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Time's up! The correct answer was Connecticut

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HEY, "BABY"

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Nickname of Haiti's Jean-Claude Duvalier

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Baby Doc"

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FAMOUS AMERICANS

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It was the famous nickname of frontiersman & scout Christopher Carson

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kit

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FOUNTAINS

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

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

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was osmosis

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I'M GOING "INN"

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2-word term for a tuxedo

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Time's up! The correct answer was dinner jacket

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COMICS STRIP

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleese

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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

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On October 5, 1818 this mother of Lincoln & 2 of her relatives died of milk sickness

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Hanks

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BALLET

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The Carolina Ballet debuted a 2006 work based on this stormy Shakespearean shipwreck saga

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest

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2011 MOVIES

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Emma Stone starred as aspiring writer Skeeter Phelan in this '60s-set drama based on a novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Help

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CHOPIN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris

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WOLVERINE

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This creature is the main predator of wolverines; what else would be dumb enough to take one on?

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Time's up! The correct answer was man

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THE FORTUNE 500

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Fortune's "Most Likely to Succeed" was this Internet search site at No. 119 with 35 different "buy" ratings

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Time's up! The correct answer was Google

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A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY

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In the 1800s, it was fashionable to wear a cap named for this woman who stabbed Jean-Paul Marat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlotte Corday

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11-LETTER WORDS

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Term for someone who collects deniers, drachmas & doubloons

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Time's up! The correct answer was Numismatist

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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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WHERE'S MY COFFEE?

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Mexico's best coffee comes from Chiapas, a state that borders this noted coffee-growing nation

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Time's up! The correct answer was Guatemala

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THE 1930s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the akita

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GOING TO PIECES

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The U.S. hasn't minted these, between a penny & a nickel, since 1872

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Time's up! The correct answer was a two-cent coin

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TRUE LIVES

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Despite its title, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is a book by & about this woman

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gertrude Stein

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FAMILIAR PHRASES

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If you have other, more important things to do, you "have other' of these "to fry"

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Time's up! The correct answer was fish

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TECHNOLOGY

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First built in 1960, it's also been called an optical maser

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Time's up! The correct answer was laser

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MAGAZINE FEATURES

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Leading Off, Faces in the Crowd, Scorecard

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sports Illustrated

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WEATHER WORLD

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It's the U.S. state that experiences the most tornadoes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas

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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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PHYSICS

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The term horsepower came about when James Watt compared work done by a horse to work done by this

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Time's up! The correct answer was steam engine

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OPERA & BALLET

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The ballet "Les Sylphides" is danced to music by this Polish-French composer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frederic Chopin

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IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING

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This rock band sang, "We are the sultans of swing"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dire Straits

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CELEBRITY RHYME TIME

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Ashton's meat sellers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kutcher's butchers

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47

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You deserve a medal if you know that this element, symbol Ag, is No. 47 on the periodic table

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Time's up! The correct answer was silver

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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This "Beef State" is No. 1 in commercial red meat & great northern beans

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nebraska

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HISTORIC NAMES

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This 1909 Nobel Prize winner once failed the entrance exams at the Univ. of Bologna, Italy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Guglielmo Marconi

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PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS

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1983: "Still the Beaver"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leave it to Beaver

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APOLLO 11

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While the lunar lander was code-named "Eagle", the command module was code-named this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Columbia

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VERMONTERS

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At age 15 this future New York Tribune editor was apprenticed to a printer in East Poultney

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Time's up! The correct answer was Horace Greeley

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CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES

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"The ultimate driving machine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was BMW

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TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS

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1949: "Kiss Me, Kate"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cole Porter

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ANTIQUES

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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): The kind of clock shown here, invented c. 1800 & named for the musical instrument it resembles:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Banjo Clock

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"PH"UN WORDS

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From the Greek for "shape", it means to transform an image into something else by computer

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Time's up! The correct answer was morph

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

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On May 13, 1981 he had a close encounter with Mehmet Ali Agca in Rome; he would later visit Agca in prison

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

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KOREA

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The name of this martial art resembling karate is Korean for "art of kicking and punching"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taekwondo

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BALLS

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In racquetball, the ball must strike the front wall before hitting this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the ground

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BALLET

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pinocchio

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SPOUSE IN COMMON

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Ursula Andress, Linda Evans

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Derek

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BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE

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For an eighth child, preferably a daughter, this name from "Antony and Cleopatra" would be fitting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Octavia

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19th CENTURY LITERATURE

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Edward Bellamy's 1888 book "Looking Backward" sends a man to this year & doesn't mention computer bugs

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Time's up! The correct answer was 2000

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3 LITTLE LETTERS

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Like banks, many grocery stores now have these for dispensing cash & taking deposits

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Time's up! The correct answer was ATMs

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POTPOURRI

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Politicians often complain about having to make appearances on this "unappetizing poultry" circuit

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Time's up! The correct answer was the "rubber chicken" circuit

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GOING DUTCH

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The dairy is "de melwinkel" while "de kaaswinkel" specializes in this kind of dairy product

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheese

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CANALS

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While in Milan in the late 15th century, this artist designed locks to join the city's canals

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leonardo da Vinci

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"BLACK" OR "WHITE"

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This "Golden Girl" had her own show in 1958 & 1977 & in 1999 became part of the cast of "Ladies Man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Betty White

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LANDINGS

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

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

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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

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A flock of these black birds is called a murder

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Time's up! The correct answer was crows

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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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ALL IN YOUR MIND

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By definition, a hypnagogic hallucination occurs while you're about to do this

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Time's up! The correct answer was fall asleep

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"YN"

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A bird of the family Sturnidae, capable of mimicking human speech

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mynah

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SOCIOLOGY

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Expecting my son to be a cop & my daughter to be a nurse is assigning these sex-based roles

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Time's up! The correct answer was gender roles

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RHYME TIME

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A pumpkin suffering from ennui

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bored gourd

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NAME THE POET

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"Do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dylan Thomas

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

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In meteorology, when a cold one has a close encounter with a warm one & takes it over, it's called an occluded one

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Time's up! The correct answer was a front

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CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES

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Author Hawthorne would approve of this middle name of Ralph Fiennes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nathaniel

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FIRST NOVELS

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Sadly, the manuscript of her very first novel was destroyed in a fire in Nanking

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl S. Buck

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ISRAEL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Haifa

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MYTHICAL CREATURES

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Marco Polo told us of this 3-letter bird that could carry an elephant in its claws

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Time's up! The correct answer was the roc

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TELEVISION

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This wallaby's "Modern Life" takes place in O Town with his dog Spunky & his pal Heffer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rocko

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HISTORY

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Every president since Taft has been an honorary president of this organization founded in the U.S. in Feb. 1910

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

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN

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The Times of London estimates this chess player is taking home $20 mil. a year; that's some check, mate!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Garry Kasparov

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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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SLIM VOLUMES

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This doctor's "Diet Revolution" promised weight loss with a high-protein/low-carb diet (pass the steaki)

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

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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In 1915 William H, & William L. Bragg shared the prize for their analysis of the structure of crystals via this type of image

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Time's up! The correct answer was x-ray

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GEOGRAPH"Y"

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This Scandinavian country has 2 forms of its official language -- Bokmal & Nynorsk

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Time's up! The correct answer was Norway

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HISTORIC WOMEN

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In 1813 this mistress of the late Lord Nelson was imprisoned for debt

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Hamilton

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TELEVISION

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On a 1995 episode of this sitcom, JFK Jr. dropped by the offices of "FYI"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Murphy Brown"

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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1 of 2 famous Danish breweries you can tour in Copenhagen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tuborg

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NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES

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On Sept. 9, 1974 news fit to print included the pardon of this man & "Knievel Safe As Rocket Falls"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon

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HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ceylon

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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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WORLD LEADERS

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Shortly after he received the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize, his country ceased to exist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mikhail Gorbachev

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ART

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This artist used trowels, sticks & even basters to create some of his drip paintings, like "Cathedral"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson Pollock

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MOTORCYCLE MAKERS

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"Let the good times roll" with this company's supersport cycle, the Ninja ZX-14

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kawasaki

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PRINCETON

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Princeton was given its name in 1896, the year this future Princeton student & Jazz Age author was born

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scott Fitzgerald

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THE BODY HUMAN

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Blood leaves the heart from ventricles & enters the heart through these chambers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Atria

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SWEET TREATS

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These cookies were introduced by Nabisco in 1902 in a small box imprinted to look like a circus cage

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Time's up! The correct answer was Animal Crackers

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MYTHELLANEOUS

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Riding this winged horse made it possible for Bellerophon to approach & kill the chimera

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pegasus

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SATURDAY

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Founded in 1932 as The Palestine Post, this morning paper appears daily, except for Saturday

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Jerusalem Post

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HISTORY

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Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles de Gaulle

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EVERYBODY LOVES RAY

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This "sweet" boxer had fought just once in 5 years when he decisioned Marvin Hagler in 1987

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Sugar" Ray Leonard

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SPORTS

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You win this when you pick the winners of 2 successive horse races

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Daily Double

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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Loki

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REALLY BIG

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Greenland is more than 2 1/2 times the size of this next largest island

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Guinea

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

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The Tasman Sea separates Australia & this nation

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand

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TV MOVIES

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Arnold Schwarzenegger played Mickey Hargitay in a TV movie about this actress

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jayne Mansfield

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RUN, RUN, RUN

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If you want to hit this type of "contained" home run, you probably will need to run really fast

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Time's up! The correct answer was an inside-the-park home run

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SAY "CHI"s

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Deception or trickery

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Time's up! The correct answer was chicanery

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ARCHITECTURE

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A flight is a series of these unbroken by a landing

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Time's up! The correct answer was stairs

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WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II

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Ships in the U.S. Navy's Casablanca class of "escort" these were smaller than their big cousins like the Lexington

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Time's up! The correct answer was aircraft carriers

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THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK

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Born in 1803 in Tennessee, Sarah later attended school in this state due east, husband James' birthplace

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina

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BIRDS

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The scientific name of this big bird is Diomedea exulans, as in "exile"

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Time's up! The correct answer was albatross

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SEAQUEST

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Despite this name, it's really the world's largest lake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Caspian Sea

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AMERICAN COUNTIES

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While many states have counties named Lincoln, this is the only state that has one named Snohomish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

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In 1993 she became the first woman from Ukraine to win the world figure skating championships

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oksana Baiul

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CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS

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If you order "mountain chicken" in Dominica, you won't get chicken but one of these amphibians

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frogs

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SPIELBERG MOVIES

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Spielberg directed segment 2 of this 1983 movie based on a creepy anthology series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twilight Zone

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CARDS & DICE

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The winner of a game of War winds up with this many cards

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GOLD RUSH

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An 1859 gold strike brought miners to Cherry Creek, the site of this future state capital

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THE RULE OF THIRDS

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On Jan. 19, 1966 this woman was elected the third prime minister of her country

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS

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"Der Sturm"

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1957

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When Wham-O introduced this toy in 1957, it was called the Pluto Platter

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TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE

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"Angels in Chains"

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NAME THE FILM

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1995: "To infinity, and beyond!"

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SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS

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Mush Mouth & Dumb Donald were some of the Cosby kids on the show whose title featured this one

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ANTIQUES

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A method of joining 2 pieces of wood at right angles named for its resemblance to a bird's tail

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OPERA SINGERS

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This Neapolitan tenor made his last public appearance on Christmas Eve, 1920 in "La Juive"

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PEOPLE

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William J. McCarthy is president of this union

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HISTORIC AMERICA

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Sunflower Landing near Clarksdale, Miss. is believed to be where he found the Mississippi River in 1541

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MILITARY POWER

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

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"TOMORROW"

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This advice on procrastination is credited to a 1749 letter written by Lord Chesterfield to his son

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Time's up! The correct answer was never put off till tomorrow what you can do today

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SCIENCE

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These electromagnetic rays used to take pictures of your insides were originally known as Roentgen rays

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MEATS

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These gastropods are sometimes fed aromatic herbs to give them a special savor

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LITERARY QUOTES

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In "A Study in Scarlet" this author called London "that great cesspool"

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WORLD HISTORY

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In 1784 she founded the city of Sevastopol in her new domain of the Crimea

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CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS

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If you order "mountain chicken" in Dominica, you won't get chicken but one of these amphibians

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WINE

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"Anatomical" term for a wine's bouquet

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HEADS OF STATE

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

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DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY

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Company that ran the Hawk-Eye Works in Rochester, N.Y.

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4-LETTER WORDS

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

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1984

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This science fact & fiction writer published his 300th book which he called "Opus 300"

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4-LETTER WORDS

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Pronounced one way, it's the top of the head; pronounced another, it's French chopped liver

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EARTH, WIND & FIRE

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

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SO "LONG"

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A unit of distance equal to 220 yards

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DIARIES

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The anonymous author of this diary took her title from the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit"

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CHEESE

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"To Kiss in Shadows" & "Stealing Heaven" won 2003 Rita Awards for this type of novel

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ARCHITECTURE

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After WWI he became director of the Grand Ducal art school in Weimar; in 1925 he moved the school to Dessau

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THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS

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A 1927 visit to Etruscan sites inspired this author of "The Plumed Serpent" to write "Etruscan Places"

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BODIES OF WATER

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

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MAGAZINES

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Marilyn Vos Savant's column appears in this magazine that comes with Sunday newspapers

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LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS

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A. Philip Randolph, who first proposed a march on this city in 1941, also helped organize the one in 1963

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LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME

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Walter M., Arthur, Henry

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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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A Latter-Day jury spokesperson

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THAT'S ITALIAN!

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These thin tubes of pasta, Italian for "bridegrooms", are often baked

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MEET THE PARENTS

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First Colony Life Insurance, Telemundo, NBC

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THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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Neptune also has these features, including LeVerrier & Adams; only Saturn's can be seen through a small telescope

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CZECH, PLEASE

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For poetry that eschews all "dogmas & dictates", Jaroslav Seifert won this in 1984

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MISSING LINKS

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Mobile ____ Economics

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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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RHYME TIME

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A silent mob scene

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MOVIE MUSICALS

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As the master of ceremonies, this actor was the only one to reprise his stage role in 1972's "Cabaret"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joel Grey

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TOP OF THE LIST

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U.S. News & World Report calls this New Haven school the best value college, even with tuition at over $38,000 a year

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ENGLISH LITERATURE

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"The Parson's Tale", which deals at length with the 7 deadly sins, concludes this 14th century work

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PICK A PLANET

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It's never observable when the sky is fully dark

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LONG GERMAN WORDS

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Sauerbraten is literally "sour roast"; this is literally "roast sausage"

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ON THE GO

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

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KOREA

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Reportedly, the farther south you go, the hotter you'll find this common dish of pickled cabbage

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MONEY SLANG

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If you have the itch to start a business "from" it, you'll certainly need some of it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scratch

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NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA

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The Oregon Trail crossed it

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HOME

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A heriz is a Persian one

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RECORD LOSSES IN 2005

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A medical group lost 185,000 personal & medical records in this city, the seat of Santa Clara County

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A VIOLENT CATEGORY

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To hit with a fist, or to herd cattle like a cowboy

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Time's up! The correct answer was punch

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NOVELS

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Even the epilogue is lengthy in this 1869 Tolstoy epic; it comes out in 2 parts &, in our copy, is 105 pages long

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Time's up! The correct answer was War and Peace

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AMERICAN INDIANS

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When this chief, Pocahontas' father, died in 1618, he was succeeded by his brother Opitchapam

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Time's up! The correct answer was Powhatan

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THE OLD COLLEGE TRY

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Once known as the Antelopes & the Bugeaters, this university's sports teams are now known as the Cornhuskers

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Time's up! The correct answer was the University of Nebraska

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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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MOVIES & TV

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Tim Robbins played a public TV newsman in "Anchorman: The Legend of" him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ron Burgundy

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POTPOURRI

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fable

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SODA POP QUIZ

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It was originally called bib-label lithiated lemon-lime soda

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Time's up! The correct answer was 7-UP

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MUSCAT LOVE

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Qaboos bin Said al Said rules from his palace in Muscat under this title that means "ruler" in Arabic

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Time's up! The correct answer was sultan

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WORLD UP!

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This island that gained independence from Denmark in 1944 is below the Arctic Circle

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19th CENTURY LITERATURE

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Edward Bellamy's 1888 book "Looking Backward" sends a man to this year & doesn't mention computer bugs

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Time's up! The correct answer was 2000

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ASIAN CAPITALS

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Check out the Kokugikan Sumo Budokan Arena in this capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tokyo

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DOUGH

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No peeking! This building is portrayed on the back of the $20 bill

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

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CARDS & DICE

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The 4 players in bridge are given these directional titles

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LITERATURE

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This "Madame Bovary" author visited Tunisia to research "Salammbo", his novel about Carthage

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Time's up! The correct answer was Flaubert

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ROCK WITH YOU

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This Jackson 5 (& later Mariah Carey) hit begins, "You & I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "I'll Be There"

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UP IN THE AIR

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

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ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS

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Victory at Agincourt in 1415 earned this king a visit from the Holy Roman Emperor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry V

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THE REEL STORY

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This singer starred in "Waiting to Exhale" & "The Bodyguard"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Whitney Houston

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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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WE ARE AMUSED

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Ms. Rodham Clinton's first name comes from the same Latin root as this word meaning "very funny"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hilarious

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BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!

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A national symbol, this endangered bird has been making a comeback in recent years

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ALBUMS

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

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

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HEISMAN WINNERS

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In 2006 Troy Smith joined Eddie George & back-to-back winner Archie Griffin as winners from this school

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ohio State

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ROGUE

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This country's acceptance of responsibility for the Pan Am 103 bombing helped it lose its rogue status

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Time's up! The correct answer was Libya

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SAY "CHI"s

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In the Army today no one outranks General George W. Casey Jr., because he's this

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RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS

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Lev Landau won a 1962 Nobel Prize for working in low-temperature physics, also known as this

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BALLET

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Balanchine choreographed the leading role in "Allegro Brillante" for this part-Osage Indian ex-wife

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maria Tallchief

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LITERATURE

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"Eugenie Grandet" is considered one of the finest novels in his series "La Comedie Humaine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Balzac

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POET'S GLOSSARY

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Japanese style / Always syllable counting / This type of poem

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PARDON MY "FRENCH"

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They're formed by folding back & fastening a wide band at the end of a sleeve

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Time's up! The correct answer was French cuffs

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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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NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY

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

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U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS

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

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'ALLO, GOVERNOR!

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Henry S. Thibodaux, P.B.S. Pinchback

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana

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AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY

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To a baseball pitcher: ERA

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Time's up! The correct answer was earned run average

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CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS

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Among the babes in "Babes in Toyland" are Ann Jillian as Bo Peep & this Mouseketeer as Mary Contrary

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Time's up! The correct answer was Annette Funicello

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BACH IN THE SADDLE

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Bach often paired a prelude with this form in which a theme is stated, repeated & varied with contrapuntal lines

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fugue

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"LAP" DANCE

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

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ALL MY SONS

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Gutzon Borglum died in 1941 so his son, Lincoln, finished sculpting the 4 figures of this memorial

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Rushmore

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"LAP" DANCE

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A region of northern Scandinavia or Russia

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SOCIOLOGY

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

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SCIENTISTS

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Despite his advocacy of megadoses of vitamin c, he & his wife Ava got cancer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Linus Pauling

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TRANSPORTATION

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

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CONDUCTORS

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The Lone Ranger could tell you this precious metal is the best conductor of electricity among metals

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Time's up! The correct answer was silver

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by this team

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Dodgers

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HOW DO YOU...

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Attach a pencil to a string, pin the other end of the string down & move the pencil around the pin

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Time's up! The correct answer was draw a circle

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FOOD

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A raw egg yolk usually accompanies this raw meat dish

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THEY REST IN NEBRASKA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baseball

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TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED

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His autobiography was called "I Don't Mean To Be Rude, But..."

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SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY

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

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POOR & FAMOUS

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Despite help from Engels in the 1850s, he & his family often subsisted on bread & potatoes

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AUTHORS

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His "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" spans 100 years from the Civil War to the civil rights movement

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest J. Gaines

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U.S. CITIES

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

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BRANDO

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"Family" man Don Vito Corleone

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Godfather

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CLASSIC AD LINES

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"We Bring Good Things To Life"

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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On this date Denmark's Rebild Park holds the largest foreign celebration of American independence

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3-LETTER THE BETTER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the can

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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

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On October 5, 1818 this mother of Lincoln & 2 of her relatives died of milk sickness

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SPORTS HOME CITIES

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The NFL's Saints

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THAT'S ITALIAN!

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These thin tubes of pasta, Italian for "bridegrooms", are often baked

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Time's up! The correct answer was ziti

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SCORING

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In this sport you score a point for each 42-pound stone closer to the tee than the opponent's nearest stone

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TAIWAN

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In October 1971 Taiwan was expelled from this organization & Red China was admitted

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JEWELRY

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Known for its malleability & white brilliance, this rare metal has been used in jewelry since the 19th C.

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HOW'S THE WEATHER?

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Longer autumn nights let the ground cool, producing condensation & the "ground" type of this

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WHAT TO WEAR?

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This plain-weave, sheer fabric made with tightly twisted yarn is also used to describe a pie or cake

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FROM THE WELSH

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From the Welsh for "dwarf dog", it's also a miniature toy car brand

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COMPOSERS ON FILM

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James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy"

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EARLY AMERICA

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In defending British soldiers on trial for this 1770 event, John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things"

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

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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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MEN OF MUSIC

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

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ASTROLOGY

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The masculine signs are the air signs, including Gemini, & these signs, which include Leo

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YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF

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If a Maori showed you a tiki, you'd be looking at one of these

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THE HUMAN ANIMAL

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Denis Leary says of firefighters, "You have to be like" this sea creature. "You have to keep moving forward"

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"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?

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Elton John saw the light of the Top 5 with this song twice, in 1974 & 1992

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"

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RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE

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Oct. 4, 2006 STOP This company's president & CEO Christina Gold rings opening bell STOP

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& CROWN THY GOOD

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In 1905 Haakon VII was chosen king by the people & parliament of this country after its separation from Sweden

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RICHARD

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One man who had this name discovered Lake Tanganyika; the other played Becket & Trotsky on film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Burton

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BUSINESS BUDDIES

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Postage meter inventor Arthur Pitney merged his company with that of this entrepreneur

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bowes

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WORD ORIGINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota

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SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG

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Sticky-sweet title of no. 1s for Bobby Goldsboro in 1968 & Mariah Carey in 1997

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

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"A"NCIENT GREEKS

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A fabulist: 620-560 B.C.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aesop

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MOTTOES

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This international sports competition's motto is "Faster, higher, stronger"

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THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION

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While in Paris, Ignatius was accused & brought before Ori, this type of truth-seeking 10-letter holy man

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PROPHET SHARING

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On the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo included some of these ancient oracle-like prophetesses

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DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS

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Quality of ice, eels, & banana peels

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THE FABULOUS '50s

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The accuracy of the Quartz clock was surpassed in 1955 by one using this element, Cs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cesium

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BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER

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This Egyptian crime boss is wanted in connection with ordering the death of all male Jewish children

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pharaoh

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GOVERNMENT

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Brazil has 2 federal legislative houses, the Chamber of Deputies & this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Senate

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YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF

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If a Maori showed you a tiki, you'd be looking at one of these

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LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"

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Writer Wyndham (5)

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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"

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God requires adult Muslims to fast during this month so they may cultivate piety

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan

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THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM

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44 B.C.: Casca & company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar

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"AD"JECTIVES

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Fatty, like some "tissue"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adipose

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ITALIAN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was your hand

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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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11-LETTER WORDS

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The scientific study of birds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ornithology

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MOVIE DEBUTS

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At 13 this actress with a weekday in her name starred in the 1956 classic "Rock, Rock, Rock!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tuesday Weld

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THE 20th CENTURY

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In 1917 he called for a declaration of war against Germany saying that "The world must be made safe for democracy"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Woodrow Wilson

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NAME THE PLAY

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Inez: "I prefer to choose my hell; I prefer to look you in the eyes and fight it out face to face"

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Time's up! The correct answer was No Exit

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SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was jaded

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DRESSING

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2-word, somewhat contradictory-sounding term for the NBA's player dress code that allows dress slacks or khakis

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Time's up! The correct answer was business casual

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NOTABLE NONHUMANS

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In 1964 he lifted his beagles Him & Her by the ears on the White House lawn, provoking protest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lyndon Johnson

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TRUTH OR DARE

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Dare: She was born on Aug. 18, 1587, the first English child born in America

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Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia Dare

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GOVERNMENT

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Until 1896, majority in this branch of Congress were 1st termers, now less than 10% are

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Time's up! The correct answer was the House of Representatives

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THEY REST IN NEBRASKA

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Though he starred in "Oklahoma!" this husband of Sheila is buried in Nebraska

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gordon MacRae

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MAY DAYS

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Oliver Lewis rode Aristides to victory in the inaugural running of this horse race on May 17, 1875

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky Derby

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THE BIG BANGLADESH

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Over 80% of those in Bangladesh follow this religion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Islam

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FIRST LADIES

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In January 1991 this first lady broke her left leg while sledding at Camp David

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara Bush

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THE FABULOUS '50s

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In early 1951 TV viewers were riveted watching the Kefauver committee's look into this in America

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Time's up! The correct answer was organized crime

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ROCK-Y

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The title of Falco's biggest hit mentions this fellow Austrian musician

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart

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CITY FLAGS

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This Spanish mission & a star are depicted on San Antonio's flag

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Alamo

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THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS

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The report's back from the lab; it's the science dealing with the detection of poisons

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Time's up! The correct answer was toxicology

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JUST DESSERTS

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Chef Josef Dobos is famous for creating this type of cake named for him

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Time's up! The correct answer was torte

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LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER

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Faulkner novel about Joe Christmas that's the Swedish playwright of "The Dance of Death"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Light in August Strindberg

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"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH

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Arkansassy state park near Murfreesboro

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crater of Diamonds State Park

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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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MOVIE PRODUCERS

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Tim Burton, director of the 1989 smash about this comic book hero, also co-produced the 1992 sequel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Batman

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COUNTIES BY STATE

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McDuffie, Meriwether, Macon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia

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WHY SO BLUE?

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Utah's state tree is the blue type of this evergreen

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Time's up! The correct answer was the spruce

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TUBE TEST

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He provides the voice for Thurgood Stubbs on "The P.J.s"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eddie Murphy

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GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE

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The pig that he stole was actually an animal-shaped, currant-filled pastry

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom

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ANIMALS

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The genus of this Asian animal is Ailuropoda, & its species name, appropriately, is melanoleuca

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Time's up! The correct answer was the giant panda

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SCIENCE CLASS

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Lava & igneous rock are formed from this hot liquid rock material found under the earth's crust

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Time's up! The correct answer was magma

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FUN WITH OPERA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Falstaff

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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"Colorful" verb for what's been done when you've been soundly thrashed

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Time's up! The correct answer was tanned

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SCIENCE

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The symbol of this radioactive element is Pu & it sounds like it's named after Mickey Mouse's dog

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Time's up! The correct answer was plutonium

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SYNONYMS

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In court you won't hear a lawyer say "remonstrance!" but this synonym

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Time's up! The correct answer was objection

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES

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This sailor hero's adventures include "The Golden Voyage" & "The Eye of the Tiger"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sinbad

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WORLD COINS

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In 1999 it issued its 1-oz. silver kookaburra coin with honor marks reproducing several U.S. state quarters

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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia

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HORSE & RIDER

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Trigger's friend Buttermilk

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dale Evans

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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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THE SPACE RACE

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Sputnik was the Soviet's 1st satellite, while this was ours

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Time's up! The correct answer was Explorer

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FAMOUS NAMES

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This star of "Kojak" admits he shaves his head every morning

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Time's up! The correct answer was Telly Savalas

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

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This Dallas bowl game has been played at the same site consecutively longer than any other major bowl game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton Bowl

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NURSERY RHYMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dish & spoon

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NETWORK

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was PBS

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DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB

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This supermodel starred with William Baldwin in the film "Fair Game", which was fair game for critics

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cindy Crawford

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FROM B TO C

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A group of nations acting together, like the old Soviet one

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Time's up! The correct answer was bloc

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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Dustin Hoffman starred as this controversial entertainer in a 1974 biopic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lenny Bruce

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'HUSKER DO

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One of the 2 vice presidents born in Nebraska; one in 1913, the other in 1941

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gerald Ford

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LUXEMBOURG

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was German

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DEATH BY...

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Hanging, December 30, 2006 in Baghdad

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saddam Hussein

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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It became a U.S. territory in 1900 & a state 59 years later

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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SHIPS

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The Queen Elizabeth was a few feet lnger than this, her sister ship

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

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FOUNTAINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rome

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HOMOPHONES

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Masculine, or letters & packages

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

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BUGS

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These small, stinging ants were introduced into the U.S. at Mobile, Alabama

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fire ants

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EXPLORERS

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Louis Antoine de Bougainville arrived at this island in 1768 & natives gave him fowls, fruit & naked women

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tahiti

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BARTLETT'S PAIRS

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The first of this French playwright's 2 quotes begins, "A great nose indicates a great man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edmond Rostand

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ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES

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Prime Minister Tony Blair dubbed her "The People's Princess"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Princess Diana

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RUSSIA

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In the July 3, 1996 runoff, he defeated Gennadi Zyuganov

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boris Yeltsin

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MOVIE TAG LINES

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1982 film that showed "A world inside a computer where man has never been. Never before now"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tron

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POETS

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On Feb. 12, 1959, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, he addressed a joint session of Congress

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carl Sandburg

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THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

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Novelist Heller

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph

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COME "IN"

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A military badge of rank or qualification

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Time's up! The correct answer was insignia

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TELEVISION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harvey Korman

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HISTORY IN MOVIES

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In "Sahara", set in this war, German soldiers attack Humphrey Bogart at a desert oasis

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MEDICAL TALK

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It begins, "I swear by Apollo physician and Asclepius..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was the hippocratic oath

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CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

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Stubborn slippers (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was mules

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AT THE BUILDING SITE

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A Fats Waller is a pianist & this "waller" is an installer of plasterboard

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Time's up! The correct answer was a drywaller

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TOP OF THE LIST

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Not surprisingly, this taste sensation is rocking as Ben & Jerry's top-selling ice cream flavor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cherry Garcia

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POP MUSIC

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Alicia Keys received 5 Grammys for 2001, including best new artist & song of the year for this hit

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

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MINORITY REPORT

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Justice Harlan was an honorable one-man minority in this 1896 decision that enshrined the "separate but equal" doctrine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plessy v. Ferguson

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NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY

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"The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath"

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

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SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER

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"It's" one of these "that blows nobody any good"

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Time's up! The correct answer was an ill wind

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THE 13th CENTURY

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In 1215 a bloody incident on this city's Ponte Vecchio began a civil war between the Guelphs & Ghibellines

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Time's up! The correct answer was Florence

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ANIMAL TERMS

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Teens who frequent shopping centers are called these, the title of a Kevin Smith film

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Time's up! The correct answer was mall rats

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"L.B."s

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Even before Thomas Edison, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was aglow with his invention of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was light bulb

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A FLY CATEGORY

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Airborne nickname of 1920s Olympic gold medalist Paavo Nurmi

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Flying Finn

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EARLY AMERICA

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

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

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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

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2 Greek words for "long life" give us this word which refers to a diet or lifestyle said to prolong life

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macrobiotic

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BIOGRAPHIES

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"The Education of a Woman" by Carolyn G. Heilbrun tells of this feminist and famous Ms

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gloria Steinem

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HISTORIC NICKNAMES

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This 19th century American politician & orator was nicknamed "The Little Giant"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Douglas

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RICHARD

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Either of the 2 parents of Richard the Lion-Hearted

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine

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WEATHER

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Airplanes can trigger bolts of this when traveling through electrified clouds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lightning

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IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME

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This underworld kingpin had a helmet that made him invisible; after all, his name means "the unseen"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hades

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THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS

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In the third film of this title guy's animated series, Fiona's planned attack on 2 tree/ guards doesn't make them happy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shrek

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HOLLYWOOD DOGS

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Higgins played the title role of this 1974 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benji

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FINE DINING

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This word for a French stew is pronounced the same as a pasta sauce brand

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Time's up! The correct answer was ragout

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EDS

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He earned an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in "The Hours"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ed Harris

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"IBLE"S & BITS

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Easily duped or conned, perhaps like a seabird

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Time's up! The correct answer was gullible

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MR. TEA

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According to one legend, this spiritual leader born in 563 B.C. was the first to discover tea

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buddha

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WORLD CITIES

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It served as Australia's capital from 1901 to 1927

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Time's up! The correct answer was Melbourne

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ANATOMY

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The only mobile bone of the face

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mandible

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THE PLANETS

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This remote planet orbits the sun at a 98 degree axis, almost lying on its side

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus

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HORS D'OEUVRES

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Chicken livers & water chestnuts wrapped in bacon; fortune cookies to follow

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Time's up! The correct answer was rumaki

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MOVIE MUSICALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bert Lahr

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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Bryan Fuller created this show about a piemaker whose touch can bring the dead to life

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pushing Daisies

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WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT

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"What An Appealing Young Lady" can be translated to this title of a 1999 movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was She's All That

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GEOGRAPHY "E"

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This island in the South Pacific is named for the day of its discovery, a religious holiday

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Time's up! The correct answer was Easter Island

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THE ROLLING STONES

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The Stones played a cleaned-up version of "Let's Spend The Night Together" on this U.S. TV variety show in 1967

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Ed Sullivan Show

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SIMPLE SCIENCE

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A poison in pure form, this element used as a germicide on cuts has a chemical symbol that's a pronoun

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Time's up! The correct answer was iodine

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THE PRODUCERS

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This West Coast state procuces the most wind-generated energy

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Time's up! The correct answer was California

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ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN

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Trent Reznor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nine Inch Nails

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COMPOUND WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mousetrap

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AUSTRALIA

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The name of this capital city is Aboriginal for "meeting place"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra

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"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?

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No doubt you know this "Tragic Kingdom" tune was No. 1 for 16 weeks on the airplay chart in 1996 & '97

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

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BROADWAY LYRICS

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"He had it comi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago

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LANGUAGES

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Most of the people of Brazil speak this official language

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese

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OSCARS OF THE '70s

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Of Jack Nicholson's 5 nominations in the 1970s, this was the only movie for which he won

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Time's up! The correct answer was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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CARTOONS

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Ted Cassidy, who played Thing on "The Addams Family", was also the voice of The Thing of this superhero group

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Fantastic 4

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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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"L.B."s

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Oscar-nominated for her role in "Goodfellas", she went on to play Dr. Jennifer Melfi on "The Sopranos"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lorraine Bracco

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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Simon said "Simply dreadful... appalling" on this show that debuted on Fox in June '02

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Time's up! The correct answer was American Idol

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LOW TECH

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This brand says its "magic" tape is "the original matte-finish, invisible tape"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch

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GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY

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I hates it when the cops put these "bracelets" on me after a bust

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Time's up! The correct answer was Handcuffs

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EXPLORERS

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

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

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"S"-OTERICA

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(I'm NFL running back Shaun Alexander) I play in this city that's the farthest distance away from any other NFL city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seattle

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SOCIOLOGY

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William H. White put this word before "think" to mean conformity to consensus

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Time's up! The correct answer was group

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THE CAT

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Like MGM's Leo the Lion, if you can do this you're considered one of the "big cats"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roar

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LITERARY ANIMALS

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This old grey donkey was Winnie-the-Pooh's friend who always saw things in a gloomy light

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eeyore

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ROCK FORMATIONS

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This Southern California group was originally assembled as a backup band for Linda Ronstadt

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Eagles

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AROUND THE WORLD

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

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

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AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.

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It was once known as "Presidents Park" but perhaps this name for it looks better on a "Marquis"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lafayette Park

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YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!

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Your allergy to feathers may prevent you from playing Odette, the queen of the swans in this ballet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Swan Lake

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FIGURE SKATERS

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Dorothy Hamill developed a spin now known as the "Hamill" one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was camel

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AYE! IT'S IRELAND

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One of Ireland's most important exports, it's also Ireland's most popular brand of stout beer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Guinness

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LITERATURE

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Title character who says, "Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day — mock me horribly!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doran Gray

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THE BIBLE

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John 1:29 calls Jesus this animal "of God, which taketh away the sin of the world"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a lamb

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AN ARTHUR BEE

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Go to Flushing Meadows & see the 22,547-capacity stadium named for this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Ashe

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THE ELEMENTS

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Once called radium F, this element was named for the homeland of one of its discoverers

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Time's up! The correct answer was polonium

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CHAD IS RAD

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Refugees from the neighboring Darfur region of this country have fled into eastern Chad

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sudan

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HISTORIC AMERICANS

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This attorney was the only representative of New York to sign the U.S. Constitution

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Hamilton

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SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY

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Almost half of north Americans have this kind of blood

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Time's up! The correct answer was Type A

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BROADWAY TEENS

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Brooke Shields & Lucy Lawless played Rizzo in the '90s revival of this rockin' high school musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grease

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SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA

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Robert Guillaume provided the voice of Rafiki, the wise old baboon, in this 1994 film

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

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"TOO" MUCH

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It's a string or garland of flowers hung in a curve, or to decorate with them

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Time's up! The correct answer was festoon

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RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE

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It's easy to get lost in this arrangement of genetically identical creations

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clonehenge

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WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?

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University of South Carolina

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Time's up! The correct answer was Columbia

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4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW

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Hard coal that burns with little flame

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Time's up! The correct answer was anthracite

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HOMOPHONES

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Deserve, or a large decorative vase

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Time's up! The correct answer was earn/urn

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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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ANATOMY

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This cord that connects a fetus to the placenta contains 2 arteries & 1 vein

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Time's up! The correct answer was the umbillical cord

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SILENCE

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The name of this branch of monks known for keeping silent comes from a 17th century Cistercian Abbey

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Trappists

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ANIMAL TERMS

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This "scaly" alliterative term originally referred to men who flirted in tea rooms

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Time's up! The correct answer was lounge lizards

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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Dating back at least 100 years, "drowning the shamrock", or going drinking, is a tradition on this holiday

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

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MOVIES & TV

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We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009

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Time's up! The correct answer was Battlestar Galactica

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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Odin learned the secrets of these alphabetic symbols while hanging for 9 days on Yggdrasil, the world tree

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Time's up! The correct answer was runes

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edison

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"ANT" INFESTATION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was dilettante

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WORLD LEADERS

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Former Sofia mayor Boyko Borissov is now its prime minister

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bulgaria

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EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....

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Of this deaf composer she wrote, "Sweet sounds, oh beautiful music, do not cease!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was L.V. Beethoven

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ABBREVIATED

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Sometimes you get extras with one of these: DVD

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Time's up! The correct answer was digital video disc

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STATE CAPITALS

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Every Memorial Day weekend, this city hosts its famous 500 auto race

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Time's up! The correct answer was Indianapolis

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THE ENGLISH BEAT

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

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

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PHYSICS

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If it were not for the retarding influence of this, raindrops would attain bullet-like speeds

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Time's up! The correct answer was the atmosphere

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STATE OF THE UNION

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This union state's 6th regiment was nicknamed the Minutemen; its 20th was the Harvard regiment

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Time's up! The correct answer was Massachusetts

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THE WOK OF FAME

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Some people may have adverse reactions to this Chinese food flavor enhancer that's also called "Mei-Jing"

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Time's up! The correct answer was MSG

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ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 24

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ALSO A TOOL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the hammer

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AT THE KENNEDY CENTER

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This president's 1972 visit to China inspired an opera that played at the Kennedy Center in 1988

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon

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SCIENCE

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The symbol of this radioactive element is Pu & it sounds like it's named after Mickey Mouse's dog

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Time's up! The correct answer was plutonium

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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This mischief-maker was up to his old tricks when he stole Freya's necklace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Loki

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NYC MUSIC HISTORY

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She co-wrote "The Loco-Motion" in the Brill Building on Broadway

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carole King

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL

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The Alouettes play their home games at Molson Stadium on the campus of this Montreal university

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Time's up! The correct answer was McGill

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ANCIENT HISTORY

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He was only 16 when he became Roman emperor upon the death of Claudius

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nero

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SPORTS & THE MOVIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wrigley Field

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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS

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Leg hair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Raleigh

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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On Oct. 12, 1492 Columbus reached the New World & landed at an island he called this, Spanish for "holy savior"

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BALLET

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I may say "neigh!" if you do a pas de cheval, a ballet step that imitates this animal

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WARNER BROS.

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Former mortuary entrepreneur Steve Ross negotiated Warners' 1989 merger with this publisher

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UNFORESEEN FINDS

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In 1879 this was discovered when a scientist's food was found to be sweet from the residue of a coal tar experiment

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WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

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In an essay Woolf wrote, "A woman must have money and a" this "of her own... to write fiction"

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WEDDINGS

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In 2002 a hot pink frock worn by Robin Durr won the DeKuyper Contest for the worst of these

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FACTS & FIGURES

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A pen with 1,400 diamonds depicting a mountain range was created in 2006 to celebrate this company's 100th anniversary

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SECRET IDENTITIES

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Batman

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LANDINGS

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

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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Argentina

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MARRIED WITH CHILDREN

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Babies are in this "mouthy" stage according to psychoanalytic theory

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THE ENVIRONMENT

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A New York Times article said this, falling in winter in the Adirondacks, may be more toxic for fish than its liquid counterpart

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BASEBALL HISTORY

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Topps' 1952 series No. 311 was this player's first card & is a holy grail among collectors

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IT'S A DATE!

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Oregon entered the union on this date in 1859, sweetie

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LITERARY COLLABORATORS

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George S Kaufman died in June 1961; this man, his frequent collaborator, in December of that year

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SAINTS BE PRAISED

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The first American citizen canonized was an immigrant from this country

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"CH"ILL OUT!

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

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HARRY GUYS

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He's the Harry heard here: "Dayyy...."

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LETTER MEN

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He's the taller of the two gentlemen in the photo seen here

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WONDER DRUGS

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Football coach & triple-bypass patient Dan Reeves advertises Zocar, which mainly aims to lower this

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HORSE SENSE

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Shakespeare has this king saying, "Saddle White Surrey for the field to-morrow"

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NO. 1 ALBUMS

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"Imagine"

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MAGAZINES

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Marilyn Vos Savant's column appears in this magazine that comes with Sunday newspapers

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LIT MY FIRE

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This Irish poet's "Sailing to Byzantium" urges "sages... in God's holy fire" to be "singing masters of my soul"

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NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD

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

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HORNS

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South America's southernmost point, its rocky terrain rises to a height of 1,391 feet

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"LAP" DANCE

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A region of northern Scandinavia or Russia

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BIOPIC-NIC

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2001: Will Smith as this poet/pugilist

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PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES

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His presidential library is about 35 miles from the Kansas City, Missouri airport

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CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS

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1984: Men ride giant worms & attack the forces of the Emperor

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GONE TOMORROW?

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

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WOMEN'S HEALTH

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

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ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS

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Taste

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TREES & SHRUBS

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In 1963 Louisiana chose this "bald" tree native to the swamps & wetlands as its state tree

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ANIMAL GROUPS

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A group of vipers, even if the snakes don't live in a bird's dwelling

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THE SUPREME COURT

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

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SLIM VOLUMES

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This chef followed up his "Now Eat This!" cookbook with "Now Eat This! Diet"

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POETRY

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Poe said this maiden "lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me"

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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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AT THE MOVIES

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2002: A young Maori girl defies tradition & mounts a cetacean

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U.N. OBSERVANCES

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

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ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE

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Native Americans grew these together with corn & at harvest time combined them into "M'sickquatash"

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ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES

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The 19th century's "Widow of Windsor"

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Dante

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HEY, "U"!

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It may be a mischievous scamp, or a "sea" creature

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Time's up! The correct answer was Urchin

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FILE UNDER "K"

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The Nancy Drew books are written under this pseudonym

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THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Graham

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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Austria

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CITY FLAGS

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Its flag features a pioneer family, a covered wagon & 2 sea gulls

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

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AMERICAN INDIANS

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A woman claiming to be this Lewis & Clark companion died in 1884; she would have been about 100

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sacagawea

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FROM THE FRENCH

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This type of needlework gets its name from the French for "hook"

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Time's up! The correct answer was crochet

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POET'S GLOSSARY

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Japanese style / Always syllable counting / This type of poem

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Time's up! The correct answer was haiku

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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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CANADIAN CAPITALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winnipeg

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GAMES

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

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

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

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The 6 Earl Derr Biggers novels about this Chinese-American detective were first serialized in the Post

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Chan

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THE GRIDIRON

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[Hi, I'm Shannon Sharpe of the Denver Broncos] In 1995 this Cowboys running back tied Jim Brown's record by scoring his 100th career TD in his 93rd NFL game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Emmitt Smith

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PARTS OF THE WHOLE

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1 coiled shell, 1 foot

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Time's up! The correct answer was a snail

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POETIC TERMS

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It's an echoic term for words like hiss that imitate an actual sound

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Time's up! The correct answer was onomatopeia

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ETIQUETTE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was white tie

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DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY

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Havana's Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagas has been turning these out since 1845

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Time's up! The correct answer was cigars

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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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TRANSPORTATION

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In 1994 the trip across this body of water was cut from a little more than an hour to about 35 minutes

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Time's up! The correct answer was the English Channel

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was osmosis

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THE MOVIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sabrina

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BORN IN THE WINDY CITY

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You're keeping up with the Joneses if you name this producer of "Thriller" who was born in Chicago in 1933

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quincy Jones

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"LESS" IS MORE

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Jean-Paul Belmondo is the cool criminal Michel in this French New Wave classic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Breathless

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ASIA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Philippines

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WE ARE AMUSED

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As a noted joke pirate, Milton Berle was punningly known as "The Thief of" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bad Gags

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EMOTICONS

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=|:-)= This is an extension of the initials U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle Sam

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

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Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gotham

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I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY

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Domine Quo Vadis Church stands on this road, where tradition says Peter asked Jesus, "Lord, where are you going?"

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

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FARAWAY PLACES

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To get from Africa to Arabia, you cross (or part) this sea that has a colorful name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red Sea

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AFRICAN-AMERICANA

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Mari Evans adapted this Zora Neale Hurston work as a musical titled "Eyes"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Their Eyes Were Watching God

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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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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Lee

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WHERE WORDS COME FROM

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Latin: This device you open when it's precipitating

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Time's up! The correct answer was an umbrella

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SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG

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The Eagles in 1975 & The Emotions in 1977 both hit No. 1 singing about "The Best Of" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was "My Love"

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ANATOMY

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A ringlike muscle called the pyloric sphincter lies at the end of this, leading into the duodenum

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Time's up! The correct answer was the stomach

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THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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1997's prize went in part to an international group trying to clear these from the world

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Time's up! The correct answer was land mines

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TECHNOLOGY

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A fault in the rotation speed of this device produces a sound called a "wow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a turntable

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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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PERFUME

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Mimosa, mayflower & musk mingle in this, Yves St. Laurent's "capital" perfume

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris

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WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN

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"American poet... became known as a leader of the Beat literary movement of the 1950s"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ginsberg

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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Imprisoned in Genoa, he dictated an account of his visit to the court of Kublai Khan

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