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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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WORLD HODGEPODGE
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From the old French for "ice", these cover about 1/8 of Iceland; some are 3/4 of a mile thick
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Time's up! The correct answer was Glaciers
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RHYME TIME FOOD & DRINK
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An acrid-tasting deep-fried cake full of corn or crab
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Time's up! The correct answer was a bitter fritter
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JEWELRY
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The scarab, lotus flower & Isis knot were all designs used in this country's jewelry
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Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
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THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
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In the 2000s "Makes Me Wonder" got this group noticed
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Time's up! The correct answer was Maroon 5
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1988
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The Thatcher government imposed a broadcast ban on this political wing of the IRA
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sinn Fein
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GIVE ME AN "A"!
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Robert Frost wondered "How many" of these "fell on Newton's head before he took the hint!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was apples
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POLITICAL SLOGANS
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“Hell no, we won't go” was a chant often heard at rallies against this war
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vietnam War
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LIBRARIES
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Sterling Memorial Library in New Haven, Connecticut houses the archives of this university
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Time's up! The correct answer was Yale
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GOAT-POURRI
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In 1846 Neptune was discovered in this constellation, the 10th sign of the zodiac
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Time's up! The correct answer was Capricorn
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PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
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It's Jimmy Carter's sign, so don't tip his scales
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Time's up! The correct answer was Libra
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HAIRY
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From the Latin for "to clip", it's the shaved patch on the crowns of the heads of some monks
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Time's up! The correct answer was tonsure
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GOLD RUSH
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Forty-niners from this European country were called Keskydees, a corruption of an oft-used phrase
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Time's up! The correct answer was France
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PARTS OF THE WHOLE
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Mercury bulb, scale
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Time's up! The correct answer was a thermometer
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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
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The name of this South American snake comes from an Asian word, as it may have been mistaken for an Asian python
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Time's up! The correct answer was an anaconda
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UP IN THE AIR
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At under 6,000 feet, this 7-letter layered type of cloud is one of the lowest
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Time's up! The correct answer was stratus
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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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STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
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New Haven
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Time's up! The correct answer was Connecticut
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WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
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Gwyneth Paltrow
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Time's up! The correct answer was Blythe Danner
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LITERARY QUOTES
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"Always do right." he wrote; "This will gratify some people and astonish the rest"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
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THE "A" "B" "C"s
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Ring in & tell me this correct name for a young swan
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cygnet
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SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
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Darrell Hammond played this Scottish actor who... Nope, I can't say anything else; just name him
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sean Connery
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CANDY & GUM SLOGANS
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"4 Out of 5 Dentists Surveyed Recommend Sugarless Gum for their Patients who Chew Gum"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Trident
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UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
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Because of the way it was formed, Louisiana is sometimes called "The Child of" this river
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mississippi
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NURSERY RHYMES
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"Here we go round" this bush "on a cold and frosty morning"
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Time's up! The correct answer was the mulberry bush
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TAKE OUT
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A rhytidectomy removes these surgically; botox takes them out another way
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Time's up! The correct answer was wrinkles
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ROCKS & MINERALS
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Fizzing when acid is applied, this mineral is the base of the Portland cement industry
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Time's up! The correct answer was limestone
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MUNICH
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In 1634 & 1635 an outbreak of this deadly contagion devastated Munich, killing more than one third of its residents
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Time's up! The correct answer was bubonic plague
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YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!
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Your striking resemblance to Kirk Douglas has convinced us to star you in the ballet about this gladiator
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Time's up! The correct answer was Spartacus
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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
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Beef chili is also called "chili con" this, Spanish for "meat"
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Time's up! The correct answer was carne
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LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT!
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This food network personality grew up in her film producer grandfather's restaurant, DDL Foodshow
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Time's up! The correct answer was Giada De Laurentiis
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ENDS WITH "K"
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A soda server, whether or not he's fatuous
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerk
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THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
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Manila, Jakarta, Canberra
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Time's up! The correct answer was Manila
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HISTORY IN MOVIES
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"The Prince of Egypt" featured Ralph Fiennes as the voice of this stubborn ruler
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Pharaoh
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MOUNTAINS
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Geological evidence shows that this 5,000-mile mountain chain may extend south into Antarctica
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Andes
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MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
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1982: "Said Female Belongs To Me"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Girl Is Mine"
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GUINNESS RECORDS
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Siberia in this country has had the greatest range in temperatures -- from 98 degrees F. to -90 degrees F.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
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FLY COUNTRIES
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Aer Lingus
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland
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THE PLANETS
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This remote planet orbits the sun at a 98 degree axis, almost lying on its side
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Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus
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FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
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The National School Lunch Program comes from this dept., also concerned with foot-and-mouth disease
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Time's up! The correct answer was Agriculture
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BREAKFAST CEREALS
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This "fortunate" cereal is "magically delicious"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lucky Charms
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PROVERBS
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It's the type of pot that "never boils"
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Time's up! The correct answer was a watched pot
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PASS THE CHOCOLATE
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Fran's Chocolates of Seattle makes delectable caramels topped with the gray sea type of this
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Time's up! The correct answer was salt
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I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT
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In the 1800s this Frenchman also developed a musical notation system for blind musicians
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Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Braille
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NATURE
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The Dorcas type of this graceful antelope is one of the smallest; it's barely 2 feet tall
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Time's up! The correct answer was a gazelle
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AND I QUOTE
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3-word phrase for a quote meant for attribution, or a quote like "Gretzky's 92 goals are unbeatable!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was On the record
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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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I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
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It's about this guy who hires non-permanent secretarial help for his office
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
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SCIENCE GUYS
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Not even a wheelchair & voice synthesizer can stop him from unlocking the secrets of the universe
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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Hawking
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U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
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A person's condition or disposition
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Time's up! The correct answer was State
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NAME THE AUTOMAKER
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Corniche & Silver Shadow
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rolls-Royce
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IT HAD TO "BU"
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Any dry red table wine may be called this even if it doesn't come from the French region of the same name
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Time's up! The correct answer was Burgundy
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CIVIL WAR LITERATURE
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Jeff Shaara has written a prequel & a sequel to this 1974 novel about Gettysburg by his father Michael
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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Killer Angels"
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STARTS WITH "P"
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The small cogwheel that engages a larger cogwheel
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Time's up! The correct answer was pinion
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FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
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Part of Key's solution to this problem was helping found the American Colonization Society
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Time's up! The correct answer was slavery
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CARTOONS
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On screen, he's a "tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Winnie the Pooh
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SAINTS BE PRAISED
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In September 1999 an abridged version of his "City of God" ranked 9,821st on Amazon.com's sales list
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Augustine
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THE HUMAN ANIMAL
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In the "Sopranos" first season finale, Jimmy Altieri gets whacked for being one of these rodents
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Time's up! The correct answer was a rat
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THAT'S ITALIAN!
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This 15th century movement may have first been named in a 1550 book, using the Italian word rinascita
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Renaissance
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FOUND
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Fritz & Laura Perls founded this school of psychotherapy, from German for "form"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gestalt
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ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
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The "Kid' seen here represents these snacks
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Time's up! The correct answer was Twinkies
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LITERARY TITLES
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This 1954 book title refers to an impaled sow's head, an offering to the "beast"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lord of the Flies
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TURKISH LITERATURE
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Sultan Abdulhamid II's censorship hindered Ottoman writers until this "youthful" group's 1908 revolution
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Young Turks
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MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
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He travels to Ireland to ask the hand of the princess Isolde for his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tristan
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FDR
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During this 1932 campaign, FDR relied on a trusted group of advisers dubbed this --- pretty smart
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Time's up! The correct answer was Brain Trust
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BRAND NAMES
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In 1986 this company introduced its Dockers line of men's casual wear
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Time's up! The correct answer was Levi's
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NEW WEAPONS
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The FA-18E/F is the "Super" version of this high-tech U.S. Navy fighter jet with a wasplike name
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Time's up! The correct answer was a Hornet
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SHAKESPEARE
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Laertes' first line in this play is "Dread my lord, your leave and favour to return to France"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
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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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CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS
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1998: Bullet trails in the water showcase the horror of the Normandy invasion
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saving Private Ryan
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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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SCIENCE BRIEFS
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Used of radio waves: MHz
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Time's up! The correct answer was megahertz
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TELL ME "Y"
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"Meshugge" means crazy in this language of Europe's Ashkenazic Jews
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Time's up! The correct answer was Yiddish
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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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TIME TO CONVERT
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MMIX in Roman numerals gives us this year
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Time's up! The correct answer was 2009
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ARCHITECTURE
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The caldarium, the tepidarium & the frigidarium were chambers in these, where olden Romans refreshed themselves
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Time's up! The correct answer was the baths
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U.S. STATES
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Besides X,Y & Z, 2 of the 3 consonants that don't begin a state's name
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Time's up! The correct answer was J & Q
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WAR
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Of all the USA's wars, this one claimed the most American lives
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Civil War
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ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
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Symphony Beethoven "composed to celebrate the memory of a great man"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Eroica
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INTERIOR DESIGN
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Type of chair seen here named for its 20th C. designer:
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Time's up! The correct answer was Eames Chair
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PROVERBS
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These two things "wait for no man"
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Time's up! The correct answer was time and tide
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"F"OOD
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It's the Japanese name for certain species of puffer fish that contain lethal poison but can be eaten as a delicacy
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Time's up! The correct answer was fugu
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NURSERY RHYMES
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"Hey Diddle, Diddle!" After the little dog laughed, these 2 things ran off together
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dish & spoon
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THE "I"s HAVE IT
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Arabic for "son of", it comes before names like Saud
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ibn
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AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
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Spillane's love-bites
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mickey's hickeys
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FEELING POSSESSIVE
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In a 1981 hit song, Rick Springfield wished that he had her
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Jessie's Girl"
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN
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"Acey Deucey" is a variation of this board game that was introduced to Europe by the Arabs
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Time's up! The correct answer was backgammon
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HISTORIC WOMEN
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In 1813 this mistress of the late Lord Nelson was imprisoned for debt
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Hamilton
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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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HOLIDAYS
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October holiday which Mexicans call Dia de la Raza is celebrated in the U.S. as this
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Time's up! The correct answer was Columbus Day
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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
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She is the narrator of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scout
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WORLD LEADERS
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Serzh Sargsian is its president, Tigran Sargsian is its prime minister
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Time's up! The correct answer was Armenia
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WHAT'S IN A NAME?
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This feminine form of Rex is from the Latin for "queen"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Regina
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RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
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A computer with 98,000 names & SSNs was reported stolen from this oldest campus of the Univ. of Calif.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Berkeley
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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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FROM THE GREEK
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From the Greek for "primary", these are made of amino acids
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Time's up! The correct answer was proteins
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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
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"Hobson's Choice", "Oliver Twist", "Lawrence of Arabia"
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Time's up! The correct answer was David Lean
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WORLD CITIES
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About 1 out of every 10 Japanese people lives in this city's metropolitan area
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tokyo
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EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
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After review, the bierwurst, lop chong & kielbasa, types of these, were overcooked
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Time's up! The correct answer was sausage
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BRAND-TASTIC
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Dr. Joseph Lawrence & Jordan Lambert invented this bad-breath-busting product in 1879
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Time's up! The correct answer was Listerine
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PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
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Founded by Zeno of Citium, this -ism is the belief that detachment & self-control enable one to argue in an unbiased fashion
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Time's up! The correct answer was stoicism
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STATE SUPERLATIVES
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This "Beef State" is No. 1 in commercial red meat & great northern beans
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nebraska
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RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
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The sixth of these was an outbreak of boils & sores
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ten Plagues of Egypt
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PLANT LIFE
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If someone insists your spruce is really a fir, show him that these pointy items are square, not flat
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Time's up! The correct answer was needles
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WATERFALLS
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This African waterfall is also known as Mosi-Oa-Tunya, or "Smoke That Thunders"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria Falls
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COMPOUND WORDS
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It's the 9-letter name for a type of restaurant that specializes in steak & other meat on the bone
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Time's up! The correct answer was chophouse
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SIGNS & SYMBOLS
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Sleepy Bear has been this motel chain's logo since 1954
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Time's up! The correct answer was Travelodge
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FOREIGN TRAVEL
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In part to prevent child abductions, the State Dept. now requires that minors appear in person to get this
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Time's up! The correct answer was a passport
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TOP O' THE CHARTS
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In 1991 this heartthrob took Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" back to the top spot
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Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Bolton
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KNOTS TO YOU
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The Honda is a slip knot used by cowboys to make this tool of the trade
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lasso
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MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
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In all of Babylonia, Pyramus was the handsomest youth & she was the fairest maiden
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Time's up! The correct answer was Thisbe
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PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS
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He died in the White House, from pneumonia
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Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison
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SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
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The daughter of Polonius
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia
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"FOR" WORDS
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This word on the label signifies that vitamins have been added to milk
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Time's up! The correct answer was fortified
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WORD ORIGINS
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A type of ear implant to help the deaf, it's from the Greek for "snail"
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Time's up! The correct answer was cochlear
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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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THE FILM VAULT
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Stephen King not only wrote the script for this 1986 film about possessed machinery, he directed it
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Time's up! The correct answer was Maximum Overdrive
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POETRY
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Originally, he didn't want his "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" published
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gray
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OPERA SINGERS
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This Spaniard starred in Franco Zeffirelli's film "La Traviata"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Domingo
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CELEBS
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The TV show "Everybody Hates Chris" is based on the childhood of this comic
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chris Rock
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MED. ABBREV.
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2 of the 3 illnesses for which a DPT vaccination provides immunity
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Time's up! The correct answer was diphtheria and pertussis
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RUN, RUN, RUN
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If you want to hit this type of "contained" home run, you probably will need to run really fast
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Time's up! The correct answer was an inside-the-park home run
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1987
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2 Russians made an impromptu spacewalk outside this space station & found a bag of trash that hindered docking
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mir
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BUSINESS LEADERS
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His business card bore the Golden Arches & the titles "Founder" & "Senior Chairman of the Board"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kroc
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CLOTHING WORDS
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A score of 22-22, for instance
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Time's up! The correct answer was tie
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LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
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Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale & Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946
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Time's up! The correct answer was George W. Bush
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WASHINGTON D.C.
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287 miles long, it flows past Washington & induces "fever" in ambitious politicians
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Potomac River
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MYTHELLANEOUS
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In Zuni myth, a kachina named Paiyatemu attracted these colorfully winged insects when she played the flute
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Time's up! The correct answer was butterflies
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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
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One of Guyana's largest cities, it's also an old name for New York City
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Time's up! The correct answer was New Amsterdam
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MOVIE CITIES
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The 1980 Oscar winner for Foreign Language Film was "____ does Not Believe in Tears"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Moscow
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ART
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A note formerly on the back of "Figure de fantasie" by this Rococo painter says it was done in one hour
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Time's up! The correct answer was Fragonard
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INDEPENDENCE DAYS
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This country celebrates its 1945 independence from Fascism on April 25th
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Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
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FURNITURE
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Lacquer & tortoise shell were featured in this style of the 1920s
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Time's up! The correct answer was Art Deco
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TRUTH OR DARE
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Dare: She was born on Aug. 18, 1587, the first English child born in America
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Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia Dare
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PHYSICS 101
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The area of physics divided into statics & dynamics or the guys replacing your head gasket
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Time's up! The correct answer was mechanics
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SONGS
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Having this title problem, Barry Manilow sings, "I can't laugh and I can't sing, I'm finding it hard to do anything"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Can't Smile Without You"
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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
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The largest in area of the 3
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Time's up! The correct answer was England
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PIRATE MOVIES
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Anthony Quinn was a pirate stuck with stowaway children in the film "A High Wind In" this place
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jamaica
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ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
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A head-banger: cowpoke red
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Time's up! The correct answer was woodpecker
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BULL
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In 1923 James Cummings & Earl McLeod designed the first one of these using a Model T frame & a wooden blade
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Time's up! The correct answer was a bulldozer
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STORM
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The probe used to investigate tornados in this film is aptly named Dorothy
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Time's up! The correct answer was Twister
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SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
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The Eagles in 1975 & The Emotions in 1977 both hit No. 1 singing about "The Best Of" this
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Time's up! The correct answer was "My Love"
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ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
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Diamonds & graphite are both forms of this element
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Time's up! The correct answer was carbon
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BALLET
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The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company
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Time's up! The correct answer was New York
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THE COMMODORES
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Commodore Isaac Hull commanded this ship to victory over Britain's Guerriere in the War of 1812
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Time's up! The correct answer was U.S.S. Constitution
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THE UNIVERSE
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It wasn't until 1959 that the "far side" of this body was seen
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Moon
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AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
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Be careful not to drop your key down this vertical passage in which the elevator moves up & down
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Time's up! The correct answer was shaft
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LET'S TAKE A PEAK
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The name of this volcano in Martinique is from the French for "bald mountain"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Pelee
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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
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"In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking", now heaven knows, this
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Anything Goes"
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AUTHORS
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This author gave us the line "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Puzo
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RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
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The queen bee is missing from the center of this enclosure; only a ring of males remains
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dronehenge
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FOREIGN TRAVEL
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Jamaica's Rock House Hotel advertises four-poster beds with this protective material over them
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Time's up! The correct answer was a mosquito net
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4-LETTER FRIENDS
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You were a fool to move that bishop! This 4-letter term in 3 moves
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Time's up! The correct answer was mate
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WOMEN: WRITE ON!
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"Shiksa Goddess: (or, How I Spent My Forties)" is a collection of essays by this "Heidi Chronicles" playwright
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wasserstein
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HOW INSPIRATIONAL
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This saint of Assisi said, "Where there is hatred, let me sow love... where there is despair, hope"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Francis
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STATES OF THE UNION
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Commonwealth whose state seal ["United We Stand, Divided We Fall"] is seen here
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
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"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD
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Homeland of Edvards Munch & Grieg
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Time's up! The correct answer was Norway
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SOMETHING'S FISHY
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Until one was caught in 1938, it was thought that this fish had been extinct for more than 70 million years
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Time's up! The correct answer was the coelacanth
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HISTORIC AMERICANS
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In 1881 Louis Tiffany & others decorated the first floor of this author's mansion in Hartford, Conn.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
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This phrase for taking a break from a long period of sitting goes back to 19th century baseball
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Time's up! The correct answer was Seventh-inning stretch
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TECHNOLOGY
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"LED" stands for this.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Light EmittingDiode
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ALBUMS THAT ROCK
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"X&Y", "Parachutes"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Coldplay
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GREAT DAMES
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This Maori diva from New Zealand sang with Nelson Riddle and at Prince Charles's wedding
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kiri Te Kanawa
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GAMES
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In other words, this summer camp game could be called "Seize Your Enemy's Banner"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Capture the Flag
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TRANSPORTATION
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In 1994 the trip across this body of water was cut from a little more than an hour to about 35 minutes
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Time's up! The correct answer was the English Channel
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LET'S BOUNCE
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It's a type of bounce house, or a dance made famous by Michael Jackson
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Time's up! The correct answer was the moonwalk
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THE BIBLE
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Under the command of this Babylonian king, Nebuzaradan burned "All the houses of Jerusalem"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nebuchadnezzar
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BEN
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Current events of 1751 included the appearance of Ben's scientific work "Experiments and Observations on" this
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Electricity"
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FOREIGN TRAVEL
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In part to prevent child abductions, the State Dept. now requires that minors appear in person to get this
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Time's up! The correct answer was a passport
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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John Hancock held this political position from 1780-85 & from 1787-93
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Time's up! The correct answer was Governor of Massachusetts
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WEATHER WORLD
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It's the U.S. state that experiences the most tornadoes
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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
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WHOSE IS IT?
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This "apple" is at the front of men's throats
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Time's up! The correct answer was Adam's apple
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ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
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In Salzburg you can visit the graves of his parents & his wife Constanze; his own location is uncertain
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Time's up! The correct answer was W.A. Mozart
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CITY FLAGS
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A steamboat & a cotton plant appear on this Tennessee's city flag
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Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis
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THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL
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"Law & Order" actor Bratt
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Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin
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AN ARTHUR BEE
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His father was Uther Pendragon
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Time's up! The correct answer was King Arthur
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HAIR TODAY
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This 6-letter hairstyle is "business in front, party in the back"
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Time's up! The correct answer was a mullet
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WEEDS
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In the names of weeds, this old word for a plant follows soap- & St. John's
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wort
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LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
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Born in 1921, this Mission, Tex.-born senator served with Jack Kennedy, knew Jack Kennedy & hey! you're not Jack Kennedy!
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd Bentsen
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SPORTS
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The ball used in this sport is about 11 inches long & about 7 inches wide at the center
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Time's up! The correct answer was Football
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A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
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2-word term for something supposedly confidential but actually known quite generally
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Time's up! The correct answer was an open secret
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WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
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Brown & white are the main U.S. types of this pouch-mouthed bird
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Time's up! The correct answer was pelican
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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
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"Mister Roberts", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Stagecoach"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford
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BIBLICAL PAIRS
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God & Jesus are called by these 2 Greek letters in Revelation
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Time's up! The correct answer was Alpha & Omega
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SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY
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You'll find one on any shoe
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Time's up! The correct answer was sole
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GENERAL SCIENCE
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Unusual names borne by these celestial objects include 3834 Zappafrank & 10221 Kubrick
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Time's up! The correct answer was asteroids
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DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
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We've got Bud & Amstel Light in bottles, or Sam Adams "on" this syncopated style
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Time's up! The correct answer was tap
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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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SAINTS
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Saint Fursey's visions were recorded by this venerable saint
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bede
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AIN'T THAT AMERICA
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This state's largest lake may be 20 times as salty as any ocean
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Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
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AH, SWEET MYTHTERY
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Hard-partyin' half-man, half-goat creatures of Greek mythology
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Time's up! The correct answer was a satyr
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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
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The Brad jumped the Jen for this left-handed hottie
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Time's up! The correct answer was Angelina Jolie
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THE CAT
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Like MGM's Leo the Lion, if you can do this you're considered one of the "big cats"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Roar
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WORLD "P"s
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Gunmen after this South American dictator in 1986 used rockets, bazookas, rifles & grenades--& missed!
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pinochet
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PLANT LIFE
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It's the large floating leaf of a water lily
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Time's up! The correct answer was pad
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OPERA SINGERS
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In 1971 this part-Maori diva had her first Covent Garden triumph in "The Marriage of Figaro"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kiri Te Kanawa
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TV THEME LYRICS
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"Movin' movin' movi
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rawhide
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THE ENGLISH BEAT
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You'll find the Cavern Club at 10 Mathew Street in this port city; how fab
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Time's up! The correct answer was Liverpool
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TV MOVIES
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The 1974 autobiography of this woman won 9 Emmy Awards, 2 for Cicely Tyson
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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AMERICAN PLAYS
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He revised his 1st play, "Farther Off From Heaven", & retitled it "The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs"
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Time's up! The correct answer was William Inge
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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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TELEVISION
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Jack Wagner, formerly of "General Hospital", now plays Dr. Peter Burns on this Fox drama
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Time's up! The correct answer was Melrose Place
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THAT'S NO LADY...
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He was a comic foil as Mr. Mooney on "The Lucy Show" & Mr. Wilson on "Dennis the Menace"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gale Gordon
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CHANTED
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This musical instrument consists of a chanter, several drones & an air sack
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Time's up! The correct answer was a bagpipe
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WHO'S THE MRS.?
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Mrs. Tim McGraw
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Time's up! The correct answer was Faith Hill
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THEY ALSO RAN
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He played the CIA chief in "No Way Out" & represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate
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Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Thompson
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YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF
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The Lord's Prayer says, "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from" this
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Time's up! The correct answer was evil
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DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS
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1988: Texas state treasurer
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Richards
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ON THE RADIO
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Robin Quivers is the radio consort of this self-proclaimed "King of All Media"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Howard Stern
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TEENS IN HISTORY
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In the 1850s this future sculptor failed the Ecole des Beaux-Arts entrance exam 3 times (think about it)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rodin
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IT HAD TO "BU"
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Any dry red table wine may be called this even if it doesn't come from the French region of the same name
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Time's up! The correct answer was Burgundy
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GETTING TICKED ON
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The chipping type of this common seed-eating little bird is a popular host for ticks
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Time's up! The correct answer was a sparrow
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CHAD IS RAD
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Refugees from the neighboring Darfur region of this country have fled into eastern Chad
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sudan
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MUSICAL THEATRE
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It's based on the memoir "Anna And The King Of Siam"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "The King And I"
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FICTIONAL BOOKS
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A man is searching for the novel "Knickerless Nickleby" in the bookstore skit on this British Show
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Time's up! The correct answer was Monty Python
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ARCHITECTURE
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The Coonley Estate & the Robie House are examples of this midwestern style created by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Prairie Style
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'ALLO, GOVERNOR!
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Beauford Jester, John B. Connally, Jr.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
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THE 14th CENTURY
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Claiming the French throne, England's Edward III invaded the continent in 1337, setting off this war
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Time's up! The correct answer was 100 Years War
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
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This Tudor king founded Cambridge's Trinity College in 1546
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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
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1800
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His "The Wealth of Nations" was one of the first books bought to stock the new Library of Congress
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Time's up! The correct answer was Adam Smith
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THE OLD WEST
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Ogden, now this state's sixth-largest city, was named for an Old West fur trapper
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Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
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OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
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Fran Lebowitz called this type of pasta with clam sauce "mankind's crowning achievement"
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Time's up! The correct answer was linguini
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PLANT LIFE
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If someone insists your spruce is really a fir, show him that these pointy items are square, not flat
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Time's up! The correct answer was needles
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SCRAMBLED EGGS?
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It sounds like a dance: EMU REIGN
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Time's up! The correct answer was meringue
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TREES & SHRUBS
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A 1912 gift from Japan, the Yoshino species of this tree is found in great abundance by the Jefferson Memorial
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Time's up! The correct answer was cherry trees
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REEL MOTHERS
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According to the theme song, this cat "is a bad mother" -- shut your mouth
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Time's up! The correct answer was Shaft
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MUNICH
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In the 16th century, Munich was a center of the German phase of this movement against Protestantism
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Counter-Reformation
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ALASKA
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One of the 3 mottos that have been featured on regular Alaskan license plates
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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Last Frontier", "The Great Land", or "North to the Future"
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"CAL" STATE
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Ca is calcium; Cf is this element
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Time's up! The correct answer was Californium
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THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
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Something that's the first son's due; Esau sold his
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Time's up! The correct answer was birthright
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HISTORIC WOMEN
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After 5 years in office, she resigned as Israeli prime minister in 1974
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Time's up! The correct answer was Golda Meir
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JURY DUTY
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In the Manson trial this isolation of a jury to protect it from outside influences lasted 8 1/2 months
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Time's up! The correct answer was sequestering
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ON THE "WAR"PATH
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Pop art poster boy who was famous much longer than 15 minutes
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Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Warhol
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ART & ARTISTS
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Upon completing the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1512, he wrote to his father, "The pope is well satisfied"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Michelangelo
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AIN'T THAT AMERICA
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The Mackinac Bridge joins the upper & lower peninsulas of this U.S. state
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Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
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REALLY BIG
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You'll find the largest one in Mexico, not Egypt; its base covers nearly 45 acres
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pyramid
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ART
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Edward Steichen led the movement to recognize as art these images, whose name means "drawn with light"
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Time's up! The correct answer was photographs
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ROCKS & MINERALS
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Mark Twain defined it as a hole in the groud with a liar standing at the top
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Time's up! The correct answer was mine
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
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Heading to Valparaiso, a seaport in this South American country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chile
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FOUNTAINS
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Andrea Del Verrocchio sculpted his bronze "Boy With" this sea creature for a Medici villa
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dolphin
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1957
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The first explorer to fly over both poles, he passed away in March
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Time's up! The correct answer was Admiral Richard Byrd
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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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MOVIES & TV
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Of his dialogue, this Han Solo actor said, "You can type this (stuff), George, but you sure can't say it"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison Ford
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WRITERS CUBED
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Her 2000 novel "Blonde" is, of course, about Marilyn Monroe
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Time's up! The correct answer was Joyce Carol Oates
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A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
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This computer language gets oxymoronic when it follows "Advanced"
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Time's up! The correct answer was BASIC
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THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE
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This author of the "Guys & Dolls" stories really was from Manhattan--Manhattan, Kansas, that is
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Time's up! The correct answer was Damon Runyon
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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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TOUGH BODIES OF WATER
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This Venezuelan lake is the only one of the world's 25 largest lakes whose elevation is sea level
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Maracaibo
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ENDS WITH "K"
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If you lack good fortune, you're out of this
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Time's up! The correct answer was Luck
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INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY
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The first 4 letters of xylophone refer etymologically to this material used to make its sounding bars
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Time's up! The correct answer was wood
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES
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Yankee batting champ "Donnie Baseball"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mattingly
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TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
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This animal's scientific name is Panthera onca
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Time's up! The correct answer was jaguar
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AUTHORS
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A member of the Algonquin Round Table, this petite brunette wrote a story called "Big Blonde"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dorothy Parker
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CELEBS
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"You Stand Watching" this "Shine On" singer
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ryan Cabrera
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HIP-HOP & RAP
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A TV show on E! chronicles the "Father Hood" of this rap star
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Time's up! The correct answer was Snoop Dogg
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NEPAL
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Told to jump from 600 feet, these tough Nepalese soldiers, not knowing they'd get chutes, said 300 feet was easier
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gurkhas
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GEHRY
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Though he's lived for many years in the U.S., architect Frank Gehry was born in this Ontario city of 4.5 million
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Time's up! The correct answer was Toronto
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TRANSPORTATION
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On December 11, 1967 it was removed from the British registry & turned over to the city of Long Beach, California
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen Mary
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WHAT A CHARACTER!
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On "The Addams Family", he was married to Morticia
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gomez
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IT'S A DATE!
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You'll find this date on a calendar only once every 4 years
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Time's up! The correct answer was February 29
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THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK
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In 1877 Sarah got the first one of these ever hooked up in Nashville
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Time's up! The correct answer was a telephone
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"DO", "RE", "MI"
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It can mean relating to home or a servant who works there
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Time's up! The correct answer was Domestic
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EUROPE
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Only predominanty Muslim country entirely in Europe
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Time's up! The correct answer was Albania
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5-LETTER CAPITALS
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Haiphong near the Gulf of Tonkin serves as this city's main port
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi
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FOREIGN CURRENCY
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In 1946 the Communist government of Vietnam began issuing coins with a depiction of this man
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
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NETWORK
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"Real World", "House of Style", "FANatic"
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Time's up! The correct answer was MTV
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OPERA
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Musetta has her very own waltz in Act II of this Puccini opera
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Time's up! The correct answer was La boheme
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FOOD
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They're the two common vegetables in the English dish bubble & squeak
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Time's up! The correct answer was potato & cabbage
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OPERA
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Stationed in Seville, Don Jose is bewitched by a gypsy girl in this Bizet opera
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Time's up! The correct answer was Carmen
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NEWS TO ME
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In a surprise, Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in this state went to a Republican in a January 2010 election
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Time's up! The correct answer was Massachusetts
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I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY
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The 42 bridges of the Overseas Highway link many of this state's islands to the mainland
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Time's up! The correct answer was Florida
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GENERAL SCIENCE
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Of the 3 main classes of rock, this one is further divided into plutonic & volcanic types
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Time's up! The correct answer was igneous
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U.S. RIVERS
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The name of this river, famous in song, may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little Saint John"
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Swanee
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ASSASSINS
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Yigal Amir, a student at Bar-Ilan University, is serving a life sentence for assassinating this leader in 1995
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rabin
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MUSICALS
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Mrs. Ray Bolger co-produced this 1948 Ray Bolger musical based on "Charley's Aunt"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Where's Charley?"
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20th CENTURY QUOTES
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A minister, 1968: "I've seen the promised land...and I'm happy tonight...I'm not fearing any man"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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CHECK OUT MY CRIB
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Chandeliers look great but nowadays don't usually use these items from which their name is derived
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Time's up! The correct answer was candles
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FOOD CHAIN
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P.F. Chang's is an upscale bistro specializing in the cuisine of this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was China
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HAT'S ALL, FOLKS
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Proverbially, if you're crazy, you might be as "mad as" one of these makers of men's headwear
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Time's up! The correct answer was hatter
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HEISMAN WINNERS
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In 2006 Troy Smith joined Eddie George & back-to-back winner Archie Griffin as winners from this school
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ohio State
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BALLET
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This Spanish seducer is attacked by furies at the end of a 1936 ballet
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Time's up! The correct answer was Don Juan
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THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
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Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Belmopan
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Time's up! The correct answer was Belmopan
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RHYME TIME FOOD & DRINK
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A hilarious bee product
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Time's up! The correct answer was funny honey
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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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THE 1960s
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The last #1 song of the ‘60s, it was Diana Ross’ last song with the Supremes
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Someday We’ll Be Together"
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SPORTS HOME CITIES
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The NFL's Saints
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Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans
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WHEN THE SAINTS
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The site of this city, now the seat of Saint Johns County, Florida, was visited by Ponce de Leon in 1513
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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
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THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR
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Orderly people are bothered by the idea of thse random changes in genetic material helping evolution along
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Time's up! The correct answer was mutations
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SPEECH! SPEECH!
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In 1653 he told the Rump Parliament to get off its rump & "In the name of God, go!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Cromwell
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TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
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Bloody Mary was the girl the Tonys loved in 1950, when Juanita Hall won for playing her in this musical
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Time's up! The correct answer was South Pacific
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BROADWAY TEENS
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Brooke Shields & Lucy Lawless played Rizzo in the '90s revival of this rockin' high school musical
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Time's up! The correct answer was Grease
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FINE DINING
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A company at Union Wharf in Portland ships all kinds of seafood, but is called "Maine" this creature "Direct"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lobster
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MORTAL MATTERS
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Willie, the animal Wiarton, Canada used for this celebration, died Jan. 31, 1999, 2 days before his next appearance
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Time's up! The correct answer was Groundhog Day
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AT THE MALL
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This bookstore chain is named for its "edgy" founders, brothers Tom & Louis
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Time's up! The correct answer was Borders
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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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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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LITERATURE
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This "Madame Bovary" author visited Tunisia to research "Salammbo", his novel about Carthage
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Time's up! The correct answer was Flaubert
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COUNTY SEATS
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This Iowa city, the seat of Black Hawk County, has a name Wellington would remember
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Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo
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AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
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Stoker's sheeplings
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bram's lambs
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NO. 1 ALBUMS
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"Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Meat Loaf
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PASS THE CHOCOLATE
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Fran's Chocolates of Seattle makes delectable caramels topped with the gray sea type of this
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Time's up! The correct answer was salt
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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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DANCE
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19th c. women exposed their petticoats when they did this naughty French dance also known as <i>Le Chahut</i>
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Time's up! The correct answer was the can-can
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LITERARY GENRES
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A villanella, an Italian song, became a villanelle, a French this
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Time's up! The correct answer was a poem
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BRAND-TASTIC
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Dr. Joseph Lawrence & Jordan Lambert invented this bad-breath-busting product in 1879
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Time's up! The correct answer was Listerine
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RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
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This company that owns HBO & Turner Broadcasting lost a backup tape with 600,000 names & SSNs
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Time's up! The correct answer was Time Warner
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EUROPE
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From 1963 to 1978 he was Archbishop of Krakow
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Time's up! The correct answer was Karol Wojtyla
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VERBS
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You can fluff pillows or do this, also meaning "chubby"
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Time's up! The correct answer was plump
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POUR ME A STIFF ONE
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This brand of liqueur made its debut in Dublin on November 26, 1974
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bailey's
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THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER
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Ben Brantley says "injustice has been very good" to this musical writing duo; see "Chicago" & their new "The Scottsboro Boys"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kander & Ebb
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AMERICAN PLAYS
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"I'm Not Rappaport" takes place on a battered bench near the lake in this famous park
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Time's up! The correct answer was Central Park
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THE CIVIL WAR
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On April 12, 1861 Confederate general Beauregard attacked this fort in Charleston Harbor
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Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Sumter
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PLANT PARENTHOOD
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Juniper & maple are good trees to use in this cultivating art whose name means "plant in a tray" in Japanese
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Time's up! The correct answer was bonsai
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AT THE MALL
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Found "just what I needed" at this "City", an electronics store
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Time's up! The correct answer was Circuit City
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THE BIG APPLE
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Sheep Meadow & the Turtle Pond can be found in this 843-acre public playground
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Time's up! The correct answer was Central Park
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SODA POP QUIZ
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Fenton & Fowler''s calls this elite Detroit ginger ale the best soft drink in the world
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vernor's
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ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
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A 3.5-million-square-mile land area between the Atlantic Ocean & the Red Sea
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sahara
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GUINNESS RECORDS
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In February 1999 Maine residents built a 10-story one of these named Angus; he melted 15 weeks later
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Time's up! The correct answer was snowman
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NICE TO MEAT YOU
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A western N.Y. city knows cuts of this humped cattle family member are lower in fat & cholesterol than most cuts of beef
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Time's up! The correct answer was buffalo
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IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME
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Hammurabi was famous for his, but Ur-Nammu enforced one of these centuries earlier
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Time's up! The correct answer was Code of law
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OPERA & BALLET
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Though a tenor now, Placido Domingo began singing in this vocal range below tenor
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Time's up! The correct answer was Baritone
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SPACE MISSIONS
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The MESSENGER craft is the first mission to explore this planet since mariner 10 in the 1970s
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mercury
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5-LETTER CAPITALS
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12 avenues radiate from Place Charles de Gaulle in this city
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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
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Pontiff's cleansing agents
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Pope's soaps
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DUKE, DUKE
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Famous U.S. group of museums endowed by the illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland
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Time's up! The correct answer was Smithsonian
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CITY FLAGS
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This Spanish mission & a star are depicted on San Antonio's flag
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Alamo
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CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
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A "bear"y nice Alaskan island (6)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kodiak
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FILM CLASSICS
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This 1951 classic stars the AFI's top picks for the greatest male & female film legends
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Time's up! The correct answer was The African Queen
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THE RENAISSANCE
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The ruthless Cesare Borgia was the model for this book by Machiavelli
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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Prince"
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"V"
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9-letter word meaning to waver between courses of action
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Time's up! The correct answer was vacillate
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1984
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The Boston Symphony had to pay this actress $100,000 for canceling her contract due to her PLO support
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vanessa Redgrave
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PUNJAB
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In this Kipling work, the title orphan's father was a sergeant in an Irish regiment in the Punjab
_ _ m
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kim
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EPONYMS
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This submachine gun was named for an Israeli army officer whose design won a competition in the 1950s
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Time's up! The correct answer was Uzi
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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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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
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The seafood in this Mexican dish is "cooked" not by heat, but by the acid in lime juice
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Time's up! The correct answer was ceviche
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THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!
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It's borders are the Atlantic Ocean to the south & west & Spain to the north & east
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Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
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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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1984
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This science fact & fiction writer published his 300th book which he called "Opus 300"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac Asimov
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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This political party founded around 1789 stood for a strong central government
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Federalists
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YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!
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It's the genus & species of this animal ("caveman")
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Time's up! The correct answer was Homo sapiens
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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
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"'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' was the first full length animated film to use" this inductee's multiplane camera
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Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Disney
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THE "UNDER" WORLD
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It means to weaken support for something or to unearth too little ore
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Time's up! The correct answer was undermine
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PLAY ADJECTIVES
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Mark Medoff's "Children of a ____ God"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lesser
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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
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It's an Italian city about 40 miles north of Milan, or about 9,000 miles east of Las Vegas
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bellagio
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SIGNS & SYMBOLS
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At her swearing-in, Speaker Pelosi wore this color (also a longtime symbol of power) as a symbol of the Suffragettes
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Time's up! The correct answer was purple
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SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"
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12 inches of hot dog
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Time's up! The correct answer was Foot long
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HEY, "BABY"
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Smallest form of a large piano
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Time's up! The correct answer was a baby grand
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CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
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Ceremonial chamber you'd "Hopi" into (4)
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Time's up! The correct answer was a kiva
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HE WAS IN THAT?
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Mike Farrell of "Providence" can be seen in the hotel in this 1967 Dustin Hoffman classic
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Graduate
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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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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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HISTORIC DATES
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He dissolved England's Rump Parliament on April 20, 1653
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cromwell
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OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s
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Elon Musk is now making rockets & electric cars; before that he co-founded & sold this electronic payment system
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Time's up! The correct answer was PayPal
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TRAVEL
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This Rome landmark is 620 feet long by 513 wide-- plenty of room to run away from a wild beast
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Colosseum
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THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
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To oversimplify, it's a really big hole in the ground in Arizona--1 mile deep & 277 river miles long
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Canyon
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LIVE IN TEXAS
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This world-famous cyclist named his home in Austin "Casa Linda" after his mother
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lance Armstrong
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MAGAZINE FEATURES
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Your Shot, Where in the World?, Visions of Earth
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Time's up! The correct answer was National Geographic
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COLOGNE RANGER
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Born in Cologne in 1876, he was the first chancellor of West Germany following World War II
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Time's up! The correct answer was Konrad Adenauer
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THIS IS JEOPARDY!
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On the original version, this was the highest dollar value on the Double Jeopardy! board
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Time's up! The correct answer was **$100 **
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CATHOLIC PRIESTS
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The priest's duty to keep your sins secret is traditionally protected by "the sanctity of" this booth
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Time's up! The correct answer was the confessional
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EARTH
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As well as trash & absorbent pet material, it can also mean the organic surface layer of the forest floor
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Time's up! The correct answer was litter
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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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TRIALS OF THE CENTURY
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After their convictions, this pair became the first civilians put to death for espionage in the U.S.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
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IT'S A DATE!
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O Canada celebrates Canada Day on this date, 3 days before a big American holiday
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Time's up! The correct answer was 1-Jul
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TECHNOLOGY
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Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and this person founded Apple Computer in 1976.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Wayne
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ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
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A 3.5-million-square-mile land area between the Atlantic Ocean & the Red Sea
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sahara
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THREE CHEERS!
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It's the breakfast cereal pitched by the animated elves Snap, Crackle & Pop
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rice Krispies
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INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN
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New Zealand-born Jonah Lamu is tops on the pitch of this sport
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rugby
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STUPID ANSWERS
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While Bugs was “introduced” in “Porky’s Hare Hunt”, Daffy was introduced in this cartoon
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Porky’s Duck Hunt"
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FOOD
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Butternut refers to both an actual nut & this type of gourd
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Time's up! The correct answer was squash
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BACKWARDS
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In T minus 5 seconds, you'll say this word for the inverted series used before a rocket launch
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Time's up! The correct answer was a countdown
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
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Washington warned against "The insidious wiles of foreign influences" in this published declaration
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Time's up! The correct answer was His Farewell Address
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THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
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Rhode Island's only Ivy League school is this institution
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Time's up! The correct answer was Brown
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SOCIOLOGY
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10,000 years ago all societies were these, named from the way they collected animals, fruit, etc. for food
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Time's up! The correct answer was hunter-gatherers
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WHERE'S MY COFFEE?
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The flavorful coffee beans from this country are grown at high altitudes near Nairobi
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya
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BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER
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Wanted in the case of fruit missing from the forbidden tree, this animal is considered long & dangerous
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Time's up! The correct answer was Snake/serpent
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PLANTS
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Britannica defines it as "any plant growing where it is not wanted"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Weed
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WORLD RELIGION
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In the presence of the Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, you cover your head & remove these
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Time's up! The correct answer was your shoes
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WHY SO BLUE?
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The blue type of this game fish, M. Nigricans, has a long pointed bill
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Time's up! The correct answer was a marlin
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POETS' RHYME TIME
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Alexander's expectations
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pope's hopes
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A VIOLENT CATEGORY
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A suit of cards represented by a trefoil
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Time's up! The correct answer was club
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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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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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TRUE LIVES
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Extra! Extra! Read all about this retired Washington Post publisher in "Personal History"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Katharine Graham
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PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO
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From this author's "The Jungle" I shall read lines like "On the killing beds you were apt to be covered with blood"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Upton Sinclair
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PETER, PAUL & MARY
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Before penning "Beast" & "The Deep", he was a speechwriter for LBJ
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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Benchley
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
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In Luke he is quoted as saying, "I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pilate
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SPIELBERG MOVIES
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Spielberg wasn't paid for directing this film; he said it would be "blood money"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Schindler's List
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19th CENTURY POLITICIANS
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As Territories Committee chair, this Midwest senator helped draw the borders of 7 territories, including Kansas & Nebraska
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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Douglas
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PARTS OF THE WHOLE
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Mercury bulb, scale
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Time's up! The correct answer was a thermometer
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SPORTS TRIVIA
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The French Open tennis tournament is played on courts of this color clay
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Time's up! The correct answer was Red
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NAME THE POET
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"There was an old man with a beard, / Who said, 'It is just as I feared!'"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Lear
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"S"-OTERICA
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It's a low-level football "catch" made near the ground by a running player
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Time's up! The correct answer was shoestring catch
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THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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Between 1656 & 1735 members of the Albanian Koprulu family served the sultan as this "grand" executive officer
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Time's up! The correct answer was vizier
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AN E FOR AN I
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A Hawaiian wreath becomes an area sheltered from wind
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Time's up! The correct answer was a lei & a lee
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FINE DINING
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A Vacherin dessert features this crisp concoction of beaten egg whites & sugar
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Time's up! The correct answer was meringue
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FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
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State with the highest average monthly food stamp benefit per person; at over $100, that's a lot of poi
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
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YOUTH IN ASIA
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With songs like "Fly Away", rock star Cui Jian is one of the leading pop musicians from this Asian country
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Time's up! The correct answer was China
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JAZZ IT UP
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Saxophonist Sonny Rollins was one of the leaders of the "hard" type of this style that began in the '40s
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Time's up! The correct answer was bebop/bop
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BLARNEY
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This type of sprite will lead you to the gold
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Time's up! The correct answer was a leprechaun
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EARTH, WIND & FIRE
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Scientists believe the continents were once part of a single land mass called this, from the Greek for "all earth"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pangaea
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SHAKESPEARE
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The play in which Emilia screams, "The moor hath kill'd my mistress! Murder! Murder!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Othello
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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
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A literary bell ringer (9)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Quasimodo
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PSYCHOLOGY
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Character from group therapy on old Bob Newhart show who checked into St. Elsewhere this season
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Carlin
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HOME FURNISHINGS
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Four-poster is a type of this, sometimes with a canopy
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Time's up! The correct answer was a bed
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ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER
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Add this letter to Jupiter's moon Io & you get an acronym that's a ground-floor stock offer for regular guys
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Time's up! The correct answer was P
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"KEY"s
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No bones about it, it opens many locks
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Time's up! The correct answer was a skeleton key
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THE COMMODORES
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The first American naval victory in the Revolution came under Commodore Esek Hopkins in these islands off Fla.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bahamas
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STATE CAPITALS
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It's nicknamed the "Center of the Pineapple Industry"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu
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TELEVISION
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"Cosmetic" name of the magazine that's the focus of "Just Shoot Me", or what its racier episodes may make you do
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Time's up! The correct answer was Blush
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ITALIAN
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"Parla come mangi", literally "speak the way you" do this, means to speak simply & clearly
_ _ t
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Time's up! The correct answer was eat
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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There's a national park on the island of St. John in this U.S. possession
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Time's up! The correct answer was U.S. Virgin Islands
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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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CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
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Room or building in the round (7)
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Time's up! The correct answer was rotunda
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HAMMERS
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He said to his captain, "Before I let your steam drill beat me, I'd die with this hammer in my hand"
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Time's up! The correct answer was John Henry
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MORE POWER TO YOU
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Founded in 1933, it's America's largest public power company
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Time's up! The correct answer was TVA
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MISSING LINKS
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Guilt by ____ Football
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Time's up! The correct answer was association
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NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
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William Warner's "Beautiful Swimmers" is an exploration of the Atlantic blue crab & this bay
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Chesapeake
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SNOWBOARDING
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Snowboarding is often featured in ads for this Pepsico soda with a lofty name
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mountain Dew
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ART
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This Venetian, said his pupil Palma Giovane, "used his fingers more than his brush" to finish his lush works
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Time's up! The correct answer was Titian
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THE SECOND...
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...son born to Barbara Bush
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jeb
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THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION
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In 1521, Ignatius was struck by a cannonball while defending this country against the French
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Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
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ART & ARTISTS
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Upon completing the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1512, he wrote to his father, "The pope is well satisfied"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Michelangelo
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FETAL ATTRACTION
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Pre-natal process that created the images seen here:
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ultrasound
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FOOD FACTS
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Known botanically as "citrullus lanatus", this huge fruit grows on vines as long as 15 ft.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Watermelon
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FOOD & DRINK
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This rum drink hailing from New Orleans' French Quarter has its own glass of the same name
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Hurricane
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WOMEN: WRITE ON!
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Sadly, she died in Boston in 1888, just 2 days after her transcendentalist father Bronson
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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisa May Alcott
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GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
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Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dice
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THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
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A white arrowhead with a black outline; inside are 2 letters
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Kansas City Chiefs
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INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY
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It's appropriate that the name of this double reed instrument with a low range comes from the Italian for "low"
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Time's up! The correct answer was a bassoon
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THAT'S MY LAW
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Snell's Law governs the angle of refraction of this as it passes from one medium to another
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Time's up! The correct answer was Light
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ART
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In the 1300s Italy gave birth to this art movement that would eventually sweep across Europe
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Renaissance
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ANY FIRST WORDS?
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Meaning "first", it can precede color, election or health care
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Time's up! The correct answer was primary
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PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
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1987: "Return to Dodge"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gunsmoke
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CLASSICAL GASES
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Discovered separately in the 1770s by British & Swedish chemists, it was found to be a gas by a Frenchman
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Time's up! The correct answer was Oxygen
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TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
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This animal's scientific name is Panthera onca
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Time's up! The correct answer was jaguar
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WORDS
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Chat about this in your chat room: "chat" is merely a shortened form of this 7-letter word
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Time's up! The correct answer was chatter
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LEGENDARY LEGENDS
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A modern urban legend says the USS Eldridge disappeared in this city's Navy yard in a 1943 "Experiment"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia
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AN E FOR AN I
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A "landing" area is transformed into a serious throat infection
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Time's up! The correct answer was strep & strip
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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
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On Feb. 3, 1930 I presided over the founding of the Vietnamese Communist Party
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
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The juice of this bog fruit is Massachusetts' state beverage
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Time's up! The correct answer was cranberry
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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This clergyman who wrote "The Short History of New-England" in 1694 was the son of Increase Mather
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton Mather
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DIALING FOR DIALECTS
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While Maltese borrows many words from Italian, it developed from a dialect of this Semitic language
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Time's up! The correct answer was Arabic
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NAME THE POET
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"To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower"
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Time's up! The correct answer was William Blake
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BIG "STAR"
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In 1990 this company expanded its Seattle HQ & built a new roasting plant
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Time's up! The correct answer was Starbucks
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WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
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"In 1997, the House (of Reps.) voted to reprimand him... It marked the first time the House had reprimanded a Speaker"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gingrich
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BRITISH NOBILITY
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In the 16th C. the Earl of Surrey helped bring this 14-line poetic form to England
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sonnet
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SHIRLEY
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The 1999 movie "The Haunting" was based on her novel "The Haunting of Hill House"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Jackson
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BODIES OF WATER
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In 1975 the United Kingdom began piping oil from this sea to its shores
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Time's up! The correct answer was the North Sea
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WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
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Gwyneth Paltrow
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Time's up! The correct answer was Blythe Danner
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HAIR TODAY
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In 2004 this real estate tycoon told People magazine that his signature swept-forward style is his own handiwork
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Time's up! The correct answer was Trump
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POLITICAL MOVIES
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Frank Langella is the power hungry chief of staff in this film in which Kevin Kline plays a presidential impersonator
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dave
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HISTORY
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In a 1778 treaty, the U.S. and France granted each other this commerce "status"
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Time's up! The correct answer was most favored nation
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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
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He pretty much stopped treating people after his parrot Polynesia taught him how to talk to animals
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Dolittle
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PHRASES THAT SELL
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This shipping company asks, "What can Brown do for you?"
_ _ S
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Time's up! The correct answer was UPS
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THE SHORT FORM
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In May 1970 many of these buildings were torched on campuses, including Kent State's on May 2
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Time's up! The correct answer was ROTC
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"AD"JECTIVES
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Unfavorable, like some circumstances, or the last name of Anthony in a 1933 novel
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Time's up! The correct answer was Adverse
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HOW INSPIRATIONAL
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Thinking of his sins, poet Heinrich Heine said, "Of course" God will do this to "me; that's his business"
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Time's up! The correct answer was forgive
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MUD
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The phrase "His name is mud" predates Dr. Mudd's setting this assassin's leg, so it doesn't mean the doctor
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Time's up! The correct answer was John Wilkes Booth
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CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
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This May-5 born Monty Python member & BBC travel filmmaker is a commando of the Order of the British Empire
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Time's up! The correct answer was Palin
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THE ONION
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Feb. 20, 2006: This late "Feminine Mystique" writer "honored with second-class postage stamp"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Friedan
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CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
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Appropriately, New Glasgow is in this Canadian province
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nova Scotia
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NOTED EUROPEANS
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On the 50th anniv. of Bunker Hill, this European was back on our shores to lay the monument's cornerstone
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lafayette
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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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GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
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In 2007 he became the first man since Bill Tilden to win the U.S. Open 4 years in a row
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Time's up! The correct answer was Federer
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GRAPES
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A popular grape used in making raisins is this variety that shares its name with the capital of Oman
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Time's up! The correct answer was Muscat
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NO. 1 ALBUMS
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"Glass Houses"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Joel
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WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
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The blackcock or the ruffed
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Time's up! The correct answer was a grouse
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DRAMA
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This lengthy work by Eugene O'Neill is based partly on the Oresteia of Aeschylus
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mourning Becomes Electra
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HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
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In boxing, it's when you've fallen & you can't get up
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Time's up! The correct answer was a knockout
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AWARDS
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Richard Pryor was the first recipient of a Kennedy Center humorists' prize named for this American author
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
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ANATOMY
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The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth
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Time's up! The correct answer was muscles
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FAIRY TALE FEMMES
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She would have been popular in the '60s; she was always letting her hair down
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rapunzel
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THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS
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High in Omega-3 fatty acids, oils from these creatures have been shown to reduce high levels of triglycerides
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Time's up! The correct answer was fish
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GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
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Mike Bossy & Alexander Mogilny have won the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly conduct in this sport
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Time's up! The correct answer was hockey
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THE LAND
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After killing Abel, Cain was banished to the sleepy-sounding land of this place, east of Eden
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nod
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THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS
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The CBC set up a Brain Trust for this kind of "justice" to make sure toxic dumps aren't foisted on minority areas
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Time's up! The correct answer was environmental justice
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STUPID ANSWERS
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Number of different basic shapes in a box of Post Alpha-Bits
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Time's up! The correct answer was 26
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WORD ORIGINS
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Derived from the Latin for "salted vegetables", this cold dish might be enhanced with a little oil & vinegar
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Time's up! The correct answer was salad
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OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
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(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) I'm overlooking this Oahu beach that attracts about 65,000 visitors a day
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Time's up! The correct answer was Waikiki
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THE 20th CENTURY
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On Feb. 11, 1993 this Florida prosecutor was nominated Attorney General of the U.S.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Janet Reno
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KANSAS CITIES
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In the 1960s this largest Kansas city became the world's largest producer of general aviation aircraft
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wichita
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BUSINESS
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This Warner-Lambert product contains retsyn, a finely homogenized vegetable oil
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Time's up! The correct answer was Certs
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THE BLUE ANGELS
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) When the Blue Angels perform the formation known for this precious gem, the jets are only 12 inches apart
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Time's up! The correct answer was diamond
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THE BIBLE
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The first verse of this book says, "There was a man in the land of Uz that feared God and eschewed evil"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Job
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PHYSICS 101
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In the 19th C. Rudolf Clausius coined this word for measuring increasing disorder in a system
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Time's up! The correct answer was entropy
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DAN-O-MITE
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American architect Daniel Burnham was the Director of Works at the 1893 World's Fair in this city
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
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DOUBLE LETTERS
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It can precede "sickness" or "beauty" as well as "porch"
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Time's up! The correct answer was sleeping
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& CROWN THY GOOD
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George I, king of this country from 1863 to 1913, supported a movement to revive the Olympics, abolished in 393
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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece
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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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HERBS & SPICES
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The dried pods of a certain climbing orchid provide this flavoring
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Time's up! The correct answer was vanilla
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PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO
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Indeed, I should've told you I had this "kissing disease" whose incubation period is 30-40 days; hey, where ya goi
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Time's up! The correct answer was mononucleosis
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AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
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A 1994 festival honoring this country featured the Tjapukai Aboriginal Dance Company
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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
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SAY "CHI"s
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Part of a house that has its own professional sweep
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Time's up! The correct answer was a chimney
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MY NAME IS EARL WARREN
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I am interred at this national cemetery
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Time's up! The correct answer was Arlington
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ANIMALS
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A pocket gopher's pockets are fur-lined & located in these
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheeks
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CHANCE
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His 1742 "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" was a prelude to writings on other games
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hoyle
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WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
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Grammatically speaking, the word "the" is definitely one of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was Article
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JUBAL EARLY
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Confederate general Jubal Early idolized this general, who called him "My Bad Old Man"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert E. Lee
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BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
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OK, we're not allowing for inflation, but Bill could afford over 8,000 Steve Austins, this title character
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