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

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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On Mar. 27, 1964 this largest Alaska city was hit by an 8.4 earthquake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage

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THE PLANET URANUS

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In 1846 astronomers found this planet from the effects it had on Uranus' orbit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune

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THE HAYES YEARS

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During 1879 he perfected his photographic dry plate

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Eastman

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THE 1990s

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On January 4, 1995 he was sworn in as the first Republican speaker of the house in more than 40 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Newt Gingrich

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COMIC STRIPS

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On December 8, 1980 Berkeley Breathed began his magnum opus with the debut of this strip

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bloom County

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SRO

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Tony-winning Tony who drew big crowds with his epic play "Angels In America"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Kushner

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ROGUE

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This country's acceptance of responsibility for the Pan Am 103 bombing helped it lose its rogue status

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Time's up! The correct answer was Libya

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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It was the last name of the 17th & 36th presidents

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Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson

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LUNCH COUNTER LINGO

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A houseboat is this ice cream & fruit dessert

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Time's up! The correct answer was a banana split

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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS

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

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

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DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS

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1968: Hawaiian senator

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Inouye

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FLAGS OF THE WORLD

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This Mediterranean country whose flag is seen here is "The Word"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece

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"V" IS FOR

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...this, like Paricutin in Mexico

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Time's up! The correct answer was volcano

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ARCHITECTURE

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This 6-letter part of a house is also called an eaves trough

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Time's up! The correct answer was gutter

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SCRAMBLED EGGS?

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Denver dish: TOT MELEE

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Time's up! The correct answer was omelette

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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Their 1st professional collaboration was this 1943 landmark musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma!

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MATH TERMS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 3

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SHIPS

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The Queen Elizabeth was a few feet lnger than this, her sister ship

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen Mary

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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY

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Guyana has had a long-standing border dispute with this small country to its southeast

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Time's up! The correct answer was Suriname

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LOVE POETRY

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A Shakespeare sonnet accuses this purple flower of steaing its smell from the poet's love

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Time's up! The correct answer was the violet

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KIDDY LIT

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In this poem, the hero is instructed to shun the frumious Bandersnatch

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jabberwocky

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OCCUPATIONS

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A pro sports broadcasting duo consists of a play-by-play announcer & the analyst called this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was a color commentator

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THE 17TH CENTURY

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Cheers to this Benedictine monk who pioneered the making of champagne in 1698

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dom Perignon

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FAIRY TALE FEMMES

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

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

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

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He's now a correspondant emeritus for "60 Minutes"; his memoir "Close Encounters" came out in 1984

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Wallace

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"KEY"s

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This type of private establishment admits only members & their guests

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Time's up! The correct answer was a key club

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CORAL REEF LIFE

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Just off Australia, it's the largest chain of coral reefs in the world

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Barrier Reef

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PAINTERS

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His "Potato Eaters" was inspired by the time he spent as a missionary in the coal-mining region of Belgium in his mid-20s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Van Gogh

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GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT

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Ian McKellen was Gandalf in "LOTR"; Ian McEwan wrote the novel on which this 2007 Keira Knightley film was based

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Time's up! The correct answer was Atonement

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TAUNT "O"

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Being around you has completely killed my sense of this, the tendency to expect the best of life

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Time's up! The correct answer was optimism

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BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES

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Her daughter Julie says this future first lady was offered a movie contract in the 1930s when she was a USC student

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. Nixon

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BIRDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peregrine falcon

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"PIN" ME

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Gilbert & Sullivan's naval vessel

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Time's up! The correct answer was H.M.S. Pinafore

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PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH

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1 of the 2 born in Vermont

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coolidge

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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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DRIVING

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The following sound indicates a vehicle in this gear

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Time's up! The correct answer was reverse

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PARLEZ VOUS?

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"Huitieme" is French for this ordinal number

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Time's up! The correct answer was eighth

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A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE

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This planet's famous rings were first seen by the Italian scientist Galileo in 1610

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn

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GREEK LETTERS

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Precedes "-bits" in the name of a sweet Post cereal

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Time's up! The correct answer was alpha

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EMPIRES

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In the early 1800s, this man's empire included the duchy of Warsaw, the kingdom of Naples & Spain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon

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POOR & FAMOUS

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He drank up the money he got for songs like "Oh! Susanna" & died with 38c in his pocket

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Foster

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THE MOVIES

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Known for comedies like "Mr. Mom", he donned the cape & cowl of Batman in 1989

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Keaton

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U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS

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Mike Eruzione of Winthrop, Mass. was captain of the miraculous 1980 Olympic team in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was hockey

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LUNCH COUNTER LINGO

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A houseboat is this ice cream & fruit dessert

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Time's up! The correct answer was a banana split

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THE YEAR IN SPORTS

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In this, his final year, Ted Williams became one of the few major leaguers to play in 4 decades

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1960

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FEMALE ATHLETES

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This tennis player won women's singles titles at Wimbledon in 2000 & 2001, but lost to her little sister in 2002

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Time's up! The correct answer was Venus Williams

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1987

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This British prime minister won a rare third term in June

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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher

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"EN" THE BEGINNING

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The U.S. conducted nuclear tests on this atoll in the Marshall Islands from 1948 to 1958

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Time's up! The correct answer was Enewetak

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GREEK LIFE

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Patricia Storace titled her 1996 book on travels in Greece "Dinner with" this goddess of the underworld

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Time's up! The correct answer was Persephone

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COME "IN"

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A new design or creation; necessity is often the mother of it

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Time's up! The correct answer was invention

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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This famous "song" is a romanticized account of the Battle of Roncesvalles, fought in 778

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Song Of Roland"

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TIME TO "EAT"

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Bartender's adjective for a cocktail served without water

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Time's up! The correct answer was neat

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OPERA SINGERS

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This Neapolitan tenor made his last public appearance on Christmas Eve, 1920 in "La Juive"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Caruso

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ALWAYS SAY NEVER

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In his "Ballad of East and West", this Brit wrote, "east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kipling

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OPERA

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Mozart opera in which the count tries to thwart & postpone his valet's wedding

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Marriage of Figaro

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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES

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This British actress played Isadora Duncan on film in 1968 & onstage in 1991

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vanessa Redgrave

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FIRST LADIES

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The only first lady whose married name was the same as her maiden name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eleanor Roosevelt

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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In 1994 Brooke Shields made her Broadway debut as Betty Rizzo in this musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grease

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IT BORDERS INDIA

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nepal

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LITERARY BADDIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Voldemort

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"X", "Y", "Z"

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It's a kind of striped mussel as well as a striped equine

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Time's up! The correct answer was a zebra

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BALLS

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A target ball called a "pallino" is thrown first in this Italian ball game

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Time's up! The correct answer was bocce

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BICYCLES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peugeot

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LANGUAGES

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More than 375 languages & dialects are spoken in this country's Madhya Pradesh state

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Time's up! The correct answer was India

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SUPERHEROES

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For a while the Hulk was gray, but now he's this color

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Time's up! The correct answer was green

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THE CONTINENTS

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This continent is the largest in area

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Time's up! The correct answer was Asia

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THAT'S MY BUSINESS

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A brother of one of the rappers in Run-DMC, this entrepreneur runs Phat Farm

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Time's up! The correct answer was Russell Simmons

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ANATOMY

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The nephrons function as filtering units in this pair of organs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kidneys

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EVERYBODY LOVES RAY

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"Write if you get work" was Ray Goulding's catchphrase as half of this duo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bob and Ray

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THREE

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It beats 2 pair, but not a straight

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Time's up! The correct answer was Three of a kind

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LITERATURE

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Goethe called him Faust; Marlowe dubbed him this

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

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THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH

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The American Heritage Dictionary calls this pronoun the most famous feature of Southern dialects

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Time's up! The correct answer was y'all

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PICTURE THIS

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The rights to 5 of Tom Kelley's red velvet photos of this actress taken in 1949 were put on eBay in 2001, but weren't sold

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Monroe

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QUOTATIONS

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John Kenneth Galbraith said these "are indispensable when you don't want to do anything"--there's one in the boardroom at 2:30

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Time's up! The correct answer was meetings

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WORD ORIGINS

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The -sex suffix on British placenames refers to this Germanic people

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Saxons

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ROYAL BRITANNIA

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In 1707 her title changed to Queen of Great Britain & Ireland (it used to be Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Anne

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I KNOW THAT SONG

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"Whenever we go out, the people always shout, there goes" this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS

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The Pulitzer folks gave "A Delicate Balance" by thIs playwright a 1967 "Woolf" whistle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Albee

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ANCIENT COINS

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Around 334 B.C. this Macedonian's stater became a world currency

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

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IN THE DICTIONARY

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This car name may come from an abbreviation of "general purpose vehicle"

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Time's up! The correct answer was jeep

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GUINNESS RECORDS

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He holds the record for all-time career earnings on the U.S. PGA circuit (over $26 million from 1996 to 2001)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tiger Woods

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5-LETTER WORDS

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It can mean "brief & forceful" or "resembling the inner core of a stem"

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Time's up! The correct answer was pithy

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spain

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MR. MOVIES

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In 1962, "Mr. Hobbs Took" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Vacation

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ANIMALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Swans

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TRADING SPACES

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4-letter synonym for "trade"; the Rose Bowl has a meet where it's done

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Time's up! The correct answer was swap

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THE FUNNIES

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The title of this Jim Unger comic refers to everyone in it, not just a single character

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Time's up! The correct answer was Herman

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HIP-HOP & RAP

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Yo, this notorious rapper's second posthumous No. 1 hit single was 1997's "Mo Money Mo Problems"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Notorious B.I.G.

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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Platinum, atomic number 78, is worth more than this other metal, atomic number 79

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Time's up! The correct answer was gold

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston

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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!

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Newspapers I own include the Daily Telegraph of Sydney & the Australian

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch

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HISTORY

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Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles de Gaulle

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I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS

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

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

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YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!

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To star in this 1890 fairy tale ballet, you shouldn't have spindly legs but you will need a spindle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME

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These Sumerian pyramids were topped by temples

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ziggurats

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THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD

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If you get to put "RSC" on your resume, you were part of this British troupe

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Royal Shakespeare Company

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THE LAND

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This country is "The Land of the Shamrock"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland

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THE BIBLE

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While carting this, Uzza touched it to right it after the oxen stumbled, & the Lord smote him

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

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BON APPE-"T"

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This root vegetable often has white skin & a purple-tinged top

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Time's up! The correct answer was Turnip

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VOLCANOES

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In 1908 members of Ernest Shackleton's expedition became the first to climb this continent's Mount Erebus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica

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THE ANIMALS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was mackerels

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ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS

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This 1963 epic included 79 sets & 26,000 costumes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra

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TRAVEL

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Beautiful Margaret Island in this river has been a Budapest park for more than 100 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Danube

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KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI

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Elected president in 1997

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Time's up! The correct answer was Khatami

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HITCHCOCK

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John Dall & Farley Granger strangle a college friend just for thrills in this, Hitch's first color film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rope

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MEN OF MUSIC

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100,000 people of this city turned out for the 1849 funeral of beloved bandleader Johann Strauss Sr.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna

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A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL

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"I lost the Number 1 draft pick the night before the draft!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Maguire

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POLITICAL TALK

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Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"

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Time's up! The correct answer was horses

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WHAT'S ON TV?

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This ABC series set at Mode magazine is based on the hit Columbian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty, La Fea"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ugly Betty

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PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE

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Parmesan is named for Parma, & this other grated cheese is named for Italy's capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romano

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NEPAL

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At Lumbini, you can visit the birthplace of this "Enlightened One"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buddha

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EDUCATION JARGON

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was At Risk

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FOLKIES

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Born Michelle Johnston, she "stunned" the industry in 1994 by selling her new album only at her shows

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Time's up! The correct answer was Michelle Shocked

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EARLY AMERICA

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

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

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THAT'S BUSINESS

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In 1851 this company started using a logo with a man in the moon & 13 stars; now it uses its initials

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Time's up! The correct answer was Proctor & Gamble

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GIANTS OF SCIENCE

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You'll find this Frenchman's name on almost all milk cartons

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Pasteur

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TIMELESS TV

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September 2010 brought the 45th edition of this comedian's telethon

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Lewis

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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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TURKISH LITERATURE

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The poem called the "Garibnameh" contains 11,000 masnavi, which we know as these rhymed 2-line units of verse

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Time's up! The correct answer was couplets

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2-LETTER ABBREV.

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Randy Newman sang, "Looks like another perfect day, I love" this place

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Time's up! The correct answer was L.A.

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THE ROMANOV DYNASTY

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One bio of this "Great" czar says he carried dental instruments around with him because he loved to pull teeth

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

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THE ROYALS

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Louis VI of France was known as this; as a child he must have shopped in le husky department

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Time's up! The correct answer was Louis the Fat

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THE 1980s

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On Dec. 13, 1989 Pres. F.W. De Clerk met with this imprisoned African National Congress leader for the first time

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Mandela

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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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

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

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NICKNAMES

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"The Belle of Amherst"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson

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MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS

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Both a she-wolf & a woodpecker fed & cared for them until they were found by Faustulus

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Time's up! The correct answer was Romulus & Remus

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TV MINISERIES

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Vanessa Williams played Calypso & Greta Scacchi was the long-suffering Penelope in this 1997 epic

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Odyssey

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READING

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From the Greek for "sound", these sounds represented by letters might get you "hooked on" them

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Time's up! The correct answer was phonics

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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Ioalus, the son of Iphicles & Automedusa, helped this man, his uncle, with his labors

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hercules

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MEDICAL MILESTONES

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In 1906 August von Wassermann developed a well-known test for this sexually transmitted disease

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Time's up! The correct answer was syphilis

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

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This German composer's 5th Symphony in C Minor has a famous opening

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ludwig van Beethoven

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"X", "Y", "Z"

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It looks like a sweet potato, but it isn't even a distant relative

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Time's up! The correct answer was a yam

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LAW & GOVERNMENT

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Though given 10 years for ratification, this amendment failed by 3 states in 1982

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Equal Rights Amendment

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HEY, "BABY"

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Nickname of Haiti's Jean-Claude Duvalier

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Baby Doc"

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ALL IN YOUR MIND

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By definition, a hypnagogic hallucination occurs while you're about to do this

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Time's up! The correct answer was fall asleep

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TRUE LIVES

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Despite its title, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is a book by & about this woman

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gertrude Stein

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SALMON

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World Book says this country leads the world in salmon fishing, with more than 450,000 tons caught each year

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Time's up! The correct answer was the United States

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CITY FOLK

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Madrilenos

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

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POP MUSIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dionne Warwick

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ROYAL BRITANNIA

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In 1707 her title changed to Queen of Great Britain & Ireland (it used to be Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Anne

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THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION

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In April 1803 Napoleon renounced this territory in America "with the greatest regret"; so we bought it

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Louisiana Territory

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ALL MY Xs

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In a 2002 film, number of Xs on Vin Diesel's neck tattoo

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Time's up! The correct answer was 3

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ROCK WITH YOU

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Quit your yellin' & name this 1995 hit duet for Michael & Janet Jackson, their first together

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

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PIZZA TOPPINGS

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This type of hard sausage is America's favorite pizza topping

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Time's up! The correct answer was pepperoni

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MAGAZINES

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This magazine's "Transition" column features birth, marriage, divorce & death announcements

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Time's up! The correct answer was Newsweek

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LITERARY BADDIES

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Mrs. Augustine St. Clare sold Uncle Tom to this brutal, alcoholic plantation owner who later beat him to death

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Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Legree

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HOW NOVEL

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Title that completes the line "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "To Kill A Mockingbird"

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4-LETTER FRIENDS

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The first name of actress Sheedy, pronounced differently

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Time's up! The correct answer was ally

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CARDS & DICE

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The 4 players in bridge are given these directional titles

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Time's up! The correct answer was North, South, East & West

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“SAINTS”

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

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

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CHAD IS RAD

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The capital & largest city

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

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U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES

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"The Illinois Baboon" & "The Martyr President"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Abraham Lincoln

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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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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS

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Contented performing kittens might be paid this way

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Time's up! The correct answer was per purr

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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The Judgement of Paris refers to the picking of a winner in one of these contests

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Time's up! The correct answer was a beauty contest

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THAT'S SOME NERVE

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A knock to the ulnar nerve at the bend of the elbow, which we call this, causes that weird tingling sensation

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Time's up! The correct answer was the funny bone

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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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Crackowes were a style of these with toes so long they were sometimes attached to the knees with chains

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Time's up! The correct answer was shoes

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FLEETS

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The Duque de Medina- Sidonia commanded this fleet in 1588

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

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5-LETTER WORDS

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One who steals by stealth: Thessalonians speaks of one "in the night"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a thief

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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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SILENCE

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No cell phone use is permitted on "quiet cars", begun in 2000 on this service's Philly-Washington run

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amtrak

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LITERARY EPITAPHS

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Devoted salesman & husband to Linda. "Attention must be paid."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Loman

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THE BIBLE

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God instructed Noah to use this kind of wood to build the ark

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Time's up! The correct answer was gopher wood

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LITERARY GENRES

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In the 1880s Guy de Maupassant published 300 of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was short stories

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EPONYMS

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This 2-word term for a skeptic refers to one of Jesus' apostles

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Time's up! The correct answer was a doubting Thomas

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AT THE BUILDING SITE

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A Fats Waller is a pianist & this "waller" is an installer of plasterboard

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Time's up! The correct answer was a drywaller

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THE ELEMENTS

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Once called radium F, this element was named for the homeland of one of its discoverers

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Time's up! The correct answer was polonium

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FROM THE LATIN

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From the Latin for "tail", it's the section of a musical composition that brings it to a close

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Time's up! The correct answer was the coda

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MYSPACE.MAN

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With the return of Apollo 13, this commander had completed over 715 hours of space travel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lovell

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ISRAEL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was diamonds

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A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Great Expectations

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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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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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STARTS WITH A PRONOUN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was an itinerary

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11-LETTER WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Transparent

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EUROPE

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In '67 this last king of Greece went into exile

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Time's up! The correct answer was Constantine

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FAMOUS LLOYDS

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In 1980 this "Evita" composer won a Tony for Best Score & a Grammy for Best Cast Show Album

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Time's up! The correct answer was Webber

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TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE

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Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" as well as Steinbeck's "The Moon Is Down" come from this play

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth

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NOVELS

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

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

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FEMALE ATHLETES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sheryl Swoopes

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LITERARY HOUSES

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In this Anne Tyler novel, a travel writer breaks his leg & moves into his siblings' home

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Accidental Tourist

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DRAMA

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In Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy", Joe Bonaparte gives up the violin for this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boxing

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THE TONY AWARDS

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(Hi, I'm Brian Dennehy) This man won a Tony for writing the Best Play of 1949 and I had the honor of presenting him with a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 1999

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller

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MOUNTAINS

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The Hoosac Mountains are a range of these "colorful" mountains located in Vermont

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Green Mountains

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CROSSWORD CLUES "K"

Question

Ceremonial chamber you'd "Hopi" into (4)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kiva

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BORN IN THE WINDY CITY

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Tarzan was the most famous creation of this Chicago-born writer

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edgar Rice Burroughs

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THE TITANIC

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This happened between the third & fourth funnel, a fact no one knew until the Titanic was found in 1985

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Time's up! The correct answer was it broke in half

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COMPOSERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Schubert

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CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS

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Puerto Ricans love to drink the juice of this fruit they call parcha -- maybe it makes them feel "amorous"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Passion fruit

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THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH

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The name of a popular Southern liquor brand, it's also the state game bird of Alabama

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wild Turkey

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PLAYWRIGHTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jonathan Larson

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MYTHELLANEOUS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Athena

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LOVE QUOTES

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Napoleon said, "I have never loved anyone for love's sake, except, perhaps," her -- "a little"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Josephine

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IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD

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When this member of the nightshade family reached Italy, it was known as pomi d'oro, or gold apple

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Time's up! The correct answer was a tomato

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ONE BUCK OR LESS

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A 15-ounce V05 Moisture Milks conditioner from this manufacturer averages a buck online

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alberto

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CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS

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1984: Men ride giant worms & attack the forces of the Emperor

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dune

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EDGAR AWARD WINNERS

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

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

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20th CENTURY ARTISTS

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"Sky Blue", "Blue Mountain" & "The Blue Rider" are all paintings by this Russian abstract artist

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kandinsky

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ARCHITECTS

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William Pereira erected his Transamerica "Pyramid" in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco

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SPORTS EVOLUTION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was boxing

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INNS

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The Chaucer Inn is located near the cathedral in this English city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canterbury

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SHAKESPEARE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was palm

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FAMOUS NAMES

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"The First Time Ever" she had a No. 1 album was "First Take" in 1972

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roberta Flack

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COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"

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The largest country in area that ends in "O", it has a population of about 66 million

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Congo

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U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS

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Mike Eruzione of Winthrop, Mass. was captain of the miraculous 1980 Olympic team in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was hockey

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NIGHT WATCH

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July 7, 2009: If you're in Australia, the Americas or sailing the Pacific, look for an eclipse of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Moon

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THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR

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"Z", "State of Siege", "Missing"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Costa-Gavras

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BEES

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A large crowd of bees on the move

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Time's up! The correct answer was a swarm

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SPORTS

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Ben Crenshaw & Phil Mickelson are the only 3-time winners of this college sport's championship tournament

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2011 MOVIES

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Known for his work as a Shakespearean actor, he directed "Thor"

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DRAMA

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In a 1997 play Stacie Chaiken starred as Constance, wife of this "Earnest" author

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Wilde

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WORD ORIGINS

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

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1984

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In December this founder of est announced that he was giving last of his weekend transformation sessions

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Time's up! The correct answer was Werner Erhardt

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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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MUSIC VIDEOS

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Paris Hilton is in this rapper's "Just Lose It" video; he appears as himself & as Santa Claus, among others

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eminem

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AMERICAN NICKNAMES

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

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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS

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Hot-cha-cha! New Mexico's official state question is "red or" this?

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U.S. PORT CITIES

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Among the top 40 busiest ports in the U.S. are these Northeast & Northwest cities with the same name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portland

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MYTHICAL CREATURES

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If you know that a Kirin is the Japanese type of this mythological creature, pour yourself a beer

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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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PUSH BY SAFIRE

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In 2006 George W. Bush awarded Safire this "presidential" item, the highest honor given to civilians

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Medal of Freedom

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RHYMES WITH SMART

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A graphic representation of information

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Time's up! The correct answer was a chart

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ARCHITECTURE

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After WWI he became director of the Grand Ducal art school in Weimar; in 1925 he moved the school to Dessau

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Gropius

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ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS

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I cannot tell a prevarication: it has this 3-letter synonym

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Time's up! The correct answer was lie

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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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TOM WOLFE

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"The Right Stuff" tells of how this man broke the sound barrier with 2 broken ribs from a drunken horseback ride

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Yeager

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5-LETTER WORDS

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It can mean "brief & forceful" or "resembling the inner core of a stem"

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DOUBLE MEANINGS

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Chairman Mao was very resourceful when he built a seaworthy _____ out of a lot of old _____ lying around

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COMIC STRIPS

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On December 8, 1980 Berkeley Breathed began his magnum opus with the debut of this strip

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bloom County

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IT'S RAINING "MN"

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'Tis this season (of the year)

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ALLITERATION STATION

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"If" he "picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers" he "picked"?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Piper

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SKIP TO MY "LOO"

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5-letter word for "remote in manner"

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Time's up! The correct answer was aloof

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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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ALL MY SONS

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Gutzon Borglum died in 1941 so his son, Lincoln, finished sculpting the 4 figures of this memorial

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Rushmore

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THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

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A monument dedicated to the men who lost their lives on the USS Maine stands in this capital's Parque del Maine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Havana

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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"

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Raiment or apparel

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Time's up! The correct answer was clothing

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MUSEUM HOPPING

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

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HARRY GUYS

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Watergate-era chief of staff, his initial "H" stood for Harry

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ARCHITECTURE

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One of these ancient Roman structures still carries the water supply of Segovia, Spain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aqueduct

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SPORTS EQUIPMENT

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A curved wicker basket called a cesta is used to catch & throw the ball in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was jai alai

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DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA

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Giving the devil his due, Fr. Karras invites the devil inside himself, then exits from the second floor in this 1973 movie

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Exorcist

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BASEBALL

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In Los Angeles, the Dodgers have had only these 2 managers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Alston & Tommy Lasorda

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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Subpoenaed for documents in Burr's treason trial, he cited executive privilege; didn't work

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson

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DEATH BY...

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Air crash of his MiG fighter plane while on a training mission near Moscow, March 27, 1968

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yuri Gagarin

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JEWELRY

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Sotheby's has announced it won't sell any items of this tusk material produced since 1939

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ivory

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JUBAL EARLY

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

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

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THE COMMODORES

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He's the naval hero & commodore famous for his declaration "Our country, right or wrong!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Decatur

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THE BIBLE

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Things saved from this city were the gold & silver, the iron & brass vessels & Rahab & her family

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jericho

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1999

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The native Inuit in this country got a new territory--Nunavut

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canada

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NOVEL QUOTES

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The novel that gave us the famous phrase "Tous pour un, un pour tous"

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

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ITALIAN

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If you're not going sinistra or destra, you're going sempre diritto, meaning this

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Time's up! The correct answer was always straight

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SPORTS & THE MOVIES

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When asked for a home address in "The Blues Bros." Elwood gives 1060 W. Addison St., the home of this facility

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wrigley Field

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TAKE OUT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was aclot

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WORLD RELIGION

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As they were partial to using hymns, these brothers, Charles & John, were the first rhythm Methodists

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Wesleys

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MEDICINE

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Adding these charged particles to the air is supposed to reduce blood pressure & relieve headaches

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Time's up! The correct answer was negative ions

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HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ceylon

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CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS

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1968: Dave enters the airlock without a space helmet

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

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ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN

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To gain better production values, "Soul Train" was moved from this city to Los Angeles

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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This Stephen Sondheim musical was based on the Ingmar Bergman film "Smiles Of A Summer Night"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "A Little Night Music"

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TAKE-OFFS

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

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

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LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"

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Writer Wyndham (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis

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ON BROADWAY: 1970

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After 2,844 performances, Broadway said, "So long, dearie" to this musical December 27, 1970

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hello, Dolly!

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DEAR JUNTA

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This former priest was ousted in Feb. 2004, even after a U.S.-brokered deal in 1994 with the Haitian junta kept him in power

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Time's up! The correct answer was Aristide

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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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THE "UNDER" WORLD

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Abolitionist "railroad"

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Time's up! The correct answer was underground

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THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC

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In the '90s it was "Enter Sandman" with this group

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Time's up! The correct answer was Metallica

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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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SAY CHEESE

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Italian cheesecake is made with this cheese whose name means "recooked"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ricotta

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WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II

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"Hefty" nickname of the second & last atomic bomb used during the war

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fat Man

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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY

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Located at the mouth of the Demerara River, it's the capital & largest city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Georgetown

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SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS

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She says, "that death's unnatural that kills for loving" before Othello strangles her

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Time's up! The correct answer was Desdemona

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AMERICAN FICTION WRITERS

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He was also the U.S.'s best-paid sportswriter, with stories of people like Chicago O'Brien & Jack the Bookie

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Time's up! The correct answer was Damon Runyon

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TRUE LIVES

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Isak Dinesen reflected on her years in Kenya in this book, later the title of a film about her

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Time's up! The correct answer was Out Of Africa

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MEDICINE

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Device that's implanted to control irregular heart beats

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Time's up! The correct answer was a pacemaker

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NOTORIOUS

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Name of FBI "sting" operation that sent 4 former Congressmen to prison in '83

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Time's up! The correct answer was Abscam

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TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED

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He was "Feelin' Groovy" as an Illinois senator from 1985 to 1997

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Simon

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UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS

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

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

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INSECTS

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This fly that you might find "in distress" resembles a dragonfly but folds its wings back at rest

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Time's up! The correct answer was Damselfly

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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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RHYMES WITH TEEN

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Nasty or stingy; or the average

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mean

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THE CIA

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Advanced CIA methods have included use of this high altitude aircraft; one was shot down May 1, 1960

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Time's up! The correct answer was U-2

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ALL GOD'S CRITTERS

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Widely hunted for their hides, the American, Cuban & Nile species of this reptile are now in danger

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crocodile

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GETTING TICKED OFF

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moses

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EXPLORERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Cabot

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CALL ME A"LEX"

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A light transparent weather-resistant man-made thermoplastic

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plexiglas

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POLITICIANS

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This champion stock-car racer lost the 1996 race for North Carolina's Secretary of State

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Petty

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CANADIAN CAPITALS

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This Alberta capital is called the Gateway to the North

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Time's up! The correct answer was Edmonton

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I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT

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In astrological notation, this sign is represented by 2 fish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pisces

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READING

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From the Greek for "sound", these sounds represented by letters might get you "hooked on" them

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Time's up! The correct answer was phonics

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U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cumberland

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MOVIE MUSICALS

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This Russian composer was portrayed by Jean-Pierre Aumont in 1947's "Song Of Scheherazade"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rimsky-Korsakov

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

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He wrote "Cadillac Jack" & "Lonesome Dove" after "Terms of Endearment"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Larry McMurtry

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THE 50 STATES

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The name of this state comes from 2 Choctaw words that mean "red" & "people"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma

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ACTORS & ACTRESSES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jason Alexander

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NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES

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Oct. 2, 1962: "3,000 Troops Put Down....Rioting And Seize 200 As Negro Attends" this school

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

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SPORTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chris Evert

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LITERARY SISTERS

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In "Gone with the Wind", Scarlett O'Hara marries Charles Hamilton & Ashley Wilkes marries her, Charles' sister

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Time's up! The correct answer was Melanie

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STATE SUPERLATIVES

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This state with the most people is home to the largest living tree

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Time's up! The correct answer was California

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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Disney

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ONE BUCK OR LESS

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99 cents got me a 4-pack of Ytterlig coasters from this Swedish chain

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Time's up! The correct answer was IKEA

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Cheever

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STARTS WITH "W"

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It found no evidence of a conspiracy involving Oswald & Ruby

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

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BON APPE-"T"

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This "steak" is a hot dog

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tube steak

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PARTS OF PEACH

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These parts of a peach tree grow at nodes along the shoots of the previous season's growth; they're usually pink

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Time's up! The correct answer was blossoms

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CROSSWORD CLUES "R"

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A stuffed pasta pocket (7)

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Time's up! The correct answer was a ravioli

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18th CENTURY AMERICA

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His wife Abigail wrote to him in a 1776 letter, "Remember the ladies... all men would be tyrants if they could"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Adams

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THE ELEMENTS

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Once called radium F, this element was named for the homeland of one of its discoverers

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Time's up! The correct answer was polonium

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PEN NAMES

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We don't know why this dame sometimes wrote under the name Mary Westmacott; it's a mystery to us

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Time's up! The correct answer was Agatha Christie

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ANATOMY

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

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OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s

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

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PSYCHOLOGY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was word association

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HOLIDAYS

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Meaning “removal of meat”, it's Rio's 4-day pre-Lenten festival

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carnival

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I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY

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Domine Quo Vadis Church stands on this road, where tradition says Peter asked Jesus, "Lord, where are you going?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Appian Way

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1933

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

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WESTERNS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley

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DOUBLE MEANINGS

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Maybe Don needs to get more exercise; he _____ just from pulling up his _____

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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You can spend the night in a Victorian style railroad car at the Choo Choo Hilton in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chattanooga

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AT THE KENNEDY CENTER

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In 1995 Luigi Bonino starred in a ballet about this "Little Tramp" of silent films

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Chaplin

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THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM

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1984: Beant Singh & Satwant Singh

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Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi

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HORS D'OEUVRES

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

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THE BIG APPLE

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On the NYC subway this train will also take you to Harlem, but then it splits off & heads for Yankee Stadium

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Time's up! The correct answer was the B train

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WHEN THE SAINTS

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You're a Slav to the study of language if you know that this alphabet bears the name of a 9th c. saint

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cyrillic

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I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY

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Part of U.S. 40 follows the route of this early 19th century road that began in Maryland

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FOR THE FASHIONISTA

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Style.com stated that your spring 2006 wardrobe must include a baby-doll dress in the style of this decade

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

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SELLERS

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[Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com] It's estimated that 60% of net shoppers flag an average of 7 sites with one of these, also used in products we sell

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COMMON SIMILES

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If you're scared, you might be "shaking like" this botanical item

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REEL MOTHERS

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Title of the 1981 biopic about the woman seen here: "I wouldn't turn against you if it meant my life. You are my life."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mommie Dearest

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COMMON ABBREVIATIONS

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A PAC, one of these, might help your electoral chances

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MUSEUM HOPPING

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

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SOCIOLOGY

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Robert & Helen Lynd based their "Middletown" studies on Muncie in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Indiana

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CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES

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Feel free to sing out this middle name of Martin Scorsese; it's the same as Pavarotti's first

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Time's up! The correct answer was Luciano

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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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POETS' RHYME TIME

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William's anacondas

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AMERICANA

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This U.S. first lady once taught dance in Grand Rapids

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Time's up! The correct answer was Betty Ford

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"X", "Y", "Z"

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This Saint Francis was the "Apostle of the Indies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Xavier

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EUROPE

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Geographic region within the Arctic Circle named for the people who call themselves the Sami

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lapland

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RUBY

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In newspapers, Jack Ruby was invariably described as an "operator" of these joints

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Time's up! The correct answer was strip joints

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THE COLOR PURPLE

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This purple flower is the state flower of Colorado

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Time's up! The correct answer was the columbine

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"V"

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Sabin and Salk product

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ENGLISH LIT

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Since the beadle named his waifs alphabetically, this character came between Swubble & Unwin

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WORD ORIGINS

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Chinese for “work together”, it was motto of U.S. marine raiders in WWII

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PICTURE THIS

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In 1907 the Wall Street Journal declared Percival Lowell's photo of its "canals" proof of intelligent life

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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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FRANCES FARMER

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She earned an Oscar nomination for playing Frances

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FROM THE GREEK

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The name of this solid figure used to disperse light into a spectrum is from the Greek for "something sawed"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a prism

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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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CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD

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He voiced Puss In Boots in "Shrek 2"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Antonio Banderas

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THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!

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Colombia to the north, Peru to the west, Paraguay to the south & the Atlantic Ocean to the east

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Time's up! The correct answer was Brazil

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ABBREVIATED STATES

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Show me that the abbreviation for this state means the habits of a predictable criminal

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AIRPORT CODES

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On the continent: ORY

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris

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BALLET

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This dancer choreographed a new version of "The Nutcracker" in 1976, a "Turning Point" in his career

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baryshnikov

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WORDS WITHIN WORDS

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Carry something luminescent when you go down into one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mine

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FEELING "ANCY"

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This for life in the U.S. is currently about 76 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Life expectancy

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"DEEP" DISH

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People on bed rest are at risk for a serious blood clot in the legs known as DVT, short for this

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Time's up! The correct answer was deep vein thrombosis

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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Change 1 letter in "protest" to get this word for a protozoan & others in its kingdom

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Time's up! The correct answer was Protist

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NOVELS

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Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born

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Time's up! The correct answer was 1984

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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A brave French soldier might receive the award known as the "Croix de Guerre", meaning "Cross of" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was War

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WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND

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Endau-Rompin Park is one of the last homes of the Sumatran species of this horned mammal

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhinoceros

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CARTOONS

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On Saturday morning, this Disney hero attends Prometheus Academy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hercules

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FAMOUS PEOPLE

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In 2001, she produced & hosted the Travel Channel's "Secrets of San Simeon"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Patty Hearst

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A REALLY BIG CATEGORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter

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STATES OF THE UNION

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To go from Norwalk to Norwich in this state, head east on I-95 to I-395 north

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Time's up! The correct answer was Connecticut

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MEDIEVAL MUSIC

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A 13th century hit tells us this "is icumen in"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Summer

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MAMMALS

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It makes sense that these proud & powerful mammals live in groups called prides

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Time's up! The correct answer was lions

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"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"

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In the 1998 movie "Pleasantville", she played a '90s teen transported into a 1950s sitcom

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Time's up! The correct answer was Reese Witherspoon

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HOMETOWNS

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Jose Marti

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Time's up! The correct answer was Havana

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ISLANDS

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This Indonesian island became world famous after giant lizards were discovered there in 1912

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Time's up! The correct answer was Komodo

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POET'S GLOSSARY

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Japanese style / Always syllable counting / This type of poem

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Time's up! The correct answer was haiku

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"EN" THE BEGINNING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ensenada

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THE LAND

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This country is "The Land of the Shamrock"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland

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GENERAL SCIENCE

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This alliterative event happened 14 billion years ago

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Big Bang

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FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'

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A writer, on the U.S. soccer team's 4 total shots in 3 games: "Four shots?" This Laker "takes that many during a timeout"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kobe Bryant

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RHYME TIME

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A wealthy sorceress

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rich witch

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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"

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Jelly fruit (6)

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Time's up! The correct answer was quince

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THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING

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In April 1930 the first 3 mysteries involving her were published & became an instant success

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Drew

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"LESS" IS MORE

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(Video clue of a pair of glasses; text unavailable due to sound problems)

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Time's up! The correct answer was rimless

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SPORTS

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On an official archery target, it's the color of the bull's eye

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Time's up! The correct answer was yellow

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BEFORE & AFTER

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

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

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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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SPORTS EQUIPMENT

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This apparatus used in women's gymnastics is about 4 in. wide & 16 ft. long

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Time's up! The correct answer was Balance Beam

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Y1K

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By a vote of its parliament, the Althing, this island country adopts Christianity

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland

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OF MILK

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In mammals, milk is secreted by these glands

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Time's up! The correct answer was mammary glands

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THE MIDDLE AGES

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

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

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FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY

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She became Texas' governor in 1990 when her frontrunner opponent kept blundering in interviews

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Richards

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CALIFORNIA HERE I COME FILMS

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In this 1995 film, Whoopi, Mary-Louise & Drew head to San Diego

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Time's up! The correct answer was Boys on the Side

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THE FUNNIES

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The title of this Jim Unger comic refers to everyone in it, not just a single character

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Time's up! The correct answer was Herman

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STARTS WITH A PRONOUN

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It can mean transparently thin, or perfectly vertical, like a cliff

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Time's up! The correct answer was sheer

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BIBLICAL PAIRS

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Jesus' Earthly parents

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Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph & Mary

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SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES

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Though this comedy has Verona in its title, it ends in a forest on the frontiers of Mantua

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Two Gentlemen of Verona

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LITERATURE

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Completes the title of Eldridge Cleaver's 1968 memoir "Soul on..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ice

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PUNJAB

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sikhism

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FOREIGN CURRENCY

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The name of this currency is from the Sanskrit for "coined silver"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rupee

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LITERARY QUOTES

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Poet who wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark & deep, but I have promises to keep..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Frost

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WHO'S THE MRS.?

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Mrs. Brad Pitt

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer Aniston

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BABY BOOMER MEMORIES

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In 1960 this Democrat spoke first in the first televised U.S. presidential election debate

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

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IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY

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San Marino

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ISLANDS

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Portuguese sailors originally named this island in the South China Sea Ilha Formosa, "beautiful island"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taiwan

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STOCK SYMBOLS

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In the mall you may fall into this store, GPS

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Gap

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TALK LIKE A BRIT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a line

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AT THE KENNEDY CENTER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon

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TEENS OF THE PAST

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In the 1870s this teenage outlaw was sometimes referred to as Kid Antrim

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Time's up! The correct answer was Billy the Kid

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WOMEN'S FIRSTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard

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AYE! IT'S IRELAND

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Held each year in County Kildare, the Irish Derby is a famous event in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was Horse racing

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ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE

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When his friend became Pope in 1623, he thought he'd be allowed to discuss his heliocentric theory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo

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"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION

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The U.N.'s website says this job is "a spokesman for the interests of the world's peoples, in particular the poor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Secretary-General

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WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND

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Endau-Rompin Park is one of the last homes of the Sumatran species of this horned mammal

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhinoceros

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MOTHER GOOSE

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This shepherdess found her sheep's tails all hung on a tree to dry, so she tried to "tack to each sheep its tail, oh"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Bo Peep

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BILLS & WILLS

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This outlaw of the Old West also went by the name Henry McCarty

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Time's up! The correct answer was Billy the Kid

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QUOTATIONS

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In a 1961 speech he said, "...ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was JFK

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A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL

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"They're dead...my team is dead...they knew we were coming"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mission: Impossible

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B FOLLOWS A

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Meaning loathsome, it precedes snowman or, in a movie title, Dr. Phibes

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Time's up! The correct answer was abominable

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"P.B."

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was pro bono

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RELIGION

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The A.M.E. in A.M.E. Church stands for African Methodist this

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PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH

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1 of the 2 born in Vermont

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THREE

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In 1979 this nuclear power plant near Harrisburg experienced a near meltdown

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

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WEATHER

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Airplanes can trigger bolts of this when traveling through electrified clouds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lightning

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WORLD CAPITALS

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It's located about 30 miles south of the DMZ

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seoul

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KILLER MUSICALS

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This "demon barber" had his victims baked into pies (no one could accuse him of good taste)

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Sweeney Todd"

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"A" PLUS

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It's the color mentioned in the second line of "America the Beautiful"

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Time's up! The correct answer was amber

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A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE

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It's no "mystery" why John Jasper haunts me--his fingers have knives on them!

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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THE MOVIES

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Irene Bedard, the speaking voice of this heroine in an animated Disney film, played her mother in "The New World"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas

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FOOD FACTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Halibut

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RELIGION

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In this Asian religion, a lohan is not an actress but a holy person, & monasteries have images of lohans

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Time's up! The correct answer was Buddhism

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POTPOURRI

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Select Comfort Corporation makes these with adjustable firmness

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Time's up! The correct answer was mattresses

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I'M "L__X"

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This city of east central Egypt is the southern half of the site of ancient Thebes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Luxor

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"PH"UN WORDS

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Because the Greek goddess Artemis was associated with the Moon, she was also called this, which means "light one"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Phoebe

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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"

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Petty critique (7)

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Time's up! The correct answer was quibble

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BRITISH INVENTIONS

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The name of this Scot who invented the steam hammer sounds just like the American who invented basketball

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nasmyth

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ANIMAL RHYME TIME

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A fake small horse

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Time's up! The correct answer was phony pony

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was busing

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PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE

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Samsoe is a Swiss-style cow's milk cheese named for an island in this Scandinavian country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Denmark

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SCIENCE

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At sea level at 70 degrees this travels 1,129 feet per second; it speeds up over 1 foot per sec. for each rising degree

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Time's up! The correct answer was sound

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EVERYBODY LOVES RAY

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"X-Ray" is the 1994 "Unauthorized Biography" of this leader of the Kinks

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ray Davies

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ARTS & CRAFTS

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It's the oven or furnace in which pottery is fired

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kiln

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THE CIRCUS

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Pink is the most popular color of this fluffy confection made from spun sugar

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Time's up! The correct answer was cotton candy

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THEATRE HODGEPODGE

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This William Inge play inspired a Marilyn Maxwell TV series & a Marilyn Monroe film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bus Stop

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RELIGION

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Traditionally, in Judaism a ram's horn called this is blown at the end of Yom Kippur

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Time's up! The correct answer was shofar

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COMPOSERS

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Mussorgsky once lived with this "Scheherazade" composer who re-edited "Boris Godunov" after his death

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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SPORTS

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What the letters in "scuba" stand for

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Time's up! The correct answer was self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

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NAME THE POET

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"His pride had cast him out from heaven, with all his host of rebel angels"

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Milton

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"

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This city that served as capital of a united Germany in 1871 became the capital of a reunited Germayny in 1990

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Time's up! The correct answer was Berlin

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AMERICAN PLAYS

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Lee Strasberg played the original peddler in this 1931 play which inspired "Oklahoma!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Green Grow The Lilacs"

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WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?

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This American political party that formed in 1874 favored an increase in paper currency

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Greenback Party

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AUTHORS

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This author of "The Time Machine" coined the phrase "the war that will end war"

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Time's up! The correct answer was H.G. Wells

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LITERATURE

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In "Through The Looking Glass", Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice the meaning of this nonsense poem

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jabberwocky

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BACH IN THE SADDLE

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Bach was a composer of great reknown in this musical era that takes its name from "imperfect pearls"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baroque

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LEGAL "E"s

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In English law, it's a title above a gentleman & below a knight; in the U.S., it's usually added to the name of an attorney

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Time's up! The correct answer was esquire

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CARBON CREDITS

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This carbon isotope, 2 down from radiocarbon, is the standard for the relative atomic mass of other elements

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Time's up! The correct answer was C-12

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U.S. CITIES

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Located in this city's Garden District, Commander's Palace features a jazz brunch on weekends

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Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans

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MUSICALS

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(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE): Gwen Verdon sang the following song in the original Broadway version of this show: "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Damn Yankees!"

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NAME THE PLAY

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George: "It's very simple, Martha, this young man is working on a system whereby chromosomes can be altered"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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FAMOUS NAMES

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George Bush pardoned this 91-year-old industrialist for his illegal contributions to Nixon's campaign

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Time's up! The correct answer was Armand Hammer

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CONTAINERS

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A sink, or the area drained by a single river system

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Time's up! The correct answer was a basin

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THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was rings

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FAIRY TALE FEMMES

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

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

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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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THAT'S MY BUSINESS

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Henry's great-grandson William runs this car company which was started in 1903

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Ford Motor Company

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CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES

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This Disney-owned baseball team plays at Anaheim's Edison International Field

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anaheim Angels

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HIT TUNES

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"Angel", "Building A Mystery"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sarah McLachlan

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MUD

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Of an artist, a fish, or a wasp, it's what a mud dauber is

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Time's up! The correct answer was wasp

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ITALIAN

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"Parla come mangi", literally "speak the way you" do this, means to speak simply & clearly

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Time's up! The correct answer was eat

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ANCIENT VIP's

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The period during which he ruled is often referred to as "The Golden Age of Athens"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pericles

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JULY

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On July 20, 1861 the Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in this Virginia city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richmond

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MILITARY UNITS

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From the medieval Latin for "army", it's a large fleet like the one Admiral Howard faced in 1588

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Time's up! The correct answer was an armada

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WOMEN'S HEALTH

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It's the trimester of pregnancy in which women gain the least weight

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Time's up! The correct answer was first

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"X"s & "O"s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was XC

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TV ACTORS & ROLES

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Barbra Streisand knows he played Lt. Col. Bill "Raider" Kelly on "Pensacola: Wings of Gold"

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Brolin

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NOVEL QUOTES

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(1972) "Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Watership Down

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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Secretary of State William H. Seward is honored on the last Monday in March in this state

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska

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PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE

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This most famous Greek cheese is sometimes described as "pickled" because it's cured in brine

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Time's up! The correct answer was Feta

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LET'S TAKE A PEAK

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Venezuela's highest peak is named for this man; there's a bronze bust of him at the summit

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivar

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Novel in which Rhett Butler tells Toad, Rat & Mole, "My dear, I don't give a damn"

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

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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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VERMONTERS

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At age 15 this future New York Tribune editor was apprenticed to a printer in East Poultney

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Time's up! The correct answer was Horace Greeley

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ISLANDS

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Portuguese sailors originally named this island in the South China Sea Ilha Formosa, "beautiful island"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Taiwan

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FDR

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard

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SKIP TO MY "LOO"

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5-letter word for "remote in manner"

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Time's up! The correct answer was aloof

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VERMONTERS

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George Franklin Edmunds wrote most of this antitrust act of 1890

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Sherman

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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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IT ENDS WITH "US"

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Bridges over this strait connect Asia to Europe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bosphorus

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SPORTS SHORTS

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Since 2009 the Mercury, Storm & Lynx have been championship teams in this league

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Time's up! The correct answer was the WNBA

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COUNTIES BY STATE

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Oswego, Onondaga, Oneida

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Time's up! The correct answer was New York

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HISTORY

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Peregrine White, the 1st child born in New England of English parents, was born on this ship

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayflower

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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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WE ARE AMUSED

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As a noted joke pirate, Milton Berle was punningly known as "The Thief of" these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bad Gags

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THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS

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When you buy a Sunset book, a Tom Petty CD or People magazine, you're supporting this conglomerate

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Time's up! The correct answer was Time Warner

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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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BUSINESS PARTNERS

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In paper products: John Kimberly &...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Clark

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FROM B TO C

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Pompous; overblown

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Time's up! The correct answer was bombastic

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DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR

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"Ordinary People" (1980)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Redford

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THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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This planet has more in common with Triton, Neptune's largest moon, than it does with any of the other planets

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto

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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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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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RHYME TIME

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Voraciously eat an "all-purpose" baking ingredient

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Time's up! The correct answer was devour flour

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COME "IN"

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A military badge of rank or qualification

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Time's up! The correct answer was insignia

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"X", "Y", "Z"

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It looks like a sweet potato, but it isn't even a distant relative

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Time's up! The correct answer was a yam

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OSCARDS WILD

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This "American Beauty" nominee nearly had a pregnant pause at the 2000 show; she was due with her 4th at any moment

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Time's up! The correct answer was Annette Bening

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HISTORIC DATES

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He was shot on Sept. 6, 1901 while shaking hands with a crowd of well-wishers at the Pan-American Exposition

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