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Time's up! The correct answer was the Stuarts

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MEATS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was snail

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INITIAL T.V.

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This '70s series about a harsh Navy drill instructor with a soft heart starred Don Rickles

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Time's up! The correct answer was C.P.O. Sharkey

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"R"OCK MUSIC

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The subject of this 1973 Allman Brothers hit was "tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Ramblin' Man"

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WHAT TO WEAR

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Eddie Bauer & The Gap offer the flared-below-the-knee jeans called this "cut", from what they fit over

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Time's up! The correct answer was boot-cut

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POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS

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"Heavens to" ex-New York lieutenant governor McCaughey!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Betsy

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MAY DAYS

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On May 15, 1996 he announced he would soon become "A private citizen, a Kansan, an American, just a man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Senator Bob Dole

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CONTESTS

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This cruise ship favorite played on a 52-foot court is an event at the National Senior Games

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shuffleboard

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TEENS OF THE PAST

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Edison

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THOSE WACKY GERMANS

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Gesundheit, meaning "health", is what Germans say instead of "bless you" when you do this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sneeze

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PHYSICS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was steam engine

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JUST DESSERTS

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Unlike sherbet, sorbet never contains this dairy product

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Time's up! The correct answer was milk

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SAY CHEESE

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According to legend, it was created when a shepherd left a piece of cheese in a cave for several weeks

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roquefort

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IT'S A "SIN"

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It can mean to burn slightly, or to burn the ends of hair or cloth

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Time's up! The correct answer was singe

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PIANO KEYS

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A 6-string guitar has 2 strings tuned to this note, each corresponding to a piano key

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Time's up! The correct answer was E

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ARCHITECTURE

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In north Africa, these towers from which Muslims are called to prayer are rectangular in plan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minarets

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ART

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In 1920 this impressionist, known for his water lilies, painted another plant, "Wisteria"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Monet

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pushing Daisies

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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This political party founded around 1789 stood for a strong central government

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Federalists

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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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MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS

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Rolf Gruber & Mother Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey

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

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THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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This U.N. agency, created in 1946 to aid children in Europe, won the 1965 Peace Prize

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Time's up! The correct answer was UNICEF

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THE TITANIC

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The first warning of the iceberg came at 11:40 P.M. from Fred Fleet, the lookout in this platform high above the deck

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Time's up! The correct answer was the crow's nest

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HISTORIC DATES

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He dissolved England's Rump Parliament on April 20, 1653

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cromwell

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MYTHELLANEOUS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Athena

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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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AUTHORS

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An eye ailment contracted at Eton School ended his plans to study biology, like his brother Julian

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aldous Huxley

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WOMEN'S HEALTH

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Often given with progesterone, it's the main hormone in hormone replacement therapy

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Time's up! The correct answer was estrogen

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MOVIE CO-STARS

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

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

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SCIENTISTS

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This Russian's work on gastrointestinal secretions in animals earned him a Nobel prize

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pavlov

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BIRD HUNTING

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The stars of the movie "Network" include Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight & Peter Finch

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Time's up! The correct answer was a finch

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"V"

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Sabin and Salk product

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Time's up! The correct answer was vaccines

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HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Athens

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THE OLD WEST

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This lieutenant colonel recruited some of his Rough Riders at William Menger's hotel in San Antonio

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Time's up! The correct answer was Theodore Roosevelt

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Enamel

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GEOGRAPH"Y"

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The last British ship of convicts pulled into this Australian city's port in 1849

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sydney

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IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD

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The Australian cattle dog was first bred in the 19th century from collies, kelpies & this wild canine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dingo

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JUAN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Juan Gabriel

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GO "SOUTH"

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...to here, where you'll find the cities of Christchurch & Dunedin

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Time's up! The correct answer was the South Island

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COMPOSERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chopin

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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His will gave a total of $110,000 to grandchildren Alexander & Melanie Eisenhower & Christopher Cox

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nixon

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was a dugong

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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

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

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ALL GOD'S CREATURES

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Edison proposed a flying machine based on the flight of this creature, also the subject of a musical work

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Time's up! The correct answer was bumblebee

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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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FOREWORDS

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"Conrad begins (and ends) Marlow's journey... on the Thames, on the yawl, Nellie", says the foreword to this novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Heart of Darkness

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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES

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The largest in area of the 3

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Time's up! The correct answer was England

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FUNDRAISING

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Chilly alliterative term for phoning someone to ask for money without any prior notice

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Time's up! The correct answer was cold call

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ASIA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Philippines

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MYTHELLANEOUS

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Lotis, later turned into the lotus tree, was one of these female spirits of nature

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Time's up! The correct answer was a nymph

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POLITICS

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In December 1985 Cognress passed this bill in an effort to end the federal deficit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gramm-Rudman

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PUNJAB

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In this Kipling work, the title orphan's father was a sergeant in an Irish regiment in the Punjab

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kim

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was gold

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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"

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To drink heartily (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was quaff

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HELLO, DELI!

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I'll have one of these "city" omelets stuffed with ham, onions & green peppers

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Denver omelette

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INTERNATIONAL NAMES

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4 times married, ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder is aka Audi Man, for the car's symbol of 4 of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was rings

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE

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This type of felt hat that Dick Tracy wore is named for a play by Sardou

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fedora

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE

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This French-named garment looks like a skirt but is actually pants

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Time's up! The correct answer was culottes

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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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BIRDS

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Also known as a duck hawk, it has been clocked at 175 miles per hour during a dive

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peregrine falcon

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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Stuart Damon & Lesley Ann Warren starred in this only R & H musical written for TV

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cinderella

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IT'S A "SIN"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taliesin

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THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS

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This large dinosaur-like creature possibly lives in a large Scottish lake near Inverness

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Loch Ness Monster

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AMERICAN COUNTIES

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Name shared by the counties in which you'll find Disneyland & Disney World

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Time's up! The correct answer was Orange

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HIP-HOP & RAP

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This huge hit by Jay-Z samples a song from the musical "Annie"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Hard Knock Life"

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ANIMATED FILMS

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One of the highlights of this film was Sebastian the Caribbean crab singing "Under The Sea"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Little Mermaid

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NOVELISTS

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This novelist's youthful voyages provided the basis for such works as "Lord Jim" & "Typhoon"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Conrad

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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This math term comes from the Latin frangere, "to break"

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Time's up! The correct answer was fraction

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THE "CO"-CATEGORY

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It's a coop for sheep or pigeons

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cote

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MOVIE CITIES

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2010, starring Kristen Bell: "When in ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rome

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THREE CHEERS!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rice Krispies

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TOUGH STUFF

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A patron of wisdom & good fortune, the Hindu god Ganesha bears the head of this animal

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elephant

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NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL

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Belize City, Guatemala City, Panama City

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Time's up! The correct answer was Belize City

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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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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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"EVE"NING

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A bracketed projecting beam supported on only one end, or a type of bridge

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cantilever

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I'M "L__X"

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From Middle High German, this Yiddish word means "salmon"

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Time's up! The correct answer was lox

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ENGLISH LIT

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In 1772 James Boswell told this author he intended to write his biography

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doctor Samuel Johnson

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POLITICS & SHOW BIZ

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She's played Queen Elizabeth I, but decided to join the House of Commons:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glenda Jackson

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BIRDS

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Only the adelie & emperor species of this bird actually breed in Antarctica

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Time's up! The correct answer was Penguin

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RICH & FAMOUS

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A 1994 book details the "way" he became "the world's greatest investor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Warren Buffett

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ON THE RADIO

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Call letters east of the Mississippi generally start with W; in the west, most start with this

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Time's up! The correct answer was K

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CAESAR

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According to legend, this unhinged Roman emperor made his horse a priest & a consul

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Time's up! The correct answer was Caligula

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A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL

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"I'm gonna let ya in on a little secret, Ray. K-Mart sucks"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rain Man

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SCIENCE CLASS

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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) As snowflakes are frozen water vapor, they're made up of these 2 chemical elements

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Time's up! The correct answer was hydrogen & oxygen

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FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON

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Logically, this Spanish airline's first flight, in 1927, was between Barcelona & Madrid

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iberia

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2-LETTER WORDS

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"Ut" used to be used for the first or key note of the musical scale; this has replaced it

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Time's up! The correct answer was do

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ROCK FORMATIONS

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

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

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"D" IN HISTORY

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In 1868 he became the first person of Jewish ancestry to become prime minister of Great Britain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin Disraeli

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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"

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This term for an extended musical composition comes from the Italian for "small chapel"

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Time's up! The correct answer was oratorio

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LANGUAGES

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Hungarians call their official language this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magyar

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MEDIEVAL MUSIC

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The Minnesingers were this present-day country's counterpart of France's troubadours

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Time's up! The correct answer was Germany

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OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT

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1924: Helen Wills; 2004: Justine Henin-Hardenne

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Time's up! The correct answer was tennis

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ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!

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At the United Nations: WHO

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Time's up! The correct answer was World Health Organization

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INITIALS M.D.

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He won an Oscar as co-writer of "Good Will Hunting"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Matt Damon

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BRAND NAMES

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In 1930 General Mills introduced this mix to make biscuits quickly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bisquick

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CODES

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1968's Nobel Prize in Medicine was for "interpretation of" this "code and its function in protein synthesis"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the genetic code

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SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER

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Neckwear for eating lobster

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Time's up! The correct answer was bib

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THE "CAPTAIN"

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Hans Conried voiced this villain in a 1953 Disney classic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Hook

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"EVE"NING

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A bracketed projecting beam supported on only one end, or a type of bridge

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cantilever

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OH, "BOY"

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Viiolinist-turned-boxer Joe Bonaparte dies in a car crash at the end of this tragic Odets play

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Time's up! The correct answer was Golden Boy

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YOU MUST BE JOKING

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Completes Groucho's "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "How he got in my pajamas, I'll never know!"

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HOMOPHONES

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Lies in the sun, or people who live in the Pyrenees

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Time's up! The correct answer was basks/Basques

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BUSINESS

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From 1875 to 1989, this New York company's name included "Glassworks"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Corning

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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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ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN

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Trent Reznor

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

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THE 50 STATES

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National Battlefield Parks include Manassas in Virginia & Kennesaw Mountain in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia

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TAKE-OFFS

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"Go for Barocco" is a take-off of Balanchine by this hairy, all-male ballet troupe

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Trockadero de Monte Carlo

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CAMERA

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The names of TV cameras & videocassette recorders are combined in this device

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Time's up! The correct answer was a camcorder

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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Barbra Streisand introduced the song "People" in this musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Funny Girl

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"E" CHANNEL

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This South American country does not border Brazil

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ecuador

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BEES

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Common name of an apiculturist

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Time's up! The correct answer was a beekeeper

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MACBETH

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Macbeth says to this character, "Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Banquo's ghost

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THE CIVIL WAR

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Hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, he resigned November 1, 1861, as head of the Union army

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Time's up! The correct answer was Winfield Scott

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Robert E. Lee's "right arm" general who sang "ABC" with a singing group

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stonewall Jackson 5

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QUOTATIONS

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This Nixon aide coined the phrase "Twist slowly, slowly in the wind" during a phone call to John Dean

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Ehrlichman

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ACTORS WHO DIRECT

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"Rocky II", "III" & "IV"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvester Stallone

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CONVENTIONS

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On "Saturday Night Live", William Shatner told attendees at this type of convention, "Get a life!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Star Trek

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CINEMA OF "BLOOD"

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Leonardo DiCaprio's African jewel smuggler gains a conscience in this film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blood Diamond

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CHICKENS FOR FREE

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A rich dish combines chicken strips, spaghetti & a sherry-parmesan cheese cream sauce in chicken this opera star

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Time's up! The correct answer was chicken Tetrazzini

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BUSY AS A BEAVER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beaver Falls

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HIP-HOP & RAP

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This huge hit by Jay-Z samples a song from the musical "Annie"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Hard Knock Life"

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ARTISTS' RETREATS

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

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

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THE ICU

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3-letter abbreviation for the ICU machine seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was EKG

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SKIP TO MY "LOO"

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An old gold coin equal to 2 pistoles

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Time's up! The correct answer was a doubloon

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SOUND LIKE A LOCAL

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Pedernales is in the Dominican Republic; north of the border, the Pedernales River is in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas

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RENAISSANCE LITERATURE

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This book begins, "All states and dominions which hold or have held mankind are either republics or monarchies"

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

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

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Escamillo is a toreador in "Carmen", an opera set in this European country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spain

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NBA HALL OF FAMERS

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This Nigeria-born Rockets player holds the NBA record for career blocked shots with 3,830

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hakeem Olajuwon

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THE MOVIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sabrina

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THE "W.B."

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It's worn by a novice in judo or karate

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Time's up! The correct answer was White belt

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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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SCIENCE

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In 1973 it became the first comet studied by men in space

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kohoutek

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NOVEL QUOTES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ayn Rand

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POETS & POETRY

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Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote of this ship, "Oh better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Old Ironsides"

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TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE

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"Warrior... Princess... Tramp"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Xena Warrior Princess

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YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY

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In "Jerry Maguire", this actress told Tom Cruise, "You had me at hello"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Renee Zellweger

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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It's an Italian city about 40 miles north of Milan, or about 9,000 miles east of Las Vegas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bellagio

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B.C. & AFTER

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Homo erectus archaeological find on Jakarta's island by an expatriate U.S. photographer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Java Man Ray

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ART

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We're not joshing--in 1769 this portrait painter got knighted

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Time's up! The correct answer was Reynolds

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MOTORCYCLE MAKERS

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Baseball's Ichiro must be aware that this maker's B-King is the "rowdy alter ego" to its Hayabusa

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Time's up! The correct answer was Suzuki

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WRITERS CUBED

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In 1977 a reconstruction of her "Little House" was put on the original site 13 miles southwest of Independence

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Time's up! The correct answer was Laura Ingalls Wilder

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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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OXYMORONS

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The American Academy of Pediatrics called smoking "The leading cause of" this oxymoron in the U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was preventable death

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IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD

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This dog once prized by the Aztecs is sometimes called perro pelon, "bald dog"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Mexican hairless

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& HONEY

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& Honey, while you're up, can you grab my copy of "Caligula" by this French-Algerian author? He's so existential

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Time's up! The correct answer was Camus

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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Ulf von Euler won in 1970; dad Hans von Euler-Chelpin won for his work on the role of enzymes in this process in sugar

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Time's up! The correct answer was fermentation

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SAINTS

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Saint Augustine's mom, she's also a saint, as well as an L.A. boulevard that Sheryl Crow sang about

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Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Monica

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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

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"The Comic Adventures of" this elderly woman "and her Dog" were first published in 1805

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Time's up! The correct answer was Old Mother Hubbard

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I PITY THE "FOOL"

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This novel begins in Veracruz when a group of travelers embarks on a trip to Europe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ship of Fools

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THE CINEMA

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1999 film with the line "The answer is out there, Neo, and it's looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Matrix

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THE ICU

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A myocardial infarction, better known as this, is a common reason for ICU admission

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Time's up! The correct answer was Heart attack

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ISRAEL

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If you're getting engaged, consider a visit to Netanya, a world center for cutting & polishing these

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Time's up! The correct answer was diamonds

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RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE

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

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

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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On June 28, 1919 he married Elizabeth Wallace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman

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1933

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Federal judge John Woolsey lifted the ban on the importation & sale of this James Joyce book

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

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THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was pork

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A THOMAS GUIDE

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This late medieval Christian spiritual writer is the probable author of "Imitation of Christ"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas à Kempis

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THE YEAR IN SPORTS

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Super Bowl XXXVIII was in 2004; this was the year of Super Bowl I

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1967

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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS

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

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

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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

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

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

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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September 10 is St. George's Cay Day in this Central American country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Belize

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BARD BITS

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Mark Antony called him "the noblest Roman of them all"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brutus

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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Susan & Benjamin Cheever, children of this short story master, are both authors as well

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Cheever

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TURKISH LITERATURE

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Sultan Abdulhamid II's censorship hindered Ottoman writers until this "youthful" group's 1908 revolution

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Young Turks

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FINE DINING

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A Vacherin dessert features this crisp concoction of beaten egg whites & sugar

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Time's up! The correct answer was meringue

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PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES

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The Adena-Hopewell culture in the Ohio area was known for building these, both the burial & effigy types

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mounds

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JUST DESSERTS

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A rich custard topped with caramelized sugar, its name means "burnt cream" in French

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Time's up! The correct answer was crème brûlée

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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This branch of medicine is devoted to the care & diseases of the elderly

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Time's up! The correct answer was geriatrics

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AMERICAN POLITICIANS

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Frank Sinatra came out of retirement to sing their praises: "they're both unique... the Quaker & the Greek"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew

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GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP

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This backcourt partner of Isiah Thomas on the "bad boys" of Detroit won the NBA's 1st Sportsmanship Award

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Dumars

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POETIC TERMS

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These funny five-line verses often end with the name of a place; or, a place in Ireland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Limerick

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DON'T BE A PAIN

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Pain registers in one area of the outer portion of the cerebrum called the cerebral this

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Time's up! The correct answer was cortex

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ISRAEL

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If you're getting engaged, consider a visit to Netanya, a world center for cutting & polishing these

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Time's up! The correct answer was diamonds

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BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!

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It loves to swim, but this bird seen here is one of the few that do not fly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Penguin

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ITALIAN ART

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Gentile da Fabriano used the international Gothic style for his painting "The Adoration Of" this trio

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Magi

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bosporus

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PUNJAB

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Predominant in the Punjab, this religion has origins in both Hinduism & Islam

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sikhism

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"AI"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was archaic

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WHERE'S MY COFFEE?

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The flavorful coffee beans from this country are grown at high altitudes near Nairobi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya

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ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS

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Variety called it "a horse picture" with "a new dramatic find-- moppet Elizabeth Taylor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was National Velvet

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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

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This character in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Headless Horseman

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NAME THE AUTOMAKER

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Taurus & T-Bird

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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HISTORIC WOMEN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Hamilton

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COMIC STRIPS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dilbert

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AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB

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The word "okra" is West African; in the language of Angola, okra was called this, which to us is a soup or stew

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Time's up! The correct answer was gumbo

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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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BIG MERGERS

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In 1998 Norwest Corporation acquired this bank all in one stage without coaching

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wells Fargo

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nebraska

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"X"s & "O"s

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This stiff silken fabric is favored for bridal gowns, like Christina Applegate's in 2001

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Time's up! The correct answer was organza

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THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!

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On Sept. 5, 1781, 24 of this country's ships engaged British ships in Cheaspeake Bay & turned them back

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Time's up! The correct answer was France

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THE BODY HUMAN

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The human body contains many of these: some are hinge, some are saddle, some are pivot types

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joints

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A LITERARY TOUR

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Perhaps you'll draft your Nobel Prize acceptance speech at NYC's Algonquin Hotel, as this Mississippi man did in 1950

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Time's up! The correct answer was Faulkner

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BOGIE MEN

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Captain Queeg

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Caine Mutiny

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MYTHOLOGY

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The sister of Orestes, mourning became her

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Time's up! The correct answer was Electra

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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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STATE: THE OBVIOUS

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It's the state whose shape is seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nevada

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1938

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Returning from Ireland to NYC in August, this aviator was given a parade down…er, up Broadway

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Wrong Way" Corrigan

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DRAMA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Ustinov

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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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WHO'S ON FIRST?

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On Mondays in 1970, something called "The Silent Force" led into this longer-running ABC program

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monday Night Football

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ROGER!

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The "Roger" to Michael Moore's "Me", in 1990 this GM chairman handed over the job to Robert Stempel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Smith

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INLETS

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This Chilean city whose name means "valley of paradise" lies on a wide inlet of the Pacific

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Time's up! The correct answer was Valparaiso

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CANALS

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In 1825 the Seneca Chief became the first boat to traverse the length of this canal, reaching NYC on Nov. 4

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

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ADVERTISING SLOGANS

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This maker of pre-school toys says, "Our work is child's play"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fisher-Price

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POP MUSIC

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"Come Back Home" is the first single from his 2003 album "Day I Forgot"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Yorn

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SOMETHIN' TO "C"

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The means of production are privately owned in this economic system

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JURY DUTY

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In the Manson trial this isolation of a jury to protect it from outside influences lasted 8 1/2 months

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Time's up! The correct answer was sequestering

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11-LETTER WORDS

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Term for someone who collects deniers, drachmas & doubloons

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EXPORTS

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A big export for Tuvalu is copia, the dried meat of this

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COLONIAL ARTS

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In 1750 theater was banned in this then-colonial capital as a form of Mass. entertainment

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PIANO KEYS

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Of the 2 types of piano keys in a Paul McCartney-Stevie Wonder hit, it's what G-flat is

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A REALLY BIG CATEGORY

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Until it met disaster in 1912, it was the largest & most luxurious passenger ship afloat

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FOOD FACTS

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Kentucky burgoo is a thick one of these made with meat vegetables

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Time's up! The correct answer was a stew

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"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY

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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): Action seen here: (Curly Howard) - "Hey you, this is no time to play games - ewww!"

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TRANSLATION EXERCISES

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Portuguese to Russian: The positive "sim"

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I WANT TO RIDE THAT!

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No tame little swing ride, the Starflyer in this Austrian city swings you as high as a 23-story building

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna

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SYMPHONIES ON FILM

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

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"PIN" ME

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pinwheel

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U.S. PORT CITIES

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Pull into this port city & you'll find Fort Sumter guarding its harbor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston

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LITERARY SISTERS

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Meg's the oldest of the sisters in this family; Amy, the youngest

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WHEN THEY WERE TEENS

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In 1991 Heather Tom was a teen when she debuted as Victor Newman's daughter on this CBS soap opera

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Young & the Restless

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CHARLIE CHAPLIN

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Charlie made 35 films in about a year at this Mack Sennett studio

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TV CASTS

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

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

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ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES

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No. 5: Only center to lead the NBA in assists; track scholarship to Kansas U.; marathoner; volleyballer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chamberlain

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THINGS ON NFL HELMETS

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A blue star with a white outline

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GOULASH

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At the Oscars in 1992, Billy Crystal said this "City Slickers" co-star was backstage on the Stairmaster

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Palance

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___ OG

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"Pea Soup" describes a dense one

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Time's up! The correct answer was fog

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NORM!

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In 1981 this "All in the Family" producer co-founded People for the American Way

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Time's up! The correct answer was Norman Lear

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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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FOOD FACTS

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German sausage named for the crackling sound the skin of the sausage makes when bitten into

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Time's up! The correct answer was Knockwurst

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BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY

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Lying at the foot of the mount of olives, this garden was the site where Jesus was betrayed & arrested

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gethsemane

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HORNS

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Christian tradition says this archangel will blow his trumpet to announce the Second Coming

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gabriel

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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In 1798 Congress passed this collection of bills to control domestic dissent & conspiracy against the federal govt.

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Alien & Sedition Acts

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THE ICU

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A neonatal ICU may contain several isolettes, a type of this chamber

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FIRST NOVELS

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He was poet-in-residence at the University of South Carolina when he delivered his first novel, "Deliverance"

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Dickey

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SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN

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Name shared by Brutus' wife & the longest female role in "The Merchant of Venice"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portia

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TITLE WAVE

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Jon Krakauer: "Into ____ Air"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thin

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OSCARS OF THE '70s

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For her portrayal of Greta Ohlsson in a 1974 mystery, this legendary actress scored her third Oscar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ingrid Bergman

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COMPOUND WORDS

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A student's may be 3-ring or spiral bound

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Time's up! The correct answer was a notebook

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KNOTS TO YOU

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The Honda is a slip knot used by cowboys to make this tool of the trade

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lasso

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CliffsNotes

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Title guy shipwrecks, ends up on 28-year island getaway, makes a friend, goes home

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Robinson Crusoe"

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ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR

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To avoid or go around the edge of

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Time's up! The correct answer was a skirt

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PHYSICS

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Deuterium is a heavy isotope of this element

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Time's up! The correct answer was hydrogen

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COMIC STRIPS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dilbert

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TOM JONES

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This "Kubla Khan" poet thought "Tom Jones" had 1 of the 3 best plots in all literature

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Time's up! The correct answer was Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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SHIRLEY

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The 1999 movie "The Haunting" was based on her novel "The Haunting of Hill House"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Jackson

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AUTHORS

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He wrote a non-baby book called "Decent And Indecent: Our Personal And Political Behavior"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Benjamin Spock

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PSYCHOLOGY

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Standard test of responding to a key word with the 1st words which come to your mind

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Time's up! The correct answer was word association

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1800

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His "The Wealth of Nations" was one of the first books bought to stock the new Library of Congress

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adam Smith

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LONG WORDS

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Adjective for an act done without meaning to; legally, it's a type of manslaughter

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Time's up! The correct answer was involuntary

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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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THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was rings

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CHARACTERS IN BOOKS

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This character says, "It's Christmas Day! I haven't missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ebenezer Scrooge

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THE ROLLING STONES

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I can't get none, but with this song the Rolling Stones had their first U.S. No. 1 hit

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

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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The name Midgard, the world of humans, can be translated as this, a place familiar to Tolkien

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Time's up! The correct answer was Middle Earth

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DUKE, DUKE

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It was Duke-Duke once again with the April 1999 TV movie reunion of this 1960s series

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Patty Duke Show

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OSCARDS WILD

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Disney sued the Academy for "unflattering" use of this character after a 1989 duet with her & Rob Lowe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snow White

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JUBAL EARLY

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In July 1864, Early & his troops threatened this city & were later criticized for not taking it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington, D.C.

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LITERARY FIRST LINES

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1843: "Marley was dead: to begin with"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "A Christmas Carol"

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GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Handcuffs

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SPORTS EVOLUTION

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The 18th century Broughton rules were intended to lessen the brutality of this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was boxing

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BIG, REALLY BIG!

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Built on 200 acres, this Washington, D.C. train station was once the world's largest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Union Station

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COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"

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This former Yugoslavian republic broke away from Serbia in 2006

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Time's up! The correct answer was Montenegro

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HISTORIC NAMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Somoza

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MY SUITE

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

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

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STATE CAPITALS

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It's nicknamed the "Center of the Pineapple Industry"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

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Escamillo is a toreador in "Carmen", an opera set in this European country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spain

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NAME THE POET

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"To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower"

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Blake

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NOVELS

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This 1939 Steinbeck novel helped publicize the plight of Dust Bowl refugees

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

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WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?

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Kansas State University

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan

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AVIARY

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The "sky" type of this songbird, of which Shelley wrote, may be gone from Britain by 2009

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Time's up! The correct answer was skylark

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BIOLOGY

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This nucleic acid occurs in 3 forms: messenger, ribosomal & transfer

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Time's up! The correct answer was RNA

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THE OLD COLLEGE TRY

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College Station is the home of this oldest public university in Texas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas A&M

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LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME

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John, Taylor, Erskine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Caldwell

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THE CIVIL WAR

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Johnson

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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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1950s ACHIEVEMENTS

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On Nov. 20, 1953, in a Douglas D-558-2, Scott Crossfield reached this benchmark

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Time's up! The correct answer was Traveling twice the speed of sound

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GREEK LETTERS

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A homophone of a verb meaning "to paddle"

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Time's up! The correct answer was rho

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COMPANIES

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This co. agreed in 1993 to lease the New Amsterdam Theatre, & the old Times Square of degradation & filth was history

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Time's up! The correct answer was Disney

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THE BRITISH THEATRE

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Richard Attenborough, who was in the original 1952 cast of this play, helped celebrate its performance No. 20,000 in 2000

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Mousetrap

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BOY MEETS WORLD

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Of 6, 10 or 14, the age of Michael Kearney in 1994 when he became the USA's youngest college graduate

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Time's up! The correct answer was 10

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WORLD EVENTS

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The 3 people who did this most recently were Midori Ito, Muhammad Ali & Crown Prince Haakon of Norway

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lighting the Olympic flame at the Olympic Games

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WORLD LEADERS

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Serzh Sargsian is its president, Tigran Sargsian is its prime minister

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Time's up! The correct answer was Armenia

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POETS' RHYME TIME

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William's anacondas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blake's snakes

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TAIWAN

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It is prohibited to bring literature promoting this ideology into Taiwan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Communism

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Capote

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COLOSSUS

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Immeasurably great, like the "Jest" in a David Foster Wallace title

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Time's up! The correct answer was infinite

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HEADLINES

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On May 3, 1973 the Chicago Tribune said this local landmark "Becomes the Tallest of the Tall"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sears Tower

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MILLIONS OF REASONS

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Of 2 million, 20 million or 200 million, the length in years of one trip around the galaxy's center by our sun

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Time's up! The correct answer was 200 million

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ANDY WARHOL

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Warhol went against his Capitalist tendencies with his portrait of this man, seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mao Tse-tung

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THE HUMAN BODY

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They're also known as your zygomatic bones, & high ones are considered especially attractive

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheekbones

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THE HUMAN ANIMAL

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Comanche chief Parra-o-coom was described as "a great" this animal "of a man"; it's also what his name means

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Time's up! The correct answer was bear

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& CROWN THY GOOD

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The heroic 480 B.C. death of this king of Sparta at Thermopylae made him famous; c'mon, one of you saw "300", right?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leonidas

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THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS

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Committed to TV, Tom Selleck had to turn down this role in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (curse you, Hawaiian shirt!)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Indiana Jones

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CROSSWORD CLUES "R"

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A stuffed pasta pocket (7)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a ravioli

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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

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

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STORYTELLERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Harvey

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BIOGRAPHERS

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As many mourned, this minister wrote in a letter, "Washington is gone! Millions are gasping to read ...about him"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Parson Weems

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ALL GOD'S CRITTERS

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The "great" species of this slender predatory fish seen here has been called the "Tiger of the Sea"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barracuda

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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Nobel-winning creator of Herzog & Sammler

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saul Bellow

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THEIR ALMA MATERS

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Author Ralph Ellison

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tuskegee

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FEELING POSSESSIVE

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In literature, gamekeeper Oliver Mellors

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Chatterley's Lover

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SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN

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Comedy which features the wedding of Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons

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

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PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

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One of Reagan's last official acts as president was writing a thank-you note to this world leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher

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THE FORTUNE 500

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With 14,000 videos, the most watched Fortune 500 CEO on YouTube was this bespectacled chairman of the No. 35 company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Gates

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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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RHYME TIME FOOD & DRINK

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An acrid-tasting deep-fried cake full of corn or crab

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bitter fritter

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BRASS

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If you don't know he was made commander of the 2nd Armored Tank Division in April 1941, I'll slap you silly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Patton

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In 1932 this country finished reclaiming thousands of agricultural acres from the Zuiderzee

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10-LETTER WORDS

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From the Latin word for "tear", it describes someone mournful, who cries easily

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THE SUMMER OLYMPICS

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

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

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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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"B" PREPARED

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This U.S. government department is abbreviated B.I.A.

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Bureau of Indian Affairs

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THE FALL

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In October 1983 the U.S. invaded this Caribbean country, officially to protect American medical students there

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THE CIVIL WAR

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His first act after being sworn in as president of the Confederacy was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C.

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JEWELRY

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Tahiti & French Polynesia are famous for pearls of this color

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SALMON

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The roe of the chum salmon is a popular source for the red variety of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was caviar

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COMMON BONDS

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Shirt, kite, donkey

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KIDS IN BOOKS

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

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AH, SWEET MYTHTERY

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

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CITY FOLK

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Damascenes

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WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

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The islands in Australia's Yampi Sound are rich in hematite, an ore of this metal

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MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS

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Miguel de Cervantes & Aldonza

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Man of La Mancha

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CINEMA OF "BLOOD"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bloodsport

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BIRDS

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Also known as a duck hawk, it has been clocked at 175 miles per hour during a dive

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peregrine falcon

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"EN" THE BEGINNING

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This Baja California port city is known as "Yellowtail Capital of the World"

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EMBRACEABLE "U"

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It's the island instrument heard here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ukulele

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HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC

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In 1973 Mayo introduced to North America this scanner that uses a computer & X-rays

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THE BODY WOMAN

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Estrogen & progesterone are hormones produced by these glands

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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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HOTELS

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Le Champollion is the gourmet restaurant of this city's Le Meridien Hotel, on an island in the Nile

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TAIWAN

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

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LITERATURE

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

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RELIGION

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This 13th century Italian theologian was born in Roccasecca near the town of Aquino

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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Franz Liszt

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JEWELRY

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Josiah Wedgwood designed these jewelry pieces using a white paste relief on a colored backgorund

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GOLD RUSH

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In 1880 Joseph Juneau & Richard T. Harris found gold in the Gastineau Channel of this U.S. territory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska

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THE BLUE ANGELS

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(Sarah of the Clue Crew riding in a Blue Angels jet) With a ceiling of over 50,000 feet, the Blue Angels jets, FA-18s, are known by the name of this insect

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BRIGHT IDEAS

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In 1948 scientists at Bristol-Meyers "buffered" this medicine for the first time

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"PER"CUSSION

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11-letter word for the sac containing the heart

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BUSINESS BUDDIES

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Book publisher Henry Houghton made this guy his partner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mifflin

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NAME THE POET

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"Drink to me only with thine eyes, / And I will pledge with mine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ben Jonson

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PICK A PLANET

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Leda is its 13th moon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter

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TIME TO CONVERT

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.001 grams is equal to one of these

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"R"OCK MUSIC

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UB40 sang that this makes me "feel so fine, you keep me rocking all of the time"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red Red Wine

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A SHAPELY CATEGORY

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Something that's cordate is shaped like this, my love

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Time's up! The correct answer was a heart

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Y1K

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In retaliation for Viking raids, this "Unready" king of England attacks Norse areas of the Isle of Man

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ethelred

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A REALLY BIG CATEGORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter

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ODDS & ENDS

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This oil cartel controls 40% of world production

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Time's up! The correct answer was OPEC

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FOOD

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Riz A L'Imperatrice is an elegant version of this homey dessert

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rice Pudding

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BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES

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"I got a head full of ideas that are drivin' me insane. It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Maggie's Farm"

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GREEK LIFE

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98% of Greece's population belongs to this church

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greek

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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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FOOD FACTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Halibut

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KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?

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Mr. Potato Head maker (the part after "Play")

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Time's up! The correct answer was S-K-O-O-L

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LITERATURE

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Modern novels with biblical titles include Jane Hamilton's "The Book of Ruth" & Toni Morrison's "Song of" him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Solomon

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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The Borg-Warner Trophy is awarded every year to the winner of this epic auto race held on Memorial Day weekend

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Indy 500

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SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!

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The appendage seen here gives this variety of snake its name

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Time's up! The correct answer was rattlesnake

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SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN

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In the 1st act, before he's king, this title character woos the newly-widowed Lady Anne

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard III

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ARCHITECTURE

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This type of window that opens by means of a crank rhymes with a lower story of a building

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Time's up! The correct answer was casement

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UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS

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Penn State's teams, they were named partly for a mountain & partly for a creature that could defeat Princeton's Tigers

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Nittany Lions

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"AD"JECTIVES

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Fatty, like some "tissue"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adipose

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POP CULTURE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was bosses

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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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AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM

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According to Hoyle, before Slim deals, the player to his right has to do this with 5 to 47 cards

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cut the deck

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TRANSPORTATION

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The U.S. U-2, first built in the 1950s, was an airplane; the German U-1, first built in the 1910s, was one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a submarine

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SO "LONG"

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12-letter term for one employed on the wharves of a port

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Time's up! The correct answer was a longshoreman

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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This Jewish holiday is celebrated on the first day of the lunar month of Tishri

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rosh Hashanah

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2-LETTER WORDS

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In British slang this word alone means thank you; 2 together means good-bye

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Time's up! The correct answer was ta

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THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!

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Syria to the north & east, Israel to the south & the Mediterranean Sea to the west

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lebanon

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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Egypt

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arabic

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OSCARDS WILD

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Disney sued the Academy for "unflattering" use of this character after a 1989 duet with her & Rob Lowe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snow White

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"IP" SO FACTO

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Mating rituals, perhaps for Miles Standish?

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Time's up! The correct answer was courtship

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WORD ORIGINS

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Run-down part of town, from the rough forest paths along which newly-cut logs were dragged

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Time's up! The correct answer was skid row

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TAKE OUT

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The embolus removed from an artery in an embolectomy is usually one of these obstructions

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Time's up! The correct answer was aclot

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ON BROADWAY: 1970

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He starred on Broadway as Elwood P. Dowd in a revival of "Harvey"; who else could?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Stewart

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DEPARTMENT "S"

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Eternally doomed rock roller of Greek mythology

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sisyphus

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NYC MUSIC HISTORY

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Dvorak's "New World Symphony" debuted in this venue in 1893: the Beatles played there in 1964

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carnegie Hall

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ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 24

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IT'S "BIG"

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It's found in the Parliament Tower of Westminster Palace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Big Ben

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THE CIRCUS

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It's the familiar term for a circus' largest tent, where the main show appears

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Time's up! The correct answer was the big top

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NOVELISTS

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He dictated his last novel, "The Brothers Karamazov", to his wife who took it down in shorthand

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dostoevsky

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PLAYWRIGHTS

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(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City) This creator of "Rent" died the night of its final dress rehearsal, never knowing he would win the Pulitzer Prize

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jonathan Larson

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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Velour, velvet or tricot (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was fabric

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AMERICANA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Haven

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RICHARD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Burton

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AT THE MOVIES

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1980: Jake LaMotta battles his way to the middleweight title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Raging Bull

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WOMEN OF THE WORLD

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Under 5 feet tall & all of about 90 pounds, this frail French chanteuse was nicknamed the "Little Sparrow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Piaf

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ARLINGTON'S TOMB OF UNKNOWNS

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Sentinels at the tomb walk exactly this many steps at a time before they stop & turn

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Time's up! The correct answer was 21

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STATE OF THE UNION

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Turnabout is fair play--it seceded from a confederate state & joined the union in June 1863

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Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia

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BERMUDA SHORTS

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The cahow, or Bermuda petrel, a type of this, breeds only in Bermuda

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bird

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EXPLORATION

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He wrote in his diary, "The loss of pony transport in March 1911 obliged me to start later than I had intended"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Falcon Scott

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WORD ORIGINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota

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SAINTS BE PRAISED

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In September 1999 an abridged version of his "City of God" ranked 9,821st on Amazon.com's sales list

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Augustine

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TREES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was maple tree

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INVENTIVE MINDS

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30 years after inventing an instant camera, he invented Polavision, instant movies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edwin Land

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20th CENTURY DESIGN

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The firm of Piano & Rogers is famous for this high-tech Paris landmark built 1971-77

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Pompidou Centre

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HOTELS

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He opened his own hotel in Paris in 1898 & soon started running the Carlton in London

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cesar Ritz

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CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS

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This wascally sign whose years include 1951 & 1999 shows bravery against high odds & is rarely be-Fudd-led

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rabbit

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EARLY AMERICA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Bradford

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FILE UNDER "K"

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Former mortuary science student Jonathan Davis plays bagpipes & sings for this "Freak on a Leash" group

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Time's up! The correct answer was Korn

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"E" CHANNEL

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Alexander Pope once cracked, "The vulgar boil, the learned roast" one of these, maybe for breakfast

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Time's up! The correct answer was an egg

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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In 1949 Henry H. Arnold became the first general of this branch of the armed forces

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Time's up! The correct answer was Air Force

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DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY

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If you wash your hair in the sink, you might have to deal with this heavy-shoed dance

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Time's up! The correct answer was clog

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ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS

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A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders to below the waist

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Time's up! The correct answer was a shift

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NAME THE POET

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"Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie, / O, what a panic's in thy breastie!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rabbie Burns

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DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS

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[Audio DD] 1984 film which featured the following: (opening to <i> Dancing in the Sheets</i> by Shalamar)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Footloose

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BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER

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This woman is wanted in connection with stolen hair & the kidnapping of her boyfriend by Philistines

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Time's up! The correct answer was Delilah

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Y-R

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An astronomer may speak of a solar, lunar, equinoctial or sidereal one

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Time's up! The correct answer was a year

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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS

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Contented performing kittens might be paid this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was per purr

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WORDS TO THE "Y"s

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Collective term for domesticated fowl like turkeys & chickens

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Time's up! The correct answer was poultry

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TECHNOLOGY

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Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and this person founded Apple Computer in 1976.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Wayne

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WOMEN'S FIRSTS

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Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to serve as principal chief of this Southeast Native American tribe

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Cherokee

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CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?

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Of the top 5 Canadian cities in population, it's the one closest to the Pacific Ocean

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vancouver

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BIRDS

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Only the adelie & emperor species of this bird actually breed in Antarctica

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Time's up! The correct answer was Penguin

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INVENTIVE MINDS

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He's on the 4th floor in the Inventors Hall of Fame for his "improvement in hoisting apparatus"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Otis

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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Abingdon, Windsor, Gravesend & Southend-On-Sea are on this European river

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thames

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BALLET

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty

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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Hanks

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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS

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From 1682 to 1689 he shared the throne with his half-brother Ivan V

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

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YES, THAT'S "WHITE"

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Down a shot & name this 1973 Burt Reynolds movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was White Lightning

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IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING

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An athlete who is "swinging for the fences" is playing this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was baseball

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TELEPHONE HISTORY

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In 1991 this telephone company launched its Friends & Family promotion

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Time's up! The correct answer was MCI

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SPELL CHECK HELL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a corset

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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

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December 8, 1980 in New York City

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Lennon

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19th CENTURY AMERICA

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The 1866 Civil Rights Act was passed over this president's veto

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson

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DREAMY MUSIC

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He's the singer heard here: "In dreams, I walk...."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roy Orbison

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ALL IN YOUR MIND

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This measurement was originally measured by dividing mental age by calendar age

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Time's up! The correct answer was IQ

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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Facial nerve paralysis on one side

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bell's palsy

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"PIN" ME

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pinwheel

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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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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

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Pre-"Peanuts", he sold some of his cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Schulz

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SPORTS EQUIPMENT

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Alternate name for the number one wood in golf

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Time's up! The correct answer was Driver

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WORD ORIGINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shillelagh

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ANIMATED FILMS

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Cruella de Vil was the villainess who kidnapped this title brood

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Time's up! The correct answer was 101 Dalmatians

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MOVIE PRODUCERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Batman

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CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS

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

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

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TOUGH STUFF

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Over 14 times the mass of the Earth, this planet is seventh from the sun

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus

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ALBUMS THAT ROCK

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"Beggars Banquet", "Steel Wheels"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Rolling Stones

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BRIDGES

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The Francis Scott Key Bridge crosses the Patapsco River in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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The names of the 3 ships that left the Canary Islands on Sept. 6, 1492, heading west

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Nina, the Pinta & the Santa Maria

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THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM

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1901: Leon Czolgosz

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Time's up! The correct answer was William McKinley

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PICK A PLANET

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It's never observable when the sky is fully dark

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mercury

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SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD

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The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best

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Time's up! The correct answer was accommodations

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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While compounds of this element are added to table salt, in its pure form it's quite poisonous

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iodine

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DANGER IN WONDERLAND

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She tried to whack Alice with that "off with her head" line; wait 'til she gets a load of you

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen of Hearts

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PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES

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Probably the biggest big game the Clovis culture went after 11,200 years ago, it was woolly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mammoth

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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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NAME THE PLAY

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Nathan: "There is the highest player of them all... why do you think they call him Sky? That's how high he bets"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Guys and Dolls

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GEOGRAPHY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canada

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FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON

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Logically, this Spanish airline's first flight, in 1927, was between Barcelona & Madrid

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iberia

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BIRD HUNTING

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The Academy of Pro Players Power Hitting Baseball Camp can help you with bat speed, bunting & hitting the curve

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bunting

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WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?

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Golden or ring-necked

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pheasant

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SPORTS

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In 1967 this New York Jets quarterback became the first pro to pass for more than 4,000 yards in a season

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Namath

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CLASSICAL GASES

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This gas forms tiny bubbles in a diver's bloodstream that can be dangerous if he ascends too quickly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nitrogen

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"DEEP" DISH

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This region of the U.S. includes Mississippi & Alabama

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Deep South

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SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER

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

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

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HARRY GUYS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Belafonte

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A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS

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Antioch, Bowling Green, Kent State

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ohio

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"LAP" DANCE

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It's the continuation of the suit coat's collar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lapel

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UNFORESEEN FINDS

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This product was born when a new 3M jet-fuel hose material spilled on shoes & made them waterproof & stain-resistant

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotchgard

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FUN WITH BALLET

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The music of film composer Alex North drives the ballet based on this play about Stanley Kowalski

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

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ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER

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The Beatles' bass player before Paul took over

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stu Sutcliffe

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CRAFT

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If you apply pieces of one material to another, you're practicing this craft, from the French for "apply"

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Time's up! The correct answer was appliqué

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THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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Because of its similar size, this planet is known as Earth's "twin"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Venus

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NATIONAL ANTHEMS

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"Land Of Two Rivers" is the anthem of this country whose history goes back thousands of years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq

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NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar

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THE SUPREME COURT

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After the 1987 rejection of this man's nomination to the court, Anthony Kennedy filled Powell's seat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Bork

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FLAGS OF THE WORLD

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It's the kingdom whose flag is seen here (Union Jack)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain/England

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FOOD FACTS

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This word was once used for the meat of any hunted animal; now it refers to deer meat

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Time's up! The correct answer was venison

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FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY

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Heavy armor & heavy rains defeated the large French army as much as Henry V's men at this 1415 battle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Agincourt

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POP MUSIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eminem

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MODES OF TRANSPORT

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The Triton was the first one of these to travel around the world underwater

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Time's up! The correct answer was asubmarine

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PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES

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Probably the biggest big game the Clovis culture went after 11,200 years ago, it was woolly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mammoth

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AT THE KENNEDY CENTER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon

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BRITISH POETS & POETRY

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

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

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5-LETTER CAPITALS

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In 1809 one of the first revolts for independence in Latin America broke out in this Ecuadoran capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quito

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ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nineteenth

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TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS

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1980: "Evita"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Lloyd Webber

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IT'S EXTINCT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rhinoceros

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ANATOMY

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The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth

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Time's up! The correct answer was muscles

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IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER

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Abraham Lincoln delivered this November 19, 1863; it lasted all of 2 minutes

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

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NONFICTION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Staggering Genius

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20th CENTURY BALLET

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Phillip Feeny's eerie music for the British ballet based on this spooky 19th C. novel is heard here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dracula

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THE BUTLER DID IT

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Daniel Davis played Niles the butler on this "Fine" TV comedy that featured the Sheffield family

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Nanny

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THREE CHEERS!

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The 3 U.K. countries that make up the island of Great Britain

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Time's up! The correct answer was England, Scotland & Wales

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MASTER OF PUPPETS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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"NIGHT"

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Get to the Bottom of this Shakespeare play, published in 1600

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

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FILM FACTS

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"Titanic" tied this 1959 film's record of 11 Oscars but didn't overtake it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ben-Hur

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PLAY ADJECTIVES

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David Yazbek & Jeffrey Lane's musical "____ ____ Scoundrels"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dirty Rotten

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GAMBLING

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Next to slots, Nevada casinos make more money from this game than any other, nearly $3/4 billion in 1985

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Time's up! The correct answer was blackjack

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BILLS & WILLS

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Before hosting his TV "Journal", he was deputy director of the Peace Corps

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Moyers

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AFRICAN AMERICANS

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In 1978 she became the first black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harriet Tubman

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THE ICU

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A myocardial infarction, better known as this, is a common reason for ICU admission

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Time's up! The correct answer was Heart attack

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ARCHITECTS

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Richard Hunt, the first American to attend the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, designed this statue's stone-&-concrete pedestal

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Time's up! The correct answer was Statue of Liberty

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WORDS WITHIN WORDS

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Type of literature often produced by oversensitive youths

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Time's up! The correct answer was Verse

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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The Union Jack (4)

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Time's up! The correct answer was flag

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES

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Yankee batting champ "Donnie Baseball"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mattingly

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NOT A VERB

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Paint, brush, easel

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Time's up! The correct answer was easel

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POETS

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

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