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Time's up! The correct answer was Carrie Nation

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U.S. STATES

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Besides X,Y & Z, 2 of the 3 consonants that don't begin a state's name

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Time's up! The correct answer was J & Q

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CELEBRITY MARRIAGES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was José Ferrer

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ON THE GO

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was wind tunnel

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AFRICAN-AMERICANA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Time

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PHILMOGRAPHIES

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"Jingle All the Way", "So I Married an Axe Murderer" (plus 153 episodes of "SNL")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Hartman

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VIVA ANN-MARGRET!

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Ann-Margret got her second Oscar nomination for playing Roger Daltrey's mom in this rock film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy

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THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

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Made up of 1 large & many smaller islands, it's the most populous of Britain's remaining overseas territories

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bermuda

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BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES

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That very blond guy you met at carnival is called an "alemao", literally a man from this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Germany

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MINORITY REPORT

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Justice Brennan, dissenting in Paris Adult Theater v. Slaton, said this quality is too vaguely defined to regulate

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Time's up! The correct answer was obscenity

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THE ENGLISH BEAT

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

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

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FILM CLASSICS

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This 1951 classic stars the AFI's top picks for the greatest male & female film legends

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Time's up! The correct answer was The African Queen

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I'M GOING "INN"

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It's the third word in the first book of the Bible

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Time's up! The correct answer was beginning

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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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Pontiff's cleansing agents

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

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BIOGRAPHIES

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"Shalom, Friend" tells of "The Life and Legacy" of this slain Israeli leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yitzhak Rabin

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THE 13th CENTURY

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Around 1250 this country's King Alfonso III reclaimed the Algarve from the Moors after 500 years of control

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal

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WORLD FACTS

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In area this country whose capital is now called Yangon is the largest in mainland southeast Asia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar

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ART & ARTISTS

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This American female impressionist modeled for many of Degas' works, including "At the Milliner's"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cassatt

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SYNONYMS

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Back in the 19th century, ladies didn't faint but did this 5-letter synonym

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Time's up! The correct answer was swoon

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PHYSICS 101

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In the 19th C. Rudolf Clausius coined this word for measuring increasing disorder in a system

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Time's up! The correct answer was entropy

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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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FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME

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Mrs. Ford's landing wharfs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Betty's jetties

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BIG, REALLY BIG!

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In 1956 a 12,000-square-mile one of these was seen floating off Antarctica; you might call it titanic

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Time's up! The correct answer was an iceberg

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THE BIG APPLE

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"Give My Regards to" this Broadway legend whose statue in Times Square is seen here:

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

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MATH TERMS

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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew standing in front of a chalkboard) From the Latin for "to turn upside down", the function g is described as this of the function f

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Time's up! The correct answer was inverse

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GEORGE WASHINGTON

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Washington warned against "The insidious wiles of foreign influences" in this published declaration

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Time's up! The correct answer was His Farewell Address

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"T" TIME

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Left pinky makes "A" & right index makes "J" in this activity

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Time's up! The correct answer was typing

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NAME THE POET

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"Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote the droghte of March hath perced to the roote"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geoffrey Chaucer

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MAYORS

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Actress Melina Mercouri ran unsuccessfully for mayor of this foreign city, a post her Grandpa held for 30 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Athens

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MOVIE SONGS

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1996: "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Evita

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ARCHITECTURE

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The Coonley Estate & the Robie House are examples of this midwestern style created by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Prairie Style

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JONATHAN SWIFTIES

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These, made by parliament, "are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through"

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Time's up! The correct answer was laws

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"DREAM"Y SONGS

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"Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean to" one of these "and a homecoming queen"

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Time's up! The correct answer was A daydream believer

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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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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY

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Guyana has had a long-standing border dispute with this small country to its southeast

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Time's up! The correct answer was Suriname

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CROSSWORD CLUES "R"

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Beam, beacon & frequency preceder (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was radar

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THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

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Made up of 1 large & many smaller islands, it's the most populous of Britain's remaining overseas territories

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bermuda

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AWARDS

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You might have to take a bullet to earn one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Purple Heart

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ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS

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Pope Leo X named Henry VIII "Defender of the Faith" for his written attack on this German Protestant leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Martin Luther

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DRESSING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kilt

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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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THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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In his acceptance speech, Pres. Obama quoted this 1964 American recipient saying, "violence never brings permanent peace"

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Time's up! The correct answer was King

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THE 1930s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the akita

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POETS

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She considered publishing "Sonnets from the Portuguese" as "Sonnets Translated from the Bosnian"

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Time's up! The correct answer was ElizabethBrowning

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THE NEW TESTAMENT

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This mother of John The Baptist was well into old age when John was born

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth

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FEMINISM

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton's cousin Elizabeth Smith Miller first wore these trousers named for another woman

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Time's up! The correct answer was bloomers

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TBA

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When the national votes are tallied, the 43rd one of these will be announced November 7, 2000

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Time's up! The correct answer was President of the United States

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THE "A" "B" "C"s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Baedeker

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LET'S TAKE A PEAK

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Venezuela's highest peak is named for this man; there's a bronze bust of him at the summit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivar

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INSECTS

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The May beetle is also called this, perhaps when it shows up a few weeks late

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Time's up! The correct answer was Junebug

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THE LIVING PLANET

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Relative to the size of the bird, this flightless New Zealand denizen has the largest egg

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Time's up! The correct answer was the kiwi

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BUSINESS LEADERS

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In 1886 he started his first successful business, the Lancaster Caramel Co.; the chocolate came later

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hershey

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THE CAT

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Of all the varieties of cats big & small, the cheetah is the only one that can't fully retract these

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Time's up! The correct answer was the claws

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TELEVISION

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On this NBC sci-fi drama, genius Jarod was played by Michael T. Weiss as a man & by Ryan Merriman as a boy

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Pretender

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RHYMES WITH SMART

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A graphic representation of information

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Time's up! The correct answer was a chart

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BODIES OF WATER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Blue Nile & the White Nile

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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Nobelist George Thomson is the son of J.J. Thomson, a Nobel Prize winner who discovered this negative particle

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Time's up! The correct answer was electron

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BRITISH POETS & POETRY

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In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", Wordsworth wrote about "A crowd, a host of golden" ones

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Time's up! The correct answer was daffodils

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LOST

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Tributaries of this Mississippi tributary include the Cheyenne, James & Platte

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Missouri

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HISPANIC HISTORY

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The dictator of Paraguay from 1816 to 1840 wasn't called just "El Bueno" but this superlative

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Time's up! The correct answer was El Supremo

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DIALING FOR DIALECTS

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Dialects of this language include Wu, Yue & Hakka

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chinese

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PEN NAMES

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We don't know why this dame sometimes wrote under the name Mary Westmacott; it's a mystery to us

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Time's up! The correct answer was Agatha Christie

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AT THE MALL

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The name of this clothing store for teens is French for "airmail"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aéropostale

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MAGAZINES

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As the old saying goes, "An ounce of" this magazine "is worth a pound of cure"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prevention

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THE NEW TESTAMENT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was John

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SCIENCE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was plutonium

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COME, HO CHI MINH

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The trail bearing Ho's name was a series of Viet Cong supply routes mostly through this neighboring nation

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Time's up! The correct answer was Laos

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LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS

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Born in 1921, this Mission, Tex.-born senator served with Jack Kennedy, knew Jack Kennedy & hey! you're not Jack Kennedy!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd Bentsen

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GOING TO PIECES

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Every Christmas, the Indiana post office in the town named for him postmarks a half a million pieces of mail

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Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Claus

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VEGAS, BABY

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The bird Phoenicopterus ruber roseus, or a Las Vegas hotel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Flamingo

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ENDS WITH "K"

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A snide, simpering, self-satisfied smile

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Time's up! The correct answer was Smirk

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LET'S GET MAS*Hed

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa

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CAESAR

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He was caesar & emperor when Jesus was born

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Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus

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WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was stationmaster

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BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES

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Richard I

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plantagenet

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MUSICAL TRAINS

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Steven Tyler of this band lent his steamin' vocals to "Train Kept A-Rollin'", first popularized by the Yardbirds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aerosmith

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LANGUAGE QUESTIONS

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If you see a cool t-shirt in a store in Poland, "Kosztuje?" is how you ask this

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Time's up! The correct answer was "How much does this cost?"

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THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

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Colchian jilted by Jason (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Medea

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FICTIONAL BOOKS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kramer

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FEELING "ANCY"

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Janet Leigh was sorry she found one of these at the Bates Motel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vacancy

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EMBRACEABLE "U"

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In baseball one's behind home plate & one's behind each base

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Time's up! The correct answer was Umpire

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AMERICAN COUNTIES

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Ogemaw, Saginaw & Washtenaw are all counties in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan

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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

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Of particular interest to the NRA is the amendment that allows us "to keep & bear" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was arms

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CROSSWORD CLUES "D"

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Conversation for 2 people (8)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a dialogue

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11-LETTER WORDS

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Term for someone who collects deniers, drachmas & doubloons

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Time's up! The correct answer was Numismatist

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ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN

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Symphony Beethoven "composed to celebrate the memory of a great man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eroica

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"PU"

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The third of these wars wiped Carthage off the map, though it was later rebuilt

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Punic Wars

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TAKE A GUESS

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Gwilym is the Welsh form of this name that's been popular in England for centuries

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Time's up! The correct answer was William

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FIGURE SKATERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was camel

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THE 17TH CENTURY

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In his 1613 "Letters On Sunspots", he openly supported the Copernican theory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo

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FRUIT

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The liqueur creme de cassis is made with the black type of this fruit

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Time's up! The correct answer was currant

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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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WHEN IN ROME?

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The U.S. Fifth Army comes to town: June 4 of this year

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1944

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THEATRE HODGEPODGE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII

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RED SOX IT TO ME

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On April 20, 1912 the first game at this new venue went 11 innings & ended with a Red Sox win

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fenway Park

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TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS

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1950: "South Pacific"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Rodgers

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THAT'S BUSINESS

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He started a book business from his home in 1873; his son William joined forces with G. Clifford Noble in 1917

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barnes

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ARCHITECTURE

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Many churches have a cruciform plan, which means they're shaped like one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cross

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JEWELRY

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The scarab, lotus flower & Isis knot were all designs used in this country's jewelry

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Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt

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I PITY THE "FOOL"

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2-word term for a pointless task performed for no good reason

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fool's errand

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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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"Variations on a Theme by Haydn" was this "lullaby" composer's first major work for full orchestra

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Brahms

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ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE

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This bird term for pro-war politicians was popular in the period leading up to the War of 1812

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Time's up! The correct answer was hawks

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CALIFORNIA HERE I COME FILMS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Monroe

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"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD

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Make a trek to Utrecht & you'll find yourself in this country

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BERRIES

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It's "hound"ed by its resemblance to the blueberry, but it has fewer seeds

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WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?

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Snow, Mother or Canada

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BEING THOREAU

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While in New York in the 1840s, Thoreau met this newspaper editor, who then acted as his literary agent

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Time's up! The correct answer was Horace Greeley

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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

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A crash is a group of these large horned mammals

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ANTIQUES

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

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FOOD

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

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CALL ME A"LEX"

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By profession, Noah Webster was one of these

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NATIONAL FOODS

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Thomas' is a brand of these, famed for their nooks & crannies

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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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2011 MOVIES

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In "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" the name of the fictional drug ALZ112 indicates it's a possible treatment for this

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ARCHITECTS

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Dallas-Fort Worth Airport architect Gyo Obata helped design this Smithsonian museum

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Time's up! The correct answer was Air & Space Museum

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NATIONAL SPELLING BEE

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

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HISTORIC NAMES

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

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TRANSLATION EXERCISES

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

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AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE

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

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COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"

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

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SOCIOLOGY

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A plant, animal or object that's the symbol of a clan; it's often taboo & was paired with "Taboo" in a Freud title

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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"

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A ring for a baby's incisors

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RHYMES WITH TEEN

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Noor, to her Jordanian subjects

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PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY

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Appropriately, we've had 2 presidents born under this sign, Bush & Kennedy

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THE VIRTUES

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This virtue is also a name of a Rhode Island island & of prim, cautious women

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LSU

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"All The King's Men" know this first poet laureate of the U.S. was editor of LSU's Southern Review

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MILLIONS OF REASONS

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It was the "grateful" title of philanthropist Percy Ross' syndicated radio show & newspaper column

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GOLD RUSH

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The Black Hills Gold Rush of 1874 spilled over into territory claimed by this Native American tribe

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A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY

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

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SCOTLAND

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The Church of Scotland, the country's national church, is a branch of this Christian denomination

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MONEY SLANG

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The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate

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BORN IN THE WINDY CITY

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In the film "Animal House", this Chicago native played wild & crazy "Bluto" Blutarsky

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SOUND LIKE A LOCAL

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It follows "Pitts-" in the U.S. & "Edin-" in Scotland; we'll accept either pronunciation

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PARLEZ VOUS?

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"Je ne sais pas" means this, but you still get credit if you phrase it in the form of a question

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Time's up! The correct answer was "I don't know"

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RUSSIA

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In 1996 this Russian newspaper stopped publishing after 84 years

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ANATOMY

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

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LITERATURE

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In Pierre Boulle's "Planet of the Apes", Zira & Cornelius are this species of ape

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DISNEY VILLAINS

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Kaa & Shere Khan

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WORLD "P"s

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Named for an adviser to Catherine the Great, this type of "village" looks deceptively impressive

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BEFORE & AFTER

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The Beatles' 1967 album that was a 2001 WWII miniseries on HBO

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band of Brothers

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE

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The French name of these casual summer shoes derives from a tough wiry grass that's used to make rope

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Time's up! The correct answer was espadrilles

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ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS

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Who was No. 50? This Who guitarist, that's who

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Townshend

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NATURE

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Often found clinging to rocks, limpids are a type of this mollusk

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THE 19th CENTURY

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Opened in 1869, part of it follows the route of a canal dug 12 centuries earlier

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

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MONEY SLANG

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scratch

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LITERARY EPITAPHS

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Died on safari after a short happy life. Placed here by his wife

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Time's up! The correct answer was Francis Macomber

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SNACK ATTACK

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I'll sip a Berries & Kreme Chiller with my hot Original Glazed doughnut from this chain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Krispy Kreme

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NYPD TV

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In 1982 Sharon Gless took over for Meg Foster to partner with Tyne Daily as this title pair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cagney & Lacey

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SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was manila

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THE TITANIC

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2 of these towered over the deck & were used as flagpoles & to string the wireless aerial

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Time's up! The correct answer was masts

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SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE

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If you have this adjective before your name, like Nell or Eva, don't bother planning for your old age

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Time's up! The correct answer was Little

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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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HOMOPHONES

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Sugary, or a group of hotel rooms

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EARTH

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Formed at the Earth's surface, basalt is the extrusive type of this "Big 3" type of rock

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Time's up! The correct answer was igneous

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES

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George Lucas is planning a 3-part prequel to this 1977 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Star Wars

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NEWS TO ME

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

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

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DRIVING

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Do this if you love Jesus but don't do it just as the light turns green

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Time's up! The correct answer was honk

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WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II

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The British A22 Mark IV tank carried a 75-millimeter gun & this prime minister's name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Churchill

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SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE

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Even if you're 27 & still single, like Anne in this author's "Persuasion", your life may not be over

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Austen

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RHYME TIME

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A public recreation area devoid of light

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

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ORGANIZATIONS

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Not surprisingly, this organization, founded in 1884, maintains one of the world's finest reference libraries on dogs

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

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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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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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LINGUISTICS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Syntax

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SPORTS LEGENDS

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Barry Bonds, among others, is currently trying to break this man's home run record of 755

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Aaron

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THE CIVIL WAR

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This battle was Lee's last major offensive

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gettysburg

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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Honshu volcano (4)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fuji

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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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ENDLESS SUMER

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Utu, who judged the dead at the end of each day, was the Sumerian god of this celestial body

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Time's up! The correct answer was sun

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FOLKIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Collins

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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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THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL

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Of King Ad Rock, Thugmuffin C, MCA or Mike D, the one who's not a member of the Beastie Boys

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thugmuffin C

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COME TO OUR AIDE

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

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

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SIMPLE SCIENCE

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State of matter a substance is in after it's gone through evaporation

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Time's up! The correct answer was gaseous

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SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?

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In 2001 this author of "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" published "The Deeper Wound"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chopra

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BOTANY

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The flowers of this lawn weed, Taraxacum oficinale, are sometimes used to make wine

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Time's up! The correct answer was dandelions

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OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT

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1964: Joe Frazier; 1996: Wladimir Klitschko

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Time's up! The correct answer was boxing

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WORLD LEADERS

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Lee Myung-Bak is its head of state; he makes the news a bit less often than his counterpart to the north

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Time's up! The correct answer was South Korea

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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Irene, who reigned from 797-802, declared herselt Emperor, not Empress, of this empire

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

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SCRAMBLED EGGS

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A type of this lays the smallest egg for an avian: BRING HIM MUD

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Time's up! The correct answer was hummingbird

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THE LIVING PLANET

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The April 2009 issue of Science magazine reported that cows were the first livestock animal to have this "mapped"

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Time's up! The correct answer was their genome

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SAY CHEESE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Muenster

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WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA

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Fake wooden bird used by hunters to attract ducks

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Time's up! The correct answer was decoy

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ORGANIZED LABOR

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Under this arrangement, labor and management agree to let a third party settle their dispute

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Time's up! The correct answer was arbitration

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"TABLE"S

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

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

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

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Heading to Valparaiso, a seaport in this South American country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chile

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BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY

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3 x 4 x 5 x 6

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Time's up! The correct answer was 360

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"TRI" HARDER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trifecta

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WAR MOVIES

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1970: An historically correct re-creation of Pearl Harbor

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

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THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN

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He dealt with ophthalmological issues in the 1972 hit "Doctor My Eyes"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson Browne

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BARTLETT'S PAIRS

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Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Casey at the Bat"

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MARRIED WITH CHILDREN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oral stage

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IT HAD TO "BU"

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From the Greek for "herdsman", it means pastoral or idyllic

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Time's up! The correct answer was bucolic

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FOUNTAINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jefferson City

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GOING TO PIECES

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5-letter archaeological term for a broken scrap of earthenware

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Time's up! The correct answer was a shard

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NYC MUSIC HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carole King

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LITERARY QUOTES

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Poet who wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark & deep, but I have promises to keep..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Frost

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U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL

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In the 1960s this Burmese secretary-general sought to apply Buddhist principles to international problem solving

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Time's up! The correct answer was U Thant

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FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was smirk

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YOUTH IN ASIA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 18

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CONDUCTORS

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It's the term for material that conducts at high temperatures & insulates at low temperatures

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Time's up! The correct answer was a semiconductor

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ANY FIRST WORDS?

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Jung was fond of this word, an original pattern from which all similar things are based

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Time's up! The correct answer was an archetype

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WEDDINGS

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It's the festive-sounding name for one who officiates at a wedding

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Time's up! The correct answer was the celebrant

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STATE CAPITALS

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From 1701 to 1875 New Haven & this city were twin capitals of Connecticut; today it's the only one

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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Jomo Kenyatta International Airport serves this world capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nairobi, Kenya

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CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES

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1975: "I must be crazy to be in a looney bin like this"

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

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CONTAINERS

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"Amorous" name of a 2-handled wine vessel or sporting trophy

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Time's up! The correct answer was loving cup

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COVER ME!

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In 1965 Otis Redding took "Respect" to No. 35; 2 years later, her cover was No. 1

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aretha Franklin

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BOXING MOVIES

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Based on Clifford Odets' play, this "colorful" 1939 film made William Holden a star

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Time's up! The correct answer was Golden Boy

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COMMON BONDS

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Fife, Rubble, Miller

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barney

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HOW NOVEL

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Gregory Maguire's novel "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" is a revision of this fairy tale

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

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LITERATURE

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"A Tale of Two Cities" opens as Dr. Alexander Manette is released after 18 years in this prison

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Bastille

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BIBLICAL QUOTES

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This disciple wouldn't believe Jesus' resurrection until he saw "in his hands the print of the nails"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas

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CRAFT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was painting

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GEOLOGY

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A 6-mile-wide caldera, or volcanic crater, is a highlight of La Palma in this Spanish Island group off Africa

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Canaries

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GONE TOMORROW?

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The Hine's emerald species of this insect has a wingspan that can reach about 3.5 inches

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Time's up! The correct answer was a dragonfly

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YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA

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At the beginning of an 1893 opera, these little tykes are sent into the woods to pick strawberries

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hansel & Gretel

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STORM

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Hurricane Camille leaves only one operational shrimping boat in Bayou La Batre in this 1994 Oscar winner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Forrest Gump

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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

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During his 80 days of military service in 1832, Abe attempted without success to track down this Sauk & Fox Indian chief

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Time's up! The correct answer was Black Hawk

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EDUCATION JARGON

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From the Latin for "to heal", it's the type of education that brings deficient students up to standard levels

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Time's up! The correct answer was remedial

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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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ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN

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Oh yessssssss...he created the show & was the original producer & host

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Time's up! The correct answer was Don Cornelius

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SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER

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Pertaining to the scientific use & study of very low temperatures

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Time's up! The correct answer was cryogenic

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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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20th CENTURY QUOTES

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A minister, 1968: "I've seen the promised land...and I'm happy tonight...I'm not fearing any man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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WHOSE IS IT?

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This "apple" is at the front of men's throats

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

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LITERARY BADDIES

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Mrs. Augustine St. Clare sold Uncle Tom to this brutal, alcoholic plantation owner who later beat him to death

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Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Legree

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PIANO KEYS

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It's the key the French call "Le do du milieu du piano"

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Time's up! The correct answer was middle C

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BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES

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Henry VIII

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tudor

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

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In 1973 this then Memphis-based hotel chain opened its own university in Mississippi to train personnel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Holiday Inn

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CAPITOL THINKERS

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This self-made man has the distinction of being the longest serving senator ever from West Virginia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd

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SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG

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You're nuts if you don't know this title of hits by Seal, Icehouse & Patsy Cline

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

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OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV

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Executive producer of "Ugly Betty", she has also guest starred as Sofia Reyes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Salma Hayek

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ON THE "WAR"PATH

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In Super Bowl XXXIV, this Rams QB passed for a record 414 yards, beating Joe Montana's record by 57 yards

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kurt Warner

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MEATS

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This cut is a pig's hind leg above the hock

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Time's up! The correct answer was ham

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COME, HO CHI MINH

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Ho Chi Minh was also known by the nickname Bac Ho, meaning this relative

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Time's up! The correct answer was uncle

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CELEBRITY FACTS

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Jake Gyllenhaal got his first driving lesson from this late movie star & auto racer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Newman

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BOXING MOVIES

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He played Elvis' trainer in "Kid Galahad" a "Dirty Dozen" years before he starred in "Death Wish"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Bronson

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TITLE 9

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J.D. Salinger: "Nine ___"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stories

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THE REEL STORY

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M. Night Shyamalan wrote & directed this creepy Bruce Willis-Haley Joel Osment film

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sixth Sense

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SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA

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This Rene Russo film about an eccentric & her pets is based on a true story; it features the following:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buddy

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MUNICH

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In 1634 & 1635 an outbreak of this deadly contagion devastated Munich, killing more than one third of its residents

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Time's up! The correct answer was bubonic plague

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NOTED EUROPEANS

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Giuseppina Strepponi, a prima donna in "Nabucco", married this famous Giuseppe in 1859

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Time's up! The correct answer was Verdi

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MAGAZINE FEATURES

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Your Shot, Where in the World?, Visions of Earth

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Time's up! The correct answer was National Geographic

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GEORGE WASHINGTON

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Washington warned against "The insidious wiles of foreign influences" in this published declaration

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Time's up! The correct answer was His Farewell Address

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HISTORIC AMERICANS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart

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SIGNS & SYMBOLS

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Baby, you're going to be a star, & we're going to put you next to this symbol on Turkey's flag

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Time's up! The correct answer was a crescent

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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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PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

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2 of the 7 men who were under 50 years old when they became president

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland, Garfield, Grant, JFK, Pierce, Polk & Teddy Roosevelt

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BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR

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Quang Tri City; the cavalry was sent!

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Vietnam War

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PIRATE MOVIES

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

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

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THE FUNNIES

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Creator of “Beetle Bailey”, whose name was defined in “B.C.” as “a dead nightcrawler”

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mort Walker

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AMERICAN EXPLORERS

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Stephen Long & Zebulon Pike have peaks named for them in this state, an area they said was uninhabitable

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado

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THE VIRTUES

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This virtue is also a name of a Rhode Island island & of prim, cautious women

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prudence

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POLITICAL TALK

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Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"

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Time's up! The correct answer was horses

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GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT

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Everyone knows the "Chronicles of Narnia"; this 2008 film "Chronicles" the Grace family stumbling onto a world of fairies

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Spiderwick Chronicles

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WHEN IN ROME?

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Rome burns while an emperor relaxes in his villa at Antium: this century

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1st

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INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME

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Hotel foyer where British policemen like to gather

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Bobby lobby

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NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD

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Argentina & Brazil have national parks to preserve the wildlife & beauty of these extensive waterfalls

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iguazu Falls

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SAY CHEESE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Muenster

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HISTORY

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Built in 312 B.C. to link Rome & the South of Italy, it's still in use today

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

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PLANT LIFE

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Carl Sandburg wrote, "I am" this most abundant type of flora; "I cover all"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the grass

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MISC.

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This waterfall is separated into the American Falls & Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island

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Time's up! The correct answer was Niagara Falls

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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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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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Pontiff's cleansing agents

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

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THE WORLD OF ART

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It's the room where you'll find the masterpiece that includes "The Flood" & "The Creation of Eve"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sistine Chapel

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MAGAZINES

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This founder of Weight Watchers is a cosulting editor of Weight Watchers magazine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Nidetch

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THE NEW TESTAMENT

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In Gethsemane, this apostle drew a sword & cut off Malchus' ear

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter

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KNOTS TO YOU

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From the Turkish for "napkin", it's the art which creates decorative items by knotting cord, rope or string

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macrame

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BUSY AS A BEAVER

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Grey Beaver is the first master of this Jack London wolf-dog

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Time's up! The correct answer was White Fang

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HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT

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Get a leg up in this sport by stepping on your opponent's ball in the fairway

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Time's up! The correct answer was Golf

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SOUND LIKE A LOCAL

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It follows "Pitts-" in the U.S. & "Edin-" in Scotland; we'll accept either pronunciation

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Time's up! The correct answer was burgh

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

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In 1998 the magazine told of efforts to liquify this "cleanest of fossil fuels" for use in cars

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Time's up! The correct answer was natural gas

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BALLS

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To start your golf round, put your ball up on one of these little pegs

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tee

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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME

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Carey, Bledsoe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Drew

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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"

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Raiment or apparel

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Time's up! The correct answer was clothing

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AMERICAN NICKNAMES

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Sam Rayburn was "Mr. Sam", not "Mr. Democrat"; this politician was "Mr. Republican", not "Mr. Robert"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Taft

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OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s

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Elon Musk is now making rockets & electric cars; before that he co-founded & sold this electronic payment system

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Time's up! The correct answer was PayPal

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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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INITIAL T.V.

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This '60s police drama with Jack Warden was missing the "blue" of the series that began in 1993

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Time's up! The correct answer was N.Y.P.D.

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WAR

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

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

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THE KOREAN WAR

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The sound of a Commie submachine gun as it "belched" out bullets gave it this nickname

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Burp Gun"

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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The surface of this lake in Siberia is about 1,490 ft. above sea level, the bottom over 5,300 ft. below

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Baikal

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MOVIE TAG LINES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tron

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VERBS

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You can fluff pillows or do this, also meaning "chubby"

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Time's up! The correct answer was plump

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MEDIEVAL MUSIC

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Guido D'Arezzo established the series of lines now called this as the basis of musical notation

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Time's up! The correct answer was Staff

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FAMOUS JACQUES

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He composed both "The Tales of Hoffmann" & that scandalous "Cancan" music

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Time's up! The correct answer was Offenbach

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"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH

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Dangerous American pit viper

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Time's up! The correct answer was the diamondback

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BOOKS & AUTHORS

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

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

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CITY FOLK

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Madrilenos

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Time's up! The correct answer was residents of Madrid

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BACK IN 1906

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In 1906 there were 90 of these; nearly two-thirds of them were Republican

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Time's up! The correct answer was senators

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THE CIVIL WAR

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In June of 1861, Dorothea Dix was appointed to supervise the female ones of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was nurses

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AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.

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You might see Bob Woodward during your walking tour of this publication's building on 15th Street N.W.

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Washington Post

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DON'T BE A PAIN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen

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KFC

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The formula using this many herbs & spices is locked in a safe in Louisville

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Time's up! The correct answer was 11

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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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Around the time of a veiled Muslim garment for women

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Time's up! The correct answer was circa burka

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EXPIRATION DATES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Édith Piaf

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SIMPLE SCIENCE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was iodine

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SYRIA'S EATING

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The leaves of mulukhiya resemble those of this vegetable; we hope Syrian kids don't turn up their noses at mulukhiya

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Time's up! The correct answer was spinach

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THE COMMODORES

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Negotiated by Matthew Perry, 1854's Treaty of Kanagawa opened up this country to commercial trade with the U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS

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Neil Sheehan's "A Bright Shining Lie" centers on John Paul Vann & America's involvement in this event

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Vietnam War

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PRESIDENTS

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The last President to sport a moustache or beard while in office

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

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THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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This planet has more in common with Triton, Neptune's largest moon, than it does with any of the other planets

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto

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MS.

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Joan Benoit was 1st to win this Olympic event, finally offered for women in ‘84

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Time's up! The correct answer was marathon

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DELAWARE

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Home to a major U.S. Air Force base, this capital was founded in 1683

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dover

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GOAT-POURRI

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In "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", Pierre Gringoire rescues this gypsy girl's goat from a mob

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Time's up! The correct answer was Esmeralda

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SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY

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To cause to undergo combustion

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Time's up! The correct answer was burn

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SHAKESPEARE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shylock

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WHAT A CHARACTER!

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Well, goll-ly! He left his job & home in Mayberry to join the Marine Corps

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gomer Pyle

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FILM CLASSICS

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This 1951 classic stars the AFI's top picks for the greatest male & female film legends

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Time's up! The correct answer was The African Queen

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NATIONAL SPELLING BEE

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This small racing sled has the distinction of being the National Spelling Bee's shortest winning word

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Time's up! The correct answer was L-U-G-E

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CITY FLAGS

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

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

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WHAT A WEEK

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In 1958 the theme of the first national week for these places was "Wake up & read!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was libraries

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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

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September 18, 1970 in London

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimi Hendrix

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PEANUTS

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When Lucy invites Charlie Brown to kick a football, you can expect her to do this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pull it out from under him

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EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...

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In the winter of 1971-72, a record 1,122 inches of snow fell at Rainier Paradise Ranger Station in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington

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SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!

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Kristen Wiig played this "Today" co-host, who, like so many of our players, brought Chardonnay on stage

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kathie Lee Gifford

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SKUNKS

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Name of zee skunk in zee popular Warner Brothers cartoons

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pepé Le Pew

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ITALIAN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was your hand

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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s

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Bloody Mary was the girl the Tonys loved in 1950, when Juanita Hall won for playing her in this musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was South Pacific

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PETER, PAUL & MARY

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The author of a "monstrous" 1818 classic, she later wrote the autobiographical "Lodore" in 1835

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Shelley

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ARCHITECTS

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William Pereira erected his Transamerica "Pyramid" in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco

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LITERARY FIRST LINES

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1900: "Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Wizard of Oz"

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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It was the last name of the 17th & 36th presidents

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson

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WORLD WAR I

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In 1917 Allied troops from this North American country stormed up Vimy Ridge in a legendary charge

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canada

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IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a blackout

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ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS

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An additional section placed within the folds of a newspaper

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Time's up! The correct answer was an insert

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ART

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rembrandt

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THE BODY WOMAN

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Women have this piece of thyroid cartilage, too; it's just smaller than a man's & may be under more fat

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Time's up! The correct answer was an Adam's apple

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"R"OCK MUSIC

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4 of this Swedish pop duo's first Top 40 hits reached No. 1, including "It Must Have Been Love"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roxette

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EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES

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"And away we go"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Gleason

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WHEAT

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Pasta is made from this coarsely-ground grain of durum wheat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Semolina

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MUSICALS

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This title character's last name is McLonergan, not Rainbow

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Time's up! The correct answer was Finian

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THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS

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In "Dead and Gone" by Charlaine Harris, this "True Blood" waitress searches for the killer of a werepanther

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sookie Stackhouse

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ALWAYS SAY NEVER

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In his "Ballad of East and West", this Brit wrote, "east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kipling

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ORGANIZATIONS

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You don't have to be a genius to know its name is Latin for "table", but you do have to be one to belong

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mensa

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LANGUAGE QUESTIONS

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

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

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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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SPOILER ALERT!

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

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

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CIVIL WAR LITERATURE

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

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

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NEWMAN'S OWN

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Film in which washed-up lawyer Newman redeems himself by taking a medical malpractice case to trial

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Verdict

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KILLER MUSICALS

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"Chronicle of A Death Foretold", which begins with a murder, is based on a novel by this Colombian author

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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CARTOONS

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On screen, he's a "tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winnie the Pooh

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CALENDAR GIRLS

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Pernilla August once worked with Ingmar Bergman, but we know her best for playing Shmi in the fourth film in this series

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Star Wars series

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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

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

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WHO PLAYED 'EM

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2004: Monster hunter Dr. Gabriel Van Helsing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackman

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"YN"

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The bobcat is also known as the bay this animal

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Time's up! The correct answer was a lynx

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HABEAS CORPSES

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This 19th century philosopher's body has been very utilitarian; it's on display at a university in London

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremy Bentham

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"H" CITIES

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It served as a dynastic capital in the 1800s & continued as the royal capital of Vietnam until 1945

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hue

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MILITARY TELEVISION

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Bad guys should stay out of harm's way (that's Cmdr. Harmon Rabb's way) on this military-legal series

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Time's up! The correct answer was JAG

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A WHITE CATEGORY

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This black & white dairy cow originated in an area of Holland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Holstein

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WEATHER

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An increase in air temperature at higher altitudes is unusual & is called this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Inversion

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BIRDS

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The racing homer breed of this domestic bird was developed in Belgium, the traditional home of the sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pigeon

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REQUIRED READING

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Last name of sisters Emily & Charlotte, a 1-2 punch with "Wuthering Heights" & "Jane Eyre"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bronte

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LITERATURE

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In the final scene of "Rebecca", this stately mansion of Maxim De Winter burns

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manderley

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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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NOTABLE NAMES

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His last direct descendant was a granddaughter, Elizabeth Hall, born to John & Susanna Hall in 1608

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Shakespeare

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NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY

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

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

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THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Havana

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MINORITY REPORT

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A 1936 dissent by Justice Stone accused 6 other justices of a "tortured construction" of this document

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Constitution

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SAINTHOOD

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In 2009 this man who died on Molokai in 1889 became Hawaii's first saint

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Time's up! The correct answer was Father Damien

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FOOD & DRINK

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When used to describe meat, "marbling" means streaks of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was fat

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EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY

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Lucius Apuleius wrote it

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Golden Ass"

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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This ABC series set at Mode magazine is based on the hit Columbian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty, La Fea"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ugly Betty

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SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE

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Your job options include teacher & this related job of the heroines in "Jane Eyre" & "Vanity Fair"

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Time's up! The correct answer was governess

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PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman

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TELEPHONE HISTORY

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As of July 1, 1968 you could dial this 3-digit number in New York City & get the police

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Time's up! The correct answer was 911

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EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ethan Allen

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BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS

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In 1990 Roger Waters of this group gave a performance of "The Wall" at the former site of the Berlin Wall

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pink Floyd

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A SHAPELY CATEGORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was shells

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GOING TO PIECES

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From the Latin for "of the night", these pensive musical pieces were popularized by Chopin & Bartok

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Time's up! The correct answer was nocturnes

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THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was dictionary

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SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was jaded

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WORD ORIGINS

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Derived from the Greek for "ice", it's a glass of fine quality that resembles ice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crystal

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SEE THE USA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Broadway

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TRIALS OF THE CENTURY

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In 1946 Hans Frank, Rudolf Hess & Fritz Sauckel were among those convicted of war crimes in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nuremberg

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STATE BIRDS

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Missouri: Not a redbird but this colorful creature

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bluebird

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THE FRENCH CONNECTION

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From the French for "to sort" comes the word for this process of treating patients based on need

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Time's up! The correct answer was triage

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TURNING 40 IN '98

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This pitcher's "Orel" history continued in '98 with a new team, the Giants

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Time's up! The correct answer was Orel Hershiser

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HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN

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The "humped" shape of a Bahraini island gives it the name Hawer, meaning "young" one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Camel

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CELEBRITY MARRIAGES

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This "Bewitch"ing actress was the 3rd wife of Oscar winner Gig Young

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth Montgomery

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THE MOVIES

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Jack Palance's character is described as "a saddlebag with eyes" in this 1991 comedy

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Time's up! The correct answer was City Slickers

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HELLO, DELI!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was lox

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WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?

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This clear meat soup will be finished in a jiffy; actually, "finished" is what its name means

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Time's up! The correct answer was a consommé

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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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NEWMAN'S OWN

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Paul Newman played "Fast" Eddie Felson in these 2 movies

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Hustler & The Color of Money

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COME TO OUR AIDE

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In 2009 an aide to the Defense Sec. was ensnared in the scandal over a couple who crashed this White House event

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

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I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...

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Toyotas! Yeah, that's it; it's about Toyotas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Troilus & Cressida

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LUNCH COUNTER LINGO

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This beverage is Adam's ale

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Time's up! The correct answer was water

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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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PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY

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Appropriately, we've had 2 presidents born under this sign, Bush & Kennedy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gemini

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APT ANAGRAMS

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He co-wrote "South Pacific": MASS ROMANTIC HERE

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Hammerstein

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"O"PERA

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Verdi's work on this General's life opens in Cyprus; Shakespeare's tale begins in Venice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Otello

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IT'S ALL ABOUT ME

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Self, launched in 1979, is one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was amagazine

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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Ecuador & Venezuela observe the birth of this "George Washington of South America" each July 24

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Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Bolivar

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BARD BITS

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In the first line of "Twelfth Night", this is described as the "food of love"

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Time's up! The correct answer was music

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NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES

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Moving right along--this large Alabama city, as well as a river & bay, was named for an Indian tribe in the region

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mobile

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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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POLITICS & SHOW BIZ

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Actress & Congresswoman Helen Gahagan took this last name when she wed Oscar-winning actor Melvyn

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Time's up! The correct answer was Douglas

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AUTHORS

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1 of only 3 authors to win 2 Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction

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Time's up! The correct answer was Faulkner, Tarkington & John Updike

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OATS

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While the terms are used interchangeably, groats are usually more coarsely ground than these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grits

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HOW NOVEL

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He not only appeared on the cover of some 350 romance novels, he's written ones like "Rogue" & "Mysterious"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fabio

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AFRICAN ISLANDS

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Parts of this capital city lie on the islands of Gezira & Roda in the Nile River

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo

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FAMOUS LLOYDS

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In 1832 this editor founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Lloyd Garrison

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THRILLER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Martini

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THE CANARY ISLANDS

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The Canary Islands' highest point, 12,000-foot Pico de Teide, is the peak of a dormant one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a volcano

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RELIGION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moroni

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KIDS IN BOOKS

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She's Beezus Quimby's pesky young sister

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ramona

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FROM THE WELSH

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The name of this Olympic weapon may go back to the Welsh gaflach, "forked branch"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Javelin

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WON THE BATTLE

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The Allies won this battle, the last Nazi offensive in the West during WWII

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Battle of the Bulge

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HOME

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On Oct. 19, 1999 this home & life improvement guru made a bundle after her IPO hit Wall Street

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Time's up! The correct answer was Martha Stewart

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OLYMPIC POTPOURRI

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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Mark McEwen) I reported on the '92 W. Olympics in Albertville, France & the '94 W. Olympics hosted by this Scandinavian city"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer, Norway

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MILITARY TELEVISION

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

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

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ACTORS WHO DIRECT

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"The Great Debaters"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Denzel Washington

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AIN'T THAT AMERICA

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This town bearing the name of an old TV game show is the seat of Sierra County, New Mexico

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Time's up! The correct answer was Truth or Consequences

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HIP-HOP & RAP

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Group that includes members Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone & Wish Bone

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

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DANGER IN WONDERLAND

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These 2 brothers may look like dimwits but they're vicious; beware the sword & umbrella, their weapons of choice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tweedledum & Tweedledee

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DOWN MEXICO WAY

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This popular resort island lies north of Cozumel off the coast of the state of Quintana Roo

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GOING TO PIECES

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Every Christmas, the Indiana post office in the town named for him postmarks a half a million pieces of mail

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Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Claus

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3-LETTER THE BETTER

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To impose a levy

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Time's up! The correct answer was to tax

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"BLACK" OR "WHITE"

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People have asked why the whole airplane isn't made out of the same material as this "indestructible" device

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

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AROUND THE WORLD

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

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

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GRAPES

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In an Aesop fable, this animal decides the grapes he can't reach must therefore be sour

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fox

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BRITISH POETS & POETRY

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He called "Prometheus Unbound" "The best thing I ever wrote"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Percy B. Shelley

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DECADES OF BESTSELLERS

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"The Nanny Diaries" & "Q is for Quarry"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 2000s

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TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS

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1973: "A Little Night Music"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stpehen Sondheim

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THE NBA

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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) The first and last of my 1,815 NBA games were both against this team known as the "Bad Boys" of the league"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Detroit Pistons

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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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A large Asian white winter radish that's a representation of a saint

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Time's up! The correct answer was a daikon icon

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LINGUISTICS

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Sentence diagrams called these may include lines called branches

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trees

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THAT'S SO '90s

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Hello! In May 1999 scientists found this famous sheep might be susceptible to premature aging

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dolly

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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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THE PLANETS

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As viewed from Earth, it's the brightest planet in the nighttime sky

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Time's up! The correct answer was Venus

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

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Making one of these with a few people; a frame holds it taut; we'll back it with muslin & fill it with batting

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Time's up! The correct answer was making a quilt

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JULY

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John Adams' dying words on this date in 1826 were that Thomas Jefferson still lived; John Adams was wrong

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

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LONG WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was an onomatopoeia

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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Administrative units in this country include Giza, Aswan & Suez

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Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt

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CHOPIN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Polonaise

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...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!

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In the 17th century this type of wild horse numbered between 2 & 4 mil.; today, only about 20,000 remain, mostly in the West

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Time's up! The correct answer was mustangs

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SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"

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To pick up a check

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Time's up! The correct answer was Foot the bill

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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"

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

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

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GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT

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Peter Fonda was in "Ulee's Gold"; "Fool's Gold" stars this daughter of Goldie Hawn

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kate Hudson

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ANIMAL GROUPS

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Kangaroos, monkeys & Boy Scouts all come in these groups

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Time's up! The correct answer was troops

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FATHER'S IN LAW

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Father has rooms near the Court of Chancery in this state where half of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated

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Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware

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TIME TO "EAT"

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Moss type used as fuel

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Time's up! The correct answer was peat

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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

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It can be a pack of dogs, or a place to board them

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kennel

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SHIPS

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On May 7, 1915 German submarine commander Walter Schweiger gave the command to torpedo this British liner

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Lusitania

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INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY

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Your dog will scratch his head if you don't know the ukulele's name comes from the Hawaiian for this "jumping" insect

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Time's up! The correct answer was the flea

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THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION

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In 1521, Ignatius was struck by a cannonball while defending this country against the French

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spain

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TV ACTORS & ROLES

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On "Saturday Night Live", he's famous for playing Craig the Cheerleader, Janet Reno & moi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Will Ferrell

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GOING DUTCH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Belt

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THRILLER

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You were born to identify this author of "The Bourne Identity"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ludlum

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OCCUPATION HAZARDS

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If this is your job you might get brine in your eye after dropping the cucumber in the barrel

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Time's up! The correct answer was pickler

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SPELL CHECK HELL

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Spell check keeps trying to change Antietam into this long-snouted insectivore that comes in giant & 3 other species

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Time's up! The correct answer was an anteater

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SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER

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The part of an atom's nucleus that fits the category

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Time's up! The correct answer was a neutron

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POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS

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"Geez" House Rules Committee ranking Democrat Slaughter

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louise

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"BLACK" OR "WHITE"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Betty White

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INLETS

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Faxa Bay in the North Atlantic is between this country's Snaefells & Reykjanes peninsulas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland

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HERE'S LUCY

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She was the first wife of a president to be called first lady on a regular basis

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Lemonade Lucy" Hayes

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SAY CHEESE

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The 2 cheeses coated with red wax named for towns, one in North Holland province, one in South

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edam & Gouda

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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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THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN

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One of the other 3 people in the presidential box with Lincoln & Booth at the time of the attack

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Todd Lincoln

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YOUTH IN ASIA

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With a 6-wicket victory over Nepal, Bangladesh recently retained the Asian youth championship in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was cricket

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WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

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Michael Cunningham's "The Hours" was inspired by this novel that Woolf originally called "The Hours"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. Dalloway

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BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jordan River

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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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SONG LYRICS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frankie

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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. CITIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston

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DOUBLE MEANINGS

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I know Mike _____ his expense account, but I can't believe he'd steal legal _____ from the conference room

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Time's up! The correct answer was pads

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TURNING 40 IN '98

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Damon, Marlon & Kim's big brother, he turned 40 on June 8

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

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SYRIA'S EATING

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Mansaf is this favorite meat cooked in a yogurt sauce

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Time's up! The correct answer was lamb

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"HIGH" SCHOOL

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Coastal waters beyond national jurisdiction, or the tops of some sopranos' ranges

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Time's up! The correct answer was High seas/C's

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YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was statue

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TAUNT "O"

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After a wrong response, we may need to use one of these cathode-ray "scopes" to check for brain activity

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Time's up! The correct answer was an oscilloscope

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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In 1921 Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Fiction prize named for this news publisher

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pulitzer

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THE PLANET URANUS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Shakespeare

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PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS

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She must have been hairy, as this hairstyle is named for the big-haired mistress of a French emperor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pompadour

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A BUG'S LIFE

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The field & house types of this insect are sold as laboratory subjects, frog food & bait

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Time's up! The correct answer was crickets

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1800

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His First Symphony debuted April 2 in Vienna; 8 to go...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ludwig von Beethoven

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TO NEIL

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On board Gemini 8, he performed the first successful docking of 2 vehicles in space

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neil Armstrong

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HOW DO YOU...

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Churn a sweet dairy mix in a container that's surrounded by frozen water & salt

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Time's up! The correct answer was make ice cream

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AskOxford.com

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AskOxford.com says the most commonly cited collective term for these animals is a clowder

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Time's up! The correct answer was cats

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GUINNESS RECORDS

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

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

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LITERARY GENRES

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In the 1880s Guy de Maupassant published 300 of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was short stories

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TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brad Pitt

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WHAT A WEEK

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In 1999 this country began 3 "golden weeks" of vacation for its vast populace, including one around May Day

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Time's up! The correct answer was China

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THAT'S SO '90s

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Hello! In May 1999 scientists found this famous sheep might be susceptible to premature aging

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dolly

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STRINGS

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When this product was introduced in 1972, it was said to have a full "quarter mile" of fun shot out of a can

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Time's up! The correct answer was Silly String

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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With 6,640 miles of coast, this state has the longest shoreline

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska

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ABBREVIATED

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High-ranking business operative: CFO

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Time's up! The correct answer was chief financial officer

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

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In 1973 this then Memphis-based hotel chain opened its own university in Mississippi to train personnel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Holiday Inn

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BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS

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In 1995 this founder of Cream & Derek & the Dominos was named an Officer of the British Empire

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eric Clapton

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INITIAL T.V.

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[Hi, I'm Pat O'Brien] David E. Kelley won 2 Emmys for this show in 1991, one as executive producer, one as writer

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

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HORSE SENSE

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Golden Cloud had great pull with Roy Rogers under this stage name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trigger

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

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Suisse is the French name for this mountainous country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Switzerland

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JAZZ IT UP

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At the 2000 Grammys the Best Boxed Recording Package was this late trumpeter's "Complete Bitches Brew Sessions"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Miles Davis

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THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH

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1952: Infant king Fu'ad II

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Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt

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HOP ON POP CULTURE

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Meadow's dad had her boyfriend Jackie whacked on this show; A.J. had a pretty rough time, too

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sopranos

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MOVIE PRODUCERS

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Albert R. Broccoli produced 17 James Bond films & this kids' movie also based on an Ian Fleming book

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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1807

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In July, Jacobitism ended with the death of Henry Benedict, the last claimant of this royal family to the British throne

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