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Time's up! The correct answer was "Peer Gynt"

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PSYCHOLOGY

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Founder of “individual psychology”, he broke with Freud in 1911

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Adler

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MY SUITE

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"Suite Bergamasque" contains this composer's famous piece "Clair De Lune"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Debussy

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ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS

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Surprisingly, only 2 women made the list: Joni Mitchell & this leader of the Blackhearts

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joan Jett

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LITERATURE

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

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

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FOOD & DRINK

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They're the 2 things Little Miss Muffet was consuming while sitting on her tuffet

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Time's up! The correct answer was curds & whey

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WORDS OF LOVE

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Virgil's "omnia vincit amor" is translated as this

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Time's up! The correct answer was love conquers all

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CNN

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In 1997 CNN became the first U.S. news organization since 1969 with a permanent bureau in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba

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THAT'S SO '90s

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Born Louis Eugene Walcott, he led a million man march in Washington, D.C. in 1995

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Farrakhan

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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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ODDS & ENDS

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On April 9, 1963 this Brit was made the first honorary U.S. citizen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winston Churchill

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18th CENTURY AMERICANS

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In 1775 he & a group of axmen cleared & marked the Wilderness Road for the Transylvania Company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Boone

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ACTRESSES

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Tamara Dobson fought drugs as "Cleopatra Jones" in 1973, 10 years after this woman was "Cleopatra"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Liz Taylor

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OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV

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"An Unmarried Woman" in the movies, she played Donald Sutherland's wife Letitia on "Dirty Sexy Money"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jill Clayburgh

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COMPOSERS ON FILM

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James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy"

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Time's up! The correct answer was George M. Cohan

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A LITERARY TOUR

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Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Steinbeck

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GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT

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"North Country" starred Charlize Theron; "No Country for Old Men" featured this Spaniard as a relentless killer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Javier Bardem

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MUSEUMS

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The Eisenhower Center in this Kansas town houses numerous mementos of the president's life & career

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Time's up! The correct answer was Abilene

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FILM FACTS

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This TV star played a senator who had his "Hawkeye" on Meryl Streep in "The Seduction of Joe Tynan"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alan Alda

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TV THEME LYRICS

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"Movin' movin' movi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rawhide

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EXPORTS

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The hills around San Jose are covered with trees growing this, Costa Rica's top export

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Time's up! The correct answer was coffee

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GEOGRAPHY

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Lake Avernus in Campania in this country was believed by the ancients to be the entrance to Hades

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Time's up! The correct answer was Italy

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SCIENCE GUYS

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In 1920, he was named director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bohr

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"

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At the finals in 1999, I asked about a bridge linking the European & Asian parts of Turkey across this strait

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bosporus

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was 4-Jul

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THE "BUTLER" DID IT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Butler University

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS

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The Bolshoi presented this ballet at the Met in 1959, with Yuri Zhdanov & Galina Ulanova as the title lovers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romeo & Juliet

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MAGNETO

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An alnico magnet is an alloy having these 3 elements as its principal ingredients

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Time's up! The correct answer was aluminum, nickel, cobalt

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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Melville said this abolitionist who was hanged in Charlestown, Va. in 1859 was "the meteor of the war"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Brown

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MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS

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1987: "Naughty"

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

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ODDS & ENDS

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On April 9, 1963 this Brit was made the first honorary U.S. citizen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winston Churchill

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LONG WORDS

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Among bodily noises, hiccup & burp are this type of word that imitates sound

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Time's up! The correct answer was an onomatopoeia

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PLAYWRIGHTS

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"May All Your Fences Have Gates" is a book of "Essays on the Drama of" this African-American playwright

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Time's up! The correct answer was August Wilson

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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At 15 on the modified Mohs' scale, this substance still has the highest hardness number

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Time's up! The correct answer was a diamond

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IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING

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"Swing Time" was the sixth film to team this pair of legendary dancers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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Nobel-winning creator of Herzog & Sammler

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saul Bellow

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ROCK WITH YOU

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Jakob Dylan, the son of Bob Dylan, is the frontman for this group

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Wallflowers

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FOR THE BIRDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa or Louisiana

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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME

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Henson, Morrison, Lehrer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim

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SYNONYMS

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As a noun, it's a synonym for "flower", as a verb, it's to blossom or come into one's own

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Time's up! The correct answer was bloom

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THE RENAISSANCE

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The name of this musical form probably came from the Latin "matricale", meaning in the mother tongue

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Time's up! The correct answer was Madrigal

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MOTHER GOOSE

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Some say these 2 were actually Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette, who were beheaded (or broke their crowns) in 1793

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack & Jill

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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thunderbolt

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GUINNESS RECORDS

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

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

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BROADWAY TEENS

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[clue missing because of technical glitch]

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank

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THE EYES HAVE IT

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A hollow area that holds a light bulb

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Time's up! The correct answer was Socket

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FICTIONAL BOOKS

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

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

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U.S. CITIES

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This Wyoming capital is home to the annual Frontier Days celebration

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheyenne

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LITERARY ALLUSIONS

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A type of nonsexual love is named for this Greek philosopher who discussed it in his "Symposium"

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Time's up! The correct answer was platonic

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BOOK NAMES

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George Bernard Shaw: "Major ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara

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THE TEENS

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Sounds unlucky, but there were this many books in Lemony Snicket's "Series of Unfortunate Events"

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Time's up! The correct answer was 13

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TRAVEL

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Gamblers will love to know that the Hotel Yak & Yeti in this Nepalese capital houses the 2-story Casino Royale

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kathmandu

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CZECH, PLEASE

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Treaty of friendship, cooperations, & mutual assistance that Czechoslovakia signed in 1955

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

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ANIMAL PLANET

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A bean with mottled markings shares its name with this equine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pinto

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Florida's panhandle borders these 2 states

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

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SODA POP QUIZ

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They spent $250,000 to develop a can so the shuttle crew could drink their new formula in space

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coke

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THE NEW CAR LOT

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Your pocketbook may not "Bond" with the $130,000 base price of its DB7 Coupe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aston Martin

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AT THE KENNEDY CENTER

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Can you hear me? This rock opera by The Who was a big hit at the Kennedy Center in 1994

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy

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THIS IS JEOPARDY!

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On the original version, this was the highest dollar value on the Double Jeopardy! board

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Time's up! The correct answer was **$100 **

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POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS

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"For" Michigan Republican congressman Hoekstra's "sake!"

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

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MARRIED WITH CHILDREN

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It can be an early harmonious period for a president, or a married couple can take a "second" one without the kids

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Time's up! The correct answer was Honeymoon

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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Brazil

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese

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MESOPOTAMIA

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Mesopotamia stretched from the Taurus Mountains in the north to this gulf in the south

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Persian

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THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION

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In 1807 Jefferson tried to have this man, his first vice president, convicted of treason

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aaron Burr

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NO. 32

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The Los Angeles Lakers retired his No. 32 jersey

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Time's up! The correct answer was Earvin "Magic" Johnson

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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

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In 2001 Brian Cappelletto won this game's World Championship with words like vozhd for 50 points & jerrid for 44

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scrabble

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"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?

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If you've given up, stop! & tell us this Tom Petty song that won the Best Special Effects MTV Music Video Award in '85

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Come Around Here No More"

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CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS

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Puerto Ricans love to drink the juice of this fruit they call parcha -- maybe it makes them feel "amorous"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Passion fruit

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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A 1975 inductee, he gave us "an electronic alphabet that could carry messages"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Morse

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TREES

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Arboreal symbol of strength

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Time's up! The correct answer was oak

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GEOGRAPHIC PHRASES

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This common term originated in the early 1500s with the book "De Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe"

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

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LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS

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This state bird of Texas belongs to the family Mimidae

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Time's up! The correct answer was the mockingbird

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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The second word in the French name of this boneless steak means "dainty"

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Time's up! The correct answer was filet mignon

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CAPITAL IDEA

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A small village sacked by Mongol as well as Afghan invaders, it later became the largest Persian city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tehran

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BRIGHT IDEAS

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Lawrence Sperry used the gyroscope his dad developed in this device that keeps planes on course without human aid

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Time's up! The correct answer was autopilot

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MORE POWER TO YOU

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2-word term for the job that takes you to homes to figure out how much people owe the power company

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Time's up! The correct answer was a meter reader

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POP CULTURE

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In a 2011 movie comedy, the 3 title "horrible" these were summarized as psycho, maneater & tool

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Time's up! The correct answer was bosses

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TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA

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Actor in common to the coming-to-California films "True Romance" & "Kalifornia"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brad Pitt

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STOCK SYMBOLS

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The annual report of this company, PRD, is as pretty as an instant picture

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Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid

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EUROPE

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It's the smallest in area of the Benelux countries

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Time's up! The correct answer was Luxembourg

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THE CIRCUS

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Antoinette Concello's triple somersault helped make her the "Queen of" this "flying" apparatus

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Time's up! The correct answer was trapeze

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SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA

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1968 classic with the ad line "Somewhere in the universe, there must be something better than man!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Planet of the Apes

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MEDICAL TALK

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This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones

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Time's up! The correct answer was tendinitis

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TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was carbon dioxide

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CARBON CREDITS

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This carbon isotope, 2 down from radiocarbon, is the standard for the relative atomic mass of other elements

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Time's up! The correct answer was C-12

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HE WAS IN THAT?

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

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

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Kimchi

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POP MUSIC

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Alan, Merrill & Wayne, 3 of these Utah brothers, co-wrote their own 1972 hit "Crazy Horses"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Osmonds

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THE "B.G."s

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Swingin' virtuoso heard here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benny Goodman

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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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AMERICAN LITERATURE

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A contemporary review of this 1851 novel said, "Who would have looked for... poetry in blubber?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moby-Dick

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HORSE SENSE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bonanza

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ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR

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To avoid or go around the edge of

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Time's up! The correct answer was a skirt

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WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT

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In 1616 she & her husband John Rolfe traveled to England to help raise funds for the Virginia colonists

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas

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SPORTS

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In the 1992-93 season this Pittsburgh Penguin missed 24 games but still won the NHL scoring title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mario Lemieux

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OF "RATH"

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It's an adjective meaning really, really angry

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Time's up! The correct answer was wrathful

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FICTIONAL BOOKS

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This character on "Seinfeld" thought of "a coffee table book about coffee tables" that turned into a coffee table

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kramer

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THE SUMMER OLYMPICS

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Throwing events include this one, the hurling of a spearlike shaft

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Time's up! The correct answer was the javelin

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IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland

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A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE

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The mission of the Apollo space program of the 1960s & '70s was to land men on this celestial body

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Time's up! The correct answer was the moon

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DOWN MEXICO WAY

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Founded in the 1530s, this capital of Jalisco state is the second-largest in Mexico

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Time's up! The correct answer was Guadalajara

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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS

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

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

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THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

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Explorer Pike

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zebulon

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"O"PERA

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

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

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BIBLICAL PAIRS

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"Hairy" couple from Judges 16

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Time's up! The correct answer was Samson & Delilah

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MOVIES & TV

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On March 19, 2009 he said, "I'm excited and honored to introduce my first guest... Barack Obama"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Leno

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ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE

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The Houses of Lancaster & York used different colored types of these flowers as their symbols

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roses

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NATURE

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Safes, a type of these desert formations, are often many miles long & several hundred feet high

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Time's up! The correct answer was sand dunes

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DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY

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The Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Penn. filled its first orders for this industrial material in 1875

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Time's up! The correct answer was steel

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SONG LYRICS

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The woman who "cries the whole night long; he was my man but he done me wrong' "

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frankie

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS

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"Beaucoup de Bruit Pour Rien"

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

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DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG

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1990: Madonna turns a magazine into a dance

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

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HORSE & RIDER

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Silver

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

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PLANT LIFE

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The spiny shrub ocotillo takes these as its habitat & is common in the Sonoran & Chihuahuan ones

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Time's up! The correct answer was a desert

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ASTROLOGY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Earth

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ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE

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The Houses of Lancaster & York used different colored types of these flowers as their symbols

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roses

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THE MAINE ATTRACTION

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It's the only National Park in all of New England

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Time's up! The correct answer was Acadia

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PUT ON YOUR JAMIES

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Jamie in this family that includes N.C. & Andrew said, "Everybody in my family paints -- excluding possibly the dogs"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wyeth

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NICE TO MEAT YOU

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A western N.Y. city knows cuts of this humped cattle family member are lower in fat & cholesterol than most cuts of beef

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Time's up! The correct answer was buffalo

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SHIPS

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Neither this admiral nor his flagship, the Trinidad, completed the circumnavigation of the globe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magellan

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A WHITE CATEGORY

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The London district of Whitechapel is associated with this infamous killer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack the Ripper

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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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"A"NCIENT GREEKS

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A comedic dramatist: 445-385 B.C.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aristophanes

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SAINTS

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In 1918 padre Pio, who reportedly could levitate, became the first priest in centuries to receive these "wounds"

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Time's up! The correct answer was stigmata

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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It pumps more than one million barrels of oil a day, more than any other state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas

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LANGUAGES

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Of Inka, Dinka or Doo, an actual language spoken in southern Sudan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dinka

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NOVEL QUOTES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ayn Rand

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1988

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At the July 1988 Democratic National Convention this Massachusetts governor was nominated for president

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Dukakis

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ISLANDS

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These islands famous for their ponies form the northernmost part of Scotland

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Shetlands

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CATHOLIC PRIESTS

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Parish priests have their own one of these, John Vianney

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Time's up! The correct answer was patron saint

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THE ONION

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Sept. 12, 1928: This "It Girl" "to appear sleeveless in Oct. Collier's; 'Besleeve yourself, strumpet!' clergy urge"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bow

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"PIN" ME

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pinwheel

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DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS

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1984: New York governor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mario Cuomo

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EMOTICONS

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:-b.. Doing this means either you're hungry or you're a pig

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Time's up! The correct answer was drooling

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DIED ON THE SAME DAY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ingmar Bergman

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DOWN MEXICO WAY

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This resort city about 200 miles southwest of Mexico City is famous for its cliff divers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Acapulco

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THE PLANETS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune

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GEORGIAN ON MY MIND

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This "Pretty Woman" was born in Smyrna, Georgia on Oct. 28, 1967

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts

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STATE GOVERNMENT

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Maine's only publicly elected executive officer; if he dies the state senate president succeeds him

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Time's up! The correct answer was governor

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THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED

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On this pre-piano item played by Lurch on TV, the strings are plucked by points connected with the keys

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Time's up! The correct answer was a harpsichord

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SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD

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The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best

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Time's up! The correct answer was accommodations

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WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?

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Liza Minnelli

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Garland

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"MUM"s THE WORD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mummers

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18th CENTURY AMERICA

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In 1796 he said that the U.S. should "steer clear of permanent alliances" in foreign policy

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington

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"V" IS FOR

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...this third-largest city of Spain, famous for its oranges

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Time's up! The correct answer was Valencia

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CANADIAN CAPITALS

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Now a provincial capital, it was once the capital of New France

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quebec City

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MEATS

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Used to cure many meats including bacon, its the creosote and formaldehyde in this that help preserve things

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Time's up! The correct answer was smoke

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CINEMATIC DICTIONARY

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Garland Jeffreys sang of having star-studded "dreams" of this size, like movie film

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Time's up! The correct answer was 35mm

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was 52

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FANTASTIC FILMS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Time Machine

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EPONYMS

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This ancient king of Lydia, thought the wealthiest man on earth, had the Midas touch, hence the phrase "as rich as" him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Croesus

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ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS

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Emmy-winning actor Bridges

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beau

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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS

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The Pulitzer folks gave "A Delicate Balance" by thIs playwright a 1967 "Woolf" whistle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Albee

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SECRET MENUS

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Fatburger offers a "Hypocrite Burger" featuring this type of patty with slabs of bacon

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Time's up! The correct answer was veggie patty

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HISTORIC DATES

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The accident of April 25-26, 1986 at this facility was caused by a poorly designed experiment at its reactor unit 4

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chernobyl

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FAMOUS SHIPS

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On December 27, 1831 it departed Plymouth, England to map the coastline of South America

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Time's up! The correct answer was the HMS Beagle

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NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS

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2007's winner, "The Looming Tower" is subtitled this terrorist group "and the Road to 9/11"

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Time's up! The correct answer was al-Qaeda

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THE HUSBAND MARRIED

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Joan Blondell & June Allyson

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Powell

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NO. 1 ALBUMS

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"Hell Freezes Over"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Eagles

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GOLD RUSH

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Forty-niners from this European country were called Keskydees, a corruption of an oft-used phrase

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Time's up! The correct answer was France

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HOP ON POP CULTURE

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Sydney's dad, Jack, was a CIA double agent working against SD-6 on this Jennifer Garner show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alias

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HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?

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This emotional bond to a captor by a hostage due to stress & need for survival is the psychothriller of the summer!

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Stockholm Syndrome

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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A valley at 282 feet below sea level in this state is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere

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Time's up! The correct answer was California

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ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was lie

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4-LETTER WORDS

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It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings

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Time's up! The correct answer was a quad

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CROSSWORD CLUES "D"

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He's the shadowy Watergate source (4,6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Deep Throat"

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MY SUITE

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It's the title of the "chasmic" 1931 suite heard here

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Grand Canyon Suite"

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WORLD AUTHORS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chateaubriand

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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A brave French soldier might receive the award known as the "Croix de Guerre", meaning "Cross of" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was War

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ACTORS & ACTRESSES

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John Mahoney, who plays Martin Crane on this sitcom, was born in England; he moved to the U.S. when he was 19

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frasier

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BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER

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Wanted for treason against King David, he's known to have killed his half-brother for raping Tamar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Absalom

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CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS

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This sign for 2006 shows devotion to family; aren't you a good sign? Yes you are! Good sign!

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Time's up! The correct answer was the dog

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REMEMBER THE TIME

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In 960 Mieczyslaw I became the first ruler of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland

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SPORTS HOME CITIES

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The NBA's Cavaliers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland

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TV PRODUCERS

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The Fairmont in this city's Nob Hill was the exterior used for Aaron Spelling's "Hotel" TV series

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Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco

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KANSAS CITIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wichita

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WASHINGTON D.C.

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What the "D.C." stands for

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Time's up! The correct answer was the District of Columbia

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BACKWARDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a countdown

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BROADWAY LYRICS

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

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

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TV STARS

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Putting the Goth in "American Gothic", this rocker & his family starred in a hit MTV reality show in 2002

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ozzy Osbourne

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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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POOR & FAMOUS

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This Russian's 1866 novel "The Gambler" is based on his own ruinous passion for roulette

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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EAT IT!

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It's the Spanish-named appetizer of tortilla chips & often beans, beef & onions topped with melted cheese

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Time's up! The correct answer was nachos

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FOOD FACTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was chocolate

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SLOGANEERING

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This large company provides "Solutions For A Small Planet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was IBM

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TAKE A PILL

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This tranquilizer that sounds like a village was introduced in 1955 & became the USA's bestselling drug

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Time's up! The correct answer was Miltown

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FRANCE

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

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

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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY

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One of Guyana's largest cities, it's also an old name for New York City

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Amsterdam

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OOH... A WISE GUY

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The writings of this man seen here were truly Revolutionary

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Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx

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BERMUDA SHORTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamilton

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PUSH BY SAFIRE

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In 2006 George W. Bush awarded Safire this "presidential" item, the highest honor given to civilians

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Medal of Freedom

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WHAT A GEM!

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Cornflower blue is the most prized color of this gem

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sapphire

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THE EYES HAVE IT

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People say these are what you need to make it in Hollywood

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Time's up! The correct answer was Contacts

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YES, THAT'S "WHITE"

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Milk with butter & flour added used as a base in cooking

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Time's up! The correct answer was a white sauce

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LOW TECH

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16 tablespoons equals one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cup

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ALLITERATION STATION

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"If" he "picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers" he "picked"?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Piper

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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On Mar. 27, 1964 this largest Alaska city was hit by an 8.4 earthquake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage

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SHAKESPEARE

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In "The Merchant of Venice" he tells his friend Tubal, "Meet me at our synagogue"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shylock

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NAME THE OPERA

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("Triumph March")

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

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NOTABLE NONHUMANS

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This favorite horse of Alexander the Great sometimes wore golden horns in battle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bucephalus

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CANALS

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The city of Balboa is the Pacific terminus of this 51-mile-long canal

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

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FAMOUS JACQUES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cartier

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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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WORD ORIGINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was salad

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DOUBLE-O WORDS

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A lateral branch on a main stem

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Time's up! The correct answer was an offshoot

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AIN'T THAT "GRAND"

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Term for an extended visit to Europe, once an essential part of a British gent's upbringing

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

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CINEMATIC DICTIONARY

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SFX is the standard abbreviation for these, from the rustling of trees to cannon fire

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sound effects

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19th CENTURY LITERATURE

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He wrote "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", "The Blue Hotel" & "The Red Badge of Courage"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Crane

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THE KILLERS

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In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cain

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TV ACTORS & ROLES

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Teri Hatcher looked "shipshape" as one of the singing "mermaids" who jumped on board this cruisin' series in 1985

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Love Boat

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"

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This small western European country is known for quality carpets, cut diamonds & fine chocolates

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Time's up! The correct answer was Belgium

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FATHER'S IN LAW

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was legal aid

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KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI

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Died in 1989

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khomeini

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ALL "AMERICAN"

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In 2009 this organization that maintains the largest registry for purebred dogs celebrated its 125th anniversary

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Time's up! The correct answer was the American Kennel Club

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ITALIAN ART

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In 1533 this Venetian was made court painter by Emperor Charles V, who also ennobled him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Titian

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THE KILLERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bugsy Siegel

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MEASURING DEVICES

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A nilometer measures the height of the water in this

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

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HOMOPHONES

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Masculine, or letters & packages

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HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU

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Julius Caesar became the leader of this empire in 45 B.C. but was killed just one year later

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roman

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THAT'S HANDY

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The hand gesture with 2 pairs of fingers bunched together was made by this Vulcan on the original "Star Trek"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Spock

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THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE

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

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

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NIGHT WATCH

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July 7, 2009: If you're in Australia, the Americas or sailing the Pacific, look for an eclipse of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Moon

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FEELING POSSESSIVE

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Jason Robards played editor Ben Bradlee in this 1976 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was All the President's Men

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SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS

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Misty May & Kerri Walsh

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Time's up! The correct answer was beach volleyball

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FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bart Simpson

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LET'S HIT IT

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Aaron Fechter invented this carnival game where you hit a mammal with a mallet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Whack-A-Mole

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____ OF THE ____

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A Baskin-Robbins program, or an expression meaning "popular for right now"

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Time's up! The correct answer was flavor of the month

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PRIME NUMBERS

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Dial this 3-digit prime number in L.A. only for emergencies

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Time's up! The correct answer was 911

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IT'S A "SIN"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Basin

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INTO THE "WOOD"s

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On an orchestral score, the music for this instrument group is at the top

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Time's up! The correct answer was woodwinds

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MOVIE MUSICALS

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

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

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WORD ORIGINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mandarin

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WHY?

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They're "unlucky" because in the Middle Ages they were thought to be the mascots of witches

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Time's up! The correct answer was Black cats

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COMPOSERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was words

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"LAP" DANCE

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The type of filmmaking seen here

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

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SPACE MISSIONS

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The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Eisenhower

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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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PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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To scientists, it's force times distance; to Twain, it's "whatever a body is obliged to do"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Work

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MR. TEA

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The last Dutch governor of New Netherland, he introduced tea to America around 1647

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Stuyvesant

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YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Bono

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4-LETTER WORDS

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From the Latin for "kitchen", you literally cook ceramics in one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kiln

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COMMON SIMILES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a leaf

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NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY

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"Good-night, good-night! Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good-night till it be morrow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romeo and Juliet

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TELEVISION

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

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

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AMERICANA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Haven

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CARDS & DICE

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Instead of pips, poker dice have 6 card values on them that run 9 through this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ace

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THE 1960s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lew Alcindor

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TRUTH OR DARE

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

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

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EDS

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In order to marry a twice-divorced American woman, King Edward VIII of this country abdicated the throne in 1936

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Time's up! The correct answer was England

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FOREIGN CURRENCY

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This currency of Costa Rica gets its name from the first European to see the nation

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Colon

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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE

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To enjoy this national Swiss dish, you'd better like cheese, lots of it, melted in wine

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Time's up! The correct answer was fondue

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uma Thurman

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NFL COACHES

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In 2004 LSU coach Nick Saban was tapped to be the new head coach for this team

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Miami Dolphins

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REQUIRED READING

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In 2 classic survival stories, it's the last name of a Swiss family & the first name of Mr. Crusoe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robinson

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CODES

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The first 5 digits in these represent the manufacturer; 16000 means General Mills

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bar code

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IT ENDS WITH "US"

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It's a summary or outline given to college students that covers the course of study

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Time's up! The correct answer was syllabus

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REAL TO REEL

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In this 1990 movie Robin Williams played a doctor who roused a group of patients out of their catatonic states

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Time's up! The correct answer was Awakenings

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NOVELS

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Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1984

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES

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He played Cameron Poe, an almost-paroled convict thwarting an escape attempt in "Con Air"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nicolas Cage

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FETAL ATTRACTION

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Named for the sac surrounding the fetus, this fluid cushions the fetus from injury

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amniotic fluid

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ONE-WORD RHYMES

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In Manhattan, going from Central Park to Chelsea is heading this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was downtown

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BACH IN THE SADDLE

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Bach was a composer of great reknown in this musical era that takes its name from "imperfect pearls"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baroque

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SPORTS FACTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nicklaus

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EXPLORERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baffin

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19th CENTURY NOVELISTS

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William Wilkinson's "An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia" inspired this author's most famous novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bram Stoker

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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 HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD

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Hell, heaven or limbo

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Time's up! The correct answer was heaven

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BASEBALL

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Though he's had 5 no-hitters & the most career strikeouts of any pitcher, he's never won the Cy Young Award

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nolan Ryan

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REEL MOTHERS

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Kathleen Turner is a psychopathic housewife on a killing spree in this 1994 John Waters comedy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Serial Mom

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AFRICAN-AMERICANA

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In 1964 Martin Luther King became the first African American named this magazine's "Man of the Year"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Time

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THE ROMANOV DYNASTY

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

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

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FIRE!

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Though the 1871 Chicago fire began in this family's barn, their house suffered only minor damages

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Time's up! The correct answer was the O'Learys

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KOREA

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It's enlightening to know the eighth day of the fourth lunar month is celebrated as his birthday

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buddha

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BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES

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Henry VIII

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tudor

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FRANCE

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"Jet" over to this largest Paris place, site of the guillotine during the French Revolution

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Place de la Concorde

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FAMILIAR SAYINGS

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

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

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FLAG 'EM DOWN

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The Alamo is located in this city & is depicted on its flag

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Time's up! The correct answer was San Antonio

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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2004: Sirius Black, the prisioner of Azkaban

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Oldman

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ART & ARTISTS

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In 1956 Time magazine dubbed this abstract expressionist "Jack the Dripper"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pollock

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TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA

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It's what you wear to protect yourself against the effects of the device seen here:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sunglasses

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KNIGHTS

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A young boy between 7 & 14 who trained as a knight, or his hairdo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Page

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Fictional girl sleuth who's the granddaughter of "The Great Profile"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Drew Barrymore

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DANCE

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The basic floor pattern of this elegant 17th c. French court dance evolved to resemble the letter Z

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Time's up! The correct answer was the minuet

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"B" IN GEOGRAPHY

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It's the Canadian province that borders Idaho

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Time's up! The correct answer was British Columbia

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COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS

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Pumbaa

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Time's up! The correct answer was warthog

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THE CIVIL WAR

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Union pay department officers wore the M1840, one of these weapons that featured a straight 31" all-gilt blade

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sword

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MOVIE TAG LINES

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"Lather. Rinse. Save the world" advertised this Adam Sandler comedy

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Time's up! The correct answer was You Don't Mess with the Zohan

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HEALTH & MEDICINE

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Light flashes in the field of vision may mean this optic tissue has become detatched

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Time's up! The correct answer was the retina

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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A rectifier is an electrical device used to convert alternating current to this

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Time's up! The correct answer was direct current

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STORM

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

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

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"EZ" DOES IT

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Port Said is this waterway's northern terminus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Suez Canal

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TRANSLATION EXERCISES

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Turkish to Spanish: Relatively speaking, "anne" & "baba"

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Time's up! The correct answer was madre y padre

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TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR

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The incarnation of a god in Hindu myth, or an Internet graphical image representing a person

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Time's up! The correct answer was an avatar

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THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE

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"Bosom Buddies", "The Green Mile"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Hanks

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SCIENTISTS

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This naturalist wrote, "for my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Darwin

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PRESIDENTS

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Sammy Cahn wrote new lyrics for "High Hopes" & it became this man's 1960 campaign song

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Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy

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DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG

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1990: Madonna turns a magazine into a dance

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

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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"

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A literary bell ringer (9)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quasimodo

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RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE

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Oh, come on! On Feb. 28, 2008 this TV "Kitchen Nightmares" man added a touch of bell to his resume

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gordon Ramsey

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POUR ME A STIFF ONE

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

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

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ON THE "WAR"PATH

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

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

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FOR THE FASHIONISTA

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Of Elie Saab, Elie Saturn or Elie Subaru, the one who designed the gown Halle Berry wore when she won her Oscar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elie Saab

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BALLPARK FIGURES

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With the Yankees from 1923 to 1939, his No. 4 was the first number retired in either league

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lou Gehrig

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THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS

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

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

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"PH"UN WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Philately

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OFF TO A GOOD START

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It's a ship at home in the Arctic, or a remark that starts a conversation

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Time's up! The correct answer was an icebreaker

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COMIC STRIPS

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This Scott Adams title guy with a gravity-defying tie accidentally invented a death ray that interested North Korea

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dilbert

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ROCKS & MINERALS

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Fizzing when acid is applied, this mineral is the base of the Portland cement industry

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Time's up! The correct answer was limestone

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JUST PLANE GEOMETRY

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The word geometry means to "measure" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the world, the earth

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PROVERBS

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It's where you should "never tell tales"

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

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WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?

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Theon's home of Smyrna is now called Izmir & is one of the chief seaports of this country of Asia Minor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Turkey

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CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS

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In 1921 Congress censured Rep. Thomas Blanton for inserting "obscene matter" into this publication

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Congressional Record

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FRANCE

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In 1992, 200 years after it was written, 40% of the French found it excessively bloody & 25% wanted it changed

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Time's up! The correct answer was the French National Anthem

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THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME

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He wasn't the calendar dude, but when he died in 1846, he was the XVI & last pope with this name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gregory

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NATIVE AMERICANS

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Gov. Bradford said that this Indian who taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn was an "instrument sent of God"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Squanto

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IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL

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"Who Knew" this colorful singer could be so "M!ssundaztood"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pink

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TAIWAN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taipei

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FETAL ATTRACTION

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Pre-natal process that created the images seen here:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ultrasound

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TELEVISION

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In 1998 Brian Dennehy made his first appearance as Red Finch, David Spade's firefighter father, on this hit series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Just Shoot Me

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SHAKESPEARE

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Macduff tells us, "Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd in evils to top" this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Macbeth

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PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY

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Gerald Ford was the last president born under this "crab"by sign

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cancer

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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Unusual names borne by these celestial objects include 3834 Zappafrank & 10221 Kubrick

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Time's up! The correct answer was asteroids

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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Barbra Streisand introduced the song "People" in this musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Funny Girl

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WHAT A CHARACTER!

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On "The Addams Family", he was married to Morticia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gomez

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INTERNATIONAL NAMES

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The U.N. ties of this Secretary-General date back to 1975, when he was a South Korean diplomat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ban Ki-moon

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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME

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Connelly, Garner, Holliday

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer

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DON'T BE A PAIN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen

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SPORTS SHORTS

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In 2008 he swam 200 meters freestyle in a record 1 minute, 42.96 seconds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Phelps

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THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE

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"Bosom Buddies", "The Green Mile"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Hanks

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GIVE THE BUCHAREST

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This star of 1937's "The Last Gangster" was born Emanuel Goldenberg in Bucharest, Romania

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward G. Robinson

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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It's spoken in Hameenlinna & Hyvinkaa (7)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Finnish

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DRAMA

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

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

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TAINTED GOV

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In 2010 it was revealed that Robert Rizzo made $800,000 a year as the city this of Bell, Calif., population 37,000

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Time's up! The correct answer was manager

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SLOGANEERING

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When going out, take this card because "It's Everywhere You Want to Be"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Visa

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THE "W.B."

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

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

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MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS

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In Greece, this Eddie Murphy film became "Daddies as Nannies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daddy Day Care

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ALL MY SONS

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Kidnappers got under this crooner's skin when they kidnapped his son from a Tahoe casino in 1963

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Sinatra

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CROSSWORD CLUES "D"

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One who gives blood (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a donor

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A SHAPELY CATEGORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was shells

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BRIGHT IDEAS

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In 1882 Schuyler Wheeler put a propellor on the shaft of an electric motor & created this--how cool!

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fan

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1988

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After 32 years in power, Janos Kadar was ousted as first secretary of this country's Communist Party

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary

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ART

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"The Regatta at Argenteuil" shows this Frenchman's love of water subjects, like lilies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monet

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THE "X" FILES

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A shortened form of Christmas is spelled this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was Xmas

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APT ANAGRAMS

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This Internet service was big in the '90s: I ONCE RAN EMAIL

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Time's up! The correct answer was America Online

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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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LOST IN SPACE

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Piers Sellers lost a tool in space while spreading putty into this Space Shuttle named for Capt. Cook's ship

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Time's up! The correct answer was Discovery

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BOY MEETS WORLD

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The last male in the Tudor line, he became king at age 9 upon the death of Henry VIII

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward VI

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BODIES OF WATER

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12,500' above sea level, this South American lake bordering Bolivia & Peru is the world's most navigable lake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Titicaca

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THAT'S NO LADY...

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Before he was a Yippie leader & one of the "Chicago Seven", he was a pharmaceuticals salesman

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Time's up! The correct answer was Abbie Hoffman

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland

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SPORTS

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(Hi, I'm Greg Gumbel) During his 26-year career Sparky Anderson managed the Cincinnati Reds to 4 NL titles & this team to 1 AL championship

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Time's up! The correct answer was Detroit Tigers

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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This speech that Lincoln delivered on a battlefield in 1863 lasted only 2 minutes but its impact was huge

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Gettysburg Address

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CLASSICAL GASES

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Lighter than air, it's also called marsh gas & is found in natural gas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Methane

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WORDS

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Chat about this in your chat room: "chat" is merely a shortened form of this 7-letter word

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Time's up! The correct answer was chatter

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Springsteen

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CELEBS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Britney Spears

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VALUABLE PLACES

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You can keep the valuable rocks you find in the state park near Murfreesboro, Arkansas: Crater of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Diamonds

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NUTRITION

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It's good to break a little this between friends--it supplies carbs & fiber

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Time's up! The correct answer was bread

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CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS

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Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was born May 5, 1813 in this capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Copenhagen

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BERRIES

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A judge crossed California & Texas blackberries & created these which bear his name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Loganberries

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BODIES OF WATER

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The St. Mary's River connects Lake Superior to this second-largest Great Lake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Huron

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THE CIRCUS

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Trainers shout, "Tail Up!" when they want these performers to follow each other trunk to tail

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elephants

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THE TEENS

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Sonnets are rhymed poems with this many lines

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Time's up! The correct answer was 14

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BUSINESS PARTNERS

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In dessert: Burton Baskin &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Irv Robbins

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BUSINESS BUDDIES

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Book publisher Henry Houghton made this guy his partner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mifflin

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THE TEENS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 15

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NATIONAL MONUMENTS

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Scotts Bluff National Monument lies in western Nebraska on this pioneer trail

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oregon Trail

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NATIONAL SPELLING BEE

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A suicide pilot during WWII, it was 1993's winning word

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Time's up! The correct answer was K-A-M-I-K-A-Z-E

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WAR STORIES

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"The Good Soldier Schweik", "Paths of Glory"

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

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OCCUPATION HAZARDS

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If this is you're job you'd be fired if this clue go t by you uncorected

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Time's up! The correct answer was proofreader

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MAYORS

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In New Orleans' first post-Katrina mayoral election, this man held on to his job

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nagin

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ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nineteenth

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BOGIE MEN

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Rick Blaine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Casablanca

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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The highest airport in the world is Lhasa Airport in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was TIbet

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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Part of the name of this expensive boneless cut means "dainty" in French

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Time's up! The correct answer was filet mignon

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A BUG'S LIFE

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Used by scientists to clean flesh off bones being prepared for research, dermestids are a type of this insect

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Time's up! The correct answer was a beetle

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WRITERS CUBED

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19th century minister of the Second Church of Boston, known for essays like "Self-Reliance"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Waldo Emerson

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BUSINESS LEADERS

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His business card bore the Golden Arches & the titles "Founder" & "Senior Chairman of the Board"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kroc

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CHANCE

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The U.S. golf register says the chances of this have been estimated north of 1 in 20,000

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Time's up! The correct answer was a hole-in-one

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ENGLISH CLASS

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It's the third person plural objective case pronoun

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Time's up! The correct answer was them

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IT'S RAINING "MN"

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Catch the flue here, where fire goes up in smoke

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Time's up! The correct answer was a chimney

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Annabel Lee

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THE SUMMER OLYMPICS

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You might have to get as high as 20 feet off the ground to win a medal in this "vaulting" Olympic event

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Time's up! The correct answer was the pole vault

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THREE CHEERS!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rice Krispies

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"B" PREPARED

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Meaning a noisy commotion, it may derive from "baruch habba", a loud traditional greeting at a synagogue

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Time's up! The correct answer was brouhaha

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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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WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT

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In 1616 she & her husband John Rolfe traveled to England to help raise funds for the Virginia colonists

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas

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ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carlos Santana

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CHAIRS

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A collapsible chair intended for outdoor use, especially aboard a ship

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Time's up! The correct answer was Deck Chair

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FLOPS

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Roger Ebert called this 1980 Michael Cimino film "Painful & unpleasant to look at"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Heaven's Gate

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THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS

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Something that's the first son's due; Esau sold his

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Time's up! The correct answer was birthright

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CELEBRITY RELATIVES

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These brothers both became TV stars: one ran Dodge City & the other led the Impossible Missions Force

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Arness & Peter Graves

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LIFE SCIENCE

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In colenterates like jellyfish, the cavity called the coelenteron has an opening called this--don't get too complex

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mouth

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TRANSPORTATION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a battleship

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TECHNOLOGY

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The average keyboard has this many keys.

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Time's up! The correct answer was 104

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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This Mexican War hero & winning 1848 candidate had never voted for president before

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor

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LITERATURE

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Nicodemus Frapp is a narrow-minded evangelist in "Tono-Bungay", a 1909 novel by this author of "The Time Machine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was H.G. Wells

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Of Hawaii's 8 main islands, this one receives the lion's share of the tourist dollars

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oahu

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BRITISH INVENTIONS

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

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

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BRITISH POETS & POETRY

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Prince Albert sent his copy of "Idylls Of The King" to this poet & asked him to autograph it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Lord Tennyson

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NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE

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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is a well-known writer in this language of the Incas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quechua

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MILITARY UNITS

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Mod or not, it's usually 10 infantrymen headed by a staff sergeant

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Time's up! The correct answer was a squad

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BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES

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Forget about him, he met someone down at Ipanema Beach & now he's "apaixonado", this condition

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Time's up! The correct answer was in love

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BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE

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In Jerome Robbins' "Celebration", couples representing 5 countries dance this, "step for 2" in French

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Time's up! The correct answer was pas de deux

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ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?

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He was Jacques Chirac's predecessor as president

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Time's up! The correct answer was François Mitterand

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TV CASTS

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

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

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NOTORIOUS

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Using the aliases James Ryan & Harry Place, they boarded a steamer for Argentina in February 1901

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Time's up! The correct answer was Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

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THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...

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Joshua

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judges

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SRO

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This musical opened its run in 1980 at the Winter Garden, 8 blocks from the title thoroughfare

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

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THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION

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In April 1803 Napoleon renounced this territory in America "with the greatest regret"; so we bought it

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Louisiana Territory

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BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS

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The Heidi ___ of Riddick

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chronicles

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INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY

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The first 4 letters of xylophone refer etymologically to this material used to make its sounding bars

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Time's up! The correct answer was wood

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SAINTS

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

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

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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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U.S. RIVERS

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The name of this river, famous in song, may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little Saint John"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Swanee

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TV MOVIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Farrah Fawcett

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BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY

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Genesis calls it "the salt sea" perhaps because its salinity reaches 4 times that of ocean water

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

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SNACK ATTACK

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I could eat a whole bag of this type of snack invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853

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Time's up! The correct answer was potato chips

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CABLE CHANNELS

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This channel shows films like "The Magnificent Seven" & original series like "Mad Men" & "Breaking Bad"

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Time's up! The correct answer was AMC

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PRIME NUMBERS

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Fear of this prime number is called triskaidekaphobia

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Time's up! The correct answer was 13

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IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING

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"Swing Time" was the sixth film to team this pair of legendary dancers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

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20th CENTURY INVENTION

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3M's Richard Drew invented it in 1930 to have something to seal the cellophane of food products

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch tape

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"AI"

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This dictionary term meaning "old" is applied to words like "wast"

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Time's up! The correct answer was archaic

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MOUNTAINS

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To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Everest

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FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY

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She became Texas' governor in 1990 when her frontrunner opponent kept blundering in interviews

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Richards

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ANY FIRST WORDS?

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Meaning "first", it can precede color, election or health care

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Time's up! The correct answer was primary

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MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR

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Maurice LaMarche found his inner Orson Welles to voice this rodent whose simple goal was to take over the world

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Brain

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NEW WEAPONS

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The FA-18E/F is the "Super" version of this high-tech U.S. Navy fighter jet with a wasplike name

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Hornet

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THE TITANIC

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

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

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BETTER KNOWN AS...

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Margarita Cansino

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rita Hayworth

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ADVERTISING SLOGANS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sprite

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PHRASES THAT SELL

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It's the popular query in Verizon's TV ads

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Time's up! The correct answer was Can you hear me now?

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GOING DUTCH

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This relative is "de oom", whether or not he's a "Dutch" one

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle

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"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY

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

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

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HE WAS IN THAT?

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

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

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COUNTRY MUSIC

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This performer became an Opry member in 1991, the same year his "When I Call Your Name" album went platinum

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vince Gill

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JONATHAN SWIFTIES

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"A flea / hath smaller fleas that on him prey; / and these have smaller still to bite 'em; / and so proceed" this endless way

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Time's up! The correct answer was ad infinitum

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ODDS & ENDS

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This French tennis star of the 1920s who went on to start a clothing line was known as "the Crocodile"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lacoste

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YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!

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It's the genus & species of this animal ("caveman")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Homo sapiens

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IN THE FIRE

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2-word phrase for what sometimes happens to oily rags & often happens to the drummers of Spinal Tap

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spontaneous combustion

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1987

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In October the Senate rejected this former Watergate figure's nomination to the Supreme Court

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Bork

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ANAGRAMMED BIRDS

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A big African: to Chris

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Time's up! The correct answer was ostrich

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ART

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was clay

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CROSSWORD CLUES "H"

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He who does it is lost (9)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hesitates

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THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neil Diamond

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AUDIO BOOKS

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Julie Harris reads the diary this girl wrote while in hiding in WWII Amsterdam

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank

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"EVE"NING

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Dangerous ones include hemorrhagic & scarlet

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Time's up! The correct answer was fever

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SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE

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This threatening sound can also mean "to become tangled"

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Time's up! The correct answer was snarled

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MUSEUMS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix

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POLITICAL TALK

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According to the League of Women Voters, an "empty chair" one of these should be canceled

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Time's up! The correct answer was debates

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19th CENTURY NOVELISTS

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William Wilkinson's "An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia" inspired this author's most famous novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bram Stoker

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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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NAME THE WORK

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Jack London: "'The Ghost' was rolling slightly on a calm sea without a breath of wind"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sea Wolf

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THE ENVIRONMENT

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In 1970 President Nixon created this government body that sets and enforces national pollution control standards

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Time's up! The correct answer was the E.P.A.

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THE BIG APPLE

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On the NYC subway this train will also take you to Harlem, but then it splits off & heads for Yankee Stadium

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

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THE UPPER CRUST

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Oralando Montagu is making a lot of "bread" selling this lunch item (he's descended from the Earl who invented it)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sandwich

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PEANUTS

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

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

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ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL

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Diamonds & graphite are both forms of this element

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Time's up! The correct answer was carbon

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TRAIN STATIONS

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This capital city's main train station is known as Bahnhof Zoo, & not just at rush hour

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Time's up! The correct answer was Berlin

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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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PROPHET SHARING

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Poems known as the "Gathas" are attributed to this ancient prophet & teacher who lived in eastern Iran

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zoroaster

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ART & ARTISTS

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His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Auguste Rodin

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DICTATORS & TYRANTS

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On Sept. 9, 1948 the DPRK, aka North Korea, was established with this man as its supreme leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Il-sung

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THE BIBLE

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God instructed Noah to use this kind of wood to build the ark

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Time's up! The correct answer was gopher wood

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"DREAM"Y SONGS

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Title that follows "When I want you in my arms, when I want you and all your charms, whenever I want you..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "All I Have to Do Is Dream"

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"KEY"s

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No bones about it, it opens many locks

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Time's up! The correct answer was a skeleton key

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OXYMORONS

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

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

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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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1933

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On March 23 this German parliament relinquished its power to Adolf Hitler

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Time's up! The correct answer was Reichstag

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IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL

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This '80s trio were "Spirits in the Material World" before the synchronicity of their 2007 reunion

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Police

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN

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Nike's stock fell when this basketball player announced his retirement in January 1999

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Jordan

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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Canada (both, please)

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Time's up! The correct answer was French & English

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HELLO, DELI!

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I think I'll just have a nosh--a bagel, cream cheese & the Nova Scotia type of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was lox

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YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"

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Quickly! (to an Italian)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Presto

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ROCK FORMATIONS

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

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

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CIVIL WAR LITERATURE

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Jeff Shaara has written a prequel & a sequel to this 1974 novel about Gettysburg by his father Michael

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Killer Angels"

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"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH

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This lavish-living turn-of-the-century financier rose from a job as a bellhop

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Time's up! The correct answer was Diamond Jim Brady

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ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK

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This hot dog condiment is basically chopped sweet pickles

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Time's up! The correct answer was relish

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"EZ" DOES IT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Venezuela

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ACTORS & ACTRESSES

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Don't blink--or you'll miss Richard Dreyfuss in this 1967 film based on a Jacqueline Susann novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Valley of the Dolls

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ADJECTIVES

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As a noun, it's pieces for fastening; as an adjective it's large & robust, like some young men

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Time's up! The correct answer was strapping

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WORLD MUSEUMS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra

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THE "A"s

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Whether for a sorcerer or a craft guild, one serves time as one of these before becoming a journeyman

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Time's up! The correct answer was apprentice

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NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Banff

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MR. TEA

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The last Dutch governor of New Netherland, he introduced tea to America around 1647

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Stuyvesant

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I SERVED IN HIS CABINET

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Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barack Obama

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FICTIONAL BOOKS

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This character on "Seinfeld" thought of "a coffee table book about coffee tables" that turned into a coffee table

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kramer

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FAMOUS AMERICANS

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Dismissed from West Point for "deficiency in chemistry", he went on to paint a famous portrait of his mother

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Whistler

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5-LETTER WORDS

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One who steals by stealth: Thessalonians speaks of one "in the night"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a thief

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SALMON

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was dams

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RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Branson

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THE CANARY ISLANDS

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On his 3 15th century voyages to the New World, his ships stopped off at the Canary Islands for supplies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Columbus

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DIED ON THE SAME DAY

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Just hours before Michael Jackson's death, Hollywood lost this TV "Angel"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Farrah Fawcett

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INSECTS

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The katydid is also called the long-horned (meaning long-antennaed) one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grasshopper

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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The ARS, an agency of this U.S. government department, is looking to develop better bio-insecticides

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

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WORDS WITHIN WORDS

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Color of your face when you've done something irredeemable

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red

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ART

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This Venetian, said his pupil Palma Giovane, "used his fingers more than his brush" to finish his lush works

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Time's up! The correct answer was Titian

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SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth

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DRIVING

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Experts disagree on whether 10 & 2 o'clock or 9 & 3 is better for this; no one thinks much of the old wrist drape

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Time's up! The correct answer was steering wheel position

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LITERARY ALLUSIONS

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