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Time's up! The correct answer was the Warren Commission

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BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES

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"God say, 'You can do what you want Abe, but the next time you see me comin' you better run'"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Highway 61 Revisited"

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ADVERTISING SLOGANS

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"When you care enough to send the very best", send one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hallmark Card

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FOREIGN TRAVEL

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On entering the U.K., if you have anything to declare (besides "They talk funny here"), see one of these officers

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Time's up! The correct answer was customs

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HISTORY IN MOVIES

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In this famous film Scarlett O'Hara doesn't let the South losing the Civil War slow her down

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

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FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was smirk

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EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...

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The city of Yuma in this state has a record average of 4,055 hours of sunshine each year

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arizona

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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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SOCIOLOGY

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The sum of the customs & beliefs that distinguish one group from another; the hippies formed a "counter" one

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Time's up! The correct answer was a culture

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"EVER"S

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This 1965 movie begins with the birth of Jesus

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

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THEIR ALMA MATERS

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Radio's Garrison Keillor

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Time's up! The correct answer was The University of Minnesota

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A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS

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We don't see what was so good about this 2-word term for the worldwide 1930s economic disaster

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

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THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was King

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COME, HO CHI MINH

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Ho Chi Minh's real family name wasn't Ho, it was this, like many other Vietnamese

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nguyen

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ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE

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(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE): Street in the title of the following: (audio clue - instrumental)

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Time's up! The correct answer was "42nd Street"

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IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY

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In 1896 George Carmack, Skookum Jim & Tagish Charlie found gold in this territory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yukon Territory

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COMPOSERS

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Composers known as “the 3 B’s”

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bach, Beethoven & Brahms

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WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT

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In November 1988 she was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head a modern Islamic nation

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bhutto

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IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?

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This slang synonym for oil is mentioned in the theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas tea

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THE REEL STORY

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This singer starred in "Waiting to Exhale" & "The Bodyguard"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Whitney Houston

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B.C. & AFTER

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

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

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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This state's largest county, San Bernardino, was divided in 1893 to form Riverside county

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Time's up! The correct answer was California

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COME TO OUR AIDE

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

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

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BACK IN 1906

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The 1906 murder of Grace Brown in New York State inspired Theodore Dreiser to write this novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was An American Tragedy

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"NIGHT"

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"Timely" 5-word nickname that describes Scandinavia north of the Arctic Circle

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

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CELEB STUFF

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People Magazine called his 1997 solo album "Destination Anywhere", "Tres Bon"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jon Bon Jovi

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HISTORIC QUOTES

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In 1862 Otto von Bismarck said that the questions of the day would be settled by this "and blood"

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Time's up! The correct answer was iron

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BON APPE-"T"

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A yellow cheddar from Oregon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tillamook

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HISTORIC NAMES

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In 1961 scared villagers thought he was a downed U2 pilot until he removed his helmet & spoke Russian to them

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yuri Gagarin

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THE "A"s

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Some scientists believe the dinosaurs died out when one of these interstellar objects struck the Earth

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Time's up! The correct answer was an asteroid

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FAMOUS JACQUES

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His 1959 film "The Golden Fish" won him an Oscar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau

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THE BIG APPLE

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A mast to moor dirigibles was added to this skyscraper, but only one ever moored successfully

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Time's up! The correct answer was Empire State Building

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FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'

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This Fox-TV cartoon boy: "Just so you don't hear any wild rumors, I'm being indicted for fraud in Australia"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bart Simpson

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ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER

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This actor is in costume from his film "The Wild One"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marlon Brando

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"IRA"

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The lady was quite overcome by this moisture exuded by the muscular estate gardener

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Time's up! The correct answer was perspiration

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FILM FACTS

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

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

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TRAIN STATIONS

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St. Petersburg's Finland Station is famous as the site of this leader's return to Russia in 1917

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lenin

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"YN"

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A skeptic, or one of a Greek sect who espoused that virtue is the only good

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cynic

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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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THEIR ALMA MATERS

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JFK (John Forbes Kerry)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yale

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"EVE"NING

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In a hit song by the Monkees, "Then I saw her face, now I'm" one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a believer

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WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?

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Snow, Mother or Canada

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Time's up! The correct answer was a goose

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THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was FM

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ORGANIZED LABOR

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This union withdrew from the AFL-CIO in 168 under Walter Reuther, but rejoined in 1981

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Time's up! The correct answer was the United Autoworkers Union

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"A" PLUS

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From Greek words meaning "to watch from both sides", it's a large open arena for public entertainments

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Time's up! The correct answer was amphitheatre

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LITERARY EPITAPHS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Francis Macomber

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FICTION

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This 1937 mystery was written at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Death on the Nile"

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FRANCES FARMER

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She earned an Oscar nomination for playing Frances

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jessica Lange

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LITERARY OPENINGS

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"It was a pleasure to burn."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Fahrenheit 451"

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HISTORIC AMERICANS

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In 1973 he resigned as governor of New York to found the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Rockefeller

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NOTABLE NONHUMANS

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In 1964 he lifted his beagles Him & Her by the ears on the White House lawn, provoking protest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lyndon Johnson

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MOVIE TRIVIA

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Turned down to be an "Our Gang" member, she became top box office star of 1935

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Temple

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CAESAR

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The chief figure in 2 books by Robert Graves, this emperor may have been poisoned by his fourth wife

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Time's up! The correct answer was Claudius

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"X", "Y", "Z"

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This Saint Francis was the "Apostle of the Indies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Xavier

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SCULPTURE

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Bartolommeo Ammannati designed this city's Fountain of Neptune & the courtyard of the Pitti Palace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Florence

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"DEEP" DISH

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Oprah's first selection for her book club, in 1996, was this book by Jacquelyn Mitchard about a kidnapping

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Deep End of the Ocean

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"TEEN" SCENE

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A holder for liquid, or a military base's general store

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Time's up! The correct answer was a canteen

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TAKE A GUESS

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2 of the 4 actors who earned 1974 Oscar nominations for "The Godfather Part II"; one of them won

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Michael V. Gazzo, & Lee Strasberg

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POTPOURRI

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Politicians often complain about having to make appearances on this "unappetizing poultry" circuit

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Time's up! The correct answer was the "rubber chicken" circuit

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POTPOURRI

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It's a synonym for a lie as well as the type of tale told by Aesop

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fable

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FLOWER

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Bergamot is also called the "balm" of these creatures to which it's highly attractive

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Time's up! The correct answer was bees

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THE BODY HUMAN

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These corpuscles are named for their shape rather than for their color

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Time's up! The correct answer was Platelets

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19th CENTURY AMERICA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson

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MOVIE MUSIC

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5-letter word for a group that sings exalting music, like the Bulgarian women's one heard in "Brother Bear"

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Time's up! The correct answer was choir

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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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WRITERS CUBED

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19th century minister of the Second Church of Boston, known for essays like "Self-Reliance"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Waldo Emerson

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KIDDIE LIT

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This Anna Sewell book may have inspired "Moorland Mousie", which was also narrated by a horse

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Time's up! The correct answer was Black Beauty

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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Characters in this musical include Mei Li, Linda Low & Sammy Fong

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Flower Drum Song"

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TELEVISION

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In 1999 an ABC sitcom dropped "a Pizza Place" from its name, which changed to this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Two Guys and a Girl

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OCCUPATIONS

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Someone employed in rousting game so it can be shot; he doesn't necessarily go "around the bush"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a beater

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1957

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On October 4 Russia launched this first satellite into space

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sputnik

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THEY'RE ON CABLE

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

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

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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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This left-handed honey socked it to 'em on "Laugh-In" in the 1960s & as Private Benjamin in the 1980s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Goldie Hawn

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"KEY"s

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From 1833 to 1841 he served as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Francis Scott Key

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THE 19th CENTURY

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On sale May 1, 1840, the first postage stamp with adhesive on the back had this person on the front

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Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Victoria

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JUST PLANE GEOMETRY

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A straight angle has this many degrees

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Time's up! The correct answer was 180

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SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS

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The word "fashionable" came into vogue with Ulysses' speech to Achilles in this play

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

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MYSPACE.MAN

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He became a licensed pilot on his 16th birthday long before his one small step on the Sea on Tranquility

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Time's up! The correct answer was Armstrong

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SCOTLAND

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Presbyterian

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BRASS

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We shall return to this man who graduated from West Point in 1903 with the highest honors in his class

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Time's up! The correct answer was Doug MacArthur

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HOUSES OF WORSHIP

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The seat of New York's Roman Catholic Archdiocese, it's a great example of Gothic Revival architecture

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Patrick's Cathedral

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MASTER OF PUPPETS

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This evil puppet master from "Pinocchio" shared his name with a volcanic island near Sicily

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stromboli

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POETRY

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This poet to whom T.S. Eliot dedicated "The Wasteland" ended up in a mental institution

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ezra Pound

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THAT'S NO LADY...

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Before he was a Yippie leader & one of the "Chicago Seven", he was a pharmaceuticals salesman

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Time's up! The correct answer was Abbie Hoffman

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UP IN THE AIR

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From 30 to 50 miles up is this intermediate section of the atmosphere; it gets its name from the Greek for "middle"

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Time's up! The correct answer was mesosphere

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EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY

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Lucius Apuleius wrote it

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

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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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ISRAEL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was diamonds

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NOVELISTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Conrad

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WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

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This state's outer banks create Pamlico Sound, the largest lagoon on the East Coast of the United States

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina

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GUINNESS RECORDS

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

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

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FARAWAY PLACES

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To get from Africa to Arabia, you cross (or part) this sea that has a colorful name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red Sea

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...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!

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Ex-welterweight champ Carlos, or a golden-coated, silver-maned horse

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Time's up! The correct answer was a palomino

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TV THEME LYRICS

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"Believe it or not, I'm walking on air, never thought I could feel so free"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greatest American Hero

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CELEBRITY RHYME TIME

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Aykroyd's blueprints

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dan's plans

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BOOK NAMES

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Theodore Dreiser: "Sister ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carrie

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TECHNOLOGY

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The Raspberry Pi costs this many dollars.

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Time's up! The correct answer was 35

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POLITICS

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Baby book author who ran for president in '68

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

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ROUGH POLITICS

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In March 1974, 7 ex-Nixon officials were arrested for conspiracy, including this former Chief of Staff

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Time's up! The correct answer was Haldeman

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AMERICAN COUNTIES

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This state's Norfolk County disappeared in 1963 when it became part of the city of Chesapeake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia

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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

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

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

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THE LAND

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This country is "The Land of the Shamrock"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland

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RADIO PERSONALITIES

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Tavis Smiley launched this network's first national show to originate from Los Angeles

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Time's up! The correct answer was NPR

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WORLD CAPITALS

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Construction of this planned Asian capital began in 1912; the government was moved there in 1931

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Delhi, India

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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

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

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CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS

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Africa's oldest democracy, this nation headed by Pres. Ian Khama is mainly made up of the Tswana people

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Time's up! The correct answer was Botswana

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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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THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY

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Rome, Brussels, Lisbon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brussels

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1957

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As the Teamsters' vice president, he was indicted for bribery, conspiracy & obstruction of justice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Hoffa

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CONVENTIONS

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The Annapolis Convention of 1786 did nothing but suggest holding this convention in Philadelphia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Constitutional Convention

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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The Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour is a highlight of this Asian city's Disneyland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tokyo

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BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES

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James I

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stuart

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DRIVING

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In September 2000, Congress held hearings on this company's product found on Fords

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Time's up! The correct answer was Firestone

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FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS

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Puritan, Peter Pan, choir-boy

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Time's up! The correct answer was collars

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OSCARS OF THE '70s

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No relation to the Lakers' center, she's the youngest ever to win a Supporting Actress Oscar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tatum O'Neal

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LOST IN SPACE

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Piers Sellers lost a tool in space while spreading putty into this Space Shuttle named for Capt. Cook's ship

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Time's up! The correct answer was Discovery

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FUNDRAISING

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In fundraising DM stands for this mail, which aims to scare up new donors

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Time's up! The correct answer was direct mail

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"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES

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The 2 James Bond films that have "Never" in the title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Never Say Never Again & Tomorrow Never Dies

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YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"

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Eastern European capital city of more than 2.2 million

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bucharest

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DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS

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1976: Ohio senator

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn

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ARE WE THERE YET?

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A theme park in Brainerd, Minnesota welcomes you with a 26-foot-tall statue of this lumberjack

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Bunyan

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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For 15 years, 1946-1961, this show set in Indian Territory was Broadway's longest-running musical

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

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

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The music of this Tchaikovsky "Suite" comes from his 1892 ballet, popular at Christmas

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

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PHYSICS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the atmosphere

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IT'S A "SIN"

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taliesin

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THE TITANIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was masts

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MY NAME IS EARL WARREN

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In Reynolds v. Sims I said that representation in legislatures must be based mostly on population: one man, one this

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Time's up! The correct answer was vote

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CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS

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Chim-Chim Cheree! This film featuring chimney sweeps swept up 13 Oscar nominations

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Poppins

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I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was mayonnaise

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SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS

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This title dog's real first name is Scoobert

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

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"SUPER"

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In this 1986 video game, Luigi & his sibling are trying to rescue Princess Toadstool

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Time's up! The correct answer was Super Mario Brothers

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BARD BITS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brutus

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WHAT A GEM!

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Mexico is known for its water & fire varieties of this gem

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Time's up! The correct answer was opal

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MORTAL MATTERS

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In NYC June 14, 1999 it was "Dead Man Riding", as it took hours to notice a passenger on one of these wasn't just sleeping

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Time's up! The correct answer was Subway

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PEOPLE IN HISTORY

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In 1801 this onetime VP compiled "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice" still used in the U.S. Senate

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson

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KOREA

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The name of this martial art resembling karate is Korean for "art of kicking and punching"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taekwondo

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U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES

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"Red Fox" & "The Scribe of the Revolution"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson

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IT'S A COUP D'ETAT

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After his murder, the conspirators did not gain control, as power was passed on to the Second Triumvirate

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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To scientists, it's force times distance; to Twain, it's "whatever a body is obliged to do"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Work

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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

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Under the 5th Amendment, 1 of the 3 things that no person shall be deprived of "without due process of law"

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Time's up! The correct answer was life

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

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The 2 parts of St. John's college are connected by a copy of this Venetian bridge

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bridge of Sighs

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IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD

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

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

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BIG BANDS

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As famous for his marriages as his music; once wed Ava Gardner & Lana Turner

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Time's up! The correct answer was Artie Shaw

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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

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In one Grimm tale, 12 princesses dance these to pieces in an underground castle

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Time's up! The correct answer was their shoes

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BESTSELLERS

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This author's Dr. Kay Scarpetta returned to the scene of the crime with "Trace"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Patricia Cornwell

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FDR

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While attending this school, FDR was editor of its newspaper, The Crimson

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard

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HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC

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The Mayo Clinic was started in Rochester in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota

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MANIAS

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One suffering from bruxomania unconsciously gnashes these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Teeth

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LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Subcutaneous

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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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JUBAL EARLY

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After moving back to the U.S. from Canada in 1869, Early, rebel that he was, wore only this color

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Time's up! The correct answer was gray

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ROCK OF STAGES

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In Tom Stoppard's "Rock 'n' Roll", Syd Barrett is a character & the music of this band of his is heard

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pink Floyd

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GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

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The Coriolis effect is caused by the Earth's rotation; this is a Shakespeare play about Caius Marcius

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coriolanus

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YOU DO THE MATH

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The number of items in a dozen times the number of months in a year

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Time's up! The correct answer was 144

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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A New England boiled dinner is traditionally made with this cured deli meat

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Time's up! The correct answer was corned beef

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YOU BEAST!

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The bulls of these African animals can weigh up to 6 tons

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Time's up! The correct answer was an elephant

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was your horse

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COME "IN"

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Be it a stick or cone, strawberry & sandalwood are popular fragrances of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was incense

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POLITICS & SHOW BIZ

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Film mogul Jack Warner supposedly said, "No. Jimmy Stewart for president." this man "for best friend"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Reagan

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THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY

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It follows "Poems are made by fools like me..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "But only God can make a tree"

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ART & ARTISTS

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His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Auguste Rodin

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NETWORK

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"The Puzzle Place", "This Old House", "Frontline"

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Time's up! The correct answer was PBS

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MS.

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was marathon

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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

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Coined in the '70s, the term "Ebonics" comes from these 2 words

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Time's up! The correct answer was ebony & phonics

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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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SHIPS

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The flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry was named for this captain who said, "Don't give up the ship"

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Lawrence

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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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SCIENCE

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This German-born American physicist won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics

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Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein

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SCIENTISTS

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

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

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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Found in Southeast Asia, they're the smallest apes

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Time's up! The correct answer was gibbons

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IRAQNOPHOBIA

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During the Gulf War, foreign journalists used this city's Al-Rashid Hotel as their base of operations

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baghdad

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3-LETTER WORDS

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In geologic time one of these, shorter than an eon, is divided into periods & subdivided into epochs

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Time's up! The correct answer was era

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THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE

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Millions of HSX shares of this scary movie "project" were traded a full year before it was released

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Blair Witch Project

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BRITISH POETS & POETRY

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Written in 1811, this lord's poem "Farewell To Malta" begins, "Adieu, ye joys of La Valette!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lord Byron

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS

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"Der Sturm"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest

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"HIGH" SCHOOL

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Acolytes, a subdeacon & a choir take part in this Catholic service

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Time's up! The correct answer was high mass

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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This "American Idol" judge told one contestant, "you sounded like Cher after she's been to the dentist"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Cowell

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CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS

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If you order "mountain chicken" in Dominica, you won't get chicken but one of these amphibians

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Time's up! The correct answer was Frogs

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5-LETTER CAPITALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo

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I'M "L__X"

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It's a shorter way of saying Los Angeles International Airport

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Time's up! The correct answer was LAX

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CARDS & DICE

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It's a form of Authors for kids; playing it you may ask another player, "Do you have any twos?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Go Fish

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MOUNTAINS

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To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Everest

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was culottes

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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In 1301 Edward II was the first English heir to be given this title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prince of Wales

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EDGAR AWARD WINNERS

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"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" got him the Edgar

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Time's up! The correct answer was John le Carré

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WORLD COINS

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In 1999 it issued its 1-oz. silver kookaburra coin with honor marks reproducing several U.S. state quarters

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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia

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THE ONION

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From an issue in 2056: This island & commonwealth ceded to the U.S. in 1898... "Should it become our 63rd state?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Puerto Rico

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TELEVISION

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In 1999 an ABC sitcom dropped "a Pizza Place" from its name, which changed to this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Two Guys and a Girl

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Y1K

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Finished around 1000 A.D., "The Pillow Book" of Sei Shonagon is one of this country's literary masterpieces

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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Simon said "Simply dreadful... appalling" on this show that debuted on Fox in June '02

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Time's up! The correct answer was American Idol

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BIOLOGY

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Renin, an enzyme that breaks down protein, is secreted by cells in this organ

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Time's up! The correct answer was the kidney

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FIRSTS

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The Scott brothers sold rolls of this in 1890; 2-ply came later

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Time's up! The correct answer was toilet paper

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MOVIE MUSIC

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Caetano Veloso & Mr. Loco are among artists on the soundtrack of this Jack Black wrestling movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nacho Libre

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NUMBERS

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Of the 12 spies sent, only Caleb & this future leader believed the Israelites could take Canaan

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joshua

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RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS

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Sergey Korolyov was instrumental in the success of this first artificial satellite of the Earth

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sputnik

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BACKWORDS

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You'd be naive to think you can make bottled water that's more popular than this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Evian

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DRAMA

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A brother & sister argue over the fate of a piano in this Pulitzer-winning play by August Wilson

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Piano Lesson

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Albuquerque, New Mexico lies on this 1885-mile long river

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Rio Grande

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ASSASSINS

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In 1994, 31 years after the crime, Byron de la Beckwith was convicted of murdering this Civil Rights leader

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Time's up! The correct answer was Medgar Evers

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LOVE QUOTES

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Samuel Butler rhymed, "Love is a boy by poets styled; then spare the rod and" do this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spoil the child

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EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Golden retriever

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ACTORS' RHYME TIME

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Torn's witticisms

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rip's quips

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EXPLORERS

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On July 4, 1803 Thomas Jefferson supplied this pair with a general letter of credit to use on their trip

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

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WYOMING

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The source of this main tributary of the Columbia River is located in Yellowstone National Park

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

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BULL

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In 1996 Standing Rock College of Fort Yates, N.D., a Native American school, changed its name to this for a Sioux chief

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sitting Bull

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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September 2006 brought news of a "Unity Deal" between Hamas & this other 5-letter Palestinian group

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fatah

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AMERICAN NICKNAMES

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The "Plant Magician" was Luther Burbank; this man was the "Plant Doctor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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Man-made metal 1st positively identified in 1958 & named for a Swedish inventor; it has no known use

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nobelium

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4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW

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If you're vertical but supported by your palms, you're doing one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was a handstand

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NURSERY RHYMES

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Peter, Peter was an eater of this; he kept his wife in its shell

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Time's up! The correct answer was pumpkin

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I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW

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In 9 minutes, Sonya Thomas dined on 11 pounds of this cheesy dessert from a Brooklyn restaurant

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Time's up! The correct answer was cheesecake

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STATE OF THE UNION

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"Where The Columbines Grow" is its official state song

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Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Enamel

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NATURE

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Sausage trees, found in Africa, are pollinated by these flying mammals

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Time's up! The correct answer was bats

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NATIONAL SPELLING BEE

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

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

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"AI"

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This often blended rum & juice cocktail is named for a Cuban town

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Time's up! The correct answer was daiquiri

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COUNTY SEATS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Laredo

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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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ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES

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Prime Minister Tony Blair dubbed her "The People's Princess"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Princess Diana

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LYRICS FROM MUSICALS

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"Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. Lucky are we to be having him"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Damn Yankees

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EDS

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In order to marry a twice-divorced American woman, King Edward VIII of this country abdicated the throne in 1936

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Time's up! The correct answer was England

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ROCK WITH YOU

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This Jackson 5 (& later Mariah Carey) hit begins, "You & I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "I'll Be There"

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MYSPACE.MAN

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Freedom 7's pilot in 1961, he also commanded Apollo 14, the 1st mission to land on the Moon & not on the lunar seas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shepard

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PEOPLE

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This wrestler nicknamed his daughter born in August 2001 Pebbles

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Rock

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TV THEME LYRICS

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"Believe it or not, I'm walking on air, never thought I could feel so free"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greatest American Hero

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"X"s & "O"s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was organza

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TOM JONES

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Tom hails from Pontypridd in this British Isles country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wales

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"TABLE"S

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To reverse the situation & gain the upper hand

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Time's up! The correct answer was Turn the Tables

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KIDS IN BOOKS

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"The Sword in the Stone" is a book about a kid who grows up to be this king

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Time's up! The correct answer was King Arthur

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COME, HO CHI MINH

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Ho Chi Minh helped start Vietnam's Communist Party & in the 1920s helped start this Eur. country's Communist Party

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Time's up! The correct answer was France

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X MARKS THE SPOT

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The harbor of this Nova Scotia capital is one of the largest in the world

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Time's up! The correct answer was Halifax

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THE 50 STATES

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2 of the 4 states officially called commonwealths

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia

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DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG

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1968: Marvin Gaye gets the news through third parties that his girlfriend will be leaving him

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Heard It Through the Grapevine"

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& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN

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This musical about 18 dancers trying out for 8 spots in a Broadway show ended its original 15-year Broadway run in April 1990

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Chorus Line

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WORDS OF LOVE

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In "Prometheus Unbound", he wrote, "All love is sweet, given or returned. Common as light is love"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Bysshe Shelley

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PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS

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DDE

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dwight David Eisenhower

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS

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"Il Mercante Di Venezia"

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

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Y-R

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A short war between Israel & Egypt & Syria in October 1973 was named for this high holiday

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yom Kippur

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DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY

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The wood of the Eastern red this tree (actually a juniper) has a distinct aroma familiar from closets

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cedar

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CHICKENS FOR FREE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was chicken Tetrazzini

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CONVENTIONS

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The Annapolis Convention of 1786 did nothing but suggest holding this convention in Philadelphia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Constitutional Convention

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SLOGANEERING

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This large company provides "Solutions For A Small Planet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was IBM

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STATES' FORMER CAPITALS

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Huntsville

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama

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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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THAT'S MY LAW

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elasticity

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SEEING "RED"

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The title of a 1928 song Sophie Tucker introduced, it was also her nickname

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas"

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"DO", "RE", "MI"

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Nancy Davis' married name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Reagan

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MY NAME IS EARL WARREN

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In Reynolds v. Sims I said that representation in legislatures must be based mostly on population: one man, one this

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Time's up! The correct answer was vote

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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We're not stringing you along: this capital of the Czech Republic is famous for its puppet theatres

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prague

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MAGAZINES

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It's published by Gruner & Jahr, not by mom & dad as its name implies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Parents' Magazine

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EARLY AMERICA

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The Molasses Act of 1733 placed high duties on molasses & this potent potable from non-English possessions

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Time's up! The correct answer was rum

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TINKER

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Sometimes called "Irish Cobs" or "Gypsy Cobs", Irish Tinkers are a type of this animal

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Time's up! The correct answer was horse

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SHIPS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Lusitania

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CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES

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Chicago's United Center & Salt Lake City's Delta Center are named for this type of business

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Time's up! The correct answer was airlines

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THE "L" WORLD

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This highest capital in the Andes was founded on the site of an earlier settlement in 1548

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Time's up! The correct answer was La Paz

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POP MUSIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eminem

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THE "I"s HAVE IT

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Some scientists believe that the universe is undergoing expansion called this, also an economic term

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Time's up! The correct answer was Inflation

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WORLD LEADERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was South Korea

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WHY?

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Because bacteria from carbon dioxide bubbles around which the curd hardens

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Time's up! The correct answer was Why does Swiss cheese have holes?

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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He's the only U.S. president who never lived in the District of Columbia

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington

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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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FAIRY TALE FEMMES

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He wrote a little about women: "The Little Match Girl", "The Little Mermaid"...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

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This mischief-maker was up to his old tricks when he stole Freya's necklace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Loki

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FOREIGN CURRENCY

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Malta's currency shares its name with this monetary unit of Italy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lira

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FUN WITH OPERA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Charleston

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COMPUTER TERMS

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This unit equals about 1,000 megabytes, or about half a million pages of text

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Time's up! The correct answer was a gigabyte

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

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Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gotham

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LITERATURE

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In this novel, Javert says, "There is a brigand, there is a convict called Jean Valjean, and I have got him!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Les Miserables"

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ARTHUR MILLER

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Miller's play "A View from the Bridge" concerns a view from this New York bridge

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Brooklyn Bridge

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THE MOVIES

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Jane Russell & Marilyn Monroe sang about being "Two Little Girls from Little Rock" in this 1953 movie musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

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BEFORE & AFTER

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

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

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WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was iron

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PEOPLE

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He made the cover of Life magazine 3 times in February & March of 1962, & again in October 1998

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn

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PIRATE MOVIES

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Ingrid Bergman's husband in "Casablanca", he played a pirate captain in "Pirates Of Tripoli"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Henreid

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CROSSWORD CLUES "J"

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Jettisoned goods (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was jetsam

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THEATRE

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The 1996 musical "Play On!" gets its title from the first line of this Shakespeare play, on which it is based

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Twelfth Night"

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SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS

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Polonius uses the word "outbreak" about Laertes' fiery mind, not this title character

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet

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U.S.A.

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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WEDDINGS

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A Navy wedding features an arch of swords; an Army wedding, an arch of these heavy cavalry swords

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Time's up! The correct answer was sabres

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CLASSIC STAR TREK

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Suave Ricardo Montalban played this sultry superhuman on the TV series & on the big screen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khan

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Leif Ericson's dad who was a huge star with low surface temperature

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Time's up! The correct answer was Erik the Red Giant

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WORD ORIGINS

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The name of this, also called a fireplug, is partly from a word for "water"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a hydrant

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UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES

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It's "The Land of the Saints", the Latter-Day Saints

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Time's up! The correct answer was Utah

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____ OF THE ____

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In response to this Irish greeting, you can say, "And the rest of the day to yourself"

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Time's up! The correct answer was top of the morning

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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"

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A ring for a baby's incisors

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Time's up! The correct answer was teething

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DIALING FOR DIALECTS

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Vedic, dating back at least 4,000 years, is the earliest dialect of this classical language of India

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sanskrit

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THE FUNNIES

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Profession of Rex Morgan

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Time's up! The correct answer was M.D.

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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September 2006 brought news of a "Unity Deal" between Hamas & this other 5-letter Palestinian group

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fatah

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BETTER KNOWN AS...

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Archibald Leach

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cary Grant

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TOM JONES

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It's not odd that this 1965 song is heard in the 1998 film "Little Voice"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "It's Not Unusual"

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& CROWN THY GOOD

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In 1696 this Russian czar conquered the Ottoman port of Azov on the Black Sea; awesome! Again the wrong word

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

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FROM THE LATIN

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A fun way to get to the top of a mountain is this kind of cable railway whose name is from the Latin for "rope"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a funicular

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PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS

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Originally bean-containing dried gourds on handles, they were named by the Tupi of South America

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maracas

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IT BORDERS INDIA

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This nation to India's north is also the only other nation with a Hindu population of more than 80%

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nepal

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RHYMES WITH SMART

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Blood pumper

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Time's up! The correct answer was heart

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FRANCES FARMER

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In "Badlands of Dakota" Frances was this Wild West lady to Richard Dix's Wild Bill

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Time's up! The correct answer was Calamity Jane

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ENGLISH LIT

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The Baconian theory expounds this

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Time's up! The correct answer was that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays

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TOM JONES

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This author of the novel based the heroine, Sophia, on his beloved late wife

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Fielding

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PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS

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This food poisoning bacteria is named after the scientist who identified it, not a fish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Salmonella

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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At about 1,700 square miles, this saline lake is one of the largest lakes in the world with no outlet

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

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ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!

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For cybergeeks: MS-DOS

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Time's up! The correct answer was Microsoft - Disk Operating System

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SCOTLAND

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Ben More, Ben Alder & Ben Macdui are not people but tall ones of these in Scotland

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Time's up! The correct answer was mountains

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CARDS & DICE

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The winner of a game of War winds up with this many cards

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Time's up! The correct answer was 52

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MUSIC/TELEVISION

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Legendary singer Eartha Kitt was just purr-fect as this "Batman" villainess

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Time's up! The correct answer was Catwoman

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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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LET'S BOUNCE

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Sound navigation& ranging is the full name for this device that bounces radio waves underwater

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HOMOPHONES

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It's a sausage, or the absolute least best

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Time's up! The correct answer was wurst/worst

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PAPAL NAMES

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Not guilty

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WORLD MUSEUMS

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Totem poles & Noh masks are at the Pitt Rivers Museum, given on condition that Oxford hire a lecturer on this -ology

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FLY COUNTRIES

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Olympic Airlines

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DEATH BY...

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Gilmore

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ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV

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Blair Underwood as President Elias Martinez

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Event

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HOMOPHONES

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It's a sausage, or the absolute least best

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OOH... A WISE GUY

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The writings of this man seen here were truly Revolutionary

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FLEETS

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The Duque de Medina- Sidonia commanded this fleet in 1588

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Spanish Armada

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POOR & FAMOUS

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He spent years in poverty after selling his sewing machine invention to corset maker William Thomas

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elias Howe

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THE "UNDER" WORLD

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Abolitionist "railroad"

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MOVIE CO-STARS

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His wife Lauren Bacall was his leading lady in the 1946 film noir "The Big Sleep"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Humphrey Bogart

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NICKNAMES

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"The King of Ragtime"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scott Joplin

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ROYALTY

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This dreaded czar who died in 1584 was probably the most famous member of the Rurik dynasty

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan The Terrible

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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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TAKE A PILL

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Estramustine is a chemotherapy agent for this glandular cancer in men

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Time's up! The correct answer was prostate cancer

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TIMELESS TV

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In 1948 Douglas Edwards became the first anchor of this network's Evening News

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Time's up! The correct answer was CBS

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THE "L" WORLD

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Fodor's Travel Guide to France calls this town "the porcelain collector's mecca"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Limoges

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SKUNKS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was skunk cabbage

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CATHOLIC PRIESTS

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Served by priests, it may not exceed 18% alcohol

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Time's up! The correct answer was communion wine

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HISTORIC AMERICANS

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When asked how he became a hero, this president remarked, "It was involuntary. They sank my boat"

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HEADLINES

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On May 24, 1927 the Las Vegas Review headlined that this man "Spurns Offers. Back to Air Mail, Says"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lindbergh

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PETER, PAUL & MARY

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His world travels helped him write "The Great Railway Bazaar", "The Mosquito Coast" & "Riding the Iron Rooster"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Theroux

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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Florida's panhandle borders these 2 states

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NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS

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1984: "I Want To Know What Love Is"

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COUNTRY MUSIC

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In 2010 this movie soundtrack featuring Jeff Bridges was a Billboard Top 10 country album

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crazy Heart

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BRITISH POETS & POETRY

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

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

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ASIA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Philippines

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TAKE-OFFS

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This late author's representatives sued over "The Cat Not in the Hat", a rhyming account of the O.J. Simpson trial

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

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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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

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

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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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Charles Gounod's mother thought he might become a priest, & one of his best-known works is this setting of a Catholic prayer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ave Maria

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PLANTS

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Plant whose twigs are used for dowsing & whose leaves & bark are used to make an astringent

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Time's up! The correct answer was Witch Hazel

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"O"PERA

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Stravinsky enlisted the help of Cocteau for a Libretto based on Sophocles' play about this Theban king

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oedipus

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ACTORS' RHYME TIME

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Cybill's large cats

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I DID IT NORWAY

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On the scenic Lofoten Islands, you can stay in Rorbuer, cottages traditionally used by those in this profession

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MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS

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Fantine & her daughter Cosette

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Time's up! The correct answer was Les Misérables

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THE 20th CENTURY

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In 1940, at age 5, Tenzin Gyatso was enthroned as the 14th one of these spiritual leaders

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ARE WE THERE YET?

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The Congress Street Bridge is where Bostonians recreate this historic event every December

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston Tea Party

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CROSSWORD CLUES "J"

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A joyful celebration (10)

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A VIOLENT CATEGORY

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As a noun it includes the cerebrum; as a verb it means "to smash on the head"

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Time's up! The correct answer was brain

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STORYTELLERS

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In addition to her "Fairie Tale Theatre", she now has "Tall Tales and Legends" playing on cable

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Time's up! The correct answer was Shelly Duvall

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MAD

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TV host seen here on the cover of Mad Magazine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jeff Probst

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"AI"

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This often blended rum & juice cocktail is named for a Cuban town

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Time's up! The correct answer was daiquiri

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EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ethan Allen

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BASEBALL

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Though he's had 5 no-hitters & the most career strikeouts of any pitcher, he's never won the Cy Young Award

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nolan Ryan

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WEATHER

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Season of the year when Arizona has its "monsoons"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Summer

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PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

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Logorrhea, also called verbomania, is doing this excessively or uncontrollably

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Time's up! The correct answer was Speaking/talking

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MILITARY MATTERS

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This kind of "force" is a temporary grouping of units to carry out a specific mission

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Time's up! The correct answer was Task force

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RUBY

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On Feb. 29, 2004 she won an Oscar for playing a woman named Ruby

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Time's up! The correct answer was Renée Zellweger

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U.S.A.

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Even though it's officially "dry", this state's Moore County is the home of Jack Daniel's Whiskey

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee

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THE CIVIL WAR

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Johnson

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OUT OF THIS WORLD

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Galileo was the first person to see the rings around this planet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn

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LASTS

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In 1966 Congress authorized the Uniform Time Act, creating this from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October

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Time's up! The correct answer was daylight savings time

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NOVELS OF THE PAST

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This antagonist of the Crusaders looks back on his life in a novel by Tariq Ali

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saladin

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IT'S EXTINCT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rhinoceros

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B FOLLOWS A

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It's an outline of what material will be covered in a college course

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Time's up! The correct answer was a syllabus

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ALBUMS

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"The Diary of" this songstress included "Diary", a haunting duet with Tony! Toni! Tone!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alicia Keys

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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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VOLCANOES

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At least 57 people died as a result of this U.S. volcano's May 18, 1980 eruption

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mount St. Helens

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LET'S GET MAS*Hed

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William Christopher played this lovable chaplain on the show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Father Mulcahy

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THE 23rd PSALM

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

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

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WEAPONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Minuteman

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20th CENTURY QUOTES

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A professor, 1967: "Turn on, tune in, drop out"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Timothy Leary

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CHECK OUT MY CRIB

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Wanna put your feet up? How about on one of these with a "Turkish" name

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Time's up! The correct answer was an ottoman

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YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"

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A braced framework for carrying a railroad over a chasm

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Time's up! The correct answer was a trestle

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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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TELEVISION

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This wallaby's "Modern Life" takes place in O Town with his dog Spunky & his pal Heffer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rocko

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QUOTATIONS

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Jean-Luc Godard said, "Photography is truth, and" this "is truth 24 times a second"

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Time's up! The correct answer was film

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MONEY SLANG

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You don't get 5 guesses at this winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fin

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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES

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The Cambrian Mountains cover most of it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wales

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SPEECH! SPEECH!

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Nicholas Butler told Columbia grads, "An expert is one who knows more and more about" this and this

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Time's up! The correct answer was less and less

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ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE

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Native Americans grew these together with corn & at harvest time combined them into "M'sickquatash"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lima beans

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EPONYMS

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The name of this Trojan prince who was killed by Achilles is now used as a verb meaning to bully

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hector

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LOVE POETRY

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Marvell rhymed, "Had we but world enough, and" this, his mistress' coyness "were no crime"

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Time's up! The correct answer was time

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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"

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The Roman god Jupiter used this weather phenomenon as a weapon, by jove

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thunderbolt

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FRANCE

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Just south of Champagne is this other potent potable-named region, a former duchy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Burgundy

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FEELING "ANCY"

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The three members of our staff, seen here, are all in this condition

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pregnancy

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ISLANDS

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This island nation's highest peak, Yu Shan, in the Chungyang range, is also called Mount Morrison

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taiwan

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THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR

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In 1995 Alabama Gov. James Mocked evolution theory by imitating this type of animal whose name means "to imitate"

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Time's up! The correct answer was an ape

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PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE

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The "baby" type of this Dutch cheese, that's similar to Edam, is usually encased in red wax

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gouda

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A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL

Question

"I am a Vietnam veteran! I fought for my country!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Born on the Fourth of July

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EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION

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The Schengen Agreement removes any controls at these between most EU neighbors

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Time's up! The correct answer was national borders

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SCOTLAND

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Defeated at Dunsinane by Malcolm in 1054, he wasn't dethroned until killed by Malcolm in 1057

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth

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MISSING LINKS

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A good ____ Havoc

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WOMEN'S FASHION

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The patches European women wore on their faces in the 1600s were usually this color

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Time's up! The correct answer was Black

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PSYCHOLOGY

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Known for his "box", he wrote "Walden Two", a 1948 fiction work about operant conditioning

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Time's up! The correct answer was B.F. Skinner

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"X"s & "O"s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was organza

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MOTHER GOOSE

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Some speculate that this "merry old soul" of nursery rhyme fame was based on a real king of 3rd century Britain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Old King Cole

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NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE

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"The Shoulder of Athos, the Baldric of Porthos, and the Handkerchief of Aramis"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Three Musketeers

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

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SA's website's "Ask the Experts" column answers key questions like "Why does bruised fruit turn" this color

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Time's up! The correct answer was brown

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CLASSIC STAR TREK

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Suave Ricardo Montalban played this sultry superhuman on the TV series & on the big screen

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khan

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CINEMA OF "BLOOD"

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Sylvester Stallone played Vietnam vet John Rambo in this 1982 film

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Time's up! The correct answer was First Blood

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THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thugmuffin C

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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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HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT

Question

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Risk

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ASTRONOMY

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These long distance travelers may be dirty ice balls or icy dirt balls

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Time's up! The correct answer was comets

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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS

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

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RADIO PERSONALITIES

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This "idol" worshipper replaced Casey Kasem as host of "American Top 40"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ryan Seacrest

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NUMBERS

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Numbers appears at this number position in the order of the books of the Bible

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fourth

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2011 MOVIES

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Kate Bosworth & James Marsden star in the 2011 remake of this Sam Peckinpah film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Straw Dogs

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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Light energy can be studied as these massless quantum units

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Time's up! The correct answer was photons

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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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PASS THE CHOCOLATE

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A 2007 study said that eating a little dark chocolate daily may reduce this, both systolic & diastolic

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Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure

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BUGS

Question

These insects "chirp" by rubbing their 2 front wings together

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crickets

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JUAN

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Juan Belmonte is considered the founder of the modern version of this sport, ole!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bullfighting

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YOU DO THE MATH

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The number of legs on a spider plus the number of legs on a fly

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Time's up! The correct answer was 14

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“SAINTS”

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A patron saint of Russia, he was probably skinny & never wore a red suit

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

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EUROPE

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The fertile plain east of the Danube, making up half this country's area, is called the Great Alfold

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary

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MUSICALS OF THE '20s

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The big attraction of the 1923 hit "Poppy" was this future film comic as Eustace McGargle

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Time's up! The correct answer was W.C. Fields

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DOUBLE A

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Biblical man with a talking ass

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Time's up! The correct answer was Balaam

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WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

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This state's outer banks create Pamlico Sound, the largest lagoon on the East Coast of the United States

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina

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& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN

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This musical dreamed "The Impossible Dream", playing 2,328 performances before closing in 1971

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

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PARLEZ VOUS?

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Duck, duck, l'oie; (l'oie of course referring to this other feathered friend)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a goose

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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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EMBRACEABLE "U"

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This technique uses high-frequency waves & is often used to view fetuses

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ultrasound

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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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B FOLLOWS A

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It's an outline of what material will be covered in a college course

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Time's up! The correct answer was a syllabus

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TRIALS OF THE CENTURY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nuremberg

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PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS

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1983: "Still the Beaver"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leave it to Beaver

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LOBBYISTS

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In 1997 Jack Williams of this company was indicted for lying about his dealings with Mike Espy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tyson Foods

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PEOPLE

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Evicted from his Oregon ashram, he now lives in Bombay & is called "Zorba The Buddha"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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STATES OF THE UNION

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Cimarron & Beaver are counties in its Panhandle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma

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"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH

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This lavish-living turn-of-the-century financier rose from a job as a bellhop

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Time's up! The correct answer was Diamond Jim Brady

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CROSSWORD CLUES "B"

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Bestselling book that has its own "belt" (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bible

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CABLE CHANNELS

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You'll "find" that this channel features "Cash Cab" & "Dirty Jobs"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Discovery

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COLORS

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Broadway's nickname

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Great White Way

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"B" IN GEOGRAPHY

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One of the newer large cities in the world, it's located in the central plateau of Brazil

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brasilia

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WORD ORIGINS

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This compass direction may come from the Proto-Germanic for "to the left of the rising sun"

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Time's up! The correct answer was north

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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Stoichiometry is defined as the study of the quantities involved in these chemical events

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chemical reactions

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TRANSLATION EXERCISES

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Portuguese to Russian: The positive "sim"

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Time's up! The correct answer was da

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CHAIRS

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A collapsible chair intended for outdoor use, especially aboard a ship

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Time's up! The correct answer was Deck Chair

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ONE LETTER DIFFERENT

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A hole in the ground for your baked pastry

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pie pit

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SORORITY WOMEN

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Kappa Alpha Theta who danced in her own ballets including "Rodeo"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Agnes de Mille

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WORLD UP!

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In 1980 Luis Garcia Meza took power in this landlocked S. Amer. country that's had more than 180 coups in its history

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia

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KNIGHTS

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This adjective, a synonym for "wandering", describes the type of knight satirized by Cervantes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Knight-errant

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GIVE THE BUCHAREST

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In 1977 one of these phenomena devastated Bucharest, killing about 1,500 people

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Time's up! The correct answer was an earthquake

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FOREIGN CURRENCY

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Malta's currency shares its name with this monetary unit of Italy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lira

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MUSIC VIDEOS

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At the 2004 MTV VMAs, No Doubt won Best Group Video & Best Pop Video for this song

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Time's up! The correct answer was "It's My Life"

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OCCUPATIONS

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Broadly used, this term can include nurses & therapists, but it often refers just to emergency personnel

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Time's up! The correct answer was paramedics

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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Schulz

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BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE

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The 1969 ballet "Trinity" was inspired by the peace movement in this California university city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Berkeley

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THE "BUTLER" DID IT

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The mission statement of this school says it's located "In...Indianapolis, one of America's most livable cities"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Butler University

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MILITARY POWER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Radar

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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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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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PRESIDENTS

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The first president who wasn't born a British subject was this New Yorker

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Time's up! The correct answer was Martin Van Buren

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NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS

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1987: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Houston

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I DID IT NORWAY

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On the scenic Lofoten Islands, you can stay in Rorbuer, cottages traditionally used by those in this profession

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Time's up! The correct answer was fishing

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KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI

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Elected president in 1997

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khatami

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THE CRUCIBLE

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Nitrides of boron & silicon are used to make crucibles because they are stable when this is high

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Time's up! The correct answer was temperature

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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This 4-letter neutral compound is produced by the reaction of an acid & a base

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Time's up! The correct answer was a salt

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BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES

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"Pale Horse" is a metaphor for the approach of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Death

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MEDICAL MILESTONES

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In 1867 Thomas Allbutt invented one of these instruments which took 5 minutes to register instead of 20

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Time's up! The correct answer was a thermometer

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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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CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS

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1968: Dave enters the airlock without a space helmet

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Time's up! The correct answer was 2001: A Space Odyssey

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TIMELESS TV

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Shown Saturday afternoons on ABC, this sport's tour outdrew college football & moved to ESPN in 1997

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Time's up! The correct answer was the pro bowling tour

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THEY'RE ON CABLE

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James Roday is Shawn Spencer, a police consultant who pretends to have otherworldly powers, on this comedic series

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Time's up! The correct answer was Psych

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CLOTHING WORDS

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Breathes heavily, like a dog or a tired jogger

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Time's up! The correct answer was pants

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GETTING TICKED OFF

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When this Bible guy came down from the mountain & saw his people dancing before the golden calf, boy, was he upset!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moses

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ROYALTY

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In 1949 he succeeded his grandfather Prince Louis II as ruler of Monaco

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prince Rainier

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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES

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It has the westernmost territory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland

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ANIMALS

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Large feral populations of the "mute" species of this long-necked bird inhabit the Mid-Atlantic coast

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Time's up! The correct answer was Swans

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FROM THE WELSH

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Rarebit, as in Welsh Rarebit, is an alteration of this word that's not an ingredient in Welsh Rarebit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rabbit

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DRAMA

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"Dejavu" was "Angry Young Man" John Osborne's 1992 sequel to this famous play about looking back

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Time's up! The correct answer was Look Back in Anger

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SYMPHONIES ON FILM

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The Philadelphia Orchestra played Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" for this 1940 Disney film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fantasia

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TV CASTS

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Aliens abducted Mulder on "The X-Files", so Scully got partnered with this "Terminator 2" actor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Patrick

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PLACES

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A place where a river is shallow enough to cross on foot, alone or with an "escort"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a ford

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CROSSWORD CLUES "K"

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Jean-Claude of the slopes (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Killy

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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Except when it's on tour, the most important King Tut collection is housed in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo

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IT'S "BIG"

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It's found in the Parliament Tower of Westminster Palace

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Time's up! The correct answer was Big Ben

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MIXED DRINKS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was soda water

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MOTTOES

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"All power to the people" was the motto of this African-American political organization of the 1960s

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Black Panthers

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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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DON'T MESS WITH SICILY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Punic

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LET'S TAKE A PEAK

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Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, lies in the St. Elias Range in the SW corner of this territory

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Yukon

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THE CINEMA

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In this animated film, Henry J. Waternoose says, "Kids these days. They just don't get scared like they used to"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monsters, Inc.

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INDEPENDENCE DAYS

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This North European country marks December 6 for its 1917 independence from Russia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Finland

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EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION

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The Schengen Agreement removes any controls at these between most EU neighbors

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Time's up! The correct answer was national borders

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TECHNOLOGY

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After hearing this invention of his work, Edison said, "I was never so taken aback in my life"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the phonograph

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POP MUSIC

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This singer's 1970 hit "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" was from the Broadway musical "Promises, Promises"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dionne Warwick

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THE ROLLING STONES

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The Rolling Stones took their name from a song by this legendary blues musician

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Time's up! The correct answer was Muddy Waters

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BUSINESS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Esprit

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JERSEY GIRLS

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Doing laundry in the sink, this "Jersey Shore" girl aka Nicole Polizzi said, "I feel like a pilgrim from the friggin' '20s"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Snooki

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LITERATURE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kipling

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MEASURING DEVICES

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The energy from this is measured by a pyrheliometer

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sun

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WHAM-O

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Versions of this lawn toy to keep you cool in the summer include "Wave Rider" & "Bounce 'N Splash"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Slip 'N Slide

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OF A SALESMAN

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This 1992 presidential candidate sold IBM computers in Texas before starting his own company, EDS

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ross Perot

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CHICKENS FOR FREE

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Da, comrade-- a fork pierces the bird, launching a jet of fragrant melted butter in chicken this

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Time's up! The correct answer was chicken Kiev

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PHYSICS

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A shotgun's powerful recoil is an example of his third law of motion

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Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac Newton

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QUEEN VICTORIA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Diamond

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THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER

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As a critics' pick in 2008, this Lin-Manuel Miranda musical was called "a salsa-flavored soap opera"

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Time's up! The correct answer was In the Heights

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ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK

Question

Chicken chunks & chopped veggies in a rich sauce topped with a pastry crust are baked in this "pie"

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Time's up! The correct answer was chicken pot pie

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DEATH BY...

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An overdose of barbiturates, August 5, 1962, at her L.A. home

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Monroe

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FUN WITH OPERA

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In "Susannah", a Bible-inspired opera, the elders are scandalized when they see the nude Susannah doing this outside

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bathing in a creek

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"YN"

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A Jewish house of worship

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