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Time's up! The correct answer was the Guardian Angels

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EUROPE

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In 1917 the name of this castle that dates back to the 11th century was adopted by a royal house

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Time's up! The correct answer was Windsor

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MY PLACE?

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A western camper pitches a tent; a central Asian nomad pitches this

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Time's up! The correct answer was yurt

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NEPAL

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It consists of two red triangles outlined in blue with white symbols of the sun and the moon

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Time's up! The correct answer was the flag of Nepal

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GIRLS IN SONG

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In 1964 The Bachelors told this girl, "I'm in heaven when I see you smile"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Diane

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AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM

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Slim & the others may feed this fund made up of a portion of each pot

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kitty

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CANADIAN CAPITALS

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It's the only provincial capital with its own Major League Baseball team

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Time's up! The correct answer was Toronto

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SONG LYRICS

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Evita sang, "Don't" do this "for me Argentina -- the truth is I never left you"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cry

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SALMON

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Salmon are members of the same family as the speckled or brook variety of this fish

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Time's up! The correct answer was trout

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NOTED EUROPEANS

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On the 50th anniv. of Bunker Hill, this European was back on our shores to lay the monument's cornerstone

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lafayette

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SATURDAY

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In a classic "SNL" skit, Laraine Newman found this NYC landmark less than packed when covering the Jewish New Year

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Time's up! The correct answer was Times Square

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ANIMAL TERMS

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To "go whole" this animal means to indulge completely

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Time's up! The correct answer was hog

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NURSERY RHYMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pumpkin

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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME

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Giuliani, Valentino, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rudolph

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SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES

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Puck's last speech in this play begins, "If we shadows have offended, think but this--and all is mended"

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

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BASEBALL HISTORY

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In a June 19, 1846 game, J.W. Davis of the N.Y. Nine was fined 6 cents for swearing at this person

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Time's up! The correct answer was the umpire

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HISTORIC NICKNAMES

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Because of his Hanoverian heritage, American colonists called this monarch "German Georgie" or "Geordie"

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Time's up! The correct answer was George III

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HISTORIC NAMES

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This family that once controlled Nicaragua saw 2 members killed -- the father in 1956, a son in 1980

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Time's up! The correct answer was Somoza

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ROGER!

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In 1982 he co-anchored "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw, & you could say his name is...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Mudd

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5-LETTER WORDS

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It can mean "brief & forceful" or "resembling the inner core of a stem"

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Time's up! The correct answer was pithy

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SPORTS LEGENDS

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If Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak had gone one more game in 1941, this company would have given him a $10,000 contract

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Time's up! The correct answer was H.J. Heinz

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"DEATH"

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The 7 words that complete the speech Patrick Henry gave on March 23, 1775

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Give me liberty or give me death"

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MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS

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In Finland, this Tim Burton film was subtitled "Fish Stories as Large as Life Itself"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Big Fish

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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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EMBRACEABLE "U"

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It's the island instrument heard here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ukulele

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EARLY AMERICA

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In "Of Plymouth Plantation", he wrote that there was so much disease "the living were scarce able to bury the dead"

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Bradford

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I DID IT NORWAY

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Winter sports lovers benefit from the 2-billion-kroner upgrade of this 1994 Olympic city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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This car name may come from an abbreviation of "general purpose vehicle"

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Time's up! The correct answer was jeep

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CONTESTS

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In 1999 'N Sync performed at the 17th annual pageant to crown Miss this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Miss Teen USA

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20th CENTURY NICKNAMES

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"Hef"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hugh Hefner

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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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EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW

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This notoriously smelly cheese whose last U.S. maker is in Monroe, Wisconsin was fumbled on aisle 3

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Time's up! The correct answer was Limburger

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STATE: THE OBVIOUS

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The Mississippi River begins at Lake Itasca in this "M" state (not Mississippi)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota

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RODENTS

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Some of the quills of the Eurasian species can be 12 inches, equal to about half of its body length

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Time's up! The correct answer was a porcupine

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WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND

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Of proton, electron or neutron, with "Saga", it's Malaysia's national car

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Time's up! The correct answer was Proton

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YOU MUST BE JOKING

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When this gastropod in a shell rode on the turtle's back, it said, "Whee!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snail

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KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?

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Dessert topping (the part after "Reddi")

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Time's up! The correct answer was W-I-P

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ON THE "WAR"PATH

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Homeothermic, like mammals

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

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CARY GRANT FILMS

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

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

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ART & ARTISTS

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Upon completing the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1512, he wrote to his father, "The pope is well satisfied"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michelangelo

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HOLIDAYS

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Muslims fast during daylight hours for this entire month

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan

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Y-R

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"Savage Sam" is a sequel to the Fred Gipson book called "Old" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yeller

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LYRICS FROM MUSICALS

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"A boy like that who'd kill your brother, forget that boy & find another, one of your own kind"

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Time's up! The correct answer was West Side Story

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ARE WE THERE YET?

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This oldest national park has entrances in Wyoming & Montana

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yellowstone

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WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN

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"Served under the Apache leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas... in 1894, he was moved to Fort Sill

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geronimo

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MAGAZINE FEATURES

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Leading Off, Faces in the Crowd, Scorecard

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sports Illustrated

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IT'S AN L.A. THING

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You can hit the Comedy Store, House of Blues, Whisky A Go Go & the Viper Room on this "strip" of L.A.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sunset Strip

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NAME THE POET

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"The spirit who bideth by himself / in the land of mist and snow / he loved the bird that loved the man / who shot him with his bow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coleridge

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JURY DUTY

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In selecting jurors, an attorney may reject some for no stated reason-- this type of challenge

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Time's up! The correct answer was a peremptory challenge

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OF MILK

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Mongolians cool off with airag, a slightly fermented version of this alliterative liquid

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Time's up! The correct answer was mare's milk

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WINE

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On wine labels, this word which means "estate" precedes Lafite & Mouton-Rothschild

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chateau

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MEN OF MUSIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Salomé

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NUTRITION

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For an active woman, 20 to 25 percent of her total calorie intake should be from this; don't go all Jack Sprat

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Time's up! The correct answer was fat

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PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES

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Warriors of this Yucatan civilization battle in the computer-enhanced mural seen here:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mayans

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TELEVISION

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This British comedy troupe's "Flying Circus" landed on American TV in 1974

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monty Python

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THE YEAR IN SPORTS

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It was the year of Babe Ruth's career high in home runs

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1927

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RHYME TIME

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A pumpkin suffering from ennui

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bored gourd

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I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW

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Oleg Zhornitskiy turned this sandwich spread into a meal by gulping down 4 32-ounce bowls in 8 minutes

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Time's up! The correct answer was mayonnaise

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DEPARTMENT "S"

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Winter Olympic events using these first appeared at the 1998 Nagano games

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Time's up! The correct answer was snowboards

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SAINTS

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

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

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HEADQUARTERS

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Since 1988 J.C. Penney has been firmly planted in Plano in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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This white, glossy coating on your teeth is the hardest substance in the human body

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Time's up! The correct answer was Enamel

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COLONIAL ARTS

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This South Carolina city that gave us a popular dance in the 1930s was the site of the first opera in America in 1735

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston

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THE 19th CENTURY

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1853 purchase that brought the contiguous U.S. about up to its present area

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Gadsden Purchase

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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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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 NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

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Celebrating "a century of sanctuary" in 2009, it's Utah's first national park, though it's last alphabetically

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zion

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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

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

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20th CENTURY NOTABLES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mohandas Gandhi

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Carolyn Keene's fictional teenage detective who stars in a sitcom set in Cleveland

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

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IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD

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Christopher Columbus sampled this grain in Cuba, declaring it "most tasty boiled, roasted or ground into flour"

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Time's up! The correct answer was corn

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WHAT A CHARACTER!

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During a dream sequence, it was revealed that this Richard Dean Anderson character had the first name Angus

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Time's up! The correct answer was MacGyver

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COMPOSERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Schubert

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WHAT A WEEK

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This is a rough week for pledges, but if they can make it through, they can be fraternity members

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Time's up! The correct answer was hell week

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HIP-HOP & RAP

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A TV show on E! chronicles the "Father Hood" of this rap star

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snoop Dogg

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BIOLOGY

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Of the 4, blood group of the universal recipient

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Time's up! The correct answer was AB

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RUN, RUN, RUN

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In 1925 N.Y. Journal-American writer Bill Corum first called the Kentucky Derby the "run for" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was the roses

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"IP" SO FACTO

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Mating rituals, perhaps for Miles Standish?

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Time's up! The correct answer was courtship

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PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH

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California

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nixon

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LITERATURE

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"Tai-Pan" was a "Novel of Hong Kong" by James Clavell, & this was his 1975 "Novel of Japan"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shogun

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

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This Mark Twain character's father "Pap" briefly held him prisoner in a cabin on the Illinois side of the Mississippi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Huckleberry Finn

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THE 1990s

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On Jan. 31, 1999 this team repeated as Super Bowl champs with John Elway throwing for 336 yards

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Denver Broncos

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FROM THE GREEK

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The name of this solid figure used to disperse light into a spectrum is from the Greek for "something sawed"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a prism

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LET'S GET MAS*Hed

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William Christopher played this lovable chaplain on the show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Father Mulcahy

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PARTS OF THE WHOLE

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Reservoir, filter basket, carafe

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Time's up! The correct answer was a coffee maker

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HORNS

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According to mythology, this Horn of Plenty is the horn of the goat Amalthea

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cornucopia

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KIDS IN SPORTS

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The perfect waves of New Zealand's Piha Beach were the site for the 2010 World Junior Championships of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was surfing

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"PU"

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It's another name for the cougar or mountain lion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Puma

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NAME THE WORK

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Verne: "Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Around the World in Eighty Days

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ENGLISH LITERATURE

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This James Joyce work is a dream sequence in the minds of the Earwicker family

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Finnegans Wake"

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LITERARY ANIMALS

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

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

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BROADWAY TEENS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grease

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YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF

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The Lord's Prayer says, "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was evil

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ISLANDS

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In the Caribbean this island is partnered with Nevis

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

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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In 1791 this Treasury Secretary issued his "Report On Manufactures", a critique of American industry

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Hamilton

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"LIGHT"s

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Ben Franklin invented this device & would have been shocked if it hadn't worked

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Time's up! The correct answer was the lightning rod

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IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU

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The actual quote from this star of gangster films was "you dirty yellow-bellied rat!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Cagney

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TRANSPORTATION

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This light Russian sleigh is pulled by 3 horses

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Time's up! The correct answer was Troika

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THE BIBLE

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This wise king of Israel had "Forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Solomon

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SYRIA'S EATING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was KFC

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LANDINGS

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

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

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TEENS OF THE PAST

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In his teens in the 1860s this "bright light" of inventors worked as a roving telegraph operator

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Edison

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MYTHELLANEOUS

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This goddess after whom a major city in Greece is named sprang from the head of Zeus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Athena

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NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY

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"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar

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HOW DO YOU...

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Hold the ends of the coiled toy first sold in 1945, then raise & lower each hand in a rhythmic motion

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Time's up! The correct answer was work a Slinky

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OF A SALESMAN

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This direct-selling co. known for products like Nutrilite claims 3 million independent business owners

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amway

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LITERARY ANIMALS

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Cadpig was the smallest & prettiest of Pongo's 15 puppies in this 1956 Dodie Smith novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was "101 Dalmatians"

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OATS

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This phrase refers to indulging in youthful excesses

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sowing one's oats

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CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS

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Adventurous eaters in Grenada may dine on this burrowing mammal (it's best to remove the armor first)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Armadillo

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1807

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon

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CIVIL WAR PEOPLE

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He was the only person who died during the Civil War to be featured on Confederate currency

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stonewall Jackson

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ANCIENT COINS

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

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

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GEOGRAPHY "E"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Easter Island

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WORLD CITIES

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From Bei Hai Park in this city, pass the Great Hall of the People, bear left, & then it's straight on to Mao's mausoleum

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing

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THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE

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This Kansan made her last known take-off from New Guinea; if you find out where she is, let us know

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart

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EUROPE

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From 1963 to 1978 he was Archbishop of Krakow

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Time's up! The correct answer was Karol Wojtyla

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FOOD CHAIN

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"Dip Into Something Different" at the Melting Pot, found across the nation, & specializing in this Swiss dish

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Time's up! The correct answer was fondue

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JONATHAN SWIFTIES

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"Every man desires to live long, but no man would be" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was old

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IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD

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This fruit from the family Bromeliaceae is native to Brazil & Paraguay; it didn't reach Hawaii until the early 1500s

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Time's up! The correct answer was the pineapple

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TELEVISION

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"Cosmetic" name of the magazine that's the focus of "Just Shoot Me", or what its racier episodes may make you do

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blush

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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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FOOD FACTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Halibut

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HAVE A WHISKEY

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This "Regal" brand assures us it's "Without Question the Best of the Scottish Blends"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chivas Regal

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STAMPS

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Woo hoo! In 2009 this animated family was chosen to grace stamps, though postage did go up to 44 cents (D'oh!)

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Simpsons

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THAT'S BUSINESS

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In 1851 this company started using a logo with a man in the moon & 13 stars; now it uses its initials

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Time's up! The correct answer was Proctor & Gamble

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TAIWAN

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His birthday is observed as a holiday on October 31

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

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ALL IN YOUR MIND

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You can have a deja entendu, meaning "already heard" in addition to this, "already seen"

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Time's up! The correct answer was deja vu

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PEANUTS

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Charlie Brown's parents bought Snoopy at this puppy farm

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daisy Hill Puppy Farm

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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Franz Liszt

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NEPAL

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At Lumbini, you can visit the birthplace of this "Enlightened One"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buddha

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BRAND NAMES

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In 1986 this company introduced its Dockers line of men's casual wear

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

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I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!

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John Gray penned the book these 2 planets "Together Forever--Relationship Skills for Lasting Love"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mars & Venus

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NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS

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1984: "I Want To Know What Love Is"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Foreigner

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WHEN IN ROME?

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Charlemagne is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III: this day, 800 A.D.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Christmas

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DANCE

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The 1786 Opera "Una Cosa Rara" featured one of the first of these Viennese dances

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Time's up! The correct answer was a waltz

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AIRLINE TRAVEL

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In the seat pocket you'll find the catalog called "Sky" this, with must-haves like a solar-powered patio umbrella

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mall

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THE 23rd PSALM

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

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

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SNAP

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This TV series that debuted September 18, 1964 featured finger-snapping in its theme

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Addams Family

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PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY

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The name of this study of moral principles is derived from a Greek word meaning "habit"

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Time's up! The correct answer was ethics

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LOW CUT GENES

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Genes that affect hereditary traits are called alleles & are either "dominant" or this

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Time's up! The correct answer was recessive

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"EZ" DOES IT

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In the classic sitcom he's the patriarch of "The Addams Family"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gomez

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WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT

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On your phone & in conversation, these numbers mean information

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Time's up! The correct answer was 411

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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This striped mammal reportedly can fire 6 shots of its foul spray before having to "resupply"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Skunk

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TIME TO "EAT"

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The administrative metropolis in a U.S. county

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Time's up! The correct answer was the seat

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FAMOUS PEOPLE

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In 2001, she produced & hosted the Travel Channel's "Secrets of San Simeon"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Patty Hearst

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B FOLLOWS A

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Meaning loathsome, it precedes snowman or, in a movie title, Dr. Phibes

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Time's up! The correct answer was abominable

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HISTORY

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

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

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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

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This Tulsa, Oklahoma school's athletic teams are called the Golden Eagles, not the Evangelists

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oral Roberts University

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SCIENCE GUYS

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In 1855 Napoleon III "swung" a deal arranging for his appointment as physicist at the Paris Observatory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Foucault

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BEYOND .COM

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As of 2010, you can invent your own domain, according to the folks who regulate the Net; they're at www.icann.this

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Time's up! The correct answer was .org

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U.S.A.

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Caucasians constitute about 1/3 of this state's population

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES

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Mark Antony called her "The Queen of Queens"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra

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BEFORE & AFTER

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1980 scarefest in which mom & daughter switch bodies one day & are stalked by Jason at Camp Crystal Lake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Freaky Friday the 13th

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JULIUS CAESAR

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brutus

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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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CONTESTS

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At the 1999 Westminster Dog Show, CH Loteki Supernatural Being won this award for matching the breed standard

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Time's up! The correct answer was Best in Show

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SYMPHONIES ON FILM

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This Russian director's Mexico footage was compiled as "Mexican Symphony" in 1941

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eisenstein

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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He stood 5'3" & was the subject of movies that came out in 2005 & 2006

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Time's up! The correct answer was Capote

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PHYSICS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was steam engine

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HORNS

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All species of this large land creature, whose name is from the Greek for "nose-horned", are nearly extinct

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhinoceros

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ORGANIZATIONS

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Social welfare organization founded in the 19th century, whose bimonthly publication is "The War Cry"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Salvation Army

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nebraska

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THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS

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In 1775 his leg was severely wounded in an assault on Quebec & he was promoted to brig. gen.; 5 years later, he'd be in disgrace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benedict Arnold

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FLAGS OF THE WORLD

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Seen here is the flag of this nation (the home of Bollywood)

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Time's up! The correct answer was India

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MILITARY SLANG

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

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

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SIGNS & SYMBOLS

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The first seal designed for what is now this U.S. state depicted icebergs, igloos & the Northern Lights

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska

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PRINCETON

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Of 1769, 1869 or 1969, the year Princeton began to admit women as undergraduates

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1969

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HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?

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Finally, this 1963 Betty Friedan book hits the theaters--and wait 'til you see the car chases

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Feminine Mystique

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SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES

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Though this comedy has Verona in its title, it ends in a forest on the frontiers of Mantua

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Two Gentlemen of Verona

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PHYSICS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was acoustics

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HISTORY

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Historians refer to the Golden Age as the time during which Pericles ruled this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Athens

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TWO

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In fashion: Domenico Dolce &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stefano Gabbana

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HERE'S LUCY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was dentistry

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LITERATURE

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Walt Whitman's 52-section "Song Of Myself" is the longest work in this collection first published in 1855

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Leaves of Grass"

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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Doing this, you'll hold pairs of small cymbals called zills

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Time's up! The correct answer was belly dancing

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THREE CHEERS!

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Since the 1979 incident at this location, no new nuclear reactors have been ordered in the U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Three-Mile Island

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BOTANY

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The jonquil is a short-trumpet narcissus; this yellow flower is a long-trumpet species

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daffodil

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PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

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He won the presidency with help from a song called "Grandfather's Hat Fits Ben"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin Harrison

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ANAGRAMMED BIRDS

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A head-banger: cowpoke red

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Time's up! The correct answer was woodpecker

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RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clonehenge

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CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES

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1974: "What makes you certain that your husband is, um, involved with someone?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chinatown

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'ALLO, GOVERNOR!

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Karl F. Rulvagg, Floyd Bjornsterne Olson, Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota

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ASIAN CAPITALS

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Once the capital of the French protectorate of Tonkin, it's now the capital of an entire country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi

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EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Istanbul

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THE SECOND...

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...son born to Barbara Bush

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jeb

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GOVERNMENT

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

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

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NOVELS OF THE PAST

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In Barry Unsworth's "The Songs of the Kings", the Greek fleet bound for here is trapped by unfavorable winds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Troy

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MESOPOTAMIA

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The epic poem of this Sumerian king includes an account of a great flood

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gilgamesh

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ASTROLOGY

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This planet spends an average of 20 years in each sign of the Zodiac

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto

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WORLD HISTORY

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Accused of accepting bribes, Francis Bacon was imprisoned in this forbidding complex in 1621

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tower of London

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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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CITY OF BIRTH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geneva

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CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS

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Senator Benjamin Tappan was censured in 1844 for leaking information about the annexation of this to the Union

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas

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CNN

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He & Robert Novak have worked together since 1963 & now co-anchor a CNN discussion program

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rowland Evans

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"EVER"S

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Chris Rock narrated this show, loosely based on his childhood

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

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WHAT'S IN A NAME?

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Previously attached to Theo- & Isa-, it became popular by itself after appearing in "David Copperfield"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dora

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MAD

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Clicking on the Encarta index entry of Mad Anthony will take you to this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anthony Wayne

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BRITISH FASHION

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Katharine Hamnett created the '80s T-shirt telling us to "choose" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Life

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EXPLORERS

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N.Y. observes a holiday honoring the 1524 discovery of N.Y. Harbor by this Italian navigator

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Time's up! The correct answer was Giovanni Verrazano

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MOVIES & TV

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Of his dialogue, this Han Solo actor said, "You can type this (stuff), George, but you sure can't say it"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison Ford

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BOTANY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dandelion

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THE COMMODORES

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"The Commodore" is one of the tales of this C.S. Forester hero

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Time's up! The correct answer was Horatio Hornblower

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ENGINEERING

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The longest trip by rail you can take underwater is between these 2 countries

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Time's up! The correct answer was England and France

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NATIONAL MONUMENTS

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This Wyoming monument contains an 865-foot-high fluted column of igneous rock

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Time's up! The correct answer was Devils Tower

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SCIENCE CLASS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was lightning

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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Athena gave Perseus one of these to use as a mirror against Medusa &, reflecting back, it was a good thing

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Time's up! The correct answer was a shield

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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Their 1st professional collaboration was this 1943 landmark musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma!

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20th CENTURY THEATER

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This play ends with 1 character asking, "Well? Shall we go?"; the other replies, "Yes, let's go", but they do not move

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Time's up! The correct answer was Waiting for Godot

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EXPIRATION DATES

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December 7, 1975: In "our town" of Hamden, Conn.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thornton Wilder

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ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amos

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HOW INSPIRATIONAL

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This "Candide" author helped popularize the saying, "The perfect is the enemy of the good"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Voltaire

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ABBREVIATED STATES

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The abbreviation of this state is also an abbreviation for the largest city in California

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana

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OSCAR-WINNING ROLES

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1951: Boat captain Charlie Allnut

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bogart

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HEY, "U"!

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In legend, this mythical beast could purify poisoned water with its single horn

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Time's up! The correct answer was Unicorn

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LOVE POETRY

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The immortal 6 words that begin Lee Bernstein's opus sung on "Barney & Friends" to the tune of "This Old Man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was I love you; you love me

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THEY'RE ON CABLE

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The title pair of this TNT show is Boston detective Angie Harmon & medical examiner Sasha Alexander

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rizzoli & Isles

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MILITARY MATTERS

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There are Chinese & Russian versions of this rifle that's also known as Kalashnikov Model 1947

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Time's up! The correct answer was AK-47

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PEOPLE

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This wrestler nicknamed his daughter born in August 2001 Pebbles

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Rock

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SCRAMBLED EGGS

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Reptile born with an "egg tooth" so it can escape its shelled jail: TAILOR GAL

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Time's up! The correct answer was alligator

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VERBS

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4-syllable synonym for "to count", from Latin for "to count"

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Time's up! The correct answer was enumerate

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DOUBLE A

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It's how you properly address the Queen of England

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maam

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LIBRARIES

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Architect Gordon Bunshaft designed this presidential library in Austin, Texas

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Time's up! The correct answer was the LBJ library

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MIDDLE "C"

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In 1923, John Deere launched it's Model D, the first of these to bear the Deere name

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tractor

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3-LETTER THE BETTER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the can

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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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MOVIE PRODUCERS

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Julia Phillips was the first woman producer to win a Best Picture Oscar, for this 1973 con game film

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sting

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APT ANAGRAMS

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A "high" time in art: SIENNA ACRES

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Time's up! The correct answer was Renaissance

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PUNJAB

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As part of his Easternmost conquests, this Greek's armies occupied the Punjab around 327 B.C.

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

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PARLEZ VOUS?

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If your mate from Marseilles says he's getting to LAX via "Sud-Ouest", pick him up at this carrier

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Time's up! The correct answer was Southwest

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FUN WITH OPERA

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

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

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AMERICANA

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The name of this Texas city is Spanish for "yellow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amarillo

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WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN

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"One of the most original and provocative American architects working today"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gehry

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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To reach eastern markets in the 1800s, Texas drovers brought their cattle to Kansas via this trail

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Chisholm Trail

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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Character who is “corny as Kansas in August”

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nellie Forbush

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BUSINESS BUDDIES

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S. Duncan Black & this partner filed a patent for a drill in 1914

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Time's up! The correct answer was Decker

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ROCKS & MINERALS

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Largest block ever found of it in U.S., 56 tons, was used for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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Time's up! The correct answer was marble

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"PH"UN WORDS

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The name of this Egyptian island is Greek for "Lighthouse"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pharos

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THE BOOK TRADE

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

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

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TELEVISION

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This Sunday night series is subtitled "The New Adventures of Superman"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lois & Clark

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GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT

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

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

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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS

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If you "Show Me" some mozarkite, I'll tell you that it's this state's state rock

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Time's up! The correct answer was Missouri

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"EN" THE BEGINNING

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John Keats wrote a poem about this handsome Greek whose youth was preserved by eternal sleep

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Time's up! The correct answer was Endymion

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STATE GOVERNMENT

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Many states have these for state lawmakers, but in 1995 the Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional for Congress

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Time's up! The correct answer was term limits

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FIRST LADIES

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She married husband Ronnie in 1952 when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild

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Time's up! The correct answer was NancyReagan

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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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THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK

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In 1888 Mrs. Polk pushed a button in Nashville & these came on at the Cincinnati Centennial Expo

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Time's up! The correct answer was the lights

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ON THE GO

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This Newfoundland capital is the easternmost terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway

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

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NEWMAN'S OWN

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1969 film in which Paul Newman tells Robert Redford, "Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals"

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

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MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS

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China and Taiwan reached the agreement that this film at "Full Throttle" would be "Hot Chicks: Full Speed"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie's Angels

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IT'S A DATE!

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It's Bird Day in Oklahoma, & a popular date for pole dancing

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1-May

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FAMOUS AMERICANS

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It was the famous nickname of frontiersman & scout Christopher Carson

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kit

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THE 20th CENTURY

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Shortly after taking power, he nationalized millions of dollars of American-owned property in Cuba

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fidel Castro

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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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STARTS WITH "P"

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This extinct early man is known from fossils found at Chukutien

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Time's up! The correct answer was **Peking Man **

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL

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One of the 8 teams in the CFL is the Stampeders, who play for this city in the Canadian Rockies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Calgary

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STRING THEORY 101

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If you're emotionally dependent on mom, you're "tied to" these "strings"

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Time's up! The correct answer was apron strings

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LAST NAME'S THE SAME

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17th century philosopher Sir Francis & 20th century painter Francis

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bacon

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INTO THE "WOOD"s

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Knothead & Splinter are the nephew & niece of this cartoon bird produced by Walter Lantz

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Time's up! The correct answer was Woody Woodpecker

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TV MOVIES

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He played Tony Starr in "Copacabana", which was based on his own hit record

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barry Manilow

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WHAM-O

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Wham-O received its name from this first product; when a projectile hit its target, it made a "Wham-O" sound

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Time's up! The correct answer was a slingshot

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PRINCETON

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In 1974 this Princeton grad & PBS host wrote "How to Make Money in Wall Street"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Rukeyser

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AMERICANA

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This U.S. first lady once taught dance in Grand Rapids

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Time's up! The correct answer was Betty Ford

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NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES

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The Times made its own front page in 1971 when the Supreme Court upheld its publication of these documents

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Pentagon Papers

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TRIALS OF THE CENTURY

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Evidence of this man's guilt in a famous 1935 kidnapping case included finding ransom money at his house

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruno Hauptmann

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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This state's Days of '47 Festival honors the day Brigham Young reached the Salt Lake Valley in 1847

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Time's up! The correct answer was Utah

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DEATH BY...

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Firing squad, at the Utah State Prison, January 17, 1977

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Gilmore

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AN E FOR AN I

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"Gentle" becomes "to blend"

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Time's up! The correct answer was mild & meld

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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This French chemist inducted in 1978 "was the founder of microbiological sciences"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pasteur

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COMPOUND WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mousetrap

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PLANTS

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This climbing tropical shrub was named for a French South Seas explorer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bouganvillea

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ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER

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This 19th century American artist & sculptor was known as "The Rembrandt of the West"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Remington

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IT'S OURS!

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Northern Mariana Islands

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Time's up! The correct answer was USA

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POETS' RHYME TIME

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Sir Philip's renal organs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sidney's kidneys

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MOVIE CO-STARS

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Montgomery Clift & Shelley Winters were nominated for Oscars for this 1951 film; Elizabeth Taylor was not

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Place in the Sun

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HAIR TODAY

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This 6-letter hairstyle is "business in front, party in the back"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mullet

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SCIENCE GUYS

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This "Father of Genetics" is the subject of the biography "The Monk in the Garden"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gregor Mendel

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LOBBYISTS

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Victor Crawford lobbied for, then against, this industry before his death from cancer

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Time's up! The correct answer was the tobacco industry

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LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS

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"First In Flight"

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina

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COUNTY SEATS

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As I walked out in the streets of this city, I was in the seat of Webb County, Texas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Laredo

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AGRICULTURE

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Generally, a steer is a castrated bull used for food; this shorter word refers to one used as a draft animal

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Time's up! The correct answer was ox

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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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MEDICINE

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The name of this branch of pediatrics that deals with newborn infants literally means "newborn study"

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Time's up! The correct answer was neonatal

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SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG

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Robbie Nevil & B*witched had tunes called this French phrase meaning "that's life"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "C'est La Vie"

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IN THE BOOKSTORE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sue Grafton

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FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

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Washingtonians refer to the Francis Scott Key Bridge over this river as "The Car-Strangled Spanner"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Potomac

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WORLD MUSEUMS

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It's the set of museums that includes the Museo Pio-Clementino, exhibiting sculpture

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Vatican Museums

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A FLY CATEGORY

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This rotating device attached to a shaft keeps an engine's speed steady

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Time's up! The correct answer was a flywheel

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HAIRY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was page boy

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JERSEY GIRLS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Christine Whitman

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THRILLER

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This author made a University of Virginia law professor the protagonist of his 2002 novel "The Summons"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grisham

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TRADING SPACES

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Muriel Siebert was the first woman to hold a seat on this Wall Street body founded in 1792

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Time's up! The correct answer was the New York Stock Exchange

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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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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS

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During the Seven Years' War, this king gained great military prestige & land for Prussia

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

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WOMEN'S FIRSTS

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Let's show her a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T; she's the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aretha Franklin

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TIMELESS TV

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September 2010 brought the 45th edition of this comedian's telethon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Lewis

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THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS

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Will Smith turned down the lead in this futuristic 1999 flick, later saying of it, "Keanu was brilliant"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Matrix

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TOM WOLFE

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"The Right Stuff" tells of how this man broke the sound barrier with 2 broken ribs from a drunken horseback ride

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Yeager

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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Type of place you'd be visiting if you were in Wind Cave, Lassen or Zion

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Time's up! The correct answer was a national park

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PHOTOGRAPHERS

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He once said that his life was "colored and modulated by the great earth gesture of the sierra"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adams

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THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s

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1963: "Walk Like A Man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

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FANTASTIC FILMS

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Marty McFly traveled back to 1955 in a souped-up DeLorean in this 1985 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Back To The Future"

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IT'S EXTINCT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rhinoceros

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STRINGS

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To make this candy, put a string in a glass of sugar & water that was boiled to a syrup & let stand for a week

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Time's up! The correct answer was rock candy

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EUROPE

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Until recently, Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia & Slovenia was part of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yugoslavia

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GEOGRAPHY "E"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Easter Island

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NATIONAL FOODS

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Its other names include Poor Knights of Windsor & Pain Perdu (lost bread)

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Time's up! The correct answer was French toast

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AIN'T THAT AMERICA

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In 1886 a pharmacist in this southern state became the first man to enjoy a Coke and a smile

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Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia

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WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT

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On your phone & in conversation, these numbers mean information

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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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CROSSWORD CLUES "G"

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"Cheesy" Dutch city (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gouda

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CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES

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This team that won a championship in 2001 plays in PSINet Stadiun

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore Ravens

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"EVER"S

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This 1965 movie begins with the birth of Jesus

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Greatest Story Ever Told

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DON'T MESS WITH SICILY

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Sicily was ceded to the Romans in 241 B.C. after they won the first of these wars

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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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ART & ARTISTS

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This drip artist was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson Pollock

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DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA

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Giving the devil his due, Fr. Karras invites the devil inside himself, then exits from the second floor in this 1973 movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Exorcist

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BREAKFAST CEREALS

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This whole grain cereal from General Mills makes the rounds in frosted & honey nut as well as the original

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheerios

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U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES

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The "Niagara of the South", this waterfall near Corbin, Kentucky shares its name with a famous "gap"

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FOREIGN CURRENCY

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In 1946 the Communist government of Vietnam began issuing coins with a depiction of this man

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

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LIBRARIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steinbeck

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BEN

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Current events of 1751 included the appearance of Ben's scientific work "Experiments and Observations on" this

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

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CARTOONS

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

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

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BIOGRAPHIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gloria Steinem

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X MARKS THE SPOT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Knox

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HOME

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A heriz is a Persian one

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carpet

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THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR

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

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

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ORGANIZATIONS

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This organization abbreviated OA is dedicated to helping those who constantly binge on food

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Time's up! The correct answer was Overeaters Anonymous

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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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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS

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Florida's state shell is the "horse" type of this (Wow! I can hear the ocean!)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a conch

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THE 50 STATES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arkansas

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U.S. STATES

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The 2 states that border no other states

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska & Hawaii

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HOME FURNISHINGS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bed

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"PUN" JAB

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Colons & commas & hyphens, oh my!

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Time's up! The correct answer was punctuation

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PEOPLE IN HISTORY

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First Lady Helen Taft led a fund-raising drive for a memorial to this 1912 marine disaster

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sinking of the Titanic

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"EVER"S

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This 1965 movie begins with the birth of Jesus

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Greatest Story Ever Told

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1807

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In August, this Robert Fulton-built steamship left NYC for Albany on the Hudson River

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Clermont

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RUSSIAN LITERATURE

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Lev Rubin in this Soviet dissident's "The First Circle" was based on 1960s Russian civil rights figure Lev Kopelev

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Time's up! The correct answer was Solzhenitsyn

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TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED

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He was "Feelin' Groovy" as an Illinois senator from 1985 to 1997

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Simon

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GETTING POSSESSIVE

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While one creation slept, God took this to make Eve

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

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RADIO

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In 2005 NPR revived this 1950s program in which people state their credos

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Time's up! The correct answer was This I Believe

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POETS

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For much of the winter of 1794-95, he served as acting supervisor for Dumfries, Scotland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Burns

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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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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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POTPOURRI

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In 2001 Sweden & the U.S. honored this award's 100th anniversary with a set of postage stamps

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Nobel Prize

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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South Carolina's highest point, Sassafras Mountain, rises 3,560 feet in this range of the Appalachians

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Blue Ridge Mountains

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PRESIDENTS

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General whose Presidential campaign song was written by Irving Berlin

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dwight Eisenhower

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AGRICULTURE

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In 1981 the U.S. government, with 560 million lbs. of this dairy food in storage, released 30 million lbs. to the needy

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Time's up! The correct answer was cheese

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LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS

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

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

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BOOKS & AUTHORS

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Margaret Mitchell began this book, "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Gone with the Wind"

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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He directed Jessica Tandy's Oscar-winning performance in "Driving Miss Daisy"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Beresford

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PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS

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Up on the highwire you might wear this bodysuit named for a famous 19th century trapeze artist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leotard

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

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An epigraph he used on one story says, "our hearts though stout and brave, still, like muffled drums are beating"

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

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PAPAL NAMES

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From the Latin for "blessed"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benedict

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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This striped mammal reportedly can fire 6 shots of its foul spray before having to "resupply"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Skunk

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BALLET

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Diaghilev

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FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

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This word for a sidelong glance of crude desire used to mean "the cheek"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a leer

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LITERARY COLLABORATORS

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Sidney Howard helped this author dramatize "Dodsworth"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sinclair Lewis

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FIRST LADIES

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Her stepfather was Hugh Auchincloss

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Kennedy

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A REALLY BIG CATEGORY

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The Great Red Spot is a great big storm on this great big planet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter

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TBA

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A teary-eyed person, or the announcer of the latest village news

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crier

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RELIGION

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Traditionally, in Judaism a ram's horn called this is blown at the end of Yom Kippur

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Time's up! The correct answer was shofar

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AMERICAN PLAYS

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The play in which Amanda says, "I want you to stay fresh and pretty -- for gentleman callers."

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

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TECHNOLOGY

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"GUI" stands for this.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Graphical User Interface

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ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS

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In kiddy lit Jack didn't kill the titan or the colossus, he killed this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the giant

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BACKWARDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the coxswain

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LIT MY FIRE

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The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel

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

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STATE FISH

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A subspecies of cutthroat trout, the Bonneville cutthroat is native to this state & is its state fish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Utah

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BIOLOGY

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

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

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ALBUMS THAT ROCK

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"American Idiot", "Dookie"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Green Day

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METALLICA

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Among coinage metals, this one, atomic number 28, is only a fair conductor of electricity

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Time's up! The correct answer was nickel

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WHAT A WEEK

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Carrie on "Sex and the City" really enjoyed this event that brings ships & thousands of sailors to NYC

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fleet Week

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WITH BROTHERHOOD

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Originally formed as a trio in Gary, Indiana in 1963, these singing siblings gained fame as a quintet

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Jacksons

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MY SUITE

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Go "trolling" with this Edvard Grieg suite that shares its name with an Ibsen work

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

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ITALIAN ART

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Andrea del Sarto's 1527 version of this Biblical banquet is similar to that of Leonardo, a man he admired

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Last Supper

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CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES

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This team that won a championship in 2001 plays in PSINet Stadiun

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore Ravens

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ALBUMS

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In 1997 Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" appeared on her album "Let's Talk About Love" & on this soundtrack

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Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic

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HISTORY

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In February 1984 he announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Canada

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trudeau

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SAINTS

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In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seville

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MILITARY POWER

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Contour flying is when a pilot flies low, following the Earth's contours, to avoid this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Radar

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HABEAS CORPSES

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4 places claimed to be the burial site of this explorer, including crypts in Seville & Santo Domingo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Christopher Columbus

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"GREEN" THINGS

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After protecting this territory during WWII, the U.S. offered to buy it, but Denmark refused

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greenland

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TELEVISION

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This British comedy troupe's "Flying Circus" landed on American TV in 1974

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monty Python

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STARTS WITH "P"

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Movie that featured the following music

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Time's up! The correct answer was Picnic

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TOM JONES

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Tom played -- who else? -- himself on the "Marge Gets a Job" episode of this animated TV series in 1992

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Simpsons

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WATERFALLS

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Wollomombi Falls in northern New South Wales is one of this continent's highest waterfalls

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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia

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AFRICAN-AMERICANA

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This military man won the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for 1991

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colin Powell

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FOOD FACTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Halibut

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE - here is a special guest with the clue): "Hello, I'm Marla Maples Trump. In 1992 I made my Broadway debut in the musical about this humorist who never met a man he didn't like"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Will Rogers

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SPEECH! SPEECH!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Richards

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DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY

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Charlie Bucket might like to visit this type of factory that opened in 1884 in Voiron, France

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Time's up! The correct answer was a chocolate factory

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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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MINORITY REPORT

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Justice Holmes dissented when seditionist Jacob Abrams' conviction was upheld, saying he didn't pose this type of "danger"

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Time's up! The correct answer was clear and present

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

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When the earth is at perihelion, it is having its closest encounter with this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the sun

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FOREWORDS

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She said that her husband Frank O'Connor was the fuel that kept her spirited while she wrote "The Fountainhead"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ayn Rand

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JUST THE FACTS

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This hero of several books is 11 when he discovers he's a wizard

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Potter

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HEISMAN WINNERS

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Even though his team won the BCS Championship in 2009, this QB didn't win back-to-back Heismans

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tim Tebow

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HIT TUNES

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"Angel", "Building A Mystery"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sarah McLachlan

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DICTATORS & TYRANTS

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As the dictator of this city-state, Francesco Foscari ruined its army & economy by endlessly fighting Milan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Venice

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THAT'S MY LAW

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Objects with this property, meaning they can be deformed & regain their shapes, are covered by Hooke's Law

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elasticity

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SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS

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This title dog's real first name is Scoobert

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scooby-Doo

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WORLD CAPITALS

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On a plane trip to this capital, you'd likely land at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta

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WORLD CITIES

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Construction began on this German city's Gothic cathedral near the Rhine in 1248 & lasted 632 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cologne

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POP MUSIC

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This rapper won a 2000 MTV award for Best Male Video for "The Real Slim Shady"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eminem

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NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES

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Like its lengthy river, this state's name is Algonquian for "great water"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mississippi

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SPORTS

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Ben Crenshaw & Phil Mickelson are the only 3-time winners of this college sport's championship tournament

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Time's up! The correct answer was golf

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IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME

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This war god wasn't too successful in battle; he was once captured & stuck in a jar for 13 months

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ares

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YOU MUST BE JOKING

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Steven Wright joked, "I put instant coffee in" this type of "oven and nearly went back in time"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Microwave

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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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TAKE A PILL

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Antabuse is designed to make you feel really, really bad after ingesting this

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Time's up! The correct answer was alcohol

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PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE

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It's also called Chester cheese, & some people think it's the cat's meow

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheshire cheese

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NICKNAMES

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"Schnozzola"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Durante

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LITERARY QUOTES

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Robert Louis Stevenson said, "Marriage is ..... a field of battle, and not a bed of" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roses

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U.S. COLLEGES

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The student newspaper of this Hanover, N.H. school calls itself "America's Oldest College Newspaper"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dartmouth

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SCRAMBLED EGGS

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Reptile born with an "egg tooth" so it can escape its shelled jail: TAILOR GAL

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Time's up! The correct answer was alligator

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EPONYMS

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To abstain from buying or doing trade with, in honor of an Irish landlord against whom such tactics were used

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Time's up! The correct answer was to boycott

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TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR

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Django Reinhardt was a master of this instrument

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Time's up! The correct answer was the guitar

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TELEVISION

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

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

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FIRSTS

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Event at which Jesus performed his first miracle, providing enough wine for a feast

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Time's up! The correct answer was the wedding at Cana

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FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS

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Hobo, envelope, beaded

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Time's up! The correct answer was purses

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EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES

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1939 Oscar winner: "...you are a credit to your craft, your race and to your family"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hattie McDaniel

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MODERN "TIME"S

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

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

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ANIMAL PLANET

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It's the double-talk name for the tropical food fish also known as the dolphinfish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mahi-mahi

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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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QUOTATIONS

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The preamble to the U.S. Constitution begins with these 3 words

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Time's up! The correct answer was "We the People"

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20th CENTURY ARTISTS

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In 1936 he showed up for a Surrealist exhibition dressed in a diving suit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dali

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THE BIBLE

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It was like coriander seed, white; & the taste of it was like wafers made with honey

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manna

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ON BROADWAY: 1970

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Though he never won an Emmy as Barney Miller, he did win a Tony for his role in "The Rothschilds"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hal Linden

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TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED

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He was "Feelin' Groovy" as an Illinois senator from 1985 to 1997

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Simon

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MEN OF MUSIC

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In 1908 Oscar Strauss turned this playwright's "Arms and the Man" into the operetta "The Chocolate Soldier"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shaw

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POETIC TITLE VERBS

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"I _____ Lonely As A Cloud"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wandered

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FRANCE

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Liberation & Le Petit Journal are leading ones of these in France

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Time's up! The correct answer was newspapers

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SECRET MENUS

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Have it your way at this chain & order a Mustard Whopper, which substitutes the yellow stuff for mayo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Burger King

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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A New York steak is also known as this alliterative steak

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Time's up! The correct answer was strip steak

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TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR

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A 1-pound tin of premium sevruga this can go for more than $2,000

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Time's up! The correct answer was caviar

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COMPOSERS

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In 1810, the same year as Schumann, this Polish pianist & composer was born

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chopin

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FOREIGN TRAVEL

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

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

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UP IN THE AIR

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It decreases for the first 6 miles of the atmosphere, then goes way up, way down & finally up again around 55 miles high

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Time's up! The correct answer was the temperature

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THE FORTUNE 500

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Since the Fortune 500 list began in 1955, only Exxon, Wal-Mart & this now-troubled auto co. have held the top spot

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Time's up! The correct answer was GM

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THE BIG BANGLADESH

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After India was partitioned in 1947, what would later become Bangladesh was the "East" part of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan

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THE CAT

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The name of this striped color pattern may come from a market in Baghdad famous for 2-tone silk

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tabby

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NOT A VERB

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Candor, center, canter

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Time's up! The correct answer was candor

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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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ANNUAL EVENTS

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The Pendleton Roundup, an annual rodeo, takes place in Pendleton in this northwestern state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oregon

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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A never-ending supply of this better-than-beer drink was made by Heidrum, oddly a goat, not a bee

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Time's up! The correct answer was mead

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HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU

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In 1347, this "bubonic" disease began in Europe; as many as one-third of the population would perish

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Time's up! The correct answer was plague

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THE NBA

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For 9 straight seasons, ending in '96, this Utah Jazz player led the NBA in average assists per game

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Stockton

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POUR ME A STIFF ONE

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Stolichanya, or stoli to its friends, is a brand of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was vodka

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AMERICAN EXPLORERS

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Co-commanders of the 1st U.S. expedition to explore from Mississippi to the west coast

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis & Clark

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MYTHOLOGY

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Daphnis, who invented pastoral poetry, was the son of this Greek messenger god & a Sicilian nymph

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hermes

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POLITICAL SLOGANS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was prosperity

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ONE BUCK OR LESS

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On December 8, 2008 this national newspaper raised its newsstand price by 25 cents to $1

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Time's up! The correct answer was USA Today

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OF MILK

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Many countries have laws requiring that milk undergo this process that guards against pathogens

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Time's up! The correct answer was pasteurization

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"PU"

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It's another name for the cougar or mountain lion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Puma

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CHICKENS FOR FREE

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Chicken this "royal" way is served in a rich cream sauce with mushrooms, pimentos, green peppers & sherry

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Time's up! The correct answer was a la king

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THE 23rd PSALM

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"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was still waters

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CHANTED

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Their chant in "Macbeth" begins, "Double, double, toil and trouble"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the witches

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19th CENTURY POLITICIANS

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As Territories Committee chair, this Midwest senator helped draw the borders of 7 territories, including Kansas & Nebraska

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Douglas

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ARTS & CRAFTS

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It's the oven or furnace in which pottery is fired

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kiln

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THE 1980s

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Representative Jim Wright resigned this congressional office & his seat in the House

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

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OSCAR NIGHT 2003

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Chris Cooper won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in this film seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adaptation

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MEDICINE

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To test for this, the eyeball is anesthetized & a pressure gauge is placed on the front of the eye

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Time's up! The correct answer was glaucoma

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THE ICU

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It comes from the Greek meaning "deep sleep", but it's deeper than that

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coma

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THE UNIVERSE

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It's known for its prominences which are clouds, tubes & tongues of gasses

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sun

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NURSERY RHYMES

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"Here we go round" this bush "on a cold and frosty morning"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the mulberry bush

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SKUNKS

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The skunk lends its name to this foul-smelling "vegetable" found in swamps

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Time's up! The correct answer was skunk cabbage

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SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA

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When this Mouseketeer starred in "The Monkey's Uncle", she sang the title tune with The Beach Boys

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Time's up! The correct answer was Annette Funicello

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TRAIN STATIONS

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A real depot inspired the symbol of this Wisconsin insurance company, seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wausau

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

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He was the last sitting president to run for re-election & finish third in the Electoral College

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Howard Taft

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EUROPEAN HISTORY

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He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII

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WORD ORIGINS

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Laboratory culture dish named for the German bacteriologist who invented it

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Petri dish

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HEY, "U"!

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An entrepreneur who's launching a new enterprise, or a funeral director

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Time's up! The correct answer was Undertaker

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SPORTS FACTS

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Iowa state's Dan Gable won 2 NCAA titles in this sport & then coached Iowa to 15 team titles from1978 to 1997

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Time's up! The correct answer was wrestling

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LIBRARIES

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In 1602 this university's library reopened after restoration work by Sir Thomas Bodley

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oxford University

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WEBSITES

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Instead of .com, Amnesty International's website is www.amnesty. this

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Time's up! The correct answer was .org

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THE FILM VAULT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Raisin in the Sun

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IN THE FIRE

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Oliver Wendell Holmes said not to falsely yell "Fire" in one of these, where 850 Viennese died Dec. 8, 1881

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Time's up! The correct answer was Theater

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EUROPE

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France has about 100,000 of these Defense Ministry employees who perform police functions outside the main cities

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Time's up! The correct answer was gendarmes

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POLITICS

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When he ran for president in 1884, the Democrats called him the "Continental Liar From the State of Maine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was James G. Blaine

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THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

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Between 1656 & 1735 members of the Albanian Koprulu family served the sultan as this "grand" executive officer

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Time's up! The correct answer was vizier

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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This city's Mississippi River Art Fair is held in the Mark Twain Historic District

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hannibal, Missouri

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BIOLOGY

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

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

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THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM

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1881: Charles Guiteau

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Garfield

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DEPARTMENT "S"

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Eternally doomed rock roller of Greek mythology

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sisyphus

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COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS

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Babar

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Time's up! The correct answer was elephant

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CINEMA OF "BLOOD"

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Movie in which Jean-Claude Van Damme wins a secret martial arts tournament

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bloodsport

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PRESIDENTS IN IOWA

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In 1975 Ford attended this, the subject of a 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein film musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa State Fair

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EMBRACEABLE "U"

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In a hit song by the Irish Rovers, these animals didn't make it onto Noah's Ark

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Time's up! The correct answer was Unicorns

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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We're still waiting for a "Des Moines" version of this CBS crime show to accompany the Vegas, Miami & N.Y. ones

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Time's up! The correct answer was CSI

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2-LETTER ABBREV.

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Randy Newman sang, "Looks like another perfect day, I love" this place

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Time's up! The correct answer was L.A.

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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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HISTORY

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In February 1984 he announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Canada

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trudeau

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AYE! IT'S IRELAND

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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His foes said that in 1877 he agreed to withdraw remaining federal troops from the south in return for electoral support

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hayes

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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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ROAMIN' THE WORLD

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About two-thirds of this U.K. country's area is in its highlands & islands

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland

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ANIMALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Piranha

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WHAT A GEM!

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In 1750 a Parisian jeweler found that heat turns this sherry-colored Brazilian gem pink

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Time's up! The correct answer was topaz

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SIMILES

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A person who's out of his element is "like a fish" in this predicament

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

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MY NAME IS EARL WARREN

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

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

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HISTORY

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In February 1904 this country attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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HISTORIC WOMEN

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The proceeds from some of her souvenir hatchets helped fund a home for wives of alcoholics

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