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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

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December 8, 1980 in New York City

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Lennon

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COUNTRY MUSIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vince Gill

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BIOLOGY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was RNA

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CLIMBING

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Alpinism is European climbing; Andinismo refersto climbing on this continent

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Time's up! The correct answer was South America

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A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS

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Wayne State, Kalamazoo College, Madonna University (it's Franciscan Catholic, not Material Girl)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan

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FAMILIAR SAYINGS

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A camel is a horse designed by this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a committee

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NOVEL QUOTES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ayn Rand

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TALK LIKE A BRIT

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Of stay in bed, hit someone on the head or rub till it's red, what you do if you cosh

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Time's up! The correct answer was hit someone on the head

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MILITARY POWER

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No armed forces are allowed in this area between North & South Korea

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Time's up! The correct answer was Demilitarized zone

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ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS

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Oh oh! Chauncey B. Ives depicted this mythological woman seen here on the verge of opening a box

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pandora

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SHAKESPEARE

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These lovers do "with their death bury their parents' strife"

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

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BIG, REALLY BIG!

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Lady Hamilton could tell you the name of this 185-foot column that went up in the early 1840s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson's Column

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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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BEFORE & AFTER

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"Thin" piece of disputed Israeli-Palestinian land involved in a clothes-shedding card game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gaza Strip Poker

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MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS

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

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

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DUKE, DUKE

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Louisiana politician David Duke was a former grand wizard in this organization

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ku Klux Klan

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GREAT DAMES

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This Maori diva from New Zealand sang with Nelson Riddle and at Prince Charles's wedding

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kiri Te Kanawa

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FRUIT

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This fruit often originates from peach seeds & peaches sometimes come from its seeds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nectarines

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HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC

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In 1914 Mayo isolated the pure hormone thyroxin, made by this gland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thyroid gland

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THE BIG BANGLADESH

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The green on the flag of Bangladesh represents its lush vegetation; the red circle in the middle is this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the sun

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ART & ARTISTS

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Andre Breton anagrammed this surrealist's name as "Avida Dollars"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Salvador Dali

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MILITARY UNITS

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Oliver Stone won an Oscar for his story about one of these title units in which he served in Vietnam

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Time's up! The correct answer was a platoon

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EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES

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Outlaw: "Murdered by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse James

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KOREA

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In 1976 this company produced the Pony, the first Korean car

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hyundai

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NAME THE POET

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"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson

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POLITICAL MOVIES

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Jimmy Stewart played Jefferson Smith, the naive & idealistic appointee to the U.S. Senate in this Capra classic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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"MUM"s THE WORD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mummers

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LITERATURE

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In Wonderland, Alice comes across a large one of these with a snooty caterpillar atop it

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mushroom

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RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS

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Right effort, right speech & right action are 3 parts of this noble Buddhist way

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eightfold Path

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AN E FOR AN I

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"Gentle" becomes "to blend"

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

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ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE

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In a 1971 song he "was a bullfrog"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremiah

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IT'S "BIG"

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This cosmology theory's name came from Fred Hoyle's joke about it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Big Bang

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MR. MOVIES

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Though Diane Keaton never found the title character in this 1977 film, she found someone really nuts

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Time's up! The correct answer was Looking for Mr. Goodbar

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INITIAL T.V.

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

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

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THE ROYALS

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Russia's first ruler with this name was called Kalita, meaning "moneybags"; not so terrible

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oahu

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EMOTICONS

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:-$ It's where this emoticon tells you to "put your money"

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Time's up! The correct answer was where your mouth is

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THE BLUE ANGELS

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(Sarah of the Clue Crew riding in a Blue Angels jet) On takeoff, for a high-performance climb, pilots can experience six times the force of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was gravity

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EXPORTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was coconut

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SATURDAY

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Founded in 1932 as The Palestine Post, this morning paper appears daily, except for Saturday

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Jerusalem Post

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BUGS

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These small, stinging ants were introduced into the U.S. at Mobile, Alabama

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fire ants

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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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GROUP COUNTDOWN

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It can mean "one" or a military entity like the army's Third Armored Division

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Time's up! The correct answer was unit

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FROM T TO SHINING T

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On TV, apparently both America & Britain's "Got" this, a special natural ability

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Time's up! The correct answer was talent

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GIANTS OF SCIENCE

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By then living in the U.S., he was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952

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Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein

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SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS

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Mohini Bhardwaj, Courtney Kupets & their 4 teammates

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Time's up! The correct answer was gymnastics

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ENGLISH CLASS

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This part of speech doesn't always end in "ly"; once, there & often are other examples

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Time's up! The correct answer was adverb

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WORD ORIGINS

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A Middle Eastern chieftain, this 4-letter term is from the Arabic for "commander"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Emir

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SUPERHEROES

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The dude seen here is the "Silver" one of this type of athletes

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Time's up! The correct answer was surfers

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CLASSIC STAR TREK

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Captain Kirk shares this name, his middle name, with a first century Roman emperor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tiberius

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THE 20th CENTURY

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In 1917 he called for a declaration of war against Germany saying that "The world must be made safe for democracy"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Woodrow Wilson

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FROM THE GREEK

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From the Greek for "primary", these are made of amino acids

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Time's up! The correct answer was proteins

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THE SILVER SCREEN

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Chris O'Donnell was originally cast as her son in "Prince of Tides", but she chose her real son instead

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Time's up! The correct answer was Barbra Streisand

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DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS

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He raises & tends the honey kind

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Time's up! The correct answer was beekeeper

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SCIENCE CLASS

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The wedge is an adaptation of the simple machine called the inclined this

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Time's up! The correct answer was plane

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BIOLOGY

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Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man

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Time's up! The correct answer was smell

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COMICS STRIP

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This Monty Python stalwart went the full monty in "A Fish Called Wanda"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleese

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FATHERS-IN-LAW

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Daniel Day-Lewis' was this dramatist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller

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HAT'S ALL, FOLKS

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Proverbially, if you're crazy, you might be as "mad as" one of these makers of men's headwear

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Time's up! The correct answer was hatter

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"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES

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(Hi, I'm Garry Marshall) I sent copy editor Drew Barrymore back to high school for an undercover assignment in this 1999 comedy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Never Been Kissed

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5-LETTER CAPITALS

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Haiphong near the Gulf of Tonkin serves as this city's main port

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi

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UP IN THE AIR

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Warm air flows deflected by the Earth's rotation create winds that were named this by business-minded mariners

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Time's up! The correct answer was trade winds

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FROM THE GREEK

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This synonym for "drugstore" comes from the Greek for "druggist's work"

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Time's up! The correct answer was pharmacy

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ODDS & ENDS

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This constellation is also called The Twins

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gemini

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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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"LESS" IS MORE

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Type of whisper in the title of a Wham! hit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Careless

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BUSINESS LEADERS

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Since founding Amazon.com in 1994, he's tried to make it "The Earth's most customer-centric company"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jeff Bezos

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WHO'S ON FIRST?

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

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

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cinderella

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DOUBLE TALK

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It's a hand-beaten drum used by American Indians

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom-tom

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PHRASES THAT SELL

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This shipping company asks, "What can Brown do for you?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was UPS

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THE FILM VAULT

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An action star from the '30s to the '70s, this actor headlined "The Fighting Seabees" & "Flying Tigers"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Wayne

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WORLD CAPITALS

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Foreign embassies are located in Jiddah, some 500 miles from this country's capital, Riyadh

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saudi Arabia

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NAME THE DECADE

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The first controlled nuclear chain reaction

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1940s

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DOWN MEXICO WAY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cancun

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TOP 40 BONUS

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"Proud Mary"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Creedence Clearwater Revival & Ike & Tina Turner

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PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO

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Tonight we sup on this animal's jowls, used to flavor stews as a southern delicacy; it's a motorcycle term, too, my love

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Time's up! The correct answer was a hog

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DOUBLE-O WORDS

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A lateral branch on a main stem

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Time's up! The correct answer was an offshoot

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TV ACTORS & ROLES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Will Ferrell

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ALASKA

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This second-largest Alaskan city wasn't named for an actor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fairbanks

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LUNCH COUNTER LINGO

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This beverage is Adam's ale

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Time's up! The correct answer was water

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COMMON BONDS

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Coconuts, Udders, Canaan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Things that give milk

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CANADIAN CAPITALS

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This Alberta capital is called the Gateway to the North

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edmonton

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ROYALTY

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In 1599, Albert, Archduke of Austria, married the Infanta of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spain

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ANIMAL RHYME TIME

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A fake small horse

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Time's up! The correct answer was phony pony

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THE EMERALD ISLE

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It's the one-word term for the traditional 6 counties known as Northern Ireland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ulster

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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His 1947 oceanic expedition began in Callao, Peru & ended 10 days later in Polynesia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thor Heyerdahl

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MEASURING DEVICES

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A nilometer measures the height of the water in this

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

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YOUTH IN ASIA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was cricket

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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Character who is “corny as Kansas in August”

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nellie Forbush

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CAPITAL IDEA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tehran

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TOUGH BODIES OF WATER

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This Venezuelan lake is the only one of the world's 25 largest lakes whose elevation is sea level

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Maracaibo

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ARCHITECTS

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

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

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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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FROM T TO SHINING T

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Elephants call each other with this instrument (but not literally, except maybe at Ringling Bros.)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a trumpet

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TRUE LIVES

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"In Her Sister's Shadow" is a biography of Lee Radziwill, sister of this woman

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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THE ENGLISH BEAT

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Researchers estimate its construction on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire took about 30 million man-hours

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stonehenge

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POETS

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Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson

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ENGINEERING

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Able to carry over 2 million barrels of crude a day, it runs from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Alaska Pipeline

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PSYCHOLOGY

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According to psychoanalytic theory, it’s part of the personality which balances the id & superego

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Time's up! The correct answer was the ego

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MAGAZINE FEATURES

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Goings on About Town, The Talk of the Town, The Critics

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Time's up! The correct answer was The New Yorker

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LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS

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Since 1935 this agency that originated in the 1820s has operated as a branch of the Texas Dept. of Public Safety

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Texas Rangers

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FOR THE BIRDS

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

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

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STARTS WITH A PRONOUN

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One who interlaces cloth, or an African bird that interlaces grass to make its elaborate nest

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Time's up! The correct answer was a weaver

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CITY FLAGS

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A steamboat & a cotton plant appear on this Tennessee's city flag

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Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis

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DOUBLE TALK

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It's a hand-beaten drum used by American Indians

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tom-tom

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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS

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1990-1997

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Major

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ASTROLOGY

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Chinese astrology has 5 classical elements, each associated with a planet; knock this when you think Jupiter

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Time's up! The correct answer was wood

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NATURE

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The oxpecker, which is this type of animal, likes to ride on the backs of giraffes

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bird

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BEING THOREAU

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Thoreau praised this man's actions at Harpers Ferry & eulogized him in 3 lectures

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Brown

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SPORTS

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On Oct. 19, 1924 Grantland Rice wrote of this team's backfield "The Four Horsemen Rode Again"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Notre Dame

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TAYLOR, SWIFT

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In a 2008 film he played Drillbit Taylor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Owen Wilson

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CARY GRANT FILMS

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In this 1944 film about a pair of murderous aunts, Cary says, "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arsenic and Old Lace

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NEWS TO ME

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A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in this Caribbean country Jan. 12, 2010 brought a world outpouring of aid

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Time's up! The correct answer was Haiti

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THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC

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Yo-ho, yo-ho! His real name was believed to be Edward Teach

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blackbeard

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TAKE-OFFS

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"Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry" is a satirical type of this guide

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Time's up! The correct answer was a travel guide

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GO "SOUTH"

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...to this body of water that includes the Gulf of Tonkin & the Gulf of Thailand

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Time's up! The correct answer was the South China Sea

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DOWN MEXICO WAY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Guadalajara

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HEY, "U"!

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It may be a mischievous scamp, or a "sea" creature

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Time's up! The correct answer was Urchin

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SONG LYRICS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cry

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THE LAND

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Look east! Japan has long been known by this dawning nickname

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Land of the Rising Sun

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PRESIDENTS

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

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

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WORLD AUTHORS

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While at University College, Dublin, he wrote the essay "The Day of the Rabblement", attacking the Irish Literary Theatre

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Joyce

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INDONESIA

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In 1985 Sukarno-Hatta Int'l Airport was opened at Cengkareng just west of this city's center

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta

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WHEREFORE "ART" THOU

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They can be a city's highways or a person's blood vessels

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arteries

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IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was baseball

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VERBS

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This word for a type of running is from a word meaning "jump", & it's a talent that long jumpers need to get distance

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Time's up! The correct answer was sprint

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SILENCE

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The journal of this quiet type of institution gives an award for the one "of the Year"; in 2010 it was in Columbus

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Time's up! The correct answer was a library

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THE HUSBAND MARRIED

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Joan Blondell & June Allyson

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Powell

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"X"s & "O"s

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Around 100 A.D. Tacitus wrote a book on how this art of persuasive speaking had declined since Cicero

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Time's up! The correct answer was oratory

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SWEET!

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A red cake named for this smooth fabric is really a chocolate cake--food coloring gives it the distinctive color

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Time's up! The correct answer was velvet

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SCIENCE

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In metric measurement, 10 millimeters equal 1 of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a centimeter

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Star Wars

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GUINNESS RECORDS

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In February 1999 Maine residents built a 10-story one of these named Angus; he melted 15 weeks later

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Time's up! The correct answer was snowman

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THEY ALSO RAN

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Born in Brooklyn in 1944, he was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2002

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rudy Giuliani

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IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER

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The start of his reign in Spain falls mainly on the 22nd of November, 1975

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Time's up! The correct answer was Juan Carlos

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"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES

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Advice that's the title of a 1941 W.C. Fields film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

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To "go" this, meaning all the way, comes from an 18th c. poem about inability to decide which part of the pig to eat

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Time's up! The correct answer was whole hog

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FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'

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This deadpan comic said, "I installed a skylight in my apartment... The people who live above me are furious"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steven Wright

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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With about 1,040 people per square mile of land, life in this most densely populated state is a real garden party

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Jersey

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BIG, REALLY BIG!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was an iceberg

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VEGAS, BABY

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The European playground seen here, or a Las Vegas hotel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monte Carlo

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BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES

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Henry VIII

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tudor

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FOR THE BIRDS

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The genus for this American bird is Turdus; ah, to see the first Turdus of spring

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Time's up! The correct answer was a robin

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THE LAST BATTLE

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The Battle of Chapultepec

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Mexican-American War

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POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS

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"Geez" House Rules Committee ranking Democrat Slaughter

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louise

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PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY

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It's Jimmy Carter's sign, so don't tip his scales

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Time's up! The correct answer was Libra

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"PUN" JAB

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Furry Phil's Pennsylvania place for fanciful February forecasting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Punxsutawney

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ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN

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Trent Reznor

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

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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Brazil

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese

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SCRAMBLED EGGS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was hummingbird

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IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS

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We're one big island! (& several small ones); Lemur entertain you! (Disclaimer: Lemurs will not, repeat not, speak to you)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Madagascar

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FAMILIAR PHRASES

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This phrase meaning "to betray someone" came from slaves sent illegally via the Mississippi to New Orleans

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Time's up! The correct answer was to sell them down the river

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WASHINGTON D.C.

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Though this mound rises only 8

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Time's up! The correct answer was Capitol Hill

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PEOPLE IN HISTORY

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

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

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MUSEUM HOPPING

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The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia houses his original manuscript of "Ulysses"

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Joyce

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THE 13th CENTURY

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Roger Bacon wrote coded instructions for making the explosive mix of saltpeter, sulfur & charcoal called black this

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Time's up! The correct answer was powder

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A VIOLENT CATEGORY

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To hit with a fist, or to herd cattle like a cowboy

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Time's up! The correct answer was punch

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PLANTS

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Name for a low, enclosed bed covered with glass or plastic for starting plants before the season

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cold Frame

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FRUIT

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The Bing & other sweet varieties of this fruit are self-sterile; they cannot pollinate themselves

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cherries

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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"

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From the Italian for "bad air", this disease kills more than one million people each year

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Time's up! The correct answer was malaria

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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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WEBSITES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was .org

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BRITISH HISTORY

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Founder of the nursing profession, she was named after the city in which she was born

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Time's up! The correct answer was Florence Nightingale

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HOMOPHONES

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

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

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47

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This unit of measure is equal to .47 liters; drink up!

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pint

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SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD

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His "called shot" home run off Charlie Root in the 1932 World Series is baseball legend

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Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth

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LITERARY BADDIES

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This Harry Potter bad guy's name is French for "flight from death"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Voldemort

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BEGINNING & END

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In 2006 it began on July 1 in Strasbourg & ended on July 23 in Paris

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Tour de France

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BREAKING NEWS

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Nearly 10 million YouTubers saw Dave Carroll's clip called this "friendly skies" airline "Breaks Guitars"

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Time's up! The correct answer was United Airlines

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MOTTOES

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This international sports competition's motto is "Faster, higher, stronger"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Olympics

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MEDICAL TALK

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Luteinizing hormone is one of the many produced by this cherry-shaped gland

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Time's up! The correct answer was the pituitary

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ACTORS & ACTRESSES

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This "Seinfeld" co-star became a Broadway star at age 23 in Stephen Sondheim's musical "Merrily we Roll Along"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jason Alexander

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CITY FLAGS

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The 4 stars appearing on this city's flag stand for Fort Dearborn, a fire & 2 World's Fairs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago

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SHIPS

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This ship, Columbus' flagship., was originally called the Marigalanti

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Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Maria

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MIDDLE INITIAL C.

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When the parents of this "pathfinder" ran off together, his mother was still legally married to another man

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Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Fremont

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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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HARRISON FORD MOVIES

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"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Raiders of the Lost Ark

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LITERARY ALLUSIONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was platonic

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WORLD "P"s

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World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peru

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LYRICS FROM MUSICALS

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

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

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HIP-HOP & RAP

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snoop Dogg

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SPORTS

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Named for a U.S. doubles champ, this cup is presented to the winner of a 16-team men's tennis tourney

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Time's up! The correct answer was Davis Cup

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COUNTRY MUSIC

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"Strawberry Wine" was the first of 3 No. 1 hits from this debut album by Deana Carter

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Did I Shave My Legs for This?"

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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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WANT ADS

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In the June 3, 2011 paper: this country wants new president after bomb explodes in Ali Saleh's presidential palace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yemen

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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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This left-handed lady was positively "Bewitching" in a 2005 Nora Ephron film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nicole Kidman

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SEE THE USA

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It was almost named "Texas Under 6 Flags", but someone said "Texas ain't never been under nothin'!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Six Flags Over Texas

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"DEM"-ONS

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A formal reduction in rank, status or position

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Time's up! The correct answer was demotion

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10-LETTER WORDS

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It's one's partner in crime

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Time's up! The correct answer was Accomplice

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FROM THE GREEK

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When food is swallowed, it goes down this tube, the Greek word for "gullet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the esophagus

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ROAMIN' THE WORLD

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Tea & coconuts are top products of this country, the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sri Lanka

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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR

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"Hobson's Choice", "Oliver Twist", "Lawrence of Arabia"

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Time's up! The correct answer was David Lean

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MEDICINE

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Symbolized Ba, this element is put in your body, one way or another, to be seen on X-rays

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Time's up! The correct answer was barium

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CARTOONS

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On Saturday morning, this Disney hero attends Prometheus Academy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hercules

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DICTATORS & TYRANTS

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By murdering all his brothers around 1413, Mehmed I took power as the fifth ruler of this empire

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

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ANIMAL PLANET

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

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

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WHO'S THE MRS.?

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Mrs. Tim McGraw

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Time's up! The correct answer was Faith Hill

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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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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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DRESSING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kilt

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OSCAR-WINNING ROLES

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1952: Marshal Will Kane

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Cooper

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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was arms

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WORD"Z"

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Many French eateries include this word in their names; it means "at the home of"

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Time's up! The correct answer was chez

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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This adjective can mean extremely ornate or refer to the music from 1600 to 1750, including that of Vivaldi & Handel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baroque

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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In 1906 she succeeded her husband as professor of physics at the Sorbonne

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marie Curie

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OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s

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Linus Torvalds is the father of this operating system used on cell phones & supercomputers

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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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RHYMES WITH SMART

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A graphic representation of information

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Time's up! The correct answer was a chart

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TRUTH OR DARE

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Dare: She was born on Aug. 18, 1587, the first English child born in America

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Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia Dare

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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The tuliptree, or "yellow" this, was planted by Washington at Mt. Vernon, & Daniel Boone used its wood in his canoe

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Time's up! The correct answer was poplar

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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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THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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After the defeat at Yorktown, Gen. Charles O'Hara, acting for this man, gave his sword to the Americans

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cornwallis

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SKIRTING THE ISSUE

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Originally worn by highlanders in various tartans, these are also worn by women as skirts

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Time's up! The correct answer was kilts

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RHYME TIME

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A really big southpaw

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hefty lefty

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POUR ME A STIFF ONE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was vodka

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TOM WOLFE

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In a piece of stock car racing, Wolfe introduced to written English this 3-word phrase for a solid Southern male

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Time's up! The correct answer was a good old boy

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IT'S A DATE!

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

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

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"IBLE"S & BITS

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14-letter adjective for something that can't be wiped out

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Time's up! The correct answer was indestructible

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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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5-LETTER WORDS

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It can be an object from the past, or a personal item associated with a saint

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Time's up! The correct answer was relic

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THE CINEMA

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The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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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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THE CIRCUS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elephants

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"SIDE" EFFECTS

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Show that includes "Comedy Tonight", "Company" & "Send in the Clowns"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Side by Side

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BEING THOREAU

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Horace Greeley

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ITALIAN

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Literally "good day", it's the basic Italian hello

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Time's up! The correct answer was buon giorno

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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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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS

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This state insect of Vermont is just as sweet as its state tree the sugar maple

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Time's up! The correct answer was the honey bee

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MATH TERMS

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The term surd refers to irrational numbers like this number's square root, 1.7320508...

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Time's up! The correct answer was 3

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BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was in love

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PERFUME

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Late designer whose perfumes are sold by the numbers: No. 5. No. 19 & No. 22

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chanel

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Middle Earth

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BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Germany

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ORGANIZATIONS

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

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

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SAINTS

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During his reign St. Pius X revised this Latin version of the Bible

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Jerome's or the Vulgate

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"TEEN" SCENE

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Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage

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Time's up! The correct answer was 19th

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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

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From the Italian for "chatter", it's a person who claims knowledge or skill he doesn't have

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlatan

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TRANSLATION EXERCISES

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Swahili to German: The magic word "tafadhali"

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Time's up! The correct answer was bitte

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TRANSPORTATION

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There are no knife or spoon varieties of these vehicles used in warehouses to raise & carry merchandise

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Time's up! The correct answer was forklifts

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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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TRIALS OF THE CENTURY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruno Hauptmann

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BREAKING NEWS

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Senator Obama attended the 2006 groundbreaking for this man's memorial, 1/2 mile from Lincoln's

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Time's up! The correct answer was Martin Luther King

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"TU"

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Creature seen here in a non-candid photo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tuna

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SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Little

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DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY

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The perfume Quelques Fleurs, whose name means "some" these, supposedly has the fragrances of 313 of them

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Time's up! The correct answer was flowers

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RHYME TIME

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A pumpkin suffering from ennui

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bored gourd

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ODDS & ENDS

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The Time Almanac states "There is little reason to believe that the architects intended" this "to lean"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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3-LETTER WORDS

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Cows regurgitate this from the first stomach to the mouth & chew it again

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Time's up! The correct answer was the cud

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CONVENTIONS

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In the film "Chasing Amy", boy meets girl at a convention for artists & fans of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Comic books

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AN ARTHUR BEE

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His father was Uther Pendragon

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Time's up! The correct answer was King Arthur

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

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Born in NYC in 1894, he painted 317 covers for the Post over 47 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Norman Rockwell

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MR. MOVIES

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Of this 1939 film, the "New York Times" said "More fun even than the Senate itself!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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LUNCH COUNTER LINGO

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The name of this state is slang for maple syrup

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vermont

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VIETNAM

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It's not the capital, but this Vietnamese city is the most populous

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

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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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THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS

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"The best director is the one you don't see", observed this director of "Some Like It Hot"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Wilder

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PEOPLE

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Fatally, American groupie Nancy Spungen was this British punk rocker's girlfriend

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sid Vicious

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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These on your pizza may be fire-roasted, sun-dried, or just fresh sliced Romas

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Time's up! The correct answer was tomatoes

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MUSEUM HOPPING

Question

This British museum received its present name in 1899, though many refer to it as the V & A

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Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria & Albert

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GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Javier Bardem

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DICE ROLL NICKNAMES

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Ada from Decatur, or Square Pair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pair of 4's

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IT ENDS WITH "US"

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Bridges over this strait connect Asia to Europe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bosphorus

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"DREAM"Y SONGS

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1 of 2 "dream"y Top 20 songs recorded by Cass Elliott with The Mamas and The Papas

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Time's up! The correct answer was "California Dreamin'" & "Dream a Little Dream of Me"

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THE NEW CAR LOT

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This company's '99 Quest minivan & Mercury's '99 Villager -- same thing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nissan

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"S"-OTERICA

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Slang term for a left-handed boxer or fiddle player

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Time's up! The correct answer was southpaw

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SLIM VOLUMES

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You may want to enter this, a diet book & program by Barry Sears, who clarified with "Mastering" it

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Zone

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A THOMAS GUIDE

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In 1989 George H.W. Bush appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Clarence Thomas

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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS

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This resident of Argenteuil painted "The Regatta at Argenteuil", seen here:

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Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Monet

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VERBS

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Appropriate last name of Captain William of 18th century Virginia, who promoted vigilante justice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lynch

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NEW WEAPONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Hornet

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PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS

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The 2nd Prez to die in the White House, he was felled by acute indigestion (or was it poison?)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor

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VERMONTERS

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This leader of the Green Mountain Boys did not live to see Vermont become a state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ethan Allen

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HOW INSPIRATIONAL

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This saint of Assisi said, "Where there is hatred, let me sow love... where there is despair, hope"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Francis

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THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME

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The VI & last pope to have this name reigned from 1963 to 1978

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul

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RED SOX IT TO ME

Question

With 44 homers, 121 RBIs & a .326 average, Carl Yastrzemski is the last baseball player to win this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Triple Crown

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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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"S"-OTERICA

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Examples of this TV format include "Leave It to Beaver" & "The King of Queens"

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Time's up! The correct answer was sitcom

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ALL MY SONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Sinatra

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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"

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The university environment

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Time's up! The correct answer was academia

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"P.B."

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This Latin term used for some legal services means "for the good"

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Time's up! The correct answer was pro bono

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"TRI" HARDER

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The ironman category for this sport includes a 2.4 mile swim, a 112-mile bike race & a marathon run

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Time's up! The correct answer was Triathlon

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ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Remington

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MEDICINE

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For an upper GI you drink this; for a lower GI... well, we won't talk about that

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Time's up! The correct answer was barium

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RHYME TIME

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A really big southpaw

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hefty lefty

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YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!

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The dwarf variety of this cold-blooded killer is seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crocodile

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47

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You deserve a medal if you know that this element, symbol Ag, is No. 47 on the periodic table

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Time's up! The correct answer was silver

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PARTS OF THE WHOLE

Question

Reservoir, filter basket, carafe

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

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ORGANIZATIONS

Question

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Overeaters Anonymous

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CROSSWORD CLUES "R"

Question

Beam, beacon & frequency preceder (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was radar

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INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE

Question

Pear-shaped? Abso-lute-ly: NIL NOMAD

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Time's up! The correct answer was mandolin

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5-LETTER WORDS

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It can be an object from the past, or a personal item associated with a saint

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Time's up! The correct answer was relic

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BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!

Question

1999: "Get in my belly!" (Second in a series)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

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TOP 40 BONUS

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"California Girls"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Beach Boys & David Lee Roth

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SHAKESPEARE

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Part of Cassius' anatomy Brutus calls “itching” when accusing him of greed

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Time's up! The correct answer was palm

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ODDS & ENDS

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Odds are 1 in 3 that the American spud you're eating was grown in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Idaho

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BIRD HUNTING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a finch

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CROSSWORD CLUES "D"

Question

Scotch, & make it this (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was double

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ART

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The name of this type of paint that contains egg yolks almost sounds like a Japanese dish, but don't eat it

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Time's up! The correct answer was tempera

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THE ENGLISH TOP 100

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Title of the Beatles song that tells us "life is very short"--5 words: Nos. 27, 53, 87, 11, 43

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Time's up! The correct answer was "We Can Work It Out"

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston

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HISTORIC DATES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chernobyl

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IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?

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In 1975 the Perfumer's Workshop introduced a fragrance named for this flower

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tea rose

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ROCK OF STAGES

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Gonna be a big man someday & name this hit U.K. musical based on the music of Queen

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Time's up! The correct answer was We Will Rock You

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OSCAR NIGHT 2003

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Seen here, the Chub Chubs won the Oscar in this category

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Time's up! The correct answer was Animated Short

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PARDON MY "FRENCH"

Question

It was waged in North America from 1754 to 1763

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Time's up! The correct answer was French and Indian War

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TRAVEL

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You can buy samples of this fossilized resin at a museum devoted to it in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

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Time's up! The correct answer was amber

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TECHNOLOGY

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First built in 1960, it's also been called an optical maser

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Time's up! The correct answer was laser

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THE TEENS

Question

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 13

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STUPID ANSWERS

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It was invented in 1911 by Hans Geiger

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Geiger counter

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INTERIOR DESIGN

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China & India provide many of the "imports" in the name of this Texas-based home furnishings retailer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pier 1 Imports

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HIT TUNES

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"Iris", "Slide"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Goo Goo Dolls

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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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Time's up! The correct answer was x-ray

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FEMINISM

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The work of Laura X (no relation to Malcolm) led to March being designated this every year

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Time's up! The correct answer was Women's History Month

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POOR & FAMOUS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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BROADWAY

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Inspired by classical myths, "Metamorphosis" tells of Orpheus, Alcyone & this king with the "golden touch"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Midas

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PEANUTS

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

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

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NICE TO MEAT YOU

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USDA grades of this "other white meat" are 1, 2, 3, 4 & utility; mmm... utility this

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Time's up! The correct answer was pork

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RADIO DISNEY

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"Everybody Else" knows these huggable toys precede "On Fire" in the name of a Radio Disney top 30 band; do you?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Care Bears

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IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING

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This rock band sang, "We are the sultans of swing"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dire Straits

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PRESIDENTS IN IOWA

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He dedicated the Rathbun Dam July 31, 1971

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES

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In the same film, Mike Myers played Dr. Evil & this international man of mystery, baby

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Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers

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SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a neutron

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COLORFUL GROUPS

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Hard rockers "Burnin' For You": ____ ____ Cult

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blue Öyster

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INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY

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It's appropriate that the name of this double reed instrument with a low range comes from the Italian for "low"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a bassoon

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PRIME NUMBERS

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In the rhyme, it's the number of whacks Lizzie Borden gave her father

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Time's up! The correct answer was 41

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CINEMA OF "BLOOD"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bloodsport

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HARRISON FORD MOVIES

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"Replicants are like any other machine -- they're either a benefit or a hazard"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Blade Runner

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ON BROADWAY: 1970

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hal Linden

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THIS IS JEOPARDY!

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With a cash total of $172,800, he's Jeopardy!'s biggest winner ever

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Forrest

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HOW INSPIRATIONAL

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In 1903 Pope Pius X wrote, "Where justice is lacking there can be no hope of" this, pax in Latin

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Time's up! The correct answer was peace

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CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

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Eggplant entree, in Greece (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was musaka

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KNOTS TO YOU

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macrame

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PEOPLE IN HISTORY

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

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

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SPORTS

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Tennis serve that touches net before dropping into proper court, it's replayed

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Time's up! The correct answer was a let ball

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STORM

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Bogey & Bacall's final film together was this one that saw them waiting out a storm in Florida

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Time's up! The correct answer was Key Largo

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PEANUTS

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Charlie Brown's parents bought Snoopy at this puppy farm

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

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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Amsterdam

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THE 1960s

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The last #1 song of the ‘60s, it was Diana Ross’ last song with the Supremes

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Someday We’ll Be Together"

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A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE

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That wedding gown, that faded gown--I cannot get it, or poor Miss Havisham, out of my head

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Time's up! The correct answer was Great Expectations

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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The Einheriar were the dead warriors the Valkyries picked up & brought back to this hall where they were revived

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Time's up! The correct answer was Valhalla

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POP MUSIC

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In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia

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THAT'S SOME NERVE

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The radial nerve, which travels down the arm, controls movement of this large 3-headed muscle

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Time's up! The correct answer was the tricep

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CITY OF BIRTH

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Sidney Bechet

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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2 types of these which were especially popular during the Middle Ages were "Miracle" & "Morality"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Types of plays

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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The iris is a flower & the ibis is one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bird

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LITERATURE

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Even Grendel would love Seamus Heaney's new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic about this title geat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beowulf

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CHOPIN

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Every piece Chopin composed was for or included this instrument

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Time's up! The correct answer was Piano

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4-LETTER WORDS

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From the Welsh, it's a steep, rugged rock, or a rough, broken projecting part of a rock

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Time's up! The correct answer was a crag

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TOUGH STUFF

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elephant

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THE SECOND...

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...Sherlock Holmes novel published

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sign of Four

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EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....

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Cynically she wrote that this "Is not all; it is not meat nor drink nor slumber nor a roof against the rain"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Love

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10-LETTER WORDS

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Literally meaning "all powerful", it's often used to describe God

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Time's up! The correct answer was Omnipotent

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THE FORTUNE 500

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was GM

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CHECK OUT MY CRIB

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Chandeliers look great but nowadays don't usually use these items from which their name is derived

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Time's up! The correct answer was candles

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RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE

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Oct. 4, 2006 STOP This company's president & CEO Christina Gold rings opening bell STOP

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Time's up! The correct answer was Western Union

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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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BEFORE & AFTER

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

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

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TOM WOLFE

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Wolfe coined the term "radical" this in a story on a party for the Black Panthers thrown by Leonard Bernstein

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Time's up! The correct answer was chic

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COLORFUL GROUPS

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Leaders of a "Seven Nation Army": The ____ Stripes

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Time's up! The correct answer was White

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BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE

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The ballet "Bhakti" features 3 Hindu gods including this "destroyer", whose wife, Shakti, dances for him

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shiva

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DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY

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In 2004 "Mustang Sally" played on the P.A. as an 86-year-old factory of this company ended production

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford

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"COURT" BRIEFS

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A stenographer employed to transcribe an official verbatim record of legal proceedings

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Time's up! The correct answer was a court reporter

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"TEEN" SCENE

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Numerically speaking, read up on "Fun Stuff", "Fashion", "Health" & "Stars" at this magazine.com

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HAVE A WHISKEY

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In the 1880s Ontario-brewed Club whiskey got this new national name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canadian Club

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I READ THE NEWS TODAY

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This "Post" is one of Israel's largest English-language daily newspapers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerusalem

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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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PLANT LIFE

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If someone insists your spruce is really a fir, show him that these pointy items are square, not flat

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Time's up! The correct answer was needles

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THE REDS

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It's the world-famous "colorful" area seen here in the 1950s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red Square

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COMPOSERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chopin

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I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...

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It's about this guy who hires non-permanent secretarial help for his office

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest

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HAIRY

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Dudes, it's the "fishy" hairstyle worn by David Spade in "Joe Dirt"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the mullet

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ACTRESSES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Liz Taylor

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IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?

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In 1975 the Perfumer's Workshop introduced a fragrance named for this flower

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tea rose

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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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WESTERNS

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This singer's films include the westerns "Flaming Star", "Charro!" & "Love Me Tender"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley

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PARTS OF PEACH

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These parts of a peach tree are glossy green, pointed & lance shaped

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Time's up! The correct answer was leaves

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WHAT TO WEAR?

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Throw on an outfit from the "Marc by" this designer line

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marc Jacobs

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"PU"

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It's another name for the cougar or mountain lion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Puma

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VEGAS, BABY

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The bird Phoenicopterus ruber roseus, or a Las Vegas hotel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Flamingo

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CROSSWORD CLUES "B"

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A baby belch (4)

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Time's up! The correct answer was burp

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SOMETHIN' TO "C"

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Oscar & Felix were an "odd" one

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Time's up! The correct answer was Couple

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GEHRY

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Though he's lived for many years in the U.S., architect Frank Gehry was born in this Ontario city of 4.5 million

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Time's up! The correct answer was Toronto

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FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS

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Artist whose masterpiece is seen here: ("Night Cafe")

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

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SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE

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In Park County, 30 miles northwest of Pike's Peak

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado

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PLANT LIFE

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Club, reindeer & Spanish are called this but botanically are not true this

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Time's up! The correct answer was moss

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THE CINEMA

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The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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NICKNAMES

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"The Father of Pennsylvania"

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn

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THE BIBLE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manna

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CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ontario

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ANIMAL TERMS

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Teens who frequent shopping centers are called these, the title of a Kevin Smith film

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Time's up! The correct answer was mall rats

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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If you can't stand the heat, there's always this raw dish that includes onions, capers, egg yolks & beef tenderloin

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Time's up! The correct answer was steak tartare

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SOMETHIN' TO "C"

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In 41 A.D. Cassius Chaerea & company assassinated this Roman emperor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Caligula

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COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"

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This nation has been ruled by the Grimaldi royal family since the 14th century

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monaco

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IT'S A "SIN"

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As well as discovering a famous gap in Saturn's rings, he also discovered 4 of Saturn's moons

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cassini

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SPORTS

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This Florida-born women's great who retired in 1989 wrote the World Book Encyclopedia article on tennis

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chris Evert

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WHO'S THE BOSS

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Miss Jane Hathaway reluctantly schemed with this miserly banker

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Time's up! The correct answer was Milburn Drysdale

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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS

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Leg hair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Raleigh

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TWO

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In suds: Eberhard Anheuser &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adolphus Busch

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I KNOW THAT SONG

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"Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead!" is a song from this famous movie

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

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CHAD IS RAD

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The capital & largest city

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Time's up! The correct answer was N'Djamena

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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This Lake Erie port in Northwest Ohio was once called "the Glass Capital of the World"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Toledo

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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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ENDLESS SUMER

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The Sumerian kingdom ended when this enemy king famous for his code conquered the city of Larsa

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hammurabi

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EDUCATION JARGON

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These 2 words, denoting socioeconomically challenged, followed "A Nation" in a 1983 report's title

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Time's up! The correct answer was At Risk

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3-NAMED AUTHORS

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She wrote "Jo's Boys" in 1886, a second sequel to her 1860s novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisa May Alcott

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LITERARY ANIMALS

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

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

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PROVERBS

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"You can't make a silk purse" out of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sow's ear

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"CAL" STATE

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For this lotion mentioned in a Coasters song, think pink

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Time's up! The correct answer was Calamine lotion

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THINGS ON NFL HELMETS

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A soldier with a blue 3-cornered hat & red streaks

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Time's up! The correct answer was the New England Patriots

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THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD

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He directed a landmark Chinese production of his play "Death of a Salesman" at the People's Art Theatre in Beijing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller

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FOOD FACTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a stew

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TOP 40 BONUS

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"Soul Man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Blues Brothers & Sam & Dave

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SOCIOLOGY

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10,000 years ago all societies were these, named from the way they collected animals, fruit, etc. for food

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Time's up! The correct answer was hunter-gatherers

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SPORTS

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In 1992 Viktor Petrenko won the world championship in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was ice skating

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STATE OF THE UNION

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This union state's 6th regiment was nicknamed the Minutemen; its 20th was the Harvard regiment

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Time's up! The correct answer was Massachusetts

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PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY

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This philosophical movement holds that the truth value of a proposition lies in its practicality

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Time's up! The correct answer was pragmatism

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THE GODFATHER

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After the death of his mother, this future poet was taken in by his godfather John Allan in 1811

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poe

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WORD ORIGINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crystal

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ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE

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Lions don't like to attack ostriches because the big birds do this & can even kill the king of beasts this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was kick

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RHYME TIME FOOD & DRINK

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A malt beverage like O'Doul's with little or no alcohol

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Time's up! The correct answer was near beer

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ON THE "WAR"PATH

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The 14th Chief Justice of the United States

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Time's up! The correct answer was Earl Warren

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THE 50 STATES

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Cape Prince of Wales on the Seward Peninsula is this state's westernmost mainland point

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EMBRACEABLE "U"

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It's bordered by Kenya to the east & Sudan to the north

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uganda

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CAPITOL THINKERS

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This man from Mass. is the ranking Democrat of the Senate's Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Kennedy

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BOOKS & AUTHORS

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

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

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TV MINISERIES

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Robert Duvall sat tall in the saddle as Augustus McCrae in this 1989 4-part western

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lonesome Dove

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BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS

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Zechariah, father of this forerunner of Christ, lost his voice for doubting God's word

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Time's up! The correct answer was John the Baptist

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"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY

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Open an account at one of these banks that exist for the conservation of seeds, tissues or reproductive cells

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Time's up! The correct answer was a gene bank

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FEMALE ATHLETES

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This basketball star whose name rhymes with hoops named her son Jordan, after Michael Jordan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sheryl Swoopes

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COMPUTER TERMS

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It can mean any computer used by an individual, or an IBM-type machine as opposed to a Mac

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

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THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD

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A Dutch TV reality show picked the muscular "swinger" for the European run of this Disney musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tarzan

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ROCK FORMATIONS

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Kurt Cobain & Krist Novoselic met through Buzz Osborne, leader of the Melvins, & found freedom as this group in 1987

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nirvana

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WHAT A CHARACTER!

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gomez

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SRO

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A song in this Disney musical asks, "How long must this go on?" ---4 years & counting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Beauty And The Beast

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EXPLORERS

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In 1848 Johannes Rebmann became the first European to see & describe "the snows" of this African mountain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kilimanjaro

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READING

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From the Greek for "bad word", this disorder is marked by difficulty in recognizing written language

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Time's up! The correct answer was dyslexia

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COMPOSERS

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There’s nothing fishy about his “Trout” quintet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Schubert

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HISTORY

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In 1000 Rajaraja I of the Cholas battled to take this Indian Ocean island now known for its tea

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ceylon

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WYOMING

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Wyoming shares the Black Hills National Forest with this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was South Dakota

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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

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August 9, 1995 in Forest Knolls, California

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Garcia

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THE "X" FILES

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High-energy radiation used to take a picture of your insides

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

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"D" IN HISTORY

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This long-range radar "line" was established in 1957 to warn the U.S. & Canada of air attack from over the North Pole

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Time's up! The correct answer was DEWLine

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POETS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was ElizabethBrowning

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FOOD

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was croutons

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PARDON MY "FRENCH"

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They're formed by folding back & fastening a wide band at the end of a sleeve

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Time's up! The correct answer was French cuffs

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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES

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Roy E., the son of its co-founder, died in December 2009

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Time's up! The correct answer was Disney

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CARTOONS

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Sylvester believes Hippety Hopper, a baby one of these, to be a gigantic mouse

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kangaroo

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LOST

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Performed annually in North Carolina, "The Lost Colony" is an outdoor drama about this lost colony

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roanoke Island

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TRADING SPACES

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You must take tea before bargaining for a rug at Istanbul's "Grand" one of these trading spaces

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Time's up! The correct answer was bazaar

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“SAINTS”

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“St. Elsewhere” is the nickname for this TV hospital

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

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TAKE OUT

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A lobectomy removes one of the 5 lobes of the lungs; a lobotomy takes out part of this organ

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Time's up! The correct answer was the brain

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BABY BOOMER MEMORIES

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In a heartbreaking scene, Travis has to kill his beloved dog in this 1957 film based on a Fred Gipson book

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Time's up! The correct answer was Old Yeller

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RHYME TIME

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A humorous Scandinavian dwarf of folklore

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Time's up! The correct answer was Droll troll

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SHIPS

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In 1717 this pirate captured La Concorde & renamed it Queen Anne's Revenge; a year later it ran aground off N.C.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Teach

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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES

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Its original purpose was to insure people on journeys

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Time's up! The correct answer was Travelers

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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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VEGAS, BABY

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The European playground seen here, or a Las Vegas hotel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monte Carlo

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MUSICAL THEATER

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In Act II of this musical, an election victory is announced "on the balcony of the Casa Rosada"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Evita

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NAME THE WORK

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Melville: "Captain Vere was an exceptional character"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Budd

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STATE CAPITALS

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No beans about it, this capital is the largest city in New England

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston

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TRIALS OF THE CENTURY

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After their convictions, this pair became the first civilians put to death for espionage in the U.S.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

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DIED ON THE SAME DAY

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C.S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley's deaths on Nov. 22, 1963 were overshadowed by this man's death in Dallas

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Kennedy

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"EVE"NING

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It's the "A" in JA, the youth organization begun in 1919 to teach young people about American business

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Time's up! The correct answer was Achievement

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NAME THE DECADE

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The first controlled nuclear chain reaction

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1940s

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SORORITY WOMEN

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This Kappa Delta artist settled in New Mexico in 1949 because of the earth colors, the ochres & the reds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia O'Keeffe

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A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Lauren

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4-LETTER FRIENDS

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The first name of actress Sheedy, pronounced differently

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Time's up! The correct answer was ally

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MAYORS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nagin

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CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS

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Among the babes in "Babes in Toyland" are Ann Jillian as Bo Peep & this Mouseketeer as Mary Contrary

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Time's up! The correct answer was Annette Funicello

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THINGS ON NFL HELMETS

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A blue star with a white outline

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Dallas Cowboys

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NURSERY RHYMES

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Did you ever see such a thing in your life? The farmer's wife cut off their tails "with a carving knife"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Three Blind Mice

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CROSSWORD CLUES "B"

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A throng, often "of beauties" (4)

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Time's up! The correct answer was bevy

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SODA POP QUIZ

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It was originally called bib-label lithiated lemon-lime soda

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Time's up! The correct answer was 7-UP

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THE 1980s

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

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

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BALLET

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A new ballet about this puppet who yearns to be a boy had it's U.S. premiere in Atlanta in 2000

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pinocchio

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ASIAN CAPITALS

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Inhabitants of this Armenian capital can see Mount Ararat, which is 35 miles to the south in Turkey

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yerevan

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WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS

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1952: A famous seamstress & flagmaker

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Time's up! The correct answer was Betsy Ross

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GREAT DAMES

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In 1952, she sprang her "Mousetrap"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Agatha Christie

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ANIMATED FILMS

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Pop star Tiffany provided the voice of Judy for this film about a space-age family

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Jetsons

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Y-R

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In October 2002 he made another supersonic flight, 55 years after his first

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Yeager

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FRANCE

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

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

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GOING DUTCH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle

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"PER"CUSSION

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A type of fish, or to sit on an elevated platform

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Time's up! The correct answer was perch

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THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM

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1881: Charles Guiteau

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Garfield

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'ALLO, GOVERNOR!

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Henry S. Thibodaux, P.B.S. Pinchback

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana

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LOBBYISTS

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After his forced resignation from the Senate in 1995, he took an interest in lumber & other natural resources

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Packwood

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THOSE WACKY GERMANS

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A rathaus isn't as bad as it sounds: it's this "hall" where the mayor might work

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Time's up! The correct answer was City hall

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SRO

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3-letter word that's the title of Yasmina Reza's hit play about an all-white painting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Art

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THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER

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The Times found audience participation having a heyday in shows like "The 25th Annual Putnam County" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spelling Bee

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CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS

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This 1961 film was the first to feature a magical substance called Flubber

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Absent-Minded Professor

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CHANTED

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The Kol Nidre prayer is chanted by the cantor on the eve of this Jewish day of atonement

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yom Kippur

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MUSIC/TELEVISION

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Hey, now! Elvis Costello sold Hank Kingsley a lemon of a sports car on this HBO comedy

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Larry Sanders Show

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IN THE TREASURY DEPT.

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It's the bureau for booze, butts & bazookas

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Time's up! The correct answer was the ATF

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THE BIG BANGLADESH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan

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WORD ORIGINS

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A Middle Eastern chieftain, this 4-letter term is from the Arabic for "commander"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Emir

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THE "BUTLER" DID IT

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A former Dodger outfielder & TV's "Grace Under Fire" both go by this name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brett Butler

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THE HUMAN BODY

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It's the tube that connects your nose & mouth with your larynx & esophagus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pharynx

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TV STARS

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Inspired by Sydney, her character on "Alias", this actress enjoys kickboxing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer Garner

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STARTS WITH "W"

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It found no evidence of a conspiracy involving Oswald & Ruby

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