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Time's up! The correct answer was Carl Sandburg

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TO NEIL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neil Armstrong

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ALBUMS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic

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INSECTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grasshopper

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MR. MOVIES

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Of James Cagney, Henry Fonda or Jack Lemmon, the one who won an Oscar for "Mr. Roberts"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Lemmon

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YOUTH IN ASIA

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With songs like "Fly Away", rock star Cui Jian is one of the leading pop musicians from this Asian country

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Time's up! The correct answer was China

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SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was jaded

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LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?

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This 12-letter guy isn't remembered for much of anything other than getting under people's skin

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Time's up! The correct answer was Subcutaneous

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THEY ALSO RAN

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He played the CIA chief in "No Way Out" & represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Thompson

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NFL COACHES

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

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

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THAT'S NO LADY...

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He played the title character in "Sunday in the Park with George" when it debuted on Broadway

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mandy Patinkin

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HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN

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The Khalifa clan, which has ruled Bahrain for 2 centuries, belongs to this majority branch of Islam

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sunni

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I'D RATHER BE SKIING

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In California, a premier spot for skiing is this resort area that shares its name with a prehistoric elephant

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mammoth

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BERRIES

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The tart, red cowberry is also called the "mountain" type of this berry, it is likewise used for sauce

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cranberry

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LEGAL "E"s

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This clause in a union contract says that wages will rise or fall depending on a standard such as cost of living

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Time's up! The correct answer was escalator

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BOOKS & AUTHORS

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In 1990 he reissued "The Stand" with nearly 500 more pages than the original

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen King

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HEADQUARTERS

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First the "E"s were sold, then its Houston HQ building was auctioned off in December 2003 for $55.5 million

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Time's up! The correct answer was Enron

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"HIGH" SCHOOL

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The HD in the new digital format HDTV stands for this

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Time's up! The correct answer was high definition

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I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT

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Named for its inventor, Labanotation is a notation system for this so you know when to do a fouette

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Time's up! The correct answer was dance

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DREAMY MUSIC

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On their 1997 Popmart tour this Irish band covered the Monkees' "Daydream Believer"

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Time's up! The correct answer was U2

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OUT OF THIS WORLD

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Not the first but this second planet is the hottest, because its atmosphere causes a severe greenhouse effect

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Time's up! The correct answer was Venus

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NBA HALL OF FAMERS

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In 2000 this former Celtics player coached the Indiana Pacers to the NBA finals

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Time's up! The correct answer was Larry Bird

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ANATOMY

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The uvea, the eye's middle layer, includes this contractile diaphragm, the colored part of the eye

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Time's up! The correct answer was the iris

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ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS

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Hawaiian feast

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Time's up! The correct answer was a luau

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LONG GERMAN WORDS

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A bildungsroman is this type of work covering a young hero's development

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Time's up! The correct answer was novel

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CHICKENS FOR FREE

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He celebrated his 86th birthday at "21" by having his own famous fried chicken delivered to his table in section 21

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colonel Sanders

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CROSSWORD CLUES "D"

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Horn of Africa country (8)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Djibouti

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LETTER MEN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was P.T. Barnum

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A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS

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This computer language gets oxymoronic when it follows "Advanced"

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Time's up! The correct answer was BASIC

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BICYCLES

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This French company is known for making fine bicycles as well as cars

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peugeot

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was CT scanner

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1994 FILMS

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Quentin Tarantino directed this film & also had a bit role as Jimmy of Toluca Lake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pulp Fiction

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CALL ME A"LEX"

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By profession, Noah Webster was one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a lexicographer

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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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REQUIRED READING

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In works of mythology, Ajax was one of the heroes of this country in the Trojan War

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece

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GOING TO PIECES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Claus

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THREE CHEERS!

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

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

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BESTSELLERS

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Numerical title of Jeffrey Toobin's look "Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Nine

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THE ANIMALS

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Tuna are members of Scombridae, known commonly as this "holy" family of fishes

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Time's up! The correct answer was mackerels

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THE HUSBAND MARRIED

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He married Colleen Dewhurst twice & Trish Van Devere once

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Time's up! The correct answer was George C. Scott

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WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?

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Don't be intimidated by the skewers; I'll use them on the marinated lamb to make this

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Time's up! The correct answer was shish kabob

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COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC

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In Cole Porter's song, these words follow "can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences"

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Time's up! The correct answer was don't fence me in

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BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES

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George VI

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Time's up! The correct answer was Windsor

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WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

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Block Island Sound separates Block Island from this tiny state's mainland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island

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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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3 LITTLE LETTERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was ATMs

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THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC

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(Hi, I'm Jane Wiedlin) Among my credits is this song that starts, "Can you hear them? Talkin' about us, telling lies..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Our Lips are Sealed"

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LITERARY ALLUSIONS

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This term for an idyllic place can be checked out in the James Hilton work "Lost Horizon"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shangri-La

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A LITERARY TOUR

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Steinbeck

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ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES

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No. 1: Lettered in hoops, football & lacrosse at Syracuse & if you think he couldn't act, ask his 11 "unclean" buddies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Brown

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HEADQUARTERS

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Where on earth is Earthlink headquartered? In this city, same as Coca-Cola

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Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta

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CARTOONS

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Bubbles, Blossom & Buttercup make up this group devoted to "Saving the Day Before Bedtime"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Powerpuff Girls

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CAPITOL THINKERS

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This Vermont senator wrote, "You get 15 Democrats together in a room, and you get 20 opinions"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Patrick Leahy

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PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS

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The four-color problem relates to the minimum number of colors needed for this cartographic item

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Time's up! The correct answer was a map

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MIXED DRINKS

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A basic Gin Rickey is gin, lime & this non-potent potable

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Time's up! The correct answer was soda water

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HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?

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First she was Pam Ewing on "Dallas"; now her name is the must-see film of the year. This summer, she is "The..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria Principal

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iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII

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This has been banned in Thailand, Turkey, Pakistan & Iran

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Time's up! The correct answer was YouTube

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ALLITERATION STATION

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Daisy Buchanan is the object of a racketeer's desire in this 1925 Fitzgerald novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Great Gatsby

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I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU

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This word meaning "for each" precedes annum or diem

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Time's up! The correct answer was per

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SCIENCE

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Also a term for someone from Warsaw, it's one of the 2 strongest points in a magnetic field

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pole

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THE 50 STATES

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Among its nicknames are "The Prairie State" & "The Land of Lincoln"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Illinois

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NEW WEAPONS

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The "Storm Shadow" is a new British version of this type of low-altitude, radar-evading missile

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cruise missile

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BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS

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Hey ___ Law

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jude

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THE BIG 10

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The title of this Boccaccio work means "10 Days"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Decameron

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THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING

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In 1939 Edwin Armstrong built the first full-scale station for this type of commercially used radio transmission

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Time's up! The correct answer was FM

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"L.B."s

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In 1893 this horticulturist published his first nursery catalog offering his "New Creations in Fruits and Flowers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Luther Burbank

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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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BRITISH NOBILITY

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In the 16th C. the Earl of Surrey helped bring this 14-line poetic form to England

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sonnet

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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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AYE! IT'S IRELAND

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Ireland's national coat of arms features this traditional Irish musical instrument

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harp

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GOING DUTCH

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Driving through the Netherlands? You should know a sign that says "Parkeerverbod" means this

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Time's up! The correct answer was No Parking

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SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES

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In this play, Casca says Cicero's speech "was Greek to me"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar

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OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV

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This 5-time Oscar nominee played captain Monica Rawling for a season on "The Shield"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glenn Close

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THE NEW TESTAMENT

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On Pentecost the Apostles amazed people when they "began to speak with other" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was tongues

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THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...

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Mark

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Time's up! The correct answer was Luke

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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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BIOGRAPHIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gloria Steinem

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HORS D'OEUVRES

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Ideally, this type of small appetizer served on toast or crackers should be small enough to eat in 1 bite

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Time's up! The correct answer was canapé

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MAGIC

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According to tradition, this prop used by magicians should be made of hazel wood cut at sunrise

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Time's up! The correct answer was a wand

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COMMON BONDS

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A beaten wrestler, A frat brother's girlfriend, A dead butterfly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Things that are pinned

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OPERA & BALLET

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This composer of "The Nutcracker" said, "The music of a ballet is not invariably bad"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tchaikovsky

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PHILMOGRAPHIES

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"Doubt", "Capote"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Philip Seymour Hoffman

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CANDY

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Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colo., happily founded this candy co. in 1949 to make money during the winter

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jolly Rancher

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SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER

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It can be a small facility for outpatient care, or a whole medical establishment run by specialists

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Time's up! The correct answer was a clinic

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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The “Times’” Brooks Atkinson called it “an original & beautiful excursion into... the Far East

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Time's up! The correct answer was The King and I

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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME

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This late, great circus star once performed an act with 40 -- count 'em, 40 -- lions & tigers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clyde Beatty

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ENGINEERING

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Tajikistan has the highest one of these in the world; the U.S. doesn't even make the Top 10 with Hoover

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dam

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NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA

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Its name does not have a Native American origin

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Time's up! The correct answer was New York

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WHAT A WEEK

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was libraries

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PARTS OF PEACH

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Peaches are more than 80% this compound

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Time's up! The correct answer was H2O

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HEADQUARTERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas

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COMIC STRIPS

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Aaugh! This comic strip character was torn between a summer camp flame named Peggy Jean & the little red-haired girl

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Brown

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THE CONSTITUTION

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Word completing the line "Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jeopardy

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LOST IN SPACE

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In its years of operation, this Soviet space station released more than 200 objects (mostly trash) into space

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mir

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THE ROMANOV DYNASTY

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At Oranienbaum, this ruler who certainly loved her thrills had a "sliding hill", an 18th c. version of a roller coaster

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

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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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MILITARY POWER

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Whether general or ready, they're the troops held close by

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Time's up! The correct answer was Reserves

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THE "CAPTAIN"

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Errol Flynn is a doctor who is forced to become a pirate in this 1935 action fest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Blood

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ACTRESSES ON TV

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Like her "Grey's Anatomy" character Izzie Stevens, she used to be a model

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Time's up! The correct answer was Katherine Heigl

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YOU BEAST!

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A nide is a brood of these birds (perhaps the ring-necked ones)

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Time's up! The correct answer was pheasants

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MESOPOTAMIA

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Transcribed in the 1800s, the Behistun Inscription is the Rosetta Stone for this type of writing developed in Mesopotamia

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Time's up! The correct answer was cuneiform

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THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION

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Ali, who married this man's daughter Fatima, is considered by Shia Muslims to be his true successor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Muhammed

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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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PLAYWRIGHTS

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Critic Walter Kerr called this man's "Camino Real" "The worst play yet written by the best playwright of his generation"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee Williams

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SOMETHING'S FISHY

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Until one was caught in 1938, it was thought that this fish had been extinct for more than 70 million years

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Time's up! The correct answer was the coelacanth

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POLITICAL MOVIES

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Frank Langella is the power hungry chief of staff in this film in which Kevin Kline plays a presidential impersonator

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SATURDAY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Times Square

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FICTIONAL BOOKS

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This doctor from the original "Star Trek" series wrote "Comparative Alien Physiology"

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edison

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THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN

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In the aftermath this owner of the theater/crime scene was thrown in jail as a possible conspirator

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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ANIMAL TERMS

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This expression meaning to crease a page in a book for later reference dates back to 1659

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THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN

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This rapper & producer co-founded N.W.A. & is the stepbrother of Warren G

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

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WEAPONS

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One might be fired "out of the blue"--from a crossbow

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bolt

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SCIENCE CLASS

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During this plant process, carbon dioxide & water combine with light energy to create oxygen & glucose

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Time's up! The correct answer was photosynthesis

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FANTASTIC FILMS

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

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

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CliffsNotes

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Con man checks into mental hospital to avoid prison farm, meets nasty nurse, doesn't check out

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

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PROVERBS

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It's the 4-letter word that "makes the world go round"

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Time's up! The correct answer was love

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TALK LIKE A BRIT

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If you're right on queue for a movie in Piccadilly, you're in one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a line

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AMERICAN NICKNAMES

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She was called "Little Missy" & "Little Sure Shot"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Annie Oakley

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WOMEN'S FIRSTS

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In 2007 Drew Gilpin Faust became the first female president in this university's 371-year history

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard

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APT ANAGRAMS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was America Online

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TAKE A PILL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Miltown

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THE WOK OF FAME

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Meaning "heart's delight", it's a variety of snacks like fried dumplings & steamed buns

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dim sum

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ARTS & CRAFTS

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A mosaic needs this mortar between the pieces, just like in a tiled bathroom

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Time's up! The correct answer was grout

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DON'T BE A PAIN

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To control pain, some patients try this technique in which they monitor their body functions & try to alter them

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Time's up! The correct answer was biofeedback

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WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS

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1963: A pilot

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart

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PROVERBS

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It's the 4-letter word that "makes the world go round"

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Time's up! The correct answer was love

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CHEKHOV, PLEASE

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The plot shows Mme. Ranevsky is the owner of this title Chekhov plot

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Cherry Orchard

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THE PARTS OF SPEECH

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Of the traditional 8 parts of speech, it's the only one that doesn't end in the same 4 letters as 1 of the other parts of speech

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Time's up! The correct answer was adjective

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AMERICAN PLAYS

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"I'm Not Rappaport" takes place on a battered bench near the lake in this famous park

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Time's up! The correct answer was Central Park

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WEAPONS

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U.S. land-based long-range nuclear missile that shares name with type of Revolutionary War fighter

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Minuteman

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LYRICS FROM MUSICALS

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"Once I'm with the Wizard my whole life will change, 'cuz once you're with the Wizard no one thinks you're strange"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wicked

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EARLY AMERICA

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

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

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GRAVE MATTERS

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In 2000, 25 years after his death, this country's last emperor Haile Selassie was laid to rest in a crypt in Addis Ababa

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ethiopia

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STORM

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The probe used to investigate tornados in this film is aptly named Dorothy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Twister

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4-LETTER CAPITALS

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It's been said that "All roads lead to" this "Eternal City"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rome

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I KNOW THAT SONG

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It's the title of the Christmas carol and the line that precedes "sweetly singing o'er the plains"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Angels We Have Heard on High"

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MUSICAL TRAINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aerosmith

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THE 1890s

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Relationship of Lizzie Borden to the woman she was acquitted of killing

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Time's up! The correct answer was stepdaughter

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"TRI" HARDER

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The French flag

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tricolor

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5-LETTER CAPITALS

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Bridges crossing the Nile River in this capital include El Gama'a & El Giza

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo

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WOMEN'S FASHION

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This turn-of-the-century "girl" wore a shortwaist dress with puffed sleeves & a Pompadour hairdo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gibson Girl

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HE WAS IN THAT?

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He appeared fleet-ingly in "Sailor Beware" with Martin & Lewis before "East of Eden" made him a star

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Dean

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SNACK ATTACK

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I'd love some Honey Apple Raisin Chocolate Cookie ice cream, but this duo purposely misplaced the recipe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ben & Jerry

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DOUBLE TALK

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It's a sailor's way of saying to a superior "I understand & will obey"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aye-Aye

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PEOPLE

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This wrestler nicknamed his daughter born in August 2001 Pebbles

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Rock

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MYSPACE.MAN

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He elected to join the Mercury program in 1959; 15 years later, he'd be elected to join the Senate

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glenn

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BUSINESS

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This San Francisco-based clothing company's full name includes "De Corps"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Esprit

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JAZZ IT UP

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Miles Davis

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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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MEDICINE

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Micro-Trach is an oxygen delivery system developed by this physician known for his "maneuver"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Heimlich

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EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY

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This Mongol army overran Eastern Europe in the 13th century

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Golden Horde

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ACTION!

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You may not give a fig, but according to Newton, there's one of these for every action

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Time's up! The correct answer was an equal & opposite reaction

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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Arthur Kornberg won for showing how DNA duplicates in bacteria; son Roger's work was on the conversion of DNA into this

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Time's up! The correct answer was RNA

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TELEVISION

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

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

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THE PRESIDENCY

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In 1998, the highest-ranking person in the line of presidential succession who could not legally be president

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Time's up! The correct answer was Madeleine Albright

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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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STARTS WITH A PRONOUN

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It's a printed-out schedule or outline of one's travel plans

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Time's up! The correct answer was an itinerary

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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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OF "RATH"

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It's an adjective meaning really, really angry

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Time's up! The correct answer was wrathful

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SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS

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Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain & their 9 teammates on the field

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Time's up! The correct answer was soccer

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TAKE A PILL

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Estramustine is a chemotherapy agent for this glandular cancer in men

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Time's up! The correct answer was prostate cancer

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WORLD HISTORY

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

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

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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s

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Cyril Ritchard hooked a 1955 Tony for playing Captain Hook in this musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Pan

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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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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

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In the March 17, 1956 issue, Gary Cooper said, "In Westerns you were permitted to kiss" this "but never your girl"

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Time's up! The correct answer was your horse

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ASIAN CAPITALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi

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WATERFALLS

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The height of Shoshone Falls on this river in Idaho exceeds that of Niagara Falls

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snake River

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CREATION STORIES

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Scholars link Egyptian creation myths to the sun apparently fertilizing this river's slime

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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On Sept. 13, 1953 Marilyn Monroe made her network TV debut on this stingy comedian's program

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Benny

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CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chinatown

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LONG WORDS

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This adjective from the Latin for "to boil" is used of a bubbly liquid or person

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Time's up! The correct answer was effervescent

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AFRICANA

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A lion subspecies shares its name with these nomadic people of Tanzania & Kenya

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Time's up! The correct answer was Masai

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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It's the holiday on which the Tournament of Roses & Mummers parades usually take place

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Year's Day

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EPONYMS

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This screw with a cross-slotted head (& the needed screwdriver) was invented by a Portland man in 1936

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phillips

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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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DANCE

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19th c. women exposed their petticoats when they did this naughty French dance also known as <i>Le Chahut</i>

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Time's up! The correct answer was the can-can

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11-LETTER WORDS

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The scientific study of birds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ornithology

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IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD

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Seen here, it's named for a peninsula shared by Quebec & Newfoundland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Labrador Retriever

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THE USA

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The discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859 attracted miners & prospectors to this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nevada

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20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS

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Like mom like son: sadly, her son Rajiv was also assassinated

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Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Ensenada

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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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THE KOREAN WAR

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In 1950 Gen. Walton Walker, the main U.S. field commander, was killed riding in this type of vehicle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jeep

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18th CENTURY AMERICA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington

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THE VIRTUES

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It's paired with liberty in the Pledge of Allegiance

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Time's up! The correct answer was justice

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WHAM-O

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a slingshot

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IT'S RAINING "MN"

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'Tis this season (of the year)

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Time's up! The correct answer was autumn

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ALSO A VEGAS CASINO

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A weapon removed from a stone

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Time's up! The correct answer was Excalibur

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"LIGHT"s

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Famous ones include Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini & Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran

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Time's up! The correct answer was lightweights

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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To prepare for war, "dig up" this ax; when you've made peace, you bury it again

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Time's up! The correct answer was the hatchet

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LET'S HIT IT

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Everlast makes these that come in speed and heavy varieties

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Time's up! The correct answer was punching bags

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BIOPIC-NIC

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1970 George C. Scott as this general

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Time's up! The correct answer was Patton

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BUSINESS PARTNERS

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In dessert: Burton Baskin &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Irv Robbins

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& CROWN THY GOOD

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George I, king of this country from 1863 to 1913, supported a movement to revive the Olympics, abolished in 393

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece

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PHYSICS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the atmosphere

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CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?

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A narrow passage separates Canada's Ellesmere Island from this large Danish island

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greenland

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STARTS WITH A PRONOUN

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In this job, at a wedding, you'll be called upon to ask, "Friend of the bride or groom?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was usher

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"DEM"-ONS

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The DM in Korea's DMZ

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Time's up! The correct answer was demilitarized

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MAY DAYS

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On May 6, 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte won this country's presidential election with 54% of the vote

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Time's up! The correct answer was El Salvador

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COMMON ABBREVIATIONS

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All things considered, NPR is this popular listening place

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Time's up! The correct answer was National Public Radio

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NAMES IN THE NEWS

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This former U.N. ambassador is a co-chairman of the host city's committee for the 1996 Olympic Games

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Young

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THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Matrix

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TRANSPORTATION

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Since 1899 these stalwart animals used in transport have served as the mascots of the Army Corps of Cadets

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Time's up! The correct answer was mules

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SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD

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His prestidigitation (or in this case a "Jr. Skyhook") won Game 4 of the 1987 NBA Finals for the Lakers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson

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MODERN "TIME"S

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To own a property jointly with others & use it in common but at different times

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Time's up! The correct answer was Time-share

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WORLD RELIGION

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Meaning "sign of God", it's the title of a Shi'ite Muslim scholar & leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ayatollah

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BRITISH INVENTIONS

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

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

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ABBREVIATED

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A "green" government group: EPA

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Time's up! The correct answer was Environmental Protection Agency

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KANSAS CITIES

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This college town has been called the "Little Apple"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan

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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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LAW ENFORCEMENT

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A counter-terrorism program is called "NYPD" this, another term for a police badge

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shield

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HISTORIC NAMES

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This king died in 1760, leaving it to his grandson & successor to lose the American colonies

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Time's up! The correct answer was George II

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ISLANDS

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One of France's 26 regions, it doesn't count as an overseas one though it's 100 miles across the Mediterranean

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Time's up! The correct answer was Corsica

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LET'S GET MAS*Hed

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The colonel & lt. colonel who were the 4077th's commanding officers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lt. Col. Henry Blake & Col. Sherman Potter

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TURNING 40 IN '98

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A short called "Frankenweenie" helped launch the career of this "Edward Scissorhands" director

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tim Burton

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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1 of the 2 Central American countries with only 1 sea coast

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Time's up! The correct answer was Belize & El Salvador

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JONATHAN SWIFTIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was old

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LIVE IN TEXAS

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In June 2002 this "Men in Black" agent & Texas rancher was reported to be shopping for a horse farm

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy Lee Jones

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SCIENTISTS

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"American Prometheus" is a biography of this physicist who died in 1967

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Time's up! The correct answer was J. Robert Oppenheimer

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WAITER!

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To heat up my chilly bones, bring out a large bottle of this warmed & fermented rice drink from Japan

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Time's up! The correct answer was sake

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ANCIENT TIMES

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Hetepheres was the mother of this Great Pyramid king; when her tomb was found, Mummy's mummy was missing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheops

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GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

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Tarantino is a director; this is a rapid, whirling dance named for an Italian city

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Time's up! The correct answer was tarantella

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VACATION FUN

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Soar above the treetops on the Skyfari aerial tram at this West Coast's city's famous zoo

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Time's up! The correct answer was San Diego

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FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON

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Hong Kong's home carrier, in 2006 it celebrated its 60th anniversary

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cathay Pacific

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MOVIE MUSICALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bert Lahr

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BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE

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"Fete Noire" was first presented in 1971 by the fledgling dance theatre of this Manhattan area

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harlem

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AFRICANA

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The southern part of Africa is often called "Sub-" this 3 1/2-million-square-mile area

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara

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RHYMES WITH TRACK

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A somewhat shapeless dress

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sack

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COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"

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Open an atlas & discover that the Atlas Mountains traverse the length of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco

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THEY'RE ON CABLE

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

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

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'ALLO, GOVERNOR!

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Al Smith, Mario Cuomo

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Time's up! The correct answer was New York

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TELEVISION

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He was "X"-static when the first "X-Files" episode he directed aired 1 day after the birth of his baby.

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Time's up! The correct answer was David Duchovny

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OSCAR NIGHT 2003

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adaptation

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SO "LONG"

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A unit of distance equal to 220 yards

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Time's up! The correct answer was a furlong

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IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME

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Hammurabi was famous for his, but Ur-Nammu enforced one of these centuries earlier

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Time's up! The correct answer was Code of law

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EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY

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It's the popular breed seen here: (dog)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Golden retriever

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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GAMES

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An explorer lends his name to this call & response swimming pool game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marco Polo

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SATURDAY

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Established in 1875, this Louisville event is run annually on the first Saturday in May

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Kentucky Derby

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WHAT'S IN A NAME?

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This name shared by great & terrible rulers is a Russian variation of John

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan

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FOR THE FASHIONISTA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elie Saab

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

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

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

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1933

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The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established this corporation that guarantees the savings of bank customers

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Time's up! The correct answer was FDIC

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QUOTATIONS

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In 1944 she wrote in her diary, "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank

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MILITARY POWER

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Whether general or ready, they're the troops held close by

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Time's up! The correct answer was Reserves

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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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HARRY GUYS

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There's no doubt about it, he was born Harry, but we know him as "Bing"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Bing" Crosby

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ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE

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It's where Washington was in war, in peace & in the hearts of his countrymen

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Time's up! The correct answer was First

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BLARNEY

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This word for a type of liquor applies to a 1794 American rebellion

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Time's up! The correct answer was whiskey

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POTPOURRI

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

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

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TOP O' THE CHARTS

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In 1991 this heartthrob took Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" back to the top spot

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Bolton

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DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY

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

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

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GEORGE WASHINGTON

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

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

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"J" WHIZ

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This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum & Thornfield Hall

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Jane Eyre"

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"AD"JECTIVES

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It refers to the behavior of teenagers, or of immature adults

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adolescent

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Otis Redding's No. 1 hit that's performed by a Scottish band on S-a-t-u-r-d-a-y Night

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sitting on the Dock of the Bay City Rollers

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'65

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Strike up the band; this Christian organization turned 100 in June

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

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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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OH, BEE GEE

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Though never a Bee Gee, this other brother had 3 No. 1 singles & hosted "Solid Gold"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Gibb

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TUBE TEST

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This spin-off spun off a show of its own, "Checking In", with Marla Gibbs continuing as Florence Johnston

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Jeffersons

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EXPLORERS

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Born Giovanni Caboto, this Venetian did his exploring in the service of England

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Cabot

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HORS D'OEUVRES

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From Latin for "undigested food", crudites refers to these

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Time's up! The correct answer was raw vegetables

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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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CLOTHING WORDS

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Hits hard

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Time's up! The correct answer was socks/belts

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IT SOUNDS LIKE

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A cylindrical storage container for grain, it sounds like an order to exhale quietly

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Time's up! The correct answer was Silo

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CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES

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Author Hawthorne would approve of this middle name of Ralph Fiennes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nathaniel

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FLAG 'EM DOWN

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This descriptive nickname of the U.S. flag was coined by Francis Scott Key

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Star-Spangled Banner

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SEXPERTISE

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Robin Leach, Robin Givens, Robin Cook

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robin Givens

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EXPLORERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Giovanni Verrazano

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BREAKFAST CEREALS

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Babe Ruth was one of the first athletes to endorse this "Breakfast of Champions"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wheaties

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YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!

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We've heard the question already; I'm making this objection that could be called "triple a"

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Time's up! The correct answer was asked and answered

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GETTING TICKED OFF

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He gave his kids by Cleopatra much of the land once ruled by Alexander the Great; his co-rulers & rivals were not pleased

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Antony

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SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS

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Misty May & Kerri Walsh

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Time's up! The correct answer was beach volleyball

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NOVEL QUOTES

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"Never laugh at live dragons", warned this author in "The Hobbit" -- good advice

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Time's up! The correct answer was J.R.R. Tolkien

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ON THE RADIO

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The AAA format, featuring artists like the Cranberries & Tom Petty, stands for adult album this

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Time's up! The correct answer was alternative

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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On Sept. 13, 1953 Marilyn Monroe made her network TV debut on this stingy comedian's program

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Benny

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EUROPE

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In '67 this last king of Greece went into exile

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Time's up! The correct answer was Constantine

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WEAPONS

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One might be fired "out of the blue"--from a crossbow

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bolt

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BACKWORDS

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You know so much about policy, you qualify as this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wonk

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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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ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS

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This 1963 epic included 79 sets & 26,000 costumes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Jefferson Davis

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X MARKS THE SPOT

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This city on the Salt River sits on the eastern edge of the Sonoran Desert

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix

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TELEVISION

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

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

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I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS

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As I reflect on the word "genuflect", I remember it means to bend this

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Time's up! The correct answer was one's knee

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OF "RATH"

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Basement beerhall in Bavaria

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Time's up! The correct answer was rathskeller

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BALLET

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First performed in 1905, this very short solo ballet depicts the last minutes in the life of a bird

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Dying Swan

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SCIENCE

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

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

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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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FOOD & DRINK

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In 2006 the Chicago City Council banned restaurants in the city from selling this goose liver dish

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Time's up! The correct answer was foie gras

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NATIONAL FOODS

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This breakfast treat with deep pockets was introduced to Americans at the 1964 World's Fair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Belgian waffles

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THE 50 STATES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arkansas

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WEATHER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Inversion

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AIN'T THAT AMERICA

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This state's largest lake may be 20 times as salty as any ocean

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Time's up! The correct answer was Utah

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DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!

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"...don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jude

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LITERATURE

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People from the past appear to a brother & sister in "Rewards and Fairies" by this author of "The Jungle Book"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kipling

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL

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This former Boston College & New England Patriots QB was the CFL's most outstanding player 6 times

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doug Flutie

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SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD

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In 1994 this 45-year-old won the title with a 1-2 punch that sent Michael Moorer to Horizontal Land

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Foreman

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CINEMATIC DICTIONARY

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The inventors of this camera-stabilizing device won a special 1977 Oscar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steadicam

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THE ENVIRONMENT

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As you know from the movie "Medicine Man", the rain forests hold essential plants for treating this disease

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Time's up! The correct answer was cancer

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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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PICK A PLANET

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It's the third largest in our solar system

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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The IRAS telescope, which revealed 5 new comets, made its observations in this part of the light spectrum

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Time's up! The correct answer was infra-red

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CITY OF BIRTH

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Mad magazine illustrator James Warhola

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh

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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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THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

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Novelist Heller

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph

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"PRO"NOUNS

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An introductory part in a novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prologue

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ANDY WARHOL

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Because he had the same thing for lunch every day for 20 years, Andy Warhol painted these, beginning in 1962

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Time's up! The correct answer was Campbell's Soup cans

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B FOLLOWS A

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As a noun, it's a mop used to clean a ship's deck; as a verb, it's what you do with the mop

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Time's up! The correct answer was swab

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THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE

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At $4,147 a share, this star of "Firestarter" is one of the highest-valued actresses listed on HSX

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Time's up! The correct answer was Drew Barrymore

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SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!

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Ben Stiller played this star of "The Firm" on a show where one category was "FOODS THAT END IN 'AMBURGER'"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Cruise

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WRITERS CUBED

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Her 2000 novel "Blonde" is, of course, about Marilyn Monroe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joyce Carol Oates

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"X"s & "O"s

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Cross-country skiing is sometimes referred to by these 2 letters, the same ones used to denote 90 in Roman numerals

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Time's up! The correct answer was XC

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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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NBA HALL OF FAMERS

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As a rookie in the 1980 NBA finals, this Michigan State alum played all 5 positions & scored 42 points in the final game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson

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"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD

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On the first Monday in June, this Kiwi country celebrates the Queen's birthday, the queen being Elizabeth

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand

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TAINTED GOV

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was manager

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THE "UNDER" WORLD

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Lingerie is a fancy word for it

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Time's up! The correct answer was underwear

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ALWAYS SAY NEVER

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Shelley said of this, "Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert!"; Wordsworth said they "soar but never roam"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a skylark

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SCRAMBLED EGGS?

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A pancake-like offering in Rome: FAT TRAIT

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Time's up! The correct answer was frittata

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FROM THE FRENCH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was crochet

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SLOGANEERING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Visa

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HISTORIC AMERICA

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Dating from the early 1700s, the Gonzalez-Alvarez House in this city is the oldest house in Florida

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

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2-LETTER WORDS

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An Italian river, or the red Teletubby

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Time's up! The correct answer was Po

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MANY IRONS

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This mythical barrier cut off the Soviet Union & its friends after World War II

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iron Curtain

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SISTER CITIES

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San Francisco, California is a sister city to this one in Italy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Assisi

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RHYME TIME

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Voraciously eat an "all-purpose" baking ingredient

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Time's up! The correct answer was devour flour

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THE 1990s

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On 2 votes, the House of Representatives did this to President Clinton on Dec. 19, 1998

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Time's up! The correct answer was impeached him

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FOOD

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The Bismarck type of this fish is made of fillets cured in vinegar, salt & onions

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Time's up! The correct answer was Herring

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COMPOSERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Schubert

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PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mayans

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"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD

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Homeland of Edvards Munch & Grieg

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Time's up! The correct answer was Norway

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18th CENTURY AMERICA

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These 85 essays arguing for adoption of the Constitution appeared between October 27, 1787 & May 28, 1788

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Federalist Papers

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RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clonehenge

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SCIENCE BRIEFS

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It's a vital sign: BP

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Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure

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STRING THEORY 201

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String theory attempts to merge quantum mechanics with Einstein's general theory of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was relativity

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BROADWAY TEENS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grease

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COMPOSERS ON FILM

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James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy"

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

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"V"

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A tramp or wanderer

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Time's up! The correct answer was a vagabond

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ARCHITECTS

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Charles Bulfinch, who contributed to the Capitol in Washington, D.C., designed this city's state house on Beacon Hill

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston

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1988

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The Thatcher government imposed a broadcast ban on this political wing of the IRA

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sinn Fein

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U.S. COLLEGES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dartmouth

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KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI

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Published "Fear of the Wave" in 1993

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khatami

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"P.B."

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In New Orleans a hero sandwich is called this

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Time's up! The correct answer was po boy

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CATHOLIC PRIESTS

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This spiritual "director" doesn't arrange your holiday, he helps young men pursue their calling to the priesthood

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Time's up! The correct answer was a vocation director

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ORGANIZATIONS

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Int'l club that "promotes putting off until later those things that needn't be done today"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Procrastinator's Club

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"LIGHT"s

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To do this to someone's plight, you could trivialize it, or just take the P away

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Time's up! The correct answer was make light of it

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REMEMBER THE TIME

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This 1904-1905 war began in Manchuria & ended with the battle of Tsushima Strait

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Time's up! The correct answer was Russo-Japanese War

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HISTORIC NAMES

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This Apache tried to keep peace with the palefaces, but after his death, his son joined with the militant Geronimo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cochise

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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On Aug. 2, 1826 at Boston's Faneuil Hall, this great orator delivered a eulogy on Jefferson & Adams

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Webster

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"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH

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Dangerous American pit viper

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Time's up! The correct answer was the diamondback

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WORLD CAPITALS

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It's located about 30 miles south of the DMZ

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seoul

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YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!

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A river, a city & a hound all bear the name of this member of the deer family

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elk

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FOOD

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It's an Italian version of an omelet, served pancake-style

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Time's up! The correct answer was a frittata

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X MARKS THE SPOT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Knox

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5 BANDS

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Appropriately, this '80s band sang, "You can't go on thinking, nothing's wrong, who's gonna drive you home tonight?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Cars

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THE CONTINENTS

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This continent has a lot of marsupials, like the native wombat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia

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LITERARY GENRES

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"Pamela" is an epistolary one & may be the first English one

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Time's up! The correct answer was a novel

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TEENS OF THE PAST

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She was a teenager when she married Ferdinand in 1469

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Time's up! The correct answer was Isabella

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GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT

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

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

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BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY

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In the Song of Solomon, a bride refers to herself as "the rose of" this plain between Joppa & Mount Carmel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sharon

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THE FABULOUS '50s

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A 1954 code trying to stop juvenile delinquency said "horror" or "terror" could not be used in titles of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was comics

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DECADES OF BESTSELLERS

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"The Godfather" & "Airport"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the '60s

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FLAG 'EM DOWN

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This descriptive nickname of the U.S. flag was coined by Francis Scott Key

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Star-Spangled Banner

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BUSINESS PARTNERS

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In paint: Henry Sherwin &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Williams

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POETS' RHYME TIME

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Ezra's Afghans

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pound's hounds

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MAGNETO

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Logically enough, this planet has the strongest magnetic field of any planet in our solar system

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter

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BILLS & WILLS

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Born in Fabens, Texas in 1931, this legendary jockey won his first of 8,833 races at age 18

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Time's up! The correct answer was Willie Shoemaker

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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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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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We gotta hand it to this left-handed actress for winning an Oscar for "Erin Brockovich"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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When Marie Osmond toured in this play in 1994, her eldest son, Steven, played Kurt Von Trapp

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

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PLANT LIFE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the grass

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ANIMATED FILMS

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This 1988 film told of an orphaned baby brontosaurus named Littlefoot

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Land Before Time

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"I" LADS

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His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets

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Time's up! The correct answer was Isaiah

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UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES

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It's "The Plantation State" because its full name includes the words "And Providence Plantations"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island

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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

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Madeline is one of "twelve little girls in two straight lines" who attend a school in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris

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FOR THE FASHIONISTA

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Flowing fabric defines this fashion house founded by Tanya Sarne; its name is a synonym for "phantom"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ghost

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MONEY SLANG

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Bank notes that sing before fa-so-la

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Time's up! The correct answer was Do-re-mi

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LUXEMBOURG

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The Congress of Vienna in 1815 made Luxembourg a state headed by this type of ruler

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Time's up! The correct answer was a grand duke

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GREECE

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By tradition, the sons in a Greek family don’t marry until this happens first

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Time's up! The correct answer was the daughters marry

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AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

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"This Side of Paradise"

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Time's up! The correct answer was F. Scott Fitzgerald

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BON APPE-"T"

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A folded tortilla filled with various ingredients

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taco

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POLITICAL MOVIES

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Michael Douglas played Andrew Shepherd, the title character of this film, & even he had trouble dating

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Time's up! The correct answer was The American President

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THE TEENS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 15

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SAINTS BE PRAISED

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The emblem of St. Lawrence, it's also a nickname for a football field

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gridiron

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FOUND

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Fritz & Laura Perls founded this school of psychotherapy, from German for "form"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gestalt

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WEAPONRY

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In the 1960s Nelson Mandela led the military group "Umkhonto we Sizwe", or this weapon "of the Nation"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spear

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was Cameos

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PARISIANS

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In the 1880s he introduced his brother & roommate, Vincent, to the Impressionists

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Time's up! The correct answer was Theo Van Gogh

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NURSERY RHYMES

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

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

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DANCE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the minuet

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POTPOURRI

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Some think this Irving Berlin song should replace "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem -- it's easier to sing

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Time's up! The correct answer was "God Bless America"

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THE CONTINENTS

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This continent is the largest in area

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Time's up! The correct answer was Asia

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MIXED DRINKS

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A basic Gin Rickey is gin, lime & this non-potent potable

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Time's up! The correct answer was soda water

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BUT IS IT ART?

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It can be a gamble to hang the well-known image of dogs playing this card game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poker

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WEAPONRY

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In the missile called a "SAM", it's what the "A" stands for

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Time's up! The correct answer was air

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FANTASTIC FILMS

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Futuristic S. Kubrick film starring M. McDowell as Alex, a psychopathic gang leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was "A Clockwork Orange"

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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Co-capitals: La Paz & Sucre

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia

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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS

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Sanma aisu is fish-flavored ice cream & taco aisu is octopus-flavored ice cream made in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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PRIME NUMBERS

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Fear of this prime number is called triskaidekaphobia

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Time's up! The correct answer was 13

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HE WAS IN THAT?

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He appeared fleet-ingly in "Sailor Beware" with Martin & Lewis before "East of Eden" made him a star

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Dean

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U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cumberland

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FILE UNDER "K"

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The Nancy Drew books are written under this pseudonym

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carolyn Keene

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SONG LYRICS

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When he's "Hoppin' down the bunny trail, hippity hoppin' Easter's on its way"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Cottontail

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20th CENTURY NICKNAMES

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"The People's Lawyer" & 2000 Green Party presidential candidate

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Nader

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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME

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Hamilton, Calder, Haig

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander

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IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU

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This exhaustive reference work first published in 1768 is not British: it has been American-owned for over 100 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Encyclopedia Britannica

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FROG ANATOMY

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It's attached at the front of the mouth so the frog can flick it out rapidly

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Time's up! The correct answer was the frog's tongue

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ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS

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To trap on trains

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Time's up! The correct answer was Transportation

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NAME THE POET

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"I hear American singing, the varied carols I hear"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Whitman

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"NIGHT"

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A bedtime nip of alcohol, or the second game of a doubleheader

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Time's up! The correct answer was a nightcap

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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Playing the pass line in craps, it's the winning number on the opening roll other than 7

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Time's up! The correct answer was 11

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AH, SWEET MYTHTERY

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The Myrmidons were this great hero's brutal cohorts in the Trojan War

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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!

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Affer Los Alamos, I was the director of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study from 1947 to 1966

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oppenheimer

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SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE

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This threatening sound can also mean "to become tangled"

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Time's up! The correct answer was snarled

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AVIARY

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Bob Hope claimed his mother saw his nose & cried that the doctor took the baby & left this bird

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Time's up! The correct answer was stork

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UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS

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You could say these athletes at UNLV aren't "without a cause"

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Time's up! The correct answer was theRebels

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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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Tom Cruise jumped up & down on this left-hander's couch

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oprah Winfrey

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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

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CATHOLIC PRIESTS

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This spiritual "director" doesn't arrange your holiday, he helps young men pursue their calling to the priesthood

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Time's up! The correct answer was a vocation director

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THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s

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1963: "Walk Like A Man"

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

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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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WORLD HODGEPODGE

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From the old French for "ice", these cover about 1/8 of Iceland; some are 3/4 of a mile thick

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Time's up! The correct answer was Glaciers

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CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?

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This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States

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CITY FOLK

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Madrilenos

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

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REMEMBER THE TIME

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In 960 Mieczyslaw I became the first ruler of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland

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THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

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"Rock The Casbah" is the biggest hit by this rock group

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Clash

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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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THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS

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Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin founded Def Jam, the '80s' premier record label for this type of music

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CELEBS

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He auditioned for & won the part of Ron Weasley with a rap that he wrote

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Grint

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THE "A"s

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This "Khan" is the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Muslims

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Aga Khan

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IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY

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In 1858 the British established this type of colony on India's Andaman Islands

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Time's up! The correct answer was Penal colony

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QUEEN VICTORIA

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Queen Victoria was said to be happiest at this "humble" Scottish home

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Time's up! The correct answer was Balmoral Castle

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TRIALS OF THE CENTURY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nuremberg

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"MUM"s THE WORD

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....I said it's to utter something quietly & unclearly!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mumble

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MAGAZINES

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In Nov. 2003 Judge Ira Gammerman said neither side would get damages from the demise of this celeb's magazine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rosie O'Donnell

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RECORD LOSSES IN 2005

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This company that owns HBO & Turner Broadcasting lost a backup tape with 600,000 names & SSNs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Time Warner

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WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

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In 1904 Virginia & her siblings moved to this London district, where they would host "group" gatherings

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bloomsbury

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FUN WITH OPERA

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In "Johnny Strikes Up", a violin performance at the North Pole inspires the whole world to do this 1920s dance

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Charleston

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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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WEEDS

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This fabric follows Queen Anne's in the name of the weed seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lace

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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On April 20, 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld this transportation method as a way to achieve school integration

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Time's up! The correct answer was busing

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CNN

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Named for its Brooklyn-born host, this "live" interview show debuted on CNN in June 1985

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Larry King Live"

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JUST THE FACTS

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In 1751 the Penn Provincial Assembly placed the order for this symbol of freedom, now in Philadelphia

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Liberty Bell

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THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS

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Along with the Borgia apartments, the Etruscan Museum is one of the top attractions in this 109-acre country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vatican City

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WORLD LEADERS

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Elected in 2008, president Dimitris Christofias of this divided island nation is the EU's only communist head of state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cyprus

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11-LETTER WORDS

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Diaphanous or sheer, as in clothing, or flimsy & obvious, as in a lie

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Time's up! The correct answer was Transparent

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NYPD TV

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In the '70s this Taos, N.M. Deputy Marshal was on temporary assignment in Manhattan's 27th Precinct

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Time's up! The correct answer was McCloud

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ANIMALS

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

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

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POTPOURRI

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The website for this Bureau of the Treasury department is www.moneyfactory.com

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Bureau of Printing and Engraving

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AN E FOR AN I

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"To replenish" becomes "to knock down"

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Time's up! The correct answer was to fill & to fell

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ANATOMY

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The base of the fibula forms the outer projection of this joint

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Time's up! The correct answer was the ankle

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IT HAD TO "BU"

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In 1403 Venice established the first maritime quarantine station to prevent this deadly disease

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Time's up! The correct answer was the bubonic plague

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TRANSPORTATION

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Cabbies in this Eur. city spend 2 years gaining "the knowledge", mental maps needed to get a license

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Time's up! The correct answer was London

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HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT

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If you're cornered in Kamchatka, end this board game by bumping your opponent's armies off the board

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Time's up! The correct answer was Risk

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"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD

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It became fully independent of South Africa March 21, 1990

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Time's up! The correct answer was Namibia

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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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NO. 1 ALBUMS

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"Imagine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Lennon

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RUSSIAN

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Blinaya means this, the "hop" in IHOP

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Time's up! The correct answer was house of pancakes

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WHO'S ON FIRST?

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Sundays from 1984 to 1995, "60 Minutes" led into this CBS crime drama--guess Jessica finally got tired of writing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Murder, She Wrote

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"X"-MEN

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His dad Earl Little was an outspoken Baptist minister & supporter of black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey

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Time's up! The correct answer was Malcolm X

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3-LETTER THE BETTER

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To impose a levy

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Time's up! The correct answer was to tax

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A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS

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3.6 million: Down Under

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Time's up! The correct answer was Melbourne

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I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU

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5-letter word meaning less by the subtraction of; don't overthink it

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Time's up! The correct answer was minus

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QUEEN VICTORIA

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Victoria found this poet laureate's "In Memoriam" a great comfort in her widowhood

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

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THEY ALSO RAN

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At age 31, he was Cleveland's mayor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dennis Kucinich

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ACTRESSES ON TV

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She portrays real-life research medium Allison DuBois

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arquette

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THE NEW TESTAMENT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was John

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1807

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Later to lead the revolutionary Redshirts, he was born on the Fourth of July

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Time's up! The correct answer was Garibaldi

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5 BANDS

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"Fun", "sleazy" & "raucous" are under "moods" at AllMusic.com for this metal band co-founded by Tommy Lee

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mötley Crüe

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LISA

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She's the popular sports celebrity seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lisa Leslie

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DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB

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He played outfield for the Birmingham Barons before returning to the Bulls

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Jordan

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THE BODY HUMAN

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Abbreviated TB, this disease is characterized by lesions in the lung tissue

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tuberculosis

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KIDS IN SPORTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was surfing

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QUEEN VICTORIA

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Britain celebrated Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887 & recovered in time for this jubilee in 1897

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Time's up! The correct answer was Diamond

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FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was smirk

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MUSEUM HOPPING

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MoMA Mia! It houses such masterpieces as "Starry Night" & Cezanne's "Bather"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Museum of Modern Art

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THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS

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Before becoming a world leader, this Frenchman was wounded 3 times in WWI & was captured at Verdun in 1916

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Time's up! The correct answer was de Gaulle

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MY PLACE?

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was yurt

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"LESS" IS MORE

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It's Southwest Airlines' name for the paper-free type of travel it introduced on all routes in January 1995

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ticketless

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CHOPIN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris

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MEDICAL TALK

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

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

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NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES

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"Shot Dead By Federal Men In Front Of Movie Theatre" read his 1934 front-page obituary

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Dillinger

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LISA

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She's played Phoebe Buffay on one primetime series & Phoebe's twin sister Ursula on another

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lisa Kudrow

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A VIOLENT CATEGORY

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It means "to strike with a whip" & also follows "whip" in a word for an injury

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Time's up! The correct answer was lash

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ISRAEL

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Home to spectacular ruins, Caesarea was founded around 20 B.C. & named for this Caesar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus

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20th CENTURY ARTISTS

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In 1958 he tripled up on his patriotic painting of "Three Flags"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johns

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"LIGHT"s

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To do this to someone's plight, you could trivialize it, or just take the P away

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Time's up! The correct answer was make light of it

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DEAR JUNTA

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After the junta released activist Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest, Japan restored aid to this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Burma

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U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS

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Life has its ups & downs for Travis Mayer, a 2002 medalist in the event named for these little hills on the slopes

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Time's up! The correct answer was moguls

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WAR

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"Operation Rolling Thunder" was the 1965 U.S. bombing campaign designed in part to stop men & supplies coming south on this road

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

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OPERA & BALLET

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A governess fears that her charges are communicating with ghosts in an opera based on this Henry James novella

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Turn of the Screw

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IT'S RAINING "MN"

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'Tis this season (of the year)

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Time's up! The correct answer was autumn

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CARBON CREDITS

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This 2-word study of living things is primarily devoted to carbon compounds

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Time's up! The correct answer was organic chemistry

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ORGANIZATIONS

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The Max Planck Society is one of this country's chief organizations for scientific research

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Time's up! The correct answer was Germany

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BOTANY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dandelion

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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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ODDS & ENDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lacoste

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THE "A"s

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This "Khan" is the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Muslims

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Aga Khan

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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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