadly she passed away in 2006

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wasserstein

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THE CIVIL WAR

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On May 29, 1865, he issued a general amnesty for most rebels; the rich and those with high ranks weren't included

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Johnson

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HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'

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In a 1979 film, Dudley Moore gives her a rating of 11 on a scale of 1-10

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bo Derek

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UP & ATOM

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Rather than in fixed orbits, these particles travel in shells or layers around the nucleus

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Time's up! The correct answer was electrons

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COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU

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The first name of this company's search engine was Backrub, as it analyzed the back links pointing to websites

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Time's up! The correct answer was Google

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BRITISH FASHION

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Designer Vivienne Westwood ran a shop with Malcolm McLaren, who launched this Johnny Rotten band

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sex Pistols

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LEGENDARY LEGENDS

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A legendary sailor of the Incas shares his name with this raft on which Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Pacific

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Kon-Tiki

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I WANT TO RIDE THAT!

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Six Flags Great America unleashed a roller coaster named for this bat-tastic 2008 blockbuster

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Dark Knight

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IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU

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Despite the opportunity, this November 1965 event in NYC did not result in a mini baby boom 9 months later

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Time's up! The correct answer was a blackout

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TV CASTS

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In 2000 this Oscar nominee joined the cast of "Ally McBeal" as a lawyer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Downey, Jr.

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JAY

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This child actor played Dennis the Menace on TV in the early '60s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jay North

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OPERA SINGERS

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This Spaniard starred in Franco Zeffirelli's film "La Traviata"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Domingo

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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In 1869 this Austrian monk published a paper on hawkweed: the experiments didn't work as well as the ones with peas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mendel

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GEOGRAPHY

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Boothia Peninsula in this country is the former location of the north magnetic pole

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canada

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WE ARE AMUSED

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Shylock asked, "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you" do this, "do we not laugh?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tickle us

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THE "B.G."s

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Swingin' virtuoso heard here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benny Goodman

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20th CENTURY BALLET

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Picasso

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FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

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Part of Key's solution to this problem was helping found the American Colonization Society

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Time's up! The correct answer was slavery

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FUN WITH OPERA

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It was truly a red-letter day when an opera based on this Hawthorne novel premiered in Boston in 1896

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Scarlet Letter

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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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WHERE'S MY COFFEE?

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sumatra

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FIRE!

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The first successful print of this future partner of James Ives was of a fire in Manhattan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Currier

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KIDS IN SPORTS

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With a mighty leap of 5'1", David Mosely set the U.S. 10 & under record in this event back in 1977

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

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HISTORY

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Before he was Canada's P.M., William Lyon Mackenzie King lived in this famous house with Jane Addams

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hull House

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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

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From the Italian for "chatter", it's a person who claims knowledge or skill he doesn't have

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlatan

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EXPORTS

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90% of Qatar's income comes from the export of this product

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Time's up! The correct answer was oil

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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Medieval Europeans believed that birds begin to mate on this day

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Valentine's Day

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KANSAS CITIES

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As you might expect, Ulysses is the seat of this "Presidential" county

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grant

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THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

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"Law & Order" actor Bratt

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin

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DON'T MESS WITH SICILY

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The father of this US Supreme Court Justice was a romance language professor who had emigrated from Sicily

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scalia

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ARTHUR MILLER

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In June 1999 Arthur Miller received a lifetime achievement one of these awards at Radio City Music Hall

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Tony Award

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CARTOONS

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Bubbles, Blossom & Buttercup make up this group devoted to "Saving the Day Before Bedtime"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Powerpuff Girls

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I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY

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Part of U.S. 40 follows the route of this early 19th century road that began in Maryland

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Cumberland Road

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WHOSE IS IT?

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Ben Franklin used a pen name to publish this almanac from 1732 to 1757

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poor Richard's Almanack

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AIN'T THAT AMERICA

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Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" while in this state during the War of 1812

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maryland

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THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!

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It's borders are the Atlantic Ocean to the south & west & Spain to the north & east

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal

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OLD VIRGINIA

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He was cornered & fatally wounded by federal troops on a farm near Port Royal, Virginia on April 26, 1865

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Wilkes Booth

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MILITARY MATTERS

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This kind of "force" is a temporary grouping of units to carry out a specific mission

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Time's up! The correct answer was Task force

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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The Indus River provides the western border of this desert also known as the Great Indian Desert

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Thar Desert

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FOOD FACTS

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The Atlantic variety of this popular fish is the largest of all flatfish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Halibut

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"B" IN GEOGRAPHY

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One of the newer large cities in the world, it's located in the central plateau of Brazil

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brasilia

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AUTHORS

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This "Return of the Native" author's first novel, "Desperate Remedies", was published in 1871

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Hardy

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LITERATURE

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In "Through The Looking Glass", Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice the meaning of this nonsense poem

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jabberwocky

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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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The Brad jumped the Jen for this left-handed hottie

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Time's up! The correct answer was Angelina Jolie

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BEYOND .COM

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If disseminating facts, knowledge, the 411, try this 4-letter domain, used by New York State's MTA

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Time's up! The correct answer was info

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CARY GRANT FILMS

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"High Society" is a musical version of this Cary Grant-Jimmy Stewart-Katharine Hepburn classic

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Philadelphia Story

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SOMETHIN' TO "C"

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The means of production are privately owned in this economic system

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Time's up! The correct answer was Capitalism

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PAPAL NAMES

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The constellation between Cancer & Virgo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leo

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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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WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?

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This play says, "Beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Othello

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LIBRARIES

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Salinas, California, has a public library named for this novelist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steinbeck

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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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FAMILIAR PHRASES

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William Congreve expounded, "heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd, nor hell a fury like" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a woman scorned

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POLITICAL TALK

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rider

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RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE

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& then I saw him / Right there & like that / On Leap Day 2000 / 'Twas...

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Cat in the Hat

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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2004: Sirius Black, the prisioner of Azkaban

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Oldman

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2011 MOVIES

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Known for his work as a Shakespearean actor, he directed "Thor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Branagh

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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

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Robinson Crusoe gave this name to a native he saved from cannibals on a certain day of the week

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Time's up! The correct answer was Friday

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HISTORIC AMERICA

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Carmel Mission in Carmel, Calif. was the headquarters of this Franciscan priest until his death in 1784

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fr. Junipero Serra

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LOST

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Presumably she was lost at sea after vanishing in the central Pacific in July 1937

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart

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CLOTHING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jersey

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FOOD

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A raw egg yolk usually accompanies this raw meat dish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steak Tartare

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BALLET

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The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company

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Time's up! The correct answer was New York

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TECHNOLOGY

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The Apple LISA failed because of costing this many dollars at launch.

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Time's up! The correct answer was 10000

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BIG "STAR"

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As soon as corn is picked, its sugar begins to turn into this, so get it into the pot fast!

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Time's up! The correct answer was starch

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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Pick up a GT from this car co. for a tidy $169,000, or maybe start out with a Focus for a more reasonable $13,715

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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FORE!

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This stretch of closely mowed grass from the tee to the green may be straight or at an angle called a dogleg

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fairway

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NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS

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1964: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Beatles

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MEDICINE

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The term "strep", as in strep throat, is short for this type of bacteria

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Time's up! The correct answer was Streptococcus

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BRASS

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In 1864 Democrats nominated this Union general for president, though he repudiated their platform

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Time's up! The correct answer was George McClellan

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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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SWEET TREATS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twinkies

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A SHAPELY CATEGORY

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Often stuffed & baked, conchiglioni is jumbo pasta shaped like these

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Time's up! The correct answer was shells

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MISC.

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This noble gas glows orange-red when an electric current is passed through it

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Time's up! The correct answer was neon

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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME

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This late, great circus star once performed an act with 40 -- count 'em, 40 -- lions & tigers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clyde Beatty

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MOVIE MUSIC

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5-letter word for a group that sings exalting music, like the Bulgarian women's one heard in "Brother Bear"

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Time's up! The correct answer was choir

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IT'S EXTINCT

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Steller's Sea Cow was a relative of this rare aquatic mammal found in Florida

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Time's up! The correct answer was the manatee

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THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barry Manilow

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BIG "STAR"

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It's a dessert made of eggs, sugar & milk, either baked, boiled or frozen

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Time's up! The correct answer was custard

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KNIGHTS

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Women given the rank corresponding to knighthood are called this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dames

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EDGAR AWARD WINNERS

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He won for his novel "The Day of the Jackal" & the short story "There Are No Snakes in Ireland"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Forsyth

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FIRST LADIES

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She served as a regent of the University of Texas & as a member of the National Parks Advisory Board

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

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ARTS & CRAFTS

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A mosaic needs this mortar between the pieces, just like in a tiled bathroom

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Time's up! The correct answer was grout

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OCCUPATIONS

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Of chairs, chicken or chinos, what you're most likely to haul if you drive a reefer truck

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Time's up! The correct answer was chicken

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LANGUAGES

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Romanian developed from this language of the ancient Romans

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Time's up! The correct answer was Latin

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CLIMBING

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Alpinism is European climbing; Andinismo refersto climbing on this continent

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Time's up! The correct answer was South America

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THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS

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Nicole Kidman dropped out of playing Brad Pitt's wife in this film; you may have heard Angelina Jolie got the part

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. & Mrs. Smith

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STARTS WITH A PRONOUN

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It's a printed-out schedule or outline of one's travel plans

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Time's up! The correct answer was an itinerary

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PEANUTS

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

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

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"TABLE"S

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If you can still walk while your buddy is falling down intoxicated, you have done this to him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Drink him under the table

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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Papua New Guinea is just off this country's Cape York Peninsula

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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia

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BETTER KNOWN AS...

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The New York Mets' William Hayward Wilson

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mookie Wilson

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THE EMPEROR NERO

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Praetorian Guard

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CELEBRITY MARRIAGES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was José Ferrer

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SPOILER ALERT!

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1968: The baby's father, could it be... Satan?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rosemary's Baby

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PASS THE CHOCOLATE

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A 2007 study said that eating a little dark chocolate daily may reduce this, both systolic & diastolic

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Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Bassey

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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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"E" CHANNEL

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In 1974 Spokane's Cannon Island was the site of this, which featured an environmental theme

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Time's up! The correct answer was an expo

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THE MAINE ATTRACTION

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Maine is so famous for these berries that the town of Machias honors them with a festival

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Time's up! The correct answer was blueberries

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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The Union Jack (4)

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Time's up! The correct answer was flag

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COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"

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This small country is about 1/20th the size of NYC & its primary language is Italian

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Time's up! The correct answer was San Marino

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BEGINNING & END

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

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

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ANIMAL TERMS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was skunked

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ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amos

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THE 1960s

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Vanishing in the ‘60s, it’s what YUkon, KLondike & VAlencia were examples of

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Time's up! The correct answer was telephone prefixes

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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If you don't mind the cold, you can pan for this metal at Tankavaara in Finland

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Time's up! The correct answer was gold

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FRUIT

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This fuzzy fruit is also a slang term meaning inform against or betray

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Time's up! The correct answer was peach

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"J" WHIZ

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It's not a type of fruit spread, but a large extended campout for several Boy Scout troops together

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Time's up! The correct answer was jamboree

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I WANT TO RIDE THAT!

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Six Flags Great America unleashed a roller coaster named for this bat-tastic 2008 blockbuster

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Dark Knight

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ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS

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Taste

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Time's up! The correct answer was State

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BUSY AS A BEAVER

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As a boy Joe Namath had a dam good time growing up strong in this Pennsylvania city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beaver Falls

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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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BRITISH POETS & POETRY

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Elizabeth Barrett mentioned this future husband in her poem "Lady Geraldine's Courtship" before they met

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Browning

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COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU

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This commerce site founded in 1995 now also owns Skype, Paypal, & Shopping.com

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Time's up! The correct answer was eBay

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TAYLOR, SWIFT

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This season 5 winner of "American Idol" is from Alabama

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taylor Hicks

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

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The music of this Tchaikovsky "Suite" comes from his 1892 ballet, popular at Christmas

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

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GREEK LIFE

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Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind, the klarino

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clarinet

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SPORTS

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Except for 1995, the NHL scoring title has gone to either Wayne Gretzky or this Penguins star the past 16 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mario Lemieux

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SHIPS

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In 1831 Charles Darwin sailed as naturalist on this ship

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Beagle

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OLYMPIC POTPOURRI

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U.S. soccer star Mia Hamm led her team to Olympic gold despite straining this the same day Kerri Strug did

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ankle

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THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION

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In 1805 U.S. Marines stormed the shores of this Barbary state at Derna, helping to end the raids on American ships

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tripoli

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THE "BUTLER" DID IT

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In his 1872 novel "Erewhon", poverty is considered a crime

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Time's up! The correct answer was Samuel Butler

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FAMOUS FELINES

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He made his debut in the 1945 short film "Life with Feathers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvester

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MY NAME IS EARL WARREN

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

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

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JUAN

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In 1995 he was named ASCAP's Latin Songwriter of the Year & in 1996, sang a duet with Paul Anka

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Time's up! The correct answer was Juan Gabriel

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ANTIQUES

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Used as early as the 15th century, apostle spoons usually came in sets of this number

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Time's up! The correct answer was 12 or 13

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THE BIBLE

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While carting this, Uzza touched it to right it after the oxen stumbled, & the Lord smote him

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Ark of the Covenant

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WORD"Z"

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Last name of German engineer Karl, who in 1885 developed a 3-wheeled vehicle called the Motorwagen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benz

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I READ THE NEWS TODAY

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Florida's highest circulation newspaper is this Gulf Coast city's Times, with about 350,000 daily copies sold

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

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AUTHORS

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Oscar Wilde's only novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Picture Of Dorian Gray"

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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On Earth, it's the major force responsible for the weight of a body

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Time's up! The correct answer was gravity

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RADIO DISNEY

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"Everybody Else" knows these huggable toys precede "On Fire" in the name of a Radio Disney top 30 band; do you?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Care Bears

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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!

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Newspapers I own include the Daily Telegraph of Sydney & the Australian

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch

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TINKER

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2 of the "Rude Mechanicals" from this play are Tom Snout the Tinker & Nick Bottom the Weaver

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

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RECORD LOSSES IN 2005

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Data on 4 million customers were lost by this group formed by a 1998 merger with Travelers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Citigroup

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NATURE

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The AKC could tell that Afghans & Salukis belong to this dog group

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Time's up! The correct answer was hounds

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20th CENTURY ARTISTS

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"Sky Blue", "Blue Mountain" & "The Blue Rider" are all paintings by this Russian abstract artist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kandinsky

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TRANSPORTATION

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This light Russian sleigh is pulled by 3 horses

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Time's up! The correct answer was Troika

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CLASSIC STAR TREK

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khan

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SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was obscene

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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Greek-letter group (10)

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Time's up! The correct answer was fraternity

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GOAT-POURRI

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In 1846 Neptune was discovered in this constellation, the 10th sign of the zodiac

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Time's up! The correct answer was Capricorn

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COMMON ABBREVIATIONS

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A PAC, one of these, might help your electoral chances

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Time's up! The correct answer was a political action committee

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LEGENDARY LEGENDS

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Legend says if you run unto the ghost of the pirate Blackbeard, he may be hard to recognize, as he's missing this

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Time's up! The correct answer was his head

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SPORTS

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In 1984 this quarterback became the first Boston College player to win the Heisman Trophy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doug Flutie

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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On Sept. 13, 1953 Marilyn Monroe made her network TV debut on this stingy comedian's program

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Benny

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TAIWAN

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His birthday is observed as a holiday on October 31

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

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CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

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Eggplant entree, in Greece (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was musaka

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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"

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Feather pen (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was quill

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BILLS & WILLS

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Born in Fabens, Texas in 1931, this legendary jockey won his first of 8,833 races at age 18

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Time's up! The correct answer was Willie Shoemaker

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SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS

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Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie & their 3 teammates on the floor

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Time's up! The correct answer was basketball

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WORDS OF THE WRITER

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"'Do all lawyers defend n-negroes, Atticus?' 'Of course they do, Scout'"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harper Lee

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BALLET

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty

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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS

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1937-1940

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neville Chamberlain

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HOUSES OF WORSHIP

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The last British sovereign buried at this church was George II in 1760; since then, they've been buried at Windsor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Westminster Abbey

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COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC

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In Cole Porter's song, these words follow "can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences"

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Time's up! The correct answer was don't fence me in

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MYTHOLOGY

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Danae gave birth to Perseus after Zeus visited her in the form of a shower of this precious metal

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gold

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THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS

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From the late Latin for "word", this book is the last word on words

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Time's up! The correct answer was dictionary

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MASTER OF PUPPETS

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Named for its early 19th century creator, bunraku is the traditional puppet theater of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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SLOGANEERING

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"The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection" is the goal of this automaker

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lexus

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THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE

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Millions of HSX shares of this scary movie "project" were traded a full year before it was released

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Blair Witch Project

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BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY

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5 x 10 x 15

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Time's up! The correct answer was 750

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ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN

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Anthony Kiedis

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

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CLOTHING

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This apron for young girls has a ruffled bibbed top & a gathered skirt

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pinafore

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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There's a national park on the island of St. John in this U.S. possession

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

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YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY

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She occupies the California congressional seat once held by her late entertainer husband

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Bono

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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Booth

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BOOKS & AUTHORS

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This 1939 Steinbeck classic featured a lot of Joads including Ma, Pa & Tom

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Grapes of Wrath"

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GREEK LIFE

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This best-known Greek cheese, from the milk of sheep & goats, has been made for thousands of years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Feta

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MANIAS

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One suffering from bruxomania unconsciously gnashes these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Teeth

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THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR

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He surprised many in 1996 when he told the Pontifical Academy of Science that evolution was no mere hypothesis

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pope John Paul II

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IT HAD TO "BU"

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In 1403 Venice established the first maritime quarantine station to prevent this deadly disease

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Time's up! The correct answer was the bubonic plague

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STORYTELLERS

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ABC radio commentator who tells "The Rest of the Story"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Harvey

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DOUBLE A

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saab

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THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN

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In the aftermath this owner of the theater/crime scene was thrown in jail as a possible conspirator

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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RUSSIAN

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A shapka is this: mikhavaya shapka is a fur one, to keep your ears warm

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Time's up! The correct answer was a hat

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MOVIE TRIVIA

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For the first time in '68, the Academy Awards were held in this auditorium, its current home

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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THE STARTING INFIELD

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In 1977 Chambliss, Randolph, Dent & Nettles took the field for this team

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Yankees

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BETTER KNOWN AS...

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WWII radio propagandist Iva D'Aquino

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Tokyo Rose"

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PLAYWRIGHTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Pushkin

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QUOTATIONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oprah

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CALIFORNIA HERE I COME FILMS

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In "Calendar Girl" Jason Priestley heads to L.A. to meet this movie star

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Monroe

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____ OF THE ____

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In response to this Irish greeting, you can say, "And the rest of the day to yourself"

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Time's up! The correct answer was top of the morning

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WORD ORIGINS

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This wooden club is named for the town in county Wicklow where it originated

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shillelagh

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MYTHICAL CREATURES

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This winged creature sprang from the blood of Medusa after Perseus beheaded her

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pegasus

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THE BODY WOMAN

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Estrogen & progesterone are hormones produced by these glands

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Time's up! The correct answer was the ovaries

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MODERN "TIME"S

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Bob Dylan's 1964 hit song about the inevitable passing of the years

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Times They Are a-Changin'"

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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Velour, velvet or tricot (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was fabric

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AMERICAN WOMEN

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She gave herself the third-person name "Phantom", the "no-person" she was from 19 months until she was almost 7

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Time's up! The correct answer was Helen Keller

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OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

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The last wife of Henry VIII to get the axe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine Howard

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4-LETTER WORDS

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This word commonly follows cuff or missing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Link

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MISSING LINKS

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Curry ____ Keg

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Time's up! The correct answer was powder

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HOW DO YOU...

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Dial 011-33-1 & a local number, say "Pourrais-je parler a M. Chirac?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was call the president of France

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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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ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS

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In Salzburg you can visit the graves of his parents & his wife Constanze; his own location is uncertain

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Time's up! The correct answer was W.A. Mozart

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FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

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Jack Nicholson movie villain known for his rictus

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Joker

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WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was stationmaster

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THE LIVING PLANET

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Able to lift 850 times its own weight, the strongest animal is the rhinoceros type of this insect

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Time's up! The correct answer was beetle

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AT THE MALL

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SKX is the stock symbol for this manufacturer of sporty shoes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Skechers

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"YN"

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A Jewish house of worship

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Time's up! The correct answer was a synagogue

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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS

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We know he painted the absinthe drinker seen here, though there's nary a tutu in sight:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edgar Degas

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PLAY HEROINES

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Emily Webb of Grover's Corners

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Time's up! The correct answer was Our Town

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BETTER KNOWN AS...

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Raquel Tejada

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Time's up! The correct answer was Raquel Welch

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LIFE SCIENCE

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A nematode is a roundworm; a planarian's shape gives it this name

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Time's up! The correct answer was a flatworm

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5-LETTER WORDS

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Soup's on! & we need this long-handled spoon or scoop to serve it

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Time's up! The correct answer was ladle

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SPEECH! SPEECH!

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Nicholas Butler told Columbia grads, "An expert is one who knows more and more about" this and this

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Time's up! The correct answer was less and less

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HARRISON FORD MOVIES

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"Get off my plane!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Air Force One

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DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG

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1975: John Denver explains why he's grateful for the simple, rural life

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Thank God I'm A Country Boy"

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THE LIVING PLANET

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Able to lift 850 times its own weight, the strongest animal is the rhinoceros type of this insect

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Time's up! The correct answer was beetle

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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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IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS

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Keflavik & Grindavik call to you, & we'll throw in a 50/50 shot at seeing Bjork somewhere

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland

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BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS

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(Hi, I'm Graham Nash) As a member of this group in the 1960s, I co-wrote their hits "Carrie-Anne" & "Stop, Stop, Stop"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Hollies

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PLAY HEROINES

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Blanche DuBois

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

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AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS

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The only Oscar winner also to win a Nobel Prize, this European won a 1938 Oscar for adapting his own play

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Bernard Shaw

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TRAVEL

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This Rome landmark is 620 feet long by 513 wide-- plenty of room to run away from a wild beast

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& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN

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With more than 7,400 performances, this musical became a "Memory" after its Sept. 10, 2000 finale

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PLACES

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A building for religious veneration, or the L.A. auditorium that hosted 1997's Academy Awards

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JULIUS CAESAR

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Around 48 B.C. Caesar pardoned this man & later made him governor of Cisalpine Gaul; oops

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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME

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Giuliani, Valentino, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY

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Brunei

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

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Only Philip Morris & this Cincinnati-based firm have yearly ad expenditures exceeding $2 billion

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DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY

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It was established as a cyclic form by Vienna's Josef Lanner; you think you can do this dance in here & order us around?

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CLOTHING

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It's the fur pouch that a Scotsman wears on the front of his kilt

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CLOTHING WORDS

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To lose footing on icy ground

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ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS

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I cannot tell a prevarication: it has this 3-letter synonym

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THE 1890s

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Of "Frankenstein", "The Invisible Man" or "Dracula", the one not created in 1897

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IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD

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Jura, Schweitzer, Lucerne & Berner are the 4 types of this country's laufhund

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THE NEW TESTAMENT

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This apostle, the brother of James, is traditionally credited with writing a gospel

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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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DRAMA

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"Romanoff and Juliet" is one of many plays by this actor-writer of Russian descent

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ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER

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This actor is in costume from his film "The Wild One"

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THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s

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1967: "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon"

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WORDS OF LOVE

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He concludes "The Divine Comedy" with "The love that moves the sun and the other stars"

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THE FILM VAULT

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Sidney Poitier starred in the 1961 film version of this Lorraine Hansberry drama about a black Chicago family

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ANCIENT COINS

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

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PEANUTS

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

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THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL

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In 1998 Will Smith was "Gettin'" to the No. 1 spot on the charts with this song

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AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE

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This manatee relative of the order Sirenia can be found in the coastal waters of North Australia

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"DEM"-ONS

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The young women "d'Avignon" in the title of a painting by Picasso

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"CAL" STATE

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

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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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IN THE DICTIONARY

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This 5-letter word can refer to one type of work by a composer, or to several works of different types

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RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE

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Head down south to see this, a plain covered with pieces of fried corn bread

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DANCE

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Some dancers get their kicks doing high kicks in this Radio City Music Hall chorus line

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BRITISH HISTORY

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They've been guarding British royalty since 1485 & gin bottles since 1820

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WORDS WITHIN WORDS

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

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SOMETHING'S FISHY

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Until one was caught in 1938, it was thought that this fish had been extinct for more than 70 million years

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Time's up! The correct answer was the coelacanth

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HISTORY

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About 3000 B.S. the Sumerians invented this writing system which used triangular marks

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EUROPE

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Only predominanty Muslim country entirely in Europe

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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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IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME

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Atalanta excelled in this blood sport of which Artemis was goddess

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POLITICAL SLOGANS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was prosperity

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TITLE WAVE

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Malcolm Gladwell: "The ____ Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference"

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ALBUMS THAT ROCK

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"X&Y", "Parachutes"

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NYPD TV

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Wojo, Harris, Yemana & Fish were 12th Precinct detectives on this sitcom

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barney Miller

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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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FOOD FACTS

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Carob yields a sweet pulp that is roasted, ground, & used as a substitute for this flavoring

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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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WORD ORIGINS

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Derived from the Latin for "salted vegetables", this cold dish might be enhanced with a little oil & vinegar

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HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'

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

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FRANCE

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With its team led by Zinedine Zidane, France won this prestigious contest in July 1998

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Time's up! The correct answer was the World Cup

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MILITARY TELEVISION

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

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

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WHAT AILS YOU?

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The cause of this disorder characterized by sudden sleep attacks is unknown

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BULL

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"Bull City", this place's nickname, is derived from a product sold by American Tobacco

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Time's up! The correct answer was Durham

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INSECTS

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Its shape allows it to hide among twigs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walking stick

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STOCK SYMBOLS

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In the mall you may fall into this store, GPS

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Gap

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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES

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This British actress played Isadora Duncan on film in 1968 & onstage in 1991

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vanessa Redgrave

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POUR ME A STIFF ONE

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This brand of liqueur made its debut in Dublin on November 26, 1974

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

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CHARLIE CHAPLIN

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A 1915 film named for Charlie's most famous character was called simply this (no "Little")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tramp

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MED. ABBREV.

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A CAT scan is computerized axial this kind of imaging

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Time's up! The correct answer was tomography

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RADIO

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Truths

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DRAMA QUEENS

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A 1952 play covered the young life of this queen, like a 1998 Cate Blanchett film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I

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PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS

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The four-color problem relates to the minimum number of colors needed for this cartographic item

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SELLERS

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[Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com] It's estimated that 60% of net shoppers flag an average of 7 sites with one of these, also used in products we sell

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ADVERTISING SLOGANS

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"Wouldn't you really rather have" one of these cars

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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Site of a 1977 6.5 earthquake: Bucharest

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PEARLS OF WISDOM

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

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CHECK OUT MY CRIB

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In the furniture sense, this synonym of "pride" is dressing table

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Time's up! The correct answer was vanity

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EXPIRATION DATES

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October 11, 1963: The end of this chanteuse's "vie en rose"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Édith Piaf

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YOU MUST BE JOKING

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When singing "The Star-Spangled Banner", Pavarotti & Domingo could change the first line to this for Mr. Carreras

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jose, can you see by the dawn's early light

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WORLD MUSEUMS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra

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I PITY THE "FOOL"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Motley Fool

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HOME

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It's what andirons are built to hold

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Time's up! The correct answer was Logs/wood in your fireplace

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TIME TO "EAT"

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To practice trickery or fraud in game play

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Time's up! The correct answer was cheat

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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

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This phrase for taking a break from a long period of sitting goes back to 19th century baseball

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seventh-inning stretch

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GETTING POSSESSIVE

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While one creation slept, God took this to make Eve

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adam's rib

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THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY

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In preparing to write this poem, Longfellow used "An historical and statistical account of Nova Scotia"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Evangeline

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KANSAS CITIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Topeka

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UP & ATOM

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When a nucleus is split, it's called fission; when 2 nuclei combine, it's called this

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Time's up! The correct answer was fusion

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VACATION FUN

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Watch out for sewer rats inside the "Sewer Adventure" at the Aquaria Water Museum in this Swedish capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stockholm

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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS

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David Mamet won in 1984 for this salesman drama whose title includes 2 4-letter words

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glengarry Glen Ross

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INDONESIA

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Indonesia's Molucca Islands were once called this because they were famous for growing cloves, nutmeg & mace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spice Islands

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MOVIE MUSIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nacho Libre

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EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES

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Revolutionary War hero: "His spirit is in Vermont now"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ethan Allen

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I READ THE NEWS TODAY

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At the time JFK was shot, Jack Ruby was placing some ads in this "morning" publication

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Dallas Morning News

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RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS

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For Muslims: witnessing, prayer, alms giving, fasting & pilgrimage

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Time's up! The correct answer was Five Pillars of Faith

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THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD

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Fad, dad or glad

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THE KILLERS

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Pausanius, a young Macedonian noble, killed this man, Alexander's dad, in 336 B.C.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Philip

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TRUTH OR DARE

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Truth: This fight promoter said "There was a spontaneous combustion of love" at the Trump wedding

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Time's up! The correct answer was Don King

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HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a knockout

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SUPERHEROES

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For a while the Hulk was gray, but now he's this color

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Time's up! The correct answer was green

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HISTORY

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For the last 8 years of his life, Galileo was under house arrest for espousing this man's theory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Copernicus

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POTPOURRI

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Persil is the French word for this ever-popular garnish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Parsley